Shamelessness Is, You Must Admit, a Huge Political Advantage
Goldman challenged Republicans to cite a case of a sanctuary city failing to turn over a person convicted of a removable offense, and the author called his claim false.
SOURCE CHECK
TAP FOR WHYHotAir is a blog with a clearly identified author, but this piece is openly opinionated and makes serious factual accusations with limited supporting documentation in the article. Its partisan framing and sparse sourcing lower its institutional credibility as a reporting source.
- Source type — A blog is a weaker credibility prior than an established news organization.
- Editorial standards — The piece uses openly partisan and accusatory language rather than a neutral reporting approach.
- Author attribution — The article identifies David Strom as its author.
- Transparency — The article identifies the setting of Goldman's remarks but offers little direct documentation beyond an embedded social-media post.
The article identifies the setting and quotes Goldman, and it includes a social-media post with figures attributed to DHS. However, it presents a serious allegation as fact without showing underlying records or providing a response from Goldman, leaving the central claim thinly substantiated and one-sided.
HOW WE SCORE ↗The piece is commentary that strongly endorses one side of the dispute. It provides no response from Goldman or other context that would test the article's central accusation.
- Counterarguments presented — No defense or response from Goldman or Democrats is included.
- Loaded language — The article uses repeated insults and assertions of dishonesty.
- Source diversity — The article offers a quoted remark and a social-media post, with no broader range of sources.
- Opinion vs reporting — The author's argument and judgments dominate the presentation.
The article adopts strongly right-leaning framing, criticizing Democrats and sanctuary-city policies while presenting Goldman's statement as dishonest. Its language and selection of examples consistently advance that perspective.
- Language tone — Uses strongly condemnatory terms, including 'blatant lie' and 'sociopathy,' about Goldman and Democrats.
- Framing — Frames the dispute as evidence that shamelessness and deception benefit Democratic politicians.
- Source selection — Relies on a post presenting DHS figures and does not include a Democratic or Goldman response.
David Strom argues that political shamelessness can help politicians survive scandal, using Rep. Daniel Goldman’s remarks about sanctuary-city cooperation with immigration authorities as his main example. The article calls Goldman’s claim false and cites figures attributed to DHS in a social-media post.
Strom opens with examples of politicians he says survived scandal and argues that shamelessness can be an electoral advantage. He focuses on Rep. Daniel Goldman, who asked Republican colleagues during a bill markup to cite a case in which a sanctuary city failed to turn over a person convicted of a removable offense. Strom calls Goldman’s claim a lie and says it serves Democrats who oppose deportations.
A social-media post included in the article says DHS found 6,947 such cases in New York City since the start of the year, including 29 involving people convicted of homicide. The article says Goldman was responding to remarks by Reps. Darrell Issa and Tom McClintock about immigration policy.
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President whose border-security orders were the subject of a bill discussed at the markup
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California representative whose immigration remarks Goldman addressed
California representative whose immigration remarks Goldman addressed
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