The Propaganda FilesLaura Barrón-López
PBS NewsHour White House correspondent since June 2022 and a CNN political analyst since 2019. Previously covered the 2020 race and Biden White House for Politico.
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 (2)
Reported on 'racist appeals and nativism from Trump and from other Republicans'
In a NewsHour segment she said historians compared Trump's 'poisoning the blood' remarks to Hitler's language, cited a Republican 'playbook' used by Nixon and Reagan, and referred to 'these types of racist appeals and nativism from Trump and from other Republicans.' NewsBusters called the segment a smear.
Source: NewsBusters (Media Research Center) →Said GOP base voters 'feeling more emboldened to say racist things'
Guest-hosting PBS's Washington Week with The Atlantic, she said some Republican base voters were 'feeling more emboldened to say racist things in some cases,' and praised Nikki Haley as 'trying to get Republicans to contend with reality.'
Source: NewsBusters (Media Research Center) →