Accuracy in Media

Evan McMullin, a third-party independent and anti-Trump presidential candidate in the 2016 presidential election cycle, was the subject of anti-Trump media frenzy leading up to his lackluster electoral results. McMullin, a former CIA agent, tried to challenge Trump’s electoral bid and has since founded a nonprofit organization called the Stand Up Republic. However, a report […]

Evan McMullin was once a rising star, even a late bloomer, in the 2016 election cycle. He was supposed to make Utah competitive enough in order to the House of Representatives, but he finished a distant third and fell short of expectations. In his CNN piece, McMullin criticized President Trump on how he does not […]

Evan McMullin, a late-entry presidential candidate, ran as the conservative alternative to Donald Trump. As member of the church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, and a former Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) analyst, he was uniquely positioned to offer the state of Utah an alternative third-party candidate. Utah has a significant LDS (also known […]

The much-lauded Emerson College poll of Utahans, which put independent candidate Evan McMullin ahead of Trump and Clinton, has its own issues regarding reliability. FiveThirtyEight found that among 12 pollsters (ranging from Fox News to Marist), Emerson was one of four pollsters which underperformed. Emerson College received a ‘B’ rating from FiveThirtyEight, as well. Also, […]