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From the Right · Watch · October 23, 2026

Oct 22 · DeWine tells Ramaswamy to pull the ad featuring Amy Acton's mother as Trump says 'keep it up'

Fox News: WATCH: President Donald Trump asked about controversial ad by Vivek Ramaswamy

Grade B (82/100). Fox airs President Trump's South Lawn remarks in full: he defends Ramaswamy's ad featuring Acton's estranged mother and says the press has teamed up against it, then moves on to Michigan, Musk and other topics

Lehrer score 82/100 (−18 omission: [0:00] 'President Trump is speaking right now, before departing the White House for Iowa. Let's listen in.' (Fox anchor; the clip then airs only Trump's side and never gives Acton's account that her stepfather was charged with raping her and she was removed from her mother's care, which the CBS and Tangle cells report)). Fixed scale: 90+ A, 80s B, 70s C, 60s D, under 60 F → B.

[0:00] 'President Trump is speaking right now, before departing the White House for Iowa. Let's listen in.' (Fox anchor; the clip then airs only Trump's side and never gives Acton's account that her stepfather was charged with raping her and she was removed from her mother's care, which the CBS and Tangle cells report)

Splits: Fox airs President Trump's South Lawn remarks in full: he defends Ramaswamy's ad featuring Acton's estranged mother and says the press has teamed up against it, then moves on to Michigan, Musk and other topics

  • Broken. Rule: omission ([0:00] 'President Trump is speaking right now, before departing the White House for Iowa. Let's listen in.' (Fox anchor; the clip then airs only Trump's side and never gives Acton's account that her stepfather was charged with raping her and she was removed from her mother's care, which the CBS and Tangle cells report))

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