How outlets cover Donald Trump R · PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES · Nov 30 – Dec 2, 2025
Trump Backs Matt Van Epps in Tennessee 7th District Race
Trump backed Matt Van Epps in Tennessee’s 7th District special election. Center coverage stresses the close result’s possible implications, while right-leaning coverage focuses on Trump’s endorsement and criticism of Behn.
Lead article · USA Today · CENTERTennessee election updates: Voters hit polls in tighter-than-expected raceCommunity verdict
42 VOTESTrump urged support for Matt Van Epps in Tennessee’s 7th District special election.
Center outlets emphasize Van Epps’s victory and its closer-than-expected margin as a possible warning for Republicans ahead of 2026; right-leaning outlets focus on Trump’s endorsement and attacks on Behn. A separate article casts the competitive race as a possible signal of Trump’s standing and the 2026 House contest.
Outlets by lean
2 RATED · 1 UNRATEDCompare by side
USA Today emphasizes Van Epps’s victory and the closer-than-expected margin as a possible warning for Republicans ahead of the 2026 midterms.
How outlets portrayed Trump, 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, 1 critical, 0 mixed, 0 neutral. Right: 0 favorable, 0 critical, 0 mixed, 1 neutral.
1 UNRATED ARTICLE NOT SHOWN
When each side covered it
NOV 30 – DEC 2Articles per day by side. NOV 30: Left 0, Center 0, Right 1. DEC 1: Left 0, Center 0, Right 0. DEC 2: Left 0, Center 1, Right 0.
No 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.