More than 70% of Washington Post’s coverage of JD Vance is negative, just 1% is positive

The Washington Publish’s protection of GOP vice-presidential nominee Sen. JD Vance, R-Ohio, is overwhelmingly unfavourable, with virtually none of its content material resembling something optimistic in current weeks, Fox Information Digital has discovered. 

From August 6 to September 30, a whopping 71% of The Publish’s content material was unfavourable, in accordance with its on-line search outcomes. Simply 1.4% was optimistic, whereas roughly 28% was impartial. 

The search outcomes included information studies, opinion items, political cartoons, movies and podcast hyperlinks spanning from when his Democratic rival, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, was tapped by Vice President Kamala Harris as her operating mate. Unfavourable outcomes embody unflattering studies concerning the candidate. 

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Fox Information Digital has discovered that greater than 70% of The Washington Publish’s protection of Sen. JD Vance, R-Ohio has been unfavourable. (Photograph by Jeff Swensen/Getty Photos)

Seventeen of the 49 unfavourable outcomes, or greater than one-third, concerned his feedback about Springfield, Ohio. Three of them concerned taking his quote about faculty shootings out of context when he mentioned “I don’t like that it is a truth of life.” Additionally among the many unfavourable outcomes had been 5 separate fact-checks towards Vance, three of them ensuing within the harshest ranking of “4 Pinocchios.”

Final week, The Publish made headlines after it obtained personal messages Vance despatched in 2020 crucial of then-President Trump.

Maybe probably the most prolific within the anti-Vance bashing is columnist Philip Bump, who has written at the least ten items primarily knocking the Republican hopeful throughout the 55-day interval. 

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Fellow columnist Jennifer Rubin is setting expectations low for Vance forward of Tuesday evening’s vice-presidential debate with Walz, in a bit headlined, “Vance had higher buckle up: His debate may go as badly as Trump’s.”

The one remotely optimistic article Fox Information Digital was capable of finding was an op-ed with the headline “JD Vance isn’t improper concerning the worth of household caregivers.” 

The Washington Publish has revealed just one article remotely optimistic of Vance since Aug. 6.  (Andrew Harnik/Getty Photos)

In the meantime, Walz has gotten a lot rosier protection since he joined the Democratic ticket. Greater than 50% of The Publish’s protection was both optimistic or took a defensive stance of the Minnesota governor. Simply 8% of the protection was unfavourable, and 41% of the outcomes had been impartial. 

Two of the eight unfavourable articles among the many search outcomes had been on how Walz was going through “new scrutiny” over his army service report in addition to his dealing with of the 2020 George Floyd riots in Minneapolis. 

Whereas Vance was the topic of 5 fact-checks, Walz was solely the principle topic of two, considered one of them rated “4 Pinocchios.” Walz was additionally included amongst fact-checked audio system on Day 3 of the Democratic Nationwide Conference. 

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The one opinion piece overtly crucial of the governor that Fox Information Digital was capable of finding was one written Aug. 30 by columnist Kathleen Parker about his historical past of dishonesty. 

Regardless of largely preserving a low profile, significantly from the media, Walz was showered with glowing items by The Publish proper out of the gate.

“Tim Walz’s journey from highschool soccer coach to VP candidate,” one headline learn on the day Harris introduced her operating mate. The following day, columnist Michele L. Norris laid out “6 causes Tim Walz was the appropriate alternative.” The day after that, The Publish revealed the story “Harris and Walz seize on joyful message in distinction to darker Trump themes.”

Fox Information Digital discovered that greater than 50% of The Washington Publish’s protection of Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz has been optimistic whereas simply 8% has been unfavourable. (Detroit Free Press/Adam Vander Kooy / USA TODAY NETWORK by way of Imagn Photos)

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In keeping with The Publish, Walz was a person of political evolution in tales like “How Tim Walz went from NRA-endorsed to a gun-control advocate” and “How Black ladies formed Tim Walz’s politics after the loss of life of George Floyd.”

Moreover, the “Democracy Dies in Darkness” paper made Walz right into a style icon with tales like “For Tim Walz, ‘a dad in plaid,’ dressing down is leveling up” and “Viral Harris-Walz camo hats riff on red-state type, draw ire of NRA.” He turned the head of manliness in articles like “Masculinity’s check-engine mild is on. Let Tim Walz take a look” and “Tim Walz as soccer coach: A rambunctious, rah-rah joker.” 

Extra just lately, The Publish ran a headline on Sunday studying, “Democrats, with ‘Coach Walz’ as VP choose, embrace political energy of soccer.”

The Washington Publish didn’t instantly reply to Fox Information Digital’s request for remark.