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Trump Urges Senate to Pass Permanent Daylight Saving Time Bill

Trump urged Senate passage of permanent daylight saving time and shared a number he said belonged to Tom Cotton; John Kennedy criticized the disclosure. Coverage differs on whether the episode centers on Trump's pressure tactics or advancing the bill.

Lead article · PBS · CENTERTrump urges calls to Arkansas Sen. Tom Cotton in push for permanent daylight saving time
Image · PBS
OUTLETS
5240 RATED
ARTICLES
783 COPIES
SPAN
4DAYS
AVG CRED
67MEDIUM
The sides

How each side told it

OUTLETS BY LEAN40 RATED · 12 UNRATED
WHO’S NAMED
UNRATED · NOT ON THE SPECTRUM
People · 2 MEMBERS

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

Cotton and Kennedy were named together by 2 of 52 outlets. Counted by outlet.

GOODMIXEDINFORMATIONALBAD
R · AR · REPUBLICAN CONFERENCE CHAIR

Opposed making daylight saving time permanent, citing late winter sunrises and dark winter mornings for children.

NAMED BY 50 OF 52
LEFT
◇ SPLITACROSS 7 OUTLETSLeft-leaning outlets: split across 7 outlets (4 mixed · 3 informational).
CENTER
◆ MIXED14 OF 22 OUTLETSCenter outlets: mixed, 14 of 22 outlets.
RIGHT
◇ SPLITACROSS 9 OUTLETSRight-leaning outlets: split across 9 outlets (5 mixed · 4 informational).
R · LA · SENATOR

Criticized Trump for sharing Cotton's phone number and said the disclosure would not help persuade Cotton.

NAMED BY 8 OF 52
LEFT
◆ MIXED3 OF 3 OUTLETSLeft-leaning outlets: mixed, 3 of 3 outlets.
CENTER
◆ MIXED2 OF 2 OUTLETSCenter outlets: mixed, 2 of 2 outlets.
RIGHT
◆ MIXED3 OF 3 OUTLETSRight-leaning outlets: mixed, 3 of 3 outlets.
Timeline · 4 DAYS

When each side picked it up

ARTICLES PER 12 HOURS
LEFTCENTERRIGHTRIGHT-LEANING OUTLETS ARRIVED 14H AFTER THE FIRST REPORT

When each side picked it up. left-leaning: 16 articles, first fri 5:54 am. center: 35 articles, first fri 2:58 am. right-leaning: 13 articles, first fri 5:15 pm, 14 hours after the first report. unrated: 14 articles, first fri 3:02 pm.

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