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Rick Scott and Ted Budd Introduce SCREEN Act to Screen Visa Applicants

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

Lead article · The Daily Signal · RIGHTBill to Block Possible Foreign Child Predators From Obtaining US Visas Drops in the Senate
Image · The Daily Signal
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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

Scott and Budd were named together by 2 of 4 outlets. Counted by outlet.

FAVORABLEMIXEDNEUTRALCRITICAL
R · FL · AGING CHAIR

Rick Scott filed a Senate version of the SCREEN Act to expand access to child-exploitation reports for visa screening.

NAMED BY 4 OF 4
LEFT
NOT NAMED0 OUTLETSLeft-leaning outlets: not named.
CENTER
●22 OUTLETSCenter outlets: 2 outlets, 2 neutral.
RIGHT
▲22 OUTLETSRight-leaning outlets: 2 outlets, 2 favorable.
R · NC · SENATOR

Budd joined Scott in sponsoring the bill and said it would help agencies identify visa applicants who exploit children.

NAMED BY 2 OF 4
LEFT
NOT NAMED0 OUTLETSLeft-leaning outlets: not named.
CENTER
NOT NAMED0 OUTLETSCenter outlets: not named.
RIGHT
▲22 OUTLETSRight-leaning outlets: 2 outlets, 2 favorable.
Timeline · 48 HOURS

When each side picked it up

ARTICLES PER 12 HOURS
LEFTCENTERRIGHTLEFT: NO COVERAGE YET

When each side picked it up. center: 2 articles, first wed 4:15 pm. right-leaning: 2 articles, first thu 11:45 am, 19 hours after the first report.

In their own words · 1

What the members said themselves

Press releases from members’ offices. Kept apart from news and not counted as coverage.

Releases collected by Congress Press ↗ (Derek Willis, MIT License)

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