From the Left · Watch · November 11, 2026
Nov 10 · House Republicans pick Rep. Jim Jordan to lead them in the next Congress, over Rep. Steve Scalise
MeidasTouch: MeidasTouch's Ben Meiselas calls the pick a GOP collapse and calls Jim Jordan putrid.
Grade F (56/100). MeidasTouch on Jim Jordan's election as House Republican leader
Lehrer score 56/100 (starts at 85; +2 one named, on-record source: reads Rep. Brandon Gill's post on air (1:00-1:12); −5 unnamed source on a side point, or a figure with no stated source (rule 11): [0:21] "The vote was 106 to 73 per sources"; −6 unlabeled claim, analysis or opinion in the outlet's own voice (rule 2/10): [0:00] "The MAGA Republicans continued to fall apart on Capitol Hill" in its own voice; −4 loaded word or phrase in the outlet's own voice (rule 2/7/13): [0:51] "literally one of the most putrid individuals"; −4 loaded word or phrase in the outlet's own voice (rule 2/7/13): [1:00] "MAGA Republican extremist Brandon Gill"; −12 factual error or claim the piece can't support (cite the correct fact) (rule 3): [0:34-0:45] states as fact an unproven allegation about Jim Jordan's years as an Ohio State assistant wrestling coach; Jim Jordan denies it, and the 2019 independent report found no contemporaneous documentary evidence that coaches knew (NBC News and The New York Times, May 17, 2019)). Fixed scale: 90+ A, 80s B, 70s C, 60s D, under 60 F → F.
What we checked: [0:21] "The vote was 106 to 73 per sources"; [0:00] "The MAGA Republicans continued to fall apart on Capitol Hill" in its own voice; [0:51] "literally one of the most putrid individuals"; [1:00] "MAGA Republican extremist Brandon Gill"; [0:34-0:45] states as fact an unproven allegation about Jim Jordan's years as an Ohio State assistant wrestling coach; Jim Jordan denies it, and the 2019 independent report found no contemporaneous documentary evidence that coaches knew (NBC News and The New York Times, May 17, 2019)
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