Independent · Watch · October 20, 2026
Oct 19 · DOJ charges 28 green card holders in California with voting crimes
KPBS News (public media): Justice Department accuses four people in San Diego of voting crimes
Grade F (46/100). Host framing; unnamed experts
Lehrer score 46/100 (−24 own-voice claim/analysis: host's own-voice claim: [10:38] “President Trump has made unfounded election fraud claims”; −12 loaded wording: loaded wording: [11:03] “meddle with”; −18 unnamed source/unsourced figure: unnamed experts: [3:56] “all the election experts that I've interviewed”). Fixed scale: 90+ A, 80s B, 70s C, 60s D, under 60 F → F. Full transcript read (0:00–14:24).
Host's own voice: [10:38] “unfounded election fraud claims,” [11:03] “meddle with.” Unnamed: [3:56] “all the election experts that I've interviewed.” A former U.S. attorney is on the record [9:26].
Agrees: Same 28 charged, four in San Diego.
Splits: Adds five federal subpoenas for San Diego records.
- Met. Rule: assume there is at least one other side (former U.S. attorney Philip Talbert)
- Broken. Rule: carefully separate and label opinion and analysis ([10:38] “unfounded”)
- Broken. Rule: no anonymous sources or blind quotes except on rare and monumental occasions ([3:56] unnamed experts)
Watch at KPBS News (public media)
Same story: CBS LA, Washington Examiner