AOC: 'If You Don't Want To Be Prosecuted, Don't Do Crimes'

Crooks and Liars is a blog with a named author, but this post uses overtly partisan framing and provides little independent reporting or verification. The interview provides a source for Ocasio-Cortez's remarks, but does not establish the article's other allegations independently.

• ▸Source type — Blog format; a strong prior for lower institutional credibility than an established newsroom.
• ▸Editorial standards — The post uses highly partisan language and openly endorses Ocasio-Cortez.
• ▸Author attribution — A named author is identified.
• ▸Track record — The article itself supplies little evidence about the publisher's reporting record or corrections practices.

The post conveys remarks from a named interview, but relies mainly on one perspective, offers little independent corroboration for serious allegations, and includes no response from the people criticized. Its opinionated framing also blurs the line between reporting and endorsement.

The piece is largely one-sided: it gives substantial space to Ocasio-Cortez's criticisms and the author's praise, with only a brief account of Johnson's position and no response from the Trump administration.

• ▸Counterarguments presented — Johnson's warning is summarized, but neither he nor the Trump administration is quoted responding to the accusations.
• ▸Loaded language — The post repeatedly uses pejorative and emotionally charged descriptions.
• ▸Source diversity — Most of the substantive material comes from Ocasio-Cortez's interview.
• ▸Opinion vs reporting — The author's explicit endorsement makes the piece less detached.

The article uses strongly negative language about Johnson and Trump while portraying Ocasio-Cortez favorably. Its closing explicitly praises Ocasio-Cortez rather than maintaining a neutral reporting voice.

• ▸Language tone — Uses pejorative labels for Johnson and Trump and describes Ocasio-Cortez's response approvingly.
• ▸Framing — Frames Johnson's remarks as a protection racket and presents Ocasio-Cortez as a force for accountability.
• ▸Opinion vs reporting — The author openly expresses hope that Ocasio-Cortez becomes president.