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John Dickerson
Former CBS News political director, Face the Nation moderator (2015-2018) and CBS Evening News co-anchor (2025); left CBS in December 2025. He is a contributing writer at The Atlantic and was a former Slate columnist.
Slant Score · ranked #61 of 175 from most left to most right
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Thin record: fewer than a handful of documented items, so this score is pulled toward the center and could move a lot as evidence is added.
The receipts (1)
On-record statement · served the left · +1.1 L · Jan 18, 2013
Slate column: Obama 'must declare war on the Republican Party'
While CBS political director he wrote in Slate that Obama's 'only remaining option is to pulverize' and that his goal 'should be to delegitimize his opponents.' He later said it was 'analysis—not advice.' Date approximate (week of Jan 18, 2013).
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