Ron DeSantis is running as Mr. Conservative — and losing.

[ 12/12/2023 00:43 ] Read on nypost.com

Report Overview: The article contains some manipulations such as biased language, cherry-picking data, and unbalanced reporting. However, it also provides some objective information and analysis. Overall, the article is moderately objective.

Sides Objectivity Scores

Ron DeSantis (60)

Republicans (80)

Sides Representation Balance

Favored Side

Republicans

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Detected Manipulations & Suggested Changes

Biased language

The article uses biased language to describe Ron DeSantis as 'losing' and 'at risk of falling to third place'.

Ron DeSantis is running as the true-blue conservative in the race for the Republican presidential nomination. And he’s learning the hard way that Republicans don’t nominate true-blue conservatives. As Donald Trump leads every poll by double digits, the Florida governor, who seemed such a promising prospect just a year ago, is now at risk of falling to third place.

Use neutral language to describe Ron DeSantis' position in the race.

Cherry-picking data

The article cherry-picks data by highlighting DeSantis' narrow victory in the 2018 gubernatorial contest and downplaying his wide victory in the 2022 re-election.

The first is that his 2018 gubernatorial contest was as notable for its narrow margin as his victory last year was for its wide one. DeSantis beat Andrew Gillum in that first race by less than half a percentage point.

Provide a more balanced analysis of DeSantis' electoral victories and their significance.

Unbalanced reporting

The article presents a one-sided view of Republican presidential contests, suggesting that true-blue conservatives rarely win the nomination.

If Republicans were looking to nominate a leader who checked all the boxes of conservative orthodoxy, they could have picked Ted Cruz or Scott Walker or practically any of the 2016 aspirants other than Trump. Yet as singular as Trump was and is, the failure of his conservative rivals was typical of how the right has fared in Republican presidential contests.

Provide a more balanced analysis of Republican presidential contests and the range of candidates who have been nominated.

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