Takeaways from RNC
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We ran the numbers: There are 2679 news articles covering this topic. 34% (911) are left leaning, 36% (956) are center, and 30% (812) are right leaning.
On Thursday, the Republican National Convention came to an end. While left-leaning articles highlight that Trump does not resemble the praise that speakers at the Republican National Convention gave him, right-leaning articles highlight that at his rally Friday, Trump blamed Democrats for harassment and violent riots.
The New York Times published a left-leaning article highlighting that while speakers at the Republican National Convention have implausibly described President Trump as a caring, empathetic leader, these remarks don’t resemble anything Trump’s ever said in public. Kellyanne Conway, the departing White House counselor who was Trump’s campaign manager in 2016, recounted a conversation where Trump described drug overdoses as a “personal” responsibility.
The Hill published a centrist article reporting that CNN debut new chyrons to fact-check President Trump’s Republican National Convention speech as it occurred without interrupting Trump’s remarks. CNN also wrote that Trump downplayed COVID-19 for months at the beginning of the pandemic, as the president bragged about his administration’s response to the pandemic.
A left-leaning article by Fox News highlights that at his rally Friday, Trump blamed Democrats for harassment aimed at attendees of his White House nomination acceptance speech. He also blamed Democrats for the nationwide protests for social justice that have at times turned to chaos.
From the left
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