From the Right · Read · October 21, 2026
Oct 19-20 · France imposes and extends curfews after weekend riots
Fox News: Reporter's Notebook: France braces for more unrest after parts of Paris spun out of control
Grade F (52/100). First-person Paris dispatch
Lehrer score 52/100 (−12 loaded wording: loaded opener in its own voice: “Paris is burning. Yet again.”; −12 loaded wording: loaded word in its own voice: “Yes, there are immigrants and foreigners amid the rabble.”; −24 own-voice claim/analysis: own-voice verdict on Macron: “Nearly ten years of rule by President Emmanuel Macron has left this country more divided, with promises unfilled, anger near the surface.”). Fixed scale: 90+ A, 80s B, 70s C, 60s D, under 60 F → F.
Reporter's own verdicts in a news slot: “Paris is burning. Yet again.”; “Yes, there are immigrants and foreigners amid the rabble.”; “Nearly ten years of rule by President Emmanuel Macron has left this country more divided, with promises unfilled, anger near the surface.”.
Agrees: 2,500 arrests; attacks on official buildings
Splits: First-person color; blames Macron's tenure in its own voice
- Met. Rule: do nothing I cannot defend (arrest and damage figures given)
- Broken. Rule: do not distort, lie, slant or hype (“Paris is burning. Yet again.”)
- Broken. Rule: do not distort, lie, slant or hype (“Yes, there are immigrants and foreigners amid the rabble.”)
- Broken. Rule: carefully separate and label opinion and analysis (“Nearly ten years of rule by President Emmanuel Macron has left this country more divided, with promises unfilled, anger near the surface.”)
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