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Kansas Senate candidate Adam Hamilton responds to JD Vance’s remarks about his faith

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Democratic Kansas Senate candidate Adam Hamilton, a United Methodist pastor, responded to Vice President JD Vance’s criticism of his faith in an interview on ABC’s This Week that aired Sunday. The Daily Beast reports that Vance said at a Kansas rally last month that Hamilton would insult faith and spit on religion to raise donations for himself. Hamilton called the attacks “really sad” and “pathetic.” Newsweek reports that Vance also said Hamilton believed it’s a sin to be white and a sin to raise cattle and eat meat. Newsweek also reports that Republicans have held the seat since 1919 and that recent polling suggests the race has tightened.

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Key points

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  1. Adam Hamilton, a United Methodist pastor, is the Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate in Kansas.

    Reported byFar Left1Center2See the outletsHide the outlets
    Far Left
    The Daily Beast
    Center
    The Hill, Newsweek

  2. Hamilton responded to Vance’s comments about his faith in an interview on ABC’s This Week that aired on Sunday.

    Reported byFar Left1Center2See the outletsHide the outlets
    Far Left
    The Daily Beast
    Center
    The Hill, Newsweek

  3. Vance said at a Kansas rally last month that Hamilton would insult faith and spit on religion to accrue donations for himself.

    One outletThe Daily Beast· Far Left

  4. Hamilton called Vance’s attacks on his religious beliefs “really sad” and “pathetic.”

    Reported byFar Left1Center2See the outletsHide the outlets
    Far Left
    The Daily Beast
    Center
    The Hill, Newsweek

  5. Vance said Hamilton believed it’s a sin to be white and a sin to raise cattle and eat meat.

    One outletNewsweek· Center

  6. Republicans have held the Kansas Senate seat since 1919, and recent polling suggests the race has tightened.

    One outletNewsweek· Center

What is contested

Where accounts differ

Points the coverage does not agree on, and who says what.

  • Vance’s remarks about Hamilton’s faith and beliefs

    Hamilton and the outlets quoting him say the attacks were false and pathetic; the Daily Beast and Newsweek report Vance’s words as he made them, and the supplied coverage contains no response from Vance.

How each side tells it

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All sides present report that Adam Hamilton, a Democratic Senate candidate and pastor, responded on ABC to Vance’s attacks on his faith. The left-side coverage centers on Vance’s rally remarks and frames Hamilton’s rebuke as a defense, while the center-side coverage centers on the clash and the Senate race.

  • the left

    1 outlet

    Headlines lead with the pastor’s rebuke, calling Vance’s remarks a ‘pathetic’ attack and ‘wild smears’ and casting the clash as a defense of Hamilton’s faith.

    Pastor Loaded verb“Slams”The verb adds a sense of forceful attack beyond reporting that the pastor criticized the vice president’s remarks.More neutral: CriticizesDisagree with this highlight? Vance’s ‘Loaded modifier“Pathetic”The word is a value judgement about Vance’s remarks, although it is attributed to Hamilton.More neutral: CriticizedThese are Adam Hamilton’s words. The outlet is reporting them.Disagree with this highlight?’ Attack on His Faith
    The Daily BeastFar LeftAll left-leaning headlines

  • the center

    2 outlets

    Headlines report Hamilton’s responses to Vance, quoting his ‘really sad’ and ‘pathetic’ words and framing the story as a clash over his Christianity.

    Adam Hamilton Responds After JD Vance Questions His Christianity
    NewsweekCenterAll center headlines

  • the right

    No coverage yet

    No right-leaning outlet that Mantle follows has covered this story yet. That absence is part of the picture.

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  • Left2

    wild smearsSlams

  • Center1

    clapped back

  • Right

    Has not covered this story.

In the outlets’ own words

  • Sensational language

    wild smearsMore neutral: remarks

    The phrase labels Vance’s remarks as reckless falsehoods in the outlet’s own voice before the facts are set out.

    United Methodist Church pastor Adam Hamilton has condemned JD Vance’s wild smears against him.

    Used byThe Daily Beast (Far Left)

  • Loaded verb

    SlamsMore neutral: Criticizes

    The verb adds a sense of forceful attack beyond reporting that the pastor criticized the vice president’s remarks.

    Pastor Slams Vance’s ‘Pathetic’ Attack on His Faith

    Used byThe Daily Beast (Far Left)

  • Loaded verb

    clapped backMore neutral: responded to

    The idiom casts Hamilton’s response as a combative rebuttal in the outlet’s own voice.

    Kansas Senate candidate Adam Hamilton (D) on Sunday clapped back at Vice President Vance's attacks on his religious beliefs, calling the attacks…

    Used byThe Hill (Center)

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  • Loaded modifier

    Quoted

    PatheticMore neutral: Criticized

    The word is a value judgement about Vance’s remarks, although it is attributed to Hamilton.

    Pastor Slams Vance’s ‘Pathetic’ Attack on His Faith

    Quoted byThe Daily Beast (Far Left)

    These are Adam Hamilton’s words. The outlets are reporting them.

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Side by side

What each side leads with and what it leaves out. Open a side to read its headlines.

From the left

1 outlet

Leads with

  • Hamilton’s rebuke of Vance
  • Vance’s remarks as attacks on faith
  • ABC interview

Leaves out

  • Republicans have held the seat since 1919
  • Polling suggests the race has tightened

Reported by other sides, not found in this side’s coverage.

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  • The Daily BeastFar Left

    Pastor Loaded verb“Slams”The verb adds a sense of forceful attack beyond reporting that the pastor criticized the vice president’s remarks.More neutral: CriticizesDisagree with this highlight? Vance’s ‘Loaded modifier“Pathetic”The word is a value judgement about Vance’s remarks, although it is attributed to Hamilton.More neutral: CriticizedThese are Adam Hamilton’s words. The outlet is reporting them.Disagree with this highlight?’ Attack on His Faith

    United Methodist Church pastor Adam Hamilton has condemned JD Vance’s Sensational language“wild smears”The phrase labels Vance’s remarks as reckless falsehoods in the outlet’s own voice before the facts are set out.More neutral: remarksDisagree with this highlight? against him. Reverend Hamilton, 62, who is running for Senate in Kansas , appeared on ABC’s This Week with Jonathan Karl on Sunday, following Vance’s claims at a Kansas rally last month that the …

    Read at The Daily Beast (opens in a new tab)

From the center

2 outlets

Leads with

  • Hamilton’s responses
  • Vance questioning Hamilton’s Christianity
  • Stakes of the Kansas Senate race
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  • NewsweekCenter

    Adam Hamilton Responds After JD Vance Questions His Christianity

    Adam Hamilton pushes back after JD Vance questions his Christianity in Kansas' tightening Senate race.

    Read at Newsweek (opens in a new tab)
  • The HillCenter

    Hamilton says Vance's attacks on his religion are 'really sad,' 'pathetic'

    Kansas Senate candidate Adam Hamilton (D) on Sunday Loaded verb“clapped back”The idiom casts Hamilton’s response as a combative rebuttal in the outlet’s own voice.More neutral: responded toDisagree with this highlight? at Vice President Vance's attacks on his religious beliefs, calling the attacks "really sad" and "pathetic. …

    Read at The Hill (opens in a new tab)

From the right

0 outlets

No right-leaning outlet that Mantle follows has covered this story yet. That absence is part of the picture.

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Who reported it when

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  • Left

    First to report

    The Daily Beast, Oct 11, 12:28 PM EDT

  • Center

    41 min later

    Its first report, Oct 11, 1:09 PM EDT

  • Right

    No report yet

    From the outlets Mantle follows

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  1. The Daily BeastFar LeftOct 11, 12:28 PM EDT
  2. The HillCenterOct 11, 1:09 PM EDT
  3. NewsweekCenterOct 11, 2:19 PM EDT

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