How outlets cover Eric Schmitt R · MO · SEN · Sep 29 – Oct 1, 2026
Eric Schmitt Questions Jack Smith at Senate Judiciary Hearing
Eric Schmitt accused Jack Smith of perjury at a Senate Judiciary hearing, but the exchange involved confusion over a basketball game. Left-leaning outlets cast it as a failed effort to target Smith; center outlets stress Schmitt’s public misstep.
At a Senate Judiciary hearing, Eric Schmitt accused former special counsel Jack Smith of perjury over an alleged Atlanta matter; the exchange turned on Schmitt’s confusion about which basketball game Smith had attended.
Left-leaning outlets frame the episode as a failed effort to target Smith, stressing Schmitt’s mistaken reading of texts and, in one account, that the texts had been flagged as unvetted. Center outlets focus on Smith correcting Schmitt and portray the questioning as a public failure for Schmitt.
Outlets by lean
4 RATEDCompare by side
The New Republic presents Schmitt’s use of texts reportedly flagged as unvetted as an attempt to trap Smith that failed.
How it looks for Schmitt, by side
4 ARTICLESLeft: 0 good, 3 bad, 0 mixed, 0 informational. Center: 0 good, 1 bad, 0 mixed, 0 informational. Right: 0 good, 0 bad, 0 mixed, 0 informational.
When each side covered it
SEP 29 – OCT 1Articles per day by side. SEP 29: Left 0, Center 1, Right 0. SEP 30: Left 1, Center 0, Right 0. OCT 1: Left 2, Center 0, Right 0.
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