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How outlets cover Scott · Feb 6 – Feb 9, 2026

Tim Scott Condemns Trump's Post Depicting the Obamas as Apes

Tim Scott condemned Donald Trump's post depicting the Obamas as apes and urged its removal. Coverage differs in how much it stresses his condemnation, the limits of his response, and the post's removal and official explanations.

Lead article · The Post and Courier · CENTERSC's Tim Scott comments on racist meme shared by White House
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Coverage across the spectrum reports that Tim Scott condemned President Donald Trump's social-media post depicting Barack and Michelle Obama as apes, called it racist and urged Trump to remove it.

Left-leaning outlets foreground Scott's condemnation, though one argues he stopped short of denouncing Trump. Center outlets mostly place his criticism alongside the White House's response; several also report that the post was removed. Right-leaning outlets pair his call for removal with the post's removal and official explanations.

Outlets by lean

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Right-leaning readers are seeing less of this. Only 1 right-leaning outlet has covered this, compared with 4 left-leaning outlets.

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THE FRAMEAVG CRED 52
“Scott's condemnation—and its limits”

Left-leaning coverage foregrounds Scott's condemnation, while Newsone argues he stopped short of denouncing Trump.

5 LEFT ARTICLES
NewsoneFEB 7 · 10:18 AM ET
Sen. Tim Scott Finally Realizes His MAGA Daddy Is 'Racist'Scott called Trump's post racist and urged him to remove it, while the article argues he stopped short of denouncing the president.CRED 62BAL 10 PORTRAYS SCOTT: CRITICALNEWSONE · REPUBLISHED BY BLACK AMERICA WEB
Media Matters (original publisher not identified)FEB 9 · 4:45 PM ET
Daily Wire's Matt Walsh attacks Sen. Tim Scott and Sen. Katie Britt for condemning Trump's racist post depicting the Obamas as apesWalsh mocked Scott for calling the alleged image racist and saying he prayed it was fake.CRED 58BAL 30 PORTRAYS SCOTT: NEUTRAL
Alternet.orgFEB 6 · 10:25 AM ET
'Most racist thing I've seen': Even GOP's Tim Scott is calling out Trump's AI Obama postScott called Trump’s post racist and urged the president to remove it.CRED 45BAL 35 PORTRAYS SCOTT: FAVORABLE

How outlets portrayed Scott

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

Left: 1 favorable, 1 critical, 1 mixed, 1 neutral. Center: 2 favorable, 1 critical, 0 mixed, 3 neutral. Right: 0 favorable, 0 critical, 0 mixed, 1 neutral.

When each side covered it

Articles per day by side. FEB 6: Left 2, Center 7, Right 1. FEB 7: Left 2, Center 0, Right 0. FEB 8: Left 0, Center 0, Right 0. FEB 9: Left 1, Center 0, Right 0.

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