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Shouts Calling for Violence Follow Ted Cruz Convention Speech
A convention attendee shouted a threat after Cruz criticized Democratic candidates, and El-Sayed condemned the calls for violence. Coverage differs between criticism of Cruz’s role or response and reporting on the incident and reactions.
Lead article · Newsweek · CENTERRNC Midterm Convention attendee heard saying Mamdani, El-Sayed, Talarico should "be shot"OUTLETSOUTLETS
98 RATED8 RATED
ARTICLESARTICLES
91 COPY1 COPY
SPANCOVERAGE SPAN
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AVG CREDAVG CRED
70HIGHHIGH
The sides
How each side told it
OUTLETS BY LEAN8 RATED · 1 UNRATED
BLIND SPOTHow we decide ↗
Right-leaning readers are seeing less of this. Only 1 rated right-leaning outlet has covered this, compared with 4 left-leaning outlets.
WHO’S NAMED
THE FRAME44% · AVG CRED 63
“Cruz's response to threats”
3 MORE LEFT
San Antonio CurrentMON 6:28 PMAssclown Alert: Ignoring death threats against your rivals with Ted CruzCruzBad lookCRED 71The Daily BeastFRI 4:30 AMMAGA Crowd Makes Vile Death Threats to Three Dem StarsCruzMixedCRED 70Crooks and LiarsFRI 8:30 AMCruz Foments Death Threats Against Mamdani, El-Sayed, TalaricoCruzBad lookCRED 40
People · 2 PEOPLE
Who’s in it, and how each side portrayed them
Cruz and El-Sayed were named together by 3 of 9 outlets. Counted by outlet.
GOODMIXEDNEUTRALBADCOUNTED BY OUTLET
R · TX · COMMERCE, SCIENCE, AND TRANSPORTATION CHAIR
Criticized Democratic candidates at the convention before an attendee shouted calls for them to be shot.
NAMED BY 9 OF 9
LEFT
◇ SPLITACROSS 4 OUTLETSLeft-leaning outlets: split across 4 outlets (2 mixed · 2 bad).
CENTER
◆ MIXED3 OF 3 OUTLETSCenter outlets: mixed, 3 of 3 outlets.
RIGHT
◆ MIXED1 OF 1 OUTLETRight-leaning outlets: mixed, 1 of 1 outlet.
D · MI
Condemned the calls for violence after Cruz named him among the Democratic candidates criticized in his speech.
NAMED BY 3 OF 9
LEFT
NOT NAMED0 OUTLETSLeft-leaning outlets: not named.
CENTER
▲ MOSTLY GOOD2 OF 3 OUTLETSCenter outlets: mostly good, 2 of 3 outlets.
RIGHT
NOT NAMED0 OUTLETSRight-leaning outlets: not named.
Timeline · 4 DAYS
When each side picked it up
ARTICLES PER 12 HOURS
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When each side picked it up. left-leaning: 4 articles, first fri 4:30 am. center: 3 articles, first thu 10:45 pm. right-leaning: 1 article, first thu 8:31 pm. unrated: 1 article, first thu 7:45 pm.
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