Hollywood celebrities including Barbra Streisand, Ken Burns and Bill Nye appear in Democratic Party midterm messaging
Barbra Streisand, Bradley Whitford, Ken Burns and Bill Nye are featured in Democratic Party organizations' and candidates' final midterm election messaging. The DCCC sent mass emails attributed to Streisand and Whitford urging voters to support Democratic House candidates. Democrats need to flip three House seats to take control of the chamber.
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Divergence score
This event sits in the top 11% of divergence this week. 2 outlets covered it, splitting into 2 framing camps across 1 bias group.
2 camps
1 bias group
The spectrum · how 2 outlets placed this story
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Breitbart
Washington Times
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Neutral
Dismissive
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Alarmist
International angle
Widest split · the two outlets furthest apart, and who published first
Furthest apart on this story
Breitbart
Barbra Streisand Among Hollywood Celebrities Teaming with Democrats in Last-Ditch Dash to Turn Congress Blue
Derisive attack on celebrity Democrats · negative
Washington Times
Barbra Streisand, Ken Burns, Bill Nye, among celebs backing Dems in midterm messaging
Straight news on celebrity endorsements · neutral
First to report
- Breitbartfirst
- Washington Times+1.7 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
One outlet frames the celebrities as left-wing Hollywood lefties making last-minute pitches for radical left-wing candidates; the other simply reports them as the latest figures to back the Democratic Party.
How each outlet covered it
Lightly covered so far
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Sparse coverage · 2 outlets
“Barbra Streisand Among Hollywood Celebrities Teaming with Democrats in Last-Ditch Dash to Turn Congress Blue”
“Barbra Streisand, Ken Burns, Bill Nye, among celebs backing Dems in midterm messaging”
3 tracked claims across 2 outlets
Fact ledger
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Democrats need to flip three House seats to take control
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