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Chuck GrassleyR · IA · SEN
How outlets cover Grassley · Oct 29 – Oct 31, 2025

Grassley Releases Subpoenas From Jack Smith’s Arctic Frost Investigation

Grassley released subpoena records from Jack Smith’s Arctic Frost investigation. Center outlets report Republican allegations of political abuse, while right-leaning outlets more forcefully frame the disclosures as evidence of targeting.

Lead article · Foxbaltimore · CENTEROver 160 Republicans may have been investigated by Biden's FBI in 'Arctic Frost' probe
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Chuck Grassley R · IA · SEN
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  • Readers of left-leaning coverage: not enough votes yet
  • Readers of right-leaning coverage: 58% good look
tl;drSUMMARY ACROSS OUTLETS

Outlets agree Grassley released subpoena records from Jack Smith’s Arctic Frost investigation. Grassley said the records showed requests for information about Republicans.

Center outlets focus on the scale of the requests and Republicans’ claims of political abuse, with one article briefly including a response from the other side. Right-leaning outlets likewise present the records as evidence of broad targeting, but use more charged language and highlight specific subpoenas.

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THE FRAMEAVG CRED 70
“Subpoenas fuel targeting claims”

Center coverage details the requests and Republican officials’ allegations of political abuse, with one article briefly noting an opposing view.

2 CENTER ARTICLES
Washington ExaminerOCT 29 · 6:30 PM ET
Jack Smith sought 197 subpoenas in Arctic Frost probe, new records showGrassley received the whistleblower’s records and publicly argued that they showed the investigation was partisan.CRED 70BAL 30 PORTRAYS GRASSLEY: FAVORABLE
FoxbaltimoreOCT 29 · 11:02 AM ET
Over 160 Republicans may have been investigated by Biden's FBI in 'Arctic Frost' probeGrassley released subpoena records and said they showed the investigation had improperly targeted Republicans.CRED 70BAL 55 PORTRAYS GRASSLEY: NEUTRALFOXBALTIMORE · REPUBLISHED BY WEARTV

How outlets portrayed Grassley

Each article counts once, however many sites carried it. Sides are each outlet’s published lean. How portrayal is read

Left: 0 favorable, 0 critical, 0 mixed, 0 neutral. Center: 1 favorable, 0 critical, 0 mixed, 1 neutral. Right: 5 favorable, 0 critical, 0 mixed, 0 neutral.

When each side covered it

Articles per day by side. OCT 29: Left 0, Center 2, Right 1. OCT 30: Left 0, Center 0, Right 3. OCT 31: Left 0, Center 0, Right 1.

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