Ground Blindspot Report Feb 24

Blindspot Report

March 31 - 6 April

Egypt's first female ship captain Marwa Elselehdar says 'blamed for blocking Suez Canal'

Egypt's pioneering ship captain has been targeted over false rumours about her role in the incident. Marwa Elselehdar, who was working as a first mate in command on a ship hundreds of miles away in Alexandria at the time of the blockage said rumours have circulated online saying she was to blame after last month, the Ever Given became stuck in the Suez Canal, bringing a large proportion of the world’s shipping to a halt.

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Distribution of 20 sources

Left 50%

25%

BLINDSPOT FOR THE LEFT

Study declares AOC one of the least effective members of Congress

The Center for Effective Lawmaking recently released its effectiveness scores for members of the 116th Congress, which ran from January 2019 to 2021. Legislative effectiveness scores are determined through a combination of 15 different metrics, including how many bills a lawmaker sponsors, how far the bill goes through Congress and how substantial or significant the bill is. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Nancy Pelosi ranked No. 230 and 237 respectively out of the 240 House Democrats, while Jim Jordan, R-Ohio ranked No. 202 out of 205 House Republicans.

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Distribution of 15 sources

Right 87%

BLINDSPOT FOR THE RIGHT

Average westerner's eating habits lead to loss of four trees every year

Research links consumption of foods such as coffee and chocolate to global deforestation. The average western consumer of coffee, chocolate, beef, palm oil and other commodities is responsible for the felling of four trees every year, many in wildlife-rich tropical forests, research has calculated.

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Distribution of 7 sources

Left 43%

Center 57%

BLINDSPOT FOR THE LEFT

Biden's DHS may restart border wall construction to plug 'gaps'

Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas told department employees he may restart border wall construction to plug what he called “gaps” in the current barrier.

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Distribution of 18 sources

Right 89%

BLINDSPOT FOR THE RIGHT

Police: Man with pole trashes Asian-owned convenience store

An Asian-owned convenience store in Charlotte, North Carolina, has been trashed by a man who wielded a metal post and yelled racial slurs, according to police and a son of the store's owners.

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Distribution of 35 sources

Left 49%

Center 40%

11%

BLINDSPOT FOR THE LEFT

Canadian Pastor Banishes Calgary Police During Passover Service

A Canadian pastor expelled the local police from his building after they apparently tried breaking up his church service over COVID rules. "Out of this property, you Nazis. Out! Gestapo is not allowed here. Do not come back, you Nazi psychopaths," he could be heard saying.

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Distribution of 21 sources

10%

Right 86%

BLINDSPOT FOR THE RIGHT

More Than 50 Major U.S. Corporations—Including Nike And FedEx—Paid No Federal Taxes Last Year

Benefitting from Trump-era tax cuts and capitalizing on loopholes in the tax code, at least 55 prominent U.S. companies paid $0 in federal corporate income taxes in 2020 on billions of dollars in profits, according to a report published Friday by the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy.

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Distribution of 40 sources

Left 45%

Center 35%

20%

BLINDSPOT FOR THE LEFT

Fauci 'Not Quite Sure' Why Covid Cases Are Dropping in Texas After Restrictions Were Lifted

Dr. Anthony Fauci said the reason Covid-19 cases in Texas were declining even after the state lifted restrictions might be "confusing." He downplayed the recent decline, saying it could be premature to conclude the move paid off.

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Distribution of 10 sources

10%

Right 90%

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Highlighting discrepancies between the reporting on stories across different news outlets.

This week's story

DeSantis spars with '60 Minutes' over vaccine rollout: 'What you're saying is wrong'

What do the different news outlets focus on when reporting on this story?

CBS Local · LEFT

'Their Narrative Was A Piece Of Horse Manure': Gov. Ron DeSantis Fires Back At 60 Minutes Report Critical Of Florida's COVID-19 Vaccine Rollout

Fox News · RIGHT

CBS' '60 Minutes' shames DeSantis for prioritizing seniors in vaccine rollout, suggests they weren't high

Missoulian · CENTER

'60 Minutes' faces backlash for story on Florida vaccine rollout

Alternet · LEFT

'He's lying you can tell': Internet responds to '60 Minutes' exposé on Ron DeSantis

Reason · RIGHT

That 60 Minutes Story on Ron DeSantis and Florida's Vaccine Rollout Is Wildly Flawed

USA Today · CENTER

'60 Minutes' segment on Florida's COVID vaccine rollout spotlights claims of Gov. Ron DeSantis favoring wealthy

Daily Kos · LEFT

60 Minutes nails Ron DeSantis as a corrupt elitist "it's pay-to-play, governor."

The weekly blindspot report from Ground News puts a spotlight on news that publications from one side of the political spectrum or the other had little to no reporting on.

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