From the Right · Read · November 12, 2026
Nov 11 · Democrat Scott Colom defeats Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith in Mississippi, flipping the Senate seat
New York Post: The Post gives the 49.2% to 48.7% count with no source and calls the night a massive rebuke of Trump.
Grade C (74/100). Article: New York Post on Scott Colom's Mississippi Senate win
Lehrer score 74/100 (starts at 85; +2 one named, on-record source: Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith quoted from her video on X ("I respect the decision of Mississippi voters"); +2 context: background or what came before: Colom "becomes the first Democrat to win a Senate race in the Magnolia State since John Stennis in 1982"; Trump won the state "by 22.9% in 2024"; −5 unnamed source on a side point, or a figure with no stated source (rule 11): "Colom garnered 49.2% of the vote, compared to Hyde-Smith's (R-Miss.) 48.7%, with more than 95% of the ballots tallied Wednesday" with no source for the count; −6 unlabeled claim, analysis or opinion in the outlet's own voice (rule 2/10): "in a massive rebuke of Trump and the GOP government in Washington" in its own voice; −4 loaded word or phrase in the outlet's own voice (rule 2/7/13): "a desperate bid to shore up support in ruby red Republican strongholds"; "The wipeout began shortly after polls closed"). Fixed scale: 90+ A, 80s B, 70s C, 60s D, under 60 F → C.
What we checked: "Colom garnered 49.2% of the vote, compared to Hyde-Smith's (R-Miss.) 48.7%, with more than 95% of the ballots tallied Wednesday" with no source for the count; "in a massive rebuke of Trump and the GOP government in Washington" in its own voice; "a desperate bid to shore up support in ruby red Republican strongholds"; "The wipeout began shortly after polls closed"
Splits: Article: New York Post on Scott Colom's Mississippi Senate win
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