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Senate Democrats Seek Records and Apology After Jack Smith Hearing

Senate Democrats sought records and an apology to Jack Smith from Chuck Grassley after Eric Schmitt’s basketball question at a hearing. Left-leaning outlets stress the demand after Schmitt’s basketball-game claim; center outlets also detail committee records and Republican responses.

Lead article · The Hill · CENTERDurbin demands Schmitt records and an apology for Jack Smith
Image · The Hill
OUTLETS
77 RATED
ARTICLES
92 COPIES
SPAN
32HOURS
AVG CRED
72HIGH
The sides

How each side told it

OUTLETS BY LEAN7 RATED
WHO’S NAMED
THE FRAME44% · AVG CRED 66
“Apology demand after Schmitt’s claim”
TOP HEADLINE · MOST CREDIBLE OUTLETHuffPost · AOL.comTHU 7:42 AMDemocrats Demand Chuck Grassley Apologize To Jack Smith Over GOP's False NBA AccusationGrassleyInformationalCRED 75HUFFPOST · REPUBLISHED BY AOL.COM
2 MORE LEFT
The Nation · ThenationaldeskTHU 1:27 PMSenate Democrats demand apology for GOP's Jack Smith stumbleSchmittBad lookCRED 65THE NATION · REPUBLISHED BY THENATIONALDESK
Raw StoryTHU 7:51 AMGrassley under the gun over hidden docs behind botched attack on Jack SmithGrassleyInformationalCRED 572 ARTICLES FROM RAW STORY
People · 3 MEMBERS

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

Schmitt and Durbin were named together by 2 of 7 outlets. Counted by outlet.

FAVORABLEMIXEDNEUTRALCRITICAL
Chuck Grassley
R · IA · PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE

Defended his handling of committee records after Senate Judiciary Democrats asked him to provide records and apologize to Jack Smith.

NAMED BY 5 OF 7
LEFT
●1 ▼12 OUTLETSLeft-leaning outlets: 2 outlets, 1 neutral · 1 critical.
CENTER
● MOSTLY NEUTRAL3 OF 3 OUTLETSCenter outlets: mostly neutral, 3 of 3 outlets.
RIGHT
NOT NAMED0 OUTLETSRight-leaning outlets: not named.
Eric Schmitt
R · MO · SENATOR

Questioned Jack Smith about a basketball game and accused him of perjury, prompting Democrats to seek records and an apology.

NAMED BY 4 OF 7
LEFT
▼11 OUTLETLeft-leaning outlets: 1 outlet, 1 critical.
CENTER
▼ MOSTLY CRITICAL3 OF 3 OUTLETSCenter outlets: mostly critical, 3 of 3 outlets.
RIGHT
NOT NAMED0 OUTLETSRight-leaning outlets: not named.
Richard J. Durbin
D · IL · MINORITY WHIP

Led Senate Judiciary Democrats in asking for committee records and an apology to Jack Smith after the hearing.

NAMED BY 2 OF 7
LEFT
NOT NAMED0 OUTLETSLeft-leaning outlets: not named.
CENTER
●22 OUTLETSCenter outlets: 2 outlets, 2 neutral.
RIGHT
NOT NAMED0 OUTLETSRight-leaning outlets: not named.
Timeline · 32 HOURS

When each side picked it up

ARTICLES PER 6 HOURS
LEFTCENTERRIGHTRIGHT: NO COVERAGE YET

When each side picked it up. left-leaning: 4 articles, first thu 7:42 am. center: 5 articles, first thu 4:45 am.

In their own words · 1

What the members said themselves

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

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