Trump posts GOP Sen. Tom Cotton's phone number amid daylight saving time fight
Trump posted Cotton’s number as he sought to increase pressure for permanent daylight saving time.
SOURCE CHECK
TAP FOR WHYCredibility rates Yahoo News, where this article appeared. The other scores rate the article itself.
Yahoo News is an established national news publisher, and the article attributes its reporting to The Associated Press. The text includes named-source reporting and relevant quotations, though it is brief and does not include a response from Cotton about the posting of his number.
- Source type — Established national news publisher; the story credits AP for its reporting.
- Transparency — The article identifies The Associated Press as its information source.
- Editorial standards — The story uses attributed statements and reports an AP call to the posted number.
- Author attribution — No individual author is identified in the available article text.
The report provides attributed comments from Trump and Cotton, outlines arguments on both sides of the daylight-saving debate, and includes an AP attempt to call the number. It offers limited context and no response from Cotton about the release of his personal number.
HOW WE SCORE ↗The story presents Trump’s case for permanent daylight saving time and Cotton’s stated objections, along with arguments made by proponents and opponents. It does not give Cotton’s response to Trump’s posting of his number or develop the competing policy arguments in depth.
- Counterarguments presented — Both the claimed benefits of permanent daylight saving time and concerns about darker winter mornings are included.
- Source diversity — Trump and Cotton are quoted; other supporters and opponents are described but not individually identified.
- Omitted context — The article does not include Cotton’s response to the posting of his personal number.
- Loaded language — The use of “doxxing” adds some evaluative force to the description.
The report uses mostly straightforward language and includes arguments from Trump, Cotton, and proponents of permanent daylight saving time. The word “doxxing” is somewhat charged, but the overall framing does not show a discernible partisan lean.
- Source selection — Includes statements from Trump and Cotton and summarizes arguments from supporters and opponents.
- Language tone — Mostly neutral reporting, with “doxxing” as a more charged description.
- Framing — Frames the phone-number post as part of pressure on Cotton over the bill.
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President Donald Trump posted Sen. Tom Cotton’s personal cellphone number and urged supporters to call him as Trump pressed for permanent daylight saving time. Cotton opposes the Sunshine Protection Act, which passed the House but has stalled in the Senate.
Trump renewed his push for permanent daylight saving time by posting Cotton’s personal cellphone number and urging supporters to call. The article reports that the Sunshine Protection Act passed the House but was delayed in the Senate. An Associated Press call to the number was not answered, and the voicemail box was full.
Trump argued that changing clocks disrupts people’s routines and reduces evening daylight for golfers and tennis players. Supporters say permanent daylight saving time would provide more sunshine during active hours; Cotton argued that winter mornings would be dangerously dark for children going to school and parents going to work.
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Senator targeted by Trump over his opposition to the daylight-saving bill
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50 OUTLETSOutlets agree that Trump posted a number he identified as Sen. Tom Cotton’s and urged Arkansans to contact him in support of permanent daylight saving time. The House had passed the measure, but it remained stalled in the Senate. Left-leaning outlets focus on the phone-number post as a pressure tactic and its fallout, often criticizing Trump’s conduct. Center outlets largely recount the policy dispute, Cotton’s objections, and the phone-number post in descriptive terms. Right-leaning outlets emphasize Trump’s push to advance the bill and Cotton’s opposition, while also reporting the post and criticism it drew.
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