Democrat Eric Jones faces scrutiny over activist endorsement
Candidate's campaign condemns hate speech after endorsement from Adina Flores
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What this story says
- Adina Flores, an activist, endorsed Democratic candidate Eric Jones for California's 4th Congressional District.
- Flores has made antisemitic statements on social media, including the phrase 'Evil Jews run the world'.
- Jones' campaign stated it condemns all hate toward Jewish and LGBTQ+ communities.
- Jones has met with Flores multiple times, according to social media clips.
Who covered it
Percentages are shares of the 6 outlets carrying a published leaning rating. Coverage measured .
Trust
68/100
Craft
87/100
Hype
30/100
6 sources · methodology
Thin on the left so far
None of the 6 outlets with a published leaning rating that ran this story are rated left.
This story is still being watched, so it is a count and not yet a finding. Coverage keeps arriving for hours after an event, and a side that has published nothing this morning may publish by tonight. If it is still true when we stop checking, we will say so plainly.
Adina Flores, an activist and self-proclaimed civil rights advocate, has endorsed Eric Jones, the Democratic candidate for California’s 4th Congressional District. Flores’ social media presence includes statements that promote antisemitic tropes and anti-LGBTQ+ rhetoric.
Flores posted on Facebook and Instagram statements asserting that Jews control global affairs and specific regions. In one instance, she stated, 'The Jews still run the world.' In another post, she wrote, 'Evil Jews run the world through Masonic Lodges.'
Jones' campaign responded to inquiries about Flores' comments by issuing a statement. A spokesperson for the campaign said, 'I firmly condemn any and all hate toward our Jewish and LGBTQ+ communities. It has no place in our district.' The statement also noted Jones' wife is Jewish and they are raising their children in a Jewish household.
Disagreement on Flores' views
The New York Ledger reported that Flores' social media content frames political issues as a conflict between race, sexual orientation, and secretive sources of influence. PJ Media described Flores as a 'typical leftist activist' whose views are 'insane' and characterized her as hating Jews and believing they are behind negative aspects of the world.
What the coverage left out
None of the right-rated digests mention that Eric Jones has received endorsements from progressive groups like Indivisible and Our Revolution, organizations with ties to Senator Bernie Sanders. The New York Ledger reported these endorsements.
Still developing. We have re-checked which outlets are covering this 1 time, most recently on 27 Sept 2026, 07:15, and will add the sides that appear.
How each side covered it
Our own reading of the reporting listed below, written from the outlets’ articles rather than quoted from them. The reasoning is set out on our methodology page.
Left
0 rated outlets
No outlet rated left has run this story so far. We are still checking, and will say plainly if that does not change.
Centre
1 rated outlet
- The New York Ledger led with the endorsement of Eric Jones by activist Adina Flores. The report detailed Flores' social media posts containing antisemitic and anti-LGBTQ+ rhetoric, including the specific phrases 'The Jews still run the world' and 'Evil Jews run the world through Masonic Lodges.' It also included Jones' campaign's condemnation of hate speech and noted that Jones had met with Flores multiple times. The outlet quoted Flores making statements about 'gay Jewish mafia' and 'rainbow mafia colors' in relation to school materials.
Right
5 rated outlets
- The right-rated reports focused on Adina Flores' antisemitic statements and her endorsement of Democratic candidate Eric Jones. PJ Media described Flores as a 'leftist activist' and characterized her views as 'insane,' stating she 'hates Jews.' Next News Network, khbrknews, wfmd.com, and Fox News all highlighted Flores' claims that 'Evil Jews run the world' and her antisemitic tropes about Zionists and Freemasons. Fox News also mentioned anti-LGBTQ+ rhetoric targeting public schools.
Questions about this coverage
- How did the left and right cover Democrat Eric Jones faces scrutiny over activist endorsement?
- Of the 6 outlets on this story carrying a published leaning rating, 0% are rated left, 17% are rated centre, 83% are rated right. Those percentages are shares of the rated outlets, not of every outlet that ran it. The sections above set out what each side emphasised, in its own terms.
- Is Democrat Eric Jones faces scrutiny over activist endorsement left or right?
- Too few of the outlets on this story carry a published leaning rating to say. 6 of them do, and this site does not characterise a field under 12: at that size one newsroom filing moves the share by ten points. The percentages above are the count as it stands.
- Is the coverage of Democrat Eric Jones faces scrutiny over activist endorsement biased?
- Democrat Eric Jones faces scrutiny over activist endorsement is one event reported by 6 outlets, and this page does not rate the story as biased or unbiased. What it publishes is the spread: which outlets ran it, where named rating organisations place each of them on the spectrum, and what each side chose to lead with. A leaning rating describes an outlet's record over time, not this article, and the two should not be run together.
- Which side is not reporting Democrat Eric Jones faces scrutiny over activist endorsement?
- When we first saw this story, outlets rated left had barely covered it. Coverage accretes for hours after an event, so that is where to look rather than a verdict — the split above is the current count, and it is the one to read.
- Which outlets covered Democrat Eric Jones faces scrutiny over activist endorsement?
- 6 that we know of, every one of them listed further up this page with a link to its own report and to what we hold on the publisher. Nothing here is a summary of somebody else's summary: the outlets are named so the original reporting can be read.
- Who is Adina Flores and what did she say?
- Adina Flores is an activist who endorsed Democratic congressional candidate Eric Jones. She has posted statements on social media, including claims that 'Evil Jews run the world' and that a 'gay Jewish mafia' runs parts of California. She also made anti-LGBTQ+ remarks about public schools.
- How did Eric Jones' campaign respond to Adina Flores' statements?
- Eric Jones' campaign issued a statement condemning hate speech. A spokesperson said, 'I firmly condemn any and all hate toward our Jewish and LGBTQ+ communities. It has no place in our district.' The campaign also noted Jones' wife is Jewish and they are raising their children in a Jewish household.
- Which outlets reported on this story?
- The story was reported by The New York Ledger, PJ Media, Next News Network, khbrknews, wfmd.com, and Fox News. The New York Ledger is rated as centre, while PJ Media, Next News Network, khbrknews, wfmd.com, and Fox News are rated as right.
Read it at the source
6 outlets, grouped by the leaning a published rating gives them. Every headline links to the original; an underlined outlet name opens our profile of that publisher.
Left
0No outlet in this group ran the story.
Centre
1Right
5- EXPOSED: Dem House Hopeful Took Endorsement From Activist Who Said 'Evil Jews Run the World' (opens Next News Network in a new tab)
Next News Network — is Next News Network biased? Our profile of this outlet
- 'The Jews Still Run the World': Inside the Clouded Mind of a Leftist Activist (opens PJ Media in a new tab)
PJ Media — is PJ Media biased? Our profile of this outletOpinion
- Dem House hopeful endorsed by activist who said ‘evil Jews run the world’ (opens khbrknews in a new tab)
- Dem House hopeful endorsed by activist who said ‘evil Jews run the world’ (opens wfmd.com in a new tab)
- Dem House hopeful endorsed by activist who said 'evil Jews run the world' (opens Fox News in a new tab)
Not rated
0No outlet in this group ran the story.
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