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UPDATED 32M AGO

Darrell Issa Announces Retirement From Congress

Rated outlets across the spectrum have covered this: 1 left-leaning, 6 center and 4 right-leaning.

Lead article · KPBS Public Media · CENTERIssa to retire, endorses Desmond to succeed him in 48th Congressional District
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1511 RATED
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61HOURS
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69MEDIUM
The sides

How each side told it

OUTLETS BY LEAN11 RATED · 4 UNRATED
WHO’S NAMED
LEFT-LEANING3% · AVG CRED 70
TOP HEADLINE · MOST CREDIBLE OUTLETAdvocate.com · Yahoo NewsSAT 12:30 PMDarrell Issa's retirement opens Palm Springs–area House race for queer DemocratsIssaMixedCRED 70ADVOCATE.COM · REPUBLISHED BY YAHOO NEWS
People · 2 PEOPLE

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

Issa and Desmond were named together by 4 of 15 outlets. Counted by outlet.

FAVORABLEMIXEDNEUTRALCRITICAL
R · CA-48 · REPRESENTATIVE

Issa said he will retire at the end of his term and endorsed Jim Desmond to succeed him.

NAMED BY 15 OF 15
LEFT
●11 OUTLETLeft-leaning outlets: 1 outlet, 1 neutral.
CENTER
◇ SPLITACROSS 6 OUTLETSCenter outlets: split across 6 outlets (1 favorable · 3 neutral · 2 critical).
RIGHT
● MOSTLY NEUTRAL4 OF 4 OUTLETSRight-leaning outlets: mostly neutral, 4 of 4 outlets.

Desmond withdrew from the 49th District race and began filing to run in the 48th District, where Issa endorsed him.

NAMED BY 4 OF 15
LEFT
NOT NAMED0 OUTLETSLeft-leaning outlets: not named.
CENTER
● MOSTLY NEUTRAL3 OF 3 OUTLETSCenter outlets: mostly neutral, 3 of 3 outlets.
RIGHT
NOT NAMED0 OUTLETSRight-leaning outlets: not named.
Timeline · 61 HOURS

When each side picked it up

ARTICLES PER 12 HOURS
LEFTCENTERRIGHTLEFT-LEANING OUTLETS ARRIVED 19H AFTER THE FIRST REPORT

When each side picked it up. left-leaning: 1 article, first sat 12:30 pm, 19 hours after the first report. center: 22 articles, first fri 5:00 pm. right-leaning: 6 articles, first fri 9:06 pm. unrated: 5 articles, first fri 8:58 pm.

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