Week of July 21-27

Blindspot for the Right:

'Person, woman, man, camera, TV': Trump insists cognitive test was difficult President Donald Trump has insisted that a cognitive test he took recently was “difficult”, using the example of a question in which the patient is asked to remember and repeat five words. The President also wants his Democrat opponent Joe Biden to take the test. Coverage Distribution: 13% Right Left 63% 24% 13%

Blindspot for the Left:

Bernell Trammell: Black Trump Supporter Shot to Death in Milwaukee The Wisconsin Republican Party says killing of Bernell Trammell may have been political. The party has called for a federal investigation of the fatal shooting on Thursday, to ascertain whether it was motivated by animosity towards Donald Trump. The 60-year-old supported Trump and Black Lives Matter according to locals. Coverage Distribution: 11% Left 11%6Right 83%

Split Reporting

Highlighting discrepancies between the reporting on stories across different news outlets. This week's story:

Washington Post settles Nicholas Sandmann defamation lawsuit in Covington Catholic High School controversy

Washington Post:
Washington Post

settles lawsuit with family of Kentucky teenager

CNN:
The Washington Post

settles lawsuit with Nick Sandmann
after viral March for Life controversy

Red State:


Nick Sandmann Has Just Won Another Lawsuit,
Gets a Big Settlement From The Washington Post

PJ Media:


Defamed MAGA Hat Covington Boy Finally Wrestles Money Out

of The Washington Post

Nicholas Sandmann via Twitter:
We have settled with WAPO and CNN. The fight isn’t over.

2 down. 6 to go.

Don’t hold your breath @jack