From the Left · Read · November 2, 2026
Oct 31 · Shootings over the Halloween weekend kill more than a dozen people across the U.S., including four in Dallas's Deep Ellum neighborhood
CNN: Violent Halloween weekend in US with more than a dozen killed, over 90 injured in shootings
Grade C (76/100). Article: CNN's tally of Halloween weekend shootings from Fairfield, Calif., Birmingham and Delaware to Dallas and Jacksonville, Fla.
C: Gets a fact wrong.
- Gets a fact wrong (minus 24 points): says 'Six people were shot and taken to hospitals, Newark Police said early Saturday'; by CNN's own timeline the Newark shooting came 'at around 11:13 p.m.' Saturday, so police could not have said it early Saturday
Splits: Article: CNN's tally of Halloween weekend shootings from Fairfield, Calif., Birmingham and Delaware to Dallas and Jacksonville, Fla.
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