🎙️ What a show tells
CNN 5 Things
- LEFTour grouping of the show
- 44claims in our motif index
- 52motifs they came up in
⚠️ Stories told, not claims that they're true.
What the show's hosts, guests, callers and the clips they play said, as claims in our words, filed by the shape of the story. "Came up on" the show: told, reported or argued against. We don't yet mark which.
✍️ Its signature
the motifs it tells far more than the other shows we follow do
🧩 Ducking the fight 🧩 Hatch Act 🧩 Politicians' empty promises 🧩 Fall of the Republic 🧩 Political accountability 🧩 It's the economy, stupid 🧩 The impostor
👯 Tells the most alike
the shows whose stories overlap most with its own, whatever their lean
- 🎙️ To the Contrary with Charlie Sykes 35% alike · left
- 🎙️ The Megyn Kelly Show 35% alike · right
- 🎙️ Clay Travis & Buck Sexton 33% alike · right
- 🎙️ Breaking Points 33% alike · center
- 🎙️ Today, Explained 31% alike · left
🧩 Its repertoire
every motif its claims came up in, the most first
🧩 Hatch Act ×3 🧩 It's the economy, stupid ×3 🧩 The impostor ×3 🧩 Political accountability ×2 🧩 Politicians' empty promises ×2 🧩 Fall of the Republic ×2 🧩 Ducking the fight ×2 🧩 Pious hypocrite ×1 🧩 Funding conspiracy ×1 🧩 Institutional cover-up ×1 🧩 Retreat ×1 🧩 Press freedom threat ×1 🧩 Immigration policy backlash ×1 🧩 Political realignment ×1 🧩 Political retaliation ×1 🧩 Comeuppance ×1 🧩 Money in politics ×1 🧩 Misusing public funds ×1 🧩 Data center panic ×1 🧩 Showman politician ×1 🧩 Caligula ×1 🧩 Trade as a weapon ×1 🧩 Riding someone's coattails ×1 🧩 Unpopular war ×1 🧩 Leopards Eating People's Faces Party ×1 🧩 The ailing king ×1 🧩 Antisemitic left ×1 🧩 Captured court ×1 🧩 Whose side are you on anyway? ×1 🧩 Revenant ×1 🧩 Electability ×1 🧩 Lawfare ×1 🧩 Preserve all the evidence ×1 🧩 Tight race ×1 🧩 Pater patriae ×1 🧩 Pandering ×1 🧩 Bread and circuses ×1 🧩 Playing defense ×1 🧩 On again, off again ×1 🧩 Driven off the land ×1
🎙️ Lately on the show
its latest claims, in our words, with their motifs
- 2026-10-27 “The Trump DOJ is committing an appalling abuse of the Department of Justice against James Comey.”
🧩 Political retaliation 🧩 Lawfare - 2026-10-27 “The Democratic Party has become increasingly anti-Semitic.”
🧩 Antisemitic left - 2026-10-26 “The Supreme Court has undermined the ability of voters to seek remedies for burdened voting rights.”
🧩 Captured court 🧩 Fall of the Republic - 2026-10-26 “Democrats and the media use racial fear and anger to motivate Black voters for elections.”
🧩 Pandering 🧩 Democrat plantation - 2026-10-25 “Netanyahu sought judicial reforms to weaken the Supreme Court to protect his own political interests.”
🧩 Fall of the Republic - 2026-10-25 “Benjamin Netanyahu refuses to appoint a National Commission of Inquiry to investigate what went wrong during the October 7th attacks.”
🧩 Ducking the inquiry - 2026-10-23 “Economic conditions in Michigan make it difficult to remain a conservative.”
🧩 Political realignment 🧩 It's the economy, stupid - 2026-10-23 “Trump is a tyrant who starts unnecessary wars and makes poor decisions.”
🧩 Unpopular war - 2026-10-23 “Benjamin Netanyahu plans to demolish and evacuate a Palestinian neighborhood in the West Bank.”
🧩 Driven off the land - 2026-10-23 “Trump wants his people to be honest and prosecuted if they are not.”
🧩 Thrown overboard - 2026-10-22 “Mike Rogers accused Abdul El-Sayed of being bought by the Muslim Brotherhood.”
🧩 Funding conspiracy 🧩 Brotherhood candidate - 2026-10-22 “The Democratic Party takes the Black community and Black voters for granted.”
🧩 Taken for granted - 2026-10-22 “Mike Rogers used racist tropes to question Abdul El-Sayed's loyalty to the United States.”
🧩 Islamophobia - 2026-10-21 “Amy Acton's mother claims Acton is a liar who lied about growing up in a tent.”
🧩 The impostor - 2026-10-21 “Amy Acton is a liar who has lied about her past and her upbringing.”
🧩 The impostor - 2026-10-21 “Amy Acton is a liar who has fabricated stories about her childhood.”
🧩 The impostor - 2026-10-21 “Amy Acton avoids substantive issues and refuses to debate.”
🧩 Ducking the fight - 2026-10-21 “Amy Acton's brother accused Vivek Ramaswamy of a despicable attack by using their mother's history as a political talking point.”
🧩 Smear campaign - 2026-10-21 “J.D. Vance argues that Republicans should stop whining about advertisements and focus on winning the race.”
🧩 The ends justify the means - 2026-10-21 “Amy Acton's claims of being homeless and living in a tent are lies.”
🧩 Log cabin - 2026-10-19 “Trump failed to deliver on campaign promises regarding electricity prices, gas prices, housing affordability, and healthcare.”
🧩 Political accountability 🧩 Politicians' empty promises 🧩 It's the economy, stupid - 2026-10-19 “Donald Trump has failed to fulfill many of the promises made during his campaign.”
🧩 Political accountability 🧩 Politicians' empty promises - 2026-10-19 “Hispanic voters are shifting away from the Republican party due to economic pressures and targeting by ICE.”
🧩 Immigration policy backlash 🧩 Leopards Eating People's Faces Party - 2026-10-19 “Latino voters are moving away from Republicans because of the economy and cost of living.”
🧩 It's the economy, stupid 🧩 Inflation - 2026-10-15 “Elon Musk and Donald Trump have an on-again, off-again relationship.”
🧩 On again, off again - 2026-10-15 “The Bible is silent on the issue of abortion.”
🧩 The Bible doesn't say that - 2026-10-14 “Trump's White House press ban likely violates the First Amendment.”
🧩 Press freedom threat - 2026-10-14 “Starlink deliberately restricted speeds used by Ukraine to protect themselves.”
🧩 Trade as a weapon 🧩 Whose side are you on anyway? 🧩 The backdoor - 2026-10-14 “The Pope was diagnosed with lung cancer following surgery.”
🧩 The ailing king - 2026-10-11 “Most Americans dislike the idea of data centers.”
🧩 Data center panic