Pat Robertson, Christian televangelist and one-time presidential candidate, dies at age 93 - WSVN 7News | Miami News, Weather, Sports | Fort Lauderdale

Jun 09, 2023 View Original Article
  • Bias Rating

    18% Somewhat Conservative

  • Reliability

    45% ReliableFair

  • Policy Leaning

    52% Very Conservative

  • Politician Portrayal

    76% Negative

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"He used that perch, including his daily show The 700 Club - named for its goal of 700 members whose pledges would keep the station afloat financially - to push his message of conservative Christian values to people at home, taking aim at gay rights, feminism, abortion and other social issues."
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-12% Liberal
"I really believe that the pagans, and the abortionists, and the feminists, and the gays and the lesbians who are actively trying to make that an alternative lifestyle, the ACLU, People for the American Way, all of them who have tried to secularize America, I point the finger in their face and say, 'You helped this happen,' Falwell said on The 700 Club.I totally concur, Robertson said, and the problem is we have adopted that agenda at the highest levels of our government.He also linked Hurricane Katrina to abortion and said that the Haiti earthquake occurred because the country had made a pact with the devil in overthrowing its French colonists in 1804."
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-16% Liberal
"Yet in 2020, he condemned Trump's response to nationwide Black Lives Matter protests, and in December of that year said Trump was living in an alternate reality and should move on from his election loss."
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-74% Liberal
"In more recent years, Robertson became a supporter of former President Donald Trump, and in 2017 he linked the Las Vegas mass shooting to disrespect for Trump and the National Anthem."
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-14% Liberal
"In more recent years, Robertson became a supporter of former President Donald Trump, and in 2017 he linked the Las Vegas mass shooting to disrespect for Trump and the National Anthem."
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-14% Liberal
"Robertson helped transform the conservative evangelical movement into a political force on the American right that helped elect Ronald Reagan."
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-20% Liberal
"Yet in 2020, he condemned Trump's response to nationwide Black Lives Matter protests, and in December of that year said Trump was living in an alternate reality and should move on from his election loss."
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-58% Liberal
"Yet in 2020, he condemned Trump's response to nationwide Black Lives Matter protests, and in December of that year said Trump was living in an alternate reality and should move on from his election loss."
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-58% Liberal

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

44% : He used that perch, including his daily show "The 700 Club" - named for its goal of 700 members whose pledges would keep the station afloat financially - to push his message of conservative Christian values to people at home, taking aim at gay rights, feminism, abortion and other social issues.
42% : "I really believe that the pagans, and the abortionists, and the feminists, and the gays and the lesbians who are actively trying to make that an alternative lifestyle, the ACLU, People for the American Way, all of them who have tried to secularize America, I point the finger in their face and say, 'You helped this happen,' " Falwell said on "The 700 Club.""I totally concur," Robertson said, "and the problem is we have adopted that agenda at the highest levels of our government."He also linked Hurricane Katrina to abortion and said that the Haiti earthquake occurred because the country had made a "pact with the devil" in overthrowing its French colonists in 1804.
13% : Yet in 2020, he condemned Trump's response to nationwide Black Lives Matter protests, and in December of that year said Trump was living in an "alternate reality" and should "move on" from his election loss.

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