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Mike Johnson Addresses Sharia Law Concerns Amid GOP Posts

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

Lead article · NPR · CENTERHouse GOP leadership silent as more members post anti-Muslim statements
Image · NPR
OUTLETS
44 RATED
ARTICLES
16
SPAN
4DAYS
AVG CRED
68MEDIUM
The sides

How each side told it

OUTLETS BY LEAN4 RATED
WHO’S NAMED
People · 2 MEMBERS

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

Johnson and Ogles were named together by 2 of 4 outlets. Counted by outlet.

FAVORABLEMIXEDNEUTRALCRITICAL
Mike Johnson
R · LA-4 · SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE

Johnson said concern about imposing Sharia law was driving the reaction to Ogles’s tweet, a framing critics said gave cover to bigoted language.

NAMED BY 3 OF 4
LEFT
NOT NAMED0 OUTLETSLeft-leaning outlets: not named.
CENTER
▼22 OUTLETSCenter outlets: 2 outlets, 2 critical.
RIGHT
▲11 OUTLETRight-leaning outlets: 1 outlet, 1 favorable.
Andrew Ogles
R · TN-5 · REPRESENTATIVE

Ogles’s anti-Muslim tweet is the statement that prompted the report’s examination of Republican leaders’ response.

NAMED BY 3 OF 4
LEFT
NOT NAMED0 OUTLETSLeft-leaning outlets: not named.
CENTER
▼ MOSTLY CRITICAL3 OF 3 OUTLETSCenter outlets: mostly critical, 3 of 3 outlets.
RIGHT
NOT NAMED0 OUTLETSRight-leaning outlets: not named.
Timeline · 4 DAYS

When each side picked it up

ARTICLES PER DAY
LEFTCENTERRIGHTLEFT: NO COVERAGE YET

When each side picked it up. center: 15 articles, first fri 11:35 am. right-leaning: 1 article, first tue 1:21 pm, 4 days after the first report.

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