Split Screen Politics

These articles discuss Trump's stance on IVF treatment and his plan to have the costs of these treatments covered.  These articles also address Trump's statements regarding how he plans to vote on a Florida ballot measure that would guarantee the right to abortion until fetal viability. The Newsmax source is based on Trump's statements at a rally while the NBC News source is based on Trump's statements during an interview with NBC News. The statements made by Trump in both sources were made on Thursday, August 29 in Potterville, Michigan. Newsmax      At a rally on Thursday in Potterville, Michigan,  Trump said that the federal government will mandate insurance companies to cover all costs related to IVF. Trump stated that the reason for this is "because we want more babies” Using this same logic, parents will also be allowed to deduct major newborn expenses from their taxes In February, Alabama's Supreme Court ruled that embryos created through IVF are conside...

    Background: These news media sources discuss Kamala Harris’ preparation leading up to her DNC speech. Both of these news stories were published before Harris’ speech took place. The source from CNN is an article written by Kevin Liptak, Jeff Zeleny, and MJ Lee. The source from FOX News is a video clip featuring Jesse Watters from “Jesse Watters Primetime”.   CNN: This article stresses the importance of Harris’ DNC speech by calling it “the highest-profile moment of her political life”.   Harris had been preparing and readying herself for her speech from her hotel suite in Chicago.   Harris has been thinking about this speech for weeks as she is aware of the high stakes.   Harris is expected to touch on topics that inform the American people more about her background.   According to those involved in her speech preparation, Harris has been working from the stump speech she uses at her campaign rallies and has extensively refined the text.   In ...

Background:       These articles discuss the shift in Kamala Harris' policy stances since her 2019 campaign. Some areas in which her policy stances have changed include fracking, healthcare, the size of the Supreme Court, taxes on tips, and border control. Most announcements about these policy stance changes have come from Harris campaign officials instead of from Harris herself. Additionally, some of these changes have not received any official announcement but are instead inferred by some of Harris' recent actions.  CBS News: Harris had an extremely liberal voting record in the Senate when she campaigned in 2019 for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination, making her candidacy a remote possibility. As the current Democratic presidential nominee, Harris is changing some of her controversial policy stances in an attempt to appeal to the independent voters.  Harris' 3.5 years as vice president have shaped her current policy positions and have allowed her...

Welcome to Split Screen Politics! In this blog, I will take coverage of political events from different media sources and place them side by side. I will then compare and contrast the content of each source's coverage. My goal is to uncover the biases present in different media sources. I wish to encourage my readers to seek multiple sources and perspectives when consuming political news.  Most of my posts will compare the coverage of different popular online news media sources. When deciding which two sources to compare, I will attempt to use those that have traditionally contrasting political viewpoints. I will use the AllSides Media Bias Chart as a basis for determining which news sources hold which viewpoints.  I will also make periodical posts that compare political coverage on different social media accounts. My goal here will be to analyze how both politicians and regular citizens utilize social media to shape political narratives. As we are in an election year, I may a...