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Tom Bevan explores the validity of Trump’s attention on US immigration in a post titled “ GOP Needs a Health Care Plan, Not an Immigration Plan .” Tom Devan is the co-founder of Realclear Media Group. Realclear Politics, the article’s publisher, states their goal is to “ present balanced, non-partisan analysis that empowers our readers to stay informed .” In addition to writing, Bevan oversees the company’s editorial staff and works as a guest analyst for other news sites. The article appears well researched, mostly unbiased, and provides substantial evidence to support the author’s claim that Trump’s focus on immigration is out of step with American priorities.   The publisher’s reputation is fair.  Mediabiasfactcheck.com  rate Realclear Politics as Right centered with a mixed rating for factual reporting due to the use of outside sources that have failed fact-checking tests. The evidence that is used by Beven in this article is, however, sourced from Realclear politics itself. I

Michael McGough, senior editorial writer for the Los Angeles Times, pens a short and sensationalized argument in defense of Adam Schiff’s recent statement regarding President Trump’s phone call with with Ukraine Leader Volodymyr Zelensky entitled: “ Adam Schiff’s riff on Trump’s Ukraine call was more truth than parody, but still unwise ”. Although the name of the article implies a commentary that includes both favor and criticism of Schiff, once studied, the editorial’s bias is clear. Any worthy point McGough could have made is lost in excess personal attacks and weakened still by an anemic attempt to project impartiality in his concluding critique of Schiff. Both the author and publisher appear respectable and long-serving. Nonetheless, their propriety is undercut by the bitter nature of this article. From the outset, McGough uses hyperbolic and derogatory descriptors of Trump’s character and behavior. Phrases like “new extremes of crazy” and “deranged” set the tone for the intr