Vanity Fair Article RatingThe Democrat Who Lost to George Santos Says Everyone Just Missed the "Anna Delvey Candidate"
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| "Among his greatest controversial hits was his comparison of abortion -- a barbaric practice, in his words -- to slavery." | Negative | -22% Liberal |
| "The document does, however, list Santos's educational and professional claims without question." | Positive | 8% Conservative |
| "At one point, Santos's resume listed that he served as regional director of Harbor City Capital, a Florida-based investment company." | Positive | 8% Conservative |
| "Also published after Santos's victory, at the end of November, The Daily Beast wrote an extensive report on Santos's financial ties -- to the tune of a reported $56,100 -- from Viktor Vekselberg, an influential ally of Putin." | Positive | 8% Conservative |
| "Also published after Santos's victory, at the end of November, The Daily Beast wrote an extensive report on Santos's financial ties -- to the tune of a reported $56,100 -- from Viktor Vekselberg, an influential ally of Putin." | Positive | 8% Conservative |
| "And yet, two weeks later, Santos and a handful of other former Harbor City executives formed a new group: Red Strategies." | Positive | 4% Conservative |
| "The Times reported that corporate filings listed that a partial owner of Red Strategies was the Devolder Organization -- a company from which Santos reported a $750,000 salary and over $1 million in dividends over the past two years." | Positive | 4% Conservative |
| "Santos didn't win the race based on his campaign or who he is, he said." | Positive | 0% Conservative |
| "One column in The North Shore Leader noted the eye-popping increase in Santos's net worth from less than $5,000 to more than $11 million over a period of two short years." | Negative | -2% Liberal |
| "Robert Zimmerman, Santos's Democratic opponent, insists the information was certainly out there way before he was elected." | Negative | -4% Liberal |
| "Local news organizations did raise questions in their coverage of Santos." | Negative | -4% Liberal |
| "The piece even quoted an anonymous Republican leader as saying, Are we being played as extras in 'The Talented Mr. Santos'?" | Negative | -4% Liberal |
| "I'm certainly not shocked by the story, Zimmerman, who lost to Santos by 8 points, tells me Tuesday morning." | Negative | -8% Liberal |
| "The media knew that he was a [Donald] Trump, Marjorie Taylor Greene candidate." | Negative | -8% Liberal |
| "And Santos certainly did not shy away from bombast." | Negative | -8% Liberal |
| "Yet, Santos is set to be sworn into the House of Representative for New York's Third Congressional District in less than a month." | Negative | -10% Liberal |
| "The IRS had no record of the supposed tax-exempt animal-rescue group, Friends of Pets United, which Santos said he started." | Negative | -12% Liberal |
| "Santos clung to his MAGA bona fides during the campaign: He touted that he attended Trump's January 6 speech at the Ellipse; he says he footed some of the legal bills for a number of insurrectionists; he regularly echoed claims that Joe Biden stole the 2020 election -- the list goes on." | Positive | 8% Conservative |
| "Santos clung to his MAGA bona fides during the campaign: He touted that he attended Trump's January 6 speech at the Ellipse; he says he footed some of the legal bills for a number of insurrectionists; he regularly echoed claims that Joe Biden stole the 2020 election -- the list goes on." | Positive | 8% Conservative |
| "Santos clung to his MAGA bona fides during the campaign: He touted that he attended Trump's January 6 speech at the Ellipse; he says he footed some of the legal bills for a number of insurrectionists; he regularly echoed claims that Joe Biden stole the 2020 election -- the list goes on." | Positive | 8% Conservative |
| "(Santos was not named in the lawsuit and has publicly denied knowledge of the scheme." | Negative | -20% Liberal |
| "Like many other Republicans, particularly on Long Island, [Santos] won because of the view that this was an issue-driven election and the issue this year was crime." | Negative | -22% Liberal |
| "And the DCCC's research memo on Santos outlined many of the allegations made in the Times report." | Negative | -24% Liberal |
| "Indeed, a red wave did run through New York on November 8, where even Sean Patrick Maloney -- the person tasked with steering Democrats to another majority -- lost his own race." | Negative | -24% Liberal |
| "But after the firm drew the ire of the Securities and Exchange Commission, which accused the company of ruing a $17 million Ponzi scheme, Santos insisted he was a mere foot soldier in the operation who knew nothing of any wrongdoing." | Negative | -24% Liberal |
| "Some people think that piece is more interesting, Jacobs said in reference to Santos's Trump ties and controversial remarks." | Negative | -26% Liberal |
| "Some people think that piece is more interesting, Jacobs said in reference to Santos's Trump ties and controversial remarks." | Negative | -26% Liberal |
| "A full-fledged blame game is underway within Democratic circles following a bombshell investigative report that threw much of Republican Congressman-elect George Santos's purported background into question." | Negative | -28% Liberal |
| "Zimmerman raised slightly more than Santos did." | Negative | -28% Liberal |
| "The Times alleged a laundry list of possible fabrications from Santos." | Negative | -34% Liberal |
| "(Attempts to reach Santos regarding his financial ties to Vekselberg by The Daily Beast went unanswered.)" | Negative | -34% Liberal |
| "Santos, who is gay, also appears to have lied about knowing victims of the 2016 Pulse nightclub shooting, according to the report." | Negative | -36% Liberal |
| "The spokesperson for the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, the official campaign arm of the House Democrats, Nebeyatt Betre, said in a statement that Santos is a serial liar who has managed to prove week after week just how completely undeserving he is of representing Long Island." | Negative | -38% Liberal |
| "On Monday The New York Times reported that it could not confirm Santos's claims about his work history or his education; the article highlighted a potentially fraudulent charity run by the soon-to-be lawmaker, shed light on highly questionable campaign finance practices, and couldn't track the origins of his riches." | Negative | -40% Liberal |
| "The bulk of the 87-page research document leans into Santos's ties to Trump and his antiabortion stance." | Negative | -42% Liberal |
| "The bulk of the 87-page research document leans into Santos's ties to Trump and his antiabortion stance." | Negative | -42% Liberal |
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39% : Among his greatest controversial hits was his comparison of abortion -- a "barbaric" practice, in his words -- to slavery.*Our bias meter rating uses data science including sentiment analysis, machine learning and our proprietary algorithm for determining biases in news articles. Bias scores are on a scale of -100% to 100% with higher negative scores being more liberal and higher positive scores being more conservative, and 0% being neutral. The rating is an independent analysis and is not affiliated nor sponsored by the news source or any other organization.