Kid Rock Compares Senate Candidate to 9/11 Hijackers on Bill Maher Show

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How did the left and right cover Kid Rock Compares Senate Candidate to 9/11 Hijackers on Bill Maher Show?

Of the 7 outlets on this story carrying a published leaning rating, 14% are rated left, 15% are rated centre, 71% are rated right. Those percentages are shares of the rated outlets, not of every outlet that ran it, which was 8. The sections above set out what each side emphasised, in its own terms.

Is Kid Rock Compares Senate Candidate to 9/11 Hijackers on Bill Maher Show left or right?

Too few of the outlets on this story carry a published leaning rating to say. 7 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 Kid Rock Compares Senate Candidate to 9/11 Hijackers on Bill Maher Show biased?

Kid Rock Compares Senate Candidate to 9/11 Hijackers on Bill Maher Show is one event reported by 8 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 Kid Rock Compares Senate Candidate to 9/11 Hijackers on Bill Maher Show?

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 Kid Rock Compares Senate Candidate to 9/11 Hijackers on Bill Maher Show?

8 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 Kid Rock say about Abdul El-Sayed?

During an appearance on Real Time with Bill Maher, Kid Rock compared Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed to the 9/11 hijackers. Kid Rock stated that while El-Sayed appeared assimilated, the hijackers had also been well-assimilated, expressing concerns about Islamic extremism.

How did Bill Maher respond to Kid Rock's comparison?

Bill Maher challenged Kid Rock's comparison, stating that the 9/11 hijackers were not assimilated and came from Saudi Arabia. Maher also noted that 15 of the 19 hijackers were Saudi nationals, and that they had arrived in the US shortly before the attacks, not assimilated over a long period.

Who is Abdul El-Sayed?

Abdul El-Sayed is a Muslim physician and former Detroit health director who is running as a Democratic candidate for the Michigan Senate seat. He is campaigning against Republican Mike Rogers.