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My Gen Z teen's reaction to the debate between John McCain and Barack Obama was shocking

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Summary
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63% Informative

My 16-year-old watched a video clip of John McCain and Barack Obama's presidential debate in 2008 .

My child couldn't quite understand how American politicians went from being able to have respectful conversations while disagreeing to shouting slurs on the House floor.

Their disbelief of political decorum and their categorization of "red bad, blue good" based on videos coming from our political leaders.

VR Score

68

Informative language

68

Neutral language

42

Article tone

informal

Language

English

Language complexity

49

Offensive language

possibly offensive

Hate speech

not hateful

Attention-grabbing headline

not detected

Known propaganda techniques

not detected

Time-value

short-lived

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no external sources

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