How outlets cover Elissa Slotkin D · MI · SEN · Nov 19 – Nov 22, 2025
Slotkin and Democratic Lawmakers Release Video on Illegal Orders
Slotkin joined five other Democratic lawmakers in a video urging service members to refuse illegal orders. Center coverage explains the dispute, while right-leaning coverage criticizes the video and Slotkin.
Community verdict
4 VOTES- Readers of left-leaning coverage: not enough votes yet
- Readers of right-leaning coverage: 50% good look
Slotkin joined five other Democratic lawmakers in a video urging service members to refuse illegal orders.
Center outlets explain the dispute through criticism of the video and the lawmakers’ defense, with one also reporting Slotkin’s response and threats she received. Right-leaning outlets criticize the video and Slotkin, variously framing it as encouraging defiance, subversive, or hypocritical; one also describes Trump’s post about sedition being punishable by death as regrettable.
Outlets by lean
5 RATED · 1 UNRATEDCompare by side
WDIV explains the dispute through Trump’s call for arrest, Slotkin’s response, and her report of receiving threats.
How outlets portrayed Slotkin, by side
5 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, 3 critical, 0 mixed, 0 neutral.
1 UNRATED ARTICLE NOT SHOWN
When each side covered it
NOV 19 – 22Articles per day by side. NOV 19: Left 0, Center 1, Right 1. NOV 20: Left 0, Center 0, Right 0. NOV 21: Left 0, Center 1, Right 1. NOV 22: Left 0, Center 0, Right 1.
Legislation in this story
1 BILLNo left-leaning outlet has covered this yet. We’ll alert you when one does.No left-leaning outlet has covered this yet. We’ll alert you when one does, and when any new outlet covers it.