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Bennie Thompson Wins Mississippi Democratic Primary

So far eight rated center and right-leaning outlets have covered this. No left-leaning outlet has picked it up yet.

Lead article · The New York Times · CENTERMississippi and Georgia elections: What to know
Image · The Boston Globe
OUTLETS
108 RATED
ARTICLES
102 COPIES
SPAN
49HOURS
AVG CRED
75HIGH
The sides

How each side told it

OUTLETS BY LEAN8 RATED · 2 UNRATED
CENTER60% · AVG CRED 77
TOP HEADLINE · MOST CREDIBLE OUTLETAssociated Press · Kokomo TribuneWED 3:35 PMBennie Thompson wins Democratic nomination for U.S. House in Mississippi's 2nd Congressional DistrictThompsonInformationalCRED 96ASSOCIATED PRESS WIRE · REPUBLISHED BY KOKOMO TRIBUNE
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The New York Times · The Boston GlobeTUE 2:15 PMMississippi and Georgia elections: What to knowThompsonInformationalCRED 94THE NEW YORK TIMES · REPUBLISHED BY THE BOSTON GLOBE
WCVBTUE 7:34 PMLongtime US Rep. Bennie Thompson defeats young Democratic challenger in Mississippi primaryThompsonInformationalCRED 76Black EnterpriseTHU 7:30 AMBennie Thompson Wins Mississippi Democratic Vote For MidtermsThompsonInformationalCRED 70
People · 1 MEMBER

Who’s in it, and how each side portrayed them

Counted by outlet.

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D · MS-2 · HOMELAND SECURITY RANKING MEMBER

Thompson faces a primary challenge from Evan Turnage, who is making the incumbent’s age and effectiveness issues in the race.

NAMED BY 10 OF 10
LEFT
NOT NAMED0 OUTLETSLeft-leaning outlets: not named.
CENTER
● MOSTLY INFORMATIONAL6 OF 6 OUTLETSCenter outlets: mostly informational, 6 of 6 outlets.
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● MOSTLY INFORMATIONAL2 OF 2 OUTLETSRight-leaning outlets: mostly informational, 2 of 2 outlets.
Timeline · 49 HOURS

When each side picked it up

ARTICLES PER 12 HOURS
LEFTCENTERRIGHTLEFT: NO COVERAGE YET

When each side picked it up. center: 6 articles, first tue 2:15 pm. right-leaning: 2 articles, first tue 9:45 pm. unrated: 2 articles, first tue 8:09 am.

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