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Phil Mattingly
Former Bloomberg reporter who joined CNN in 2015 and covered the Biden White House. Named chief domestic correspondent in 2024.
Slant Score · ranked #168 of 175 from most left to most right
25 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 right · +1.8 R · Dec 14, 2023
Pressed White House on Hunter Biden statement
Mattingly asked spokesman Ian Sams whether Hunter Biden's wording that his father 'was not financially involved' was deliberate; Sams called it a Jim Jordan 'shiny object.'
Source: TheBlaze →Broke with own side · served the right · +1.7 R · Sep 13, 2023
Asked White House about Ignatius call for Biden not to run
Mattingly asked Ian Sams to respond to David Ignatius's Washington Post column urging Biden not to seek reelection.
Source: Mediaite →Correction / walk-back · served the right · +2.6 R · Aug 16, 2023
Inaccurately said Biden had not spoken on Maui fires
On CNN This Morning Mattingly asked why Biden had not spoken publicly about the Maui wildfires until the previous day; Karine Jean-Pierre pointed out he had addressed them days earlier in Utah.
Source: Mediaite →