Selection log
The open record of which videos we cover and why — same test for every side.
| Date | Topic | Creator lean | Why we covered it | Covered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 25, 2026 | Raising the federal minimum wage to $15/hour and its effect on jobs and the economy | left | Politics-blind criterion: the video presents only studies and examples that show minimum-wage increases with 'no decline in overall employment' and cites ZERO sources from the substantial body of research projecting job losses. Most notably it omits the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office's central estimate that a $15 wage would cost ~1.3 million jobs (range about 0 to 3.7 million). Selecting only confirming evidence on a contested empirical question while citing no opposing source is the measurable one-sidedness. | yes |
| June 25, 2026 | Nuclear power as a safe, clean energy source for fighting climate change | right | Politics-blind criterion: on every contested figure the video presents only the lowest-end, most favorable number and cites ZERO sources for the disputed higher estimates or for the economic downsides. For Chernobyl it gives the WHO 'fewer than 50 directly attributed' figure but omits the same WHO report's projection of up to ~4,000 (and broader estimates of ~9,000+) eventual cancer deaths; it makes no mention of nuclear's high construction cost or build-time problems. Presenting only confirming low-end evidence with no opposing source cited is the measurable one-sidedness. | yes |
| June 25, 2026 | Do tax cuts grow the economy and help workers (2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act) | right | The video reaches a one-directional conclusion ('Tax cuts work') and cites only data and corporate examples that support the pro-tax-cut case. It presents no opposing study, no estimate of the law's cost to federal revenue/deficits, and no source arguing the gains were modest or skewed. | yes |
| June 25, 2026 | Whether rent control / rent stabilization protects renters | left | The video's framing ('Debunking Your Landlord's Myths') presents rent control as the solution and cites only pro-rent-control organizers and figures. It does not include the economics research showing rent control can reduce rental housing supply or raise market-wide rents, nor any source skeptical of the policy. | yes |
| June 25, 2026 | How U.S. gun laws change after mass shootings (gun policy) | left | The video frames loosening gun laws as the surprising/problematic outcome and features a gun-safety advocate as its central voice. It does not present the case made by gun-rights supporters (e.g., that armed self-defense or permitless carry can deter or reduce crime) or any source defending post-shooting deregulation. | yes |
| June 25, 2026 | The scale of illegal immigration at the U.S. southern border | right | The video presents border-crossing totals and the 'gotaway' estimate as settled fact and frames the cause as purely economic migration. It cites only its own narrator (a CIS fellow) and government totals selectively, without the context that 'gotaway' figures are estimates, that 'encounters' can include repeat crossings, or any source offering a different read of the data. | yes |