Headline RoundupFebruary 10th, 2021

Perspectives: Time Magazine's Piece on the 2020 Election "Shadow Campaign"

Summary from the AllSides News Team

Time Magazine (Lean Left bias) published an analysis last week portrayed as the "inside story of the conspiracy to save" the 2020 presidential election. The author describes a "unprecedented, creative and determined campaign" led by a "well-funded cabal of powerful people, ranging across industries and ideologies, working together behind the scenes to influence perceptions, change rules and laws, steer media coverage and control the flow of information." Some voices from the right reacted by branding the article as a clear admission of widespread anti-Trump election rigging; in some cases they specifically singled out the Time writer's statement that "In a way, Trump was right." Time's analysis frames the movement as an effort to preserve election integrity, rather than an explicitly anti-Trump coalition. Some right-rated voices confidently labeled the efforts described in the article as a "successful conspiracy to rig the election" in President Joe Biden's favor. Other right-rated voices made a distinction by saying the election wasn't stolen, but was "underhandedly tilted." No other left- or center-rated outlets reported on the story, or criticism of it, as of Tuesday evening.

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