Politics Added 56d ago 13 outlets

Michigan Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed faces scrutiny over deleted 9/11 tweets and association with Hasan Piker

CBS News reported on deleted social media posts by Michigan Democratic Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed referencing the September 11 attacks, including posts comparing COVID-19 deaths to 9/11 and mourning casualties of the war on terror. El-Sayed has also faced pressure from within his party to distance himself from Twitch streamer Hasan Piker, who said 'America deserved 9/11' and has expressed support for Hamas. El-Sayed has declined to fully disavow Piker while saying he has no plans to appear with him.

Divergence score

This event sits in the top 3% of divergence this week. 13 outlets covered it, splitting into 13 framing camps across 4 bias groups.

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4 bias groups

The spectrum · how 13 outlets placed this story

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The Federalist

Times of Israel

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Widest split · the two outlets furthest apart, and who published first

Furthest apart on this story

Daily Wire

Abdul El-Sayed's 9/11 Problems Just Keep Getting Worse

Escalating extremism concerns · negative

New York Times

Jewish Leaders in Michigan Urge Support for El-Sayed’s Senate Bid

community division on candidate viability · neutral

How Daily Wire and New York Times compare across every story →

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CBS Newsfirst
Washington Examiner+14.5 h
The Intercept+33.2 h
The Hill+45.9 h
Daily Wire+49.0 h
NY Post+81.9 h
Reuters+183.0 h
Breitbart+365.5 h
New York Times+405.0 h
Washington Post+445.9 h
HuffPost+534.9 h
The Federalist+575.6 h

By each outlet's earliest publish time in this story. Feeds that index slowly can appear later than they printed.

The split, in one line

Coverage now splinters into eight camps: religious bias narrative vs. terrorism-funding allegations vs. manageable political damage vs. Jewish community fracture vs. Islamophobia's broader societal harm vs. unexpected conservative fractures vs. El-Sayed as Islamist-sympathizer threat vs. intra-Jewish Democratic pressure on Israel, with The Federalist weaponizing press-freedom rhetoric against him.

How each outlet covered it