How outlets cover Mitch McConnell R · KY · SEN · Nov 11 – Nov 12, 2025
Senate Funding Bill Includes Hemp Product Ban
So far two center outlets have covered this. No left- or right-leaning outlet has picked it up yet.
Lead article · LEX 18 News - Lexington, KY (WLEX) · CENTERKY hemp industry faces potential collapse following possible THC banCommunity verdict
27 VOTESKentucky’s two Republican senators clashed over a provision that would sharply limit THC in hemp products: Mitch McConnell backed it, while Rand Paul tried unsuccessfully to remove it. The article reports concerns that the rule could harm the hemp industry and says it would take effect after one year if enacted.
Outlets by lean
2 RATEDCompare by side
How outlets portrayed McConnell, by side
2 ARTICLESEach 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: 0 favorable, 0 critical, 0 mixed, 2 neutral. Right: 0 favorable, 0 critical, 0 mixed, 0 neutral.
When each side covered it
NOV 11 – 12Articles per day by side. NOV 11: Left 0, Center 1, Right 0. NOV 12: Left 0, Center 1, Right 0.
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Full event ↗Only center outlets have covered this. We’ll alert you when a left- or right-leaning outlet does.Only center outlets have covered this so far. We’ll alert you when a left- or right-leaning outlet does.

