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Martha MacCallum

News · Daytime news anchor (The Story), election coverage · @marthamaccallum on X

Anchor and executive editor of The Story with Martha MacCallum and co-anchor of Fox News election coverage; joined Fox News in 2004 after CNBC and Wall Street Journal Television.

Previously: CNBC, NBC, WBIS-TV, Wall Street Journal Television

Slant Score · ranked #126 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 (3)

Broke with own side · served the left · +1.6 L · Jun 21, 2022

Says Jan. 6 hearing shows 'stunning' lack of fraud evidence

During a Jan. 6 committee hearing she said 'The lack of evidence is the huge stunning clear moment here' and that evidence of fraud 'simply doesn't materialize.'

Source: HuffPost UK →
Broke with own side · served the left · +1.6 L · May 22, 2022

Presses RNC chair on Trump's Pennsylvania cheating claims

On Fox News Sunday she challenged Ronna McDaniel over Trump's claims about the Pennsylvania Senate primary, saying 'It seems odd, doesn't it?' and citing a WSJ op-ed linking 2020 fraud claims to GOP Georgia losses.

Source: Mediaite →
On-record statement · served the right · +1.5 R · Jan 6, 2021

Calls Capitol breach 'a huge victory for these protesters'

As rioters entered the Capitol she said 'This is a huge victory for these protesters. They have disrupted the system in an enormous way!', later calling events 'unsettling'; she also compared the riot to a protest at Sen. Josh Hawley's home, which the NYT called bizarre.

Source: Wikipedia (citing The Daily Beast, NYT) →
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