From the Left · Watch · October 21, 2026
Oct 19-20 · France imposes overnight curfews after weekend riots
CBS News: France imposes targeted curfews after riots, looting and violent protests
Grade C (70/100). Curfews, Macron, Trump, shop owners
Lehrer score 70/100 (−18 unnamed source/unsourced figure: figures with no stated source (also [0:11] “thousands of people arrested”): “[0:49] rioters looted thousands of stores”; −12 loaded wording: loaded wording in the reporter's own voice: “[1:45] ballooning government deficit”). Fixed scale: 90+ A, 80s B, 70s C, 60s D, under 60 F → C.
Unsourced: [0:49] “rioters looted thousands of stores.” Loaded: [1:45] “ballooning government deficit.” Macron [1:55] and Trump [1:40] are both heard.
Agrees: Curfews in Paris and other cities after weekend looting
Splits: Adds the State Department alert and Macron blaming far-left groups
- Met. Rule: assume there is at least one other side (Macron, Trump, shop owners, U.S. tourists)
- Broken. Rule: no anonymous sources or unattributed figures except on rare and monumental occasions ([0:49] rioters looted thousands of stores)
- Broken. Rule: assume the viewer is as smart and as caring and as good a person as I am (no loaded words) ([1:45] ballooning government deficit)
Same story: FRANCE 24, NTD News (Epoch Media Group)