From the Left · Watch · October 20, 2026
Oct 19 · DOJ charges 28 green card holders in California with voting crimes
CBS LA: Green card holders arrested in California for allegedly registering to vote illegally
Grade D (64/100). Both sides; unnamed voices
Lehrer score 64/100 (−18 unnamed source/unsourced figure: quotes from an unidentified official: [0:12] “attempting to infiltrate and influence our political determinations,” [1:36] “violated the sacred trust”; −18 unnamed source/unsourced figure: unnamed expert: [2:37] “an election expert with whom we spoke”). Fixed scale: 90+ A, 80s B, 70s C, 60s D, under 60 F → D. Not deducted: the YouTube description says 11 arrests; the broadcast says 28 charged.
Includes the defendant's family [1:05] and the CA attorney general [1:51]. Unidentified official quoted at [0:12] and [1:36]; unnamed expert at [2:37].
Agrees: Same 28 charged, as KPBS and the Examiner.
Splits: Adds the arrestee's family and the common-names concern.
- Met. Rule: assume there is at least one other side (family, CA attorney general)
- Broken. Rule: no anonymous sources or blind quotes except on rare and monumental occasions ([2:37] “an election expert”)
Same story: KPBS News (public media), Washington Examiner