'Grey's Anatomy' Creator and 'Lost' Co-Creator Hosting Hollywood Fundraiser with Jon Ossoff and James Talarico
Talarico was the fundraiser’s initial candidate beneficiary, with Ossoff later added to the event.

SOURCE CHECK
TAP FOR WHYBreitbart is an established but strongly partisan publisher, and this page is labeled opinion. The article attributes key event and fundraising details to the New York Times but uses loaded characterizations and provides little independent sourcing.
- Source type — Opinion content from a strongly partisan outlet.
- Transparency — The article attributes key event details to the New York Times.
- Author attribution — A named author is provided.
- Editorial standards — Loaded political descriptions are prominent, with limited evidence presented beyond the attributed account.
The piece reports specific ticket prices and campaign fundraising figures, attributing event details to the New York Times. It offers little sourcing beyond that account, no response or competing perspective, and relies on highly charged descriptions.
HOW WE SCORE ↗The article presents the fundraiser and the hosts’ past political activity from a critical perspective without including their explanations or other viewpoints. The event details are attributed, but the broader account is one-sided.
- Counterarguments presented — No response or counterview from the candidates or hosts is included.
- Loaded language — Repeatedly uses ideological and evaluative labels.
- Source diversity — The event details are attributed to one newspaper; no other sources or perspectives appear.
- Opinion vs reporting — The page is labeled opinion and mixes event details with critical commentary.
The article uses strongly negative language about Democratic candidates and the hosts’ political activity. Its framing consistently presents their political views as extreme or objectionable.
- Language tone — Uses loaded descriptions such as “far-left,” “extreme,” and “personal political agenda.”
- Framing — Presents the fundraiser and the hosts’ advocacy in a critical, ideologically charged frame.
- Headline — The headline emphasizes the Hollywood hosts and candidates, while the article’s opening characterizes the candidates as far-left.
Shonda Rhimes and Damon Lindelof are hosting a Hollywood fundraiser for Senate candidates Jon Ossoff and James Talarico. The article says tickets cost $1,000 to $27,000 and the proceeds will be split between the campaigns.
Shonda Rhimes and Damon Lindelof are hosting a Hollywood fundraiser for Jon Ossoff of Georgia and James Talarico of Texas. The article, citing the New York Times, reports that tickets range from $1,000 to $27,000, with the least expensive tickets sold out, and that the ticket proceeds will be divided between the campaigns. It lists Ossoff’s campaign funds at $77.3 million and Talarico’s at $68.6 million.
The article also describes past political activity by the hosts, including Rhimes’s protest against Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Lindelof’s threat to stop working for ABC/Disney after Jimmy Kimmel’s suspension.
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SWIPE →Former president mentioned as a previous recipient of Rhimes’s fundraising support
Former vice president mentioned as a previous recipient of Rhimes’s fundraising support
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