News in Review: Wednesday, February 22, 2023

What does the news landscape look like?

Today’s top stories are the Ukraine-Biden story, the Ohio train derailment, and the 2024 GOP presidential race. The Chinese spy balloon story has nearly fallen out of the top ten.

This is how the top stories were covered on each side of the media yesterday:

• Ukraine / Biden (16% more on the left)

• Train derailment (18% more on the right)

• 2024 GOP race (22% more on the left)

Media bias ratings are from AllSides.

This is how articles from liberal and conservative outlets were distributed over the past five days amongst the top stories.

Liberal outlets used these words more than conservative outlets:

• greene (6.6x)

• black (2.2x)

• jury (1.8x)

Conservative outlets used these words more than liberal outlets:

• chinese (5.1x)

• lemon (3x)

• china (2.6x)

What is happening in the top stories?

Now for a deep dive into our top three stories, starting with…

Ukraine / Biden

• War in Ukraine is a defining chapter of President Biden’s time in the White House.

• Biden believes democracies must band together to push back against autocratic leaders like Russian President Vladimir Putin.

• Biden has maintained his leadership among NATO allies when it comes to aid to Ukraine, totaling in the billions.

Train derailment

• EPA head and President Biden have both stated that Norfolk Southern must pay for the cleanup of the Feb. 3 train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio.

• The EPA has ordered Norfolk Southern to submit a work plan for the cleanup and to attend town meetings about the incident.

• The EPA has used its authority under the Superfund law to order Norfolk Southern to take all available measures to clean up contaminated air and water.

2024 GOP race

• Former President Donald Trump falsely claimed that Democratic mega-donor George Soros had “endorsed” Florida Governor Ron DeSantis for president.

• GOP New Hampshire Governor Chris Sununu said Republicans will not be “settling” for former President Donald Trump in 2024, calling him “yesterday’s leadership”.

• According to a recent Harvard CAPS-Harris Poll, nearly half of Republican voters support Donald Trump for the 2024 Presidential nomination.

• Nikki Haley’s entrance into the 2024 Republican presidential primary could raise pressure on other prospective GOP contenders to officially jump in.