{"publisher":{"name":"MediaBias News","url":"https://mediabias.news","methodology":"https://mediabias.news/methodology","editorialPrinciples":"https://mediabias.news/editorial-principles","corrections":"https://mediabias.news/corrections"},"scoreGuide":{"trust":"How well corroborated and evidenced the source reporting is. 0-100, higher is better.","critic":"Craft quality of the source journalism: context, balance, fact vs comment. 0-100, higher is better.","hype":"How far the source presentation runs ahead of substance. 0-100, LOWER IS BETTER.","scope":"Scores assess the original reporting this article was written from, not the truth of the underlying event and not the quality of this write-up."},"assessmentGuide":{"type":"coverage-and-source-reporting-analysis","factCheck":{"status":"not-performed","note":"Media Bias News compares coverage and scores the source reporting. 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Abascal posted the accusation on X on 16 August 2026, as reported by Europa Press and La Razón. He called Sánchez a traitor and said he should be jailed for his handling of the migration crisis in Ceuta."},{"type":"paragraph","text":"Abascal also called for a \"hygienic cordon\" against the PSOE, Sánchez’s party, and urged other parties to abandon the government. Juan Sergio Redondo, Vox’s leader in Ceuta, demanded that the Partido Popular (PP) form a coalition government with Vox in Ceuta. Redondo blamed Juan Jesús Vivas, Ceuta’s president, for supporting Sánchez’s policies and called for an end to his agreements with the PSOE and the local party Movimiento por la Dignidad y la Ciudadanía (MDyC)."},{"type":"heading","text":"What the coverage left out"},{"type":"paragraph","text":"No left-rated outlet ran the story at all. None of the right-rated digests mentioned Redondo’s demand for control of Ceuta’s health and governance departments, which La Razón’s full report carried. 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