Judge Judy: 'If you don't like this country, go somewhere else'
Television personality made remarks during an interview with USA Today ahead of a CBS special.
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Source: MEGA ; @JUDGEJUDY/YOUTUBEJudge Judy criticized people who come to America and want to 'change' it.
Photograph: OK! Magazine (embedded from source)
What this story says
- Judge Judy Sheindlin said, 'If you don't like this country, go somewhere else,' during an interview with USA Today.
- The remarks were made ahead of a CBS special celebrating her 30th anniversary on television.
- Sheindlin defended capitalism and criticised movements towards absolute equality, calling America the 'greatest' country.
- The story was covered by 16 outlets, with 14 right-rated and two left-rated. No centre-rated outlets reported on it.
Who covered it
Percentages are shares of the 13 outlets carrying a published leaning rating. 3 of the 16 outlets we know ran this story carry no rating and are not counted in them. Coverage measured .
Trust
42/100
Craft
57/100
Hype
41/100
16 sources · methodology
Thin on the left so far
Only 2 of the 13 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.
Television personality Judge Judy Sheindlin stated that people who dislike the United States should leave the country. She made these remarks during an interview with USA Today, which was conducted in anticipation of a CBS special commemorating her 30 years on television. Sheindlin defended capitalism and criticised what she described as trends toward absolute equality, asserting that America is the 'greatest' and 'most successful country in the world'.
Disagreement on Sheindlin's political endorsements
While OK! Magazine reported that Sheindlin does not support Donald Trump and previously campaigned for Nikki Haley and endorsed Michael Bloomberg, the digests from right-rated outlets did not include this information. These digests focused on her comments about America and capitalism.
What the coverage left out
None of the centre-rated outlets reported on this story. The digests from the right-rated outlets did not mention Judge Judy Sheindlin's specific political endorsements or her stated opposition to Donald Trump, details that were included in the full report from OK! Magazine.
Still developing. We have re-checked which outlets are covering this 6 times, most recently on 24 Sept 2026, 23:30, 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
2 rated outlets
- The left-rated reports from OK! Magazine and USA Today included Sheindlin's direct quote about leaving the country and her defence of capitalism. OK! Magazine also detailed her political endorsements, noting she campaigned for Nikki Haley and endorsed Michael Bloomberg, and explicitly stated she does not support Donald Trump. USA Today's digest mentioned her comments about not wanting people to come to America to change it.
Centre
0 rated outlets
No outlet rated centre has run this story so far. We are still checking, and will say plainly if that does not change.
Right
11 rated outlets
- The right-rated reports consistently highlighted Judge Judy Sheindlin's statement, 'If you don't like this country, go somewhere else.' Many digests also mentioned her defence of capitalism and personal responsibility, and her criticism of 'America haters'. Several reports, including those from wfmd.com, WWBL, WVII/Fox Bangor, and The Gateway Pundit, noted that she was 'doubling down on her love of America' or 'unloading on America haters'.
Questions about this coverage
- How did the left and right cover Judge Judy: 'If you don't like this country, go somewhere else'?
- Of the 13 outlets on this story carrying a published leaning rating, 15% are rated left, 0% are rated centre, 85% are rated right. Those percentages are shares of the rated outlets, not of every outlet that ran it, which was 16. The sections above set out what each side emphasised, in its own terms.
- Is Judge Judy: 'If you don't like this country, go somewhere else' left or right?
- The story itself is neither. What can be counted is who has covered it, and 85% of the 13 rated outlets on it are rated right — so far this is a story carried mostly by the right. Coverage is still arriving and that can change, which is why the figure is dated rather than fixed.
- Is the coverage of Judge Judy: 'If you don't like this country, go somewhere else' biased?
- Judge Judy: 'If you don't like this country, go somewhere else' is one event reported by 16 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 Judge Judy: 'If you don't like this country, go somewhere else'?
- 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 Judge Judy: 'If you don't like this country, go somewhere else'?
- 16 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.
- What did Judge Judy say about people who dislike the US?
- Judge Judy Sheindlin stated, 'If you don't like this country, go somewhere else.' She made these remarks during an interview with USA Today, defending capitalism and criticising trends toward absolute equality.
- When were these comments made?
- Judge Judy Sheindlin made these remarks in an interview with USA Today that took place ahead of a CBS special celebrating her 30th anniversary on television.
- Did any centre-rated outlets cover this story?
- No centre-rated outlets reported on Judge Judy Sheindlin's comments. The story was covered by two left-rated outlets and 14 right-rated outlets.
Read it at the source
16 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
2- Judge Judy Says 'If You Don't Like This Country, Go Somewhere Else' as She Shames Those Who 'Want to Change' America (opens OK! Magazine in a new tab)
OK! Magazine — is OK! Magazine biased? Our profile of this outlet
- Judge Judy: Don't come to the greatest country and say 'Change it' (opens USA Today in a new tab)
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Centre
0No outlet in this group ran the story.
Right
11- Judge Judy, 83, Tells Those Who Don't Like America To Leave - 'Go Somewhere Else...' (opens TheMix.net in a new tab)
TheMix.net — is TheMix.net biased? Our profile of this outlet
- Judge Judy tells America's critics to 'go somewhere else' (opens Washington Times in a new tab)
Washington Times — is Washington Times biased? Our profile of this outlet
- Judge Judy says people who don’t like America should ‘go somewhere else’ (opens New York Post in a new tab)
New York Post — is New York Post biased? Our profile of this outlet
- Judge Judy says those who don’t like America should ‘go somewhere else’ (opens wfmd.com in a new tab)
- Judge Judy says those who don't like America should 'go somewhere else' - NEW YORK TIMES POST (opens nytimespost.com in a new tab)
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- Judge Judy says those who don't like America should 'go somewhere else' (opens WVII / Fox Bangor in a new tab)
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- Judge Judy says those who don't like America should 'go somewhere else' (opens Fox News in a new tab)
- Judge Judy Defends America, Tells Critics: ‘If You Don’t Like This Country, Go Somewhere Else’ (opens [your]NEWS in a new tab)
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- Judge Judy UNLOADS On All The America Haters! – 100PercentFedUp.com – by Jack (opens 100% FED UP! in a new tab)
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- MIC DROP: Judge Judy SLAMS America-Haters Living Here — “If You Don’t Like This Country, GO SOMEWHERE ELSE” * The Gateway Pundit * by Jim Hᴏft (opens The Gateway Pundit in a new tab)
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- Judge Judy UNLOADS On All The America Haters! (opens WLTReport in a new tab)
Not rated
3- Whew! Judge Judy Says If You Don’t Like This Country Go Somewhere Else: “America Has Been Good To Me” (opens Hollywood Unlocked in a new tab)
Hollywood Unlocked — is Hollywood Unlocked biased? Our profile of this outlet
- Judge Judy says those who don’t like America should ‘go somewhere else’ (opens WWBL in a new tab)
- Judge Judy Says Critics Should Leave America If They Don’t Like It, Defends Capitalism: ‘Go Somewhere Else’ (opens theJasmineBRAND in a new tab)
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