NC Democrat Shelly Headen remains on ballot after party disavowal

Questions about this coverage

How did the left and right cover NC Democrat Shelly Headen remains on ballot after party disavowal?

Of the 11 outlets on this story carrying a published leaning rating, 0% are rated left, 27% are rated centre, 73% are rated right. Those percentages are shares of the rated outlets, not of every outlet that ran it, which was 12. The sections above set out what each side emphasised, in its own terms.

Is NC Democrat Shelly Headen remains on ballot after party disavowal left or right?

Too few of the outlets on this story carry a published leaning rating to say. 11 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 NC Democrat Shelly Headen remains on ballot after party disavowal biased?

NC Democrat Shelly Headen remains on ballot after party disavowal is one event reported by 12 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 NC Democrat Shelly Headen remains on ballot after party disavowal?

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 NC Democrat Shelly Headen remains on ballot after party disavowal?

12 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.

Why is Shelly Headen still on the ballot?

Shelly Headen remains on the ballot for North Carolina's House District 62 because the deadline to withdraw from the race was August 20. Ballots were finalized and sent to voters starting September 4, after the controversy over her social media posts gained national attention.

What did Shelly Headen post on social media?

Shelly Headen made social media posts comparing President Donald Trump and the MAGA movement to Nazis. She also suggested attacks on U.S. soil targeting red states and stated that the MAGA cult might be more destructive than the Nazis.

Did Shelly Headen deny the posts?

Headen denied to the Greensboro News and Record that she posted an image of herself at the Dachau concentration camp with text targeting Trump supporters, stating she believed the image was edited. She told WFDD that she did not remember making the posts but apologized to those hurt by them.