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... and for grins ...
Drudge Retort " Bias and Credibility
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Bias Rating: LEFT
Factual Reporting: MIXED
Country: USA
MBFC's Country Freedom Rating: MOSTLY FREE
Media Type: Website
Traffic/Popularity: Minimal Traffic
MBFC Credibility Rating: MEDIUM CREDIBILITY
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Fox News (foxnews.com) " Bias and Credibility
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Questionable Reasoning: Conspiracy Theories, Pseudoscience, Propaganda, Poor Sources, Numerous Failed Fact Checks
Bias Rating: RIGHT (6.7)
Factual Reporting: MIXED (6.1)
Country: USA
MBFC's Country Freedom Rank: MOSTLY FREE
Media Type: TV Station/Website
Traffic/Popularity: High Traffic
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Bias Rating: LEFT-CENTER (-2.4)
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@#18
The landslide mandate that Pres Trump often claims?
Hardly .
For comparison ...
United States presidential election
en.wikipedia.org
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2000: Bush: 47.9%, Gore: 48.4%
2004: Bush: 50.7%, Kerry: 48.3%
2008: Obama: 52.9%, McCain: 45.7%
2012: Obama: 51.1%, Romney: 47.2%
2016: Trump: 46.09%, Clinton: 48.18%
2020: Harris: 51.31%, Trump: 46.35%
2024: Trump: 49.74%, Harris: 48.27%
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Based upon the popular vote, it looks like Pres trump squeaked by ...
But a mandate? Laughable.
@#17 ... So Trump only got 50% of the vote? ...
Slight correction.
Pres Trump did not even receive 50% of the vote.
2024 United States presidential election
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Trump: 49.8%[
Harris: 48.3%
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Trump sues Wall Street Journal and Rupert Murdoch over Epstein article
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... President Donald Trump on Friday took legal action less than 24 hours after The Wall Street Journal published an article saying Trump sent a letter to Jeffrey Epstein in 2003 that included a drawing of a naked woman.
The lawsuit, which seeks at least $10 billion in damages and a jury trial, names the Journal's parent company, News Corp.; its publisher, Dow Jones; two reporters for the newspaper; News Corp. owner Rupert Murdoch, and chief executive Robert Thomson, as the defendants.
"We have just filed a POWERHOUSE Lawsuit against everyone involved in publishing the false, malicious, defamatory, FAKE NEWS 'article' in the useless 'rag' that is, The Wall Street Journal," Trump wrote on Truth Social. ...
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Whoa, wait, what?
drudge.com may have a higher credibility rating than FoxNews?
Why might I not be surprised?