Personal attacks, Tinder references and fracking: Pitt students react to Fetterman-Oz debate

Oct 26, 2022 View Original Article
  • Bias Rating

    -12% Somewhat Liberal

  • Reliability

    70% ReliableGood

  • Policy Leaning

    56% Very Conservative

  • Politician Portrayal

    16% Negative

Bias Score Analysis

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Sentiments

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"He said he loved the Tinder reference Fetterman used in his response when he said, Dr. Oz swipes right on oil companies.Dr. Oz, much like with a lot of the issues, was beating around the bush, not really getting to the point and being way too bureaucratic with his answers, Meyers said."
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-8% Liberal
"Everything he said went back to the unions, whereas Dr. Oz had a more varied approach to different issues.Dylan Mitchell, a sophomore law, criminal justice and society and politics and philosophy major and a member of Pitt's College Republicans, said personal attacks and misleading campaign ads have bogged down this election, and said both candidates spent too much time during the debate focusing on personal attacks and not enough time on the specifics of their policy proposals."
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-10% Liberal
"He said Oz won the debate on fracking because he related it to other issues such as energy independence, foreign policy in Iran and jobs."
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-22% Liberal
"Every well-reasoned and well-educated doctor knows that abortion is an issue between a patient and their doctor, and Dr. Oz definitely did not say that, Jiang said."
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-24% Liberal
"Jiang agreed with Scotto and said Oz also tarnished his reputation as a doctor tonight on the issue of abortion."
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-26% Liberal
"Devin Jiang, a sophomore political science and law, criminal justice and society major and the volunteer coordinator for College Democrats, said Fetterman focused too much on rhetoric throughout the debate, while Oz focused on substance and policy issues."
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-32% Liberal
"The debate featured discussion on issues such as fracking, abortion, education, inflation and more, with many personal attacks between the candidates."
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-38% Liberal
"Pesylvania Lt. Gov. John Fetterman and Dr. Mehmet Oz faced off in a debate Tuesday night for the first and only time in the race for Pesylvania's open Senate seat currently held by Sen. Pat Toomey."
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-8% Liberal
"Fetterman, on the other hand, seemed on the defense throughout the night, unable to come up with a good answer for his history of unpaid taxes, his long-term solutions for inflation, solutions to fentanyl coming over the border, or any unpopular Biden spending policy that he would have voted against."
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Bias Meter

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

46% : He said he "loved" the Tinder reference Fetterman used in his response when he said, "Dr. Oz swipes right on oil companies.""Dr. Oz, much like with a lot of the issues, was beating around the bush, not really getting to the point and being way too bureaucratic with his answers," Meyers said.
45% : "Everything he said went back to the unions, whereas Dr. Oz had a more varied approach to different issues."Dylan Mitchell, a sophomore law, criminal justice and society and politics and philosophy major and a member of Pitt's College Republicans, said personal attacks and misleading campaign ads have "bogged down" this election, and said both candidates spent too much time during the debate focusing on personal attacks and not enough time on the specifics of their policy proposals.
39% : He said Oz "won the debate" on fracking because he related it to other issues such as energy independence, foreign policy in Iran and jobs.
38% : "Every well-reasoned and well-educated doctor knows that abortion is an issue between a patient and their doctor, and Dr. Oz definitely did not say that," Jiang said.
37% :Jiang agreed with Scotto and said Oz also "tarnished" his reputation as a doctor tonight on the issue of abortion.
34% :Devin Jiang, a sophomore political science and law, criminal justice and society major and the volunteer coordinator for College Democrats, said Fetterman focused too much on rhetoric throughout the debate, while Oz focused on substance and policy issues.
31% : The debate featured discussion on issues such as fracking, abortion, education, inflation and more, with many personal attacks between the candidates.

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