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☆ Analysis: Midterm elections present a big test for newsrooms in the era of election lies and misinformation
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-07 | by ( Oliver Darcy | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

New York CNN Business —The first major test of the election denialism era has arrived. Tuesday’s midterms will be the first significant contest since conspiracy theories and lies about the US election process swallowed one of its two major parties whole. It’s difficult to put into words how dominant election lies are in the information universe in which Republicans almost exclusively get their news. There are different machines to cast and count ballots, there are different local election laws and procedures. Bad-faith media organizations and personalities, however, will exploit such situations to draw sweeping and incorrect conclusions that serve to benefit their political worldview.

Rep. Mayra Flores speaks at the University Draft House in McAllen, Texas, on Oct. 10. “I still believe at the end of the day this is still a solid, moderate Democratic region,” González said. A fighting chanceOf the three Latina Republicans running, Mónica De La Cruz, endorsed by former President Donald Trump and running in an adjacent congressional district, Texas' 15th, is considered the party's best chance to win. Soon after being sworn in to Congress, Flores voted against the landmark gun safety bill pushed through Congress by Sen. John Cornyn, the Texas Republican. Francisco Medrano Jr., of Harlingen, says he’s likely to support Republican Mayra Flores.

☆ How abortion rights fared in the midterms
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-29 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: 1 min

This year’s midterms revealed where Americans stand on abortion after the U.S. Supreme Court in June handed states the power to decide its legality. The overall outcome of ballot measures and competitive races seemed to suggest that voters of all political stripes are eager to protect abortion access at the state level. Ballot MeasuresA handful of states asked voters whether they wanted to amend their state’s constitution to clarify that it does not guarantee the right to an abortion or to solidify abortion rights. Three states approved ballot measures to protect abortion, and voters in deeply conservative Kentucky rejected an anti-abortion measure. In Montana, the electorate voted against a so-called born alive law, which would require medical care to be provided to infants born alive after a failed abortion.

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