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Stevan PearceFORMER U.S. REPRESENTATIVE (R-NM)
How outlets cover Pearce · Feb 26 – Feb 27, 2026

Stevan Pearce Faces Senate Questions on Public-Land Policies

At his Senate confirmation hearing to lead the Bureau of Land Management, Pearce faced questions about public lands. Coverage centers on his past positions and how directly he answered questions about them.

Lead article · Idaho StatesmanIdaho Sen. Risch to Trump BLM nominee: You have no authority to sell public land
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Stevan Pearce FORMER U.S. REPRESENTATIVE (R-NM)
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At his Senate confirmation hearing to lead the Bureau of Land Management, Stevan Pearce faced questions about his views on public lands and land sales.

Center outlets focus on scrutiny of Pearce’s public-land positions, with coverage emphasizing his past record and his answers on sales, monument protections and housing proposals.

Outlets by lean

3 RATED · 1 UNRATED

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“Scrutinizing Pearce’s land stance”

Center outlets highlight Pearce’s past record and questions about land sales, monument protections and housing proposals.

4 CENTER ARTICLES
AZfamily.comFEB 27 · 6:38 AM ET
Sen. Gallego presses Trump's BLM nominee about public lands protectionsPearce told Gallego he supports monuments, but offered few details about the administration’s possible public-land housing plans.CRED 75BAL 70 PORTRAYS PEARCE: NEUTRAL
Vail DailyFEB 27 · 3:00 PM ET
Trump nominee to lead BLM dodges Colorado senator's question on whether he supports public land salesAt his confirmation hearing, Pearce cited federal law but did not directly answer whether he personally supported public-land sales.CRED 73BAL 70 PORTRAYS PEARCE: CRITICALVAIL DAILY · ALSO CARRIED BY ASPENTIMES
Daily MontananFEB 26 · 6:30 PM ET
Daines dodges BLM nominee's anti-conservation voting record, indicates support for PearcePearce answered questions about conservation funding and whether he had changed his view on selling federal lands.CRED 73BAL 65 PORTRAYS PEARCE: CRITICALDAILY MONTANAN · REPUBLISHED BY YAHOO NEWS

How outlets portrayed Pearce

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: 0 favorable, 2 critical, 0 mixed, 1 neutral. Right: 0 favorable, 0 critical, 0 mixed, 0 neutral.

1 UNRATED ARTICLE NOT SHOWN

When each side covered it

Articles per day by side. FEB 26: Left 0, Center 1, Right 0. FEB 27: Left 0, Center 3, Right 0.

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