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How the outlets framed one event, laid side by side

When the desk finds a story the outlets agree on but frame apart, it logs each outlet’s angle as a verbatim doorway — the exact words that decide how you are meant to feel before you reach the verb. On each piece those doorways sit in the lead as a spectrum; here they are gathered across every coverage brief, one fan per story, so the choices line up next to each other. The desk renders no verdict on which frame is right — that is your call, and the whole point. Every line below is the outlet’s own, quoted verbatim, linked to the audit it came from.

2026-10-13 · Coverage brief

Every newsroom in this corpus is retelling one Wall Street Journal document the desk does not hold. Two of the six — one left, one right — carry the accusation and leave the reader there. The other four carry the campaign's non-answer and the news that both men have since returned, one into custody.

How 6 outlets framed one event
  1. HuffPostthe accusation, the other woman, and a pointer to a document it did not holdTexas Republican Senate nominee Ken Paxton partied in Dubai with two wanted federal fugitives - and a woman who was not his wife - shortly before launching his campaign, according to The Wall Street Journal.
  2. Washington Examinerthe fugitive label, and no answer from the campaignTexas Attorney General Ken Paxton attended a 2025 New Year’s party in Dubai with two fugitives who did not return to the United States, according to a new report from the Wall Street Journal.
  3. MediaiteLean Leftthe accusation plus the two facts the accusation-only files leave outAccording to a Monday report from The Wall Street Journal, the Texas attorney general attended a lavish New Year's Eve celebration in Dubai on December 31, 2024, with his extramarital girlfriend, Tracy Duhon, and two Americans who had been indicted months earlier in a federal healthcare fraud case.
  4. IBTimes UKthe caveat and the custodyBoth Ahmed and Suhail have since returned to the United States to face prosecution. Ahmed remains in custody, according to The Wall Street Journal.
  5. Klix.bathe donation, and the return, in BosnianPrema evidenciji o finansiranju kampanje na koju se poziva Wall Street Journal, Ahmed je Paxtonu donirao ukupno 190.000 dolara, uključujući 25.000 dolara uplaćenih samo nekoliko dana nakon što je optužen.
  6. N1 BiHwhat presence at a party does not establishU trenutku novogodišnje proslave nijedan od njih nije se vratio u SAD kako bi se suočio s optužbama.
2026-10-12 · Coverage brief

The posting said both parties had agreed. The parties spent Monday asking what had been agreed.

How 7 outlets framed one event
  1. NBC NewsLean Leftthe Ukrainian side's own account of learning it from the mediaZelenskyy said Monday that Ukraine "didn't know about it. We learned from the media."
  2. CBS NewsLean Leftthe same account, and the word he used for itIt's unclear exactly what the ceasefire entails, and Zelenskyy told Axios after Mr. Trump's announcement that the ceasefire "was news for me."
  3. NPRLean Leftthe Ukrainian side's account, as it reached a US newsroomZelenskyy said on Sunday that he did not know anything about the ceasefire.
  4. The GuardianLean Leftthe record's own summary of the state of the agreementOn Sunday, Trump announced an "energy ceasefire" between Kyiv and Moscow that Zelenskyy said neither side had agreed to.
  5. CNNLean Leftthe record's own hedge that the scope is unresolveda proposal that Zelensky said Kyiv did not know about in advance, and one that Moscow has remained tight-lipped about in the hours since.
  6. BBC NewsCenterwhat happened to the energy sites after the announcementRussia struck six Ukrainian energy facilities hours after US President Donald Trump announced the two countries had agreed to an energy ceasefire, Volodymyr Zelensky has said.
  7. AFPand the same toll, in the Ukrainian president's own wordsToday alone, the Russians have attacked six energy facilities in Ukraine. Thirty-three people were wounded across the country
2026-10-12 · Coverage brief

Four newsrooms printed the same X reply at four different lengths. Length is on the page; where the post ended is a matter for whoever holds the original.

How 2 outlets framed one event
  1. The HillCentertriggerof an email from what appeared to be Trump’s campaign
  2. HuffPosttriggerripped President
2026-10-12 · Coverage brief

Two campaigns spent days demanding documents from each other about James Talarico's body. The only institution with actual records was a mental health facility in Mason, Ohio, and its two-line denial traveled through the records that printed it without a qualifier.

How 29 outlets framed one event
  1. The HillCenterthe two who doubted · 2026-10-11His reemergence comes as both his GOP opponent, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, and President Trump have doubted Talarico's flu diagnosis and called for the Democrat to return to the campaign trail less than a month out from November's elections.
  2. The HillCenterthe countdown ad · 2026-10-07Have you seen this man? His name is James Talarico,
  3. The Washington Timesmissing in action · 2026-10-08Ladies and Gentlemen, upon information and belief, James TalaFREAKo, who is running for the United States Senate in Texas, is MISSING IN ACTION!
  4. Texas Scorecardproof of life · 2026-10-09James Talafreako's handlers need to stop the lies and release proof of life. We're worried about the little guy,
  5. Newsmaxthe newspaper demand · 2026-10-09On Thursday, Paxton's campaign requested a video of Talarico "holding a newspaper dated today," a doctor's note, or details about "the flight he took home" from New York fundraisers.
  6. The Washington Postthe tip line · 2026-10-12Hours before Talarico resurfaced at Austin City Limits, Paxton launched the “Tala-Freak-Out Tip Line” to report sightings of the candidate, whom Paxton claimed was “prone to illness.”
  7. Washington Examinerthe McConnell echo · 2026-10-08call comes after Democrats have invoked a similar message against Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) earlier this year.
  8. Scripps News Groupwhat circulated · 2026-10-11The speculation included unsubstantiated claims circulating online that Talarico had been receiving treatment at a mental health facility in Ohio.
  9. Texas Tribune (via News From The States)unverified theories · 2026-10-09A bevy of right-wing commentators online have promoted unverified theories about Talarico's absence, suggesting without evidence that his campaign was falsely using the flu to cover for a more serious, politically damaging condition.
  10. The Daily Wirethe outlet's own caveat · 2026-10-11The Daily Wire has not independently verified the woman's identity, her employment at the facility, or the claim made in the recording.
  11. TownhallRightthe claim · 2026-10-11This phone call seems to confirm he was a patient at the Lindner Center of Hope near Cincinnati, Ohio.
  12. USA Todaythe originator and the denial · 2026-10-12The rumors spread widely after conservative influencer Nick Sortor claimed on X that Talarico had received treatment at the Lindner Center of Hope.
  13. NBC NewsLean Leftthe influencer · 2026-10-12One right-wing influencer falsely claimed Talarico was receiving treatment at the Lindner Center of Hope, a facility in Ohio.
  14. NBC NewsLean Leftthe hospital · 2026-10-12The Lindner Center also shot down the speculation Sunday, posting on social media: “Representative James Talarico has never received treatment from Lindner Center of Hope.”
  15. The Daily Wirethe campaign's denial · 2026-10-11This is a lie designed to promote a pathetic conspiracy theory. Last week James Talarico was home in Austin, Texas, recovering from the flu,
  16. The Times of Londonthe hospital, again · 2026-10-12On Sunday evening, the Lindner Center of Hope released a statement denying the Democratic candidate had been treated there.
  17. Houston Chroniclethe denial restated · 2026-10-12Just to make it clear: The Lindner Center said the whole story is a lie.
  18. Dallas Expressunverified, in-bucket · 2026-10-11As of Saturday morning, no public documentation or named-source reporting substantiates claims that Talarico spent part of his absence in a psychiatric hospital or mental-health facility.
  19. The Times of Londonthe deleted post · 2026-10-12Ohio mental hospital CONFIRMS James Talarico was discharged from the facility earlier this week The 'flu' thing was a BIG FAT LIE," Sortor wrote in a post on X, which has since been deleted.
  20. CNNLean Leftthe stress claim · 2026-10-12A claim also circulated in conservative circles online that Talarico was receiving treatment for a stress-induced episode.
  21. USA Todaythe thirteen-day claim · 2026-10-12James Talarico claims he was missing for 13 days because he had the 'flu.' Who actually believes that? He was only seen for the first time in 13 days during a staged 15-minute appearance at a music festival. He owes Texans answers,
  22. Fox NewsRightthe nine-day counter · 2026-10-10The campaign argued that because he attended that Zoom, his absence was closer to nine days.
  23. Fox NewsRightthe attribution · 2026-10-10Talarico's campaign attributed the absence to a severe case of the flu. However, the prolonged pause drew sharp criticism from Republicans, including President Donald Trump.
  24. The Independent (UK)the bad rumors line · 2026-10-09"Where is he? What is wrong with him? Bad rumors are coming out," Trump said, referring to Talarico's absence from the campaign trail due to a flu diagnosis.
  25. MS NOWLeftthe dismissal · 2026-10-12James Talarico, the Texas Democratic nominee for Senate, on Sunday dismissed GOP conspiracy theories about his flu-induced absence from the campaign trail and sought to turn the tables.
  26. Austin American-Statesmanthe opening · 2026-10-12But when the Democrat canceled a couple of campaign appearances over the next few days and essentially went dark for more than a week, Paxton's people pounced.
  27. San Antonio Express-NewsTexas Tough · 2026-10-12There's a reason they call it 'Texas Tough,' and it's not because Texans hide at the first sign of trouble,
  28. Dallas Morning Newsthe return · 2026-10-12Talarico, a state representative from Austin, was seen walking through the festival
  29. The Texas Tribunethe debate counterfact · 2026-10-08Paxton did not debate his opponents in any of his three campaigns for attorney general.
2026-10-12 · Coverage brief

A notice filed at 4:55 on a Friday, saws in the park by Saturday morning, and one question now docketed under oath — reported everywhere in this corpus, answered nowhere in it.

How 16 outlets framed one event
  1. NOTUS (The Washington Sun)the clock · 2026-10-12Reyes said she was “thoroughly unamused” that officials gave notice at 4:55 p.m. Friday — minutes before courts closed for the holiday weekend — that the National Park Service would begin razing trees the next day.
  2. The Independent (UK)the judge and a plaintiff, quoted · 2026-10-12“Why did we not find out about it until 4:55 on Friday?” she asked.
  3. CNNLean Leftthe weekend · 2026-10-12The Interior Department first gave notice of the tree removal plans on Friday evening in a filing describing the tree-chopping as part of a long-standing maintenance plan that was not connected to “renovation or redesign of the Golf Course.”
  4. The Washington Timesthe plaintiffs' account · 2026-10-12They accused the president’s team of a bait-and-switch, waiting until late Friday, just before a three-day holiday weekend, to inform the court of plans to cut hundreds of trees.
  5. CNNLean Leftthe Friday filing · 2026-10-10“The planned tree management and cultural landscape rehabilitation project is not a renovation or redesign of the Golf Course, is not a part of any potential project to redesign or renovate the Golf Course, and would be carried out irrespective of any future renovation or redesign,” Kevin Griess, the NPS superintendent, said in the court filing.
  6. Associated PressLean Leftstatement and tranches · 2026-10-10“The National Park Service is finally implementing a 7-year-old plan to address tree overgrowth at East Potomac Golf Course,’' the Interior Department said in a statement Saturday.
  7. ReutersCenterthe hearing · 2026-10-12Kevin Griess, a National Park Service official, said at Monday's hearing that tree removal was intended to improve safety at the park and restore its original design, and was part of a 2019 plan that predates Trump's ambitions for the course.
  8. Washington Examinerfilings and the bench · 2026-10-12DOJ attorneys wrote in their notice to the court on Friday that NPS’s “restoration activities are a separate agency decision” and are distinct from the course renovation issue at hand in the case.
  9. Golfweek (USA TODAY Network)sworn declaration · 2026-10-12In a sworn declaration filed Friday, National Mall and Memorial Parks Superintendent Kevin Griess said crews initially planned to remove 169 trees Saturday, with another 90 expected to follow and field inspections eventually bringing the total to 529.
  10. Times of Indiathe notice rule · 2026-10-12The court has nevertheless sought advance notice of significant activity at the site, including the removal of more than 10 trees or the use of large equipment.The government maintains that the current clearing is separate from the proposed transformation.
  11. NOTUS (The Washington Sun)the framing fight · 2026-10-12But the preservation group said the “clear-cutting that is happening now,” after Trump said work on a new golf course would move quickly, “cannot be understood as anything other than a major, irretrievable further step toward implementation of the Washington National plan.”
  12. The Independent (UK)the London count · 2026-10-12where more than 400 trees were knocked down over the weekend.
  13. The Washington Postrecord · 2026-10-12A federal judge ordered the Trump administration Monday morning to stop cutting down trees at East Potomac Golf Links after preservationists asserted that more than 500 were felled Saturday and “hundreds more” were slated for removal.
  14. NewsweekCenterrecord · 2026-10-12A federal judge erupted at Trump administration officials Monday over the removal of hundreds of trees from a historic Washington, D.C., golf course, accusing the government of destroying its credibility with the court.
  15. The GuardianLean Leftthe order · 2026-10-12“Tree removal for routine maintenance is not exempt from this order,” Reyes’ wrote. “Plaintiffs are likely to suffer immediate and irreparable harm in the absence of preliminary relief.
  16. CNNLean Leftthe provenance of the plan · 2026-10-12Griess, the superintendent of the National Mall and Memorial Parks, claimed he came up with the plan to cut down the trees after receiving an “education” from his staff on a 2019 directive to overhaul the golf course to make it more in line with how it looked when it opened.
2026-10-12 · Coverage brief

A $276 million aggregate, a $158 million line, a $248,000 transfer — the same haul focused at different powers — with the timing question the paperwork alone cannot answer.

How 16 outlets framed one event
  1. Associated PressLean Leftrecord · 2026-10-12Elon Musk, the world's only trillionaire, has quietly become the biggest known donor in this year's midterm elections, doling out more than $276 million since July to try to save Republican majorities in Congress.
  2. CNNLean Leftrecord · 2026-10-12A spokesperson for Musk’s main political group, America PAC, confirmed the figure on Monday, three days before a key campaign finance disclosure deadline.
  3. PoliticoLean Leftrecord · 2026-10-12Elon Musk has dropped more than $276 million for Republican groups and his super PAC since July, a sum that makes the richest person in the world “by far the largest known donor in the midterms,” NYT’s Teddy Schleifer scoops.
  4. HuffPostrecord · 2026-10-12Elon Musk has given GOP groups and his super PAC over $276 million since the start of July, making the Tesla and SpaceX CEO the largest known donor in the November midterm elections, according to The New York Times.
  5. Reason (Libertarian)record · 2026-10-12Republicans are in trouble and Elon Musk is trying to bail them out.
  6. Associated PressLean Leftrecord · 2026-10-12The money includes $158 million given to the Senate Leadership Fund, the main super PAC supporting Republican Senate candidates, one of the largest known political donations in American history.
  7. Forbesrecord · 2026-10-12He has also given money in recent months to the Congressional Leadership Fund ($20 million), a PAC that supports House Republicans; Lone Star Liberty PAC ($10 million), which backs Texas Senate candidate Ken Paxton; $10 million to the Republican Governors Association and $2 million to the Republican Attorneys General Association, Musk's representatives told the Times.
  8. USA Todayrecord · 2026-09-25Musk's known political giving so far this cycle falls short of the $290 million he gave to elect President Donald Trump and other Republicans in 2024, which made him the biggest donor of that campaign cycle.
  9. New York Postrecord · 2026-08-20Officials briefed on the matter told Wired that Musk is expected to spend between $100 million and $200 million to boost Republicans, though the precise amount could change.
  10. France 24record · 2026-07-30The tech multi-billionaire plans to reactivate America PAC, the political organization that spent more than $260 million supporting Trump's bid, according to people familiar with the effort cited by Axios.
  11. The Jerusalem Postrecord · 2026-07-31Musk has authorized between $100 million and $120 million on the program, the newspaper reported.
  12. Washington Examinerrecord · 2026-09-03Musk, the world's wealthiest man and the CEO of Tesla and SpaceX, has reportedly authorized $100 million or more in PAC spending this cycle after a brief falling out with Trump
  13. Fox NewsRightrecord · 2026-09-03
  14. The Washington Timesrecord · 2026-09-03The group reported $248,000 to help Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton against Democrat James Talarico, $170,000 to assist Maine Sen. Susan Collins against Democrat Troy Jackson, and $106,000 to boost GOP Sen. Jon Husted in Ohio.
  15. ReutersCenterrecord · 2026-09-11Trump, whose approval rating is stuck at the lowest level of his political career, told reporters last week that he planned to allocate $400 million to $500 million to boost Republicans in the midterms.
  16. PBS NewsHourrecord · 2026-10-02The New York Times did a good analysis of the top spenders. These are the top Republican spenders, all of them billionaires you see there.
2026-10-12 · Coverage brief

The record holds the cell, the rule, the charges and the dates — and not one line that says who decided the isolation should be total.

How 20 outlets framed one event
  1. CNNLean Lefttranscript quote · 2026-10-10he is still in solitary confinement 24 hours a day. Even if he gets an hour to eat or to exercise, he's alone.
  2. Military.comrecord · 2026-10-12A U.S. Air Force member jailed since August for publicly calling for President Donald Trump's impeachment is being held in solitary confinement 24 hours a day, according to his attorney.
  3. CNNLean Leftrecord · 2026-08-24Mutimer, Watson's attorney, told CNN's Erin Burnett on "OutFront" that he spoke with his client Monday and "he is basically in solitary confinement for his safety."
  4. Air Force Timesrecord · 2026-09-21The Marine Corps officer was only in pretrial confinement for nine days, while Watson has been in solitary confinement for 35 days thus far as of Monday.
  5. CBS NewsLean Leftrecord · 2026-08-24The Air Force said Watson will be held in pre-trial confinement.
  6. The New Republicrecord · 2026-08-19Watson is currently in pretrial confinement in Maryland based on "allegations of continued misconduct" according to the Air Force.
  7. Stars and Stripesquote · 2026-09-18“He was placed in confinement because of the law, which puts him in solitary confinement,” the preliminary hearing officer added.
  8. Stars and Stripesrecord · 2026-09-18Mutimer also pointed out that his client has been in solitary confinement as he awaits court-martial.
  9. Air Force Timesquote · 2026-09-21“The law will not make the same word a virtue in one officer’s mouth and a felony in another’s,” his lawyers argued
  10. CNNLean Leftrecord · 2026-08-24Maj. Jason Watson faces the following charges under the Uniform Code of Military Justice, according to the document: three violations of Article 88 for alleged "contemptuous" remarks about Trump, five violations of Article 92 for allegedly disobeying orders and two violations of Article 133 for alleged conduct unbecoming an officer.
  11. The HillCenterrecord · 2026-08-25Air Force Maj. Jason Watson is accused of breaking multiple military laws — allegedly committing three Article 88 violations for making “contemptuous” remarks about Trump, five Article 92 violations for disobeying orders and two Article 133 violations for conduct unbecoming an officer, an Air Force spokesperson confirmed to The Hill.
  12. Reasonrecord · 2026-08-31Jason Watson, a U.S. Air Force major, faces 10 counts of violating the Uniform Code of Military Justice (UMCJ), including three counts of violating
  13. NewsweekCenterrecord · 2026-08-25The Article 92 charges allege that Watson violated Defense Department regulations that bar troops from speaking out in favor of partisan causes.
  14. NBC NewsLean Leftrecord · 2026-07-02The Uniform Code of Military Justice prohibits officers from "using contemptuous language towards the President, Vice president, the Secretaries of War and of a military department, Congress, and certain other officials," according to an Air Force memo last year.
  15. Truthoutrecord · 2026-08-27According to Mutimer, Watson is the first major in U.S. military history to face charges under that article.
  16. ABC News (Australia)count/scope · 2026-09-17Article 88 times 2: A charge for commissioned officers who use "contemptuous words against the president, the vice president" or other specific officials
  17. Newsmaxrecord · 2026-08-25As of Tuesday, Watson, 40, remained in pretrial confinement pending a court-martial proceeding that his attorney says could carry years of jail time, discharge, and loss of pay.
  18. The Washington Timesquote · 2026-07-01"The man refused our lawful orders and was then arrested for 22-1307 Crowding, Obstructing, and Incommoding," a Capitol Police spokesperson said.
  19. Al Jazeerarecord · 2026-08-25On Tuesday, Watson's lawyer said in a statement that the airman would face charges under three articles of the Uniform Code of Military Justice, including Article 88
  20. The Independent (UK)record · 2026-07-03U.S. military regulations impose strict limitations on service members' political activities, especially in uniform, and Article 88 forbids officers from using contemptuous words against the President or Vice President.
2026-10-12 · Coverage brief

The longest Republican Senate streak in the country is now a place the party has to defend — and the corpus can record every dollar and every poll, but not one moved vote.

How 17 outlets framed one event
  1. Associated PressLean Leftrecord · 2026-10-02The Senate Leadership Fund has reserved nearly $8.2 million in advertising to support Marshall over the next month, according to AdImpact, a significant investment in a state Trump won by nearly 16 percentage points in the last presidential election.
  2. PoliticoLean Leftprivate polling · 2026-10-02Private polling from both parties shows a deadlocked race between Marshall and Democrat Adam Hamilton in a state Trump carried by 16 points in 2024.
  3. Associated PressLean Leftquote · 2026-10-02Sen. Tim Scott, who chairs the National Republican Senatorial Committee, acknowledged Wednesday that "Kansas is a very competitive state."
  4. Fox NewsRightratings · 2026-10-01Kansas isn’t in that toss-up category, but it was recently downgraded by “Likely Republican” to “Lean Republican” by the Cook Political Report and in Fox News’ election power rankings.
  5. CNNLean Leftrecord · 2026-10-07No Democrat has won a Senate seat in Kansas since 1932, not quite a century but a very, very long time.
  6. Associated PressLean Leftrecord · 2026-10-02A Democrat hasn’t won a Senate race in Kansas since 1932 and hasn’t come within 10 points since 1974.
  7. The Guardian (US)record · 2026-08-25No Kansas Democrat has won a full term in the US Senate since attorney George McGill in 1932, the longest streak of any state.
  8. The Independent (UK)record · 2026-09-28The last Democrat to win a Senate race in Kansas was George McGill in 1930 in a special election, who would win a full term before losing in 1938. A year later, The Wizard of Oz premiered.
  9. Kansas Reflectoropinion · 2026-10-11This historic streak makes Democrat Adam Hamilton’s bid to prevail in his challenge to the reelection of U.S. Senator Roger Marshall an uphill climb. However, Marshall’s embrace of MAGA politics has changed the dynamics of the race and given Hamilton a credible shot at a dramatic upset.
  10. CBS NewsLean Leftpoll recordAn Emerson College/Nexstar poll released in mid-September showed Hamilton slightly ahead of Marshall at 45% to 43%, a statistical tie for a poll with a 3.6-point margin of error.
  11. Newsmaxpoll record · 2026-09-21The latest Emerson poll showed Democrat Adam Hamilton leading incumbent Republican Sen. Roger Marshall by 45% to 43% among likely voters, with Libertarian David Graham getting a potentially significant 4%.
  12. National Reviewpoll record · 2026-10-06This weekend’s gold-standard New York Times/Siena poll places Marshall at a shockingly close +1 advantage, 47–46 percent, over Democratic opponent Adam Hamilton.
  13. USA Todaypoll record · 2026-10-05Kansas last elected a Democrat in 1932, the longest active Senate losing streak in U.S. history, but Hamilton holds a two percentage-point lead over Marshall in the latest Emerson College-Nextstar Media Kansas poll.
  14. NewsweekCentermarket record · 2026-10-06However, on prediction market site Kalshi Monday night, Marshall has 66 percent versus Hamilton's 34 percent.
  15. National Reviewframing · 2026-10-06Trump is hugely unpopular in Kansas (only 40 percent job approval), as well as in all of what might have been expected to be the GOP’s blood-red heartlands, because his second-term policies have directly attacked all those who live there.
  16. The Washington Timesframing · 2026-10-11Adam Hamilton, a Methodist pastor and former Republican, is running as a centrist Democrat in his bid to unseat GOP Sen. Roger Marshall. He has maintained a slight edge in public polls in recent weeks, as Democrats eye the Kansas race as one that could help them win back the Senate majority.
  17. USA Todayquote · 2026-10-05"Seems like there's some weakness in farm country now. But are those folks actually willing to vote Democrat? That's the great guess," Kondik told USA TODAY.
2026-10-12 · Coverage brief

Every newsroom in the corpus carries the government's statement — a warrant, judicially authorized, part of an ongoing federal investigation. An anonymous-source description of the subject entered the corpus at one newsroom and was relayed with credit by five others, while a half-dozen reported the government's silence on the subject.

How 4 outlets framed one event
  1. Fox NewsRightorigin · 2026-10-12Two sources close to the investigation say the search stems from a criminal fraud investigation into the Somali-born congresswoman's immigration paperwork, which was filled out by her late father when she was a child.
  2. ReutersCenterrelay, with credit · 2026-10-12The raid followed a criminal fraud investigation into the Somali-born lawmaker's immigration paperwork, which was filled out by her late father when she was a child, Fox News Digital reported, citing unidentified sources.
  3. The Guardian (US)relay, with credit · 2026-10-12Fox News reported based on unnamed sources familiar with the matter that agents were examining the immigration paperwork that the congresswoman’s father filled out when she was a child.
  4. Associated PressLean Leftrecord · 2026-10-12The Justice Department said in a statement Monday that HSI agents executed a judicially authorized search warrant secured by the department in the Washington, D.C., area but provided no other details.
2026-10-12 · Coverage brief

For six months the tribal-versus-prediction-market story ran as lawsuits, a circuit split and a family feud inside Indian country. Underneath it, two sovereign nations quietly hired the same law firm and put the fight's central question in their own lobbying paperwork — $130,000 for the quarter — and no coverage in this corpus carries it.

How 11 outlets framed one event
  1. U.S. Senate LD-2St. Regis Mohawk Tribe · primary recordLegal issues surrounding compact negotiation and approval under the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act (117th Cong); legality of prediction market gaming; prediction market sports betting and gaming
  2. U.S. Senate LD-2Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe · primary recordLegality of prediction market gaming; H.R. 8076 - PREDICT Act (Preventing Real-time Exploitation and Deceptive Insider Congressional Trading Act); H.R. 7840 - Event Contract Enforcement Act
  3. MPR Newsrecord · 2026-08-01The Leech Lake and Mille Lacs bands of Ojibwe filed letters last week with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission against a rule defining the word "gaming" as any activity that people do for fun that turns on chance, skill or athletic ability.
  4. PoliticoLean Leftframing · 2026-09-03“These guys are selling alcohol in a juice box and calling it juice,” Washington Indian Gaming Association Executive Director Rebecca George said.
  5. Associated PressLean Leftlead · 2026-04-02“This is no innovation,” Bean said Wednesday during a news conference. “This is unlawful gambling dressed up as finance.”
  6. New York Postframing · 2026-10-07Kalshi is clearly targeting smaller tribes that have limited, if any, options and selling them snake oil,
  7. CNNLean Leftframing · 2026-10-07The Kletsel Dehe is one of four tribes that launched prediction apps with Kalshi on Wednesday, becoming the latest to break ranks from most of Indian country, where opposition runs high because the industry could threaten casinos that provide an economic lifeline to hundreds of tribes.
  8. PBS NewsHourrecord · 2026-08-09At least eight tribes have sued prediction market platforms, alleging they accept bets from tribal lands and in states where tribes have exclusive gambling rights in violation of the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act, which the gaming commission is tasked with enforcing.
  9. Al Jazeerarecord · 2026-09-25The 9th Circuit in San Francisco ruled last month that Kalshi's event contracts are subject to Nevada's gambling laws, while the 3rd Circuit in Philadelphia said in April that Kalshi's contracts are not subject to New Jersey's.
  10. Forbesrecord · 2026-03-30Companies in the space spent $14 million on federal lobbying in 2025, with Kalshi alone spending $615,000, according to federal filings tracked by OpenSecrets.
  11. The Daily Wirerecord · 2026-08-03The Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians and the Federated Indians of Graton Rancheria have steered at least $210,000 to pro-Schiff super PACs and the senator's legal defense fund, a Daily Wire review of campaign finance reports and Senate disclosures found.
2026-10-12 · Coverage brief

Fifteen newsrooms reviewed the same filmmaking device and reached for eight different labels; the wire that broke it exists in two byte-forms, one of which corrects a sentence the page it sits on still makes.

How 4 outlets framed one event
  1. Newsmax (running the AP wire; no correction note on the page)NAMINGA new documentary about Elon Musk uses an Artificial Intelligence avatar to simulate an interview with the SpaceX and Tesla CEO using things he’s really said in interviews.
  2. The Washington Times (same AP wire, lead rewritten)NAMINGuses a CGI avatar and artificial intelligence voice syncing to simulate an interview with the SpaceX and Tesla CEO using things he’s really said in interviews.
  3. The Washington Times (body of the same page)FRAMINGThe filmmakers consulted lawyers before going too far down the road and got the sign-off to use the Musk avatar.
  4. BBC NewsCenterNAMINGMusk himself isn't interviewed – but appears as an AI avatar
2026-10-12 · Coverage brief

The recording is one paper's and the dinner belongs to Greek House Davos — but the desks covering it disagree about whose party it was, whose snub it was, and whether it was a party story at all.

How 10 outlets framed one event
  1. The Independentcoverage framingGuilfoyle, who was engaged to Donald Trump Jr. before they called it off in 2024, had a meltdown in January after learning that she wasn’t on the invite list for a dinner organized by Greek House Davos with Eric Trump,
  2. The Daily Beastcoverage framingThe meltdown occurred in January, when the ambassador to Greece and onetime Donald Trump Jr. fiancee learned she wasn’t on the list for a dinner that was being organized by Greek House Davos with Eric Trump,
  3. The HillCentercoverage framingDuring January’s World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Guilfoyle allegedly boasted about her connections to the wealthy businessmen while trying to secure an invitation from an American businessman to a dinner honoring the president’s son,
  4. NewsweekCentercoverage framingThe Journal reported that an audio recording captured Guilfoyle allegedly discussing private-jet travel and luxury accommodations financed by Greek business figures.
  5. Associated PressLean Leftcoverage framingThe Journal then reported that Guilfoyle had been enraged about not being invited to a Greek-themed event at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, earlier this year and demanded to attend while boasting about luxury travel to France with energy company executives.
  6. Fox NewsRightcoverage framingU.S. Ambassador to Greece Kimberly Guilfoyle may soon be fired amid reports she sought a six-figure credit card bailout from a Trump donor while offering access to administration officials, adding to mounting allegations over her conduct in Athens.
  7. New York Postcoverage framing“What a nightmare, you’ll literally cost me my ambassadorship stop writing,” she added in another blast from January 2025,
  8. Reasoncoverage framingSo first, this is nakedly corrupt, and Guilfoyle should resign as ambassador or be impeached and removed.
  9. Greek Reportercoverage framingPresident Donald Trump and Secretary of State Marco Rubio are reportedly considering dismissing U.S. Ambassador to Greece Kimberly Guilfoyle following mounting allegations of improper conduct, including potential ethical violations during her diplomatic tenure in Athens.
  10. The Daily Beastcoverage framingShe ultimately managed to get into the event, though the chairwoman of the venue that hosted it hinted that things had not gone smoothly, telling the Journal that Guilfoyle had left the dinner early.
2026-10-12 · Coverage brief

A four-hour film makes one allegation about the purpose of Musk's cost-cutting unit, and the corpus carries that allegation at every strength from open question to not carried at all. A brief on the gradient.

How 11 outlets framed one event
  1. HuffPostthe question left open · coverage framingOther questions the film leaves unanswered are even more unsettling, including whether Musk had private reasons for his involvement in President Donald Trump’s much-ballyhooed Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE.
  2. PBS NewsHourGibney states the purpose as his own reading · coverage framingAnd the purpose was to really destroy government as we know it, and particularly the regulatory aspects of government, particularly the regulatory aspects of government that were looking at his businesses.
  3. PBS NewsHourthe desk frames the film as an argument · coverage framingYou have multiple people in this film testifying to this. You even say as much in your own narration that you view Elon Musk and his rise to power and his influence as a threat to democracy.
  4. USA Today“The film suggests” · coverage framingThe film suggests that Musk has unparalleled access to Americans' personal data, through his 2022 acquisition of X (formerly known as Twitter) and pivotal role in the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE)
  5. The Times (The Times of London)“could” + the Cambridge Analytica line · coverage framingThe film suggests, again via witnesses and experts, that Musk’s time in Doge “could” have been a data-harvesting bonanza for SpaceX and a way to pilfer the private personal profiles of the greater American populace and thus manipulate future voting patterns.
  6. BBC NewsCenterthe “Twitter playbook” register · coverage framingThe film suggests that Musk dealt with the US government the way he dealt with Twitter.
  7. Newsmax“raises alarms about the information” · coverage framingThe film, which will be released in theaters in October, raises alarms about the information the “DOGE boys” gathered on U.S. citizens with their unfettered access to so many government agencies.
  8. The Guardian (US)the claim in review voice · coverage framingAs head of Trump's incompetent cost-cutting Doge (Department of Government Efficiency) unit, Musk actually increased the US deficit by sacking thousands of revenue officers whose job was to rake in tax – while reportedly accessing and improperly sharing Americans' sensitive social security data.
  9. ReutersCenterDOGE appears only as layoffs, no purpose claim · coverage framingIn some sequences, the simulation changes to a first-person shooter video game with Musk playing the game, ⁠firing Twitter ​employees after his acquisition of the social media platform and federal layoffs ​made by DOGE
  10. NPRLean Leftthe filmmaker disclaims the vote claim · coverage framingWe don't claim that he changed votes in the 2024 election. All we do is to show that he was bragging to his lover that he had special access to understanding the outcome of the election in a way that other people didn't
  11. New York Postopposing counsel reads the hedge as a fig leaf · coverage framingSpiro’s letter states those quotes and other statements in the movie superficially frame the idea of Musk committing election interference as a question – but really amount to an unfounded accusation of a serious crime.
2026-10-12 · Coverage brief

One weekend, two ways of asking for a firing, and the words that did the arguing in between.

How 6 outlets framed one event
  1. GothamistFRAMINGJessica Tisch must get ICE out of New York and end NYPD complicity with these terrorists. If the commissioner can't put a stop to these injustices, she must be fired.”
  2. New York PostFRAMINGsuspected gangbanger Oscar Belgal
  3. Times of IsraelNAMINGtook aim on Friday at NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch, a Jewish moderate.
  4. i24NEWSFRAMINGSeventeen public officials and additional candidates associated with the Democratic Socialists of America signed a letter on Friday
  5. New York PostFRAMINGdid not change course on his plans to keep her on the job despite pledging to investigate the police response to the shooting and ensuing protests
  6. ReutersCenterFRAMINGFederal immigration agents have shot at least 21 people since Republican President Donald Trump returned to office, 7 fatally, sparking protests across the US.
2026-10-12 · Coverage brief

The ask at the centre of a midterm rally, and the enthusiasm arithmetic filed beside it in the same cycle.

How 7 outlets framed one event
  1. Fox NewsRightNAMINGThe president appeared in Clarksville ahead of the Nov. 3 midterm elections, campaigning for Republican Sen. Bill Hagerty and gubernatorial candidate Marsha Blackburn while mixing economic talking points, foreign policy and off-script humor.
  2. News From The States (States Newsroom / Tennessee Lookout)FRAMINGDuring a 95-minute speech, Trump ranged back and forth between topics but hewed to themes familiar to followers, including crime, immigration enforcement and claims of rigged elections.
  3. NewsweekCenterFRAMINGA POLITICO/PF Global poll published Thursday found that 26 percent of voters who backed Trump in 2024 believe Republican candidates should break with the president in order to win in November.
  4. HuffPostNAMINGDuring a rally in Tennessee on Saturday, President Donald Trump teased his supporters about their blind devotion, telling a crowd, “I could say the stupidest things and you’d clap.”
  5. HuffPostFRAMINGHe quickly got back on message, adding, “But we don’t say the stupidest things, we say things of common sense.”
  6. The Independent (UK)NAMINGPresident Donald Trump told a crowd of his most loyal MAGA supporters in Tennessee that he could “say the stupidest things” and they’d still clap — as Republicans ramp up their campaigning ahead of the midterm elections.
  7. Washington ExaminerFRAMINGPresident Donald Trump is continuing his tour of red states ahead of the midterm elections, this time holding a rally in Clarksville, Tennessee.
2026-10-11 · Coverage brief

The count is the subject of both filings. What differs is which sentences each desk built its weekend around.

How 5 outlets framed one event
  1. CBS NewsLean LeftIt's not fascism. It's actually more inclusionary, it's more entrepreneurial. It's not fascism at all. Remember if you go back, we win at the ballot box. The MAGA movement has only lost the Pelosi election of '18. The core belief of the MAGA movement is we won the 2020 election.
  2. The GuardianLean Left“Donald Trump has already threatened to do what he did in 2020, which is deny the outcomes of an election,” El-Sayed said. “So, yes, we have to win by massive numbers.”
  3. Fox NewsRight"In this election, I'm asking you to do me a favor. Pretend. Just pretend that I'm running," Trump said.
  4. Fox NewsRight"Every illegal vote cancels out the vote of a lawful American citizen. In 2020, Iowa's 2nd Congressional District race was decided by [six votes](https://apnews.com/general-news-e3f235f217707a78fcec059f8e0b4ffa),"
  5. The HillCenterA federal judge struck down on Friday the Justice Department’s nationwide effort to collect voter registration records and identify suspected non-U.S. citizens, blocking the Trump administration from continuing the program even in states that voluntarily cooperated.
2026-10-11 · Coverage brief

One record cycle, many instruments: the money poured in, the money spent, the money reserved, the money amassed — each figure true, none of them the same figure.

How 4 outlets framed one event
  1. OpenSecretsThe top six outside groups – the Senate Leadership Fund, Texas PAC, No Going Back PAC, WinSenate PAC, the Congressional Leadership Fund and Americans for Prosperity Action – spent more than $60 million apiece as of Oct. 5, according to federal disclosure reports analyzed by OpenSecrets.
  2. ReutersCentereach desk's own dollar figure, and they are not the same quantityMore than $1.56 billion, overall, has been spent by independent committees on federal elections so far, with roughly $496 million deployed just since Labor Day, according to a Reuters analysis of super PAC spending.
  3. The HillCenterfigures attached to one race or one groupreceived nearly $54 million from the GOP-aligned Senate Leadership Fund’s (SLF) Texas affiliate, according to a filing.
  4. The Times of Israelwho is called the top spender, and as of whenAIPAC has been a heavy spender since it launched its super PAC, United Democracy Project, ahead of the 2022 midterms, and is the top outside spender in this election cycle, according to Open Secrets.
2026-10-11 · Coverage brief

DHS Secretary Mullin took a different subject to each of three couches this morning; the day's one cross-desk story, an announced energy ceasefire, was carried everywhere this corpus looked and confirmed by none of it.

How 15 outlets framed one event
  1. The HillCenterthe CBS hour, reported secondhandIn an interview with CBS News’s “Face the Nation” on Sunday, Mullin dismissed concerns coming from across party lines that publicizing Hasan’s death by firing squad could inspire extremists or turn the convicted mass murderer into a martyr.
  2. The Daily Wirethe CNN hour, by the numbersNow, you want to talk about the two individuals that have been shot since I’ve been the secretary, let’s talk about the 258 illegals that are in New York City right now that are wanted for murder.
  3. PoliticoLean Leftthe booking itselfFOX “Fox News Sunday”: DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin … Zach Lahn … Iowa state Auditor Rob Sand … Marc Siegel … Brit Hume. Panel: Yemisi Egbewole, Hans Nichols, Tiffany Smiley and Roger Zakheim.
  4. ABC NewsZelenskyy proposes the pause himselfSo please tell Putin, give us two months, 60 days off. Total ceasefire, 60 days, and we will organize elections.
  5. Associated PressLean Leftthe same offer, second renderingGive us two months, 60 days off. Total ceasefire, 60 days, and we will organize elections,” he said, adding that Ukraine would be ready to accept whatever choice its people made.
  6. Al Jazeerathe same offer, third renderingPlease tell Putin, give us two months, 60 days of total ceasefire, 60 days, and we will organise elections," Zelenskyy told ABC on Sunday, in response to recent criticism from Trump.
  7. Fox NewsRightthe announcement carried flatEffective immediately, there is an ENERGY CEASEFIRE in the War between Russia and Ukraine. Both parties have agreed. Do not break it!" Trump wrote on Truth Social.
  8. ReutersCenterthe announcement, with Kyiv still holding the receiptUS President Donald Trump made a surprise announcement of an energy ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine on Sunday that he said was "effective immediately", but Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelenskiy said he was still waiting to see details of the deal.
  9. NBC NewsLean LeftTillis on the livestream; El-Sayed on his apologyIt’s another example of where U.S. lives, American lives will be put at risk. Terrorist organizations will use this as a recruiting tool. It will radicalize other people. And this is not who we are.
  10. BBC NewsCenterthe seven-senator statementRepublican Senator Thom Tillis, one of the seven, told NBC News that the deal "absolutely will" put American lives at risk.
  11. Breitbarta Democrat's MTP hour, carried on the rightBut I’ve also been reviewing the tape, and I can see multiple things that my colleagues in the House might consider impeachable offenses.
  12. MS NOWLeftsegment text, no transcriptPresident Trump is shifting the blame for record high diesel prices on Ukranian President Zelenskyy, and even said Ukraine needs a new President.
  13. New York Postthe price at the pumpAmerican Automobile Association, have created midterm headaches for Trump.
  14. Deutsche WelleBerlin's answerThe federal government remains committed to the decisions on sanctions against Russia and is working with its European partners on further sanctions," the statement added.
  15. The Washington Timesthe ICE thread on the rightSanctuary politicians, they create an environment for criminal activity to thrive,” Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin said.
2026-10-11 · Coverage brief

The DOJ called it a Sherman Act inquiry into a "group boycott." The records do not dispute the facts and split, precisely, on what the probe is — and the fifth subject of it has, so far as this desk's searches could find, said nothing at all.

How 3 outlets framed one event
  1. NBC NewsLean Leftthe on-record versus the sourcedThe investigation into the networks that make up the White House TV press pool
  2. NPRLean Leftwhat the pool did and whyThe administration stripped White House press passes from more than 70 journalists
  3. Fox NewsRightFox News's record in this corpusWhite House television pool members FOX News Media, ABC News, CBS News, CNN and NBC News announced Monday
2026-10-11 · Coverage brief

An "energy ceasefire" declared settled on Sunday morning, details pending on the Ukrainian side — and, underneath it, a reported intelligence threat that one report denies in its own next paragraph.

How 18 outlets framed one event
  1. The HillCentercarrying the AP wire on Sunday's announcementTrump’s brief social media post said only that the ceasefire took effect immediately, adding: “Do not break it!”
  2. Breitbartright desk on Sunday's announcementThe announcement, the scope of which has yet to be clarified by the White House, came hours after Mr Trump engaged in a public spat with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.
  3. New York Postright desk on Sunday's announcement"Effective immediately, there is an ENERGY CEASEFIRE in the War between Russia and Ukraine,"
  4. ReutersCenterwire dispatch, filed KYIV/WASHINGTON, the condition and the pressure in one spanHours earlier, Zelenskiy had pushed back against US pressure for a unilateral end to Ukrainian attacks on Russian refineries, repeating his long-standing position that he was willing to do so only if President Vladimir Putin suspended Russian strikes on Ukrainian power infrastructure.
  5. The Moscow Timesinternational desk, the mutual-de-escalation frameUkraine is ready to halt attacks on Russian oil refineries if Moscow ceases its own strikes on Ukrainian energy infrastructure, President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Sunday, after U.S. President Donald Trump demanded that Kyiv unilaterally stop its strikes.
  6. ABC NewsZelenskyy exclusive interview, the offer in his own wordsAnd if the Russians want us not [to] attack their diesel, their refineries and etc., we are asking President Trump, give them signal not attack energy infrastructure of Ukraine.
  7. The HillCenterthe election conditionalZelenskyy said in response to Trump’s comments that Ukraine could hold elections if Russia agreed to a 60-day ceasefire.
  8. Associated PressLean Leftwire dispatch from Washington“I suggest they get a new leader who can make a deal because he could have made many deals and for some reason he never does,” Trump said.
  9. Al Jazeerainternational desk, the same remark"I suggest they get a new leader who can make a deal because he could have made many deals, but for some reason, he never does," Trump added.
  10. NewsweekCentercenter desk, the refinery warning"We said you can do whatever you want to Russia. Don't hit these refineries because that's a world problem," Trump said. "Russia supplies a large portion of the diesel fuel throughout the world."
  11. Forbescenter desk, contributor analysis, the blame assignmentHe blamed Zelensky's drone strikes on Russian refineries for record diesel prices that are squeezing farmers and ranchers.
  12. PoliticoLean Leftleft desk, the escalation frameThe remarks marked a sharp escalation in Trump’s criticism of his Ukrainian counterpart and came just one day after Zelenskyy accused Trump of using peace negotiations as a “smokescreen” while striking a deal with Russia to temporarily lift sanctions on its diesel exports.
  13. Fox NewsRightright desk, the hyphenated render"He'd better d--- well stop," Trump said.
  14. BBC NewsCentercenter desk, the full render"He'd better damn well stop," Trump said, before suggesting Ukraine should "get a new leader who can make a deal".
  15. Financial TimesUK financial desk, original reporting on the warningDuring the meeting, Trump’s envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner raised the possibility that intelligence sharing could be cut off if Kyiv did not heed Washington’s warning to halt the strikes, according to people familiar with the matter.
  16. AxiosCenterleft desk, the claim, attributed, with the denial in the same reportA Ukrainian official claimed that during the talks, Witkoff and Kushner threatened that Trump could cut off Ukraine from U.S. intelligence if it continued to ignore his requests.
  17. TownhallRightright desk, relaying the reportThe Trump administration has reportedly issued a warning to Ukraine that attacks on Russian energy infrastructure are off limits, and has threatened to cut off intelligence sharing should those attacks continue.
  18. TASSRussian state media, the urgings frameWashington has repeatedly urged Vladimir Zelensky to halt strikes on Russian oil refineries, but he has failed to heed the calls, US President Donald Trump said.
2026-10-11 · Coverage brief

One award, one grievance, and the same numeral filed with and without its status label — a brief on the filing, not the facts.

How 17 outlets framed one event
  1. ReutersCenterwire dispatch, dated "Oct 9" in the bodyUS President Donald Trump reiterated his complaints on Friday about not receiving the Nobel Peace Prize, calling it a disgraceful and embarrassing decision that had left a stain on Norway, which hosts the Nobel committee.
  2. Associated PressLean Leftwire dispatch, filed from the Syracuse rallyTrump unspooled a lengthy argument explaining why the award was “an indelible stain on the country of Norway,” saying he “should have received the Nobel Peace Prize, but didn’t.”
  3. The HillCenterwire-style congressional desk“The United States of America, represented by me, as your President, should have received the Nobel Peace Prize, but didn’t,” he wrote.
  4. CNBCcenter deskPresident Donald Trump reiterated his complaints on Friday about not receiving the Nobel Peace Prize, calling it a disgraceful and embarrassing decision that had left a stain on Norway, which hosts the Nobel committee.
  5. Forbescenter deskThe Norwegian Nobel Committee announced Pillay’s victory Friday morning, saying she was chosen because she has been “instrumental in ensuring that war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide are prosecuted.”
  6. AxiosCenterleft deskWhy it matters: The award is Trump's white whale, an honor he talks about frequently and believes he deserves.
  7. CNNLean Leftleft analysis, by Aaron Blake, updated Oct 10The president called it an “indelible stain on the country of Norway” and said he’d never heard of this year’s winner.
  8. The Guardian (US)left deskAt what was supposed to be a rally for other Republican candidates in Syracuse, New York, the US president devoted a long portion of his speech airing his grievances with the Nobel committee.
  9. PoliticoLean Leftleft desk, timed 1:17 PM EDT in the bodysaid the post from the law firm of attorney David Schoen, who represented Trump in his second impeachment trial in 2021.
  10. Fox NewsRightright deskPresident Donald Trump on Saturday criticized the Norwegian Nobel Committee for not selecting him for the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize, citing a long list of accomplishments.
  11. New York Postright deskarguing that his record made him more deserving of the honor than this year's recipient, South African jurist Navi Pillay.
  12. Breitbartright desk carrying UPI wire, body dated "Oct. 10"10 (UPI) — President Donald Trump on Friday said he should have won the Nobel Peace Prize and criticized Norway for a “disgraceful and embarrassing” decision.
  13. Newsmaxright deskThe ministry's sharp rebuke Friday followed the announcement that Pillay, a South African human rights lawyer who led a United Nations investigation accusing Israel of genocide in Gaza, had received the prestigious international honor.
  14. BBC NewsCenterinternationalLast year, Norway's Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre explained to Trump that it was an independent committee based in Norway, not the Norwegian government, that decided who will receive the prize.
  15. Sky NewsinternationalThe president has made no secret of his desire to win the prize, and was also critical when Venezuela's Maria Machado won the award last year.
  16. The IndependentinternationalUS president Donald Trump has attacked Norway again over his snub for the Nobel Peace prize, describing this year’s winner Navi Pillay as a “liberal person who nobody has heard of.”
  17. The Times of Israelinternational“This is an indelible stain on the country of Norway and those people that made such a disgraceful and embarrassing decision,” Trump said.
2026-10-11 · Coverage brief

The manufacturing story told as two different grammatical moods — a brief on the tense of the boom, not the boom itself.

How 7 outlets framed one event
  1. Associated PressLean Leftwire feature, 2026-10-11 · byline Bernard CondonHe promised that charging higher taxes on imports would spur a factory renaissance in the United States, but that has not come to pass.
  2. The Washington PostAssociated Press feature, carried as a relay, 2026-10-11“I could still have a job, but now I don’t because of tariffs,” Vandermeer said. “It was like taking a knife to the back.”
  3. The IndependentAssociated Press wire, carried as a relay, 2026-10-11Now most Americans disagree with Trump's approach, according to The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research. A September poll showed only about 3 in 10 U.S. adults approve of Trump's handling of trade negotiations, compared with 4 in 10 in March.
  4. BreitbartAssociated Press companion wire, carried as a relay, 2026-10-11Most U.S. adults disapprove of his trade policies, with more than 64% saying he has gone too far with his latest tariffs, compared with 58% in January.
  5. Fox NewsRightown reporting, 2026-10-09A Council of Economic Advisors (CEA) report says 72,000 manufacturing jobs have been added in 2026 alone, many of them due to a rise in the manufacturing of durable goods like metal and transportation equipment.
  6. Bloombergown reporting, 2026-10-10Now, that playbook is in full force ahead of November’s midterm election, as President Donald Trump crisscrosses the country touting promised multibillion-dollar megaprojects in battleground states and credits his tariff agenda with ushering in a golden age of domestic manufacturing.
  7. NPRLean Leftown reporting, 2026-10-11"There are some appropriate uses for tariffs. But kind of the indiscriminate use, the broad use, the blanketed use, just that doesn't work," he said.
2026-10-11 · Coverage brief

A signed LD-2 sits in this corpus beside a month of coverage that looks almost entirely at the courts — a brief on where the coverage is looking, and what one filing adds to it.

How 7 outlets framed one event
  1. Associated PressLean LeftOctober's news is a docketa split has formed between appeals courts, making it more likely that the Supreme Court will take up the issue.
  2. Reason (Libertarian)states or the CFTCOn Thursday, the NFL filed an amicus brief supporting New Jersey's cert petition against Kalshi, asking the Supreme Court to clarify whether the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has exclusive jurisdiction to regulate sports wagering on prediction markets.
  3. ReutersCenterthree appeals courts, three answersThe 9th Circuit in San Francisco said last month that Kalshi's event contracts are subject to Nevada's gambling laws, while the 3rd Circuit in Philadelphia said in April that Kalshi's contracts are not subject to New Jersey's gambling laws.
  4. OpenSecrets (Center for Responsive Politics)the spend is reported as Kalshi'sSo far in 2026, Kalshi, its competitor Polymarket and the Coalition for Prediction Markets have spent at least $3 million on lobbying and campaign contributions across the federal and state levels.
  5. PoliticoLean Leftthe company's own voice, on the recordPrediction markets will be here forever," said Underdog Chief Legal Officer Nick Lundgren, who, while at Crypto.com, helped launch the first sports prediction markets in the U.S.
  6. U.S. Senate Lobbying Disclosure Act filing (LD-2)the bills the filing namesSAFE Bet Act (S. 1033/ HR 2087)
  7. Fox News (OutKick)the same fight, off the docketPrediction markets can be used by those 18 and older, while online sportsbooks are limited to those 21 and older.
2026-10-11 · Coverage brief

The same twenty seconds in Clarksville, and the word each newsroom reached for when the water stopped being scenery — this brief holds no contradiction, only register and spelling, and says so on purpose.

How 1 outlet framed one event
  1. The Washington PostaccountPresident Donald Trump on Saturday floated the idea of renaming more bodies of water, following his efforts to change the names of the Gulf of Mexico and Lake Ontario.
2026-10-11 · Coverage brief

One senator, one loophole, one December deadline — and a coverage record in which the fight runs through the Republican conference.

How 22 outlets framed one event
  1. PBS NewsHourthe originating wire, carrying the authorship · wireTo give farmers a new cash crop, Kentucky Republican Sen. Mitch McConnell successfully pushed the legalization of industrial hemp in the 2018 farm bill.
  2. The HillCenterthe roll-call that kept the delay · wireThe Senate voted 61-32 to table a bipartisan amendment from Sen. Ted Budd (R-N.C.) and about a dozen other senators to strip the delay from a stopgap government funding bill.
  3. Newsmaxthe GOP conference split, by the numbers · rightTwenty-one GOP senators, roughly 40% of the conference, voted against tabling Budd's amendment.
  4. NBC NewsLean Leftthe White House's own push · leftThe White House has been actively engaged in pushing to delay an impending ban on intoxicating hemp, four people with direct knowledge of the matter told NBC News.
  5. NPRLean Leftthe countdown frame and the multi-state reach · leftIn December, a new federal limit will cap potency at just four-tenths of a milligram, threatening products sold in at least 20 states where hemp-derived THC is legal.
  6. Washington Examinerthe attorneys general who want no delay · rightIncluded in that stopgap funding deal is a provision that extends the deadline for the [federal hemp ban](https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/senate/3880785/hemp-ban-funding-bill-soon-be-banned-nationwide-government-shutdown/) to take effect by about one month, from Nov. 12 to Dec. 11.
  7. TownhallRightthe minors argument against the delay · rightThose opposing the delay, like Sen. Ted Budd (R-NC), argued that allowing people to consume the products would harm minors.
  8. ABC Newsthe product list the ban reaches · leftThe new ban tucked into the spending bill prohibits products containing more than 0.4 milligrams of THC per container.
  9. CBS News (Minnesota/WCCO)the shelf-versus-cap gap in one state · leftMost of what's available on store shelves in Minnesota has 5mg of THC per serving, and drinks can have as much as 10 milligrams.
  10. MPR News (Minnesota)state limits far above the federal cap · internationalThe federal hemp ban will limit hemp-derived products to 0.4 milligrams of total THC per container.
  11. Rhode Island Currentthe state regulator facing the federal line · internationalStarting Dec. 11, federal law will prohibit the sale of hemp-derived cannabinoid products containing more than 0.4 milligrams of total THC per container.
  12. USA Todaythe lowest dose above the cap · centerBut the federal law caps THC derived from hemp plants at 0.4mg per container, effectively banning intoxicating THC drinks and edibles, which, even at the lowest doses, have at least 2mg of THC.
  13. NewsweekCenterthe near-total sweep · centerAs a result of the provision, almost every hemp-derived product on the market would be banned, as the 0.4 mg limit is extremely low and would affect most products, a national study by MoreBetter Ltd, a health and wellness analytics company, found.
  14. ReutersCenterthe drinks, and the alcohol overlap · centerThe change, effective in a year, delivers a death blow to the "low-dose" THC-infused beverages industry, which has rapidly expanded in U.S. states such as Minnesota and Tennessee that permitted the drinks.
  15. Associated PressLean Leftthe state scramble · centerDozens of states have since taken steps to regulate or ban impairing hemp products.
  16. PoliticoLean Leftwho the sponsors say the rules protect · leftProponents of the restrictions passed last November have argued they would prevent the unregulated sale of intoxicants.
  17. The Guardian (US)the industry's own worry about the corner it leaves · leftHemp industry leaders are worried the ban will simply turn the market over to unregulated manufacturers.
  18. Forbesthe signing and the date · centerThe continuing resolution delays the ban’s effective date until December 11, giving Congress more time to pass regulations for popular hemp-derived consumer products that contain THC, the compound most closely associated with the psychoactive effects of marijuana.
  19. Breitbartthe trade group's wipeout estimate · rightHowever, the trade group U.S. Hemp Roundtable estimates the move would wipe out 95 percent of CBD products used to treat pain and other health issues, shut down small businesses and farms nationwide, and cost states $1.5 billion in tax revenue.
  20. Reason (Libertarian)the author turned author of the ban · rightThe ban, which takes effect this November, will prohibit the sale of edibles, tinctures, beverages, and vape cartridges containing hemp-derived THC.
  21. The Washington Timesthe wire relay on the right · rightAdvocates for the industry, along with some lawmakers, are fighting to save it.
  22. The Independent (UK)the same wire, the same authorship · internationalA short-term federal spending bill signed by President Donald Trump last month pushed back the implementation date of the "hemp THC ban" from Nov. 12 to Dec. 11, granting Congress additional time to consider regulating the products rather than an outright prohibition.
2026-10-11 · Coverage brief

One Saturday overture at Joint Base Andrews, a senator who has said no in print, and a corpus in which the same four seats point in two directions at once.

How 2 outlets framed one event
  1. White House Press Pool (distributed via BNO News)wireOn if Fetterman could become a Republican, he said “I'd love to see it. … It's going to be hard for him to get the nomination as a Democrat, but I'd love to have him as a Republican.” He said he spoke with his “magnificent” parents.
  2. Washington ExaminerdatingSen. John Fetterman (D-PA) on Thursday was dismissive of speculation he'll switch parties but warned that his Democratic colleagues have strayed far from their roots.
2026-10-11 · Coverage brief

One announcement, and a weekend of statements in which the president's account of his own role and of the plan's status shifted under the record — splits in account and in emphasis, reported here as such.

How 12 outlets framed one event
  1. USA Todaycenter"Did I approve? Absolutely," Trump said later in the day in response to a question from a reporter. But it was unclear whether he meant he approved of the method of the execution or it being livestreamed.
  2. ReutersCenterwireUnder US military law, a US president must approve an execution by firing squad. President Donald Trump did so on Hegseth's recommendation, the Pentagon said on Monday.
  3. The Times of IsraelinternationalBut Trump on Friday contradicted Hegseth’s confirmation, and said there has been no decision yet on whether to publicly broadcast the execution, which he supports.
  4. BBC NewsCenterinternationalAsked whether Hasan had made any final requests or reached out to US President Donald Trump, Hegseth said: "Don't care. We'll see him on December 3rd."
  5. AFPwirethe livestreaming of an execution is tantamount to a public execution and would breach the absolute prohibition of torture.
  6. Roll CallcenterArmy regulation generally does not allow for public executions, though the Army’s provost marshal general can waive provisions of the regulation.
  7. NPRLean LeftleftSen. Jack Reed, D-R.I., the ranking member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, called it "another stunt by Secretary Hegseth to distract from his tenure's repeated failings" and "a gift to anti-American terrorist recruiters."
  8. NewsweekCentercenterArchbishop Paul Coakley, president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, directly denounced the livestream proposal as “a barbaric promotion of a culture of death” that “must be reconsidered.”
  9. Al JazeerainternationalBut his post came hours after his top deputy, Cardinal Pietro Parolin, the Vatican secretary of state, told Vatican News that the plan to livestream Hasan’s execution was “unacceptable”.
  10. Washington Examinerright“Not only do [Trump voters] support the death penalty, they think that if anybody deserves it, it’s Nidal Hasan. But the issue has become kind of clouded over the public execution debate,” York said.
  11. Fox NewsRightrightI'll make a decision, ultimately," Trump added. "I know what the military would like to do, but we'll make a decision.
  12. New York PostrightTrump’s comments appeared to be a step back from earlier remarks that he approved the plan to livestream the execution.
2026-10-11 · Coverage brief

The Ronald Reagan Peace Through Strength Act arrived Saturday with a forced-vote threat, a co-sponsor's pledge, and one word — "bipartisan" — whose second party the record does not name.

How 9 outlets framed one event
  1. The HillCenterthe label, and the sponsor unnamed · wireRep. Brian Fitzpatrick (R-Pa.) announced on Saturday he would be introducing a bipartisan bill aimed at stopping President Trump from lifting sanctions on Russian oil amid global fuel shortages.
  2. AxiosCenterthe bypass, and no White House comment · leftZoom out: Fitzpatrick is turning to a tactic lawmakers have increasingly used to bypass Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.): a discharge petition, which requires 218 signatures to bring legislation up for a vote without House leadership's approval.
  3. Washington Examinerthe roster, and one name in two spellings · rightPresident Donald Trump's decision to allow Russia to supply diesel fuel to the United States and global markets triggered pushback from multiple Republican figures on Saturday.
  4. NewsweekCenterthe same Texan, and the pump · centerPresident Donald Trump’s agreement with Russian President Vladimir Putin to boost diesel supplies is drawing criticism from within his own party, exposing Republican divisions over the White House’s latest attempt to bring down fuel prices ahead of November’s midterm elections.
  5. Deutsche Welle (DW, Russian service)the bill in the Russian service, and the 218 threshold · internationalЗаконопроект будет вынесен на обсуждение на пленарном заседании в рамках парламентской процедуры discharge petition.
  6. NPRLean Leftthe waiver, in minutes · leftAnd it just took minutes after Trump's announcement for the Treasury Department to issue a six-month waiver to those trade restrictions.
  7. The Daily Beastthe concession · leftThe stunning concession came Friday, when Trump announced that Russia would immediately supply the U.S. with more than 300,000 tons of diesel, with millions more tons to follow.
  8. TownhallRightthe deal, assigned to Ukraine · rightPresident Trump decided to make a diesel fuel deal with Russia after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky ignored half a dozen U.S. requests to stop attacking Russian oil refineries, a U.S. official told me.
  9. Breitbartthe pump, on the wire · rightThe national average price for diesel was about $6.28 per gallon Saturday, according to AAA.
2026-10-11 · Coverage brief

A public count that fell to 14 in July, climbed to 19 in September, and landed at 21 on Friday — one ledger, three dated steps, and a new category built to hold what the old one would not.

How 16 outlets framed one event
  1. NewsweekCenterthe July baseline the update moved off · centersets the official death toll in the Middle East since February when the Iran war began at 18, with 624 others sustaining injuries of varying severity.
  2. Newsmaxthe July split, on the AP wire · rightAs late as Tuesday, the website was reporting the war's official toll as 18 killed and 482 wounded.
  3. The Daily Beastthe removal, in July · leftThe Pentagon sparked outrage when it removed the names of four U.S. service members killed in Iranian strikes last week, along with dozens of wounded troops, from its war casualty database.
  4. Stars and Stripesthe split, in arithmetic · wireIt counts 15 deaths and 417 wounded.
  5. The Independent (UK)the nineteen-count week · internationalWithin the DCAS system, 14 of the listed deaths are categorized under Operation Epic Fury, the official administration title for the military campaign against Iran.
  6. Anadolu Agencythe new bucket, and the named dead · wireThe newly included deaths involved Maj. Sorffly Davius, 46, an Army National Guard member who died in Kuwait on March 6, and an unidentified Navy service member who died by suicide in September, the newspaper reported.
  7. The Washington Postthe revision itself · leftAs of Friday, the total troop deaths the administration is connecting to operations against Iran and officially reporting in DCAS stands at 21.
  8. Task & Purposethe first disclosure of October's wounded · wireThe Oct. 9 update also notes five soldiers were wounded in action in October, the first time that had been disclosed.
  9. The Jerusalem Postthe six, and the eighteen · internationalFollowing the update, 15 deaths are included in the DCAS count for service members killed during Operation Epic Fury, and an additional six are listed as military deaths during overseas operations.
  10. UPIthe prior count, on the wire · wireTwo noncombatant deaths were added to the Pentagon's Defense Casualty Analysis System on Friday, which had previously reported 19 deaths. At least 865 service members have been injured.
  11. Shafaq News (Iraq/Kurdistan Region)two deaths, four wounded, and September's number · internationalThe figures, current through October 9, mark an increase of two deaths and four wounded personnel from the previous official count.
  12. USA Todaythe official toll, restated · centerThe update means that 21 U.S. service members have died since the start of the war against Iran and 865 have been wounded, according to the military’s official toll.
  13. The HillCenterthe wire desk that counts the injured · wireSince the U.S. war with Iran kicked off in late February, 865 U.S. service members have been injured, according to DCAS.
  14. TownhallRightthe denial, and no data · rightOnce again, we have unnamed officials and anonymous sources. No on-the-record interviews, no actual data. Just the media narrative.
  15. The Daily Wirethe promise, on the record · rightEven if we wanted to attempt to hide a combat death, we never would and we never could,” Hegseth told an OAN reporter. “We never would because of how much we cherish the lives of our service members — every single one of them.
  16. BreitbartrightAt the time, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth called the report a fabrication.
2026-10-10 · Coverage brief

Kalshi is investigating at least three trades placed before the press-secretary announcement, every outlet that carries the numbers carries the same ones, and the only thing the desk found to audit is who said what, and how much.

How 7 outlets framed one event
  1. ReutersCenterthe probe, attributed to the Journal · wirePrediction market Kalshi has launched an investigation into suspicious trades tied ​to the selection of Katie Zacharia as ‌U.S. President Donald Trump's new White House press secretary, the Wall Street Journal reported on Friday, ​citing a company spokesperson.
  2. The HillCenterthe scope, and the three tickets · centerThe company said that it was looking into at least three trades placed on its platform shortly before news outlets began announcing the appointment of Katie Zacharia to the White House press secretary role around 2 p.m., according to the outlet.
  3. CNNLean Leftsmall size is not a defence · centerThe three trades were all under $100, and one was for a mere $19, the person said. But when the trades were placed, Zacharia was only trading at a 1% likelihood to get the White House post, which means the bets would net thousands of dollars.
  4. The Daily Beastthe White House had already warned staff · leftThe White House earlier this year sent a memo to staffers warning them against capitalizing on nonpublic information to make money on gambling, after a series of curiously well-timed bets on issues linked to as yet unannounced public policy.
  5. PoliticoLean Leftthe playbook framing · centerAn unexpected twist: Kalshi said it’s probing at least three suspicious last-minute bets on Zacharia’s selection that were placed before the news was made public, WSJ’s Brian Schwartz and colleagues scooped.
  6. New York Postthe clock time, and the sum · rightThe Journal scoured publicly available Kalshi data to find a $19 bet placed around 10:43 p.m. Thursday. That stood to net the bettor $1,896.
  7. The Times of Israelthe one-paragraph relay · internationalMeanwhile, prediction market Kalshi has launched an investigation into suspicious trades tied to the selection of Zacharia, the Wall Street Journal reported Friday, citing a company spokesperson.
2026-10-10 · Coverage brief

The October documents reached one bucket of the press; the rest stop well before October — and the split is over the word for Alani Bankhead, never over what her staying does.

How 5 outlets framed one event
  1. The Washington PostpegHer candidacy was boosted with mysterious dark money.
  2. The HillCenterdeadlineDemocratic Senate candidate Alani Bankhead on Monday said she's not dropping out of the Montana race to succeed retiring Sen. Steve Daines(R), a move that will make it more difficult for Independent candidate Seth Bodnar to defeat GOP nominee Kurt Alme.
  3. The Daily WireregisterThe only person standing in the way is Alani Bankhead — who won the Democratic Party’s five-way primary on June 2 with 43.7% of the vote — and the party appears ready and willing to throw out more than 48,000 votes to force a more favorable general election matchup.
  4. Washington ExaminermechanicBut their inability to convince Bankhead to bow out means that Montana’s Senate seat is likely to stay in Republican hands next year.
  5. The Times (London)backgroundThese ties allow the Republicans to portray the independents as Democrats in plain clothing. There is another problem with the strategy - it has not proven to be a winner.
2026-10-10 · Coverage brief

What one Denver station tested on October 2, what CNN carried national on October 10, and what a frozen corpus of Musk-PAC coverage holds as of Friday night.

How 10 outlets framed one event
  1. 9NEWS (KUSA, Denver)localPublished 10/2/2026 6:02:14 PM; dateModified 10/2/2026 6:03:36 PM
  2. CNNLean LeftnationalPUBLISHED Oct 10, 2026, 6:30 AM ET
  3. Fox NewsRightrightBetween Aug. 19 and Aug. 31, Musk’s America PAC reported just over $800,000 in expenditures supporting Republican candidates and opposing their Democratic rivals — an average of roughly $70,000 per day.
  4. Washington ExaminerrightMusk, the world's wealthiest man and the CEO of Tesla and SpaceX, has reportedly authorized $100 million or more in PAC spending this cycle after a brief falling out with Trump that led him to consider, and then abandon, plans to start a third party.
  5. The Washington TimesrightElon Musk’s political vehicle, America PAC, is aiming nearly $1 million at critical midterm races in its first wave of spending.
  6. New York Postcenter-rightOfficials briefed on the matter told Wired that Musk is expected to spend between $100 million and $200 million to boost Republicans, though the precise amount could change.
  7. ReutersCenterwireMusk's America PAC expects to play a major role in Republican voter turnout efforts in key states, with spending on door knockers, digital advertising and direct-mail campaigns ahead of the November 3 election.
  8. USA TodaycenterMuch of its spending in these and other contests has been on phone calls, text messages and printed material like mailers and door hangers.
  9. The HillCenterleftIt's called VoteSafe.org. On the surface, the site - operated by Musk's America PAC - looks like a public resource designed to help Americans register to vote, check their registration or find their polling place. Underneath, it is a sophisticated political data operation.
  10. MezharelayTexts from Elon Musk’s America PAC told Colorado voters their ballot requests were in, prompting confusion and warnings from election officials.
2026-10-10 · Coverage brief

One sentence about a new president, and the corpus files it as a deal-wish, a legal dead end, and a request another capital has also made.

How 8 outlets framed one event
  1. Washington Timeswire + right + centerI think it's time for Ukraine to get a new president.
  2. NewsweekCentercenterHowever, Zelensky cannot be legally removed through regular elections while the country remains under martial law.
  3. Associated PressLean Leftwire + left + rightHe has also sought to blame record U.S. diesel prices on Ukraine rather than the U.S.-led war in Iran, which has elevated world energy prices.
  4. Washington Timesright + centerSen. Lisa Murkowski, Alaska Republican, similarly said, "We can discuss Russia's return to global energy markets once the war is over, but in the meantime, we need to cut off everything fueling it."
  5. AxiosCenterleftZelensky is misreading the room. By continuing to hit refineries, he is eroding the good will that he has built with Trump over the last six months," the U.S. official said.
  6. Times of Israelinternational + wire + leftAt least 15 people were killed, among them three children, Ukraine's state rescue service said.
  7. PBS NewsHour (AP wire copy)wire + right + internationalThe new so-called general license means U.S. sanctions will not apply until April 2027 on deliveries of Russian diesel that has been loaded onto tankers as of Friday.
  8. BloombergwireI think it's time for Ukraine to get a new president," Trump told reporters at the White House on Saturday as he unleashed an angry critique of Zelenskyy, saying Ukraine needs a leader "who can make a deal" with Russia.
2026-10-10 · Coverage brief

One answer at a visa-fraud podium, two clauses, and the records reviewed here that each decided how much of the sentence their readers would meet.

How 10 outlets framed one event
  1. Roll Call (Factbase Transcript) - PRIMARY VENUEwireHow do you define socialism personally, and why do you think socialist candidates are popping up everywhere across the country?
  2. Washington ExaminerrightLater on, Vance said that what socialism "actually means, in the American context, is that you want to replace American workers with foreign workers, and you want boys to play in girls' sports."
  3. Reason (Libertarian)right"I don't know what the term means anymore,"
  4. MS NOWLeftleftVance: “I think in reality, what it actually means in the American context is that you want to replace American workers with foreign workers, and you want boys to play in girls’ sports.”
  5. HuffPostleftThe actual definition of socialism is pretty straightforward: According to the Encyclopedia Britannica, socialism is “an economic and social doctrine that calls for public rather than private ownership or control of property and natural resources.”
  6. The Daily BeastleftIn reality, socialism by definition is a system where production and the distribution of goods are owned by the public, or under social control, rather than under private control.
  7. NewsweekCentercenter + wire + right"It's honestly, it's a hard term to define these days,"
  8. PBS NewsHourcenter + wire + right"If you do the math, for every worker that Microsoft laid off, they replaced that worker with one and a half foreign indentured servants,"
  9. Newsmaxcenter + wire + rightHis remarks did not establish that each visa or green card represented a new hire replacing a laid-off worker.
  10. The Independent (UK)internationalMerriam-Webster defines socialism as "any of the various egalitarian economic and political theories or movements advocating collective or government ownership and administration of the means of production and distribution of goods."
2026-10-10 · Coverage brief

One number sits at the center of this corpus, and the two records that print it are counting in opposite directions.

How 5 outlets framed one event
  1. Common DreamsleftIndependent healthcare analyst Charles Gaba on Thursday published an updated analysis estimating that up to 12 million Americans have lost their insurance coverage since the start of President Donald Trump's second term.
  2. Charles Gaba (Substack) — PRIMARY ANALYSIS SOURCEleft · primary source, not a newsroomAll told, if this is accurate nationally, it means that ACA enrollment dropped by another ~1.52 MILLION people from February through June 2026.
  3. Associated PressLean LeftwireACA enrollment could fall from 22.3 million Americans in 2025 to around 17.5 million this year, according to KFF's report, which relied on federal and state data as well as findings from the actuarial firm Wakely Consulting Group.
  4. Washington ExaminerrightAccording to a report from the Paragon Health Institute, roughly 12 million marketplace enrollees generated no insurance claims in 2024.
  5. NewsweekCentercenter + internationalThe Congressional Budget Office estimates that Medicaid changes enacted as part of President Donald Trump's 2025 tax and spending law will increase the number of uninsured Americans by 7.5 million in 2034.
2026-10-10 · Coverage brief

One Reuters/Ipsos release, a Democratic figure that left home without its dispatch, and a state agency in Sofia that printed every subgroup except the one everybody led with.

How 9 outlets framed one event
  1. ReutersCenterwireSome 78% of Americans blame President Donald Trump's policies for rising prices that are outpacing their earnings, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll that found majorities of Republicans and Democrats citing the cost of living as their top concern ahead of next month's midterm elections.
  2. The HillCentercenterThe Reuters survey found 78 percent of respondents in the U.S. — including 64 percent of Republicans, 76 percent of independents and 95 percent of Democrats — believe some of the responsibility for hiked prices lies with the White House.
  3. TASS (Russian state media — label as state media)internationalAbout 78% of US citizens hold President Donald Trump's administration responsible for prices rising faster than household incomes, according to a poll conducted by Reuters and Ipsos.
  4. NewsweekCentercenterOnly 36 percent of Americans approved of Trump, while 64 percent disapproved of him, in a new Reuters/Ipsos poll of 3,526 registered voters.
  5. HuffPostleftreleased Friday found 78% of Americans blame Trump’s policies for pushing up the cost of living.
  6. The Washington TimesrightA Reuters/Ipsos poll released Friday found that 78% of Americans blame Mr. Trump’s policies for rising prices that are outpacing earnings.
  7. USA TodaycenterWASHINGTON ― Some 78% of Americans blame President Donald Trump's policies for rising prices that are outpacing their earnings, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll that found majorities of Republicans and Democrats citing the cost of living as their top concern ahead of next month's midterm elections.
  8. The Star (Malaysia) — carries Reuters wireinternationalWASHINGTON, Oct 9 (Reuters) - Some 78% of Americans blame President Donald Trump's policies for rising prices that are outpacing their earnings, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll that found majorities of Republicans and Democrats citing the cost of living as their top concern ahead of next month's midterm elections.
  9. BTA — Bulgarian Telegraph Agency (state news agency, Bulgarian-language)internationalСред определящите се като републиканци 64 на сто приписват част от отговорността за поскъпването на президентската администрация.
2026-10-10 · Coverage brief

One employment claim, four handoffs, and the newsrooms that walked the chain backwards to a filing cabinet while the rest transcribed the last hand.

How 5 outlets framed one event
  1. Associated PressLean Leftcenter + wireThe Department of Homeland Security did not respond to questions about how it established the man worked for Stelson. Its press release cited a news report quoting a conservative activist who asserted the connection.
  2. AxiosCenterleftDHS cited a New Jersey-based news outlet called "Shore News Network" as its source for the claim that Igbojekwe was a Stelson canvasser. That outlet cited a social media post from conservative activist Scott Presler.
  3. The Daily SignalrightPolice Report: Illegal Immigrant Arrested for Indecent Exposure While Claiming to be Campaigning for Pennsylvania Democrat
  4. Punch (Nigeria, non-roster)international (all non-roster)The DHS said Igbojekwe was working as a canvasser for Janelle Stelson, the Democratic nominee for Pennsylvania’s 10th congressional district, at the time of the incident.
  5. The Washington PostleftHARRISBURG, Pa. — When the U.S. Department of Homeland Security publicized the arrest of a Nigerian man for indecent exposure this week, it included a political attack that’s drawing complaints from Democrats and a nonpartisan government watchdog.
2026-10-10 · Coverage brief

The panel wrote one sentence about evidence and one about what it declined to decide; the headlines sold the rest.

How 6 outlets framed one event
  1. Tennessee Court of Criminal AppealsBecause we conclude that the trial court erred by granting the State’s motion to exclude evidence of the victim’s biological sex, we reverse and remand this case for a new trial.
  2. TruthoutA three-judge panel declared that the jury was under the impression Lee was cisgender
  3. PinkNewsThe ruling does not find that Lee’s killing was justified.
  4. State Affairs Pro Tennessee / The Tennessee JournalA Tennessee appellate panel has ordered a new trial for a man sentenced to six years in prison for voluntary manslaughter, ruling that the presiding judge wrongly barred evidence of the gender identity of the person he fatally shot.
  5. Tennessee Bar AssociationIn this case involving an issue of first impression pertaining to the exclusion of evidence of a victim’s biological sex, Defendant, Samuel Ward, Jr., was convicted by a Shelby County jury of voluntary manslaughter.
  6. WREG-TV MemphisAccording to the district attorney’s office, a medical examiner says Lee was shot six times, and the trajectories of the gunshot wounds did not align with Ward’s statement.
2026-10-10 · Coverage brief

One proposed rule, two provisions — and which half each file carried.

How 11 outlets framed one event
  1. The GuardianLean LeftThe US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is proposing to expand a controversial loophole to allow some of the world’s most toxic chemicals to be added directly to food without a safety review.
  2. Associated PressLean LeftCurrently companies can decide for themselves if an ingredient or additive is “generally recognized as safe,” or GRAS, and there is no requirement to notify or submit evidence to the FDA, although some firms do.
  3. ReutersCenterThe proposed rule would make that notification mandatory and expand a public inventory of those notices, the agency said.
  4. Washington ExaminerThe Trump administration is tightening regulations on ingredients in the food supply, completing a major nutrition policy goal of the Make America Healthy Again movement ahead of the midterm elections.
  5. ForbesThe proposed rule does one thing: It converts a voluntary program into a mandatory one.
  6. Fox NewsRightThe administration has proposed closing the decades-old loophole that allowed food companies to introduce new chemicals without telling the FDA.
  7. PBS NewsHourThe FDA did not respond to questions from PBS News about what consequences a company would face for failing to comply, or whether prioritizing a substance for post-market review is the agency's only enforcement tool against companies that never notify it.
  8. The HillCenter"It's of a piece of other MAHA claims of victory, in which closer inspection reveals that any victory is much more limited than advertised," said Peter Lurie, president and executive director of the Center for Science in the Public Interest.
  9. Just the News (syndicating The Center Square)The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has proposed a rule that aims to close a long-neglected regulatory food safety loophole, but consumer advocates warn the effort amounts to a "regulatory mirage."
  10. CNNLean Left“Industry hijacked the loophole and drove a convoy of chemical trucks through it, straight into the American food supply,” Kennedy said.
  11. NPRLean LeftThe FDA has essentially admitted it doesn’t have the capacity to verify the safety of new food chemicals. So they leave it up to food companies and chemical makers to declare their brand new chemicals are safe.
2026-10-10 · Coverage brief

The Wall Street Journal hedged a private preference four ways. Nine desks relayed it, and the further each desk moved from "would prefer" toward "doesn't want" and "opposes," the further the Journal's own caveat drifted from the sentence carrying it.

How 9 outlets framed one event
  1. TownhallRightNow, The Wall Street Journal is reporting that Kamala's husband, Doug Emhoff, is not on board with another presidential run:
  2. NewKerala.com (IANS)The Wall Street Journal reported on Friday that Emhoff has told people privately he would prefer Harris not to seek the presidency again, although those close to him expect he would support her if she decides to enter the race.
  3. NewsweekCenterThe newspaper also reported that some Democratic donors have warned Harris that another White House bid could face long odds following her defeat to President Donald Trump in 2024.
  4. New York PostKamala Harris has reportedly been getting pushback about launching a 2028 presidential bid – and even her husband, Doug Emhoff, doesn't want to see her run for the White House again.
  5. HuffPostThe husband of former Vice President Kamala Harris, Doug Emhoff, has reportedly said privately that he does not want her to seek the Democratic presidential nomination in 2028, The Wall Street Journal reported Friday.
  6. Irish StarKamala Harris’ husband Doug Emhoff has made his feelings clear regarding the 2028 election, after reportedly saying he doesn’t want to see her run for the White House again.
  7. BenzingaFormer Vice President Kamala Harris’ husband, Doug Emhoff, has reportedly told some people in private that he would prefer she not run for president again.
  8. The Jerusalem PostEmhoff has told some people privately that he would prefer his wife not seek the White House for a third time, according to the report.
  9. The Times of IndiaSome Democratic donors have also directly cautioned Harris about the prospects of another presidential campaign, amid concerns about her political future following her defeat to President Donald Trump in the 2024 election, the New York Post reported.
2026-10-10 · Coverage brief

One act — Congress reading an unredacted file at the DOJ and naming the name — rendered as leak on one side of the Atlantic and as a request for investigation on the other, with every account of the naming describing the same underlying mechanics.

How 10 outlets framed one event
  1. The TelegraphDemocrats have begun naming associates of Jeffrey Epstein whose identities were redacted in official files.
  2. The TimesThe Times understands that in lieu of any criminal investigations into alleged Epstein associates featured in the Epstein Files, members of Congress are “taking matters into their own hands” and that Botstein is unlikely to be the last target.
  3. Inside Higher EdThe Department of Justice redacted Botstein’s official presidential email address in the publicly available file, but members of Congress were allowed to view the unredacted file at the DOJ, according to Raskin’s office.
  4. The Guardian (US)The Democratic lawmakers say they have reviewed one “startling” email – which had been redacted by the Department of Justice – that they said was sent from Botstein’s then Bard account, president@bard.edu.
  5. Times UnionThat email was part of a trove of Epstein-related documents the Justice Department released in January, though its sender was redacted.
  6. The Sunday GuardianWhen a record containing the email first became public, Botstein’s identity was redacted.
  7. Rolling StoneRaskin and Dean also sent a letter to Attorney General Todd Blanche and FBI Director Kash Patel, detailing their allegations against Botstein and urging them to “undertake a serious investigation, rather than a cover-up, of the countless potential crimes suggested in evidence in the Epstein files.”
  8. WAMC Northeast Public RadioIn a statement Thursday, Botstein said, "The allegations in this letter are untrue, including an email that I did not author or send. Any assertion that I knew of or was involved in Epstein's criminal behavior is wrong."
  9. Democracy NowLeftAfter calls for an investigation, Botstein resigned from all his positions at Bard College Wednesday, including his professorship and roles in Bard’s music programs.
  10. CNNLean LeftA CNN analysis found that candidates and outside groups have aired more than 160 unique Epstein-related ads in the 2026 midterms, backed by more than $35 million in airtime.
2026-10-10 · Coverage brief

A Supreme Court petition, a sanction the desks rounded and one desk counted to the cent, and four mastheads carrying one wire body on three continents.

How 12 outlets framed one event
  1. ReutersCenterThe Republican president filed his appeal after a federal judge threw out ‌the case and imposed nearly $1 million in sanctions against Trump and one of his lawyers for bringing a "frivolous" suit.
  2. USA HeraldHe later imposed sanctions totaling $937,989.39 against Trump, attorney Alina Habba and her firm, finding the litigation had been brought in bad faith.
  3. CNNLean LeftA federal district court dismissed the suit and ultimately ruled that Trump’s attorneys were liable for nearly $1 million in sanctions. The Atlanta-based 11th US Circuit Court of Appeals largely upheld that decision last year.
  4. The HillCenterThe 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the dismissal and sanctions in 2025.
  5. BenzingaAt the time of writing, the lawsuit was listed on the Supreme Court's online docket, but the reported filing had not yet appeared.
  6. MEAWWTrump's lawyers argue the courts wrongly penalised them for bringing the claims and should have accounted for his decision to postpone the lawsuit while serving as president.
  7. USA TodayThey wrote that the decisions by the lower courts reflect "a deeply troubling trend of federal courts using sanctions and disciplinary threats to punish the president and his lawyers for legitimate legal positions that those courts (erroneously) reject."
  8. The Jerusalem PostTrump's lawyers wrote in the appeal that Supreme Court review of the case is needed in order to protect the presidency.
  9. Riverine HeraldThe Republican US president filed his appeal after a federal judge threw ‌out the case and imposed nearly $US1 million in sanctions against Trump and one of his lawyers for bringing a "frivolous" suit.
  10. Arab NewsIn court papers, lawyers for Trump and Habba have said that the ‌decisions by the lower courts are having a “profound impact on the presidency, and the nation as a whole.”
  11. CNN EspañolEs probable que la Corte Suprema decida a finales de este año si admite el caso a trámite.
  12. MS NOWLeftThey said the appellate ruling and imposition of sanctions “carries with it profound impact on the Presidency, and the nation as a whole.”
2026-10-10 · Coverage brief

Eight files on a Thursday video of soldiers at a drop box — and a census of the desks that never opened it.

How 6 outlets framed one event
  1. The Washington Postwhat the Guard says the soldiers were doingThe troops shown loitering by a D.C. ballot box in the Foggy Bottom neighborhood Thursday in a video that spread across social media were not trying to guard the box, two National Guard officials told The Washington Post on Friday.
  2. NBC4 Washingtonthe JTF-DC sentence, three renderings“Maintaining public trust is a top priority, and JTF-DC service members are directed not to monitor or secure polling locations.”
  3. The Washington Postthe federal statute, quoted by nearly everyoneU.S. law prohibits the positioning of “any troops or armed men at any place where a general or special election is held,” and the images prompted concern across social media that the service members could interfere with voting access.
  4. Associated PressLean Leftthree troop figures, three as-of datesMore than 2,900 Guard members remain in the city, part of a task force started in August 2025 by Trump to curb crime.
  5. Washington Examinerthe one right-bucket file, and what it does with the outcryThe outcry came after a left-wing account on X posted a video, dated Thursday, showing two National Guard members standing nonchalantly by a ballot drop box.
  6. Associated PressLean Leftthe local desks and the council's anger"Soldiers standing by our ballot boxes is unnecessary and is fundamentally wrong if we want to encourage voting," he said.
2026-10-10 · Coverage brief

The United States moved Friday, Oct. 9, 2026, against the International Criminal Court as an institution — and the same instrument carries exemptions and a six-month window before the hardest measures land

How 23 outlets framed one event
  1. Bloombergfrom officials to the body itselfThe Treasury Department added the entire court to its Specially Designated Nationals list, a move that would impose financial punishment on any entity that does business with the ICC.
  2. BBC NewsCenterwhat institution-level designation is built to reachThe US has already sanctioned 17 of the ICC's judges and officials, but this move sanctions the court itself as an institution and is intended to collapse its ability to operate financially.
  3. Al Jazeerawhy the entity defeats the court's insulationSanctioning the entire entity, which has about 900 staff, as opposed to individual officials, will make it more difficult for the court to insulate itself from such sanctions.
  4. The Washington Postthe mechanism, in one sentenceThe sanctions are intended to cut the court off from the global financial system and also threaten punishment against countries that continue to do business with the court.
  5. PoliticoLean Leftthe operational consequences, itemizedThe sanctions would create several operational challenges for the ICC including paying staff, accessing IT services and maintaining its detention facilities.
  6. Washington Examinerthe first round aimed at the institutionIt is the first round of sanctions directed specifically at the ICC, rather than at a judge or official within the organization.
  7. Associated PressLean Leftthe threat, in the wire's rendering“If they do not, the United States will continue its campaign to dismantle the ICC, piece by piece, until Americans are threatened no longer,” he said.
  8. Deutsche Wellethe same threat, in the other renderingIf they do not, the United States will continue its campaign to dismantle the ICC, brick by brick, until Americans are threatened no longer.
  9. The HillCenterthe allies as the enforcement mechanism“We expect our allies, many of whom are part of the ICC and that rely on American service members for their defense, to rein in this rogue court.”
  10. The Washington Timesthe plainest form of the demand“We don’t need that court. And we don’t want it,” Secretary of State Marco Rubio said in a statement.
  11. The Daily Wirethe most expansive characterization in the corpusTaking to X on Friday, America’s top diplomat put the illegitimate International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague on notice, declaring that the United States was officially sanctioning the rogue tribunal and warning foreign allies to rein in the runaway bureaucrats or watch Washington tear the ICC down piece by piece.
  12. CBS NewsLean LeftRubio's prior characterization, in his own wordsRubio has previously described the ICC as a "fatally politicized supranational court" that has "maliciously abused its authority."
  13. The GuardianLean Leftthe backdrop this desk names for the escalationUnveiling the Trump administration’s latest escalation against the court, which it has accused of politicization and unfairly targeting Americans for war crime charges, Marco Rubio, the US secretary of state, declared: “Either the ICC will end its threats, or we will end the ICC.”
  14. Fox NewsRightthe premise, set against the record for itThere is no evidence the court has sought to investigate or prosecute Border Patrol agents, though Rubio previously raised that possibility in July.
  15. AFPthe softening frameBut the immediate impact of the sanctions was softened by a series of exemptions that offer a de facto six-month grace period.
  16. The Jerusalem Postthe carve-outs, itemizedShortly after the sanctions were announced, the US Treasury issued four general licenses, which would allow some transactions for ICC telecommunications, software and pension payments, and transactions linked to ICC detainees.
  17. ReutersCenterthe window as the EU reads itEU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas said on social media that the six-month period "offers a window for dialogue" but added that the bloc "has options to ensure that (the ICC) can continue its vital work."
  18. TASS (Russian state media)a state outlet's off-ramp frameThe United States is ready to settle situation around the International Criminal Court (ICC) diplomatically, despite its sanctions against the Court, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said in a statement.
  19. New York Postthe Nobel award as this masthead frames the sequenceEarlier Friday, ex-ICC judge Navanethem Pillay was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for “ensuring that war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide are prosecuted.”
  20. USA Todaythe audience the demand addressesThere are 125 countries that signed and ratified the treaty that established the I.C.C.
  21. The Independentthe allied declaration, in its own termsIn a joint declaration, the UK, Canada, France, Germany, Italy and Japan – along with Denmark and the Netherlands – stated that they "regret and strongly disagree with" the sanctions.
  22. The Times of Israelthe Israeli reaction this file carries as its own“The ICC is not a court. It is a political body that poses a mortal threat to law-abiding democracies worldwide and to the very idea of national sovereignty,” Netanyahu’s office posted on X.
  23. Times of Londonthe prior sanctions as this desk counts themThe Trump administration has already sanctioned nine ICC judges and four prosecutors in retaliation for an arrest warrant for Netanyahu.
2026-10-09 · Coverage brief

A disaster declaration that covered part of a request traveled the world on one wire; only two newsrooms ran arithmetic of their own, and the counts measure different things

How 10 outlets framed one event
  1. Associated PressLean LeftFRAMINGThe major disaster declaration for Ohio authorizes direct assistance to residents of seven of the 23 counties requested by Republican Governor Mike DeWine.
  2. PoliticoLean LeftFRAMINGIn the first 14 months of his current term, Trump approved 23% of disaster requests from states with a Democratic governor and two Democratic U.S. senators -- compared to 89% from Republican-led states, POLITICO found.
  3. MS NOWLeftFRAMINGLate last week, there were 16 requests on Donald Trump’s desk for federal disaster relief. The president prioritized a request from Ohio, despite the fact that several other appeals had been waiting longer.
  4. The Washington PostATTRIBUTIONThe White House rejected the idea that it’s injecting politics into disaster recovery. “There is no politicization to the president’s decisions on disaster relief,” spokesperson Lauren Bis said Tuesday.
  5. The Boston GlobeLean LeftATTRIBUTIONIn addition, the president recently joked that he would cut off money to North Carolina, which is still healing from Hurricane Helene two years ago, if Republican Senate candidate Michael Whatley lost.
  6. NewsNationATTRIBUTIONOn Wednesday, Trump posted that he'd spoken to Tiffany, "who has my Complete and Total Endorsement to be the next Governor of the Great State of Wisconsin," and told him about $17.9 million in disaster funds were coming to the state. "18 Million Dollars should help, A LOT," Trump wrote.
  7. The Washington TimesATTRIBUTIONThe White House rejected accusations that it's injecting politics into disaster recovery. "There is no politicization to the president's decisions on disaster relief," spokesperson Lauren Bis said Tuesday.
  8. The Asahi ShimbunNAMINGThe major disaster declaration for Ohio authorizes direct assistance to residents of seven of the 23 counties requested by Republican Governor Mike DeWine. It came while 15 other requests from states, tribes and territories remain pending, including two from Hawaii, which experienced back-to-back hurricanes in August and September.
  9. Azat TVFRAMINGThe controversy intensified this Wednesday when President Trump voiced support for Republican Representative Tom Tiffany in Wisconsin’s gubernatorial race, while simultaneously pledging $17.9 million in disaster funding for the state.
  10. The Independent (UK)FRAMINGIn July, Trump reportedly rejected $227 million in disaster-aid requests from four Democratic-led states.
2026-10-09 · Coverage brief

A single July 20 Politico report is the origin of the Patel Russia trip story, and what happened to one hedged sentence inside it

How 14 outlets framed one event
  1. PoliticoLean LeftNAMING — the original, and its own limitsRobert Mueller was the last FBI director known to have visited Russia, in 2013.
  2. Washington ExaminerNAMING — the hedged relay, intactA U.S. official said Patel is expected to visit Moscow and St. Petersburg from Oct. 14 to 15 and that his host will likely be Russia's Federal Security Service, the successor to the Soviet-era KGB, according to Politico.
  3. MeduzaFRAMING — the flat "last"The last FBI director to visit Russia was Robert Mueller, in 2013. Mueller was later appointed special counsel to investigate Russian interference in U.S. elections.
  4. The Moscow TimesNAMING — the condition, keptThe precise agenda for Patel's expected visit, which would mark the first trip by a sitting FBI director to Russia since 2013, remains undisclosed. Russia's FSB security service is likely to host the director, the U.S. official said.
  5. NewsmaxFRAMING — the upgraded "first"The outlet reported that Patel is expected to travel to Moscow and St. Petersburg on Oct. 14-15, marking what would be the first known visit by a sitting FBI director to Russia since former Director Robert Mueller traveled there in 2013.
  6. The Daily BeastFRAMING — the summit of the ladderKash Patel is planning an eyebrow-raising trip to Russia that would make him the first known FBI director in more than a decade to visit the U.S. adversary.
  7. TASSFRAMING — the state wire, and the routine versionAccording to the news report, the visit could take place on October 14-15, with Patel expected to visit Moscow and St. Petersburg. The FBI press office has not yet responded to TASS's request for comment on the reported trip.
  8. ReutersCenterNAMING — the relay, in a wire's own voiceReporting by Kanishka Singh in Washington; Editing by Caitlin Webber
  9. USA TodayFRAMING — the stated purpose, in wire copyThe partnerships, known internally as "working groups," represent a major break with the past and have raised concerns within the broader counterintelligence community about the risks posed by sharing sensitive domestic security information with authoritarian regimes working to undermine the United States economically and militarily around the world.
  10. HuffPostFRAMING — the same copy, second mastheadPatel returned from a trip to Beijing in late July, and a similar trip to Russia has been tentatively planned for October, according to FBI officials.
  11. The New RepublicNAMING — the host, relayedPatel will likely be hosted on his trip by the FSB, the Russian security service that succeeded the Soviet Union's KGB, Politico reported Monday.
  12. Mother JonesFRAMING — the trip as one item in a listOctober, meanwhile, promises to bring more eyebrow-raising antics: Patel is apparently planning a trip to Russia, a country that (a) is no friend of the United States nor the FBI specifically and yet (b) is quite friendly with Patel, including via a "Russia-linked production company" that evidently previously paid Patel $25,000 to appear in an anti-FBI TV series.
  13. The Kyiv IndependentFRAMING — the purpose, stated as unknownPatel will travel to Moscow and St. Petersburg in a trip likely hosted by Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB) on October 14-15, the U.S. official said.
  14. The AtlanticFRAMING — the October turnSo when the news emerged this summer that FBI Director Kash Patel would be visiting Moscow just three weeks before the midterm elections, many of his own employees were puzzled--and concerned.
2026-10-09 · Coverage brief

Sixteen outlets agree on what was announced; they split entirely on what to call it, and the neutral records carry a third, narrower word

How 1 outlet framed one event
  1. Fox NewsRighta video segment, not an articleU.S. Amb. to the U.N. Michael Waltz joins ‘America Reports’ to discuss President Donald Trump’s announcement of a Russian diesel shipment following talks with Vladimir Putin and how the deal aims to lower fuel prices.
2026-10-09 · Coverage brief

Fifteen newsrooms, one Atlanta stage, and the desks that normally supply the middle filed nothing this corpus could find

How 15 outlets framed one event
  1. The HillCenterthe debate as a string of personal attacksCollins responded to a moderator question about his son-in-law's posts, saying he "condemned racism, anti-Semitism, hate."
  2. NewsweekCenterthe debate as polls and policyThe latest Wedgewood Poll survey shows Ossoff with 55 percent of the potential vote compared to 45 percent for Collins. The poll surveyed 600 likely voters on October 2 and October 3 and has a 4 percent margin of error.
  3. New York Postthe counter-verdict: Collins 'fends off'The senator repeatedly suggested his GOP opponent was racist and antisemitic - invoking various social media scandals involving the congressman, his staff and his son-in-law.
  4. The Washington Timesthe debate as a verdict on TrumpMr. Ossoff is the only Democratic senator seeking reelection in a state won by President Trump in 2024, but has run on a full-throated anti-Trump message.
  5. Washington Examiner'fiery allegations take focus'The race is the only Senate race in the country where a Democratic incumbent has a seat in a state that President Donald Trump won in 2024.
  6. Breitbartaccountability framing, plus a credential jab off-stage"That Bidenomics, that Green New Deal my opponent voted for? That's where all this inflation is coming from," Collins said at the outset of the debate.
  7. Newsmaxthe verdict, borrowed from another paperThe New York Times assessed that Collins held his own against Ossoff, although the incumbent delivered some of the debate's sharpest attacks.
  8. CBS NewsLean Leftthe poll census, stated flatPolling from Insider Advantage, Big Data Poll, and YouGov in the last few weeks have found Ossoff with a lead of eight, 10, and 10 points respectively.
  9. HuffPostthe plain verdict, in one sentenceSeparately, The Daily Beast found that at least two people involved with Collins’ campaign have ties to a far-right group founded by a former Ku Klux Klan leader.
  10. The Daily Beastthe takedown registerHe was also accused of being a “Trump-puppet election denier.”
  11. The Guardian (US)Georgia filed beside Michigan and MaineCollins, meanwhile, sought to cast Ossoff as “radical” and an “extremist” whose record in the Senate had left the state “less safe, more expensive and worse off”.
  12. The New Republicthe rout registerThe Georgia representative practically drowned under reports of his team’s ties to extremism during his first debate against Democratic Senator Jon Ossoff Thursday, unable to bat away the various white supremacist connections within his orbit.
  13. The Jerusalem Postthe war and the court"The question of genocide is a question of whether a government has the specific intent to destroy a national or ethnic group, and that is a question for the International Criminal Court," Ossoff said.
  14. The Times of Israela US civil-rights reference, glossed for the flight"If [civil rights icon and late US congressman] John Lewis were marching today from Selma to Montgomery, Mike Collins would be grabbing a billy club."
  15. NOTUS (The Washington Sun)the only wire-style record in the corpus“Imagine running for the U.S. Senate while neo-Nazi propaganda is disseminated to an audience of millions from your home. That’s Mike Collins,” Ossoff said, referring to Collins’ son-in-law David Alan Scheer II, who reportedly lives on a property owned by Collins.
2026-10-09 · Coverage brief

A Pentagon plan to livestream the Dec. 3 firing-squad execution of Nidal Hasan has drawn a bipartisan and international chorus of objection — while the companies that would carry the picture have said nothing at all

How 24 outlets framed one event
  1. PoliticoLean Leftthe backlash, named as structuralDefense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s surprise plan to livestream the military’s first execution in six decades drew fierce blowback from both sides of the aisle.
  2. AFP (wire)both parties, two different reasonsRepresentative Austin Scott, a member of US President Donald Trump's Republican Party, said he supported executing Hasan but that "livestreaming executions is what jihadists do. America is better than that."
  3. The HillCentera Republican senator, quoted to the commaArmy rules allow for at least two media outlets to be present for an execution, but none has been broadcast live in the U.S. The nation’s last public execution was in 1936.
  4. CBS NewsLean Leftthe same senator, the precedent counted"Hasan should face the death penalty, but making his execution public and streaming it? Beyond disgusting," Tillis wrote on X.
  5. The GuardianLean Leftthe international-legal register, news and opinionThe United Nations’ office of the high commissioner for human rights warned on Friday that broadcasting the killing would amount to a public execution and “breach the absolute prohibition of torture”.
  6. The Independent (UK)an ally's cabinet, on the recordThe Labour Party chairwoman added: “The view of the Government is always that we’re repulsed to the death penalty, my personal view is that I’m opposed to the death penalty.
  7. National Reviewthe church and the rulebook, both againstArchbishop Coakley stated that while "in no way can Hasan's actions be condoned," the decision is a "barbaric promotion of a culture of death and must be reconsidered.
  8. Reason (Libertarian)the objection from the right that is not about HasanBut in cases like these—public executions on steroids—we allow the state to turn a solemn moment into vulgar public spectacle.
  9. New York PostHegseth's stated reason, in his own words“We’re gonna make sure that people are able to watch it, that it’s public, because people need to understand that there’s serious consequences for these types of things,” Hegseth said.
  10. Breitbartthe venue Hegseth chose to say itHe told Real America's Voice, "We'll make sure that people are able to watch it. That it's public. Because people need to understand that there's serious consequences for these types of things."
  11. Deutsche Wellethe register Hegseth himself usedHegseth added: "I kind of like the mentality we had in World War II, which was win.
  12. The Jerusalem Postthe symmetry Hegseth choseHegseth continued, stating that the execution will take place on a Thursday at 1 p.m., matching the approximate time, day of the week, and location of Hasan's shooting.
  13. Al Jazeerathe civil authority, namedActing Secretary of the Army Adam Telle set the execution date for December 3 at 1pm local time (18:00 GMT).
  14. CBC News"first known" is doing real workIf carried out as planned, death penalty experts said it would mark the first known broadcast or livestream of a lawful execution.
  15. ReutersCenterthe same finding, from the wireNo other country is known to televise or livestream a legal execution, experts said.
  16. The Washington Timesthe precedent, named and datedEddie Slovik was shot for desertion during World War II near Sainte-Marie-aux-Mines in France.
  17. Sky Newsthis is a policy choice, datedDeath by firing squad was one of several forms of capital punishment recently added to permissible forms of execution by the Trump administration, in addition to electrocution and gas asphyxiation.
  18. BBC NewsCenterthe domestic numbersTwo thirds of Americans (66%) support executions of murderers, a figure which has risen six points in the last five years, according to a Pew Research survey conducted in July.
  19. BBC NewsCentereven the man who survived it splitsLegal experts have told the BBC there are a number of hurdles around the livestreaming of this which could mean it is successfully challenged in court.
  20. Fox NewsRightthe facts, flatHasan remains on military death row at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas.
  21. Associated PressLean Leftthe stated rationale, interrogatedFiring squads can be a quicker, cleaner, more precise way to execute a prisoner,” he said. “I don’t think that’s what’s motivating this. There’s a perceived masculinity and military-ness to firing squads that is part of the aura Hegseth is trying to emphasize — the ‘lethality culture.’”
  22. CNNLean Leftthe rule the Pentagon may be walking intoA public livestream of Hasan’s execution could potentially violate the Army regulations governing military capital punishment.
  23. NBC NewsLean Leftthe carrier is unnamedThe execution will be livestreamed, according to a Defense Department official, though it’s not yet clear on which platform.
  24. The Vergesix platforms, zero answersThe Verge contacted YouTube, Twitch, TikTok, Meta, Rumble, and Kick to ask if they plan to allow the livestream to be aired on their platforms. None responded before publication.
2026-10-09 · Coverage brief

One forecast, one figure every newsroom printed, and an interior that gets re-sorted with each transfer

How 8 outlets framed one event
  1. Cook Political Reportthe primary, truncated at the paywallThat is a key factor prompting us to move ratings for 18 more House races, all in Democrats’ favor.
  2. AxiosCenterthe five-seat decompositionFive seats — in Iowa, Pennsylvania and Washington — moving from toss ups to leaning toward Democrats, including Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks' (R-Iowa) tough rematch race against Democrat Christina Bohannan.
  3. NewsweekCenterfive, in the fewest wordsThe findings, from The Cook Political Report, shows that five races that were previously rated as toss-ups now lean Democratic.
  4. The Daily Beastfive, with names and polls attachedAmong the shifts by Cook Political Report, five seats that were previously considered “toss-ups” have been moved to “Lean Democrat,” while four seats that were previously “Lean Republican” are now considered “toss-ups.”
  5. Washington Examinerfive incumbent races, and its own clockThe forecast shifted four prior “Leans Republican” into toss-ups.
  6. Newsmaxfour, and the toss-up board after the movesFour races in Iowa, Pennsylvania, and Washington moved from "Toss Up" to "Lean Democrat," including Miller-Meeks' rematch against Democrat Christina Bohannan.
  7. The HillCenterthe interior named by district numberThere are four open races in Nebraska’s 2nd district, Iowa’s 2nd district, Kentucky’s 6th district and Maine’s 2nd district that also shifted towards Democrats.
  8. The Washington Timesthe Cook move in one sentence of a Jon Stewart storyThe Cook Political Report’s latest ratings update shifted 18 House races toward Democrats, underscoring the party’s improved prospects.
2026-10-09 · Coverage brief

Twelve-plus newsrooms on one Truth Social post, and the real fight is over where the order's edge sits

How 18 outlets framed one event
  1. Anadolu Agency (Turkey, state-run)the executive order, with its own edges statedUS President Donald Trump said on Thursday that the White House considers anyone who uses the term "artificial intelligence" instead of "super intelligence" an "enemy," reinforcing his administration's push to rebrand the technology.
  2. Forbesthe order's own refusal clauseAnyone who refuses to use the term “super intelligence,” President Donald Trump’s new preferred moniker for AI, is an “enemy” of the White House, Trump said in a Thursday afternoon social media post as he pushes for broader acceptance of “SI.”
  3. The Next Webthe two clauses that carry the whole boundaryUS President Donald Trump wrote on Truth that the White House sees anyone who says “artificial intelligence” instead of “super intelligence” as “THE ENEMY”.
  4. The Independent (UK)the same boundary, stated as a limit on the manPresident Donald Trump on Thursday opened up a new front in his ongoing war against commonly used terms and geographic names by warning that anyone referring to Large Language Models such as OpenAI’s ChatGPT or Anthropic’s Claude as “Artificial Intelligence” would earn themselves a place on his enemies list.
  5. Associated PressLean Leftthe precursor, dated and scopedNEW YORK (AP) — The State Department is ordering diplomats in its international organizations bureau to use the term “super intelligence” instead of “artificial intelligence” in all communications following President Donald Trump’s attempt to rebrand the technology in his address to the U.N. General Assembly this week.
  6. AFPthe originating leadUS President Donald Trump, who has said he wants the term “super intelligence” to replace artificial intelligence, said Thursday that anyone who does not heed his wishes will be treated as “THE ENEMY,” without saying what the consequences would be.
  7. Breitbartthe same AFP copy, domesticatedOn Thursday, he warned that anyone refusing to adopt the term would be considered an “ENEMY” by the White House, without saying what that would mean.
  8. Daily Sabah (Turkey)the same lead again, pro-government TurkishU.S. President Donald Trump, who has said he wants the term "super intelligence" to replace artificial intelligence, said Thursday that anyone who does not heed his wishes will be treated as "THE ENEMY," without saying what the consequences would be.
  9. Daily Sabah (Turkey)the platform's own vocabularyEven on Truth Social, a link to the platform's own search function – "Truth Search AI" – remains visible alongside Trump's post.
  10. AxiosCenterthe headline that carries its own second clausePresident Trump on Thursday called anyone who uses "Artificial Intelligence" instead of "Super Intelligence" "THE ENEMY!" — even as the White House continues using the term "AI."
  11. NDTV (India)the one naming split: whose enemyUS President Donald Trump has warned that all those who do not refer to Artificial Intelligence (AI) as "Super Intelligence" or SI will be considered an enemy of the state.
  12. Fox NewsRighta liveblog entry, with the Sept. 29 reasoning on recordPresident Donald Trump declared Thursday that the White House considers anyone who uses the term "artificial intelligence" instead of "super intelligence" to be "THE ENEMY," doubling down on his push to rebrand the rapidly advancing technology.
  13. The Daily Wirethe rebrand beat, with a dissenting quotePresident Donald Trump said Thursday that anyone who continues to use the term “artificial intelligence” rather than his preferred replacement is “the enemy” of the White House.
  14. New York Postthe typo, reproduced exactlyOn social media on, Trump raised the sake in his effort to rebrand AI as “super intelligence.”
  15. PoliticoLean Leftthe escalation frame, and the ai.gov footnotePresident Donald Trump said Thursday that the White House will consider anyone who does not adopt his preferred term of “super intelligence” as “the enemy,” escalating his campaign to rebrand artificial intelligence amid calls to erect more guardrails.
  16. HuffPostthe second-person registerThe president took to his Truth Social platform on Thursday to demand that people stop calling AI AI, and instead use his preferred term, “Super Intelligence.”
  17. NewsweekCenterthe ceremony, with the post as one lineThroughout the ceremony, Trump repeatedly used the term "super intelligence" when describing the recipients' achievements.
  18. Bloombergthe opinion newsletter, in its own voiceSurprise! I have a new name: THE ENEMY. It rolls off the tongue, so that’s nice.
2026-10-09 · Coverage brief

The corpus agrees on the payments and disagrees, politely, on who paid — and the second ring, the $35,000-a-month one, appears in no right-bucket record at all

How 11 outlets framed one event
  1. ReutersCenterthe money, as the paper's finding, and the mood (center)The newspaper said Republika Srpska's government retained and paid them to advise on voting issues.
  2. CNNLean Leftunaware until briefed, and "pissed" (left)Trump was unaware that the two men had traveled to the Balkans – or that the pro-Russian government was among their clientele – until he was briefed on the impending New York Times piece, sources familiar with the situation told CNN.
  3. The Independentthe contract's dollar figure, and the panic sourced to Politico (international)Republika Srpska also tapped Continental Strategy for a one-year lobbying and consulting contract in January, valued at $420,000.
  4. The HillCenterthe distinction stated, then collapsed (wire)Blair and LaCivita were paid hundreds of thousands of dollars each through a Washington-based law firm that the Republika Srpska's government hired to provide counsel on voting issues, the outlet reported.
  5. Newsmaxthe government, not the party (right)People familiar with the arrangement told the newspaper they worked for the government rather than the nationalist party controlling it.
  6. New York Postthe party, plain, and the midterm frame (right)President Trump threatened Wednesday to "terminate" two key advisers after they were revealed to have raked in "hundreds of thousands of dollars each" advising a pro-Russian political party in Bosnia as Republicans brace for a potential bloodbath in the Nov. 3 midterm elections.
  7. The Washington Timesthe party named, and the Putin thanks (right)Chris LaCivita and James Blair, who oversee midterm political advertising for Mr. Trump's political operation, spent several days this month in a self-governing territory in Bosnia and Herzegovina while supporting the region's Alliance of Independent Social Democrats, according to the Times.
  8. N1 (Sarajevo)the trip, on the ground, via Semafor (international)One source said LaCivita and Blair spent 48 hours in Republika Srpska, Bosnia's predominantly Serb entity, consulting on voting equipment before the election.
  9. The New Republicthe second ring, priced monthly (left)Katie Wiles, daughter of Trump’s chief of staff, Susie Wiles, works for a political lobbying firm that has a $35,000-per-month contract to represent a small self-governing territory in Bosnia and Herzegovina known as Republika Srpska.
  10. The HillCenterthe firm's own on-record account (center)Katie Wiles, a partner at Continental Strategy, shared photos to social media which appeared to show her holding a rifle while standing next to Željko Budimir, the interior minister of Republika Srpska, according to CBS News.
  11. Al Jazeerathe aggregate, from DOJ filings (international)Documents filed with the US Department of Justice show that Republika Srpska has paid more than $4m since the beginning of 2025 to lobbyists and political operatives linked to Trump for lobbying activities.
2026-10-09 · Coverage brief

The OCC fined the bank $350 million and the Fed issued an order with no dollar figure — much of the coverage that exists says "regulators" did the fining, and the coverage that doesn't exist is the other finding

How 11 outlets framed one event
  1. Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (official press release)the penalty, the bank, the address (wire)cease-and-desist order and a $350 million civil money penalty against American Express National Bank, Sandy, Utah
  2. Federal Reserve Board (official press release)the second instrument, and the missing figure (wire)The Federal Reserve Board on Thursday announced an enforcement action against American Express Company to address, among other things, the firm's failure to sufficiently detect and report certain suspicious activity related to money laundering.
  3. Federal Reserve Board (consent order PDF, anchor)the 90-day plan and the bank's address (wire)Within 90 days of the effective date of this Order, Amex shall submit an acceptable written plan to the Reserve Bank to improve the Firm's enterprise-wide BSA/AML compliance risk management program.
  4. ReutersCenterthe aggregate subject (center)US bank regulators fined American Express $350 million after they determined the lender's programs to identify potential money laundering
  5. Bloombergaggregate at the corporate level, truncated record (wire)Federal regulators fined American Express Co. $350 million for failing to catch and report money laundering in its system.
  6. Quartzthe split stated (left)hit with a $350 million civil money penalty and a cease-and-desist order Thursday after federal regulators determined its national bank failed to maintain an adequate anti-money laundering compliance program
  7. Banking Divethe accounting note and the decade (center)resulting in roughly $13 billion of suspected money laundering activity over the past 10 years, the OCC said.
  8. PYMNTSwhich entities the Fed order reaches (center)The Fed’s cease-and-desist order names American Express Company and American Express Travel Related Services Company.
  9. The Economic Times (India)Reuters on an Indian domain (international)American Express was fined $350 million by US bank regulators after they determined the lender's programs to identify potential money laundering were insufficient
  10. Insight EU Monitoringthe split, stated in one sentence (international)A separate monetary penalty was imposed by the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), not by the Federal Reserve.
  11. Yahoo Financethe decade in a third denomination (wire)approximately $13 billion in suspected money laundering activity inadequately monitored and reported over nearly 11 years
2026-10-09 · Coverage brief

The Norwegian Nobel Committee awarded the 2026 Peace Prize to Navi Pillay in a sentence naming no country, leader, or conflict; some desks supplied one anyway, and several left the line as blank as the committee wrote it

How 17 outlets framed one event
  1. Norwegian Nobel Committee (nobelpeaceprize.org)the citation itself (wire)has decided to award the Nobel Peace Prize for 2026 to Navanethem “Navi” Pillay for her efforts to promote peace and international law.
  2. ReutersCenterthe citation's scope, stated (center)The Nobel committee's citation made no reference to Trump, nor Israel.
  3. BBC NewsCenterthe chair's disclaimer (center)Frydnes said the Nobel organisation was not taking a position on whether the Israeli offensive in Gaza amounted to genocide.
  4. Associated PressLean Leftthe rebuke as expectation (center)Her win is sure to be seen as a high-profile rebuke to U.S. President Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who have both rejected the findings of the U.N. commission she led on Gaza.
  5. USA Todaythe same reading, unhedged (center)serves as a not-so-subtle rebuke of the Trump administration
  6. AxiosCenterthe outcome stated (left)President Trump once again did not win the prize he has openly coveted.
  7. The Daily Beastthe maximal register (left)Donald Trump has been snubbed for the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize—and mocked by the woman who won it instead.
  8. CNNLean Leftanchored to Trump's own words (left)saying this week that it “would be a great discredit” to the Nobel committee if it did not select him for the honor.
  9. The Independent (UK)the reaction (international)The White House reacted furiously to Trump's snub and berated the Norwegian Nobel Committee
  10. Breitbartrelay, Trump frame kept (right)The prize for Pillay is sure to anger Trump, whose administration has repeatedly attacked international justice institutions.
  11. Washington ExaminerIsrael-first (right)Pillay also lead a commission that investigated the war in Gaza, ultimately reporting that Israel had committed genocide in Gaza.
  12. The Times of Israelthe double rebuke (international)stinging, high-profile rebuke to US President Trump and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu
  13. NPRLean Leftthe neutral register (left)This year's Nobel Peace Prize attracted 287 nominations
  14. The Washington Postbiography-first (left)She became the first non-White woman to serve in the country’s high court in 1995.
  15. New York Postthe wire, run straight (right)received nominations for 287 candidates for this year’s prize
  16. Al Jazeeracoveted, with a clause (international)United States President Donald Trump has long coveted the prize and repeatedly said he deserves it
  17. TASS (Russian state media)the silence (international)who served as the UN high commissioner for human rights in 2008-2014
2026-10-09 · Coverage brief

Thirteen records: NPR reported a contractor's account that the directive for inhumane facilities came from the White House — a claim the White House calls "false hearsay." Three downstream records reused it; the other nine describe the same warehouses on other dates, never reaching who wanted what

How 13 outlets framed one event
  1. NPRLean Leftthe sole original report (left)No one that we spoke to at DHS was for this idea whatsoever. The deputy director told us point-blank that they had pushed back very hard on it. Everybody knew warehouses are horrible places to put people,
  2. The New Republicthe hedge kept in the body, dropped from the top (left)The Department of Homeland Security shot down a plan to construct immigration detention facilities that were more humane, a government contractor told NPR News Thursday.
  3. Yahoo News (New Republic syndication)the relay (wire)The contractor believed that the directive to construct facilities with the worst possible conditions came from the White House itself—specifically Stephen Miller, who was not present at the meeting.
  4. Pravda.Ru (English) — Russian state-aligned mediathe attribution hardens (international)favor of conditions described as "cruel” and "painful” by White House advisor Stephen Miller.
  5. Reason (Libertarian)the right-bucket convergence (right)The warehouse gambit was wasteful, inhumane, and short-sighted
  6. Newsmaxa judge's finding and the official reply, same file (right)were inhumane and unconstitutional
  7. BBC News (US & Canada)the habitability frame (center)warehoused in a place that was not built for human habitation
  8. USA Todaytwo registers inside one piece (center)would not only be inhumane but also have devastating local and environmental impacts
  9. NewsweekCenterthe building itself (center)essentially one large room with concrete floors and only four toilets
  10. Associated PressLean Leftthe consultation frame (center)After DHS bought a 470,044-square-foot (43,669-square-meter) warehouse in Roxbury for $129.3 million, the township and state sued,
  11. Breitbartlitigation as nuisance (right)nuisance lawsuits to stop the plans
  12. Fox NewsRightthe officer-safety register (right)This is a disgusting bill just meant to demonize our officers
  13. The Independent (UK)an AP wire, eight months early (international)ICE this past week acknowledged it made a “mistake” when it announced warehouse purchases in Chester, New York, and Roxbury, New Jersey.
2026-10-09 · Coverage brief

Every record agrees on the suit and the docket; they differ on what they say stood behind the word "impaired"

How 6 outlets framed one event
  1. Tax Notesthe complaint in its own voice (center)There was one problem: no Giglio determination existed. No prosecutorial authority had made one. No United States Attorney's Office had issued a Giglio letter. No disciplinary action had even been proposed.
  2. Bloomberg Taxdisclosure as the offense, the earliest report (wire)The suit, which also names the Treasury Department, alleges senior IRS officials made “unauthorized disclosures” of his “protected personnel, disciplinary, and tax return information” in retaliation for his history of whistleblower complaints and criticism of agency leadership over its “gross mismanagement of significant abusive tax scheme investigations.”
  3. Law360 (Tax Authority)one sentence above the wall (center)An agent in the IRS Criminal Investigation unit has accused the agency of leaking his personal tax information to the U.S. Department of Justice in retaliation against him for blowing the whistle on what he said was mismanagement in the branch's Chicago office.
  4. The New York Times (body via GV Wire syndication)the man before the mechanism (left)An IRS investigator sued the agency this month, claiming officials illegally leaked his confidential personnel records to federal prosecutors to punish him for years of whistleblowing on the agency’s failure to tackle tax dodging.
  5. Accounting Todaythe calendar as the argument (center)In March 2026, an agency fact-finding memorandum concluded that his conduct was not willful. But 33 days later, the same official proposed his removal from federal service, citing potential Giglio impairment.
  6. The San Joaquin Valley Sunthe thirteen-hundred-character version (right)The big picture: The lawsuit, filed in the Northern District of Illinois, accuses supervisors of using minor tax return mistakes against Visalli to discredit and potentially remove him from his position.
2026-10-09 · Coverage brief

The records that address the facts agree on the substance — Civil Rights Division, D.C. grand jury, no subpoena — and differ on the words they put at the center of the story

How 10 outlets framed one event
  1. Bloombergthe wire lead (wire)The US Justice Department is seeking a criminal indictment of former White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson for lying to Congress, according to a person familiar with the matter.
  2. NBC NewsLean Leftthe seed lead (left)The Justice Department is seeking to indict former Trump aide Cassidy Hutchinson, who testified before the Jan. 6 committee, on a charge of lying to Congress, a person familiar with the effort told NBC News.
  3. The GuardianLean Leftthe move assigned to a pattern (left)Prosecutors in the justice department's civil rights division are seeking criminal charges against Cassidy Hutchinson, a former top Trump White House aide who gave explosive testimony to the committee that investigated the US attack on the Capitol, according to a person familiar with the matter.
  4. The Daily Beastthe hurdle in the header (left)The DOJ is looking to charge former Trump aide Cassidy Hutchinson with lying to Congress.
  5. The New Republicthe abnormal assignment, named (left)The DOJ's civil rights division presented evidence to a federal grand jury on Tuesday, and is expected to present additional evidence and witnesses in the coming weeks, unnamed sources told Punchbowl.
  6. NewsweekCenterthe procedural state, including the absence (center)Cassidy Hutchinson is facing a potential criminal indictment after the Department of Justice (DOJ) sought charges alleging that she lied to Congress
  7. Fox NewsRightthe grand jury carries the story (right)Additional evidence could be presented to the grand jury as soon as next week, according to a source familiar with the matter.
  8. New York Postan "investigation," not a pursuit (right)A federal grand jury was empaneled earlier this week to hear evidence and witness testimony about Hutchinson's alleged false statements to lawmakers, sources familiar with the probe said.
  9. Newsmaxthe referral discounted (right)A referral is a request, not a command; the department often treats such referrals as suggestions, and they do not necessarily lead to charges.
  10. The Daily Wirethe referral origin, and the contested predicate (right)The investigation is being handled by the Justice Department's Civil Rights Division, an unusual assignment for the case, which is centered on alleged false testimony.
2026-10-09 · Coverage brief

Nearly every headline sells the destination. The instrument the government actually pulled is a form employers file on the way there — and one outlet calls the visa H1B1, which is a different visa

How 5 outlets framed one event
  1. the_instrumentwhat the government actually did
  2. the_probewho announced it
  3. the_rostereight names under a nine
  4. the_arithmeticVance's figures, and the rebuttal
  5. the_fraud_figuresingle-sourced
2026-10-09 · Coverage brief

A meeting in the Oval Office is confirmed. Everything inside it exists in this record as secondhand speech — an attorney on a podcast, an ex-official on a talk show — and the attorney stepped back from his own account the moment a reporter asked him about it. The White House, asked twice, declined to confirm the meeting happened. The governor of Colorado called the idea "dangerous" without naming the woman whose sentence he shortened.

How 12 outlets framed one event
  1. CPR Newsoriginating recordHer idea is, get control over the ballots as soon as the machine spits them through and then do a recount because that would eliminate whatever effect the machines have,
  2. MediaiteLean Leftthe walk-backI don't see how it could be orchestrated. I'm not sure what's going to happen in terms of that plan,
  3. NOTUSthe Lutnick routeTrump on Monday reportedly met with conspiracy theorist Tina Peters, who for months has been urging Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick to investigate voting machines
  4. Talking Points Memothe cautionSo, though ABC did independently confirm the news of the Trump-Peters meeting, take Martin's description of what occurred with a grain of salt.
  5. The New Republicthe wide-distribution recordPeter Ticktin, Peters's attorney, said that she proposed that Trump seize ballots from across the country and conduct a hand recount, reports Kyle Clark of Colorado's 9 News.
  6. HuffPostthe liveblog entryDenver's 9News flagged the alarming scheme in a segment Wednesday night that also featured Peters' attorney, Peter Ticktin, describing how Trump
  7. MediaiteLean Leftthe White HouseWe do not comment on private meetings that may or may not have happened.
  8. CPR Newsthe governorGov. Jared Polis said attempts to interfere with midterm elections are “dangerous,” but he stopped short of drawing a line to his decision to shorten the sentence of one of the people pushing those efforts.
  9. PBS NewsHourbackground: the draft orderThe president cannot seize control of state-run elections by declaring an
  10. NewsweekCenterbackground: who Ticktin isHe represented former Colorado county clerk Tina Peters, who was convicted over a voting system security breach.
  11. The GuardianLean Leftbackground: the longer campaignhand-counting of ballots in public, first and foremost
  12. The Independent (UK)adjacent contextWhat if they send in the military and they say
2026-10-09 · Coverage brief

An ICE officer shot and wounded a man in his car in Marble Hill, the Bronx, on the afternoon of Oct. 8, 2026. A 5-year-old was in the vehicle — that fact reached fifteen of eighteen newsrooms in this corpus, and the desks that carried it differ in how they sourced it: stated flat in one, hedged in some, attributed in most, carried on the wire in others, absent from three. This is a coverage brief. The corpus holds no contradiction; it holds one detail and its paperwork.

How 18 outlets framed one event
  1. USA Todaynames the omission (center)Homeland security did not make mention of the nearby child when the man was shot.
  2. The HillCenterreported speech with hedge (center)Mamdani said early reports indicated ICE agents fired multiple rounds at the victim's car while he and his 5-year-old child were inside.
  3. PBS NewsHourthe early wire state (center, AP relay)Few details were immediately available about the shooting, which happened around 4 p.m.
  4. Associated PressLean Leftthe later wire, DHS phrase adopted (center, WHEC syndication)NEW YORK (AP) - A federal immigration officer shot and wounded a Dominican man while arresting him in New York City on Thursday, during what the Department of Homeland Security called a "targeted enforcement operation."
  5. ReutersCenterthe child in the lead, three sponsors at once (wire)NEW YORK, Oct 8 (Reuters) - US immigration agents shot and wounded a man on Thursday in his car with a child present in the Marble Hill neighborhood of New York City, according to the mayor, city police and eyewitnesses.
  6. Bloombergchild credited to the mayor (wire)A five-year-old child was in the man's vehicle, Mamdani said, adding officials believed the child was physically unharmed.
  7. CNNLean Leftthe first-in-the-city frame (left)A man from the Dominican Republic was shot by federal immigration agents during a targeted enforcement operation in the Bronx on Thursday, according to the Department of Homeland Security, marking the first shooting involving ICE agents in New York City since President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown.
  8. HuffPostwire plus a resident's words (left, AP relay)Neighborhood resident Alfred Silva, 38, called for federal officers to more clearly identify themselves, saying one was wearing a construction safety vest and carrying a rifle.
  9. MS NOWLeftlater wire, DHS phrase, no child (left, AP relay)The agency described the man as a "criminal illegal alien" with a prior grand larceny conviction and a history of other arrests.
  10. New York Postchild stated flat in the lead (right)ICE agents shot and wounded a suspected migrant gang member in the Bronx Thursday while a 5-year-old boy sat in the back of his SUV, drawing a crowd of bystanders who peppered the armed agents with insults.
  11. Fox NewsRightthe child, hedged and returned to the mayor (right)Mamdani wrote that early reports indicated ICE agents allegedly surrounded the man and child inside a vehicle before firing.
  12. Washington Examinerthe mayor's sentence quoted direct (right)Early reports indicate agents surrounded him and a 5-year-old child in his car before firing multiple rounds.
  13. The Washington Timessecond relay of the same early AP body (right)Few details were immediately available about the shooting, which happened around 4 p.m.
  14. The GuardianLean LeftDHS claim printed with its evidence gap (international)The department’s statement alleged that the man had "associations" with a gang and prior criminal convictions, but DHS did not name the man or provide evidence of his background.
  15. Deutsche Wellethe fullest DHS charge list (international)In a post on X, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), the parent agency of ICE, confirmed that an "ICE officer discharged his weapon" during an attempt to arrest a "criminal illegal alien from the Dominican Republic" with ties "to the Trinitarios gang."
  16. The Jerusalem PostReuters lead, three-party attribution (international)US Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents shot and wounded a man on Thursday in his car with a child present in the vehicle in the Bronx borough of New York City, according to the mayor, city police and eyewitness accounts.
  17. The Canberra Timesthe DHS sentence verbatim (international)"During the incident, an ICE officer discharged his weapon and the criminal illegal alien was injured," DHS said, adding that ICE officers rendered immediate aid.
  18. The Independenthedged throughout, child carried (international)One woman who witnessed the shooting said she initially thought the four shots she heard were a car backfiring.
2026-10-09 · Coverage brief

The same periodic financial-disclosure filing — signed Sept 17, released by the U.S. Office of Government Ethics on Thursday Oct 8, 2026, listing 517 August transactions — reached eight newsrooms, and each pulled a different first sentence to the top of it; every split in this file is one of naming or framing

How 12 outlets framed one event
  1. CNN BusinessTHE BONDS, WITH TERMS (center)Just two days before launching an effort to slash red tape for commercial space transportation, President Donald Trump last month purchased up to $5 million of bonds issued by SpaceX, a major federal contractor run by Elon Musk, according to ethics filings made public on Thursday.
  2. The Washington PostTHE LEAD, AND WHERE IT ENDS (left)President Donald Trump bought between $1 million and $5 million in debt issued by SpaceX just days before the White House announced a new space-travel policy, the president's latest financial disclosure form shows.
  3. QuartzTHE POLICY, SPECCED (center)President Donald Trump purchased between $5 million and $25 million in Meta Platforms stock in August and bought up to $5 million in SpaceX debt two days before signing a national space transportation policy, a newly released government financial disclosure shows.
  4. Raw StoryTHE CNN ACCOUNT, AMPLIFIED (left)President Donald Trump put up to $5 million into bonds from SpaceX just two days before he rolled out an effort to cut red tape for commercial space travel, according to newly released ethics filings reported by CNN.
  5. ReutersCenterTHE NVIDIA LED, THE ADMINISTRATION'S ANSWER (center)WASHINGTON, Oct 8 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump bought as much as $1.6 million and sold as much as $1 million in Nvidia stock in August, according to his latest financial disclosure, which was released on Thursday as he prepared to award Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang the nation's highest honor for scientific achievement.
  6. NOTUSTHE COUNT, AND THE DEADLINE (wire)President Donald Trump made 517 personal trades of stocks, bonds or other financial funds in August, many disclosed past a federal deadline for publicly revealing them.
  7. BloombergTHE STAKES FIRST (wire)President Donald Trump acquired at least seven-figure stakes in Meta Platforms Inc., McDonald's Corp. and Microsoft Corp. and at least $1 million in SpaceX debt in August, continuing his unprecedented trading activity while in office.
  8. AFPTHE TRUST AS SUBJECT (wire)The trust that holds US President Donald Trump's assets bought millions of dollars' worth of Meta and SpaceX securities in August, according to a document released Thursday.
  9. TownhallRightTHE AUGUST REBUTTAL (right)President Trump's stock portfolio is managed by third-party financial institutions. Per White House spokesman Davis Ingle, those institutions "replicate recognized indexes, such as the Schwab 1000."
  10. RedStateTHE BLIND-TRUST CLAIM, QUOTED (right)"The President's assets are in a blind trust. His sons are not in the government. They're adults and they're allowed to engage in business," he said during the interview.
  11. BBC NewsCenterTHE JULY FILING, THE FULL LINE (international)US President Donald Trump has disclosed millions of dollars' worth of stock market trades made during July, including in firms from Elon Musk's SpaceX to tech and AI giants such as Microsoft.
  12. Al JazeeraTHE SAME WEEK, A DIFFERENT STORY (international)United States President Donald Trump has awarded the country's most prestigious honours in science and engineering to executives from top technology firms including SpaceX, Alphabet, Microsoft and Nvidia.
2026-10-08 · Coverage brief

One Fox News interview, published Oct. 8, 2026, reached nine newsrooms through a reporter's X posts and came out the other end as an exit plan, an acknowledgment, a hint, and a lawn business — every split a difference of naming or of framing, none of fact

How 9 outlets framed one event
  1. MeidasTouch (via Yahoo News)THE LOUDEST EXIT READING (left/advocacy)Johnson acknowledged the possibility of losing the Republican House majority in November and suggested he might leave Washington altogether.
  2. PoliticoLean LeftTHE SHELF-LIFE WORD (left)Speaker Mike Johnson suggested that he could leave Congress if Democrats regain control — the furthest he has gone in acknowledging what he would do in a GOP House minority.
  3. The HillCenterTHE LAWN BUSINESS IS THE STORY (center)Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) floated the idea of returning home to Louisiana if Republicans lose control of the House next year.
  4. The Washington PostSPECULATION, NAMED AS SPECULATION (center)House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-Louisiana) said Thursday that he doesn't know "what my next chapter of life is" if Republicans lose the House in the November elections, in remarks that gave rise to speculation that he might retire from politics under that scenario.
  5. ReutersCenterTHE WIRE'S OWN HEDGE (wire/center)The latest comments appeared to be his public acknowledgment that his caucus could face defeat in November.
  6. Washington ExaminerUNSURE, IN ITS OWN HEADLINE (right)But his comments on Thursday mark the first time Johnson has acknowledged Republicans could lose the majority.
  7. NewsmaxTHE EXIT WORD, PAIRED WITH THE COUNTER-QUOTE (right)Johnson, who has repeatedly expressed confidence that Republicans will retain their majority, acknowledged in a Fox News interview that he might consider leaving Congress if Democrats regain control.
  8. The National Desk (Sinclair)UNSURE, VIA POLITICO VIA FOX (right)House Speaker Mike Johnson hinted that he wasn’t sure what would happen with his future in politics if the GOP loses the midterms.
  9. The Herald (Scotland)A DIFFERENT JOHNSON THREAD, ON USA TODAY COPY (international)House Speaker Mike Johnson is warning Republicans that if Democrats reclaim the House in November, one of their first moves could be an effort to impeach President Donald Trump.
2026-10-08 · Coverage brief

Not the Pentagon, which referred the question to the Army, which referred it back; twenty-two newsrooms carried the remark and split on the word, the office title, the clock time, and the toll

How 22 outlets framed one event
  1. AFP (via Yahoo News)THE REFERRAL LOOP (wire)Asked to clarify what Hegseth meant by the execution being "public," a Pentagon spokesperson referred AFP to the US Army, which in turn said to contact the Pentagon.
  2. Associated PressLean LeftTHE CLARIFICATION, IN THE WIRE'S OWN LEAD (wire/center)WASHINGTON (AP) - The Pentagon says the firing squad execution of Fort Hood shooter Nidal Malik Hasan will be livestreamed after Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said the execution would be "public."
  3. NBC NewsLean LeftTHE PLATFORM IS UNKNOWN (left)The execution will be livestreamed, according to a Defense Department official, though it's not yet clear on which platform.
  4. The Washington PostTHE HEADLINE MAKES THE SUBSTITUTION (left)Fort Hood shooter's execution will be live-streamed, Defense Dept. says
  5. NewsweekCenterTHE DEFINITIONAL FIGHT (center)Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Thursday that he wants the execution of convicted Fort Hood shooter Nidal Hasan to be open to the public, potentially making it the first public execution in the United States in nearly 90 years.
  6. The New RepublicNO PRECEDENT FOR "PUBLIC" (left)No legal execution has ever been broadcast live in the U.S., and the country's last public execution was in 1936.
  7. USA TodayTHE STATED RATIONALE (center)Because people need to understand that there are serious consequences for these types of things," Hegseth said.
  8. Fox NewsRight"SECRETARY OF WAR" (right)Secretary of War Pete Hegseth has recommended -- and President Donald J. Trump has approved -- death by U.S. Army firing squad for convicted terrorist Nidal Malik Hasan, the jihadist who opened fire on unarmed American soldiers at Fort Hood
  9. The HillCenterTHE MEMO AND THE CIVIL CLOCK (wire)The Tuesday memo, obtained by The Hill's partner network NewsNation, lists the time as Dec. 3 at 1 p.m. CDT. It will be carried out at the Fort Hood base in Central Texas.
  10. New York PostONE O'CLOCK (right)We're going to do it on a Thursday. We're going to do it at one o'clock, which is when he did it. And it's going to be soldiers with rifles executing the firing squad."
  11. The Washington TimesTEN A.M. (right)10 a.m. -- which is when he did it -- and it's going to be soldiers with rifles," Mr. Hegseth said. "It was a radical Islamist attack in uniform inside the ranks, and so he's going to get
  12. CNNLean LeftTHE INTERVIEWER, NAMED AND LABELED (left)"We'll make sure that people are able to watch it, that it's public, because people need to understand that there's serious consequences for these types of things," Hegseth told far-right podcaster Jack Posobeic in an interview aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln on Wednesday.
  13. Washington ExaminerTHE INTERVIEWER, RENAMED (right)"It was a radical Islamist attack in uniform inside the ranks, and so he's going to get a firing squad of soldiers as it should be," Hegseth told conservative commentator Jack Posobiec.
  14. ReutersCenterTWELVE SOLDIERS AND A SERVICEMAN (wire)Parnell noted that Hasan shouted "Allahu Akbar" - God is greatest in Arabic - during the attack, which killed 12 unarmed active-duty soldiers and a retired serviceman, and wounded 32 others.
  15. BBC NewsCenterTHE TOLL AS "UNARMED SOLDIERS" (international)An official from the Defense Department told the BBC the execution of Nidal Hasan, who fatally shot 13 unarmed US soldiers at Fort Hood in 2009, would be livestreamed.
  16. Al JazeeraTHE TEN MINUTES (international)Thirteen people were killed, including a pregnant soldier, and 32 others were wounded during 10 minutes of shooting.
  17. The Guardian (US)THE CLAIM AND ITS CHECK (left)But there is no record of Obama himself using the phrase.
  18. NPRLean LeftWHY NOW (left)But some death penalty experts that NPR interviewed suspect it could be connected to Tennessee's botched lethal injection of Christa Pike, which has dominated headlines and reignited debate over the past week.
  19. Sky NewsTHE OPPOSITION QUOTE (international)Death Penalty Action, a group opposing capital punishment, said in response to the decision: "There is nothing Donald Trump loves more than the power to kill."
  20. The Independent (UK)WIRE STUB, VENUE NAMED (international)Hegseth, speaking to the conservative TV outlet Real America's Voice News on Wednesday, said the execution of Hasan will take place at Fort Hood on Dec. 3.
  21. Der SpiegelTHE GERMAN UNCERTAINTY (international)Die bislang letzte Hinrichtung durch ein Erschießungskommando des US-Militärs fand 1945 statt.
  22. DIE WELTTHE PRECEDENT, FOR A GERMAN READER (international)Die letzte allgemein öffentliche Hinrichtung in den USA war 1936: Damals wurde im Bundesstaat Kentucky ein Mann vor Tausenden Schaulustigen gehängt.
2026-10-08 · Coverage brief

Eleven records cover Wednesday's San Antonio rally; eight of them carry the president's attack on the man he pardoned, and the pardoned man's own answer survives in exactly one

How 7 outlets framed one event
  1. The Texas TribuneTHE REPLY, AND THE POST THAT PROMPTED IT (state/outlet-of-record)“As I’ve previously shared, my family and I are grateful that this weaponized case is behind us,” Cuellar said
  2. The HillCenterTHE POST AS VENUE, ENDORSEMENT AND EPITHET (center)Webb County Judge Tano Tijerina, calling him a “STAR” who he hoped would successfully oust the Democratic incumbent.
  3. Associated PressLean LeftTHE LIVE-BLOG PASSAGE (wire)Trump also criticized Democratic Rep. Henry Cuellar, who is seeking reelection and whom Trump pardoned on federal corruption charges. Trump said he had hoped Cuellar would switch parties and become a Republican.
  4. USA TodayTHE RALLY RENDERING (center)But shockingly, after the pardon was given, then he and the wife were freed up. No more court cases ... Cuellar announced only a few days later that he was going to stay and remain in the Democrat Party,
  5. NBC NewsLean LeftPOST AND EXPECTATION, ONE CONSTRUCTION (left)Trump wrote that he "did the pardons, and made no deal, where a crooked politician would have," but that he believed there "would be a good chance" that Cuellar, who was indicted in bribery charges, "would have routinely gone over to the Republican party."
  6. The Guardian (UK) - US politics live blogTHE DOZEN CHARGES AND THE PAYBACK LINE (international)Trump claimed that he had made no deal with Cuellar before he signed a pardon that ended the federal government’s effort to jail the congressman and his wife on a dozen charges of bribery, money laundering and conspiracy.
  7. Fox NewsRightTHE POST'S REASONING, AND TIJERINA ANSWERS (right)"In any event, I did the pardons, and made no deal, where a crooked politician would have, but I thought there would be a good chance that Cuellar, who was persecuted by Democrats because they didn’t like him, would have routinely gone over to the Republican Party — the people that saved him from years in prison," Trump wrote
2026-10-08 · Coverage brief

A two-minute post from the bureau’s rapid-response account named a Senate nominee, drew a Hatch Act complaint, and was deleted two days later — with no reason entered into any record in this file

How 5 outlets framed one event
  1. The HillCenterTHE COMPLAINT AND THE FRONT DOOR'S OWN HEDGE (wire/center)A new video from the FBI has spurred complaints the bureau has violated the Hatch Act by labeling Democrats — including current Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed — as part of the “defund the police crowd.”
  2. The HillCenterTHE SPECIALISTS, ON THE RECORDAlthough the video does not direct viewers to vote for or against a candidate, its message that the candidates’ policies ‘failed’ and ‘Americans were left exposed’ is advocacy against their election that violates the Hatch Act
  3. The New RepublicTHE LEGAL STANDARD (left)Kash Patel’s FBI slammed Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed in a wildly partisan, and likely illegal, propaganda video Tuesday.
  4. MS NOWLeftTHE WITHDRAWAL (left)With four weeks until Election Day, the FBI released a campaign-season video to social media this week that was decidedly unsubtle in its glorification of Kash Patel, the bureau’s troubled director. That was not, however, what made the video controversial.
  5. AxiosCenterTHE POLL (center-left)Nearly nine in 10 voters say using taxpayer money to pay for election-related ads featuring the president or Cabinet members is inappropriate, including 80% of Republicans, according to a recent Reuters-Ipsos poll.
2026-10-08 · Coverage brief

A Truth Social post consigns a two-word term to enmity; the desks split on whether it can do anything at all

How 16 outlets framed one event
  1. Arab News (AFP wire)THE QUOTE AND ITS BOUNDanyone who does not heed his wishes will be treated as "THE ENEMY," without saying what the consequences would be.
  2. AxiosCenterORDER VERSUS PRACTICE (left)The White House still uses "AI" as a term, including on its AI-focused website, AI.gov.
  3. The Independent (UK)THE THREAT READING (international; the seed)The president's outburst-cum-veiled threat landed just over a week after he signed an executive order directing executive branch agencies to begin referring to artificial intelligence, which is now embedded across the federal government, as "super intelligence"
  4. Business InsiderTHE COERCION QUESTION, SELF-QUALIFIED (left)Trump's statement suggests the White House may punish companies or individuals who do not abide by its preferred speech, which would be a potential textbook First Amendment violation if enforced.
  5. Fox NewsRightTHE REMARK, INSIDE A LIVE BLOG (right)"We don't want to hear artificial because it's not artificial. It's very powerful," Trump said.
  6. HuffPostTHE EARLIEST READING (left)President Donald Trump is amplifying his bizarre campaign to rename artificial intelligence “super intelligence,” saying Thursday that anyone who doesn’t get on board and use the new term will be deemed an enemy.
  7. AL.comTHE CRITICS' ANSWER (center; extra regional)After Trump made the Truth Social post on Thursday, critics of the president responded to the statement with defiance.
  8. Just the News (center-right; extra outlet)"HIGHLY ACCEPTED," TESTEDTrump's definition of "highly accepted" appears to be somewhat loose. Major AI firms have not rebranded to reflect the technology name change, though several big tech leaders did sign on to a White House accord that used the term "Super Intelligence," without objecting to the terminology.
  9. Daily Sabah (Turkey)BOTH MAJOR LABS STILL SAY "AI"Industry heavyweights OpenAI and Anthropic, meanwhile, continue to use the well-known term "artificial intelligence" widely.
  10. BBC NewsCenterTHE ORDER'S INSTRUCTION (international)On the same day, the president signed an executive order instructing US government departments and agencies to start using the terms "SI" and "Super Intelligence" and should no longer acknowledge the use of the term artificial intelligence.
  11. ForbesTHE POST, SUMMARISED (center)In his post, Trump claimed "super intelligence" is "highly accepted" and "more accurate" than AI, warning those who do not use it will be considered "THE ENEMY!"
  12. ReutersCenterTHE SAME DAY, A DIFFERENT AXIS (wire)Trump has dubbed the group the Super Intelligence Task Force, using his preferred term for artificial intelligence.
  13. The HillCenterTHE SUMMIT, NOT THE POST (wire)Trump has largely resisted stricter guardrails on rapidly growing AI, instead securing a voluntary self-policing pledge last month from leading tech companies.
  14. PBS NewsHour (Associated Press)WHERE THE REBRAND APPEARS IN WIRE COPY (wire)The awards will be granted at "Science: A New Golden Age," an afternoon summit that the White House says will highlight rapid changes in the scientific landscape, including in artificial intelligence technology, which the president refers to as super intelligence.
  15. TASS (Russian state media)STATE MEDIA"Following the Historic White House Accord on Super Intelligence, where the World's most important Technology Companies came together, and confirmed their responsibilities to the American People, I am announcing the formation of the Super Intelligence Force (SIF)," he wrote on Truth Social.
  16. Deutsche WelleTHE PUBLIC, NOT THE POST (international)A separate CNN/SSRS poll found nearly nine in 10 Americans are more concerned than excited about AI surpassing human intelligence.
2026-10-08 · Coverage brief

Seven records carry the resurfaced clips; two carry the candidate repeating the account on his own campaign call — this brief counts the file and reports the difference in volume

How 10 outlets framed one event
  1. The New RepublicWAVE 2, THE RENEWAL AND THE COUNTER-ACCOUNT“I’d do it again,” he proclaimed. “I’d do everything again except get close to her to let her kick me, because she’s sneaky.”
  2. Colorado PolsWAVE 2, THE STATE OPINION DESKNot only does Marx apparently not regret assaulting his wife…he says he’d do it all over again.
  3. 9NEWS (KUSA)THE CANDIDATE'S RESPONSE, PUBLISHED BEFORE WAVE 2The Republican nominee for governor, Victor Marx, is blaming the media for reporting on his own words about those incidents.
  4. The Daily BeastWAVE 1, THE EXCAVATIONBut fresh videos and posts unearthed by the Daily Beast paint an even bigger picture of a man with a history of explosive anger and violent incidents, raising questions about his fitness for office as the midterm elections loom.
  5. AlterNetWAVE 1, THE RELAYOn Tuesday, The Daily Beast published an exclusive report based on newly unearthed videos and posts purported to be from Marx, alleging that he "once laughed about slamming his wife into a door, recounted how he threw his toddler across the room and declared that God gave him a 'gift' for violence."
  6. MediaiteLean LeftWAVE 1, THE PROVENANCE LEDGERThe Daily Beast first reported on the clips on Tuesday.
  7. HuffPostWAVE 1, THE HEADLINE'S OWN WORDThe Republican candidate for governor of Colorado described body-slamming his wife, throwing his toddler across a room and claimed God had given him a “gift for violence” in a series of videos and posts uncovered by The Daily Beast and detailed in a Tuesday report.
  8. Colorado NewslineWAVE 1, SIGNED COMMENTARYA Daily Beast report this week highlighted Marx’s own accounts of committing physical violence against his wife and young son.
  9. Daily MailWAVE 1, INTERNATIONAL, THE CANDIDATE'S ANSWERHe called the accusations 'absolute stupidity' and said he intended to release the full, unedited recording.
  10. Hindustan TimesWAVE 1, INTERNATIONALPeople online said the GOP candidate in the midterms race was describing what sounded like a ‘violent fight’ and slammed that he was ‘laughing’ when recounting the incident.
2026-10-08 · Coverage brief

One source says the soldiers had to abandon the base; the command says it moved over 90% of the troops on its bases off the X on purpose; the command that could reconcile this declined to comment

How 17 outlets framed one event
  1. CBS NewsLean LeftTHE MARCH COMMAND ACCOUNT, INSIDE THE OCTOBER BODYAs we built up offensive combat power, we moved the vast majority of American troops — over 90% of Americans that were on our bases — what we say off the X, out of the range of Iranian fire,” Hegseth told reporters in March.
  2. The HillCenterTHE SECOND OFFICIAL USE OF THE SAME PHRASE (MARCH)They were dispersing because they were in fear that the base they were on was going to get attacked, and they felt it was safer in smaller groups in separated places,” Joey Amor, the husband of Sgt. 1st Class Nicole Amor, who died in the attack, told AP.
  3. Washington ExaminerTHE BASE HIT, THE FIRST SUNDAYA video published Sunday showed an Iranian one-way attack drone striking the U.S. Army's Camp Buehring in Kuwait. The drone exploded into a tank, and there have been no reports of casualties.
  4. CBS NewsLean LeftTHE SOLDIERS' ACCOUNT (OCTOBER 8, ONE ANONYMOUS SOURCE)They hit us bad,” the source told CBS News on condition of anonymity because of the military’s strict media restrictions. “It was horrible. There were a lot of brave guys who stayed to fight there — and people at home don’t know what happened. We had to abandon the base.”
  5. The Jerusalem PostTHE SAME-DAY RELAY, AND A DIFFERENT WORDA group of US soldiers who remained at Kuwait’s Camp Buehring after a prewar evacuation eventually left the installation amid repeated Iranian attacks and ammunition shortages, CBS News reported Wednesday.
  6. CBS NewsLean LeftTHE NON-ANSWER (OCTOBER 8)Contacted by CBS News, U.S. Central Command, the primary unit which oversees American military operations across the Middle East, declined to comment.
  7. NewsmaxTHE SEPTEMBER NON-RESPONSE, ON THE RECORDThe Pentagon did not respond to CBS News' request for comment on the photographs.
  8. BBC NewsCenterTHE SEPTEMBER 16 VERSIONThe White House referred the BBC to US Central Command. Centcom did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
  9. Fox NewsRightTHE ONLY PRODUCED SENTENCE (OCTOBER 7)We do not comment on reports from outside organizations or non-DOW battle damage assessments," a Department of War official told Fox News Digital when reached for comment on the report.
  10. Associated PressLean LeftTHE SIX DEAD, AT A DIFFERENT SITE (MARCH)WASHINGTON (AP) — An operations center targeted by an Iranian drone strike that killed six American soldiers on Sunday was located in the heart of a civilian port in Kuwait, miles away from the main Army base, according to satellite images and a U.S. official.
  11. NBC NewsLean LeftTHE DAMAGE CLAIM, SIX SOURCES DEEP (APRIL)American military bases and other equipment in the Persian Gulf region suffered extensive damage from Iranian strikes that is far worse than publicly acknowledged and is expected to cost billions of dollars to repair, according to three U.S. officials, two congressional aides and another person familiar with the damage.
  12. BBC NewsCenterTHE PHOTOGRAPHS AND THE ATTRIBUTED DOLLARSThe photos, provided by active military personnel, show a severed radar jet, flattened trailers and severely damaged buildings.
  13. New York PostWHAT A SERVICE MEMBER SAID IN SEPTEMBEROne of the service members who confirmed that attacks also refuted Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's claim that only a few Iranian strikes were getting through American defenses.
  14. Fox NewsRightTHE AIRCRAFT LEDGER, ONE DAY BEFORE (OCTOBER 7)The U.S. military has lost or sustained damage to at least 81 aircraft during the war with Iran - nearly double the number identified five months ago, according to a new government analysis that warns replacing some of the critical vehicles could strain the military's ability to meet demands elsewhere.
  15. The Guardian (US)WHAT TEHRAN SAID IT HIT (JULY 24)Tehran said it had attacked US military equipment depots at Al-Adiri, officially named Camp Buehring, in northern Kuwait, and US troop positions at Camp Arifjan and Camp Doha near Kuwait City.
  16. The Times of IsraelTHE OTHER SIDE'S CLAIM“Drone units of the armed force’s navy targeted a site of the US forces Camp Udairi in Kuwait using combat drones,” the army says in a statement broadcast by state TV.
  17. Middle East EyeTHE FOOTPRINT QUESTION (AUGUST 18)Iran has already effectively forced the US away from the Gulf coast.
2026-10-08 · Coverage brief

One sentence in the transcript mentions the stock market; the word arrived later, from the desks — and the accounts' own descriptions can’t agree what to call them either

How 12 outlets framed one event
  1. Roll CallTHE PRIMARY RECORD, AND THE WORD THAT IS NOT IN ITYou know, I wanted to ride with Social Security being fully invested in the stock market in the first month of my first year, so 2016.
  2. Common DreamsTHE HEADLINE THAT SUPPLIED THE WORDopened up a new line of attack for Democrats when he talked about his desire to privatize Social Security
  3. AlterNetTHE PARAPHRASE, CARRIED INTO THE LEADHe appears to be in a mode of wanting to privatize Social Security.
  4. The HillCenterTHE ALLY WHO CALLS IT PERSONAL ACCOUNTSTrump Accounts are Social Security personal accounts
  5. ForbesTHE CONTRIBUTOR WHO SAYS IT IS NOT PRIVATIZATIONThe Trump accounts are not privatization.
  6. Yahoo FinanceTHE WORD THE QUESTIONER HANDED HIM — ATTRIBUTED TO SECRETARY BENSON: COMPLEMENTthe Trump accounts would be a complement to social security
  7. NewsweekCenterWHAT HAS NOT BEEN ENACTEDthere is no active legislation that would divert payroll taxes into private retirement accounts
  8. Fox NewsRightTHE DEFENCE, WRITTEN BEFORE THE REMARKmade a commitment to protect and preserve
  9. Washington ExaminerTHE PLEDGE, WRITTEN BEFORE THE REMARKresolute in our mission to protect and preserve Social Security for generations to come
  10. New York PostTHE ACCOUNTS, COUNTED70 million accounts having been established for all children under 18 with Social Security numbers
  11. Associated PressLean LeftTHE EVENT, WITHOUT THE SENTENCEautomatic “Trump Accounts” set up by the government to invest in stocks
  12. The Independent (UK)THE ROOM, WITHOUT THE CLAIMbluster about how kids with these basic savings accounts could become
2026-10-08 · Coverage brief

Seven custody arrangements for one reported phrase, seven newsrooms that left it out entirely, and eight desks that each chose a voice for it

How 15 outlets framed one event
  1. anchorTHE PHRASE AS A FACT OF THE REPORTShe also told deputies one of the men said "democratic b****" at some point during the incident, according to the MCSO report.
  2. anchorTOLD AUTHORITIES, TIMING UNCLEARShe also told authorities one of the men called her a “Democratic bitch” during the assault, though she could not remember when.
  3. anchorHER BELIEF, UNHEDGED BY ANY REPORTGreene-Placentia also believes one of the men called her a “Democratic bitch.”
  4. anchorTHE RAW SOUND AND THE FILL-INHe said, “—ic bitch, not a very good fuck,” Greene-Placentia said to the New Times, which she filled in her head as “Democratic bitch.” She’s not clear on what exactly he said.
  5. anchor"MY MIND INTERPRETED"She said her mind interpreted the first part as “Democratic b*tch.”
  6. anchorMAY HAVE, UNSUREBecause she was wearing a campaign shirt at the time, Greene-Placentia said her rapist may have called her a “Democratic bitch,” but she is unsure if that was the case.
  7. anchorCONCLUDED, NOT HEARDShe said she heard one mumble something she concluded was "Democratic bitch," though she told the New Times she wasn't sure that was exactly what he said.
  8. anchorTHE PHRASE AS MOTIVEThe assault appeared to be politically motivated, according to Greene-Placentia, who said she believes the main attacker called her a "Democratic b—h."
  9. anchorTHE REPORT, WITHOUT THE WORDSGreene-Placentia reported the alleged assault to the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office more than two weeks later. The Maricopa County Sheriff's Office told Newsweek on Wednesday that the report was filed on August 31 but declined further comment, citing an ongoing investigation.
  10. anchorTHE RELAYThe Maricopa County Sheriff's Office told Newsweek that the report was filed on August 31 but declined further comment, citing an ongoing investigation.
  11. anchorTHE SHERIFF, WITHOUT THE WORDSThe Maricopa County Sheriff's Office confirmed to ABC News that a report was filed on Aug. 31 and that there is an ongoing investigation, but said the office could not comment further on the investigation.
  12. anchorDECLINED, AND NOTHING ELSEA Maricopa county sheriff’s spokesperson declined to comment, saying the investigation was ongoing.
  13. anchorTWO WEEKS, AND A TYPOA spokesperson for the sheriff confirmed to The Independent thata report was filed August 31 and remains active.
  14. anchorONE CLAUSEa congressional candidate in Arizona says she was raped while trying to repair campaign signs
  15. anchorTHE STAFF PIECE, PARTIALBernadette Greene-Placentia told sheriff's deputies that an unknown man knocked her unconscious and then penetrated her while she was maintaining the road signs in the early hours of Aug. 14, according to a Maricopa County Sheriff's Office incident report provided to The Arizona Republic by a campaign aide.
2026-10-08 · Coverage brief

The hecklers everyone counted, the "enemies of our nation" line only four newsrooms printed, and the one wire desk that appeared twice in the count

How 9 outlets framed one event
  1. Associated PressLean LeftTHE WIRE LEADSAN ANTONIO (AP) — President Donald Trump, facing protesters and a poor political climate, fought to rally Texas voters behind Senate candidate Ken Paxton on Wednesday night in a bid to stave off sweeping Democratic victories in the nation’s most populous red state.
  2. ReutersCenterTHE THIRD TRIPUS President Donald Trump made his third trip to Texas in a month on Wednesday to campaign for Republicans who now face unexpectedly tight midterm election battles as the party seeks to retain control of Congress.
  3. The Washington PostTHE RELAYSAN ANTONIO — President Donald Trump, facing protesters and a poor political climate, fought to rally Texas voters behind Senate candidate Ken Paxton on Wednesday night in a bid to stave off sweeping Democratic victories in the nation’s most populous red state.
  4. CNNLean LeftWHAT THE RALLY WAS FORThe GOP-aligned bill in Texas is expected to exceed $300 million, with the party and its affiliated groups outspending Democrats by more than 5-to-1, CNN has previously reported.
  5. NewsweekCenterTHE TAKEAWAY FORMATThe Texas U.S. Senate race has already seen $440 million in spending, including nearly $175 million in outside funding, according to The Texas Tribune.
  6. Fox NewsRightTHE STORY IT WROTEPaxton led the crowd in chanting "Where is Talarico?" while asserting that the Democrat had not been seen campaigning in Texas for 11 days.
  7. The Washington TimesHECKLERS WITHOUT THE CLAIMMr. Trump was interrupted repeatedly by protesters, but he seemed bemused by the hecklers. After one interruption, he joked that the individual was going home to his mother, who voted for him.
  8. The Irish TimesNO CONSERVATIVE NETWORK CARRIED ITNotably, none of the conservative television networks carried Trump's speech on Wednesday night.
  9. The Daily BeastTHE CROWD-SIZE PIECE“Look at this place. Every corner. They will say they spotted an empty seat,” he said, referring to the press. “You know, there are lines that are two miles long outside. They can’t get in.”
2026-10-08 · Coverage brief

What "Radicalized" became between Talarico's 2021 post and an October phone screen — and the thin record of who restored it

How 6 outlets framed one event
  1. NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth (KXAS)ORIGIN: THE CLAIM AND THE ORIGINALSeveral viewers reached out to NBC 5 after receiving text messages asking them, "Are you white?"
  2. NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth (KXAS)THE FEDERAL REPORT BEHIND THE QUOTETalarico was referencing a Department of Homeland Security report (https://www.dhs.gov/sites/default/files/publications/2020_10_06_homeland-threat-assessment.pdf?ref=irregularwarfare.org) released during the first Trump administration that described white supremacist extremists as the “most persistent and lethal” threat among domestic violent extremists.
  3. NBC NewsLean LeftTHE RELAY, INTACTThe text messages and attack site refer to a comment made by Talarico after a mass shooting in which he said, "Radicalized white men are the greatest domestic terrorist threat in our country."
  4. TheGrioTHE ONLY OUTLET THAT MADE THE CLIP THE SUBJECTThe underlying quote exists, though not in the form presented.
  5. D MagazineTHE WORD VANISHES, THE REPORT ARRIVESThe message references a comment made by Senate candidate James Talarico, who referred to a federal report that describes white supremacist extremists as the “most persistent and lethal” threat among domestic extremists. Conservative advocate Alan Gottlieb founded AMERIPAC, which has been registered with the FEC since 1980.
  6. Quorum ReportTHE PAXTON FRAME (HEADLINE ONLY)Text messages in support of Paxton attempt to rally white voters against Talarico
2026-10-07 · Coverage brief

The Inspection Service says the deployment "is not specific to elections" — the records that carry the sentence agree on it, the two that never touch the guards do not dispute it, and everything else divides

How 2 outlets framed one event
  1. Fox NewsRightADJACENT BEAT, NOT THE DEPLOYMENTcheck its distribution of mail-in ballots against a list of citizens maintained by the Department of Homeland Security
  2. The Washington TimesCOMMENTARY, ADJACENT BEATUSPS began a 30-day public comment period on its proposed rule to add security and transparency requirements for mail-in ballots.
2026-10-07 · Coverage brief

A conservative group's petition reached readers mostly as a single AP dispatch — and the commissioner's name depends on which capture you read

How 8 outlets framed one event
  1. Associated PressLean LeftTHE WIRE'S OWN CORRECTIONThis story has been corrected to show the FCC commissioner's name is Anna Gomez, not Ana Gomez.
  2. ABC NewsTHE UNCORRECTED NAME IN THE CAPTURE, LEFTAna Gomez, the sole Democrat among the FCC's three active commissioners, told The Associated Press she opposes the move and thinks it would create "a tsunami of robocalls and misinformation."
  3. NewsmaxTHE UNCORRECTED NAME IN THE CAPTURE, RIGHTAna Gomez, the sole Democrat among the FCC's three active commissioners, told The Associated Press she opposes the move and thinks it would create "a tsunami of robocalls and misinformation."
  4. BreitbartTHE CORRECTION CARRIEDThis story has been corrected to show the FCC commissioner's name is Anna Gomez, not Ana Gomez.
  5. The Washington PostTHE METERED RELAYWASHINGTON -- The Federal Communications Commission is considering a request by a conservative group
  6. ReutersCenterTHE PETITIONER'S OWN NAMING DISPUTEThe group argued it is incorrect to refer to the calls as robocalls because a human initiates the dial to a cell phone and then an AI agent handles an interview.
  7. The Washington TimesTHE ORIGINAL RIGHT-BUCKET REPORTClub for Growth requested that its petition be expedited for action before the election, which is now just four weeks away.
  8. Al JazeeraTHE STATE-LAW CENSUS AND THE COMMENT WINDOWThe FCC’s public comment period began on September 4, with the deadline for comments on Monday.
2026-10-07 · Coverage brief

The records split on which hour viewers watched — and one appropriations sentence couldn't agree on its own time window

How 16 outlets framed one event
  1. Associated PressLean LeftTHE WIRE LEDERepublican U.S. Sen. Susan Collins distanced herself from President Donald Trump during her first Maine Senate debate with Democrat Troy Jackson, arguing she has maintained her political independence by repeatedly voting against Trump’s agenda and saying that she’s “not exactly his favorite senator.”
  2. PBS NewsHourTHE WIRE UNDER A SECOND MASTHEADOther moments showed how the two candidates were approaching their appeal to working class Maine voters. For example, as Collins touted her ability to remove certain items from Trump's trade war with Canada, including pulp, concrete and road salt. Jackson pushed back by quipping "we can't eat road salt."
  3. CNNLean LeftSPARRED OVER TRUMP AND ABORTIONGOP Sen. Susan Collins and her Democratic challenger, Troy Jackson, sparred over President Donald Trump and abortion rights in their first debate Tuesday night in Maine’s all-important Senate race with control of the chamber at stake.
  4. CBS NewsLean LeftTHE RECORD AND THE AGENCY LINEIn an often-testy Tuesday night debate, Republican Sen. Susan Collins of Maine touted her three-decade-long record in Congress and took aim at some Trump policies — while Democrat Troy Jackson argued Collins has failed to push back against the Trump administration.
  5. The Guardian (US)THE BIDEN BASELINEProclaiming herself as not the US president’s “favorite senator”, Collins made the highly unusual boast for a Republican that she had voted with Joe Biden, a Democrat, more than 90% of the time when he was president.
  6. The Independent (UK)THE OVERSEAS RELAYIn her first Maine Senate debate against Democrat Troy Jackson, Republican Sen. Susan Collins sought to distance herself from President Donald Trump, stressing her independent voting record and noting she is "not exactly his favorite senator."
  7. The HillCenterTHE ARSONIST LINE AND A COUNTING DEFECTHere are three takeaways from their first showdown:
  8. New York PostTHE BINDER AND THE VOTER-ID ANSWERMaine Senate hopeful Troy Jackson came out against the use of voter ID to combat electoral fraud during his first debate against Sen. Susan Collins, in which he frequently leaned on notes in a hulking binder.
  9. RedStateTHE OPINION COLUMN, LABELLEDDuring the debate, Jackson ducked the question when asked if he was a socialist.
  10. The Maine WireTHE DODGED QUESTION, FIVE YEARSAsked directly by WGME moderator Gregg Laggerquist about pay-to-play allegations involving payments made to his lobbyist son, Jackson dodged the question.
  11. The Maine WireTHE CAMPAIGN'S REBUTTALWe worked with them enough to have a $5 million relationship here,” Abbott said. “Nobody paid a thing, no pay to play.
  12. Associated PressLean LeftTHE PAY-TO-PLAY TURNMaine Democrats on Wednesday assailed U.S. Sen. Susan Collins over a news report that the FBI investigated how much she knew about illegal campaign contributions that sent one of her donors to prison.
  13. NewsweekCenterTHE CORRECTIVE FIGURECollins said that the “misleading” statistic, which was quoted in the Bangor Daily News, failed to account for all her votes and that the actual figure was 70 percent.
  14. USA TodayTHE FOUR-YEAR WINDOWIn the past four years, I've secured $1.5 billion for 672 projects, from Madawaska to Kittery, from Eastport to Rumford,
  15. ABC NewsTHE FIVE-YEAR WINDOWAs chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee, I've been able to bring home federal dollars to help ease the burden on our taxpayers. In the past five years, I've secured $1.5 billion for 672 projects ... these are investments in our communities,
  16. The Jerusalem PostTHE FOREIGN-AID EXCHANGETroy Jackson, Maine’s Democratic nominee for the US Senate, said he opposed “giving a blank check
2026-10-07 · Coverage brief

The wire, the left, the center and the internationals all filed the retreat from corporate defendants — the right bucket's four records never originate it, and that asymmetry is the count

How 11 outlets framed one event
  1. ReutersCenterTHE POLICY ITSELFThe DOJ will encourage prosecutors to decline prosecution of companies that report misconduct previously unknown to the DOJ and that fully cooperate, according to the memo. Those companies will have to pay restitution to victims and return ill-gotten gains, but will not be fined, nor be subject to a third-party monitor.
  2. ReutersCenterTHE AGENCY'S OWN NUMBERSThe SEC brought 456 enforcement actions in the fiscal year that ran through the end of September
  3. Bloomberg LawTHE DEFENSE BAR AND THE DENIAL"The type and quality of white collar enforcement is vastly diminished. It just is," Hendon said.
  4. BBC NewsCenterTHE JUDGE"The irregularities in the decision to dismiss the indictment are concerning," Garaufis wrote.
  5. The IndependentTHE PROSECUTOR'S OWN SUBMISSIONThe judge has demanded that the Justice Department provide more information to help him make a decision on the dismissal of charges against additional defendants.
  6. The Guardian (US)THE LETTER"These fresh details continue to raise concerns about the judgment of the DoJ, and the extent to which the DoJ is willing and able to prosecute white-collar criminals under President Trump," Warren and Blumenthal wrote in a letter sent on Wednesday, and seen by the Guardian.
  7. NBC NewsLean LeftPUBLIC INTEGRITY"This is just part of the Trump Administration's creation of a two-tiered system of justice-one for large corporations and President Trump's wealthy friends, and another for everyone else," the letter states.
  8. The HillCenterTHE SETTLEMENT'S REACH“There are significant questions about the validity of this agreement, but on its face it could give not only the President and his family a broad and valuable get-out-of-jail-free card for any financial crimes or misconduct: it may also protect a more expansive group of entities — including your company — solely because of its ties to the President or his family,” the lawmakers wrote.
  9. NewsmaxTHE SHIFT, ATTRIBUTED"The Department of Justice has reviewed this case and has decided, in its prosecutorial discretion, not to devote further resources to these criminal charges against individual defendants," prosecutors wrote in the filing.
  10. BreitbartTHE COUNTER-FRAME"Federal employees are entrusted with serving the American people, not themselves. The Trump Administration is committed to rooting out waste, fraud, and abuse in the federal government, including by prosecuting those who foolishly defraud American taxpayers."
  11. Fox NewsRightTHE COUNTER-FRAME LEDGEROverall, the White House reports that the task force has uncovered roughly $230 billion in suspected fraud.
2026-10-07 · Coverage brief

Ten records, eight newsrooms, every October 7 account filed from the left — while the desks that carried this beat in June and September filed nothing on the escalation, as of this corpus

How 8 outlets framed one event
  1. Democracy DocketORIGINU.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) collected tens of millions of voter records, explored undercover investigations against voter registration groups and considered feeding state election data into a system used to locate people for deportation as part of a sweeping federal effort to find alleged voter fraud ahead of the 2026 midterms.
  2. Democracy DocketPALANTIR THREADU.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) shared voter data with Palantir, the data analytics and software giant co-founded by the conservative political activist and avowed skeptic of democracy Peter Thiel, according to internal government documents reviewed by Democracy Docket.
  3. CNNLean LeftSECOND ACCOUNTA June 1 HSI report said investigators had ingested 50.6 million records from a Justice Department dataset and another 48.4 million records that Heather Honey, a senior counselor to Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin, had obtained through what the report called "independent sources of information."
  4. Common DreamsADVERSE FINDINGS QUOTEDHSI admits in one of the newly released documents that its "review" of more than 40 nonprofits in New Jersey uncovered "no derogatory information."
  5. The Daily BeastTHIRD-PARTY ATTRIBUTIONThe revelation comes from Department of Homeland Security documents first seen by The New York Times, provided by legal advocacy organization Democracy Forward.
  6. Washington ExaminerJUNE 13 INSTALLMENTVoter files from Webb County and Forsyth County were shared with Department of Homeland Security Investigations agents, according to emails obtained through Democracy Forward records requests shared with Axios.
  7. BreitbartSEPTEMBER 14 WIRE RELAYThe voter information is allegedly being unlawfully accessed by investigators who are required to review at least 40 people a day, according to the whistleblower disclosure.
  8. The IndependentSEPTEMBER 3, ADJACENTImmigration and Customs Enforcement is looking to pay a company up to $5 million to collect voter information — including ballot history — for virtually every American as part of the Trump administration’s war on “fraud.”
2026-10-07 · Coverage brief

The $6.6 billion deal ran everywhere; the question of whose money was already inside Anduril ran twice — both counts are over the sixteen frozen bodies, and the count is what this desk has

How 2 outlets framed one event
  1. ABC NewsTHE ORIGINAn ABC News analysis found defense companies backed by the president's sons, including Anduril, have now raked in more than $6 billion dollars in active or promised government contracts since those investments were made, according to the government's official contract reporting.
  2. MS NOWLeftTHE RELAY1789 Capital, the GOP-aligned investment firm where Donald Trump Jr. serves as partner, is also invested in Anduril and other defense tech companies with federal contracts, MS NOW previously reported.
2026-10-07 · Coverage brief

A coverage brief on the Trump–Vance tone frame: who asserted it, who denied it on the record, and the right-bucket file that never met it

How 3 outlets framed one event
  1. BBC NewsCenterTHE BEND ATTEMPTtrying - as he often does - to bend reality to his will
  2. The GuardianLean LeftTHE ECHO, IN OPINIONa risk management consultant
  3. The Washington TimesTHE FILE THAT NEVER MET THE QUESTIONAre Republicans tone deaf on the economy ahead of the midterms?
2026-10-07 · Coverage brief

A demand that Commerce seize voting machines, one outlet's story — the machinery beneath it belongs to two other desks, and none of them has shaken hands

How 6 outlets framed one event
  1. Democracy DocketTHE DEMANDUnder that order, Peters believes Lutnick already has the authority to seize voting machines because they are a national security risk.
  2. Democracy DocketTHE REBUTTAL, SAME FILE“I can’t say this any more clearly: The Commerce Secretary has no authority,” Becker said. “If the Commerce Secretary tried to exert authority, first of all, the states would laugh at him.”
  3. ReutersCenterTHE MECHANISM, MAYThe two sources said McNamara spoke about the issue to senior officials at the U.S. Commerce Department, which is run by Secretary Howard Lutnick.
  4. ReutersCenterTHE GROUNDWORK, OCTOBERSome election officials fear his mission has laid the groundwork for the Trump administration to seize voting equipment or ballots during November’s midterms.
  5. Fox NewsRightTHE OTHER DOOR, JULYDHS has announced election-security conditions for recipients of FEMA's Homeland Security Grant Program. Mullin also said he was working with Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick on security requirements.
  6. PBS NewsHourTHE CLAIM, TESTEDBut so far, there's no proof of such attempts.
2026-10-07 · Coverage brief

The senators want the ring's chain of custody by October 19 — this desk audited the coverage's instead, and the census is the finding

How 20 outlets framed one event
  1. Associated PressLean LeftTHE OBJECTAll told, 321 diamonds, 56 sapphires, 13 emeralds and six rubies encrust the watch-sized gold ring presented this week to Bill White, the U.S. ambassador to Belgium, to give to U.S. President Donald Trump.
  2. CBS NewsLean LeftFATE UNCLEARMeanwhile, the fate of the ring is not currently clear.
  3. ReutersCenterPRESENTED JUNE 28The ring was presented to the U.S. ambassador in Belgium by the AWDC president and Gotlib on June 28 as a gift for Trump in honour of the 250th anniversary of the U.S.
  4. PBS NewsHourNOT PRESENTEDA White House official, speaking on the condition of anonymity to discuss the matter, said Thursday that the ring has not been presented to Trump yet.
  5. ReutersCenterFEDERAL PROPERTY- An administration official said the diamond ring was federal property, and if the president wanted to keep it, he would have to pay the government market price for it.
  6. The IndependentFEDERAL PROPERTY (UK)An administration official noted that the diamond ring remains federal property, adding that if the president intends to retain it, he must pay the government the full market price for the item.
  7. The Brussels TimesFOURTH CASEThey noted that this was the fourth case this year in which a sector was granted a tariff exemption after offering Trump a personal gift.
  8. POLITICO EuropeINDUSTRY DENIALThe suggestion that the ring was a payment or quid pro quo for a trade decision simply does not align with the facts, nor with the intent behind the gift.
  9. ReutersCenterAUGUST LETTERTwo Democratic senators are demanding answers from two Belgian firms about an 18-carat gold ring encrusted with 321 diamonds that was given to U.S. President Donald Trump weeks before the U.S. exempted Europe's diamond industry from new tariffs.
  10. The Daily BeastTHE ALLEGATIONDemocrats have ripped a jewelry firm, saying their gift to President Donald Trump could have amounted to a “cartoonish bribe.”
  11. MS NOWLeftTARIFF TIMINGFour weeks later, his administration approved a tariff exemption worth billions of dollars to Belgium’s diamond industry.
  12. Washington TimesRIGHT BUCKET, AUGUSTThe ring, featuring diamond “T” emblems and the “45” and “47” logos, was made specifically for the president. The interior engraving reads “Crafted in Antwerp for Donald John Trump.”
  13. NewsmaxRIGHT BUCKET, AUGUST VALUATIONMedia reports have put the value of the ring at $25,000 to $35,000.
  14. The IndependentTARIFF EXEMPTION DATEOn July 24, the Trump administration officially exempted natural European diamonds from new Section 301 tariffs, reinstating the Belgian diamond industry's prior zero-percent tariff access.
  15. Sen. Elizabeth WarrenLETTER DEADLINEThe senators demanded that the White House, GSA, and NARA release information about the ring and its whereabouts by October 19, 2026.
  16. The New RepublicWHEREABOUTS UNREPORTED“To date, we are not aware of any public reporting indicating the current location of the ring,”
  17. NewsweekCenterOCTOBER SCOOPThe gift was announced June 28 although the date when it was given is still unknown.
  18. Nine.com.auOCTOBER LETTERDemocrats Elizabeth Warren and Richard Blumenthal wrote to the White House demanding to know where the ring, valued at $43,000, is now.
  19. Nine.com.auADDRESSEE DISPUTEThe letter said that AWDC claimed the ring was not a gift to Trump but instead to the United States.
  20. Nine.com.au$750 THRESHOLDUnder US law, gifts made to the president worth more than $750 are considered to be the property of the United States and cannot be accepted by the president himself.
2026-10-07 · Coverage brief

An Oversight letter about Jared Kushner's investments appears in exactly one of the nine on-story newsrooms in this corpus — CNN, dated October 6; every other on-story newsroom record predates it

How 5 outlets framed one event
  1. CNNLean Leftthe Oct 5 event, and its one carrierA top Democratic lawmaker is seeking information on Jared Kushner’s financial investments following a CNN investigation last week that found his private equity firm is the largest shareholder in an Israeli company backing businesses involved in Israel’s military campaigns.
  2. Fox NewsRightthe right bucket's newest work, dated Oct 1–2Indeed, CNN said it found no indication that Kushner's actions as a diplomat directly impacted the investments, but that point was buried 10 paragraphs deep and only visible to paid CNN subscribers.
  3. The New Republicthe left's on-story newsrooms, at their own temperaturesPresident Donald Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner has made serious bank off of Israel’s genocide in Gaza, while simultaneously leading the U.S.-backed peace negotiations, CNN reported Thursday.
  4. The HillCentercenter buckets, Oct 1–2The outlet identified Kushner-founded Affinity Partners as the largest stakeholder in Phoenix Financial - a company that reportedly invested at least $456 million into various firms involved with Israel's ongoing military campaign in Gaza.
  5. Anadolu Agency (AA)wire and non-US, Oct 1Affinity Partners doubled its stake in Tel Aviv-based Phoenix Financial in January 2025, shortly before Trump's inauguration, becoming the company's largest shareholder.
2026-10-07 · Coverage brief

The amount, the spender, the state and the first report are agreed — the fight is over whether the party is "confident" or "in jeopardy," and it sorts by newsroom

How 3 outlets framed one event
  1. CNNLean Leftone rating, filed with its datesNow, a state that seemed like a relatively safe GOP win has become a fresh test of Trump's influence. Two weeks ago, the Cook Political Report listed the race as likely Republican, rather than solidly Republican. And Trump allies have told CNN they are worried about Graham's polling.
  2. The HillCenterone quoted official, one subjectA Republican official told the Times that Trump plans to campaign for Graham later this month.
  3. Washington Examinerfour files, one missing frameAndrews, meanwhile, faces a difficult path in a state that has consistently elected Republicans in statewide federal races. The Cook Political Report currently rates the South Carolina Senate race as Solid Republican.
2026-10-07 · Coverage brief

One sentence at a podium, two renderings, zero hard contradictions — and a census of who printed the tease and who printed the submarines

How 6 outlets framed one event
  1. Roll Call (Factbase transcript)primary recordWe have some big surprises coming up in another few weeks, right, Russ?
  2. The Daily BeastframingPresident Donald Trump has made an ominous comment about what the Project 2025 architect Russ Vought has in store.
  3. MediaiteLean LeftframingDoes President Donald Trump have some tricks up his sleeve?
  4. The Daily BeastframingTrump Gives Ominous Warning About Project 2025 Goon's Next Job
  5. HuffPostframingWhile not mentioned specifically by Trump, many critics online speculated that Trump was referring to some sort of plan to interfere in the midterm elections.
  6. Associated PressLean Leftselection, not silence on the eventPresident Donald Trump on Tuesday touted a $3.7 billion investment by the military technology company Anduril
2026-10-07 · Coverage brief

Fifteen outlets, five buckets, and a pre-filed challenge to November that the corpus carries under several words and in one direction

How 3 outlets framed one event
  1. foreground_seizureofficials' fears and advocates' demands, attributed throughout
  2. examiner_reversalurging the mail while calling it cheatable
  3. anchorthe excuse framing, and where it does not travelWith that in mind, Democrats say Trump is invoking fraud merely as a pretense to adopt tougher rules that will discourage voter participation for the benefit of Republican candidates.
2026-10-07 · Coverage brief

One death in Siberia, two vocabularies for it, and a Tuesday in which Washington moved from offering help to scheduling a call — while Moscow offered help back

How 1 outlet framed one event
  1. anchorwhat Washington did, and who carried itAsked what the U.S. intelligence community was saying about the case, Trump said the U.S. is in “very deep discussions” on the topic. “We’ll be able to report about it, probably tomorrow,” Trump said.
2026-10-07 · Coverage brief

The remark is settled; the remedy slot is where the corpus comes apart

How 12 outlets framed one event
  1. The HillCenterthe 25th, carried“TIME FOR THE 25TH!” the governor said in a statement.
  2. The Daily Beastthe 25th, plus a seconding senatorcalling for Trump’s removal from office via the 25th Amendment.
  3. Al JazeeraCongressin which he called for Congress to rein in Trump's behaviour.
  4. The Independentimpeachmentsuggested Trump's remark provided grounds for an unprecedented third impeachment.
  5. CBS NewsLean Leftthreat monitoring"I am directing the State Threat Assessment Center to actively monitor the situation in the event that foreign actors interpret the president's remarks as an invitation to target California," Newsom added.
  6. BBC NewsCenterthe rebuttal as the pegdescribed the "media freakout" over Trump's comments as "not rooted in reality".
  7. Breitbartbuffoons“No, he didn’t, you buffoons,”
  8. Newsmaxthe non-responseTrump has not directly addressed the criticism from California leaders.
  9. New York Post2028 and “Newscum”With Newsom seemingly set on a 2028 presidential run, Trump has repeatedly jabbed at the governor by dubbing him “Newscum.”
  10. New York Post (opinion)a smear, by editorialBut no; it’s a straight-up smear.
  11. Washington Examinerthe soundbite that didn't landthe soundbite about Iran taking out California cities did not land properly and gave ammunition to his opponents.
  12. The Washington TimesNewsom's framing, hedgedfor, in Newsom’s framing, “saying our foreign enemies should ‘take out’ Los Angeles and San Diego.”
2026-10-07 · Coverage brief

The reported meeting rests on one broadcast and one unnamed source; the files split on whether the felony rides in the sentence

How 9 outlets framed one event
  1. The Mirror (UK / Reach plc, US edition)the pivot appended to the non-answerPresident Trump has done more than any other President to ensure we have free and fair elections.
  2. Colorado Newslinethe whole non-Martin record, in one lineA former U.S. Department of Justice attorney said Monday that former Mesa County Clerk Tina Peters met with President Donald Trump at the White House to discuss
  3. PBS NewsHourthe meeting stated in the program's own voiceAlso, yesterday, President Trump reportedly met with former Colorado county clerk Tina Peters, who was convicted after allowing unauthorized access to voting equipment after the 2020 elections, and that was in an effort to prove unsubstantiated election fraud, because she believes that President Trump rightfully won the election.
  4. The New Republicthe conviction as identifierPresident Trump invited infamous election denier Tina Peters to the White House to discuss plans for the midterms.
  5. The Daily Beastthe stakes framingThe president's meeting with Peters comes just weeks ahead of the 2026 midterm elections, in which Republicans are expected to face a catastrophe at the ballot box, and Democrats are warning that Trump is trying to find ways to meddle with things.
  6. The GuardianLean Leftthe conviction as background, held at arm's lengthMartin told Eric Bolling of Real America's Voice on Monday that Trump had met with Tina Peters, a politician convicted of crimes related to her efforts to interfere with 2020 election results.
  7. The Independent (UK)the electoral-context framingThe reported summit comes one month before the November midterms, with polls suggesting Republicans could lose seats, and potentially their majorities, in both the House and Senate.
  8. LifeZettethe conviction, absentTina Peters, you know, famous Colorado clerk, was in the Oval Office today, just two hours ago, talking about this question
  9. WLT Reportthe conviction, softenedPeters became a national figure after her prosecution in Colorado over access to county election equipment following the 2020 election. She was convicted in 2024 and given a nine-year sentence before Democratic Gov. Jared Polis commuted it in May under sustained pressure from Trump and his allies.
2026-10-07 · Coverage brief

One co-published letter, two left outlets, one flagged link — and a bounded silence across every other roster the desk tried

How 3 outlets framed one event
  1. Roll Callthe adjacent money story, published the day he leftIn total, the Interior Department has reimbursed $3.9 billion to six offshore wind developers.
  2. The HillCentera link line in a newsletter- Veteran conservative lawyer quits Trump’s interior department and warns of ‘assault on the rule of law’ ( The Guardian / Public Domain)
  3. Al Jazeerathe March record, without the manThis is only the fourth time in US history that the Endangered Species Committee has convened, and Tuesday marks the third time it has granted an exemption to the Endangered Species Act.
2026-10-07 · Coverage brief

One poll, twelve files, and a number that moves fifty-two points depending on the sentence that precedes it

How 7 outlets framed one event
  1. The HillCenterHealth research group KFF found that 32 percent of those surveyed strongly favored “having a national health plan … in which all Americans would get their insurance from a single government plan,” a stance commonly referred to as Medicare for All.
  2. KFF (Kaiser Family Foundation) - health policy research deskA September 2026 KFF Health Tracking Poll finds that two-thirds (66%) of the public say they favor having a national health plan, sometimes called Medicare-for-all, in which all Americans would get their insurance from a single government plan.
  3. Arizona Mirror (States Newsroom)A majority of respondents, 66%, said they favor a candidate who supports a national health plan, which Democrats often refer to as Medicare-for-all.
  4. PoliticoLean LeftThat support dropped to 24% when voters were told the policy could lead to delays in medical tests and treatments, and to 35% when told it could lead to tax increases.
  5. ForbesOn the issue of healthcare costs, 42% of voters trust Democrats compared to just 22% for Republicans.
  6. ReutersCenterTwo-thirds of US adults — up from 53% in 2020 — said they are in favor of universal US health insurance often referred to as "Medicare for all," according to a poll conducted by health policy research firm KFF released on Tuesday.
  7. The Washington PostBut support grew when those surveyed were told that it could make health insurance "a right" or eliminate premiums and cost-sharing.
2026-10-06 · Coverage brief

The post is unanimous across the corpus; the record around it splits along a line that runs through Andrews' own file

How 12 outlets framed one event
  1. Associated PressLean LeftThe funding also comes after Trump attacked Andrews on social media, using an anti-transgender slur.
  2. The HillCenterPresident Trump on Monday used an anti-transgender slur several times against Sen. Darline Graham’s (R-S.C.) Democratic opponent Dr. Annie Andrews, as the race for South Carolina’s Senate seat tightens.
  3. CNNLean LeftHe used a version of the slur three times in the post.
  4. HuffPostFormer Gov. David Beasley (R-S.C.) on Monday hit back at President Donald Trump for hurling an anti-transgender slur at Dr. Annie Andrews, a cisgender U.S. Senate candidate from across the aisle in his home state.
  5. LGBTQ NationFolks on both sides of the aisle are slamming the president for using an anti-trans slur three times in a Truth Social post to insult Democratic Senate candidate for South Carolina, pediatrician Dr. Annie Andrews.
  6. NBC NewsLean LeftFormer South Carolina Gov. David Beasley, a Republican, criticized the president for his attack on Andrews, asking voters to "reject politics based on division and hate."
  7. The Independent (UK)Trump lashed out at Dr. Annie Andrews, a mother and pediatrician who is not transgender, in a lengthy Truth Social post, where he referred to her as a "trannie" three times.
  8. South Carolina Public RadioKnown for creating nicknames for his rivals, Trump in the same post also referred to Andrews three times as "trannie,"
  9. The State (Columbia, SC)"If name-calling would help lower gas prices and grocery prices, he can call me all the names he wants. But I don't think that's going to get the job done," Andrews said in response to a reporter's question.
  10. New York PostFormer Republican South Carolina Gov. David Beasley, described the president's comments as "abhorrent."
  11. The Washington TimesSome Republicans worry the effort could help Ms. Andrews, a pediatrician who is not transgender.
  12. National ReviewAndrews, who will take on Republican Darline Graham in November, believes in addressing gender dysphoria in children by affirming the child's so-called gender identity, and smears advocates of other approaches as bigoted.
2026-10-06 · Coverage brief

A speech from 2018 became Tuesday's news by acquiring a cover, a price, and a publication date

How 15 outlets framed one event
  1. The AdvocateConservative Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito says the ruling legalizing marriage equality nationwide marked “perhaps the decisive point” in America’s turn “against religious liberty.”
  2. ABC NewsJustice Samuel Alito, the devout Catholic conservative who has long warned of animus against religion in America, says in a new book that he believes the court's landmark decision extending marriage rights to same-sex couples was "perhaps the decisive point in our nation's turn against religious liberty."
  3. LGBTQ Nationwas “perhaps the decisive point in our nation’s turn against religious liberty.”
  4. CBS NewsLean LeftThere's "not a realistic prospect" same-sex marriage decision will be overruled, Alito says
  5. PoliticoLean LeftBut I thought that I could still make a valuable contribution, which is why I became a justice and a judge in the first place.
  6. AP News (Associated Press)The number of emergency applications now rivals the annual tally of cases the justices consider with full briefing and oral arguments, Alito wrote in a new book released Tuesday.
  7. The HillCenter“I thought about it,” Alito said. “Well, it’s something I think that somebody at my age has to think about every term.”
  8. USA TodayIn recent years, Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito has authored major - and controversial - opinions on those hot button issues.
  9. Washington ExaminerThere has been a concerted effort to intimidate the court and justices on the court to try to influence us to decide cases differently from the way in which we have been deciding them, and I am concerned about the future of the court.
  10. TownhallRightThe current push to reshape it, however, threatens to turn an independent branch of government into a mere partisan instrument.
  11. Reason (The Volokh Conspiracy) [libertarian]Obviously a great deal had changed in the country as a result of Obergefell. There was a lot of reliance in various ways on the decision in Obergefell.
  12. New York Postmany people were willing to downgrade certain constitutional rights, the right to freedom of speech and the right to the free exercise of religion in particular
  13. The Washington TimesWe are not part of any political movement and we are not attempting to further any political agenda.
  14. The Daily SignalThis carefully curated collection of 19 lectures and speeches, delivered between 2007 and 2025
  15. The Independent (UK)“We didn’t have to agree to be appointed,” Alito said. “We don’t have to remain. We can always quit.”
2026-10-06 · Coverage brief

Five files quote the demand by name; four right-bucket files in the same window never say it

How 11 outlets framed one event
  1. The HillCenterthe arrest demand, against the venue capacityPresident Trump said Monday that reporters from The New York Times and other media outlets should be "arrested" over their coverage of his Saturday rally in Ohio.
  2. NBC NewsLean Leftfirst-hand eyes, a day earlierVANDALIA, Ohio — President Donald Trump rallied Saturday for Republicans in Ohio’s competitive races for Senate and governor
  3. The Daily Beastthe Alabama attributionOn Saturday, when The New York Times reported his rally in ruby-red Mobile, Alabama, had completely empty seating sections, his fury was predictably ignited—if not his fact-checking skills.
  4. MS NOWLeftthe escalation framingDonald Trump has spent the past month or so insisting that there were no empty seats at his recent midterm convention in Dallas.
  5. CNNLean Leftthe demand characterized as a threatSo, he said that on Saturday in Ohio. But if you thought that was the last word, he went further today, threatening to arrest anyone who reported correctly as it happened that not every seat was filled at that event.
  6. The Guardian (US)live blog; his words and the never-lineAhead of traveling to Nebraska to rally today, Donald Trump took aim at the New York Times’ reporting which highlighted that the president’s recent rally on Saturday was not full, and certain sections of Butler high school gymnasium in Vandalia, Ohio, were “completely empty”.
  7. The New Republicthe derisive venue characterizationPresident Donald Trump had a petty meltdown on social media Monday after news outlets reported on the light attendance at his weekend rally in Ohio.
  8. The Independent (UK)the international relayPresident Donald Trump suggested on Monday that reporters from The New York Times and other media outlets should be "arrested" following their coverage of his weekend campaign event in Ohio.
  9. Asharq Al-Awsat (Turkish)the translated relay, Turkish arm of the IndependentABD Başkanı Donald Trump pazartesi günü, hafta sonu Ohio'daki seçim kampanyası etkinliğine dair haberleri nedeniyle The New York Times ve diğer medya kuruluşlarından muhabirlerin "tutuklanması" gerektiğini öne sürdü.
  10. Breitbartfour outlets, same window, no "arrest"Supporters packed President Donald Trump's rally in Grand Island, Nebraska, on Monday, with thousands more outside and people lining the streets along his motorcade route.
  11. ReutersCenterthe adjacent recordVANDALIA, Ohio, Oct 3 (Reuters) - US President Donald Trump used an Ohio rally on Saturday to mix profane attacks on Democrats with promises of financial help if Republicans win the midterms and a warning that he would be less willing to work with the state if Democrats prevail.
2026-10-06 · Coverage brief

The headline count held everywhere. The country totals, the history and the word "largest" did not.

How 14 outlets framed one event
  1. anchorthe breakdown, with its document namedDefendants vary in age from 26 to 76 and came to the U.S. from 20 different countries, including nine from Mexico and four from Pakistan, according to a Justice Department press release.
  2. anchorthe 11, from a different documentThe 40 people come from around the globe with the greatest number from Mexico, 11, according to a list shared by DHS.
  3. anchora second desk printing 11, with the full ledgerThe highest numbers of cases listed this time involved Mexican-origin individuals (11).
  4. anchorthe lead that names Homeland SecurityThe Department of Homeland Security is moving to strip U.S. citizenship from 40 people accused of crimes
  5. anchorthe baseline at 15, and who gave itUnder previous administrations, federal authorities had an average of 15 denaturalization cases a year, a Justice Department official told NBC News.
  6. anchor"largest," deflated to a descriptionsubmitted in multiple federal courts between 21 August and 2 October, according to the justice department
  7. anchor"record," with the qualifier removedhas filed a record number of cases to strip Americans of citizenship
  8. anchorthe pre-release framing, first paragraph onlytaking action to revoke the citizenship of 40 foreign-born Americans
  9. anchorthe defendants, named and agedThe second Nigerian defendant is 58-year-old Semiu Olaiye
  10. anchorthe filing dates, per defendantThe cases against Francis Darko Asamoah, 56, and Dexter Anson, 72, were filed on consecutive days
  11. anchorthe Indian-origin defendant, in wire copyBalwinder Singh of California is facing denaturalisation proceedings in the Eastern District of California for allegedly using a fraudulent identity to gain admission to the US and obtain citizenship.
  12. anchorthe same wire, the claim reassignedThe US launched the largest denaturalisation effort in modern history by moving to strip 40 individuals, including one of Indian origin, of their American citizenship, the Department of Justice said.
  13. anchorthe list, in brief, plus the historyThe 40 citizens targeted in Monday's announcement include people from a range of countries, including Mexico, Pakistan, China and Sierra Leone.
  14. anchorthe Spanish-language relayEl anuncio de hoy marca el mayor esfuerzo de revocación de la ciudadanía en la historia moderna
2026-10-06 · Coverage brief

Fourteen files carry a pledge to block Trump's judges; the Court is Schumer's own words, and the "Supreme Court firewall" framing traces to one unnamed source in one file

How 14 outlets framed one event
  1. anchorthe pledge, and the words "MAGA justices" NBC kept off its own headlineThe bottom line is: One of the reasons we want to do everything we can to take back the Senate is not let Trump put such horrible justices
  2. anchorthe conditional, in a senator's voicegiven the history of Trump nominees, I think it is slim to none that we would support a nominee from this administration
  3. anchorthe interview the round is dated toIf the nominees are as crappy as his present ones, very few of them are going to get through.
  4. anchorthe opposition's word for itA Democrat-controlled Senate will without any question block every single one of President Trump
  5. anchorthe sentence that says where the nominee part came fromSchumer didn’t specifically mention a potential Trump nominee for the Supreme Court.
  6. anchorthe same unnamed source, in a metaphorIf Democrats win back the Senate, Schumer will be a Supreme Court firewall,
  7. anchorthe opinion column the day was built on (OPINION, not news)The Democratic Party will refuse to approve any of President Trump
  8. anchorthe two-year boundSenate Democrats are signaling that President Donald Trump could face a blockade of his Supreme Court nominees for the final two years of his term if the party wins control of the Senate in November.
  9. anchorthe lead that says "any," and the body that says otherwisecould face a blockade of any further Supreme Court nominations for the final two years of his presidency if Democrats capture the Senate in November
  10. anchorthe right bucket's syndicated writewe've got to do exactly what McConnell did to us,
  11. anchorthe Sept 30 occasion, from the wire that ran itU.S. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer indicated Wednesday that should Democrats regain control of the chamber following the elections, they plan to block judicial nominees sent up by President Donald Trump, including for any possible vacancies on the Supreme Court.
  12. anchorthe same press conference, minus the judicial claimDemocrats need a net pickup of four seats to win back the Senate majority.
  13. anchorsix months old, do not use as same-week coverageJustice Samuel Alito hasn't tipped his hat on retiring just yet, but Senate Democrats are already entrenched in opposing the confirmation of a successor
  14. anchorsame copy as American Wire NewsPresident Donald J. Trump's ability leave a lasting mark on the Supreme Court could be impeded by Democrats if they win back control of the Senate in next month's midterm elections.
2026-10-06 · Coverage brief

Ten thousand children off the child care waitlist — and the one condition attached to the money went unconfirmed

How 14 outlets framed one event
  1. anchorthe announcement, and the numbers it choseSupported by a $1.2 billion investment from Governor Kathy Hochul towards the city's free child care initiatives, today's announcement will support low-income children ages 6 weeks to 13 years, and through age 19 for children with special needs.
  2. anchorthe waitlist, in a legislator's wordsFor more than a year, nearly 29,000 low-income children have been waiting for child care assistance, and behind every number is a family trying to build a stable future.
  3. anchorthe match requirement, stated as a condition on the moneyIt's supported by $1.2 billion allocated by Gov. Kathy Hochul in the state budget earlier this year, including $475 million specifically for child care vouchers — an amount that the city has to match.
  4. anchorthe condition on the moneyThose funds are only available if the city contributes an equal amount from its own coffers.
  5. anchorthe question the city did not answerA Mamdani spokesperson didn't immediately confirm whether the city is contributing its own funds or where that money is coming from.
  6. anchorno price tag for the expansionMonday's announcement did not specify a separate price tag for the expansion.
  7. anchorthe 15-month gapThe rollout will mark the first time in 15 months that the city has taken children off the waitlist, Mamdani said at a press conference in the Bronx.
  8. anchorthe waitlist count and who is on itMore than 29,000 families are on the waitlist, Mamdani said during a press conference in the Bronx Monday.
  9. anchorits own two waitlist numbers, one sentence apartBut vouchers announced Monday will likely be insufficient to meet demand, with roughly 25,000 families on the waitlist.
  10. anchorthe eligibility ceilingA family of four can earn up to $116,000 to be eligible.
  11. anchorwhen the line startedThe city started placing families on a wait list in May 2025 as the number of children who needed childcare vouchers surpassed availability, Mamdani said at a news conference.
  12. anchorthe priority rulesFamilies that have an income under 300% of the federal poverty line, are unhoused, or have a child with special needs are prioritized, as mandated by the federal government.
  13. anchorthe right-side record, and it is an OPINION columnAll told, his universal childcare program would cost an eyewatering $9 billion annually.
  14. anchorthe unfunded-charge, in the column's own wordsHe’s repeating what Mayor Bill de Blasio did with 3-K: announcing a big initiative without securing the necessary funding first.
2026-10-06 · Coverage brief

Six records, one originator, and a twenty-hour silence everywhere else

How 6 outlets framed one event
  1. The Interceptthe anchor record (the whole story, one desk)The U.S. Army announced last year that it had enough of a specific model of armored vehicle and that any more deliveries would be “excess.” But even so, Congress found a way to keep funding alive for the vehicle — and executives at the company that produces the vehicle found a way to flood key members of Congress with campaign donations.
  2. JoeMyGodthe only pickup — and it is a block-quoteThe Intercept reports:
  3. Breaking Defensethe program record, 2026-06-26Production is more than 20 months behind schedule, with approximately 2,000 vehicles in arrears.
  4. Inside Defensethe program record, 2026-01-20Congressional appropriators are rejecting the Army's rationale for halting Joint Light Tactical Vehicle buys, adding nearly $300 million to the program in their compromise defense spending bill despite the service's efforts to cut funding under the Army Transformation Initiative.
  5. NOTUSthe pattern, three months earlier — 2026-05-01The campaign of Maine Republican Sen. Susan Collins, who chairs the Senate Appropriations Committee and is expected to face upstart Democrat Graham Platner, accepted more than $100,000 from defense contractors, including $4,500 from PACs tied to L3Harris and $7,000 from RTX's PAC.
  6. Roll Callthe pattern, a year earlier — 2025-09-16In just the past four fiscal years, Congress appropriated, with virtually no public debate, in excess of $100 billion more than any president sought for more than 2,000 weapons programs, according to a government watchdog group's database and recent Pentagon reports.
2026-10-06 · Coverage brief

The first U.S. federal election since 2002 without an OSCE invitation ran in four U.S. files and two wires; every right- and center-bucket outlet this desk tried returned nothing on it

How 9 outlets framed one event
  1. anchorthe primary record, regret with receiptsThese will be the first U.S. federal elections since the OSCE began observing in the country for which the OSCE has not received an invitation.
  2. anchorthe live-blog item, wire temperatureThe United States is one of the world's oldest constitutional democracies. ODIHR should focus its limited resources on elections where it can have the greatest impact.
  3. anchorthe wire relay with the budget demand in its own wordsU.S. President Donald Trump's administration, critical of how the OSCE handles its mission, has urged the OSCE to downsize its budget.
  4. anchorthe reddit anchor, roster framingWashington joins only Russia and Belarus in its decision to exclude OSCE observers.
  5. anchorthe newsletter item, "join the ranks" where MS NOW writes "joins only"Washington's decision means the U.S. will join the ranks of Russia and Belarus in rejecting observation by the pro-democracy organization.
  6. anchorthe advocacy-left file, backsliding frameAnother country with no observation mission scheduled for its upcoming parliamentary elections is Russia, which has transformed into a deeply authoritarian state in recent years.
  7. anchorthe escalation verdict, the outlet's ownThe exclusion of election watchdogs is a troubling escalation of the Trump administration's continued efforts to undermine the credibility of our nation's elections.
  8. anchorthe video standfirst, and the 1975 dateThe Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe has been observing US federal elections since its founding in 1975.
  9. anchorthe chairmanship view, motive reportingBehind the scenes, the US spent months trying to persuade the OSCE to withdraw its report on the 2020 elections, when Joe Biden was elected president,
2026-10-06 · Coverage brief

One senator changed his mind in public over fifteen months, and the record of the change is mostly one wire story wearing five mastheads

How 8 outlets framed one event
  1. NewsweekCenterthe only file with both halves
  2. associated_pressthe sentence that travelled
  3. the_30_colleaguesa number with no second signature
  4. the_procedural_recordwhat the tally actually said
  5. Washington Examinermaterial no wire carried
  6. TownhallRighta reaction, to a different story
  7. PoliticoLean Leftthe preview, not the coverage
  8. the_guardianthe block, cut at the paragraph
2026-10-06 · Coverage brief

Fifteen newsrooms carry one rally sentence, and the corpus splits on what he meant

How 9 outlets framed one event
  1. USA Todaythe flat quote-to-outrage pipeline"They can take out a city. Let 'em take out Los Angeles, let 'em take out San Diego. This is a very small price to pay," Trump said, adding that the war was nearly over and describing the costs as "a small price to pay for keeping the world safe."
  2. CBS News (CBS Los Angeles)the crowd, one line of stage directionAttendees cheered after his suggestion.
  3. The Daily Beastthe stumble, kept in“They can take out a city—let ’em take, let ’em take out Los Angeles, let ’em take out San Diego. That’s—this is a very small price to pay,” he said, naming the two Democrat-led cities in California.
  4. NewsweekCenterthe press-office amplifierIn a separate post, an account for Newsom's press office wrote: "Let's be clear: The President is advocating for an attack on 10+ million U.S. residents in two of America's largest cities. This is not normal. None of this is. And we will continue to remind folks of that every day."
  5. ReutersCenterthe rally, covered in full, without the lineDuring the rally, Trump flitted through various topics, from Iran to Venezuela to his legally and financially dubious pledge to give all adults $5,000 if the Republicans win the midterms.
  6. FOX 11 Los Angelesthe Fox-owned local, with sourcing receiptThe Source: This report used information provided by live picture from FOX News, in addition to mentioning social media posts from Gavin Newsom and Karen Bass' pages.
  7. FOX40 (KTXL Sacramento, Nexstar)the Nexstar affiliate carrying the record's only Republicans on recordThe California Republican Party declined to comment on the president's statements. The White House did not respond to FOX40's request for comment.
  8. TASSthe state-media rendering, no reactionUS President Donald Trump said Los Angeles and San Diego, both in California, could be destroyed in connection with the US war against Iran.
  9. The HillCenterSept 20 context, not this storyMy question is if and when do I blow the entire nation up? They better behave.
2026-10-06 · Coverage brief

A $20 million money trail the whole spectrum printed — and a smaller story about an Oval Office tablet that only one side did

How 12 outlets framed one event
  1. Roll Callhow the money got around CongressThe Office of Management and Budget moved $20 million to an account for "commemorative events" for the reconciliation law and spent that funding, according to a Sept. 19 apportionment.
  2. CNNLean Leftthe complaint and the label on screenThe ads "appear to violate the federal law against using taxpayer funds to finance propaganda and related provisions of the appropriations laws as well as the Hatch Act," Public Citizen co-presidents Robert Weissman and Lisa Gilbert and the group's lobbyist, Craig Holman, wrote in a complaint to the Federal Communications Commission and the Federal Trade Commission.
  3. The HillCenterthe senators' letterThe 30-second ad features Trump saying, "Together, we will defeat communism, socialism and Marxism in America" while the song "Love Me" by JMSN plays in the background.
  4. NewsweekCenterthe law, both railsFederal law generally allows agencies to spend money on public service announcements that serve an authorized government purpose but restricts the use of taxpayer funds for unauthorized publicity, propaganda or partisan political activities.
  5. Washington Examinerthe right's money halfThe White House has tapped a pot of federal taxpayer dollars meant for Customs and Border Protection to fund advertisements promoting President Donald Trump.
  6. Washington Timesthe turn, on wireAll ended with a message: "Paid for by the U.S. Government."
  7. Associated PressLean Leftthe turn itselfPresident Donald Trump said Monday that he will stop using taxpayer funds for television advertisements glorifying himself that sparked a major backlash, and instead tap his super PAC to cover costs going forward.
  8. Al Jazeerathe regulator's door, shutA series of taxpayer-funded advertisements that critics say are political campaign spots for United States President Donald Trump are not improper and do not need to be reviewed, according to the head of the country’s broadcast regulator.
  9. MS NOWLeftthe personal involvement, confirmed in-houseIt's tempting to think Donald Trump would have plenty on his plate right now, but The Wall Street Journal reported (and MS NOW confirmed) that the president recently took time out of his schedule to personally oversee the creation of three propagandistic campaign ads, which are being financed entirely by American taxpayers and which appear to ignore federal law prohibiting the use of public funds for "propaganda purposes."
  10. The Daily BeastHarp, and the Vought instructionDonald Trump's ever-present aide Natalie Harp played a key role in helping the president turn taxpayer money into a vehicle for glorifying himself, a new report reveals.
  11. The Independentthe Oval Office screeningDonald Trump’s always-present aide, Natalie Harp, helped him create taxpayer-funded ads that glorified the president, according to a report.
  12. Moneycontrolthe NYT, secondhand and namedAccording to the New York Times, around $20 million in taxpayer funds from the Department of Homeland Security were used for the advertising campaign.
2026-10-06 · Coverage brief

In Siberia, one death carries two competing Russian accounts — a local newsroom's plague and a watchdog's pneumonia — and this desk adjudicates neither

How 14 outlets framed one event
  1. ReutersCenterthe commitment, stated flatWe'll help," Trump said. "Anybody who has that kind of a problem, we're always will to help.
  2. Bloombergwill, in the display typeWe'll help them as much as we can.
  3. TASS (Russian state media)the same offer, conditionalThe United States is ready to assist Moscow if necessary following the detection of a case of pneumonia of unknown etiology in Russia's Irkutsk Region, US President Donald Trump said.
  4. al_jazeerathe same pole, softer
  5. PBS NewsHourthe local claim, carried straightPeople of Baikal identified the worker as a 28-year-old lab technician and said she died of the pneumonic plague.
  6. BBC NewsCenterthe governor's findingAnnouncing the cause of death as "pneumonia of undetermined etiology", Irkutsk's governor said "no micro-organisms" linked to the woman's work had been found "in her biological samples".
  7. Deutsche Wellethe reversal, named in the openAccording to that agency, samples taken from the woman showed no microorganisms "related to her professional activities." This contradicts earlier information.
  8. TASS (Russian state media)the premise, deniedEarlier, rumors circulated online that an employee of an anti-plague institute in the Irkutsk Region had allegedly been diagnosed with plague. Rospotrebnadzor later said that the woman had been diagnosed with pneumonia of unknown etiology.
  9. NBC NewsLean Leftthe containment scaleThe death of a worker at an anti-plague laboratory in Russia has prompted officials to put at least one hospital facility under quarantine and nearly 200 people reportedly under medical observation as of Monday.
  10. Washington Examinerthe scale, right-ledNearly 200 Russian citizens were placed under medical observation in eastern Siberia over the weekend following the illness and death of an anti-plague researcher at the Irkutsk Anti-Plague Research Institute.
  11. The HillCenterthe State Department's own caution"Many details have not been confirmed. We encourage Russian authorities to share accurate information quickly and openly," the official said.
  12. Fox NewsRightthe monitoring story, without the offerA State Department official told Fox News that the U.S. is aware of reports of a death in Irkutsk Oblast, a region in southeastern Siberia, and is watching the situation closely with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and other federal agencies.
  13. New York Postthe frame that routes it to the labTrump's comments follow years of controversy about the once-suppressed theory that COVID-19 leaked from a Chinese lab that was doing risky "gain of function" research that modified bat viruses to make them more infectious.
  14. AxiosCenterthe benign readingThe president appeared to be referring to antimicrobial resistance, but pneumonic plague itself remains treatable with antibiotics when diagnosed early
2026-10-06 · Coverage brief

An order list, a two-word denial, and a silence the desks filled with their own cases

How 12 outlets framed one event
  1. Associated PressLean Leftthe record fact only the wire carriedThere has been evidence that some students wore clothing that read "Make America Great Again" or had messages supporting President Donald Trump, a Republican who lost the 2020 election to Biden, a Democrat.
  2. ABC Newsthe wire, run under a second mastheadA lower court disagreed, finding that the veiled vulgarity of the phrase, which functions as a stand-in for "F--- Joe Biden," allows schools to ban it.
  3. PBS NewsHourthe AP text, at a third URLThe phrase originated in 2021, when people in the crowd at a NASCAR race chanted the obscenity directed at Biden and a TV sports reporter said they were calling out "Let's Go, Brandon," apparently believing they were chanting for driver Brandon Brown, who had just won a race.
  4. The HillCenterthe pattern fileThe Supreme Court has declined to take up similar cases before, including last year when it said it would not review whether a Massachusetts school district had violated a student’s constitutional rights by blocking him from wearing a “There are only two genders” shirt.
  5. MS NOWLeftthe appointment ledgerThe First Amendment issue divided Trump-appointed appellate judges.
  6. USA Todaythe appetite checkThe Supreme Court has not shown an appetite in recent months for reviewing how schools are policing clothing with political messages.
  7. New York Postthe circuit quote, left standingThe high court chose to leave in place an October 2025 ruling by the Cincinnati-based Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals, which found “that the school could reasonably prohibit the sweatshirts since they were vulgar speech.”
  8. The Washington Postthe file behind the wallWASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court won't hear a challenge to a school district's ban on shirts with the phrase "Let's Go Brandon."
  9. PoliticoLean Leftone paragraph in a newsletterThe justices declined a number of cases today, perhaps none higher-profile than an appeal from middle-school Michiganders who were told to take off their "Let's Go Brandon" sweatshirts.
  10. NewsweekCenterthe file, with a co-authorNewsweek's reporters and editors used Martyn, our AI assistant, to produce this story.
  11. Reasonprior stage, 2025-10-27This case is not about swearing; it is about _not_ swearing.
  12. The Independent (UK)prior stage, October 2025"The phrase at issue here is a euphemism for political criticism. It contains no sexual content, no graphic imagery, and no actual profanity," he said. "To the extent that it implies an offensive phrase, it does so obliquely -- by design."
2026-10-05 · Coverage brief

One number has not moved since January; the résumé attached to it updated on Monday

How 14 outlets framed one event
  1. Associated PressLean Leftthe wire's plain ledgerLeavitt will serve as an on-air contributor beginning Nov. 1, the network said Monday.
  2. PBS NewsHourthe wire, relayedLeavitt will serve as an on-air contributor beginning Nov. 1, the network said Monday.
  3. The HillCenterthe résumé, deepest cutA former Republican House candidate in New Hampshire, Leavitt served as the top spokesperson for the president's reelection campaign and was the youngest person to serve as White House press secretary when she was selected for the job.
  4. Forbesthe run, dated and shelvedShe unsuccessfully ran for the U.S. House of Representatives in New Hampshire's 1st Congressional District in 2022, when she was 25 years old
  5. Fox NewsRightthe employer's own fileLeavitt worked in Trump’s first administration as a presidential writer and assistant press secretary. She previously ran as the Republican candidate for Congress in her home state of New Hampshire’s 1st Congressional District in 2022
  6. New York Postthe placement, via the TimesShe is expected to appear across both Fox's news and opinion programming, according to the New York Times.
  7. The Washington Timesthe interval, one of two clocksKaroline Leavitt is taking on a new gig at Fox News, just over a month after leaving her post as White House press secretary.
  8. The Daily Wirethe door, still revolvingLeavitt remains one of Trump’s "top outside" advisors, and the White House has not yet named a new press secretary.
  9. The New Republicthe ledger, itemizedThe majority of the debt is the result of accepting illegal campaign contributions that exceeded federal limits, the bulk of which she has not yet returned,
  10. HuffPostwho got paid, who didn'tHer defeat to the blue party has put her in the red by the amount of $326,370.50.
  11. The Daily Beastthe file, cut at 340 charactersDonald Trump’s press secretary raised zero money last quarter to shrink the $326,000 in debt her campaign owes after her doomed 2022 bid for the House.
  12. The Independentthe debt file, with the exit mappedThe 2022 campaign, which would've made Leavitt, then age 25, the youngest woman ever to serve in the House, also has zero cash on hand, according to the Federal Election Commission, raising questions about how donors will ever get their money back.
  13. NOTUStoday's fileFormer White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt is taking a new job at Fox News just two months after leaving the Trump administration.
  14. NOTUSthe file it already ownsLeavitt's campaign reported $326,370.50 in debt as of Sept. 30 - a balance that hasn't changed since her campaign first disclosed the debt in January after years of failing to disclose any debt, as first reported by NOTUS.
2026-10-05 · Coverage brief

One spoken sentence about lying checkbooks reached print in four materially different texts — and the newsrooms that skipped it wrote about something else

How 15 outlets framed one event
  1. associated_pressthe earlier checkbook occasion
  2. Breitbartthe sentence, then Congress takes the weightThey think the United States Congress is the best evidence of why it took our ancestors thousands of years to learn how to stand upright.
  3. Fox NewsRightboth sides, per Kennedy, September 22We're lucky because the Democrats don't have a plan either," said Sen. John Kennedy, R-La. "Here's the strategy for both sides. 'The other guys are worse than me.'
  4. The Daily Wirethe warning and the conceded deficitRepublicans are struggling with voters on affordability. A Fox News Poll shows voters trust Democrats over Republicans on inflation by a 15-point margin ahead of the midterms.
  5. National Reviewthe White House as the inattentive partyNever mind getting President Trump to talk about the cost of living; Congressional Republicans can't even get the administration to concede there's anything subpar about the current economy.
  6. NOTUSthe checkbook line, to reportersI'm not going to tell the voters, 'Oh, it's President Biden's fault, and it's not that bad, you shouldn't believe your checkbooks,'
  7. Associated PressLean Leftthe ad-spend ledgerThree Trump-aligned groups — MAGA Inc., No Going Back PAC and Safety and Affordability PAC — have spent more than $163 million on advertising and air time since Sept. 1.
  8. ReutersCenterthe Reuters/Ipsos floorPresident Donald Trump's approval rating fell to 32% - the lowest of his political career - as his fellow Republicans soured on his handling of the cost of living amid the unpopular Iran war, a new Reuters/Ipsos poll found.
  9. Al Jazeerathe AP-NORC floorThe most recent Associated Press-NORC polling, released on Thursday, showed Trump with 31 percent approval, the lowest during either of his two terms.
  10. NewsweekCenterthe poll and the date it breaksA recent NBC News poll found Democrats holding a 39 percent to 38 percent edge on which party voters trust more to handle the economy, the first Democratic lead on that question in the survey series since 2017.
  11. The HillCenterthe wager, the pump and the dismissalI will bet you a soda and a nice hat that the experts are wrong.
  12. CNNLean Leftthe environment, from inside the caucusAffordability is a big deal. People see the gas prices every single day.
  13. huffpostthe shrug, on the record
  14. NBC NewsLean Leftthe doorway, with a typoI’ll talk to Republican Senator John Kenendy of Louisiana.
  15. the_independentthe White House frame, verbatim
2026-10-05 · Coverage brief

On the fact of the tightening there is no daylight; on which number to print, the file offers four

How 14 outlets framed one event
  1. Fox NewsRightthe ranking moves, in-houseKansas isn't in that toss-up category, but it was recently downgraded by "Likely Republican" to "Lean Republican" by the Cook Political Report and in Fox News' election power rankings.
  2. Associated PressLean Leftthe same shift, measured three waysThe Senate Leadership Fund has reserved nearly $8.2 million in advertising to support Marshall over the next month, according to AdImpact, a significant investment in a state Trump won by nearly 16 percentage points in the last presidential election.
  3. USA Todaythe patient opens the pieceMarshall's pursuit of patients for unpaid bills, which resulted in 81 arrests, has become a major issue in the unexpectedly close Senate race in the Sunflower State.
  4. MS NOWLefta ledger with its own subheadingThe bill collector: Kansans recently learned that Marshall garnished paychecks and pushed arrest warrants when his patients couldn't afford their medical bills during his time as a physician in private practice.
  5. The Guardian (US)the ad, and what the Star found in itspent more than $600,000 this month to air ads in Kansas, making a similar accusation against Hamilton that the Kansas City Star found relied on snippets from his sermons that were taken out of context.
  6. Washington Examinerthe tour, and the "bubble"Recent polls showed Marshall down by two points or running neck and neck with his opponent, sending shockwaves through Republican strategists as they try to hold the Senate.
  7. Newsmaxthe incumbent's own arithmeticI still think if the race is today, we win, but it would be closer than anticipated, and we always run like we're 3 points down," Marshall said.
  8. CNNLean Leftthe list itself expandsFor the first time this year, CNN's list of 9 Senate seats most likely to flip expands to 10 to include Kansas, which hasn't sent a Democrat to the Senate in 94 years.
  9. Roll CallNo. 4, debutingDebuting at No. 4 is Kansas Sen. Roger Marshall, who's running for a second term against Democrat Adam Hamilton.
  10. Bloombergthe century, at the lead onlyNo state has been more reliably red than Kansas - at least in terms of Senate seats - over the last century.
  11. The Washington Postone paragraph before the wallJayne Jones has always been a Republican. She opposes abortion and favors stricter control of the border.
  12. The Times of Londonthe pastor, at the sanctuarya revolution based on kindness and civility, an antidote to the aggression of Donald Trump's style of presidency, has been building in the Sunflower State in the form of a pastor-turned politician named Adam Hamilton
  13. Kansas Reflector (opinion)opinion, labeledRoger Marshall is in trouble.
  14. The HillCenterthe tie, inside a five-state sweepBecause the surveys in Ohio, Iowa and Kansas are within the margin of error - 4.5 points in Ohio, and 4.6 points in both Iowa and Kansas - those races are essentially tied.
2026-10-05 · Coverage brief

Twenty-one words travelled perfectly across four newsrooms — and stopped at the water's edge

How 5 outlets framed one event
  1. Forbesthe spree without the memeOther posts took digs at the media (dubbed "artificial news"), former President Barack Obama and protesters who oppose his planned arch in Washington, D.C. ("Do these people not have jobs?" the post says).
  2. TAG24the foreign desk, and the baselineMeanwhile, Obama never faced threats of impeachment and, while many of his actions in office were unpopular or controversial, he is not generally believed to have engaged in corrupt behavior.
  3. Matzav.comthe substantiation gap, on the recordTrump's meme effectively argued that Obama's conduct was worse, although the post offered no specific evidence or allegations to accompany the comparison.
  4. MS NOWLeftthe meme arrives in paragraph six"For someone to say that somehow Richard Nixon was railroaded, it's just beyond stupid and beyond absurd," Holtzman said. "Because you'd have to say that everybody was duped -- that the Republicans were duped, that the Supreme Court was duped, that everybody was duped except this guy and Trump."
  5. Black Information Networkthe DOJ thread, with its sourcing intactHis Justice Department is investigating whether Obama-era officials improperly targeted Trump through their handling of the Russia investigation, with former CIA Director John Brennan among those subpoenaed in the probe, The Washington Post reported last month.
2026-10-05 · Coverage brief

The most reliably transcribed words in the file were printed on a shirt before anyone bought it

How 11 outlets framed one event
  1. The Washington Timesprovenance, first reportedSeveral attendees posted photos of Mr. Smith wearing the shirt. It was first reported by Just the News and quickly reposted by Mr. Trump on Social Media.
  2. IBTimes UKTrump's post as the story'Deranged Jack Smith is a Crooked Prosecutor!' Trump wrote, linking to a report about Smith wearing the 'No Kings' shirt.
  3. Associated PressLean Leftthe wire folds the man into the festivalAmong those in attendance was former Justice Department special counsel Jack Smith, who was photographed by fellow concertgoers wearing a black Springsteen T-shirt that said "No Kings" in images widely shared online.
  4. NewsweekCenterthe slogan's lineage, and a boundaryThree nationwide No Kings protests have taken place so far, in June and October 2025 and in March 2026.
  5. New York Postthe White House, on the record"Jack Smith is a scumbag who was the partisan attack rat for Democrats who weaponized the justice system against President Trump for political purposes," White House communications director Steven Cheung said on X
  6. The Daily Wirethe rebuke plus the oversight recordDuring Tuesday's hearing, Republicans repeatedly pressed Smith over the "Arctic Frost" investigation and the committee's claim that his team obtained records involving 44 members of Congress.
  7. KATV / TNNDthe anchor recordWhile on stage, Springsteen said ICE brought "death and terror to the streets of Minneapolis."
  8. HuffPostthe shirt as interior lifeJack Smith Wears True Feelings For Trump Right On His Chest
  9. The Daily Beastthe man as new to thisUntil the festival, Smith has largely refrained from participating in partisan events, or even attending them.
  10. MediaiteLean Leftthe venue's own politics, itemizedIts website said a "portion of the proceeds from all ticket sales plus 100% of the net proceeds from VIP tickets will be donated to VoteRiders," a left-leaning organization.
  11. Breitbartthe photo frameFormer Special Counsel Jack Smith wore an anti-Trump t-shirt at a music festival Saturday in Maryland and photos of him clad in it were shared online.
2026-10-05 · Coverage brief

Reason printed "bribes," a former House Freedom Caucus chair printed "socialist vote-buying scheme," and the attorney AP reached for printed "campaign promise" — while two desks in nineteen carried what Kelly said on Sunday.

How 1 outlet framed one event
  1. CBS NewsLean Leftthe payoff, said on air, and the legal read that it is not vote-buyingI mean, this is just a- a payoff, and he's trying to buy votes.
2026-10-05 · Coverage brief

The August rename report ran across the spectrum in August; the Senate bills that answer it ran once in Washington and once in Moscow — and the desk can certify only where it searched.

How 2 outlets framed one event
  1. CNNLean Leftone CNN exclusive, syndicated across the spectrumThe US Navy is working to rename an aircraft carrier under construction that was set to honor a Black sailor hailed for his heroic actions during the attack on Pearl Harbor, three sources familiar with internal discussions told CNN.
  2. NBC NewsLean Leftone US newsroom, one Russian oneSen. Cory Booker, D-N.J., plans to introduce three bills Thursday to block the Trump administration from scrapping plans to name an aircraft carrier in honor of a Black war hero and instead naming it after President Donald Trump.
2026-10-05 · Coverage brief

A state judge ordered one Texas district to comply, the wires' last words on the subject predate the order by roughly five and ten months, and the trial date is either docketed, un-docketed, or simply "next June."

How 1 outlet framed one event
  1. Galveston County Daily Newsfive newsrooms carry it; the wires stop months earlier122nd District Judge Jeth Jones on Thursday ordered the district to place the posters in classrooms within 10 days, granting a request from Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton.
2026-10-05 · Coverage brief

Saturday's fight is already on this desk's record; what post-dates it is quieter — a payment account behind the posted number became unavailable, one newsroom in nineteen reported it, and a Senate Republican said on television that the president should not have done it.

How 3 outlets framed one event
  1. The Daily Beastone newsroom, one account, gone by SundaySen. Tom Cotton's personal Venmo account was found to be linked to the number Trump, 80, had posted on social media.
  2. The HillCentera Republican rebukes the post, on NBCEvery now and then, there are disputes in Congress that have existential significance for the future of Western civilization. Daylight Savings Time is not one of them," Kennedy told NBC News's Kristen Welker Sunday on "Meet the Press.
  3. NewsweekCentera floor vote nobody can scheduleWith the Senate in recess until after the midterm elections, the legislation faces significant procedural and political obstacles despite passing the House with bipartisan support in a 308-117 vote in July.
2026-10-05 · Coverage brief

One reduction, two denominators, and a Senate objection that one outlet is carrying alone

How 1 outlet framed one event
  1. anchorthe notice-and-transparency frameThe latest reductions apply to billets — positions designated for generals and admirals — rather than an across-the-board removal of 20% of the officers currently serving in those ranks, a War Department source told Fox News Digital.
2026-10-05 · Coverage brief

Eighteen newsrooms carried one Sunday post. The splits are over what the man was named to, whether the naming was official, and who else is on the force — and the sharpest of those splits sits between two files that both printed extra member names.

How 3 outlets framed one event
  1. New York Postthe one hard deliverableTrump reveals new AI czar — and gives him 120 days to report on pros, cons of technology
  2. The GuardianLean Leftone named voice in eighteen filesSenator Mark Warner, a Virginia Democrat who is vice-chair of the Senate select committee on intelligence, cautiously welcomed the appointment of Clayton, while noting that "the administration has resisted meaningful safeguards without offering a serious alternative for addressing the national security risks posed by increasingly powerful AI systems"
  3. NPRLean LeftSacks, in three seatsEarlier this year, Sacks stepped down from his role and became co-chair of the President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology.
2026-10-05 · Coverage brief

Every outlet in the corpus prints the same event — two doses, a heartbeat, an ambulance — and then splits, quietly, over which of two accounts owns the night and whether the story is a procedure or a 1995 murder.

How 2 outlets framed one event
  1. the_second_failure_this_yearcontext every carrier supplies, or doesn't
  2. The HillCenterthe count, told by the witnessesI watched the whole thing. She was awake. She was laughing. She was moving her head, moving her feet. She was trying to sit up,
2026-10-05 · Coverage brief

Six outlets printed the sentence from the Ohio rally; six did not. All who printed it printed the same words. What they did next — medicine, medication, drug, dose, or nothing — is the whole story the corpus can carry.

How 6 outlets framed one event
  1. the_shared_quotecuts of the shared quote
  2. the_center_checkthe dose against the guidance
  3. the_fox_placementthe habit as industrial news peg
  4. the_dose_the_outlets_namefour figures, none adjudicated
  5. the_386unresolved, recorded
  6. anchorsame rally, no remarkTrump took several minutes during his campaign rally in southwestern Ohio to promote his administration's action on data centers
2026-10-05 · Coverage brief

Trump said Fox wasn't covering his rallies. One outlet searched the tape and found a segment, minutes before the post — and the network the post was about never covered the post.

How 2 outlets framed one event
  1. Roll Callclaim versus documented recordOur people want to see our Rallies, and reports on our Rallies, on FoxNews, or they will very quickly stop watching (like I am doing right now!)
  2. Fox NewsRightthe empty chair, and around itFollowing Trump's ban, White House television pool members FOX News Media, ABC News, CBS News, CNN and NBC News announced Monday that they had agreed to suspend their pooled coverage of the president.
2026-10-05 · Coverage brief

Five files carry the death, and the argument between them runs through attribution; five desks in the corpus say nothing at all.

How 4 outlets framed one event
  1. The Bankerthe confirmation every carrier usedIt is with great sadness that we share the news that Simon Andriesz, a valued member of our community, passed away last week.
  2. The Bankerattribution splitFormer British banker and whistleblower Simon Andriesz, who flagged Howard Lutnick's alleged links to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, has died by suicide.
  3. Hindustan TimesHindustan Times, on provenanceIt seems claims Andriesz took his own life emerged on social media via "investigators". There is no confirmation of the same from official sources. The circumstances of the death and where it took place is not known.
  4. The Bankerthe null resultWhistleblower who flagged Lutnick's links to Epstein dies
2026-10-05 · Coverage brief

Thirteen files on one signing share every fact and divide on whether the 25% is accountability, capacity denial, or politics

How 13 outlets framed one event
  1. Bloomberg Lawthe narrowingwill impose an annual levy equal to 25% of a private detention facility operator's California gross income beginning July 1, 2028
  2. PoliticoLean LeftDOJ blowback named as the consequenceThe governor's signature on the bills could open the state to legal action from Trump's DOJ
  3. CBS News Sacramentothe tax as one clauseCalifornia is also imposing a 25% tax on private detention facilities and expanding oversight of civil detention centers.
  4. USA Todaythe package frameGov. Gavin Newsom signed over 20 of those bills into law on Sept. 29 to address Californians' concerns about federal immigration enforcement and support immigrant families in California.
  5. NewsweekCenterpre-signing, and datedThe governor has until September 30 to sign or veto the legislation.
  6. Fox NewsRightthe tax is the headline"If we can't kick out private facilities, we'll go after their profits," Newsom said in a press release.
  7. Washington Examinerthe loophole, closedThe law closes a loophole that allowed some facilities to claim tax-exempt status and expands health, safety, and oversight requirements for civil detention facilities operating in the state.
  8. New York PostjurisdictionUntil then, you have no jurisdiction," Essayli said.
  9. The Daily Signalfirst-in-the-nationunder a first-in-the-nation law signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom this week.
  10. Los Angeles Timesthe estimate and the fundAB 1633 by Assemblymember Matt Haney (D-San Francisco) would raise an estimated $177 million, according to a fiscal analysis of the bill, and would go into a "Due Process for All Fund" to pay for immigration-related services.
  11. KPBSthe facility, the foundation, the $6 millionThe investigation found that the Imperial Regional Detention Facility and its nonprofit owner, the Brawley Community Foundation, had avoided paying at least $6 million in property taxes through the exemption.
  12. KQEDthe whole package in one fileGov. Gavin Newsom signed a slate of 21 bills on Tuesday aimed at increasing oversight of federal immigration detention and reining in what he called the "Orwellian" tactics of the Trump administration's approach to immigration enforcement.
  13. The HillCenterthe signing without the billaimed at increasing oversight at immigration detention facilities, expanding transparency around federal enforcement operations
2026-10-04 · Coverage brief

At home it is a fight over sheriffs and renters; at CBC it is "tax Canadians more" — and the same projected hole is priced six different ways, each with its own estimator attached.

How 7 outlets framed one event
  1. CBC Newshow the story reads from OntarioFlorida voters are weighing whether to scrap residential property taxes and the state's governor has a solution to that potentially huge revenue loss: tax Canadians more.
  2. Bradenton Heraldhow the story reads from inside FloridaAmendment 3, which will appear on Florida's November ballot and requires 60% voter approval to pass, would sharply expand the state's homestead exemption and reduce the property tax revenue that counties and cities use to pay for police, fire rescue, roads, parks and other services.
  3. Brian Lilley (Full Comment)commentary on the CBC frameCBC's article understandably focuses on Canadians, but this measure applies to everyone not of the Sunshine State.
  4. Florida Politicsspread with attribution, no reconciliationThe Revenue Estimating Conference projects the measure would reduce local non-school property tax collections by $11.86 billion a year once fully phased in. It includes no replacement revenue.
  5. CBC Newsa documented dispute, not adjudicated hereabout 60 per cent of all homesteaders, according to the governor's office, although that figure has been questioned
  6. New York Postfour years or five, attributedHowever, those who move to the state after that deadline would have to wait four years before qualifying for the full $250,000 exemption.
  7. Florida Phoenixwho is paying for the yes campaignThe campaign to fund the measure raised $18 million through Sept. 25. All of that financial support came from the Florida Association of Realtors.
2026-10-04 · Coverage brief

The Same Economic Adviser Sat on CNN and Fox the Same Morning, and the Desks That Carried Him Split on Nothing Harder Than a Label

How 5 outlets framed one event
  1. CNNLean Leftone booking, one quotable couchAnd so then the question is, are the people wrong or the pollsters wrong? And I would say the pollsters are wrong.
  2. CBS NewsLean Leftone couch, two directionsAbsolutely. Diesel prices have been going down. Gasoline prices have been going down. I expect that to continue.
  3. CNN (Fareed Zakaria GPS)essay, then two guests who did not soften itthe Trump administration is delighted to let the industry regulate itself
  4. New York Postno fox transcript in the corpusI know this is very controversial, but I thought it was perfectly clear that the reference to liberty in the 14th Amendment adopted in 1868 did not mean that there is a constitutional right to abortion.
  5. The Independent (UK)one Truth Social post, three framingsSad to see that Fox & Friends (Sunday) is not covering our packed house and incredibly enthusiastic (beyond!)
2026-10-04 · Coverage brief

A 24-year-old correspondent announced Friday she is joining as assistant press secretary. In this sample, as of Saturday, the hire was carried by two American independents and two UK tabloids — and by no wire, center or right-bucket outlet at all.

How 1 outlet framed one event
  1. TheWrapthe vacancy stated in the same breathHarmony's addition to the press team comes as the White House has yet to find a replacement for Karoline Leavitt, who stepped down as White House press secretary at the end of August.
2026-10-04 · Coverage brief

No two newsrooms in the corpus assert incompatible facts about what Trump said; the split is over which of the two things he said gets called the story

How 1 outlet framed one event
  1. NOTUS (Oct. 3)the reversal, one sentence, inside a Medicare storyTrump also posted videos urging Republicans to "vote early, vote by mail or vote in-person on Election Day" to "swamp" Democrats with turnout, as well as a specific push for Pennsylvania voters.
2026-10-04 · Coverage brief

Nine files agree the chairs are gone. They divide over what to call the removal and whose story it is — and neither word is false.

How 1 outlet framed one event
  1. CNNLean Leftcoverage distributionThe American Federation of Government Employees TSA Council 100 said it found out about the decision from its members
2026-10-04 · Coverage brief

Nineteen files agreed on the sentence and split on the payer's letterhead, the charge worth leading with, and how to title Delcy Rodríguez — a brief, not an audit, because only the letterhead even resembles a split of fact

How 19 outlets framed one event
  1. Associated PressLean LeftownA former Miami congressman and longtime friend of U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio was sentenced Friday to 10 years in prison in connection with a secret $50 million lobbying campaign on Venezuela’s behalf during the first Trump administration.
  2. ReutersCenterownFormer US Congressman David Rivera was sentenced to 10 years in prison on Friday for illegally lobbying US officials to ease pressure on ousted Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro's government.
  3. AFPown, via Daily Mail wireThey alleged that Rivera persuaded then-foreign minister Delcy Rodriguez -- now Venezuela's interim president -- to award him the lucrative lobbying contract paid for by energy giant PDVSA.
  4. The HillCenterownThe indictment also claimed Rivera and Nuhfer signed a contract to receive a total of $50 million from the scheme
  5. The Washington PostownDave Rivera sold access to the communist Maduro regime for greed, and he betrayed the South Florida community he once represented,” U.S. Attorney Jason Reding Quiñones said after the hearing.
  6. CBS NewsLean LeftownThis was not some paperwork violation, or a simple mistake,
  7. CNNLean LeftAP wireIt included testimony from President Donald Trump’s secretary of state, Rep. Pete Sessions of Texas and a top Washington lobbyist
  8. PoliticoLean LeftAP wire (newsletter own)Prosecutors said Rivera used the contract with the affiliate, New York-based PDV USA, as cover for illegal lobbying.
  9. USA Todayown, with Reuters contributingNuhfer, 52, was convicted of conspiracy to violate FARA, violating FARA, conspiracy to commit money laundering and engaging in a transaction involving criminally derived property.
  10. BBC NewsCenterownAs a part of his sentence, Rivera, who served in Congress from 2011-13, must also forfeit his Florida properties.
  11. The Daily WireownFormer Rep. David Rivera (R-FL) was sentenced Friday to 10 years in federal prison for secretly lobbying on behalf of the Venezuelan government and laundering millions of dollars tied to the work.
  12. NewsmaxownRivera's associate Esther Nufer was also convicted and previously sentenced to five years in prison, the Times reported.
  13. TownhallRightownNuhfer used approximately $455,000 in proceeds to purchase a residence in Key Colony Beach.
  14. BreitbartAFP wireconspiracy to launder money, failing to register as a foreign agent and other charges stemming from a $50 million contract linked to Venezuela's state oil company.
  15. New York Postown (AP-derived)Rubio was known as “Miss Clairol,” because rubio means blond in Spanish.
  16. The Jerusalem PostReuters wireimpose a "significant term of incarceration."
  17. The IndependentownRubio was assigned the moniker "Miss Clairol," derived from the Spanish word rubio meaning blond.
  18. CNN en EspañolAP wire, SpanishA Rubio lo apodaban "Miss Clairol", ya que rubio significa cabello claro en español.
  19. Telemundo 51 (Miami)own, SpanishFue una cuestión de avaricia y traición
2026-10-04 · Coverage brief

The coverage brief: Judge Sara E. Hill suppressed the evidence in one Tulsa stop, called the ALPR search "indiscriminate mass surveillance," and two days later the wires and nearly every legacy and international desk were silent — while the outlets that did show up split over whether the ruling is one search or all of Flock.

How 6 outlets framed one event
  1. U.S. District Court, N.D. Okla.what the primary document saysAlaniz then pulled his vehicle onto the highway to follow the Mazda for no apparent reason other than the fact that it had a California license plate.
  2. 404 Mediaa recorded dating slip, not a discrepancy groupA federal judge in Oklahoma ruled Thursday that a police officer violated the Fourth Amendment rights of a woman accused of meth trafficking
  3. Washington Examinerwhat was found, per whomOfficers searched it and arrested Kyle after finding marijuana.
  4. The Daily Wiresuperseded by date, not contradictedAnd to this day, there exists not a single standing case finding that the use or maintenance of ALPR networks constitutes a search under the Fourth Amendment, let alone an unreasonable one.
  5. 404 Mediasingle-sourced, labeledThere are currently more than a hundred thousand warrantless searches of the Flock system every month, according to audit logs viewed by 404 Media.
  6. The Washington Postbounded search, as of fetchA federal judge in Oklahoma said Thursday
2026-10-03 · Coverage brief

Vance Told Hannity Voters Shouldn't "Gripe About All the Little Things." The Network That Aired It Posted Only a Clip.

How 3 outlets framed one event
  1. Fox NewsRightthe venue artifact — a clip, a title, no transcript# JD Vance: This election is about radicalism vs common sense
  2. The Independentwho wrote it, who republished itVance spoke with Fox's Sean Hannity in an interview that aired Thursday, and leaned into the administration's successes at driving illegal crossings at the U.S.-Mexico border to 50-year lows as he made the case for the GOP.
  3. anchorright, wire, and center, in one paragraph apieceVice President JD Vance acknowledged in an interview with NBC News that Republicans face an "uphill climb" in next month's midterm elections
2026-10-03 · Coverage brief

Trump Said Inflation Could Pay Off the Debt "Very Rapidly." The Markets Desks Heard It; the Political Desks Mostly Didn't.

How 9 outlets framed one event
  1. Newsmaxsame interview, same day, debt named, quote absentAddressing national debt and affordability concerns raised as campaign issues, Trump blamed the economic conditions on his predecessor while pointing to his efforts to lower prescription drug costs.
  2. The HillCenterthe TIME-interview story runs on the media feudYou haven't asked me one f---ing positive question. All of this. What about this? What about that? What about that? What about this? All negative.
  3. TASS (headline)Russian state media, framing entirely on IranTrump calls Iran’s potential annihilation ‘possibility’
  4. AxiosCenterfive takeaways, inflation not among themPresident Trump's 75-minute interview with Time revealed his latest thinking on the Iran war, the AI race (or in his words, SI), the media and more.
  5. CNNLean Leftthe interview as a media grievance storyPresident Donald Trump's new interview with TIME magazine begins and ends with his complaints about the media, reaffirming how consumed he is by his own news coverage.
  6. The GuardianLean Leftthe interview as an emergency-powers storyDonald Trump deflected responsibility for misleading Americans about the length of the Iran war, dismissed low poll ratings as "fake numbers" and refused to rule out the possibility of declaring a state of emergency before the midterms, in a wide-ranging interview with Time magazine.
  7. The Washington Postpaywalled takeaways, retrievable portion silent on the lineJust over a month before the midterm elections, President Donald Trump addressed the top issues confronting his administration in a wide-ranging interview with Time magazine, from his efforts to remake Washington to growing fears about artificial intelligence.
  8. MS NOWLeftopinion piece counts the words, not the claimWhen asked what his AI meetings have been like, the president responded with 427 words about China's president, debt, interest rates, and the trade deficit in gold watches with Switzerland. The Time journalists didn't interrupt.
  9. Asianet Newsablethe growth half of the answer, the inflation half droppedThe one thing that you can do is pay it off through growth," he told TIME, adding that the U.S. had "never had growth like this.
2026-10-03 · Coverage brief

Printed in the Donor List, Missing From the Sanctions Story

How 1 outlet framed one event
  1. Esquire (opinion)Esquire opinion, the amplification nodeThat damned ballroom again. It is the key to so much of the White House corruption.
2026-10-03 · Coverage brief

A Court Filing Says ICE Kept Dossiers on Its Watchers. The Coverage Landed Almost Entirely on One Side

How 3 outlets framed one event
  1. WIREDWIRED, the origin, 2026-10-02An explosive and newly partially unsealed court filing alleges that the US Department of Homeland Security built up dossiers on ICE observers—including their photos, license plate numbers, and other information—and stored them in a system called the Investigative Case Management database, which was built by Palantir.
  2. The Independent (UK)the denial, older pegs, older monthsIn January, an ICE officer in Maine was filmed photographing the license plate of an individual who had been observing agents during operations and telling the bystander, "We have a nice little database and now you're considered a domestic terrorist."
  3. The Guardian (UK)The Guardian, the day before, the same lawsuit familyDuring the operation ICE agents followed observers home to intimidate them, fired pepper balls at their cars and told residents they would be added to a "domestic terrorist" list. Those residents and other observers have since launched a federal class action lawsuit against the DHS.
2026-10-02 · Coverage brief

The Court Blocked the Carving. What It Did About the Takeover Depends Which Desk You Read.

How 6 outlets framed one event
  1. CNNLean Leftpre-order filing, Sept 17Trump had his name bolted to the building last December
  2. PoliticoLean Leftpre-order filing, Sept 17a contractor has already been selected to carve Trump's name into the Constitution Avenue headquarters
  3. The Daily Beastpre-order filing, Sept 17His name, however, was written in removable letters that were bolted onto the facade.
  4. Washington Examinerpre-order filing, Sept 17The threatened carving would impose serious irreparable harm,
  5. Newsmaxpre-order filing, Sept 18Appellees understand that a formal request for the work has been made and a contractor has been selected,
  6. The Independent (UK)pre-order filing, Sept 18to reflect the greatest dealmaker in our nation's history
2026-10-02 · Coverage brief

The Department That Changed Its Name Between the Wire and the Republish

How 5 outlets framed one event
  1. NPRLean Leftthe earliest item in the capture, in a chain of creditsWeeks before a Sept. 19 deadline for states to send those voters midterm ballots, the Pentagon submitted "emergency" requests to bypass the usual months-long process for changing federal forms.
  2. The GuardianLean Leftthe lawsuit as law, carefully attributedThe Trump administration broke the law when it pushed through a last-minute change to the form overseas citizens use to register and request absentee ballots, the Democratic National Committee (DNC) said in a lawsuit filed on Thursday.
  3. Democracy Docketadvocacy-left, the charge in the headlineThe Trump administration illegally changed a form used by overseas voters to register and request mail ballots just weeks before the midterms, Democrats argue in a new lawsuit filed Thursday.
  4. The Washington Postone paragraph, paywalled at the doorDemocrats filed a lawsuit Thursday over the Trump administration's recent use of an emergency measure to make changes to the federal voter-registration form used by U.S. service members abroad and citizens residing outside the country, arguing that it's an attempt to disenfranchise eligible American voters.
  5. The Daily Signaladjacent, and five weeks earlyRepublicans are seeking to squash a voting law metastasizing through the nation that allows citizens to vote in states they have never inhabited.
2026-10-01 · Coverage brief

Trump Swore at TIME's Reporters. The Coverage Map Split Cleanly in Half.

How 4 outlets framed one event
  1. CNNLean Leftmedia-consumed-by-own-coveragePresident Donald Trump's new interview with TIME magazine begins and ends with his complaints about the media, reaffirming how consumed he is by his own news coverage.
  2. The Daily Beasttabloid-meltdownThe president went into full tantrum mode during an interview.
  3. The New Republicovertly-criticalThe entire interview showcased Trump's narcissism and clear cognitive decline, with him going on tangents, lashing out unprompted at critics, and complaining about the "fake news" going after him constantly.
  4. USA Todaycover-count-ledePresident Donald Trump is adding another feather to his cap. He is now Time Magazine's "cover king," appearing "more times than anyone else in the magazine's history," the White House said in an Oct. 1 post on X.
2026-10-01 · Coverage brief

Trump Accounts Auto-Enrollment Is Real Now — and Every Outlet Agrees on Everything Except the Framing, the Motive, and the Number

How 4 outlets framed one event
  1. PoliticoLean Leftthe partisan geography of the opt-in eraabout 9.2% of eligible children in the 31 states Trump carried signed up for the accounts through late July, compared with only 7.9% in the remaining states (and D.C.) won by former Vice President Kamala Harris, according to a POLITICO analysis.
  2. Breitbartpre-rule, Sept 8 — the announcement before the announcementTreasury Secretary Scott Bessent said at Breitbart's State of the Economy event on Tuesday in Washington that automatic enrollment was coming for Trump Accounts to make every American child under 18 eligible.
  3. Washington Examinerpre-rule, July 4 — the regime the rule reversedNew Trump Accounts can be created by visiting trumpaccounts.gov and filling out IRS Form 4547.
  4. NewsweekCenterpre-rule, July 15 — the non-confirmation on the recordan administration official did not confirm the plan to auto-create accounts for the roughly 73 million people under the age of 18 in the U.S.
2026-10-01 · Coverage brief

The Spectrum Agrees Trump Is Shedding Texas Latinos, and Not One Desk Cites the Same Number to Say It

How 3 outlets framed one event
  1. The New Republicframing — The New Republic alone carries the TSU crosstabIn Texas's 15th, only 36 percent of Latinos approve of Trump on immigration and border security, while 61 percent disapprove—25 points underwater. In the 28th, that's 36–60, or 24 points underwater. And in the 34th, that's 36–62, or 26 points underwater.
  2. Fox NewsRightdata-selection — same direction, different instruments, no shared unitOverall, Hispanic voters prefer Talarico by 18 points (59% vs. 41%).
  3. The New Republicdata-selection — two sourced figures for Trump's 2024 Texas Hispanic shareThe region's turn against Trump helps explain why Talarico's getting around 60 percent support from Latinos statewide—a huge turnaround from 2024, when Trump won 55 percent of them.
2026-09-30 · Coverage brief

A Prediction Market Made Carney the Nobel Favorite for Part of One Afternoon, and One Wire Carried It Worldwide

How 1 outlet framed one event
  1. The Washington Postone wire, two flags of original workBy Rob Gillies | AP
2026-09-30 · Coverage brief

A Hacker Group Says It Took FBI Data; Days Later, a Deputy Resigned — and Almost Every Desk Filed Them in Different Drawers

How 1 outlet framed one event
  1. The Washington Timesresignation desks and breach desks never meetA well-known group of hackers said it breached several FBI-related services and stole data "on all FBI employees and applicants."
2026-09-30 · Coverage brief

Syria Left the Denial List, and the Carriers Split Over Whether Its President Used to Be a Rebel or a Fighter

How 1 outlet framed one event
  1. Newsmaxwho carried the wireThe Trump administration is removing Syria from a list of countries that are not allowed to purchase or import U.S. weaponry, a step that is part of a monthslong process of easing sanctions on the new government in Damascus and its leaders.
2026-09-30 · Coverage brief

Gates Says 'a Billion Deaths.' Trump Retires the Word 'AI.' The Corpus Fights Over Two Syllables.

How 1 outlet framed one event
  1. TASS (Russian state media)one carrier, self-flaggedNow he's not saying that anymore
2026-09-29 · Coverage brief

Sarah Huckabee Sanders, One Arkansas Ad, and a Backlash From Her Own Side

How 1 outlet framed one event
  1. HuffPostselection, not conflictNationally, 36% of Medicaid recipients were white, 24% were Hispanic and 19% were Black in 2023
2026-09-29 · Coverage brief

America.gov Said Biden Won. The Hill and Variety Reached for "Confirms," and Five Pages Never Mentioned It

How 1 outlet framed one event
  1. Fox NewsRightlaunch coverage that skips the answerPresident Donald Trump on Tuesday unveiled America.gov, an AI-powered website designed to consolidate information from tens of thousands of federal webpages into a single searchable database.
2026-09-29 · Coverage brief

Michigan's two largest editorial boards each disqualified the other side's candidate. The corpus holds no fact either side got wrong — only a word each board aimed the other way.

How 7 outlets framed one event
  1. NewsweekCenterFree Press endorsement framed as the storyThe Detroit Free Press, Michigan's largest newspaper, has endorsed Democratic candidate Abdul El-Sayed
  2. Fox NewsRight"savage rebuke" framing of the Detroit News endorsementhas worked so hard covering his tracks leading up to this Senate race that it's impossible to know who he really is or where he would stand in the Senate
  3. ReutersCenterground-game horse race, not the endorsementsThe pitch was simple: Republican US Senate candidate Mike Rogers is a common-sense conservative, while Democratic rival Abdul El-Sayed is a big-government socialist aligned with the party's left wing.
  4. NPRLean LeftDemocratic coalition-unity angleThe struggle to stitch the party back together spilled into the open again in recent days — this time as nominee Abdul El-Sayed sought to reassure wary Jewish voters
  5. Times of IsraelIsrael/Jewish-voter fault linepast controversies involving anti-Israel streamer Hasan Piker and his response to the attack on the Detroit-area Temple Israel, have rendered his candidacy polarizing to the community.
  6. The Jerusalem PostAIPAC-visibility storyRogers and his representatives have signalled to AIPAC that they would like the pro-Israel lobbying giant to refrain from directly spending in his favor in the general election
  7. The Independentthe endorsement no one expectedTucker Carlson wrote in his newsletter on Friday that El-Sayed's opponent, Mike Rogers, was unfit for office and defended him over his past criticism of the war on terror.
2026-09-29 · Coverage brief

A Reagan Appointee Handed the Religious-Liberty Movement Its Cleanest Court Win in Years, and the Outlets That Keep That Beat Didn't File

How 1 outlet framed one event
  1. The Washington Postthe footprint, as the corpus holds itA federal court ruled Thursday that Oklahoma cannot prevent a Jewish charter school from operating in the state, paving the way for the nation's first taxpayer-funded religious charter school.
2026-09-29 · Coverage brief

A 93-Year-Old Senator Told a Room of Republicans His Contingency Plan, and Five Transcribers Produced Three Different Sentences

How 1 outlet framed one event
  1. ABC Newsnine bylines, one dinnerIowa Republican Sen. Chuck Grassley, the oldest sitting U.S. senator, lamented the possibility that a Democratic governor could appoint his successor if he were to die in office, according to video of remarks he delivered late last week.
2026-09-29 · Coverage brief

A $15 Billion Steel Plant in Iowa — and a Second Story Only Three Outlets Would Touch

How 1 outlet framed one event
  1. The HillCenterwho printed the eyelidsPresident Trump is set to announce Monday that a Minnesota company plans to build a $15 billion steel mill in Iowa.
2026-09-29 · Coverage brief

OpenAI Canceled a Model That Didn't Quite Meet Its Own Bar. Every Outlet Agreed on the Facts. They Split on What the Facts Were For.

How 2 outlets framed one event
  1. Washington Examinerthe cancellation and its neighborsas one unreleased model in OpenAI's Astra family inserted instructions into its own context summaries 27 times, telling itself to disregard developer messages.
  2. ABC News (Australia)a timeline the US coverage didn't carryThe breach, which researchers have called the "first" autonomous hack of a government website, occurred in mid-June but went undetected by OpenAI for two months, with the company taking another four weeks to alert Australia.
2026-09-28 · Coverage brief

Karl Rove Called Nick Fuentes "a Nazi" on Stage. The Quote Got as Far as San Antonio and Stopped There.

How 1 outlet framed one event
  1. The HillCenternear-miss coverage in a silent corpusKarl Rove is so bad for the Republican Party, and completely wrong so often,
2026-09-28 · Coverage brief

Trump Said the Kennedy Center Was "Pretty Much Back." Now He Says It's in a "Virtual State of Collapse."

How 1 outlet framed one event
  1. The Washington Postthe one outlet that sequenced the reversalIt was falling apart, and now it's pretty much back,
2026-09-28 · Coverage brief

One Statute, Two Name Tags: What to Call Washington's First Income Tax Depends on Who Is Talking

How 1 outlet framed one event
  1. Newsmaxwho is covering the campaignWashington state voters will decide in November whether to repeal a new 9.9% income tax on earnings above $1 million, setting up a major ballot fight over taxes, government spending, and the state's business climate, The New York Times reported.
2026-09-28 · Coverage brief

Eighty Hours a Month or Twenty Hours a Week: The Same Rule, as Threat and as Chore

How 1 outlet framed one event
  1. Missouri Independentwhat one state already showsOf the more than 333,000 Missourians who lost Medicaid coverage from January 2025 through February 2026, nearly 92% were dropped due to paperwork issues, according to data from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid -- not because the state found that they no longer qualified.
2026-09-28 · Coverage brief

Three Couches, One War, and a Ledger of Who Agreed to Sit Down

How 1 outlet framed one event
  1. ABC Newsthe war without a war guestAnd while Donald Trump was hosting lavish dinners for the president of China this week, it was the war in Iran on voters' minds.
2026-09-27 · Coverage brief

One Report, One Call, and an Empty Right Column: What 154 Interviews Bought on Sept. 24

How 1 outlet framed one event
  1. anchorno coverage foundThe 168-page report, published on Thursday (September 24), details alleged incidents of fatal shootings, attacks on protesters, and cruel treatment at detention centers.
2026-09-27 · Coverage brief

One Post, Twelve Mastheads: the Fuel Economy Rollback Was Covered as a Termination or as an Arithmetic Problem

How 3 outlets framed one event
  1. Fox BusinessLean RightThe Dumocrats cost our Great Auto Manufacturers $Billions, forced Americans into cars they never wanted, and wasted Billions on Chargers that were never built," Trump wrote on Truth Social Saturday afternoon.
  2. USA TodayTrump's push comes as American drivers are grappling with sharply higher fuel prices since the start of the U.S.-Israeli war with Iran at the end of February.
  3. PoliticoLean LeftThe new fuel economy standards are the latest assault on Biden-era EV policies.
2026-09-25 · Coverage brief

On September 23 a Quinnipiac poll called Zohran Mamdani the most popular elected official in New York City. The desk checked more than thirty named national outlets across five buckets and found none of them ran it as a story. What they ran instead was Mamdani popularity coverage built on older polls, each outlet holding its own month's number, none of them touching the newest one.

How 1 outlet framed one event
  1. Yahoo Newsthe source storyMamdani is the most popular elected official in New York City, a new poll from Quinnipiac found, with his statewide popularity on par with that of Gov. Kathy Hochul.
2026-09-25 · Coverage brief

A coverage brief. On Sept. 24 Tucker Carlson told NPR's Steve Inskeep that Donald Trump should be removed from office. No two outlets in the corpus assert incompatible facts, so no vector is claimed. The splits here are of label and of emphasis, and the loudest finding is a silence.

How 1 outlet framed one event
  1. The New AmericanCarlson also said Trump's Cabinet should have invoked the 25th Amendment and removed him when he threatened a nuclear attack on Iran. Trump has never threatened such an attack directly, but instead has repeatedly called for flattening the country.
2026-09-25 · Coverage brief

A coverage brief. Twenty minutes of Senate floor time, one claim about the cockpit, and an international press corps that never opened the file. What exists is long and loud at one end of the spectrum, brief and dry in the middle, and absent everywhere else. This is a story about who showed up.

How 1 outlet framed one event
  1. NewsweekCenterthe neutral video itemDuring a speech on the Senate floor, Alabama Senator Tommy Tuberville claimed "many" airline pilots, flight attendants, and air traffic controllers are part of the furry community.
2026-09-24 · Coverage brief

Cygnal surveyed 800 young men, found the determined ones preferring Democrats 57-40, and released the results at a symposium named after the cohort. Three newsrooms wrote it up. Everything else on the roster stayed quiet, and one number in this file refuses to say which men it is about.

How 2 outlets framed one event
  1. Probe logright bucket, same dayOUTLETS PROBED AND CONFIRMED SILENT (11): Fox News, New York Post, Washington Examiner, The Washington Times, Breitbart, Townhall, National Review, The Daily Wire, Newsmax, The Daily Signal, Reason (libertarian).
  2. The Daily Signalsame cohort, different pollAccording to the new Harris Poll, Gen Z is now ranked among the most religious generations in the country, with 88% actively practicing their spirituality.
2026-09-24 · Coverage brief

A Judge Ordered Three Outlets Back In. For a Few Hours They Weren't. Here Are the Three Names the Spectrum Gave Those Hours.

How 1 outlet framed one event
  1. USA Today"Court orders are not optional," he said. "Refusal to abide by a court ruling has a name: contempt. And contempt has clear consequences."
2026-09-24 · Coverage brief

A leaked internal note, dated late 2025, says the American partner is no longer the ally it was in the past. Nearly every outlet that carried it said something slightly stronger, and this desk's read of the US press turned up one sentence.

How 1 outlet framed one event
  1. Just Securitythe one sentence from the American pressThe Financial Times has obtained a document that reveals Belgium's foreign ministry warned internally that the United States under Trump is no longer a reliable ally.
2026-09-24 · Coverage brief

The administration canceled ACA coverage for roughly three-quarters of a million people and called it fraud. The insurers called it the subsidies expiring. Fifteen frozen records later, the desk reports the rarest thing it files: a corpus where nobody flatly contradicts anybody, and the story is in what they choose to say instead.

How 1 outlet framed one event
  1. ReutersCenterone carrierThe US Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services canceled about 315,000 plans last month, citing unverified citizenship or immigration documentation and suspected improper enrollments.
2026-09-24 · Coverage brief

The Justice Department's filing rests one of its six "reporting incidents" on a quote from a "senior administration official … granted anonymity." The Daily Beast, citing Status, has attached a name to that official. The Washington Post independently confirmed the call's background-briefing structure, but its full text is paywalled beyond this desk's retrieval. The count of who else picked up the name is filed below.

How 3 outlets framed one event
  1. PoliticoLean Leftown-reporting omissionThe President determined that Plaintiffs have failed to maintain minimum professional journalistic standards by publishing classified and national security information.
  2. Washington Examinernational-security claim attributed to Trump, not VanceIt is a threat to our National Security, and must be stopped, NOW!
  3. PBS NewsHourpost-hoc skepticism, unrelated to source identity'Suddenly it's a national security case,' arguing that the president brought up that point only after the lawsuit was filed.
2026-09-24 · Coverage brief

Sixteen outlets, by distinct masthead, filed on this settlement between September 22 and 23. Fifteen of them open with the same three props: a $131.5 million payout, a mayor at a podium, a superlative. The sixteenth opens with a campaign-finance filing, and it is alone in the corpus with it.

How 1 outlet framed one event
  1. The Interceptpolitical-spending spineLast year, well before DoorDash's $131.5 million settlement with New York City for underpaying 264,000 delivery workers was announced Tuesday, the company spent around $1.4 million on the campaign to stop Zohran Mamdani, who oversaw the historic settlement, from becoming mayor.
2026-09-23 · Coverage brief

The week's dominant frame was Trump's portfolio — 28,700 trades against Congress's 22,200. That frame is not color around a structural fact; it is the structural fact: the bill binds the 535 people who file less than the one man it does not bind. Underneath that spine sat the brief's assignment — three member-level disclosure items, two of which the desk's own primary pull declined to confirm. No hard vectors, one naming split, several frames, and a set of clocks that most of the corpus keeps straight.

How 2 outlets framed one event
  1. Fox NewsRightban-adjacent, not member-specificThe days of members thinking that 'I can use the community project funding request or bringing the earmarks for my district and get filthy rich off of it'-- those days are numbered.
  2. The HillCenterthe penalty as the thesisThe penalty for filing late is $200, which tells you almost everything about how seriously it is treated by our elected officials
2026-09-23 · Coverage brief

A coverage brief: Maggie Haberman tells Bloomberg "People are counting on their pardons"; the sentence's circulation ran through Katie Miller's legal-bills reaction among left-of-center outlets, while twenty-eight probed outlets across the right, wire, center and international buckets printed nothing

How 2 outlets framed one event
  1. The Daily Beastamplification-via-millerHer comments came in response to an interview Bloomberg published Friday with Trump biographer Maggie Haberman.
  2. AlterNetthe-book-reporting-versionWe spoke to a number of people during the reporting of the book who are counting on their pardons.
2026-09-23 · Coverage brief

A coverage brief: one Economist/YouGov poll, 51 percent for impeaching the defense secretary, led by two right-bucket outlets and an antiwar aggregator, met with silence across the left bucket, substituted polls at the center, and a two-point gap in the opposition figure filed without adjudication

How 3 outlets framed one event
  1. The Washington Timesright-and-antiwar-leadThe Economist/YouGov poll, conducted Sept. 18-21, found that 51% of voters support impeaching Mr. Hegseth "for starting a war with Iran without authorization by Congress," while 36% oppose such a move and others were unsure.
  2. NewsweekCentercenter-polls-elsewhereOnly 25 percent of Americans viewed Hegseth favorably in the new Marquette poll, while 49 percent said they viewed him unfavorably.
  3. The GuardianLean Leftinternationals-sept-15-16a Republican who had lost his primary after repeatedly clashing with Trump proposed impeaching the US defense secretary, Pete Hegseth, alleging a variety of constitutional transgressions including prosecuting the war against Iran without congressional authorization.
2026-09-23 · Coverage brief

A coverage brief: one Tuesday afternoon, one reporter's umbrella-side questions, one vascular surgeon talking on the record — and the striking distribution of who showed up to cover it: three right-bucket outlets against a single left-bucket one, with the harshest published verdict on the senator's fitness coming from his own side of the spectrum

How 1 outlet framed one event
  1. The Daily Beastsole-substantive-carrierMitch McConnell seemed lethargic as he was transported to Capitol Hill on Tuesday, slowly holding up a "peace" sign toward a reporter whose questions he did not answer.
2026-09-23 · Coverage brief

A coverage brief: one Suffolk University poll, 47–40 for the Democrat, filed as news by two center outlets, a passing mention by two more — and carried as a lede by no left-bucket masthead in the corpus, each wing keeping its own older numbers instead, and one release date arriving in three tellings

How 4 outlets framed one event
  1. The HillCentertwo-dedicated-carriersThe Suffolk University poll found that 47 percent of likely Michigan voters backed El-Sayed,
  2. The Washington Timesone-line-carriageA Suffolk University poll conducted Sept. 16-20 showed Mr. El-Sayed leading Mr. Rogers by 7 points.
  3. CNNLean Leftno-suffolk-on-the-leftIn Michigan, likely voters split about evenly between El-Sayed at 47% and Rogers at 44%, a margin that lands within the poll's margin of sampling error.
  4. Fox NewsRightolder-kinder-numbersAccording to a Fox News survey of Michigan registered voters, Rogers has the edge in the race with 51% to El-Sayed's 47%, within the survey's margin of sampling error.
2026-09-22 · Coverage brief

A coverage brief: one Monday podcast interview, one dietary suggestion, and a distribution map in which the only frozen outlets carrying the quote sit at the poles while the entire middle of the spectrum covers the same beef story without ever repeating the sentence

How 1 outlet framed one event
  1. ReutersCentersame-beat-no-menuRollins, who was speaking on Tuesday at the annual Farm Progress Show in Boone, Iowa, was addressing high beef prices, industry consolidation and foreign ownership of U.S. beef plants.
2026-09-22 · Coverage brief

A coverage brief: one outlet, one survey, one milestone claim — and a corpus of ten neighbors in which the number appears exactly zero times

How 1 outlet framed one event
  1. NewsweekCentersole source of the sub-30 claimPresident Donald Trump's approval rating dropped below 30 percent for the first time across both his White House terms Monday, as the midterms draw closer.
2026-09-21 · Coverage brief

Only HuffPost Printed Navarro's Escalation. Al Jazeera Had a Sharper Variant — Attributed to Trump, Unverified.

How 7 outlets framed one event
  1. HuffPostsole carrier of the escalationAnd the security thing, these people are treasonous. I mean, this is like, 'the wars going badly.' Whatever you feel about the war. You don't say stuff that's gonna be repeated instantaneously by the Iranian media.
  2. Al Jazeerasharper word, different attributionFollowing media reports that the war on Iran was straining US munitions stockpiles, Trump berated the outlets covering it as "treasonous scum."
  3. ReutersCenterthe ban, in wire formatUS President Donald Trump said on Friday he is banning three major news outlets – CNN, MS NOW and Politico – from the White House in his latest threat to the independent press.
  4. ABC Newsenforcement, observed firsthandABC News observed a CNN reporter and photographer being turned away from the White House security booth on Saturday.
  5. NPRLean Leftthe ban and the lawTheodore Boutrous, a leading First Amendment lawyer in the U.S., told NPR that the ban is, on its face, unconstitutional.
  6. BBC NewsCenterthe ban, plainly ledPolitico, CNN and MS NOW journalists have been denied access to the White House after US President Donald Trump announced he was banning the outlets.
  7. Sky Newsthe ban, with the president's threat in the standfirstThe news organisations say it's a flagrant breach of their rights under the First Amendment - but the president says he will add more to the list.
2026-09-21 · Coverage brief

A coverage brief, seventeen sources, one converging fact set, and a single word whose referent keeps moving

How 6 outlets framed one event
  1. ReutersCenterwireSome of the party's most vulnerable candidates stayed away from Dallas altogether, including Representative Tom Barrett of Michigan, Senator Dan Sullivan of Alaska and Senator Susan Collins of Maine.
  2. Fox NewsRightrightWith a slew of polls showing that most Americans oppose the construction in their communities of new data centers to power AI, a growing number of Republicans running in this year's elections are putting daylight between themselves and President Donald Trump.
  3. AxiosCentercenterIn the process, he's staking out positions that run counter to GOP orthodoxy on issues including beef imports and child care subsidies.
  4. National ReviewrightDonald Trump currently sits at a -16 percentage point approval rating in the RealClearPolitics polling averages
  5. The GuardianLean LeftleftAnd all the while, he has hobbled his party by endorsing radioactively unpopular candidates.
  6. Associated PressLean Leftwire\"Pretend I'm on the ballot,\" he said.
2026-09-20 · Coverage brief

The missile, the warning, the motorcade: one Saturday, three events, and a corpus full of newsrooms that know exactly where the word "because" would go — and refuse to put it there

How 2 outlets framed one event
  1. ReutersCenterthe restraint nobody's theory wantedUS President Donald Trump has rebuffed Saudi requests for direct US military intervention against the Houthis.
  2. AP Newsthe interceptors, on one outlet's sourcingRegional officials have told The Associated Press that Saudi Arabia is running low on missile interceptors and instead has asked France, Britain, Pakistan and Egypt for air defense support.
2026-09-20 · Coverage brief

Six Nobel Laureates Endorse California's Billionaire Tax, and the Fight Returns to Its Standing Argument About Whether the Money Exists

How 7 outlets framed one event
  1. Financial Timesthe movement-starter, with the counter-messaging alongsideA group of progressive Nobel Prize-winning economists has joined the fray in California's battle over what would be the first wealth tax in the US if state voters approve the measure in November.
  2. Fortunethe arithmetic of the letterThe economists estimated that California's 250 billionaires are collectively worth $2.3 trillion, and the state income taxes they paid amounted to only 1.6% of their $1.4 trillion wealth gain from 2019 to 2025.
  3. NewsweekCenterthe coalition-building beatThe California Nurses Association, representing more than 100,000 nurses and healthcare workers, endorsed Proposition 40
  4. The HillCenterthe Democrat-vs-Democrat wrinkleThe state party's executive board narrowly voted to back Proposition 40.
  5. National Reviewthe counter-ledgerSeveral men collectively worth up to $1 trillion have preemptively left California, taking $27 billion in lost income-tax revenue with them.
  6. Reasonthe methodology attack, pre-datedEven if it doesn't pass, a new report warns that the proposal is based on faulty research and could do vast economic damage.
  7. Fox BusinessLean Rightthe anecdotal registerI think the impact of this passing in California is a giant sucking sound of all of these entrepreneurs being sucked out of California because they're just not going to want to stay.
2026-09-19 · Coverage brief

One Outlet Has the Guardian's Numbers on Migrant-Child Removals, and as of Freeze There Is No Second Account of Them

How 1 outlet framed one event
  1. The GuardianLean Leftthe Sept 19 exclusive, wholeStephen Miller is leading an unprecedented and intense White House drive across a host of government departments to accelerate the removal of undocumented immigrant children from the US, using tactics that critics say are cruel and racist and, in some cases, flout federal law, the Guardian has learned.
2026-09-19 · Coverage brief

The desk filed yesterday on the ban itself; this is the next day's story, and the next day's story is smaller and more interesting than its headline — four named conservative critics, one quote-set relayed by every masthead that carries them, and a checked silence across the three outlets the "MAGA" label would actually fit

How 1 outlet framed one event
  1. Breitbartfull coverage of the ban, zero captured dissentPresident Donald Trump announced Friday that he is immediately banning establishment legacy news outlets Politico, MS NOW, and CNN from the White House for
2026-09-19 · Coverage brief

Kraft's $2 Million Pledge, One Statement Traveling Intact, and the One Set of Tax-Form Figures Nobody Else Carried

How 2 outlets framed one event
  1. The Interceptsingle-source tax-form analysis, uncorroboratedThe Intercept's analysis of tax forms since 2006 show that Kraft's charity group, the Kraft Family Foundation, has donated $196,000 to the Friends of the IDF and an additional $123,000 to other organizations — Brothers for Life and Friends of Israel Disabled Veterans — that directly benefit Israeli military soldiers.
  2. Al Jazeeracross-spectrum agreement on the documented givingKraft has donated to a number of Jewish and Israeli causes, including the campaign "Stand Up to Jewish Hate", which he funded with more than $20m.
2026-09-19 · Coverage brief

By the time Semafor published Friday afternoon, Jeanne Shaheen had been holding this sale since July — a fact the Senate's newest story carried to two outlets before the freeze landed, while the House hold and the sale itself traveled the whole field

How 1 outlet framed one event
  1. Semaforthe freshest fact, the thinnest fieldThe top Democrat on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, New Hampshire's Jeanne Shaheen, has blocked an arms sale to Israel since July and continues to withhold consent for advancing the $2.8 billion transaction, a person familiar with the matter told Semafor.
2026-09-19 · Coverage brief

Of twenty-one frozen records, exactly two contain what McConnell said and did on Thursday, September 17 — and the other nineteen are still living on Monday and Wednesday, which makes this a brief about a gap, not a disagreement

How 1 outlet framed one event
  1. Fox NewsRightwho carries Thursday, and where everyone else's clock stoppedAnd his return comes as Republicans are again gearing up to vote on massive farm aid and funding package this week.
2026-09-18 · Coverage brief

A Sept. 8-11 survey of 614 likely voters reached the public as "Siena College/ReconMR" in one story and "ReconMR/Texas Pulse" in another; the same-day right-hand record engaged neither set of numbers, filing a generic-ballot poll from a different foundation instead

How 2 outlets framed one event
  1. Breitbartsame-day substitutionRepublicans lead in Ohio by a single point, 46 to 45 percent. In Texas, the GOP leads by five points, 49 to 44 percent.
  2. New York Postadjacent, prior weekfundraising events to help the party boost its already large cash advantage to beat back bleak polls pointing to a possible November wipeout.
2026-09-18 · Coverage brief

A February warning about fake dating profiles reached the public through a single exclusive on Thursday — two left-leaning outlets rewrote it, one international outlet qualified it, and the wire, center, and right buckets produced no coverage of the September 17 memo at fetch time

How 5 outlets framed one event
  1. The GuardianLean Leftorigin, carrying the memo verbatimThe objective was to lure affiliated law enforcement personnel into an online or in-person interaction under the guise of a date, after which the individuals would be publicly exposed and doxed online. The tactic is intended to generate public embarrassment and deter immigration enforcement activity.
  2. The New Republicheadline asserting what the body hedgesThe memo came shortly after Chaya Raichik, the conservative influencer behind LibsOfTikTok, sounded the alarm about groups of TikTokers who were organizing to lure federal agents onto dates and expose their personal information. Her post did not include any mention of 'tradwives.' It is unclear if Raichik's claims were true.
  3. Raw Storythe government-as-mark readingThat has led to skepticism that the FBI and ICE are being played -- and not by women with fake profiles.
  4. International Business Times UKthe international pickup, with its own qualifiersHowever, the document provided few details about the alleged scheme, did not identify its source and offered no evidence that any immigration enforcement personnel had actually been deceived or exposed using the tactic.
  5. New York PostJanuary precursor, not coverage of the September memoLefty TikTokkers are orchestrating groups of women to chase 'd–k pics' and 'selfies' of ICE agents in a twisted scheme to dox them, as attacks on immigration officers surge to historic levels.
2026-09-18 · Coverage brief

Voters Call Trump "Corrupt" (53%) and "Dangerous" (51%) — and in Targeted Searches of the Named US Newsroom Rosters, Almost Nobody Followed

How 1 outlet framed one event
  1. AxiosCenterthe anchoring piece, including the White House's answerA slight majority of registered voters describe President Trump as corrupt and dangerous, a recent poll found, while just 14% say he isn't divisive.
2026-09-18 · Coverage brief

A Judge Ordered the FBI's Handwritten Notes Sent to His Chambers. Across the Outlets Covering the Case, Two Different Presidents Get Credit for His Job

How 1 outlet framed one event
  1. The Daily Beast (June 25)who did not cover the orderA federal judge has cornered the Justice Department for withholding files on FBI interviews with the woman who accused Donald Trump of sexually assaulting her when she was 13.
2026-09-18 · Coverage brief

Diesel Crosses $6, Gas Chases $4.43, and the Only Thing Falling Faster Than the Fuel Forecasts Is Agreement About What Happens Next

How 1 outlet framed one event
  1. Washington Examinerwho carries the export-ban debateIf that would take pressure off of prices, you know, I'm open to exploring it.
2026-09-17 · Coverage brief

Trump Told a Gastonia Rally He Wouldn't Send the FEMA Money if Whatley Loses — Then Said He Was "Only Kidding." The Left and UK Press Ran the Sentence; the Center, the Right, and the Wire Ran the Rally Without It

How 1 outlet framed one event
  1. Associated PressLean Leftsame rally, same Helene passage, the conditional absentBoth Republicans unloaded on Cooper's tenure as governor, with Trump recycling an inaccurate claim to blame Cooper for a grisly North Carolina murder and accusing him of doing nothing to help the state after Hurricane Helene inflicted widespread damage in 2024.
2026-09-17 · Coverage brief

The anonymously sourced "Monday" rollback happened on the predicted Monday, in the predicted hallway. The Federal Register published it Thursday as two documents — one that says "is repealing," one that says "We propose" — and the word "erase" appears in neither.

How 1 outlet framed one event
  1. Federal Register (91 FR 58954)what the two documents actually doThis final rule is effective on November 16, 2026.
2026-09-17 · Coverage brief

The agency that enforces federal campaign finance law has spent 504 days without the four votes it needs to enforce anything, has twice notified federal courts that it cannot defend itself, and has watched its two would-be commissioners accumulate one Senate action line since February — while the committee chair who said he looked forward to “a timely hearing” held the gavel, and the referrals, for the 116 days between that sentence and the fall that hospitalized him

How 2 outlets framed one event
  1. Shana M. Broussard (Bluesky, Sept. 1, 2026)the chair’s own rendering, and the trade file beneath itLast year, there were 154. Now, it’s doubled to 307.
  2. The Washington Sunthis morning’s filingWhile many thought McConnell’s return to the Senate this week would move the process forward, the Senate, which is due to go on recess in early October, has yet to schedule a committee hearing that could lead to the agency regaining its minimum quorum of four commissioners.
2026-09-17 · Coverage brief

A caption said he may be showing up "primarily for votes where his vote could actually count or matter." Three attended roll calls, one missed morning vote, and one committee room later, that theory fits two of his four appearances. The theory that fits all four is a clock.

How 5 outlets framed one event
  1. The Daily Beast (Townsend post)the caption and the theory it shippedSen. Mitch McConnell leaves his home to head to the 2:15 p.m. vote on the CLARITY Act. He missed this morning’s roll call vote.
  2. FarmBill2the counterfactual, pre-run in AugustRepublicans hold a 12-to-11 majority on the committee.
  3. The National News Desk (CBS Austin)the Wednesday receiptThe committee approved the Senate farm bill on a 12-11 vote along party lines.
  4. LEX18the governor's test, restated after the returnWe need to make sure we have two active U.S. senators. Now, he's taken a step in the right direction.
  5. CNBCthe vote story without the manThe Senate on Tuesday voted to block the Clarity Act from advancing, dealing a major blow to the crypto industry's push for a comprehensive market structure framework.
2026-09-16 · Coverage brief

Kraft Confirmed One Stadium Ban; the Coverage Disagrees on How Many More It Implies

How 1 outlet framed one event
  1. Al Jazeerawho flagged the silenceKraft did not directly address the claim that he had contacted other stadium owners.
2026-09-16 · Coverage brief

Bloomberg's Tuesday count sets the president's disclosed trades against all of Capitol Hill's in the same seventeen months — and the exclusion is not a carve-out clause. It is a definition whose list stops at the legislature's edge

How 2 outlets framed one event
  1. MS NOWLeftcorruption-recast-for-the-trailBut in an effort to win over Trump-friendly voters, Democrats are increasingly talking about corruption without making Trump the central character, turning instead to more amorphous targets like Washington's political system, congressional stock trading and the influence of special interests.
  2. Washington Free Beaconthe-ban-cosponsor-who-did-not-discloseLandsman, who faces a difficult battle to hold onto Ohio's toss-up First Congressional District, has since billed himself as a government ethics and financial transparency warrior, repeatedly supporting efforts to ban members from trading stock.
2026-09-16 · Coverage brief

An FBI Agent Proposed a Musk Investigation in 2025. No Outlet in the Corpus Reports One Was Opened — and the Outlets Our Corpus Found Silent Are Half the Story

How 6 outlets framed one event
  1. Fox NewsRightthe exclusive that was also a press releaseaccording to an email exclusively obtained by Fox News Digital.
  2. Washington Examinerthe lead that gets the record right and the headline eagerAn FBI agent sought to open a criminal investigation into SpaceX CEO Elon Musk in February last year after federal employees were asked, thanks to the Department of Government Efficiency, to list "five things" they accomplished during the previous week, according to records Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-IA) obtained from the bureau released Tuesday.
  3. The Washington Timesthe copydesk that called out the old brand nameAn FBI agent last year tried to get colleagues to open a criminal investigation into Elon Musk after DOGE sent an email asking government employees to name five things they accomplished in a week.
  4. The Daily Signalthe file on the man, not the caseA former FBI agent attempted to launch an investigation into Elon Musk when the billionaire was leading the Department of Government Efficiency cost-cutting efforts.
  5. La Derecha Diariothe Argentine postscriptMusk has not been charged with any crime related to the events described in the email.
  6. Analisis.MXthe Mexican verdict, spelled "no hay indicios"No hay indicios de que la investigación se haya abierto.
2026-09-16 · Coverage brief

A remark that found every desk with a stake in it and none of the desks between: relayed by his own network, the LGBTQ press, one straight-news desk on the right, and two hostile opinion desks — while the entire neutral center and the wire bucket stayed quiet.

How 1 outlet framed one event
  1. anchorthe silence, with its nearest neighborsI wouldn't have run for president in the first place if I didn't believe that. Of course.
2026-09-15 · Coverage brief

The U.S. Is Preparing a $2.8 Billion Sale of 2,000-Pound Bombs to Israel; Every Outlet Relays One Exclusive, and the File's Only Arithmetic Split Is the Count: 40,000 Bombs or "60,000"

How 2 outlets framed one event
  1. IJRthe template that self-describes the fileLeft sources highlight the sale as taxpayer-funded.
  2. Newsmaxthe wire rewrite, labeledThe Trump administration is preparing a $2.8 billion arms package for Israel, including several thousand 2,000-pound bombs, in what would be the largest single U.S. sale of the powerful munitions to Israel in recent years.
2026-09-15 · Coverage brief

Reported as preparing-to-charge, not charged: the file holds an August inquiry into a KPMG employee and a September cluster of Polymarket accounts that bet KPMG's audit clients — and the coverage has joined the two halves faster than the record does.

How 5 outlets framed one event
  1. Northeast Timesthe dated status lineNo employee has been formally charged as of September 13, 2026.
  2. Gambling Insiderthe August file, wholeAccording to The Wall Street Journal, federal prosecutors in Manhattan and Washington, along with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), have been involved in the investigations.
  3. Casino.orgthe relay that travelsFederal law enforcement authorities are reportedly preparing to bring charges against a KPMG employee accused of using confidential audit data on publicly traded companies for their financial gain on the prediction market Polymarket.
  4. Finance Magnatesthe origin, datedOn-chain researchers flagged the cluster seven months before the Journal did. In late February, posts on X and a Substack write-up listed wallet addresses betting heavily and almost only on KPMG-audited names.
  5. Gaming AmericaFebruary, when it was a rumorThe companies named in the thread include Home Depot, DoorDash, CarMax, Thor Industries, and StoneX. None of that is illegal by itself.
2026-09-15 · Discrepancy audit

Both rulings are preliminary — one affirms an injunction against New Jersey, the other dissolves Kalshi's protection in Nevada and sends the election contracts back — and together they state two versions of federal law that cannot both stand. New Jersey filed the first prediction-markets certiorari petition on September 2. Kalshi's response is due October 8.

How 6 outlets framed one event
  1. CNNLean Leftthe industry-consequence frameA federal appeals court ruled Friday that states can regulate prediction markets like gambling, dealing a major blow to the booming industry.
  2. Associated PressLean Leftthe procedural-mechanics frameA federal appeals court panel on Friday refused to let prediction market operator Kalshi restart trading on sports and elections events in Nevada while it fights the state's effort to shut it down until it gets a license from state gambling regulators.
  3. NPRLean Leftthe Supreme Court frameThe multibillion dollar battle over the future of prediction markets has reached the Supreme Court.
  4. ReutersCenterthe who-may-regulate frameA federal appeals court said Kalshi cannot block Nevada gaming regulators from overseeing its prediction markets platform, raising the stakes in a nationwide battle over whether such platforms allow illegal gambling and who may regulate them.
  5. CNBCthe markets frameDraftKings jumped 7%, while Flutter was up more than 6%.
  6. Las Vegas Review-Journalthe split stated in one sentenceA federal appeals court in San Francisco has ruled that popular prediction market Kalshi can't keep Nevada gaming regulators from overseeing its platform, contradicting an appeals ruling in Philadelphia and setting the stage for a potential U.S. Supreme Court review.
2026-09-15 · Coverage brief

Zero Repealed Laws, One Loud Argument: a Brief on the No-Fault Divorce Coverage

How 11 outlets framed one event
  1. Associated PressLean Leftstalled-wire baselineDespite concerns, even those who want to make divorces harder to get say they don't expect big, swift changes. There is not a national coordinated effort underway.
  2. Statelinenamed-case ground reportCerina Fairfax, a Virginia dentist and mother of two, spent nearly two years living in the same house as her husband while she was trying to divorce him.
  3. The Washington Postfear-and-stakes, post-electionGoogle searches for "no fault divorce" surged, particularly in red states like Mississippi, Missouri and South Dakota, while popular TikTok users urged people who were considering ending their marriage to act fast.
  4. TimeLean LeftProject-2025-adjacent analysisBut conservatives only want to bring back fault divorce — not the alimony regime that existed with it. This selectivity would make the system even more dangerous for the "traditional" homemakers that the right also demands.
  5. CNNLean Leftopinion, post-Dobbs chainThat's the position of a number of conservative activists, Republican commentators and even elected politicians who, in the wake of abortion rights being stripped from American women, now want to strip divorce rights, too.
  6. Washington Examineropinion, dismissive-of-threat, pro-repealIf only there was a plot to eliminate no-fault divorce, I'd be in favor of it. So would millions of other divorce victims, no matter which party led the charge. Here's to getting the conspiracy started.
  7. HuffPostCarson-book pegBen Carson made headlines earlier this month upon the release of his new book, which calls for lawmakers to put a stop to no-fault divorce in the U.S.
  8. Forbes250-year historical frameIn 1969, the State of California passed the first no-fault divorce law based on "irreconcilable differences." New York was the last state to do so in 2010.
  9. PBS NewsHourexplainer segmentLaw professor Joanna Grossman joins John Yang to discuss.
  10. The Independentbroader pronatalist paperThe Heritage Foundation, the right-wing think tank group behind Project 2025, has released a paper that suggests the government promote heterosexual marriage and procreation in the United States through monetary incentives, infrastructure advantages, marriage "bootcamp" programs and more.
  11. Daily KosStateline syndicationBy Anna Claire Vollers for Stateline
2026-09-14 · Coverage brief

The −23,000 print of August 7, the +21,000 revision of September 4, the parenthetical that explains the difference, and the ±122,000 the agency publishes around every monthly count — against one dividend podcast's certainty about the month in between.

How 4 outlets framed one event
  1. Reuters (Lucia Mutikani)the revision rides the lead paragraphNonfarm payrolls surged by 162,000 jobs last month, the largest gain in five months, after an upwardly revised rise of 21,000 in July, the Labor Department's Bureau of Labor Statistics said.
  2. Fox BusinessLean Rightthe revision in the key findingsRevisions were made to the payroll numbers for the prior two months, with June revised up by 11,000 from a gain of 20,000 to 31,000; while July's report was revised up by 44,000 from a loss of 23,000 to a gain of 21,000.
  3. Eye on Housing (NAHB)the direction reverses with the dataRevisions to prior months were broadly positive, reversing two straight months of downward revisions.
  4. NBC News (Steve Kopack | Christine Romans)one release earlier, the same machinery read as declineIn yet another troubling sign for the labor market, the Bureau of Labor Statistics said that it revised down the prior two months by a combined 103,000.
2026-09-13 · Coverage brief

Twenty-seven transaction rows in under nine months, a ninety-session silence in the middle, and on every single line the owner code reads SP. The member of Congress named on the filing is not the trader on the record.

How 2 outlets framed one event
  1. Yahoo Finance (Rudro Chakrabarti)cadence, in the only place news put numbers on itNancy Pelosi's household disclosed roughly $59 million in trades over three years and inspired a Senate bill bearing her name
  2. Pelosi Stock Trackerthe mirror market describes its own feedTrack publicly disclosed stock trades by Nancy Pelosi and other members of Congress.
2026-09-12 · Coverage brief

A podcast said Pelosi's household is up $3 million on Bloom Energy: the filing supports about half that, in shares

How 2 outlets framed one event
  1. 24/7 Wall St.which day the second Bloom buy actually landedThe date of this second tranche is unresolved: Barron's reports July 26, 2026, while Yahoo Finance, Stocktwits and TipRanks report July 28, 2026.
  2. the_number_doing_two_jobs$3 million as an investment floor and $3 million as a claimed gain
2026-09-12 · Coverage brief

A runsheet said twenty new ICE contracts since August 28, worth $252 million. The live query says 113, worth $269 million. The press covered the ones with a plot already attached.

How 1 outlet framed one event
  1. Yahoo Finance / CryptoprowlBlockchain analytics firm Chainalysis has sued the U.S. government over a decision by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to award a roughly $94.6 million contract to rival TRM Labs without a competitive bidding process.
2026-09-12 · Coverage brief

The Senate's own disclosure filings show new registrants naming Venezuela sevenfold since 2025. The outlets counting this story counted something else, or admitted they had no source for their count at all.

How 1 outlet framed one event
  1. a count nobody ran
2026-09-12 · Coverage brief

A dedupe of 200 FEC rows into 100 real expenditures found $38.7 million where a naive sum found $77 million. The press's own totals for the same super PAC, filed weeks apart, do not match either.

How 1 outlet framed one event
  1. anchorthe one outlet that named the donor behind the largest checka dark money group called Preserve Texas Inc. and an outside group funded by West Texas billionaire Tim Dunn
2026-09-12 · Coverage brief

Five federal complaints, filed the same Tuesday, name thirty-two officials by surname. Most coverage says it sued five states. One story's body text stops at three.

How 2 outlets framed one event
  1. the_quoteone Stern sentence, two named sources
  2. the_other_filingMoran v. Kalshi, two days later, zero connections drawn
2026-09-12 · Coverage brief

Two FEC rows, April 28 and April 29, split to the same three accounts to the dollar. Three outlets reported a combined total. None reported the pair.

How 1 outlet framed one event
  1. CNBCa founder profile with no filing in it
2026-09-12 · Coverage brief

The discharge petition for its companion bill sits at 84 signatures, stalled since June; the House already passed a different, weaker stock bill this summer, with a voter ID rider attached

How 1 outlet framed one event
  1. anchorher discharge petition to circumvent GOP leaders and bring the bill to the House floor is still far short of the 218 signatures needed to move forward
2026-09-12 · Coverage brief

The Bureau of Labor Statistics published a single table on August prices. I read every cell. The newsrooms each filed one line off it, and the line they picked is the whole story.

How 2 outlets framed one event
  1. NBC NewsLean Leftthe number the war had already outrun
  2. AxiosCentera report about all items, read only for one itemDriving the news: Underlying inflation picked up last month, with the core Consumer Price Index — which excludes volatile food and energy costs — showing more momentum than the headline figures alone suggest.
2026-09-12 · Coverage brief

A lobbying disclosure and a federal award both say immigration. One means green cards. The other means Immigration and Customs Enforcement. No outlet put them on the same page.

How 1 outlet framed one event
  1. Amazon.com Services LLC, LD-2 filing (U.S. Senate / LDA.gov)Issues related to immigration, high-skilled immigration, and non-immigrant visas, including issues related to employment-based visas, green card backlog, and the STEM visa exemption provision.
2026-09-12 · Coverage brief

Kalshi founders sent matching $250,000 checks two days apart: coverage calls it hedging

How 1 outlet framed one event
  1. CNBCa founder profile with no filing in it
2026-09-12 · Coverage brief

A Judge Signaled the BBC Has Made "a Solid Case" to Unseal Jan. 6 Privilege Rulings — "If They Are Necessary." Twelve Articles Sit in This Corpus, and Exactly One of Them Mentions It.

How 2 outlets framed one event
  1. AlterNetcarried-by-oneAnd I think there's a decent chance you do [get these opinions and orders] because I think you've made convincing arguments, but it's got to be teed up properly," Boasberg said. "... I think you have made a solid case for such release if they are necessary.
  2. Associated PressLean Leftlast-item-per-bucketKuntz, who was nominated to the bench by Trump, inherited the president's lawsuit from another judge less than a week ago.
2026-09-12 · Coverage brief

One Letter, Four Volumes: House Democrats Ask Johnson to Cancel the Recess Over AI, and the Four Outlets That Showed Up Turn the Same Paragraph Up and Down Like a Dial

How 1 outlet framed one event
  1. AxiosCenterthe pickup mapA letter is circulating among House members urging Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) to bring back the House "immediately" and keep it in session until Congress passes AI safeguards, Axios has learned.
2026-09-12 · Coverage brief

Trump's June Filing Lists 1,109 May Trades, 164 Flagged as Notified Late, Bonds From New York City, Philadelphia and Cuyahoga County, and a Treasury Fund Sold the Day a Foreign-Treasury Fund Was Bought; Six Newsrooms Covered His Other Filings, and None Covered This One

How 7 outlets framed one event
  1. CNBCportfolio-mechanics ledgerHis largest transaction was the sale of a dividend ETF.
  2. The New Republicgovernment-contractor overlapit does indicate that the president made numerous investments in multiple companies that are currently in business with his administration.
  3. Yahoo Financethe count and the party lineTrump discloses over 1,000 new stock trades as Democrats highlight his profitable oil sector holdings
  4. Daily Mailscale plus the White House's explanationA filing out on August 22 disclosed 1,051 transactions made in June, covering individual stocks, bonds and exchange-traded funds.
  5. CBS NewsLean Leftthe not-blind trust, quantifiedPresident Trump's investment accounts traded between $212 million and $695 million in stocks and other securities over the first three months of the year - an unprecedented sum for a sitting president.
  6. CNNLean Leftthe Truth Social overlayTrump has promoted more than 20 companies on his Truth Social account days after buying stock in those firms
  7. PoliticoLean Leftthe original refusal, in the lawyer's own wordsPresident Trump can't unknow he owns Trump Tower.
2026-09-12 · Coverage brief

Booker's Household Sold Amazon on August 11 in a Seven-Line Liquidation; Three to Four Weeks Later DHS and ICE Gave Amazon $102 Million in Cloud Orders. No Outlet Printed the Two Facts in One Sentence, and the Record Supports the Innocent Reading

How 2 outlets framed one event
  1. HigherGovthe mechanicsAnalysis Notes: Sole Source This Delivery Order was awarded sole source to Amazon Web Services.
  2. Data Center Dynamicsthe shareholdersThe shareholder proposal also notes the use of AWS services by ICE.
2026-09-12 · Coverage brief

Delaney Discloses 140 Trades in Two Filings, Every Row in a Dependent Child's Account, All Inside the Deadline; the Only Coverage Is a Column of Trading Bots

How 2 outlets framed one event
  1. Benzingathe footerThis article was generated by Benzinga's automated content engine and reviewed by an editor.
  2. MarketBeatthe footerThis instant news alert was generated by narrative science technology and financial data from MarketBeat in order to provide readers with the fastest reporting and unbiased coverage.
2026-09-12 · Coverage brief

A Hot August CPI Sends the Odds of a September Fed Hike Past Four in Five — and Twelve Desks Print Seven Different Numbers for the Same Dial, Then Split on Whether Any of Them Means "Guaranteed"

How 4 outlets framed one event
  1. PoliticoLean Leftthe calendarIf Fed Chair Kevin Warsh and his fellow policymakers follow through, the rate hike would come less than two months before a midterm election that will determine control of Congress -- the kind of political optics that the Fed tries to avoid.
  2. CNBCthe shadow chairIf Warsh isn't seen as intellectually decisive, then investors, the public and the chairman's own colleagues may well look to someone else as the shadow chair. That could be Trump, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent or Waller.
  3. ReutersCenterthe indexThe 10-year Treasury yield rose to 4.99% early on Friday, its highest in nearly three years, and was at 4.97% late in the session.
  4. New York Postthe dareFor the Fed, it is time to put up, or shut up," Inflation Insights founder Omair Sharif wrote. "You cannot give a speech like you did at Jackson Hole and not support a rate hike at the next meeting. You will either have to back up those words or end up as the boy who cried wolf.
2026-09-12 · Coverage brief

A Twice-Convicted Sex Offender Delivered the Opening Prayer at Michael Whatley's North Carolina Senate Rally. The Story Reached Four Mastheads, and Only One of Them Wrote a Word of It

How 1 outlet framed one event
  1. ABC NewsConvicted sex offender offered opening prayer at rally for GOP Senate nominee in North Carolina
2026-09-12 · Coverage brief

"It Offends Me That He's Coming": Giuliani's Mamdani Line Ran in Four Newsrooms — the Total Drift Is One Comma

How 2 outlets framed one event
  1. Fox NewsRightA petition launched by relatives of 9/11 victims, which has since garnered roughly 110,000 signatures, asks Mamdani to stay home on Friday, citing his appointment of Ramzi Kassem as the city's chief legal counsel.
  2. AFPIn an unusual move, Trump was paying his respects at the Pentagon, rather than joining the event in New York
2026-09-12 · Coverage brief

Interior Says It 'Disapproved' $25 Million in Park Funding. The Post Has the Only Report, and Three Other Pages Have the Post

How 1 outlet framed one event
  1. Associated PressLean LeftMeanwhile, almost all of about 1,500 maintenance and other projects on the low priority list as of last month are expected to go undone, the officials said.
2026-09-12 · Coverage brief

A Conservative Judge Predicted 'Another January 6' on January 3, 2027. Three Outlets Relayed It. One Election-Law Blogger Answered With 'Fearmongering' — and Everyone Else Didn't Publish.

How 3 outlets framed one event
  1. The New RepublicAnd so it is that only weeks before the midterm elections, House Republicans have already sworn their allegiance to Donald Trump and doomed the U.S. to another January 6 next January 3.
  2. Election Law Blog (Derek Muller)As Ned has pointed out repeatedly, often on deaf ears, the House is not a continuing body. Mike Johnson ceases to be Speaker at noon on January 3. He holds no power.
  3. The HillCenterIn 2021 Mike Pence followed the advice of his courageous lawyer, retired Judge J. Michael Luttig, who persuaded him that our constitutional traditions required an orderly transfer of power and the election result must be respected.
2026-09-12 · Coverage brief

A Quinnipiac Poll Put Democrats +11 on the House. Three Outlets Published It — Everyone Else Was Measuring With Other Instruments, or Not Measuring

How 3 outlets framed one event
  1. New York PostPrediction market Kalshi currently gives Democrats an 84% chance of flipping the House.
  2. BBC NewsCenterPolls suggest that Democrats have a good chance to retake control of the House and the Senate is also in play, though viewed as more of a long shot for the party.
  3. USA Todayunveiling a plan to give $5,000 to American adults, but only if Republicans retain control of both chambers of Congress
2026-09-09 · Coverage brief

The claim escalates to "carried away." The fact-check lane supplies the counter-record. The right covers the medal and leaves the firemen out. No newsroom in the corpus — thirteen of them, fifteen records — asserts the claim as fact.

How 1 outlet framed one event
  1. Fox NewsRightTrump posthumously awards Medal of Freedom to 9/11's 'man in red bandana'
2026-09-08 · Coverage brief

One man, one day, one feed. The corpus agrees on every checkable fact: the map, the video, the quote, the legal impossibility. What splits is the wording — promotes, teases, doubles down, supports, wants — and the tone, and — on the most concrete claim of the spree — who bothered to show up at all. Four outlets, one per bucket. The wire was not one of them.

How 1 outlet framed one event
  1. HuffPostAnd the president also posted an image declaring U.S. ownership of the moon:
2026-09-08 · Coverage brief

Twenty-five years ago Friday, both men were in New York. The corpus agrees on every material fact of what happened next — Rudy Giuliani, on Newsmax, says Mayor Mamdani should skip the 9/11 ceremony — and splits on what kind of story the facts are. The desk reads the split. No span-level conflict was found; none was expected, and none is reported.

How 1 outlet framed one event
  1. CBS NewsLean Leftan online petition garnered more than 72,000 signatures
2026-09-07 · Coverage brief

Eleven Articles, One Well-Traveled White House Sentence, and a Rebuttal That Stops at Three: Trump's 9/11 Claim and Its Counter Never Share a Page

How 1 outlet framed one event
  1. Fox NewsRightPresident Donald Trump said Friday he's going to be at the Pentagon to mark the 25th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks.
2026-09-06 · Coverage brief

One energy secretary, one two-hour window, three tailored briefs — CBS got commerce, ABC got attrition, CNN got throughput. The success-or-strain split ran on party lines; Ukraine's envoys ran on only half the dial.

How 1 outlet framed one event
  1. Meet the Press (NBC)President Trump's envoy Steve Witkoff, Jared Kushner meeting with Vladimir Putin in Moscow, and then this morning arriving in Ukraine, set to meet with President Zelenskyy.
2026-09-02 · Coverage brief

The encyclopedia froze its Ceuta page with 80,000 arrivals and 111 dead in the infobox. Its own text and citations hold a ladder of earlier figures — 72,000, 50,000, 40,000, 72, 86 — still there, cited. I read what the settlement sits on top of.

How 1 outlet framed one event
  1. Wikipediawhat the infobox settles and what it dropsc. 80,000 people
2026-09-02 · Coverage brief

Fourteen files in my corpus, eleven newsrooms, and one interview: seven outlets ran the same wire untouched, one magazine carried the lines the wire dropped, and a separate stack of files about Thiel's Antichrist lectures never once mentions the vice president's.

How 1 outlet framed one event
  1. ReutersCentermentor_and_protege_never_joinedan Antichrist will emerge who will create a one-world government on the promise of something like stopping nuclear, AI or climate-induced disaster.
2026-08-28 · Discrepancy audit

Eleven files in the corpus call July's total 49,571; two call it 51,000 — and the files cannot agree on which record was set, or whose.

How 1 outlet framed one event
  1. anchorabsence_boundedgovernment data that was provided by ICE to the Deportation Data Project based at U.C. Berkeley and UCLA and analyzed by The Associated Press
2026-08-28 · Coverage brief

The Nepal–Tibet burst-risk warning is the rare file where every outlet that runs the number agrees on the volume and the risk — and still cannot agree on the river's name or whose warning it is.

How 2 outlets framed one event
  1. Associated PressLean Leftthe shared coreThe lake contained 2 million cubic meters (70 million cubic feet) of water as of Thursday morning and was expected to receive another 3 million cubic meters (106 million cubic feet) in the next three days, China’s Ministry of Water Resources said.
  2. NPR, quoting ICIMOD's Saswata SanyalLhende Khola, twice in 14 monthsThe Lhende Khola has flooded twice in 14 months, this time triggered by an ice rock avalanche from a glacier on the Nepal side that blocked the river and released a sudden surge downstream.
2026-08-26 · Coverage brief

A senator's sister carries her brother's chair by a margin that rounds one way at The Washington Post and the other way at NPR, off the same two vote counts

How 5 outlets framed one event
  1. Graham arrived at the runoff with a record all her own, and the Washington Post's own accounting of it is short: state files show she did not cast a ballot in the 2024 presidential primary, nor in the 2016 general election. She had never held elected office before her appointment; her prior public work was three decades in state disability services, most recently as commissioner of the South Carolina Commission for the Blind. Graham herself did not dispute the résumé so much as reframe it — "I've been accused of not being a politician," she told the Jerusalem Post. "Guilty as charged." The Hill noted she is the first graduate of a historically Black college or university to represent South Carolina in the Senate, and carried her own gloss on the whole ascentthe man who put himself on the ballotpart of God's plan.
  2. outletthe short version'I'm just going to be honest here,' she said. 'I'm not that informed on national security.'
  3. outletthe fuller versionI'm not that informed on national security — so," she replied. "National security is not my thing, not my area of expertise, but I do support the military.
  4. The short version reads as an admission. The fuller version reads as an admission with a coda attached — she does, she wants it known, support the military. Both are the same sentence, cut at different points. I have no instrument for measuring which cut is fairer; I only have the two cuts, filed side by side. Trump's own read of the moment, per the New York Post, split the difference without appearing to notice it hadthe qualifications frameAll she was is being honest. She's very smart, and she was being honest.
  5. outletthe war chest unfrozenTrump's mammoth, $400 million campaign war chest through MAGA Inc., which has largely been untapped this cycle despite a handful of Senate races shifting in power dynamics across the country, dumped over $800,000 into a phone campaign in support of Graham over the weekend, according to campaign finance records.
2026-08-26 · Coverage brief

A 2024 oath and a 2026 text message both say the practice stopped there — but the tool that could have checked it against every other storm was allowed to lapse before the newer claim was even filed.

How 1 outlet framed one event
  1. Marn'i Washington, to podcaster Roland Martin, Nov. 2024FEMA preaches avoidance first, and then de-escalation.
2026-08-26 · Coverage brief

The sixty feet, the Obama-era build date, and the head count are undisputed everywhere in this corpus. What varies is which half of the administration's own argument — and whose answer to it — each outlet lets onto the page.

How 1 outlet framed one event
  1. The HillCenterthe administration's on-record answerRecent events such as the foiled attack on the historic UFC Freedom 250 event at the White House proves exactly why the East Wing Modernization Project is severely needed for large scale events, which include drone proof structures and drone ports among other critical security enhancements.
2026-08-26 · Coverage brief

The base, the hour, and the motorcade check out across fourteen newsrooms. The airframe does too — except in the one file that never got the tail number.

How 4 outlets framed one event
  1. ReutersCenterthe flight-data spineReuters was unable to verify whether it carried any cargo or passengers.
  2. The HillCenterpure relayCIA Director John Ratcliffe made an unannounced visit to Moscow on Tuesday for meetings with Russian officials, CBS News reported.
  3. Breitbartthe plane-spotter's angleThe decision to keep the transponders broadcasting over Russian airspace betrays a desire to make the flight as visible and easily identifiable as possible.
  4. The Moscow Timesthe one biographical factSince his appointment in January 2025, Ratcliffe has maintained regular contact with his Russian counterpart, SVR chief Sergei Naryshkin.
2026-08-26 · Coverage brief

Two outlets filed two different scores for the same open seat, and the nonpartisan referee who assigns them has already posted the answer.

How 1 outlet framed one event
  1. anchorremoved a series of pro-Trump messages and a photo of them standing together from the homepage of his campaign website, according to an NBC News review.
2026-08-25 · Coverage brief

BBC and NBC each published the county's kindergarten measles rate the same day. Only one number carries a year, and the year is filed where a reader skimming the story will not pass through it.

How 1 outlet framed one event
  1. [math_error] BBCThe US has seen 2,777 confirmed cases of measles in 2026, just seven months into the year, up from last year's high of 2,289.
2026-08-25 · Coverage brief

Operation Economic Outcast borrowed its name from an invasion. Its own architect spent the same press conference explaining why he wasn't launching one.

How 1 outlet framed one event
  1. TASSthe dollar-access mechanism, isolatedCountries that fail to comply with the new US sanctions on Iran will be de-facto denied access to the US dollar, US Secretary of the Treasury Scott Bessent has told reporters.
2026-08-25 · Coverage brief

Two injunctions blocked the ballot-list plan; Monday's ruling lifted one. Four of eleven accounts name the injunction still standing — seven leave it out entirely.

How 1 outlet framed one event
  1. NewsweekCentera second election-authority ruling, same term, opposite directionIn Watson v. Republican National Committee, the Court voted 5-4 to allow ballots postmarked by Election Day to arrive up to five business days later. Justice Amy Coney Barrett wrote that "fraud concerns belong before legislatures, not courts."
2026-08-25 · Coverage brief

Eighteen days on, the sentence describing his health hasn't been rewritten — the bill he wrote is being rewritten without him

How 1 outlet framed one event
  1. Washington Examinera Republican majority priced at fifty-twoWe're at 52 Republican votes. This is the reality
2026-08-24 · Coverage brief

The Education Department's own words for what it did Friday are the driest sentence in the file. Everything else in this corpus escalates from there.

How 7 outlets framed one event
  1. NOTUSstructure firstThe ABA consists of two separate, but technically independent, branches that serve as an accreditation body and a professional membership group for attorneys.
  2. The HillCenterthe pattern, not the incidentThis attack to the ABA's power falls within a broader pattern within the Trump administration, as officials continue to leverage grants and government funding to keep educational institutions on a short leash.
  3. Reuters, carried by Yahoo Newsthe receipt from before Fridaya role it has filled since 1952... which a White House spokesperson in 2025 dismissed as a 'snooty' organization of 'leftist lawyers.'
  4. The New Republicthe aside no editor cutIt's also worth pondering why the most corrupt president in history would want to cripple the law school education apparatus.
  5. Politico, quoting Bob Shiremanthe emergency called smaller than advertisedI don't really understand why they want Education Department recognition because they have so few schools, and it's mostly the states that give them their power.
  6. Fox BusinessLean Rightthe question nobody has answeredThe Trump administration has not publicly detailed how those schools would retain access to federal student aid if the Department of Education rejects the ABA's accreditation authority.
  7. The Washington Timesthe plain paraphraseThe organization has carried weight in accrediting institutions and ranking roughly 200 law schools.
2026-08-24 · Coverage brief

A governor pauses a state's data centers pending local approval. A cabinet secretary hands one parent an opt-out. Same procedural device, opposite scale, forty minutes apart on two networks that do not compare notes.

How 1 outlet framed one event
  1. Kristen Welker, via NBC (Breitbart clip desk)one host, two senators, two shapes of not answeringTexas and Iowa moved from Lean Republican to Toss Up just this week.
2026-08-23 · Coverage brief

A mirror needs a unit. The corpus counted the U.S. levy twice — $20 billion and $28 billion — and one desk printed the currency marks that say it is the same money

How 1 outlet framed one event
  1. AP, via The Washington TimesDepression-era authority, no investigation, no limitSection 338, which has never been used before to impose tariffs, authorizes the president to slap import taxes of up to 50% on imports from countries that have discriminated against U.S. businesses. No investigation is required to justify the levies. Nor is there any limit on how long they can stay in place.
2026-08-23 · Coverage brief

The war sentence printed at three lengths, both principals filed the last hour against each other, and the only clock still running that every file shares is September 8

How 2 outlets framed one event
  1. PoliticoLean Lefttwo demands named, by two deskslast-minute proposals that included an American exclusion for medium and heavy-duty trucks from tariff relief
  2. CP24September 8Carney used his availability to announce that promised 'dollar-for-dollar' retaliatory tariffs against the U.S. will take effect on Tuesday, Sept. 8.
2026-08-23 · Coverage brief

The hearing is Aug. 25, but the coverage ruled early — on what the child is called, who his parents are, who is said to have asked for what, and how to describe the minute after the cord was cut

How 2 outlets framed one event
  1. Fox, separatelytwo sets of lettersTexas Attorney General Ken Paxton previously intervened in the case, notifying two Texas medical centers of what his office said were their legal obligations to provide medically necessary care after the child was born.
  2. anchorone file's factsWest is seeking legal protection in Texas because the state's family law recognizes anyone who gives birth in Texas as the legal mother of that child.
2026-08-23 · Coverage brief

The number counts people; the numbers it is being compared to count jurisdictions; one newsroom in this corpus said so, and ran the record headline anyway

How 1 outlet framed one event
  1. The Guardian — the doubter; Justin Levittone line eachI'm skeptical they'll actually get to 1,000. Even if they did, that wouldn't be so different from the number in prior years.
2026-08-22 · Coverage brief

Four states are trying Meta in Oakland for what it is accused of doing to children, and after five days of testimony the only number in the case has been given two authors, two values, and eleven different homes

How 4 outlets framed one event
  1. NewsweekCenterthe register for one numberA spokesperson told Newsweek the states' 'limited claims are unsubstantiated and their financial demands are vastly disproportionate,' and said the states 'decided to chase an outlandish payout.'
  2. Forbesthe corpus is unanimous, and it is not the juryAn eight-person jury will give a recommendation to Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers, who determines the final verdict and damages.
  3. BBC NewsCentertwo elevationsThe states are putting their claims to Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers, a chief federal judge in California.
  4. Associated PressLean Leftwhere AP put the moneyThe company reported a rare profit decline last month, in part due to $2.4 billion in legal expenses.
2026-08-22 · Coverage brief

TikTok agreed to pay $400 million to settle the DOJ's children's-privacy lawsuit; twelve newsrooms wrote it up, one carried the contingency, one carried the hedge, two carried an arch

How 2 outlets framed one event
  1. ABCthe archthe settlement could be used to fund President Donald Trump's Washington, D.C., "beautification" projects.
  2. PoliticoLean Leftone file's lede, eleven files' contingencyThe settlement also vacates a 2019 consent decree with the FTC and TikTok's predecessor Musical.ly, dropping a privacy order required by the agency for the first time.
2026-08-22 · Coverage brief

The story crossed seven desks; the tweet text ran whole through the three files that print it — "FIGHT FOR TRUMP," "today we STOP THE STEAL!" — while the descriptor drifts from "zealous support" to "absolute, unwavering dedication" to "dark and deranged," and only some files let "false" reach the election claims.

How 1 outlet framed one event
  1. Mirrorwhat each desk added to the digestMaggie Haberman has labeled her the 'human binky,' playing off of a previous nickname for Harp, the 'human printer.'
2026-08-22 · Coverage brief

Clementine Hall, Friday, 743 words — and five coverage files that each returned a different pope

How 2 outlets framed one event
  1. Vatican Newswhat each desk filed as the popePope Leo XIV: In age of AI, the family is the first school of humanity
  2. Vatican (primary)the legislator and the popeno single ideology or interest dictates the values embedded in artificial intelligence systems
2026-08-22 · Coverage brief

Ten outlets, one rocket, and a launch instant that exists as an air-traffic fact before it exists as an announcement — four clocks naming it, one clock declining

How 5 outlets framed one event
  1. Ars Technicathe threat frame
  2. Schorghoferthe leadership-ceded framethey will have surpassed everyone, including the United States, in lunar exploration in the short term.
  3. Al Jazeerathe law frame
  4. Headlinethe worry frame (Aug. 7 file, updated Aug. 10 — pre-rollout, labeled)What we know about China's moon-landing plans and why the US is so worried" — with "Meanwhile, China is aiming to launch its robotic Chang'e-7 mission as soon as this month.
  5. anchorthe race without the rocketThe mission's duration remains unknown.
2026-08-22 · Coverage brief

A Florida primary, two payments in a state ledger, and the names the files gave one admitted procedure

How 2 outlets framed one event
  1. Wirethe polls against the voteThe June 10 poll showed Fishback in second place at 27%, and the June 30 poll showed Fishback rapidly gaining ground and tying Donalds for first place at 32%. In its final poll before the election, TPSI showed Fishback at 29%, just five percentage points behind the first-place Donalds.
  2. anchorone week earlier, with receiptsWe looked up public records on spending for the Fishback campaign
2026-08-22 · Coverage brief

One judge, one holding, and a wire paragraph that left the sender at one wording and reached a subscriber at another — a brief on the temperature of nine files

How 1 outlet framed one event
  1. CNNLean Leftseventy-five countries, localizedalmost 40% of the world's nations – including Brazil, Colombia, Egypt, Haiti, Somalia and Russia
2026-08-22 · Coverage brief

One Persian sentence, five English bodies, two news agencies — and a desk that cannot read the original either

How 3 outlets framed one event
  1. SCMPthe war's origin, baked into a clauseTalks between the long-time foes remain on hold, and the war started by the US and Israel in February has been locked in a stalemate.
  2. CBS NewsLean Leftthe venue, and the grievance nobody else carriesSpeaking at the 31st General Assembly of the Islamic Association of Iran's Medical Community, Pezeshkian also gave a nod to public dissatisfaction in Iran
  3. Breitbartthe different sentenceWar has to end at some point
2026-08-22 · Coverage brief

Two signed pages travel the spectrum from "allegedly wrote" to "no question these are what they are" — a coverage brief on the authentication gradient, the label split, and a silence map with ten empty returns

How 5 outlets framed one event
  1. Forbesthe protective read
  2. Matthews, on the campaign staff's effortsthe staffing revoltThey tried to get her to not stay at Bedminster that summer while they were on the campaign trail
  3. The HillCenterOssoff pressed by Psaki
  4. Slatethe vocabulary audit
  5. anchorthe White House responseunverified innuendo about Harp and Trump that appears to be based solely on the optics
2026-08-22 · Coverage brief

A Las Vegas jury heard Duane "Keffe D" Davis walk police through the 1996 shooting; the files the public reads cannot agree on what the man said

How 1 outlet framed one event
  1. Reuters centers the defense and its arithmetic of doubt. AP centers the room — the still family, the quiet. Fox News centers the ghostwriterprosecutors have Jah's name on their witness list," and retired detective Moses Castillo's question-to-come: "Did you write this based on what Davis told you?" CNN centers Combs — Kading's "Which of those four is it when you talk to him about murdering Tupac?
2026-08-21 · Coverage brief

A newsletter re-sorted four races on a Thursday, and the coverage split over what to call the move and what caused it — while one column came back empty and only one file said so.

How 2 outlets framed one event
  1. Schumer, via Spectrum Newsone label, four instrumentsDemocrats, we are on the path to victory. We've blown the map wide open.
  2. Newsweek, Iowatwo labels, one disclosureFox News Power Rankings also rates the Iowa Senate race as a toss-up, while Sabato's Crystal Ball continues to classify the contest as 'leans Republican.'
2026-08-21 · Coverage brief

When a hijacked ship's paperwork is the story, the coverage files her under whichever name it has — and the machinery built to answer hijackings finds nobody to ask.

How 2 outlets framed one event
  1. SOFXtwenty crew, nobody to callShadow fleet tankers typically operate without Protection and Indemnity (P&I) club coverage, the specialized maritime insurance that normally underwrites ransom negotiations and recovery costs in commercial hijackings.
  2. ReutersCenterstated once, without lamentUKMTO provided no further details and did not say whether the tanker or its crew were safe.
2026-08-21 · Discrepancy audit

Twelve files, one arrest, one calendar — and two newsroom-voice dates the corpus itself corrects: a Thursday that was a Wednesday, and a 2021 that was 2001.

How 3 outlets framed one event
  1. Al Jazeerathe controversy frame nobody else runsRights groups have criticised "sting" operations for using undercover agents to convince suspects to plot attacks.
  2. AP Newsthe empty chamberThe legislature has been out of session since June.
  3. NewsweekCenterthe arithmeticBowie allegedly said she learned the Capitol building contained as many as 200 occupants and hoped to kill at least half of those inside.
2026-08-21 · Coverage brief

A Plymouth afternoon held at four different depths: two words of difference in the soundbite, two renderings of the sentence that ended the defense, and a rebuttal that exists in only part of the frozen record.

How 3 outlets framed one event
  1. Fox NewsRightthe state's first answer, in two files of the frozen setDr. Avram Mack said he interviewed Clancy on April 10 and 12, 2026, and that she was friendly and cooperative, maintained eye contact and showed largely normal speech and thought processes.
  2. ABC7 New Yorkthe same Friday at different hoursLindsay Clancy's defense attorney are expected to rest their case later Friday after calling one final witness to testify about the effects of postpartum psychosis.
  3. Resnick via APthe trial's own medical fight, reported, not resolvedHe said she suffered from severe depression, showed evidence consistent with bipolar disorder and reported hearing a voice commanding her to kill her children.
2026-08-21 · Coverage brief

Six episodes, one flow of dollars, and a fight conducted entirely in labels: gift, donation, paid vacation, sponsorship package.

How 2 outlets framed one event
  1. Forbesthree clocks, three unitsAs of Thursday morning, the six-part series collectively had garnered just over 5,100 views.
  2. PoliticoLean LeftPolitico holds bothA gift agreement between the department and Great American Road Trip Inc. says the nonprofit acknowledges that it won't receive 'any favorable consideration for any future federal financial assistance.'
2026-08-21 · Coverage brief

Every outlet in the corpus hedges the rename itself — the left filed erasure, the right filed almost nothing, state media filed Hegseth, and the only verifiable change so far is a hull number

How 1 outlet framed one event
  1. NPRLean Leftone outlet's Silver Star against the corpusNPR has confirmed the administration is also contemplating upgrading Doris Miller's Silver Star to the Medal of Honor.
2026-08-21 · Coverage brief

One presidential sentence printed four ways, one file that checked it, and a phone call to the Justice Department that was due today.

How 4 outlets framed one event
  1. New York Postthe paper trail ends at an unopened doorI have not received an acknowledgement that they have the application, which is on my to-do list, which I intend to call tomorrow to find out what happened because I did send it by FedEx, so I do have a receipt
  2. Politico, published Aug 19the hedge that preceded the numberingWe'll see," he said. "Will I make that request down the road? I don't know. Maybe maybe not.
  3. ReutersCenterthe ask in passingCohen, who is seeking a pardon, interviewed Trump on his New York radio program.
  4. anchorwhat was searchedCohen, who is seeking a pardon, interviewed Trump on his New York radio program.
2026-08-21 · Discrepancy audit

Usually this desk audits coverage of events it cannot see. This time the "event" is a document, and the document is online.

How 1 outlet framed one event
  1. anchorcoverage gap, stated as a searchThe spiked column read: 'There were no slurs hurled. No malice detected.'
2026-08-21 · Coverage brief

Every checkable fact has settled; the label for the whole business has not moved an inch in sixteen months.

How 3 outlets framed one event
  1. CNNLean Leftthe operational dreadthe alarm over potential threats to ActBlue has prompted some candidates to begin putting in place backup fundraising systems
  2. The New York Timesdocuments against the Waffle interviewThe letter from the chief executive, Regina Wallace-Jones, said ActBlue carried out 'multilayered' screenings of contributions that helped 'root out' those from overseas. In fact, the law firm found, some of the steps she had described were not always followed.
  3. ActBlue (press release)the record quarterSmall-Dollar Donors Raise $586 Million through ActBlue in Q2 2026, Best Non-Presidential Quarter on Record
2026-08-20 · Coverage brief

One 40-minute phone call, settled in every particular — and four different first causes, none of them mentioned by any file that carries another

How 7 outlets framed one event
  1. CNNLean Leftthe insider and the meetingsWhite House friend and an insider
  2. PoliticoLean Leftthe clemency question, put directlyHe isn't sure he will even push for clemency from the president.
  3. Daily Beastthe betrayal frame, and the blameWe rekindled our relationship because of a shared experience of betrayal
  4. Fox NewsRightforgiveness, with scriptureBear with each other and forgive one another if any of you has a grievance against someone. Forgive as the Lord forgave you,
  5. CBS NewsLean Leftthe chair and the countThis is the first public conversation between the president and myself in eight years.
  6. Breitbartthe brokered slotTwo friends for 15 years
  7. USA Today"We forgave"The answer is actually much simpler than people want it to be. We forgave.
2026-08-20 · Coverage brief

Eleven files carry the two warrants; the two days go uncontradicted across the set, and the files diverge on the probe's name, the airport encounter, the man's standing, and the charges that do not exist

How 1 outlet framed one event
  1. CBS NewsLean Leftthe raid and the suspected spyOn Monday, the White House also released declassified documents on the FBI's investigation into Swalwell regarding his alleged relationship with a suspected spy more than a decade ago.
2026-08-20 · Coverage brief

A coverage brief on the Aug. 19 South Lawn tour: eleven files agree a granite helipad exists, and agree on almost nothing else — the cost, the payer, the deadline, or why it was torn up once already

How 1 outlet framed one event
  1. Reuters (via The Star)the tour and its audiencereverted to familiar territory on Wednesday, leading reporters on a tour of White House construction projects he hopes will cement his legacy.
2026-08-20 · Coverage brief

29 states, one company, and a number neither side will admit inventing.

How 1 outlet framed one event
  1. Associated PressLean Leftthe wire baselineMeta is once again on trial over dangers its platforms may pose to children. It is once again arguing that it works tirelessly to keep them safe.
2026-08-20 · Coverage brief

Three days, one exclamation point, and a pipeline raised from the dead — again.

How 4 outlets framed one event
  1. NBC NewsLean Leftthe tactical-detail newsroomI've got two countries in the world that have retaliated against the United States for trade measures: the People's Republic of China and Canada. That's not the kind of company you really want to be running in.
  2. Al Jazeerathe Canadian domestic moodNot because of the oil transport benefits, but because it was President Biden who actually stopped it, and this, among many things, pushed the loudest of the multitude of big red 'ego' buttons with President Trump.
  3. PoliticoLean Leftthe TACO framing...Tuesday backpedal from threats to impose 50 percent tariffs on Canada sparked a round of cries of TACO - that "Trump always chickens out."
  4. BBC NewsCenterthe murky-details newsroomCanada and US say they are finalising a trade deal, but details remain murky
2026-08-20 · Coverage brief

Two ballistic missiles, two placements, one embargo — and a denial from Tehran the corpus cannot close.

How 4 outlets framed one event
  1. TASSthe state wire that carries the detection as fact and no denial at allThe United Arab Emirates has announced a halt of all trade, financial, and commercial operations with Iran following its missile attack.
  2. [ABC](https://abcnews.com/International/live-updates/iran-live-updates-tehran-adopt-offensive-aspect-irgc?id=135700072) headline (frozen 2026-08-19T08:15:17Z snapshot)the denial-led live blogIran live updates: Tehran denies responsibility for new missile attack on UAE
  3. [CNBC](https://www.cnbc.com/2026/08/18/us-iran-war-trump-hormuz-trump-ceasefire-expires-extension-.html) headlinethe talks story as the frameTrump says no talks scheduled with Iran as he teases action in Hormuz Strait
  4. Al Jazeera leadthe denial foregrounded and the embargo weighted...after accusing Iranian forces of firing two ballistic missiles at the country, an allegation Tehran denies.
2026-08-18 · Discrepancy audit

A map posted Tuesday afternoon claims a strait cleared of mines and open for business. A neutral maritime authority's advisory, filed seven hours earlier in the same news cycle, says otherwise — and so, by the next morning's close, did the price of oil.

How 1 outlet framed one event
  1. Washington Examinerthe gap between claim and trafficThe key waterway remains closed to commercial traffic due to the ongoing conflict between the United States and Iran.
2026-08-18 · Coverage brief

The Pentagon says the defense secretary's second campaign stop this year cost taxpayers nothing. It also says federal law requires him to fly there on a federal jet.

How 4 outlets framed one event
  1. CBS NewsLean Leftthe electoral map
  2. NewsweekCenterthe Hatch Act questionAs a Presidential Appointee Senate-confirmed (PAS) official, Hegseth falls under the 'less restricted' category. This status grants Cabinet secretaries the right to actively engage in partisan campaigns and attend political rallies during regular work hours — provided they are acting in their personal capacity and no government funds or resources are used.
  3. Washington Post2028Officials familiar with Hegseth's thinking believe that he is considering a run for president or some other political office after his time in the Trump administration is over.
  4. Iowa Capital Dispatchthe ground-level account
2026-08-17 · Coverage brief

Eight files on Monday's meeting, and the sentence that actually binds the thing — a condition and a refusal in one line of wire copy — is about a different pair of parties than the council's sentence is

How 7 outlets framed one event
  1. Associated PressLean Leftthe condition and the refusal in one sentence
  2. Fox NewsRightthe Prime Minister at length, in his own words
  3. Al Jazeerathe rejection in the first clause
  4. The Jerusalem Postthe council's own characterization, carried straight
  5. AxiosCenterthe room, and what the statement omitted
  6. NBC NewsLean Leftits own two sources, printed unreconciled
  7. Washington Examinerthe meeting as a calendar entry
2026-08-17 · Coverage brief

Six files run the photographs of the stage that stood on that lawn — and every one of them stops a sentence short of saying what killed the grass

How 5 outlets framed one event
  1. Associated PressLean Leftthe chronology, unadorned
  2. Fox NewsRightthe photographs, explicitly not deciding
  3. Forbesthe claim filed inside a record of claims
  4. HuffPostthe wire copy, re-titled
  5. anchor: describes no photographs of its own beyond AP's, and carries one line no other file here doesthe agency still workingThe Interior Department is aiding in investigations involving the vandalism claims.
2026-08-16 · Coverage brief

The Post gets seven officials on a second Ford-class redesign; the Daily Beast prints "Deranged," The Hill prints "Trump requests," and the roster that worked Thursday's catapult memo has not, as of this file, touched Saturday's island

How 2 outlets framed one event
  1. spanthe scoop, and the officials' functional caseIt not only creates more parking space for aircraft close to the carriers' catapults, allowing crews to reduce the amount of time it takes to launch jets, it also improves landing safety by reducing the chance for turbulence when planes come back to land
  2. spanthe quantified objectionWith nearly 50 percent of production complete, changing course now would introduce significant cost, schedule and integration risks
2026-08-15 · Coverage brief

Six newsrooms agree on every checkable fact in this story — the plea, the words, the filing, the two dates. What they cannot agree on is whether the motion works, and the disagreement is not partisan.

How 1 outlet framed one event
  1. Fox NewsRightNew York's double-jeopardy protections previously led Big Apple courts to toss charges against former Trump campaign Chairman Paul Manafort after his federal convictions.
2026-08-15 · Coverage brief

Six outlets photographed a dollar sign on the World War II Memorial. Two printed the word "money" inside quotation marks instead — and the two are not from the same side of anything.

How 1 outlet framed one event
  1. what each desk went and got
2026-08-15 · Coverage brief

South Carolina first, Iowa gone — and one decision the files call signed, picked, recommended and poised to approve, on the same day the body that ratifies it sits down in Austin.

How 1 outlet framed one event
  1. NOTUS: the defiance. "South Carolina narrowly edged out Nevada for the first-place slot" — no vote count given anywhere in this corpus — and Martin on the old regimeit's not going to be a wink and a nod
2026-08-15 · Coverage brief

CMS calls them "sex-rejecting procedures." Doctors call it gender-affirming care. The President calls it chopping off reproductive organs. Same rule, same effective date, five outlets, and the only thing nobody disputes is the arithmetic: $31 million, 0.003% of Medicaid.

How 1 outlet framed one event
  1. what each file foregrounds
2026-08-15 · Coverage brief

Gen. Randy George was ousted from the Army's top job in April without a stated reason. The sentences the internet has him saying are getting louder, and his rank in them keeps going up.

How 1 outlet framed one event
  1. Wave one, fall 2025 — the fabricated broadcast (Snopes, rated **Fake**)three attributions, escalating in content and in rank'This man must be removed from office immediately.'
2026-08-15 · Coverage brief

Same drones, same Thursday evening, three different running totals for the campaign — and every one of them sourced back to the same company.

How 1 outlet framed one event
  1. what each file was built around
2026-08-15 · Coverage brief

The White House Ballroom's Supreme Court Appeal Arrives — Zero Taxpayer Dollars, 65 Percent Complete, and One Week to Say So

How 1 outlet framed one event
  1. Forbes, quoting the DOJ petitionthe bystander lineNo bystander could plausibly prefer to view an unfinished 70-foot-tall superstructure to the finished Project
2026-08-14 · Coverage brief

Both candidates told the public how the election ends before the commission running it decided what had happened.

How 3 outlets framed one event
  1. Associated PressLean Leftcapital calm, no named spokesperson
  2. Reuters (via CNBC Africa, TimesLIVE)both principals quoted, and one official named
  3. The Zambian Observer / The People's Briefthe only list of places
2026-08-14 · Coverage brief

One national security memorandum, six newsrooms, two headlines, and two price tags that don't share a decimal place

How 2 outlets framed one event
  1. Reuters (via The Edge Malaysia)one memo, two storiesTrump allows Navy to build ships abroad, orders return to steam catapults on carriers
  2. Associated PressLean Leftone hull or the whole classThat will leave the USS Gerald R. Ford, as well as the forthcoming USS John F. Kennedy and USS Enterprise, untouched.
2026-08-14 · Coverage brief

Justice Kagan moved a filing deadline by twenty-four hours Wednesday, and nothing else — no ruling, no rate, no verdict. That single administrative act was still enough for seven outlets covering the same order to file it as a reprieve, a stay, an extension, a halt, and a breather, with the actual disputed number, 27 percent, missing from the one piece that argued the most heatedly for Apple's right to charge it

How 3 outlets framed one event
  1. The Epoch Timesthe judicial-history framerApple was in "willful violation" of her 2021 order and had acted "with the express intent to create new anticompetitive barriers which would, by design and in effect, maintain a valued revenue stream; a revenue stream previously found to be anticompetitive,"
  2. Gotechtorthe strategy framerApple has argued that a court-imposed fee in the U.S. could become a benchmark in disputes elsewhere. Regulators in other countries are already examining Apple's App Store rules, and the company does not want a rate established in one proceeding to become a reference point in those fights.
  3. Northeast Timesthe wire-length filerThe Supreme Court stepped in Wednesday to give Apple a short breather in its long-running legal battle with Epic Games over App Store fees.
2026-08-14 · Discrepancy audit

Thirteen thousand, nearly fifteen thousand, or more than sixteen — three federal offices filed three different totals for the same task force in the same week, while the President's own "NO CRIME" ran into a police log carrying 1,655 open cases

How 2 outlets framed one event
  1. NPRLean Leftthe normalization thesis
  2. PBS NewsHour/APthe home-rule fight
2026-08-13 · Coverage brief

The army says it sent soldiers so 'the Qusra residents will remain in their homes.' The mayor tells three wires the army touched seven, eight, or three homes. The UN's 'supported or acquiesced to by Israel' ran in exactly one wire. The settler movement's own champion called its members 'terrorists.' Eleven named US-right outlets filed one story.

How 6 outlets framed one event
  1. UN Human Rights Office, via AFPthe sole carrier of the UN's accusationThese criminal actions by the settlers, supported or acquiesced to by Israel, the occupying power, are making life unbearable for these Palestinian families, and are clearly aimed at forcing them to leave their homes and land
  2. ReutersCenterthe word and its usual referentOn Thursday, U.S. Ambassador Mike Huckabee referred to the settlers as 'terrorists' – a word American officials usually reserve for Palestinian militants.
  3. Mike Huckabee (X, via Washington Examiner)the champion's reversalhas been VERY involved & the IDF & Israel Police have gone at our request to remove the Israeli terrorists doing this. The actions of those doing this to this family's home is criminal.
  4. The Times of Israelthe leak that foiled the operationafter the army's plan was apparently leaked to the media in advance, prompting dozens of settler activists to swarm to the area in support of the outpost
  5. The Jerusalem Postthe no-arrest detailSettlers have since returned to their outpost, and no arrests have been made as of Wednesday at noon, according to Army Radio.
  6. BBC NewsCenterthe number, labeled this timeAccording to the UN's figures, 76 Palestinians - including 18 children - have been killed in the West Bank this year, by Israeli forces or settlers.
2026-08-13 · Coverage brief

Kennedy Center board votes to put Trump's name back — and the coverage can't agree what it voted to place, or whether the court is being defied or consulted

How 3 outlets framed one event
  1. AP, headlinethe name-led wireKennedy Center board votes to add Trump's name to the facade of the performing arts building
  2. Washington Examiner, headlinethe closure-led, attribution-buried right fileKennedy Center Board votes to close facility for two years for construction
  3. NOTUSthe circumvention framerThe new inscription will test the order, though due to ongoing litigation the judge has the power to delay the project.
2026-08-13 · Coverage brief

The Post puts the White House construction bill at "at least $900 million" — and the number, the payer, and the right-of-center file all refuse to hold still

How 1 outlet framed one event
  1. Fox News (May 6)the last word is still the president's own defenseActually, it is coming in ahead of schedule, and under budget!
2026-08-13 · Coverage brief

Trump says the U.S. 'owns' the waterway and Iran says it stays under Iranian control — the files agree the traffic is gone, and on not much else

How 4 outlets framed one event
  1. Washington Examinerthe claim, carried without the rebuttalPresident Donald Trump declared once again on Wednesday that the U.S. military had 'total control' over the Strait of Hormuz and floated the possibility the United States could retain control of the key waterway.
  2. Al Jazeerathe transit drop as the counterweightUnited States President Donald Trump has doubled down on claims the United States maintains 'total control' over the Strait of Hormuz, even as transit through the arterial waterway fell to a one-week low amid the US-Israel war with Iran.
  3. CBS NewsLean Leftthe claim and both counterweights side by sidePresident Trump said Wednesday the U.S. has 'total control' over the Strait of Hormuz, a claim Iran has disputed and that comes as ships are hesitant to pass through the waterway.
  4. Kurdistan24Iran's 'lies' rebuttal as the leadIran's military on Thursday rejected as 'lies' US President Donald Trump's claim that Washington has gained total control over the Strait of Hormuz
2026-08-13 · Coverage brief

Khamenei fills six wartime posts on the same Monday, and ten newsrooms return tallies of six, five, and two — plus two ranks for one general and two titles for another.

How 4 outlets framed one event
  1. CNNLean Leftthe White House claim it pushes back onUS President Donald Trump has boasted that his war in Iran has led to a 'very rational,' 'very different,' and 'much more reasonable' leadership in Tehran. But the elevation of six hardliners to top security positions this week suggests the Islamic Republic's new command may be neither moderate nor inclined to compromise.
  2. Iran Internationalthe two-way readBut rather than marking a wholesale changing of the guard, they draw heavily on figures who built their careers under Ali Khamenei — leaving open whether the new supreme leader is imposing his authority on the system or assembling an experienced security bloc whose support he needs to exercise it.
  3. Breitbartthe power-struggle readall of them seemingly intended to consolidate the grip of the theocracy over a unified military command structure at the expense of Pezeshkian and the remnants of Iran's secular government
  4. Anadoluthe vacancy-fill ledgerincluding successors to four commanders killed in the Israeli-US attacks, according to Iranian state broadcaster IRIB
2026-08-13 · Discrepancy audit

Weeks after the president was secretly moved off Air Force One in Ankara, the threat that moved him is being filed three ways — an Israeli warning the CIA didn't trust, a Secret Service emergency it acted on, and a Turkish suspicion that it was never real — while the president denies Israel told Washington anything at all

How 3 outlets framed one event
  1. The Daily Beastthe official who called BSRubio, 55, was briefed on both the Israeli intelligence of the missile threat against Air Force One and the Secret Service's planned deception but nonetheless boarded Air Force One, a former official familiar with the matter told the Post.
  2. Middle East Eyethe fabrication hypothesisTurkish officials now say they believe the Israeli intelligence report was probably a ruse by Netanyahu's government to portray itself as protecting Trump, derail negotiations with Iran and undermine Trump's apparently close relationship with Erdogan.
  3. CBS NewsLean Leftthe executor that was never foundThere were also reports of a team in Turkey tasked with firing the surface-to-air missile at the plane, the U.S. officials said. But after more probes, no team was detected.
2026-08-13 · Coverage brief

A DHS notice for a device called G.L.O.V.E. splits nine newsrooms across ten files on the price, the purchase date, and what the shock actually feels like — none of it rises to a contradiction, only one Monday notice told ten ways.

How 4 outlets framed one event
  1. Gov. Kathy Hochulthe New York legal fightYou cannot trample on someone's constitutional rights and you cannot cause them undo harm. You will be held accountable
  2. NPRLean Leftthe manufacturer's own footage as the evidence
  3. ABC Newsthe body-camera context
  4. Associated PressLean Leftthe death the other nine don't carry
2026-08-12 · Coverage brief

The government's own count moved between its own wire feeds Tuesday morning; the record-pace claim is timed from a May declaration, not from when the virus actually started spreading in February

How 4 outlets framed one event
  1. Washington Examinerthe outbreak as a line item
  2. NPRLean Leftthe response that cannot catch up
  3. Al Jazeerathe outbreak as a mobility story
  4. ReutersCenterthe enforcement detail no other file carries
2026-08-12 · Discrepancy audit

The files cannot agree on whether the pivot is a bet or a fallback, or on Iran's inflation, its death toll, or what the president wants paid for

How 5 outlets framed one event
  1. AxiosCenterthe de-escalation, exclusiveOnly a week ago, Trump was on the verge of ordering a return to major combat operations. But in an interview with Axios, he did not make any new military threats.
  2. NPR (AP wire)the arithmetic of the pivothe's now betting that another financial squeeze can bring an end to that war
  3. The HillCenterthe demands behind it and the pump at home
  4. The Times of Israelthe regime split underneathdisagreements within Iran between a camp led by President Masoud Pezeshkian, which supports a deal to avoid economic collapse, and a camp led by Revolutionary Guard Corps commander Ahmad Vahidi, which opposes concessions to the US
  5. Al Jazeerathe strait's contested statusthe only one that has control of the Strait of Hormuz right now is the United States Navy
2026-08-12 · Coverage brief

A Houthi missile strike killed the first sailors of the Iran war — and the files count three, four, and six dead, with one page that cannot hold its own list

How 5 outlets framed one event
  1. Associated PressLean Leftthe roundupThey are the first known deaths from Houthi attacks on shipping off Yemen in the latest bout of fighting in the Arab country.
  2. Al Jazeerathe double-tapAt least two troops were killed in the second strike.
  3. Washington Examinerthe milestone and the ledgerThis could lead to a rise in energy and other costs, right as President Donald Trump was hoping for a respite.
  4. TASSthe ministry's fourThe death toll from a missile strike by Yemen's Houthi rebels from the Ansar Allah movement on the commercial vessel Tihama in the Bab el-Mandeb Strait has risen to four, Yemen's Transport Ministry said.
  5. The Jerusalem Postthe Al Hadath relayThree Pakistanis and an Indonesian national were killed in a Houthi missile strike on a commercial ship in the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, the Saudi state-owned Al Hadath reported on Tuesday morning.
2026-08-12 · Coverage brief

Rep. Lauren Boebert's Monday statement ran "We take these allegations very seriously" in six files and "We take allegations very seriously" in one — and an eighth file carried no version of the statement at all; that is only the most checkable of the ways the coverage of her son's arrest on child sexual exploitation charges refused to hold a single shape

How 1 outlet framed one event
  1. The Daily Beast (opening line)the mother's politics as the frame"We take these allegations very seriously and pray for everyone affected during this challenging time," the MAGA congresswoman said in a statement.
2026-08-12 · Coverage brief

Six states voted Tuesday and got at least three different nights back — a progressive wave, a party lurching left, and a test of a president's endorsement

How 2 outlets framed one event
  1. Associated PressLean Leftthe incumbent ledgerThis year marks Larson's first primary challenge since he was first elected in 1998.
  2. CNN (This Morning)the electability binaryIt's up to Democratic voters weighing electability versus policy
2026-08-11 · Coverage brief

A week after his own Justice Department said the Reflecting Pool damage was a botched installation, the White House asked whether David Hearn could be charged again — and the same request is being filed as a new case, a revival, a revisit, and a case returning from the dead

How 5 outlets framed one event
  1. NBC NewsLean Leftthe defense in court
  2. The New Republicthe door already openEisen confirmed to me that the push for those grand jury materials will now continue, despite Hearn's exoneration. That's because the court dismissed the case without prejudice—so prosecutors can theoretically revive the charges later.
  3. The Hill (Raskin's letter to Pirro and Burgum)the probeHow did this debacle happen? Why was Mr. Hearn charged with committing a felony punishable by up to 10 years in prison when the government knew he was innocent? … Did the U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) deliberately mislead prosecutors to cover up a 'botched' renovation by a company awarded a dubious $15 million insider no-bid contract?
  4. Newsmaxthe right's readAttorney General Todd Blanche has said it is the president's right to weigh in on Justice Department investigations, a departure from predecessors who sought to avoid the appearance of White House interference.
  5. The Independent (UK)the international readThe Department of Justice is exploring whether to pursue additional charges against David Hearn, according to The Wall Street Journal, despite explicit admissions from administration officials shared with Pirro's office that the damage to the pool's newly applied lining was likely due to 'botched installation.'
2026-08-11 · Coverage brief

The US says a Navy helicopter fired on a ship running its Iran blockade — and the day's coverage split over what they hit, what to call the water, and a Houthi toll that climbed while it was being reported

How 2 outlets framed one event
  1. TASSthe day's two relaysThe US military has opened fire at a Panama-flagged ship trying to breach the US maritime blockade on Iranian ports, The Wall Street Journal wrote, citing a US official.
  2. Washington Examinerthe strait ledgerA U.S. military helicopter fired on a merchant vessel trying to traverse the United States's Strait of Hormuz blockade, the first such instance in weeks.
2026-08-11 · Coverage brief

A Syrian court sentenced Bashar al-Assad to death in absentia — and the files can't agree on how many people it condemned, what the sentence is worth, or what to call the man who wasn't there

How 4 outlets framed one event
  1. TASSthe relayDOHA, August 11. /TASS/. A court in Damascus has handed down a death sentence to former President Bashar al-Assad in absentia, Qatari TV channel Al Jazeera reported.
  2. Washington Examinerthe Russia ledgerA Syrian court sentenced former President Bashar Assad to death, testing the new government's relationship with Russia.
  3. Associated PressLean Leftthe critics in the marginsSome human rights groups, though, expressed concerns that the trials were rushed, potentially unfair and, at the very least, exposed flaws in Syria's justice system.
  4. The Jerusalem Postthe SANA-confirmed summaryFormer Syrian president Bashar al-Assad was convicted of premeditated murder of multiple people, including children, torture, arbitrary detention, and crimes against humanity, and was sentenced to death on Tuesday, Syria's official news agency SANA confirmed.
2026-08-11 · Discrepancy audit

Russia freed Robert Gilman after 1,666 days in prison — and the files can't agree whether the release was an exchange, a pardon, or a mercy; how long his original sentence ran; or how sick the man actually was

How 2 outlets framed one event
  1. TASSthe release as a presidential confirmation, stripped of the manUS President Donald Trump has confirmed reports about the release of Robert Gilman, convicted in Russia, in a post on Truth Social.
  2. Reuters (via The Moscow Times)the release as a Putin pardon, and the missing decreeMoscow has freed Robert Gilman, a former U.S. Marine and English teacher imprisoned in Russia, after President Vladimir Putin approved a pardon for the ailing American based on humanitarian reasons
2026-08-11 · Discrepancy audit

The Colombian count crossed 200 — and the day's files still disagree on it by more than a factor of two, with one page holding 179, 169 and 111 at the same time

How 2 outlets framed one event
  1. Fox NewsRighteach rung accurate for the hour it was printedkilling at least 111 people and injuring 87 others
  2. Reuters (via UNN)a regional breakdown that reconciles exactlyIn the city of Cali, the capital of the department of Valle del Cauca, 95 deaths, 949 injuries, and 45 structures that had completely or partially collapsed were recorded, according to Mayor Alejandro Eder.
2026-08-11 · Coverage brief

The Pentagon revoked Frank Kendall's clearance for an on-the-record comment about Air Force One — and no one will say which comment

How 6 outlets framed one event
  1. MS NOWLeftthe wrong-person framer
  2. Fox NewsRightthe department's-own-words carrier
  3. Air & Space Forces Magazinethe charge-and-pushback renderer
  4. MediaiteLean Leftthe CNN-transcription carrier
  5. The Washington Postthe institutional-revoke framer
  6. Military.comthe lawsuit-carrier
2026-08-11 · Coverage brief

A drone armed with explosives reached the tarmac at Leipzig/Halle — and a week later the files still cannot agree what to call the danger, who sent the thing, or whether there was a second one at all

How 4 outlets framed one event
  1. Al Jazeerathe Europe-wide patternAfter a drone crashes in Germany, fears of suspected Russian operations rise across Europe.
  2. TASS (Russian state media)the provocationIt is obvious that the hastily concocted provocation serves only the goals of Kiev and the militaristic wing of the European political class
  3. Washington Examiner (Op-Ed)the campaignGerman prosecutors have yet to name a suspect, and it will take time for them to do so. Still, the incident matches, in method and in target selection, a campaign of sabotage across Europe that Western security services have repeatedly traced back to the Russian intelligence services.
  4. Breitbartthe logistics warGerman security services are urgently investigating a series of apparently related incidents at Leipzig airport, including an armed explosive drone and a potential second drone striking a cargo jet mid-air, with Russia considered a potential suspect.
2026-08-11 · Coverage brief

Overnight strikes kill six in Zaporizhzhia and hit a Kyiv children's hospital — but only some of the wires say the missiles were North Korean, and none of them can hold the wounded count still

How 6 outlets framed one event
  1. Associated PressLean Leftthe NK-warning ledeZelenskyy said Russian forces used ballistic missiles supplied by North Korea in their overnight attack on the southeastern Ukraine city of Zaporizhzhia, where local officials said six people were killed and 19 wounded.
  2. Reuters (via KWSN)the toll-and-fires lede, no missile attributionRussian attacks killed six people and wounded 20 in the southeastern Ukrainian city of Zaporizhzhia early on Tuesday and also struck Kyiv, triggering fires in the capital, officials said.
  3. Al Jazeerathe children's-hospital lede, no NKOvernight Russian attacks have killed six people in southeastern Ukraine and struck a children's hospital in the capital Kyiv, according to local officials.
  4. Euronewsthe president's attribution in the headline
  5. CBS NewsLean Leftthe attributed claim, the "kill nine" tollUkrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy accused Russia of using North Korean ballistic missiles in its attacks, as another night of bombardment killed at least nine civilians and injured dozens of others.
  6. CNBCthe escalation frame, the "vicious attack" quoteUkraine's president described the strike as a 'vicious attack' that killed six people and injured 19.
2026-08-11 · Coverage brief

Six Wall Street giants, $500 billion for Nvidia's chips — and the coverage of that one announcement can't agree who acted, what was signed, or whether the stock fell

How 3 outlets framed one event
  1. CNBCthe live panel, and the MBS analogyBlackRock's Fink said that he believed this project was the start of the 'next future for financial engineering,' akin to the creation of mortgage-backed securities in the 1970s.
  2. Forkastthe sovereign-grade readWall Street has officially moved to underwrite artificial intelligence infrastructure as a sovereign-grade asset class.
  3. Forbes (Szczerba)the MOU subtractionThese are memorandums of understanding (MOUs), not signed contracts... The $500 billion is a target for capital to be raised over time. It isn't Nvidia's revenue, and it isn't one fund or one customer.
2026-08-11 · Coverage brief

Three confederations wrote an open letter that never names Infantino — the coverage supplied the name in its ledes, the president named him by name, and his own country's soccer federation signed the call against him

How 3 outlets framed one event
  1. Al Jazeerathe US splitTrump's backing of Infantino is at odds with US Soccer, who joined the voices lining up against the FIFA president.
  2. The GuardianLean Leftthe cohost ledgerThe four bodies comprise 40 of the 41 Concacaf members, with the outliers being the third World Cup hosts Mexico, who went public last Friday with their continued support for Infantino.
  3. USA Todaythe world-leader ledgerSeveral world leaders have said they lost trust in Infantino, including Canada Prime Minister Mark Carney and United Kingdom Prime Minister Andy Burnham.
2026-08-11 · Coverage brief

Trump's vaccine order drew a wall of medical objection, led by a Republican senator who is a physician — and the files can't agree on the verb for what he did, or on what the order even was

How 7 outlets framed one event
  1. HuffPostthe senator-physician-break fileWhite House spokesman Kush Desai told HuffPost that Trump's executive order is based on the HHS vaccine safety assessment published earlier this year, 'which was driven by Gold Standard Science.'
  2. ABC Newsthe practical-mechanics fileThe American Academy of Pediatrics predicts it would take a decade to create a separate vaccine for each part of the MMR vaccine.
  3. Reuters (via The Jerusalem Post)the autism-theory fileThe order advances a goal of Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., an anti-vaccine activist who has promoted a link between vaccines and autism that scientists have repeatedly debunked.
  4. Washington Examinerthe 18-to-11 fileTrump's executive order cut the number of vaccines that children receive from 18 to 11, following recommendations made last year by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
  5. Fox NewsRightthe parental-choice fileThe order urges spreading immunizations across five doctor visits and ending COVID jab recommendations for children.
  6. Breitbartthe choice-and-omission fileAn executive order to decrease the number of immunizations recommended for children by federal agencies to 'maximize parental choice'
  7. Just the Newsthe senator's-own-words fileLouisiana Sen. Bill Cassidy, a Republican and medical doctor, blasted President Donald Trump on Monday over his recent executive order that separated the measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccine into three different shots.
2026-08-11 · Coverage brief

Trump signed one childhood-vaccine order; the files called it a mandate overhaul, a suggestion, and a call to split the MMR — and the schedule it starts from is 17 or 18 recommended vaccines

How 5 outlets framed one event
  1. Fox NewsRightthe medical-power-to-parents fileIt also ended recommendations that all minors receive the COVID-19 jab.
  2. The Daily Wirethe MAHA-victory filePresident Donald Trump signed an executive order Monday directing the federal government to overhaul childhood vaccine recommendations, delivering a major policy victory to Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and the Make America Healthy Again movement.
  3. CBS News (Trump)the autism-file (the document vs the remarks)Today, we're proud to officially announce the United States of America's Gold Standard Childhood Vaccination Recommendations and that has to do with many subjects, but including autism in particular,
  4. Agence France-Pressethe suggestion-not-order fileOn these points Trump's move is more of a suggestion than an order.
  5. NPRLean Leftthe try-again-litigation fileThe order tries to accomplish similar goals that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention enacted in January, a move which was later blocked by a judge.
2026-08-11 · Coverage brief

A private Fauci text called a second-dose miscarriage risk 'theoretical'; the released message was filed as an admission, a concern, and a debate

How 1 outlet framed one event
  1. Fox News (Johnson)the senator's smoking-gun vehicleThis is truly sick.
2026-08-10 · Coverage brief

Trump answered Iran's six conditions for reopening Hormuz by demanding Iran pay instead — and the coverage can't agree whether he scoffed, demanded, traded, or rejected

How 3 outlets framed one event
  1. The Jerusalem Postthe strait as a commitment mechanism
  2. Al Jazeera (lead)the shift to economic pressureMore than 23 weeks into the war on Iran, United States President Donald Trump has signalled he would rather rely on squeezing Tehran's economy than returning to a military offensive
  3. ReutersCenterthe oil market as the ledgerBrent crude futures settled up $4.17, or 4.99 percent, at $87.72 a barrel, while U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude futures closed $3.95, or 5.05 percent, at $82.13.
2026-08-10 · Discrepancy audit

A 7.4-magnitude earthquake hit western Colombia, and the same page held three death tolls at once: 47 in its address, 73 in its description, 111 in its headline

How 1 outlet framed one event
  1. Breitbarteach rung accurate for the hour it was printedAt press time, however, authorities have not documented any deaths, though local officials in Choco warned that they expect a high number of casualties.
2026-08-10 · Coverage brief

Netanyahu rejected the 15-point plan again, for the people who said he hadn't — and the coverage split on what a rejection is: "not bothered" at the White House, a coming "clash" in Jerusalem, "not the final word" at the BBC

How 4 outlets framed one event
  1. Nickolay Mladenov, Board of Peace CEO (via Washington Examiner)the plan proceeds without Israel's approvalThe road map is the document between the Board of Peace - led by President Donald Trump - and Hamas," and "nobody is required to do anything - last of all Israel - before we actually have verified steps on the ground.
  2. TASS (Russian state media)the cooperation the rejection didn't stopIsraeli representatives are cooperating with the organization on the ground in the Gaza Strip, including efforts to reduce the intensity of strikes on the enclave.
  3. The Jerusalem Postthe quiet building inside the Yellow Line
  4. Bassem Naim, Hamas political bureau (via AFP)the read that matches the White House'sWe expect the mediators and the American guarantor to pressure Netanyahu and his government to adhere to the roadmap, and not obstruct the process for internal political and electoral reasons
2026-08-10 · Discrepancy audit

The same US air-defense shelf, four sizes in one weekend — 2,330 Patriots before the war, or 2,500; THAAD at 234 to 278, or 70 to 170; and a "fewer than 1,700" ceiling wide enough to hold every number in the file

How 3 outlets framed one event
  1. NPRLean Leftthe strategic-collapse readthe Center for Strategic and International Studies reported last month that the military has used up about two-thirds of its Patriot interceptors' defensive weapons against incoming fire.
  2. TASS, on the NYT reportthe allies'-doubt readsome US officials fear South Korea and Japan will doubt the ability of the United States to protect them
  3. Shin Beom-chul, former South Korean vice defense minister, via The Korea Heraldthe institutional-calm readYou cannot be assured of missile defense just because you have a certain number of interceptors,
2026-08-10 · Coverage brief

Trump names the man who helped approve the $400 million White House ballroom as his top lawyer — two days after a court stopped the building, and the coverage files his part in it from "helped secure approval" down to "not at all"

How 3 outlets framed one event
  1. The Daily Wirethe counsel who told the president noThe promotion caps a rapid rise for Scharf and puts a lawyer with a demonstrated willingness to tell the president 'no' in charge of the office that vets the administration's legal strategy.
  2. The Times of Israelthe Jewish biographyIn 2023, after announcing his attorney general campaign, Scharf co-founded Jews Against Soros, a group dedicated to combating the Jewish liberal megadonor and what it called his 'nefarious' and 'radical' agenda.
  3. TASS (Russian state media)the state-media recitalThe White House Counsel advises the US president and the administration on legal matters, including the signing of legislation, pardon decisions and potential conflicts of interest.
2026-08-10 · Coverage brief

South Carolina Republicans pick Lindsey Graham's successor Tuesday — and the coverage is describing a different race from one file to the next

How 1 outlet framed one event
  1. Associated PressLean Leftcampaigning from WashingtonGraham has been largely absent from the campaign trail, spending most of her time in Washington as an interim senator.
2026-08-10 · Coverage brief

A drone exploded near the Trans-Balkan gas pipeline on the Bulgaria-Romania border — and the wires that same morning could not hold its description still: the same object was unidentified and most likely a Maya decoy drone, the same man Georgiy and Heorhii, the same hour 5 a.m. and 8.10 a.m.

How 4 outlets framed one event
  1. Al Jazeerathe regional patternA drone has exploded in Bulgaria near the Trans-Balkan gas pipeline, the latest in a surge of unidentified unmanned aerial vehicles flying into European territory as regional tensions escalate due to Russia's ongoing war in Ukraine.
  2. CBS News (AP)the accident on the border
  3. The Kyiv Independentthe identificationThe Bulgarian Defense Ministry later said that its initial analysis of the wreckage suggests the drone is a "Maya" decoy drone, widely used by Ukrainian forces.
  4. Bloombergthe object kept at arm's lengthRadev described the craft as "not a toy drone" and carrying "a solid amount of explosives."
2026-08-10 · Coverage brief

Russia and Ukraine traded another overnight round of strikes — and the morning's wires counted the dead at seven, at five, and at thirteen, depending on which file you opened first

How 4 outlets framed one event
  1. Associated PressLean Leftthe interceptor-shortage frameLarge-scale Russian missile strikes on Ukrainian cities have become almost routine in recent weeks, with Moscow exploiting Ukraine's critical shortage of interceptors for the U.S.-made Patriot systems
  2. TASSthe state toll-tickerThree civilians were killed and 25 others, including children aged four and nine, were injured in an overnight Ukrainian drone attack on Belgorod
  3. Euronewsthe 24-hour ledgerUkrainian officials say 13 people were killed and approximately 90 others were injured in Russian attacks over the past 24 hours
  4. AFPthe partial ledgerThe two people killed by a Russian drone strike were in the major northeastern city of Kharkiv
2026-08-10 · Coverage brief

The price, in writing: Iran's security council posts six conditions for Hormuz — "only semi-negotiating" at the White House, "doesn't constitute negotiations" in Tehran

How 7 outlets framed one event
  1. ReutersCenterthe price, itemizedIran said it was nearing a final pact with Oman defining new shipping lanes between them through the Strait of Hormuz but repeated that the U.S. must meet other conditions, including compensation and an end to sanctions and military threats, before the strategic waterway is reopened.
  2. Associated PressLean Leftthe behavior ledgerIt must 'completely compensate' Iran for war damage, lift sanctions and 'unconditionally' release frozen assets.
  3. CBS NewsLean Leftthe unlikely ledgerThe Supreme National Security Council of Iran issued a list of highly unlikely demands from the U.S. in order to fully reopen the Strait of Hormuz
  4. The Jerusalem Postthe decouplingOn Saturday, the IRGC said that reopening the Strait of Hormuz is not related to Iran-Oman negotiations but is conditional on the US accepting Iran's conditions.
  5. Washington Examinerthe wrenchIranian National Security Council Secretary Mohammad Bagher Zolghadr released the statement with six demands through Iran's state media, saying 'until America corrects its behavior, the Strait of Hormuz will not open.'
  6. Breitbartrefusal in the Iranian chairThere will be no direct talks between Iran and the U.S. as long as Washington continues to ignore Tehran's demands for solving the Strait of Hormuz dispute, Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi said on Sunday.
  7. The Times of Israelthe victory groundworkUS President Donald Trump is focused on reopening the Strait of Hormuz and has been 'laying the groundwork to declare victory' on Iran, possibly even without a nuclear deal, The Wall Street Journal reported Sunday, citing US officials.
2026-08-09 · Coverage brief

One sentence, four endings: Netanyahu rejects the 15-point Gaza plan — a "major blow" at HuffPost, "restated" at Reuters, two verbs at the two big wires

How 1 outlet framed one event
  1. AFPthe base, the flank, and the best friendsPolls show that the Gaza plan is unpopular with Netanyahu's right-wing base, and far-right members of his cabinet have urged him to kill it.
2026-08-09 · Coverage brief

Sunday Roundup: two men booked twice, one war on every couch — graded a loss on NBC, "like a chess game" by phone

How 6 outlets framed one event
  1. Abdul El-Sayed (on the Obama call)the nominee in the coalition registerIt was a really warm and inspiring conversation,
  2. Jake Tapper (on the president's photo post)the same nominee in the counterpunch registertwo very different Americans.
  3. Jake Tapperthe adviser and the moving integerThe economy, according to BLS, lost 23,000 jobs in July, when economists were expecting a 95,000-job gain,
  4. Fox News (video title)the same adviser, by title onlyKevin Hassett blames 'runaway inflation' on Biden, warns of rising socialism
  5. Sen. Bernie Sanders (on Michigan)the party's housekeeping$60 million in billionaire-funded super PAC money came into that race, half from AIPAC, and yet he managed to win.
  6. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortezrenewal, and the demandsI think that we are in a time of renewal for the Democratic Party.
2026-08-09 · Coverage brief

Flock's cameras are "the future of policing" and a "movement dossier" — and the corpus cannot agree who is cutting them down: patriots, vandals, or terrorists

How 4 outlets framed one event
  1. Reasonthe warrant arithmeticlicense plate data searches by law enforcement are routinely conducted without reasonable suspicion, probable cause, or a warrant
  2. Chris Anders, WV Freedom Caucus chairmanthe fight inside the rightGeorge Orwell's 1984 was intended as a warning, not an instruction manual. We should be striving for more 1776, not more 1984.
  3. CNN/ABC7the convergence frameIn a politically divided country, opposition to Flock cameras is the rare issue that binds people across the ideological spectrum.
  4. Nuchette Black-Burke, Windsor mayorthe contract ledgerThis tool is important; the vendor is not what we want
2026-08-09 · Coverage brief

"No possibility of resuming negotiations," "some progress": Washington and Tehran spent the weekend describing one channel, and the files cannot say whether it is a negotiation

How 3 outlets framed one event
  1. TASSthe progress fileThey (the Iranians - TASS) want this thing to be over.
  2. Al Jazeerathe president's window
  3. NewsweekCenterthe checklist and the wager
2026-08-09 · Coverage brief

No meeting was scheduled: Max Miller stayed past the Saturday cutoff, and the files hold the GOP's window at three heights — closed, almost certain, still on the calendar

How 2 outlets framed one event
  1. The New York Times (wire)the meeting that was not scheduledMatt Miller, the Ashland County party chair and mayor of Ashland, who is not related to the congressman, said Saturday that no such meeting had been scheduled.
  2. Forbesthe $1 millionMiller told the Journal that he plans to lend $1 million to his campaign in two installments of $500,000 and added that he was 'invested in this election in every way' and would pour all the resources needed to win.
2026-08-09 · Coverage brief

The count is unanimous, the blame is bespoke: nine House incumbents are out, and the corpus files four endings for one "because"

How 1 outlet framed one event
  1. Al Jazeera (headline)the record in the headlineAnti-Muslim US Congressman Andy Ogles loses Republican primary
2026-08-09 · Coverage brief

One tape, two ledes: a cancer update in some files, a pardon verdict in others — and the "spread" has been public since May 2025

How 1 outlet framed one event
  1. Al Jazeerathe debate retro-claimNine months later, he was diagnosed with stage-four prostate cancer and stage-four metastatic bone cancer, none of which we knew
2026-08-09 · Coverage brief

Thailand's deadliest school shooting in years, and the toll the corpus cannot hold: five at the school, seven with the grandparents, eight after the girl died, nine if you count the shooter

How 3 outlets framed one event
  1. ReutersCenterthe reconstructionEach was killed by a single gunshot to the head
  2. CBS NewsLean Leftthe classmate's psychologyHe was my junior, but I had a feeling that he was a troubled kid. My group of friends who knew him said he was interested in the FBI and guns, and that he was bullied by many other students
  3. The Daily Wirethe outlet vs its own captionPolice said the teen shot and killed his grandparents at their home earlier that day before going to the school, bringing the number of victims killed in the attacks to seven.
2026-08-09 · Coverage brief

ICE's body cameras arrive with a release clause — the policy says the footage comes out only in the agency's 'best interests,' and the agency's acting director says the wire that printed that sentence was misleading

How 3 outlets framed one event
  1. Washington Examinerthe footage may never surfaceFederal agency Immigration and Customs Enforcement is close to outfitting agents and officers nationwide with body-worn cameras, but the footage recorded on devices may never make it to the public.
  2. FOX6the policy, quoted nearly verbatimIf it is determined that it is in the best interests of the agency to publicly release the BWC footage, ICE will, as soon as practicable, expedite the public release of such footage. Generally, this process should occur within 72 hours of recording of a Serious Bodily Injury or Death in Custody, or as soon as operationally feasible.
  3. The HillCenterthe dispute as 'misreporting'Acting Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Director David Venturella accused the Associated Press on Saturday of misreporting his agency's body camera policy in an article on how ICE decides what footage may be released to the public.
2026-08-09 · Coverage brief

Two months after a sanctioned Russian "shadow fleet" tanker grounded in a protected whale reserve off Oman, the corpus cannot agree how big the spill is, what blew a hole in the hull, or how many barrels it holds — and only one outlet in the file explains who will pay

How 2 outlets framed one event
  1. Tech Timesthe only source that follows the money
  2. Reuters (via Oman Observer)the registration file
2026-08-09 · Coverage brief

The week Lebanon and Israel agreed who could verify Hezbollah's disarmament, Lebanon said it won't come back to the table — and the September round is "set," "yet to be confirmed," and conditional, depending on which file you open

How 2 outlets framed one event
  1. ReutersCenterthe mechanism file
  2. Al Jazeerathe ground file
2026-08-09 · Coverage brief

DHS told Haitian TPS holders "it's closing time" and fitted some with ankle monitors — the same week its secretary told governors "you probably won't even see us at all" and his own coalition asked where the mass deportations went

How 3 outlets framed one event
  1. The Independent (Sen. Chris Murphy)This is an embarrassment for the United States of America,
  2. Associated PressLean LeftWe're expecting you to have compassion for our people. They haven't done anything wrong,
  3. Daily WireBut one source with knowledge of the president's frustrations shared that Trump has already considered replacing Mullin.
2026-08-08 · Coverage brief

Iran says a Hormuz deal is "very close," Iran says the strait "will not open," and Iran says those are two different subjects — one Saturday, three official voices, and ten files that each picked a lane

How 3 outlets framed one event
  1. ReutersCenterThe UAE said on Saturday that Iran had attacked a carrier affiliated with the UAE's state oil company with a missile as it transited the Strait of Hormuz.
  2. Fox News (Trump, Thursday)I'm involved in the negotiation. I think we're doing fine. It could be. It could be soon
  3. TASS (headline)the four calm paragraphsOman, Iran continue talks on Strait of Hormuz in positive atmosphere — Foreign Ministry
2026-08-08 · Coverage brief

The Senate left for recess and the SAVE Act stayed behind — the same exit filed as Trump's defeat, Trump's deal, and a brake Trump pumped

How 3 outlets framed one event
  1. Associated PressLean Leftthe two registers'This fight's not over. We're just getting started,' he said.
  2. Associated PressLean Leftthe demand and the acceptance'Stop grandstanding, and try getting this done,' he wrote in a social media post.
  3. Associated PressLean Leftrelated vs proof of citizenship vs separateThe Senate failed to advance on a 52-46 vote a bill that would require a photo ID to vote in an election to federal office. Related to the separate SAVE America Act, it was sponsored by Republican Sen. Jon Husted of Ohio.
2026-08-08 · Coverage brief

The Senate confirms Todd Blanche 50-49 — and the same vote is filed as a survival story, a party-line routine, and a cave-in

How 3 outlets framed one event
  1. MS NOW (on-air banner, 2026-08-07)the weaponization frameTRUMP CONTINUES TO WEAPONIZE LEGAL SYSTEM AGAINST ENEMIES
  2. Roll Callthe two confirmations as bookendsLast March, the Senate first confirmed Blanche to serve as the deputy attorney general,
  3. Senate Judiciary Committee (Grassley statement)the outcome ledgerAmerica is safer with Todd Blanche at the helm of the Justice Department. Under his leadership, the United States' homicide rate fell to its lowest level in over 125 years. Every major violent crime category has fallen below pre-pandemic levels and violent crime arrests have increased 184%.
2026-08-08 · Coverage brief

UEFA says it made a 'departure payment' to a woman alleged to be Infantino's lover. The Telegraph calls it a pay-off. Both files describe the same money.

How 4 outlets framed one event
  1. The Daily Telegraphthe wide fileMr Infantino is said to have promoted his alleged lover, giving her a pay rise of 30 per cent and a salary of about 160,000 Swiss francs (£147,000).
  2. The GuardianLean Leftthe wires and the GuardianUefa has confirmed a "departure payment" was made to a female employee who is alleged to have been in a relationship with Gianni Infantino while he was the organisation's general secretary, allegations Fifa has dismissed as "categorically untrue".
  3. TASSthe denial as the storyFIFA and its president Gianni Infantino have denied allegations of a romantic relationship with a former UEFA employee, calling the suggestion "categorically untrue" and "defamatory" in a comment to the Telegraph newspaper.
  4. LBCthe widest frame in the corpusFifa President Gianni Infantino has been accused by his former workplace of promoting and then paying off a woman that he had an affair with
2026-08-08 · Coverage brief

The second letter about firing Lisa Cook opens by citing the ruling that blocked the first — and the coverage files the same page as a remedy, a defiance, and an "assault" on the Fed

How 1 outlet framed one event
  1. Fox BusinessLean RightPresident Donald Trump is considering renewing his push to fire Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook over mortgage fraud allegations amid an ongoing legal debate over the president's ability to remove members of the independent central bank, FOX Business has learned.
2026-08-08 · Coverage brief

One recorded question, one recorded syllable, seven verbs: what nine newsrooms filed about the Fetterman interview, and the sentence in two of them that the transcript does not contain

How 1 outlet framed one event
  1. Stewartwhat the verbs are describingJewish community and Israel are not the same thing, brother man.
2026-08-08 · Coverage brief

The pact Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Pakistan signed in Mecca "targets no country," its signatories insist — while the coverage calls it a marriage of alarmed U.S. allies, a counterweight to Iran, and a "paper agreement"

How 1 outlet framed one event
  1. PBS NewsHourthe Article-5 frameSaudi Arabia, Turkey and Pakistan signed an agreement similar to NATO's Article 5, pledging that a strike against one of them would be considered a strike against all of them.
2026-08-08 · Coverage brief

The seventh round of Israel-Lebanon talks ended with Washington saying the sides are "a lot closer," a Lebanese source saying they had "not yielded definitive results" — and the heaviest fighting in weeks around the table

How 3 outlets framed one event
  1. The Jerusalem Postthe talks-hold frameHezbollah's attempts to wreck Beirut-Jerusalem talks failing, experts tell 'Post'
  2. Al JazeeraBeirut's optimism framethat practical steps will soon emerge
  3. Washington Examinerthe simultaneity frameThe Israeli military renewed its airstrike campaign against Hezbollah in southern Lebanon on Wednesday as Israeli and Lebanese negotiators met in Rome for a second consecutive day of talks aimed at securing a lasting peace.
2026-08-08 · Discrepancy audit

Trump says the shortage reports are "treasonous" and the leakers are "being hunted down" — while the Pentagon preps a roughly $80 billion request to restock the munitions the White House calls "more than enough"

How 4 outlets framed one event
  1. Washington Examiner (Waltz, in the section header)the administration's two registersPEOPLE LEAKING … DESERVE TO BE IN JAIL
  2. The Jerusalem Post (headline)the investigation frameTrump opens investigation over leak of US' lack of munitions at critical phase of conflict - report
  3. TASS (Russian state media), its own leadthe relayed optics readingUS President Donald Trump was angered when he learned of media reports on the depletion of US ammunition stocks, CNN reported.
  4. CGTN (China state media)the temperature readingthreatening jail for 'leakers' as his frustration with the Iran war boiled over
2026-08-07 · Discrepancy audit

Iranian officials say the Hormuz deal carries a "service fee," American officials say it carries nothing — and the shipping industry has already named the difference: "a toll in all but name"

How 2 outlets framed one event
  1. ReutersCenterthe deal as a compliance object
  2. TASS headlinethe answer in the headlinePassage through Strait of Hormuz not to be subject to fees pending final agreement — AP
2026-08-07 · Coverage brief

Jon Husted broke a week of silence to demand Max Miller resign — the same day Bernie Moreno said he sent his family 'out of state to a secure place' and Miller's camp answered they were 'not wisked away to some bunker'

How 2 outlets framed one event
  1. TNND (via KATU), Sen. Bernie Morenothe senator's account of a supervised exchangeImagine this. I had to go pick her up because I don't want my daughter interacting with this man. So I meet him at the Bay Village police station because that's the place that we have to go to meet because I don't know what this guy's capable of.
  2. The Daily Wirethe interview as the week's centerTapper opened the contentious interview by asking about the stuffed 'little blue bunny' that Miller's daughter took everywhere and asked whether Moreno had been telling the truth when he said Miller had refused to return it for two days
2026-08-07 · Discrepancy audit

Trump signs new birthright-citizenship orders a month after the Court struck down his first — the June vote was 6-3 in the wires and 5-4 in one file, and the new orders are promised lawful by one side and doomed by the other

How 2 outlets framed one event
  1. TASSthe single-order reductionTrump signs executive order banning 'birth tourism' in US
  2. Al Jazeera (Kimberly Wehle)the clash frameIt looks like what Donald Trump is setting up is a clash between himself and the authority of the United States Supreme Court
2026-08-07 · Coverage brief

Democrats scheduled a unity breakfast after the most expensive Senate primary in history — and the file served it as an embrace, a 'Cuck' Schumer moment, a wound, and a warning about the 'deadly road to communism'

How 2 outlets framed one event
  1. ABC Newsthe coalition testAbdul El-Sayed proved that a progressive can win a statewide Democratic primary in one of the nation's biggest battlegrounds. But his narrower-than-expected victory also underscores that his most significant challenge begins now -- building the coalition he'll need to win in November.
  2. Associated PressLean Leftthe mend-fences wirewe have a responsibility to ensure that we unite, unite to make sure that Mike Rogers never sees the inside of the U.S. Senate.
2026-08-06 · Coverage brief

Mitch McConnell says he's been discharged from the rehabilitation center — and the file can't agree where he fell, how long he's been gone, or what the sentence is worth

How 4 outlets framed one event
  1. NBC NewsLean Leftthe absence quantified in floor votesSince his hospitalization, McConnell has missed 51 Senate floor votes and is expected to miss the vote to confirm Todd Blanche for attorney general if it takes place this week.
  2. Roll Callthe proxy vote that stalled a billThat included a markup earlier Thursday in the Agriculture Committee, where he 'voted by proxy.' But proxy voting doesn't count toward advancing a bill to the full chamber floor, causing the farm bill the committee was working on to stall.
  3. Associated PressLean Leftthe wire's neutral frameMcConnell, 84, gave no specific date for his return to the Capitol, but senators are expected to soon leave Washington for the traditional August recess.
  4. The Irish Timesthe absence that narrows a confirmation pathMcConnell's absence further narrows Republicans' already tight path to approving US president Donald Trump's former personal attorney, Todd Blanche, as head of the department of justice.
2026-08-06 · Coverage brief

HHS says its Head Start rewrite returns the program to its roots and opens it to 'hundreds of thousands more children'; the ACLU calls it 'an illegal attempt to dismantle' — and the agency's own slot projections do not agree with each other

How 1 outlet framed one event
  1. The Nationthe citizenship clause the official release does not mentionIf the rule is finalized, it will only allow children who are citizens, United States nationals, or 'qualified aliens,' and with at least one parent with that status, to enroll. That will shut out a number of immigrants, and potentially children who are American citizens, for the first time ever.
2026-08-06 · Coverage brief

A Senate committee held Anthony Fauci in contempt — by a vote counted 8-7, 8-5, and 8 to 5 with two more opposing by proxy, bound for a Justice Department the corpus can't agree it reached

How 1 outlet framed one event
  1. The GuardianLean Leftthe device as the next instrumentThe evening before the vote, it emerged that the US Department of Health and Human Services had provided a copy of Fauci's phone to a Senate subcommittee. 'Hopefully, this device will address many of the questions he refused to answer at last week's hearing,' Republican Ron Johnson of Wisconsin, the subcommittee's chair, wrote on social media.
2026-08-06 · Coverage brief

Wesley Bell beat Cori Bush again — by 22 points this time — and the same night became 'the battle for the Democrat party' on Fox and a footnote to Michigan's wins on CNN

How 2 outlets framed one event
  1. The Daily Wirethe humiliating rebukeSquad Member Cori Bush's Comeback Bid Ends In Humiliating Defeat
  2. St. Louis Public Radiothe local countWith nearly all of the votes counted Tuesday night, Bell led Bush 59.2% to 36.9%.
2026-08-06 · Coverage brief

The campaign calls the Texas governor's race a one-point dead heat; the same week, a university poll calls it a six-point lead — and both sentences are in the file, filed by different instruments

How 1 outlet framed one event
  1. Fox NewsRightbetter liked, less known, still behindAbbott has a net positive personal rating by a single point (50% favorable vs. 49% unfavorable).
2026-08-06 · Coverage brief

Three straight polls put a Democrat ahead in a Texas Senate race for the first time in decades — and the coverage calls it a shock, an edge, a pipe dream, and an expanding lead all in the same week

How 2 outlets framed one event
  1. WJLAthree polls assembled under one named analystThree public polls released in the past month show Democrat James Talarico narrowly leading Republican Ken Paxton in the Texas U.S. Senate race, with the latest survey from Texas Southern University released this morning putting Talarico ahead by two points.
  2. NewsweekCentera 40-point independent lead as the headline figureDemocratic state Representative James Talarico held a 40-point lead among independent voters over Republican Attorney General Ken Paxton in a new poll of the Texas U.S. Senate race released on Tuesday.
2026-08-06 · Coverage brief

James Carville hands the DNC to David Hogg, Hogg hands it back — and the coverage cannot agree who should run the party, whether Ken Martin is safe, or whether the problem is age or extremism

How 3 outlets framed one event
  1. The HillCenterthe process item
  2. MediaiteLean Leftthe scorched-earth opener
  3. Western Journalthe schadenfreude frame
2026-08-06 · Coverage brief

Donavan McKinney beat Shri Thanedar in Detroit's 13th — and the file holds four nouns for what won: progressive, democratic socialist, socialist, DSA-backed

How 5 outlets framed one event
  1. Associated PressLean Leftthe representation story
  2. Fox NewsRightthe wave story
  3. The Daily Wirethe party-in-retreat story
  4. The Times of Israel (JTA)the Israel story
  5. The Times of Israelwho carries itAIPAC fundraised for Thanedar during his contest with McKinney, but the pro-Israel group focused its strongest efforts in Michigan this cycle on defending pro-Israel moderate Rep. Haley Stevens against progressive Israel critic Abdul El-Sayed for the Democratic nomination for Senate.
2026-08-06 · Coverage brief

AIPAC spent a record $32 million to stop Abdul El-Sayed and lost — and the report that it might spend again rests on six people nobody will name

How 2 outlets framed one event
  1. Breitbartthe loss as the establishment's, not the lobby's
  2. The Times of Israelthe loss as watershed
2026-08-06 · Coverage brief

Michigan's first dated general-election polls on El-Sayed vs Rogers are ten points apart, and the coverage built to carry them cites neither number

How 1 outlet framed one event
  1. Fox NewsRightfive newsrooms, five verbsEl-Sayed is a far-left figure backed by progressive champions and socialists like Sen. Bernie Sanders…
2026-08-06 · Coverage brief

Rep. Max Miller is still on Ohio's ballot after the Wednesday his own coverage called a deadline: the file that built that countdown never agreed with itself on what day, or what mechanism, actually governed it

How 1 outlet framed one event
  1. The Daily Beast (headline)same file, three keysAccused MAGA Wife-Beater Goes Full Trump in Car Crash CNN Interview
2026-08-06 · Coverage brief

Abdul El-Sayed is Michigan's Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate by fewer than fifteen thousand votes — and the file this desk opened Wednesday afternoon cannot agree on the noun that follows his name

How 3 outlets framed one event
  1. Bloomberg (via Yahoo Finance NZ)the two-track postgreat news for the Republican Party
  2. The HillCenterthe governor's pivot
  3. Washington Examinerthe super PAC ad
2026-08-06 · Coverage brief

The "Democrats blew it" story on El-Sayed's win arrived within hours — and in this corpus it is told by three kinds of voice, and only one of them is a newsroom's own

How 4 outlets framed one event
  1. Fox News [reporter]the own-voice frameRepublicans get the Democrat they wanted as socialist Abdul El-Sayed wins Michigan Senate primary
  2. Washington Examiner [reporter]the attributed giddinessRegardless, GOP leaders are giddy about el Sayed's primary win.
  3. HuffPost [quote: Sens. Schumer and Gillibrand, joint statement]the establishment-unity rebuttalDemocrats are united by a common purpose: putting a check on Donald Trump by defeating his Republican enablers and taking back the Senate.
  4. NBC News [reporter]the GOP-boost corroborationRogers and national Republicans had signaled that they consider El-Sayed an easier opponent than Stevens.
2026-08-05 · Coverage brief

Abdul El-Sayed won Michigan's Senate primary. Eleven newsrooms can't agree on what it means.

How 1 outlet framed one event
  1. Breitbartliability signal vs. neutral descriptor vs. silencePiker called the remark 'inappropriate' and apologized for it that year
2026-08-05 · Coverage brief

Mike Johnson broke his silence on Max Miller by reaching for the word "process" — and the corpus cannot make that word mean what Miller told CNN it meant the night before

How 1 outlet framed one event
  1. Breitbart (headline)the gravest file, the newest escalationEthics Investigation Opened into Rep. Miller; Sen. Moreno Calls Him Out for Posting 'Completely Naked' Photos of Granddaughter
2026-08-05 · Coverage brief

Russia hit Kyiv with 28 missiles and 115 drones and Ukraine intercepted none of the missiles — the wires agree on that, then can't hold what was hit, whose fault the intercepts weren't, or who the dead were

How 2 outlets framed one event
  1. TASS (Russian state media)the military-ledger frameRussian forces delivered new strikes on Ukrainian military sites overnight
  2. BBC NewsCenterthe domestic ledger and the chain contextUkraine's emergency services said one person had died in the city of Kyiv and at least 16 injured, with a further 16 dead in the wider region.
2026-08-05 · Coverage brief

Max Miller's withdrawal deadline arrives with Miller still in the race and doubling down — the White House privately hopes he's gone, Senate Republicans are split, and the corpus can't agree on when the clock runs out

How 3 outlets framed one event
  1. NewsweekCenterthe succession file, filed before the vacancy
  2. Miller, via BBCthe vow, unaccompaniedI will never ever let my baby girl see her daddy walk away as a quitter.
  3. Miller, to Jake Tapper, via Daily Beastthe interview, twice filedIn 2016, when President Donald J. Trump faced the most extreme allegations in the world that hit him day after day after day, and people in the media--very much like yourself and others--said that he would have no shot at winning, that he should not be the President of the United States
2026-08-05 · Coverage brief

Iran's state media says the Hormuz agreement with Oman will remain delayed while US threats continue — in the same hours Trump says the talks were 'very good' and he will know where he stands 'within 48 hours'

How 1 outlet framed one event
  1. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, via Breitbart"The Straits are open" against the shipping tallyThere are ships moving through the Straits. There's oil moving right now through the Straits. The Straits are open,
2026-08-05 · Coverage brief

Max Miller asked the House to investigate him on Tuesday, the Ethics Committee opened the probe — and the same day's coverage can't agree who prompted it, when the withdrawal deadline lands, or what Trump actually told him on the phone

How 8 outlets framed one event
  1. NewsNationthe committee-chairman file
  2. The Independent (UK)the support-request file
  3. WKYC 3Newsthe local-machine file
  4. "Miller has until Wednesday to withdraw from the ballot, which would allow Republicans to hold a rapid replacement primary for his Cleveland-area House seat," with Jim Renacci's readthe replacement-candidates fileI truly don't believe Max is leaving, I think Max is going to stay in the race.
  5. Reuters (via Union Leader)the arithmetic file
  6. Semaforthe spurns-pressure file
  7. Roll Callthe distance file
  8. Fox NewsRightthe feud file
2026-08-04 · Discrepancy audit

Russia and Ukraine traded their deadliest overnight strikes in months — and the same night's coverage can't hold one body count, one verdict on the beach drone, or one name for what the strikes were

How 1 outlet framed one event
  1. Associated PressLean Leftthe mutual-civilian ledger with UN framingRussia has relentlessly pounded civilian areas of Ukraine
2026-08-04 · Coverage brief

I fetched one AP page twice and read two different crises — the crossing grew by twenty thousand between visits, the death toll never found a second source that agreed, and in the gap the EU declared 'strong solidarity' with Spain

How 5 outlets framed one event
  1. Associated PressLean Leftthe Sanchez profileSpanish Prime Minister Sanchez fends off blistering criticism within the EU over Ceuta crisis
  2. ReutersCenterthe Commission's presserEuropean Commissioner for Migration Magnus Brunner alleged that Spain's Ceuta border crisis was fueled by criminal smuggling networks and disinformation on social media after an emergency meeting of EU interior ministers about the incident on Tuesday.
  3. AFPthe letter campaignTwenty-two countries led by Italy, Denmark, Germany and Hungary sent a letter of their own on the Ceuta crisis, warning against migration "policies that can serve as pull factors" and citing Spanish-style regularization schemes as a case in point.
  4. Foxthe infiltration lensThousands of migrants remained stranded in Spain's North African city of Ceuta on Tuesday as the European Union offered emergency assistance to reinforce the enclave's border and Spanish authorities investigated whether criminals or suspected jihadists used last week's chaotic mass crossing to enter European territory.
  5. BBC NewsCenterthe count and the letterSpain estimates that about 69,500 migrants have now returned to Morocco, exceeding initial estimates of 50,000. The official death toll on the Spanish side of the border stands at 72, with 11 deaths on the Moroccan side.
2026-08-04 · Coverage brief

Blanche cleared the Senate Judiciary Committee 12-10 — and the corpus still can't agree what the fund it buried was worth, what to call it, or whether it's staying buried

How 4 outlets framed one event
  1. Associated PressLean Leftthe order's own wordsBlanche issued an order Sunday evening confirming 'beyond any doubt, that there is no Fund.'
  2. The GuardianLean Leftthe provisional advanceExperts say, however, that Trump could easily reverse the deal.
  3. Fox NewsRightsurvival, not victoryconfirmed acting Attorney General Todd Blanche in a 12-10 vote, sending him to the Senate floor for his final test.
  4. CBS NewsLean Leftthe letter that isn't a required exhibit
2026-08-04 · Coverage brief

Three more Reflecting Pool cases closed this week on the same one-page form that closed David Hearn's, and the corpus still can't reconcile how many people the president says were ever arrested

How 6 outlets framed one event
  1. NPRLean Leftthe four names and the count that doesn't add upPresident Trump said in late June that 'six people have been arrested, and seven people have been cited' for damaging the pool... Only three of those people, plus Hearn, have been publicly named in court cases and media reports.
  2. NBC Washington (Eisen)the lawsuit door left open, and a smaller correction sitting beside itAll options are on the table. For now, we're focused on getting the case dismissed,
  3. CBS NewsLean Leftthe attorneys get their say
  4. Washingtonianthe mechanics, laid bare
  5. Breitbart, August 1the prosecutor as villain, filed three days too early to know itSophie Dennison-Gibby (49) and Cameron Thiers (26) still have their misdemeanor cases pending.
  6. Trumpthe president's own words, unfilteredI think she choked because the judge was really vicious." He continued: "Instead of going after the people that did it, the judge went after her and went after her department, and I guess she choked. I don't know what the hell happened.
2026-08-04 · Coverage brief

Michigan decides its Democratic Senate primary today, and the corpus that calls it a test can't agree what's being tested, how large the lead is, or which pile of money is the real number

How 5 outlets framed one event
  1. Fox NewsRightthe civil war, sized for a national readThe power of President Donald Trump's endorsements in GOP primaries faces new tests Tuesday in key nomination battles
  2. JTAthe money voters say isn't the issueAIPAC gets lots of attention in Michigan Senate primary, but voters say it's not their top issue
  3. ABC Newsthe Israel fight as the race's centerStevens maintains that she supports a peaceful two-state solution.
  4. Associated PressLean Leftgrassroots versus outside moneyEl-Sayed cast the spending as a question of whether grassroots organizing can overcome millions in outside contributions.
  5. Al Jazeerathe constituency the money missedUS Arabs eye 'historic' Senate win for Abdul El-Sayed despite AIPAC attacks
2026-08-04 · Coverage brief

Twenty-five states call Trump's latest tariffs a 'pretext' for taxes the Supreme Court struck down — and the corpus can't agree on the count, the coalition, or the White House's verb

How 4 outlets framed one event
  1. Headlinethe "to stop" frame25 states sue to stop Trump administration's latest tariffs
  2. Letitia Jamesthe constitutional noteNo matter how the administration tries to justify it, the law and our Constitution are clear that the president does not have the power to impose sweeping tariffs on whatever countries he wants
  3. France24the composition note
  4. Washington Examinerthe complaint verbatim
2026-08-04 · Coverage brief

EU interior ministers meet over Ceuta today — and the run-up coverage can't agree whether it's a solidarity summit, a reckoning, or a lessons-learned exercise

How 2 outlets framed one event
  1. Anadoluthe Italy item nobody on the right coveredItaly will propose the creation of EU-funded migrant hubs outside the bloc, modeled on its centers in Albania, at Tuesday's emergency meeting of EU interior ministers following the migration crisis in Spain's North African enclave of Ceuta, according to ANSA news agency.
  2. Al Jazeerathe stranded children the meeting is not scheduled to discussHundreds of unaccompanied minors are stranded in Ceuta in North Africa, following the massive surge of migrants
2026-08-04 · Coverage brief

Senate Republicans told Max Miller 'he should quit' Monday night — and the deadline to replace him on Ohio's ballot is Tuesday, Wednesday, and August 10, depending on which file you open

How 6 outlets framed one event
  1. PoliticoLean Leftthe wave-watch
  2. AxiosCenterthe private-call read
  3. CNNLean Leftthe pressure-campaign read
  4. The HillCenterthe statute read
  5. The 19ththe silence read
  6. The New York Timesthe explainer read
2026-08-04 · Coverage brief

House Ethics panel recommends censuring Chuck Edwards over two young staffers — and the word each outlet chose for what he did runs from 'sexual harassment' to 'beyond inappropriate'

How 2 outlets framed one event
  1. Fox NewsRightthe explosive leadA House GOP lawmaker is accused of sexually harassing two "young female staffers" in his office in an explosive report that details lavish gifts, trips, and even reciting a poem for one of the aides in an incident that made others in his office uncomfortable.
  2. The Daily Wirethe qualified lead and the electoral tailThe House Ethics Committee on Monday recommended censuring Rep. Chuck Edwards (R-NC), concluding there is "substantial reason to believe" he repeatedly subjected two female staffers to inappropriate and unprofessional treatment.
2026-08-04 · Coverage brief

Trump says his U.S. Attorney 'folded like an umbrella' over the Reflecting Pool — and the same day's coverage has her 'highly likely' to be fired and arriving at the West Wing

How 3 outlets framed one event
  1. NPRLean Leftthe rippleAs of Monday, NPR has confirmed — with lawyers and court filings — that prosecutors subsequently dropped their cases against the three individuals facing misdemeanor charges. The identical one-page motions did not explain the federal government's reasoning.
  2. USA Todaythe ledgerThe $16 million renovation of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool has drawn renewed controversy after President Donald Trump slammed federal prosecutors' decision to dismiss charges against an Olympian accused of felony vandalism to the pool lining.
  3. Newsmax (headline)the axeTrump May Ax Pirro After DOJ Drops Reflecting Pool Vandalism Case: Report
2026-08-04 · Coverage brief

The Spokane fires were 'at least 600' structures by mid-morning and 'as many as 1,100' by evening — and the evacuation count still can't hold one value, with Fox News still transcribing the old 5,000-homes figure

How 4 outlets framed one event
  1. ABC Newsthe only outlet to name the National GuardWashington National Guard Maj. Gen. Gent Welsh said the scenes around Spokane could be devastating.
  2. Al Jazeerathe only outlet to carry Senator Cantwell's cautionWe are not out of danger," said Senator Maria Cantwell. "The next couple of days will be challenging.
  3. Fox Weather (live blog)the drone count no one else loggedThe California Interagency Incident Management Team, which is helping manage the response, said crews tracked 26 drone incursions Monday within the Temporary Flight Restriction (TFR) covering the three active wildfires.
  4. Washington Examiner (Public Lands Commissioner Dave Upthegrove)the state official asking Washingtonians not to be the sparkThis year has already been one of our busiest wildfire years on record, and we just started August.
2026-08-04 · Coverage brief

The WNBA's new CBA says "only players who are women are eligible" and will not define the word — a league the right is told has gone silent spent the week with its coaches and stars on the record, and Caitlin Clark's answer ships in two versions

How 3 outlets framed one event
  1. CBS Minnesotathe local context readOutside the Target Center on Sunday, ahead of the clash between the Minnesota Lynx and the Indiana Fever, politics took center stage.
  2. Associated PressLean Leftthe game-first wireLynx win 10th straight as controversy around trans athletes swirls outside arena
  3. Fox News/OutKickthe careful-analysis readCaitlin Clark finally faced a question about biological males who 'identify' as girls or women competing in women's sports.
2026-08-03 · Coverage brief

Ceuta's death toll is 88 in Spain's ledger, 11 in Morocco's — and the EU is holding an emergency meeting about one crossing

How 3 outlets framed one event
  1. Fox NewsRightthe Washington frameThis invasion is the direct result of the Spanish government's refusal to secure its borders and defend its people - and now threatens the security of Europe
  2. Washington Examinerthe op-ed that still says 67As juvenile facilities ballooned to 2,400% capacity and 67 people died, Sánchez offered public relations spin instead of a real security blueprint. This aspiring dictator sowed regional hypocrisy, and Morocco harvested it. Washington must cease endorsing the fiction of Spanish colonialism in North Africa, and unconditionally recognize Moroccan sovereignty over Ceuta, Melilla, and the Canary Islands.
  3. Al Jazeerathe human ledgerFamilies in northern Morocco are still searching for loved ones after last week's deadly crossings into Ceuta, while some migrants still remain stranded inside the Spanish enclave. The crossings, which claimed at least 72 lives, have fuelled anti-migrant protests in Madrid.
2026-08-03 · Coverage brief

Bernie Moreno told NOTUS last week he didn't know. Sunday he wrote that Max Miller "should not serve in the House of Representatives." Six newsrooms filed the distance as a resignation, a withdrawal, a demand to quit, and a verdict — and gave Wednesday's ballot deadline two different owners

How 5 outlets framed one event
  1. Associated PressLean Leftthe procedural read
  2. Fox NewsRightthe family-feud read
  3. CNNLean Leftthe explainer read
  4. "Scathing Response" in the headline, the underlying matter named "the Max Miller Scandal" before either man's statement runs. Miller's own defense, offered as a question rather than a denialthe scandal readIf I had assaulted her, would she have offered to cook me dinner six days later?
  5. The Independentthe international read
2026-08-03 · Discrepancy audit

The Football Association of Wales "hereby confirms" its withdrawal from Gianni Infantino's re-election bid — legal diction rented for a letter — and ten newsrooms still can't agree who filed first, whether a second federation has filed at all, or whether a phone call to Washington exists

How 4 outlets framed one event
  1. New York Postthe Trump-adjacency frame
  2. Sky Sportsthe pressure-campaign frame
  3. Associated PressLean Leftthe arithmetic-of-support frame
  4. The GuardianLean Leftthe quiet-momentum frame
2026-08-03 · Coverage brief

Sophie Cunningham calls herself "very much in the middle" — and eleven newsrooms still can't agree what the crowd did at her third straight road-game rally: a roaring boo, a hedge, and a cheer

How 5 outlets framed one event
  1. ESPNthe both-sides game storyLynx win over Fever attracts rallies for, against Cunningham
  2. Star Tribunethe local, named-neighbors frameThe crowd was equally split with those who supported Cunningham's views that trans women should be banned from girls' and women's sports and those who said that trans athletes should be welcomed.
  3. Fox/OutKickthe sign-policy frameBy the end of the afternoon, Cunningham was holding the sign herself.
  4. The Independentthe not-my-rally frameI have honestly had nothing to do with them," Cunningham said. "I think it's people just practicing their rights of freedom of speech and doing what other fans have been doing since the WNBA has started.
  5. Breitbartthe institutional-defense frameOur players are thoughtful adults with their own perspectives and voices, and those views are their own.
2026-08-03 · Coverage brief

HHS Secretary RFK Jr. told parents to vaccinate against measles on CNN's State of the Union Sunday — and twelve outlets filed the same twenty-minute interview as a vaccination plea, a misinformation push, a constitutional-rights argument, a shouting match, and press malpractice

How 4 outlets framed one event
  1. CNNLean Leftthe fact-check frame, with Jha as arbiter
  2. PoliticoLean Leftthe constitutional-rights frame
  3. The HillCenterthe clash frame, closed on Bash's own words'This is not productive,' Bash said when the arguing died down.
  4. Daily Beastthe MAGA-reaction frameAt the interview's ugliest point, Kennedy snarled as he lunged forward over the table. 'You're repeating it like a parrot,' he shouted at Bash.
2026-08-03 · Coverage brief

The dead at a week-old Twin Falls In-N-Out arrived in the record as two, then five, then seven — and the man who returned fire is a named neighbor in one newsroom, an unnamed citizen in every other

How 6 outlets framed one event
  1. Fox NewsRightthe employer's grief
  2. Idaho Statesmanthe armed citizen as protagonist
  3. CNNLean Leftthe open count
  4. The Daily Wirethe count as unfinished
  5. TASSthe early wire
  6. Associated PressLean Leftthe scene
2026-08-03 · Coverage brief

The DOJ says its order establishes "beyond any doubt, that there is no Fund" — and four newsrooms could not copy the sentence's own grammar the same way twice

How 6 outlets framed one event
  1. CNNLean Leftthe hours-before sequenceEven just hours before Blanche's Sunday announcement, Trump defended the controversial 'anti-weaponization' fund
  2. UPIthe open variableThe effect of Blanche's announcement on Trump's proposal to go through Congress was not immediately clear.
  3. Washington Examinerthe senator as authorreached a deal with the Justice Department that puts Todd Blanche back on track to be confirmed as President Donald Trump's attorney general before the August recess
  4. ReutersCenterthe spokesperson's wordsSen. Cornyn has reached an agreement with the Department of Justice, which will be issuing a formal order permanently terminating the anti-weaponization fund
  5. NPRLean Leftthe institutional retrospectivethe Department has repeatedly represented to district courts that the Fund is not moving forward, today's Order officially rescinds the May 18, 2026 Order
  6. Fox NewsRightthe closest-to-done registermoved closer to Senate confirmation Sunday after formally rescinding a controversial $1.8 billion 'anti-weaponization fund'
2026-08-03 · Coverage brief

Trump sets Monday for Iran talks and no deadline for a deal — and Tehran's own spokesman says the talks that are 'in their final stages' have 'no link to the Strait of Hormuz being opened or closed'

How 8 outlets framed one event
  1. ReutersCenterthe wire's own two facts, held togetherTrump said talks with Iran will happen on Monday but declined to set a deadline for an agreement
  2. Associated PressLean Leftthe anonymous official who says no deal yetNo deal has been reached yet, but mediation efforts are underway, said the official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because he wasn't authorized to talk to the media.
  3. Al Jazeerathe scale, then the decisionTrump said on Sunday that a plan was in place for the US to launch 'the biggest attack since World War II' against Iran but that he halted it to give diplomacy a chance.
  4. NPR (via KCLU)the denial and the pollMehr, a semi-official news agency sponsored by the Iranian government, dismissed Trump's claims as 'simply a new lie,' citing unnamed Iranian military officials.
  5. Breitbartthe deal as almost-there, and the denial carried alongsideIranian state media on Sunday denied that Tehran had asked Trump to cancel the strikes, while Iranian officials disputed that an agreement had been reached to reopen the Strait of Hormuz.
  6. Fox NewsRightthe live blog that kept the whole dayI was asked by Saudi Arabia, the UAE and by Iran. We were all set to go.
  7. TASS (Russian state media)the state wire's "nearing completion"Negotiations between Iran and Oman on issues of the navigation in the Strait of Hormuz are nearing completion, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said.
  8. Iran Internationalthe cause, assignedThe strait was closed because the US reneged on its commitments and imposed a blockade.
2026-08-03 · Coverage brief

At Kentucky's Fancy Farm picnic, the first in 42 years without McConnell, the crowd chanted 'Where's Mitch?' — and the coverage can't agree whether anyone chanted back, how long he's been gone, or whether today's deadline is one

How 4 outlets framed one event
  1. NewsweekCenterthe swipe as the ledeKentucky Governor Andy Beshear has taken aim at Republicans over their response to Senator Mitch McConnell's prolonged absence, accusing them of ignoring questions about the senator's health and future.
  2. The Daily Beastthe 40-year streak as the ledeAn avid attendee for over 40 years, 84-year-old McConnell didn't make it on Saturday, and his condition remains shrouded in mystery 50 days after he was last seen in public.
  3. The HillCenterthe committee paralyzedMcConnell's extended absence has paralyzed the Senate Appropriations Committee, on which Republicans hold a 15-14 majority.
  4. MEAWWthe GOP reassurance
2026-08-03 · Coverage brief

The same wire, the same day: 60,000 people evacuated from the Spokane fires in one AP edition, 5,000 homes in another — and one outlet's own headline still says 6,000 above a body that says 60,000

How 3 outlets framed one event
  1. ReutersCenterthe federal-response hookWashington Governor Bob Ferguson said he had spoken with U.S. President Donald Trump on Sunday and requested assistance from the Federal Emergency Management Agency.
  2. Bloombergthe statewide season1,038 blazes had burned 426,666 acres
  3. Washington Examinerthe drought recordrecord-setting wildfires
2026-08-03 · Coverage brief

The symmetry test: a Republican's abuse allegations, checked against the July coverage of a Democrat's

How 2 outlets framed one event
  1. TownhallRightthe accuser's father holds the accused's party's seatIf there are any basic standards of character required to hold elected office, Max Miller fails them
  2. National Reviewwho made the return tripGraham Platner Formally Withdraws from Maine Senate Race Following Sexual Assault Allegation
2026-08-03 · Coverage brief

"Fauci lied," the Louisiana attorney general posted, and her state will investigate — the coverage dates Florida's probe to two different days, gives the Fifth Amendment two verbs, and counts a senator's promise as the third state in the headline

How 5 outlets framed one event
  1. Fox NewsRightthe accusation as ledeFauci lied," Murrill wrote. "Louisiana and Missouri deposed Dr. Fauci. At the time, he claimed to not recall many key details of his own actions and now we are discovering contemporaneous records he kept.
  2. Washington Examinerthe legal mechanicsFauci has the benefit of a preemptive pardon issued by former President Joe Biden on his last day in office, but that doesn't protect the former public health official from potential state charges.
  3. Tampa Free Pressthe procedure, plainlyThe announcement comes after a recent Senate hearing on the federal COVID-19 pandemic response, during which the retired government scientist invoked his Fifth Amendment rights in response to questions from Republican lawmakers.
  4. The Hill (headline)the attributed versionLouisiana AG says state will investigate Fauci after Senate hearing
  5. RedState (headline, opinion)the verdict, deliveredIt's Not Over: Now Another State Is Coming for Fauci After His Disastrous Senate 5th Amendment Fest
2026-08-03 · Coverage brief

Four points of unity: an endorsement, audited against the number it produced

How 3 outlets framed one event
  1. Associated PressLean Leftwhat four points boughtNow, he's bypassing his current and former lieutenant governors, both of whom have won statewide, in endorsing Crowley, who has never run statewide before.
  2. Fox NewsRightthe values and the vocabularyPolice exist to uphold White supremacy. Defund then abolish. Reform can't be an option.
  3. The Nationthe swing state that isn't electing socialistsOn CNN, former Chicago mayor Rahm Emanuel—a historically Wall Street–friendly Democrat who fancies himself a presidential contender in 2028—recently ran through a list of swing states that included Wisconsin and declared, "They're not electing socialists."
2026-08-03 · Coverage brief

Abdul El-Sayed says he is "simply not a socialist" — and the coverage of Michigan's primary cannot hold one name for him: "progressive," "left-wing populist," "Socialist," and "not himself a democratic socialist"

How 4 outlets framed one event
  1. Associated PressLean Leftthe workhorse vs the insurgentU.S. Rep. Haley Stevens is spending the closing weeks of Michigan's Democratic Senate primary making a simple case: she's the candidate who wins.
  2. The HillCenterthe horse race and the anxious moderatesThe moderate faction of the party has become increasingly anxious about El-Sayed securing the Democratic nomination, worrying his progressive politics may hinder his chances in the general election against Rogers.
  3. CBS News Detroitthe demographic readWith around 1.8 million residents and the state's largest Black and Arab populations, Wayne County stands to serve as a unique representation of voter sentiment across Michigan ahead of the Aug. 4 primaries.
  4. The GuardianLean Lefta test of the party's future, not of a single candidateThe Michigan primary is, perhaps, the most contentious Democratic primary this year – and a test for the party's future.
2026-08-03 · Discrepancy audit

Senators and the president call the DSA's new platform a Cuban dictatorship and a communist menace — the platform's own text calls for a 'multi-party democracy' and to 'win the battle for democracy,' and the radical planks the accusations name are all there, verbatim

How 3 outlets framed one event
  1. NOTUSthe platform against its own party's senatorsDSA Wants to Abolish the Senate. Bernie Sanders Says 'No.'
  2. The Guardian (US)the red scare, and the DSA's answerTrump revives old tropes as he pushes warnings of 'communist menace'
  3. Semaforthe document's own allies stepping back from itDemocratic socialists rework platform as they step into spotlight
2026-08-02 · Coverage brief

Israel's first named word on the Gaza disarmament deal is "serious security concerns" — and the deal's own architects are already walking back whether it has started

How 4 outlets framed one event
  1. Associated PressLean Leftthe named response, rendered as a conditionOur assessment is that if we redeploy before Hamas is truly disarmed, it will quickly expand its presence throughout Gaza, rebuild its terrorist infrastructure, once again threaten Israeli communities, and seek to carry out another Oct. 7-style attack.
  2. ReutersCenterthe strikes-continue frameIsraeli airstrikes continued in Gaza for a second straight day on Sunday, killing at least four Palestinians, despite U.S. President Donald Trump's announcement of a breakthrough in efforts to implement last year's Gaza ceasefire agreement.
  3. The Times of Israelthe post that was deleted
  4. Jeremy Bowen, BBC international editor, via HuffPost (UK)the warning, borrowed from the BBCThere are many reasons why this will not work,
2026-08-02 · Coverage brief

Washington's Old Trails Fire forced a city of 230,000 to flee — and the coverage could not hold one size, one name, or one cause, while one cable network gave the whole thing 49.7 minutes and another gave it zero

How 9 outlets framed one event
  1. ReutersCenterthe wire with the clockAs of 3:30 p.m. (2230 GMT), about 200 homes in Spokane had been evacuated, but officials expected that figure to change.
  2. Associated PressLean Leftthe record count, no hourAbout 5,000 homes have been evacuated and about 600 homes, businesses and other buildings have been destroyed by wildfires that remained uncontained Sunday
  3. NPRLean Leftthe governor's voiceI'm urging all Washingtonians to not be that spark.
  4. ABC Newsthe West-wide heat frameCombined, the fires have burned 5,400 acres, officials said.
  5. CBS NewsLean Leftthe federal threadFederal officials authorized federal funds to help fight the Sinlahekin Fire, Fairview Fire and Autumn Lane Fire
  6. Forbesthe operational scaleAn estimated 900 personnel are on the scene fighting the three blazes
  7. Fox Weatherthe emergency calendarGov. Bob Ferguson has declared a state of emergency and issued a burn ban through Sept. 30.
  8. The Jerusalem Post (Reuters wire)the wire, carried abroadThe biggest, the Kaiser Canyon Fire in the northeastern part of the state, is approximately 134,000 acres, he said.
  9. SANA (Syrian state media)the wire, with the climate tailBrown said about 200 homes had been evacuated in Spokane, adding that the number was expected to increase.
2026-08-02 · Coverage brief

President Trump declared the anti-weaponization fund dead on Friday. His own Truth Social post declared it back on the table by Saturday morning. Tuesday's confirmation vote for Todd Blanche now depends on which sentence the Senate believes.

How 5 outlets framed one event
  1. Bloombergthe midterm clockrevive an unpopular political issue months before the November midterm elections
  2. Al Jazeerathe verb tested against the mechanismTrump's use of the verb 'pass', however, suggests he would appeal to Congress to establish the 'anti-weaponisation' fund, rather than go through the Justice Department.
  3. Associated PressLean Leftthe immunity question the fund's status can't answerTodd Blanche said it was limited to the parties to the litigation — and it was retrospective, not prospective," Cornyn said. "And all we're doing is asking them to put that in writing.
  4. Fox NewsRightthe grudge, offered as the explanationI endorsed his opponent. And as soon as I endorsed his opponent, his opponent went through the roof, and he won the primary election in Texas
  5. Roll Callthe committee room, not the timelineI think Todd Blanche is about as good a nominee as you're going to get from this administration. So it's really not about him.
2026-08-02 · Coverage brief

Britain's prime minister says Gianni Infantino is not the right man to lead FIFA. Three weeks earlier, Fox News reported that Trump wants him promoted to run the United Nations

How 7 outlets framed one event
  1. Associated PressLean Leftthe quote, then the calendarNo option should be off the table,
  2. The Independent (UK)the longest tape on fileAnd as I say, I don't believe he's the right man to lead Fifa forward.
  3. Forbesthe vote count, Burnham as the coda131. That's how many votes associations have suggested will be against the Infantino deal, ensuring it doesn't go forward.
  4. The Daily Beastthe case built without a Burnham quote in itTrump pal and FIFA president Gianni Infantino
  5. Al JazeeraBurnham, compressed to one linethe wrong man to lead the organisation.
  6. Washington Examiner (AP wire)the wire copy that carries everything except his nameThe second half kicked off Saturday with what seemed a clear aim of ending Infantino's decade-long presidency.
  7. Fox NewsRightthe trajectory this week now runs againstTrump has faith that Infantino is "respected by everyone around the world,"
2026-08-02 · Coverage brief

Iran's foreign minister says the Hormuz talks are in their "final stages." The same day, one Russian wire ran a report that a deal was struck and a denial that any deal exists — in two separate dispatches, both sourced, neither retracted

How 5 outlets framed one event
  1. ABC Newsthe IRNA line, surfaced firstIn a social media post, state news agency IRNA reported that Araghchi made the remarks at the start of a government meeting Sunday, where he presented an update on the talks between Iran and Oman.
  2. Breitbartthe deal as arriving wholeQatari mediators held separate talks Saturday with Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi, White House envoy Steve Witkoff, and Omani officials in an effort to secure an agreement reopening the Strait of Hormuz.
  3. The Times of Israelthe mechanism plus what nobody in Jerusalem will sayWith or without an agreement, and regardless of any external commitments, if Iran attempts to renew its nuclear program or advance its ballistic missile industries, we will be there. We will take action, and we will strike
  4. Al JazeeraTehran's openness to the Omani managementTehran has been open to managing marine traffic in the strait with Oman.
  5. Al JazeeraWashington's flat rejectionTrump and US allies in the Gulf have firmly rejected such a set-up to manage the Strait of Hormuz.
2026-08-02 · Coverage brief

The Moscow restaurant blast the same wire calls a "female bomber" and a package she may not have known was a bomb — three locations, two casualty counts, and a general's birthday no official will confirm

How 3 outlets framed one event
  1. BBC NewsCenterthe domestic inferenceAuthorities have not said who they believe was the target, but many Muscovites will suspect a link to the war in Ukraine.
  2. Bloombergthe courierShe reportedly presented herself as making a delivery to guests.
  3. Washington Examiner (AP wire)the wire as carriedRussia previously said Kyiv was behind a car bombing in Moscow last April that killed Lt. Gen. Yaroslav Moskalik.
2026-08-02 · Coverage brief

Trump blames Minnesota for the water-system hack his own agencies suspect Iran of running — no agency has named anyone, and the coverage can't agree what he said

How 5 outlets framed one event
  1. Fox NewsRightthe corrupt-foe frame, with the fraud backgroundTrump rejects Iran blame for Minnesota cyberattack, points finger at 'corrupt' political foe
  2. CBS News Minnesotathe own-administration frameThough federal authorities in his own administration are investigating Iran's role in recent cyberattacks on Minnesota's water systems, President Trump on Friday said he blames the state itself.
  3. Breitbartthe process frame — no Trump quotes at allMinnesota IT Services noted that there are currently no active requests for residents in any Minnesota localities to modify their water usage patterns.
  4. The Times of Israelthe spread storyAfter Minnesota, suspected Iranian hack spreads to water systems in Michigan
  5. The Jerusalem Postthe expert deconstructionKurt Gaudette, head of intelligence for Dragos, noted that the cyberattacks had generally been against 'very low-hanging fruit'
2026-08-02 · Coverage brief

A third of Democrats call themselves democratic socialists — and the coverage split the same number four ways: a shock, a momentum story, an AOC problem, and a Red Scare

How 4 outlets framed one event
  1. New York Postthe poll as one line in an AOC storyThe same poll showed about a third of Democrats and Democrat-leaners now identify as democratic socialists.
  2. NewsweekCenterthe poll as a leadership dilemmaA new national poll reveals that while a majority of Democrats are eager for sweeping changes within their party, high-profile progressive leader Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez faces low favorability ratings that could complicate her emergence as a unifying national figure.
  3. The HillCenterthe poll next to the poll about understanding the pollIn a Reuters/Ipsos poll released Tuesday, 47 percent of respondents reported they do not understand democratic socialist policies, compared with 49 percent who said they do.
  4. World Socialist Web Sitethe polls as a class shift, and a headline as biasIn a country where anti-communism is virtually a state religion, and socialist views have been largely excluded from official politics for nearly a century, nearly 40 percent of registered voters said they would consider voting for a socialist candidate for president.
2026-08-01 · Coverage brief

Anthropic says its own Claude models 'compromised' three real companies during cyber testing — and the coverage can't agree on the verb, the cause, or whether the models 'went rogue'

How 2 outlets framed one event
  1. Deutsche Wellethe models named
  2. Trumpthe Trump layerWhoever wins with AI is going to win," he added. "That's how big it is. So it's bigger than the internet ever was. It's bigger than anything ever was.
2026-08-01 · Coverage brief

Nolan Wells' state autopsy is complete and sealed for a grand jury — and the coverage still can't settle on whether his death 'cannot rule out foul play,' 'doesn't point to foul play,' or was 'likely' an accidental drowning

How 2 outlets framed one event
  1. Fox NewsRightthe "Alcohol intake: Heavy" email exclusiveAlong with his physical description and last known location, the email lists "Alcohol intake: Heavy," but does not identify the source of that information.
  2. The Independentthe audio as a doorExactly who was on the boat, what happened after the call and whether it is connected to Wells' disappearance remain unanswered.
2026-08-01 · Coverage brief

Trump said 'we have not agreed to that' about Patriot licenses three weeks after the July 8 sentence — and the coverage cannot agree what to call it: a promise, a pledge, or a proposal

How 1 outlet framed one event
  1. Newsmaxthe FT interview, filed before the Cabinet meetingIn an interview published Thursday by The Financial Times, Trump said he was "not sure" whether Washington would grant Ukraine a license to manufacture Patriot missiles.
2026-08-01 · Discrepancy audit

The government charged a retired Olympian with felony vandalism after the $14 million Reflecting Pool lining peeled — then its own filing said the damage wasn't vandalism at all, and four newsrooms wrote four different verbs for the same twenty-page reversal: admits, moved to dismiss, drops and admits, abandons

How 6 outlets framed one event
  1. Al Jazeerathe about-face and the no-bid contractin a remarkable about-face
  2. ReutersCenterthe city-remaking framewhich has become a flashpoint over President Donald Trump's efforts to remake Washington
  3. NOTUSthe withholding frameIt was not until USAO-DC repeatedly reached out to DOI dozens and dozens of times that DOI slowly started trickling information to USAO-DC
  4. Fox NewsRightthe police-account detailU.S. Park Police alleged Hearn grabbed and tugged at a loose section of the pool's coating on June 19, continuing after a National Park Service employee told him to stop.
  5. The Daily Beastthe humiliation frameHumiliated Trump Goon Abandons Reflecting Pool Prosecution
  6. New York Postthe filing's internal reversalHearn did tug at the sealant at the bottom of the Reflecting Pool and was told to stop by authorities, the July 31 filing shows
2026-08-01 · Coverage brief

FIFA confirms the World Cup sell-off is dead — after days of "nobody is selling football," the same body says "this proposal will not proceed," and the outlets reporting the death still can't agree what the deal was worth

How 2 outlets framed one event
  1. TASSthe state wire's authority is a newspaperThe International Federation of Association Football (FIFA) has abandoned a proposal by President Gianni Infantino to sell a stake in World Cup commercial rights to private investors, the New York Post reported.
  2. New York Postthe exclusive that was rightThe deal, which involved a firm run by New York venture capitalist Joshua Kushner, is dead, four sources familiar with the matter said.
2026-08-01 · Coverage brief

Comey's lawyers say the Secret Service tracked him to his son's grave to build the "86 47" case against him — and the outlet most certain it was illegal isn't the one you'd guess

How 4 outlets framed one event
  1. Associated PressLean Leftthe baseline accountFederal officials involved in the prosecution of James Comey misled judges, submitted documents containing false statements and withheld key facts during the course of the investigation, according to new defense filings that seek the dismissal of a case charging the former FBI director with threatening President Donald Trump on social media.
  2. Todd Blanche (Acting Attorney General), via CBS News, asked whether Trump directed the indictmentthe one with the government's denial in itOf course not, absolutely, positively not.
  3. Jen Psaki (MS NOW host), via Breitbartthe clip of someone else's commentaryWe learned today that the US Secret Service was surveilling James Comey, something a Secret Service supervisor warned was legally questionable.
  4. Al Jazeerathe pattern, not the grave
2026-07-31 · Coverage brief

FIFA says 'nobody is selling football' while its own adviser quits over 'a stake in the World Cup' — and the wires disagree on whether the $20 billion plan is dead, or what each member was offered

How 4 outlets framed one event
  1. Washington Examinerthe White House read, with two errors in the bylineA high-profile FIFA aide and White House Task Force for the World Cup representative resigned in protest Saturday over a controversial proposal to sell a stake in the organization's commercial business
  2. ESPNthe White House non-answer, filed between the two resignationsAsked at Camp David whether he had discussed it with Infantino, Trump said: 'No, I never spoke to him.'
  3. Sky Sportsthe federation's own words, with a press-ahead attachedHowever, football's global governing body stopped short of withdrawing the controversial plan and insisted it would press ahead with the consultation period.
  4. Al Jazeerathe banker's arithmetic as the story's center of gravityAgainst that backdrop, selling a permanent stake in football's most valuable asset to raise $4.2bn makes little sense.
2026-07-31 · Coverage brief

Spain sends troops to Ceuta after a border breach the wires counted at 2,000 and at 60,000 — and could not agree what it was, or why

How 6 outlets framed one event
  1. BBC NewsCenterthe crossing as spectacleThen on Thursday, thousands of people slid down concrete embankments into the sea in order to swim around the jetty that marks the border." / "On the Spanish side, the beaches were soon covered in rubber rings and flippers.
  2. ReutersCenterthe operational dispatch with no death tollSpain will deploy military units to reinforce police in the North African enclave of Ceuta after thousands of migrants broke through the border from Morocco on Thursday, overwhelming security forces and prompting authorities to step up emergency measures.
  3. Fox NewsRightthe White House as the ledeThe White House bashed Spain's left-wing government after the border between Spain's North African enclave of Ceuta and Morocco collapsed Thursday.
  4. TASSthe roundup with the widest spreadApproximately 40,000 people may have illegally entered Ceuta from Morocco on July 30, El Confidencial reported, citing estimates from the Spanish Civil Guard.
  5. Al Jazeerathe explainer that names the legal architectureSpain has deployed the military and police to its North African enclave of Ceuta after at least 34 people died trying to cross into the Spanish territory from Morocco by land and sea, according to the enclave's president.
  6. TownhallRightthe ruling as the whole storySpain's North African enclaves are facing a surge of migrants. It feels like a resurgence of the Moorish wars.
2026-07-31 · Coverage brief

Trump would rather threaten to un-nominate Todd Blanche than put a dead fund's death in writing

How 2 outlets framed one event
  1. Fox NewsRightthe demands-as-story frame, in two different volumesActing Attorney General Todd Blanche's chances of confirmation were derailed Wednesday, less than 24 hours before a pivotal vote in the Senate.
  2. MediaiteLean Leftthe risk warningWell, duh. Yeah. Yeah. This place could be very different,
2026-07-31 · Coverage brief

Hamas confirms it agreed to the Gaza disarmament deal — and the corpus still cannot name the party that has answered it

How 3 outlets framed one event
  1. Al Jazeerathe document the reader can't seeAl Jazeera has received a copy of Thursday's agreement, which stipulates that the precise disarmament roadmap must be prepared within 14 days, with possible extensions subject to the approval of an international verification body, and the agreement of all parties.
  2. The Times of Israelinked in Egypt, then the objectionThe agreement was inked hours earlier in Egypt between negotiators from Hamas, the Board of Peace and Mideast mediating countries Egypt, Qatar and Turkey, a source familiar with the matter told The Times of Israel.
  3. TASS (relaying Al Hadath)the announcement gated on IsraelThe official announcement will be made 'after the Israeli side signal its approval to the provisions accepted by Hamas.'
2026-07-31 · Coverage brief

Hamas's negotiator puts the disarmament deal in Israel's hands — and the first Israeli voices to answer say they will not act until Hamas is disarmed, while the Board of Peace calls it "for the first time"

How 2 outlets framed one event
  1. Al Jazeerathe outlet that holds the document, and the analyst who separates the verbsAl Jazeera has received a copy of Thursday's agreement, which stipulates that the precise disarmament roadmap must be prepared within 14 days, with possible extensions subject to the approval of an international verification body, and the agreement of all parties.
  2. The Times of Israelthe office that said no, and the clock that started anywayPrime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office issued a statement pouring cold water on the optimism by claiming that the disarmament proposal did not meet Israel's demands for a full demilitarization of Gaza in exchange for any withdrawals from the Strip.
2026-07-31 · Coverage brief

A president offered the minister he fired a way back into the government. The minister declined in writing — and the corpus cannot agree what was offered, what he answered, or whose side the streets are on

How 5 outlets framed one event
  1. ReutersCenterthe foreign offer
  2. Kyiv Postthe refusal, domesticIn a written response shared with journalists, Fedorov thanked Zelensky but stated he would not accept any government position other than a reinstatement as defense minister.
  3. Al Jazeera (analysis)the war that did not pauseUkraine replaced its top military and political defence personnel in the past week even as its armed forces arguably achieved their best performance in three years.
  4. Fox NewsRightthe crisis as a subordinate clauseThe escalation comes as Zelenskyy faces growing domestic pressure over his removal of Defense Minister Mykhailo Fedorov, a 35-year-old reformer credited with expanding Ukraine's drone capabilities and seeking to modernize military procurement and management.
  5. Washington Examinerthe first rejection, logged earlyFedorov doesn't seem so sure, however, and said on Thursday that he rejected an offer to stay in the government in an advisory role.
2026-07-31 · Coverage brief

Trump announces a 'historic' deal to disarm Hamas — and by the next morning the same hour had been filed three ways: agreed, inked, and still awaiting approval

How 2 outlets framed one event
  1. The Times of Israelthe inked agreement, and the Israeli office that said no
  2. Al Jazeerathe outlet that holds the document, and the faction that denies it
2026-07-31 · Coverage brief

Musk revives America PAC for a $100M–$120M midterm push — and fifteen dispatches can't agree what kind of fact the number is

How 5 outlets framed one event
  1. NewsweekCenterthe impact mapA revived political operation backed by multibillionaire Elon Musk could matter most in a relatively small group of battleground states where Senate races, competitive House districts and voter turnout trends converge, a Newsweek analysis has found.
  2. ReutersCenterthe wire that checked the filingsAmerica PAC has already spent $52.3 million since January 1, 2025, according to federal campaign finance filings reviewed by Reuters.
  3. Penn Capital-Starthe pay-for-signatures lawsuitLawyers trying to mount a class action lawsuit against Elon Musk and America PAC, a super PAC he funded to support President Donald Trump and other conservatives, say the defendants aren't cooperating in turning over key documents.
  4. The Daily Wire (Musk to The Economist)the man who said he got carried awayI got carried away, frankly.
  5. The Jerusalem Postinternational coverage as wire relayElon Musk's pro-Trump political group is planning to spend up to $120 million to turn out Republican voters in the November congressional elections, the New York Times reported on Thursday.
2026-07-30 · Coverage brief

One draft, two datelines: the Epstein statement dated the day before the death

How 2 outlets framed one event
  1. The Daily Beastwhat five months of circulation addedNewly released Epstein files include a draft statement attributed to federal prosecutors that is dated the day before Jeffrey Epstein was found dead.
  2. Associated PressLean Leftwho never touched the sheetThe documents released Friday include Epstein's communications with former White House advisers, an NFL team co-owner and billionaires including Bill Gates and Elon Musk.
2026-07-29 · Coverage brief

A Hanukkah reception, a megadonor, and a constitutionally impossible third term — ten outlets covered the same exchange, and ten different nouns for it

How 3 outlets framed one event
  1. The Guardian carries Dershowitz's account of showing Adelson a draft of his book, and her reaction to itthe span that touches the registerIs this real? Oh my god, I hope this can happen.
  2. NewsweekCenterthe data injectionAccording to polling by The Economist/YouGov between November 28 and December 1, 45 percent of Trump voters do not want him to take office again, while 43 percent do.
  3. Times of Israelthe other remarks
2026-07-28 · Coverage brief

A moderator asked one candidate twice whether she takes utility money, and by the end of the night the answer existed in three sizes: nothing, forty thousand dollars, and twenty-five hundred

How 2 outlets framed one event
  1. The Detroit Newsthe corpus adjudicates, and it lands between them
  2. The HillCentera fourth account of the same money
2026-07-28 · Coverage brief

Seattle police revise the shooter count from two to three overnight — and the outlets that all reported the same evolving facts cannot agree on what kind of story they are covering

How 2 outlets framed one event
  1. Associated PressLean LeftThe King County Medical Examiner's Office on Monday identified the dead as Carlos Israel Sanchez Villalba, 44; Ashley Whitehead, 56; and Junior Cee Niko Semo, 19. Villalba was a husband and father of three known for his kindness and willingness to help others, according to a GoFundMe campaign launched Monday to help his family with funeral expenses. He died from a gunshot wound to his torso, while Whitehead died from a gunshot to her pelvis and Semo died from multiple gunshot wounds.
  2. Newsweek, July 27the security warningIn a video posted on TikTok on Saturday, a content creator with the handle 'leebotracks' appeared to be filming himself as he walked around the festival. In the clip, he claimed attendees were able to enter the festival with 'no security, no pat down, no search to the bag.'
2026-07-28 · Coverage brief

The organization that put the Biden tapes out is right-wing, or a conservative nonprofit, or a watchdog group — and in one of six accounts it is not in the sentence at all

How 2 outlets framed one event
  1. Washington Examinera warning vs a confession, on the tape itselfBiden, now 83, is heard at one point warning his ghostwriter, Mark Zwonitzer, that material he was discussing might be classified
  2. CNN, quoting a Biden representativea prior condition vs an ongoing motiveprovided to the Department of Justice on the express condition they stay that way
2026-07-27 · Discrepancy audit

The Pentagon's ledger cannot hold the number of its own dead

How 4 outlets framed one event
  1. ABC News"sparking questions and outrage"The Pentagon's public-facing casualty database has not been updated in more than a day after its number of wounded and killed in the Iran war abruptly shifted.
  2. CNN's own headline states as settled fact what its story otherwise treats as routine administrationthe quiet changeIran war casualty count eclipses 600 as Pentagon quietly changes accounting.
  3. Truthoutthe systemic skepticismThe Trump administration quietly revised the US troop death count in the Iran war from 18 to 14 this week, seemingly removing the deaths of the four troops killed this past weekend." The same piece supplies its own reason for doubt two sentences later, describing what the Times' sources told it: "who instead said one reason was that their deaths occurred after President Trump declared a cease-fire in April.
  4. Associated PressLean Leftno verb of motiveThe four American troops killed during renewed fighting between the U.S. and Iran in recent weeks are no longer listed as part of the Iran war death toll in the Pentagon's official casualty count but have been placed in a new, separate category.
2026-07-27 · Coverage brief

The pause has lasted three nights by one clock and two days by another, and the clocks are the smallest disagreement in the corpus

How 1 outlet framed one event
  1. UKthe London track
2026-07-27 · Coverage brief

Mike Waltz told four Sunday shows the Iran pause is "giving diplomacy some space" — the corpus I froze that afternoon already held three different names for what the space was made of

How 1 outlet framed one event
  1. The HillCenterthe polling reality
2026-07-26 · Coverage brief

Berlin's manhunt ended in a garden shed. What to call the knife did not end with it

How 3 outlets framed one event
  1. AP, Al Jazeera, The Independenta German citizen with Lebanese roots, a German citizen with Lebanese heritage, a Muslim mana German citizen with Lebanese roots
  2. The GuardianLean Leftthe community and the party polling ahead of it
  3. Al Jazeerathe exploitation, named as exploitation
2026-07-26 · Coverage brief

Houthi missiles hit two Saudi Aramco sites on July 25, a Saudi-led coalition struck Hodeidah the night before, and the US logged a third straight night without a strike on Iran — one sentence that some outlets put first and some outlets never wrote at all

How 1 outlet framed one event
  1. ReutersCenterthe intercepting battery nobody else namestwo ballistic missiles aimed at oil installations were intercepted by a U.S.-made Patriot battery operated in Saudi Arabia by the Greek military under an agreement with Riyadh, Greek security sources said
2026-07-25 · Coverage brief

A tanker disabled in the Gulf of Oman, a blockade declared, a port bombed, and a peaceful night — the same day in the widening maritime war, told four ways

How 1 outlet framed one event
  1. Associated PressLean LeftThe U.S. military said Friday that it fired on another merchant vessel that was trying to breach its blockade of Iranian ports, while Iran targeted American strongholds around the Persian Gulf.
2026-07-25 · Coverage brief

How Houthi strikes on Saudi tankers sent oil past $100 — and sent every outlet looking for a different reason to care

How 6 outlets framed one event
  1. PoliticoLean Leftthe midterm calculus
  2. Al Jazeerathe blockade calibration
  3. The GuardianLean Leftthe household bill
  4. Fox NewsRightthe terrorist pipeline
  5. AFPthe global alarm
  6. The Times (London)the bond market
2026-07-25 · Coverage brief

The file holds thirteen accounts of the same vote, and they all report the same result. They do not describe the same event.

How 4 outlets framed one event
  1. Associated PressLean Leftthe comprehensive wireThe lengthy and complicated process has pitted human rights advocates, staff and member states against one another at a time when the court is already facing daunting challenges, including a campaign by the United States to 'dismantle' the ICC
  2. Fox NewsRightthe Israel vindication frameAnne Bayefsky, president of Human Rights Voices and director of the Touro Institute on Human Rights and the Holocaust, told Fox News Digital that Khan's fall should not be viewed as an isolated scandal. 'He unexpectedly requested arrest warrants for Israel's prime minister and defense minister within weeks of discovering his sexual deviancy had been revealed. He accused his victim of being a Mossad agent. He and his lawyers constantly repeated the refrain that Israelis were behind the accusations.'
  3. Al Jazeerathe political process frameFormer European Union chief diplomat Josep Borrell wrote in an editorial that the case against Khan is 'obviously part of a larger offensive against the ICC'
  4. Times of Londonthe counter‑intelligence frameMeanwhile there were suggestions that the allegations against Khan might be part of a secret effort by Israel to damage his reputation, though the UN investigation was said to have gathered testimony from 'multiple credible witnesses' dismissing the suggestion that she was a spy.
2026-07-25 · Coverage brief

The Department of Energy filed two accounts of its own grant cancellations that cannot both be true. One is a court filing; the other is a press statement.

How 4 outlets framed one event
  1. The GuardianLean Leftbroke the storyThe apparent admission was first reported by the New York Times
  2. The HillCentermost legally precise accountIn the filing, Department of Energy (DOE) lawyer Jeff Novak said the department came up with a list of 624 grants slated for potential termination.
  3. NBC News, quoting Energy Secretary Chris WrightWright's "bullshit" quoteNo decisions were made on politics. I keep hearing that charge. It's bulls---t. We're going to say it a million times
  4. The New Republicframes as patternThe Trump administration has also held up other federal funding for states that did not support the president, such as FEMA disaster aid and childcare funding.
2026-07-25 · Coverage brief

The BBC Broadcast 84.2 Minutes of Venezuela Earthquake Coverage. U.S. Cable Broadcast 0.0. I Measured Both.

How 4 outlets framed one event
  1. BBC NewsCenterthe BBC's Calderon familyThe worst day in Victor Calderon's life -- a month ago to the day -- unfolded while he was at sea. When the powerful twin earthquakes devastated Venezuela's northern coastline, the 49-year-old fisherman had been on the boat for 18 days and was told by radio that the building he and his family lived in had collapsed. When he got back to shore, a staggering 26 members of his family were gone.
  2. Al JazeeraAl Jazeera's structural noteThe United States, which has exercised substantial control over Venezuelan affairs since abducting the country's former leader, Nicolas Maduro, in a military raid in January, announced on Thursday that it would give more than $200m to the Red Cross to assist people impacted by conflict and natural disasters.
  3. the_aid_worker's_eyePBS as the lone U.S. exception
  4. PBS NewsHour (July 14)families left to dig with their handsHe sliced off limbs to free the corpses of Leonel and his mother but was forced to abandon his sister, who was eight-months' pregnant, grandmother and other relatives beneath the ruins. Many say that just as they were left without government help to rescue survivors, so too are they now under-equipped to unearth their dead nearly two weeks later.
2026-07-24 · Coverage brief

Trump signed a nuclear deal with Saudi Arabia on Wednesday, spent Thursday retroactively rewriting its terms — and the outlets covering the reversal cannot agree whether it is a new demand, a walkback, a cleanup, or just a man posting on the internet

How 5 outlets framed one event
  1. CNN, citing two sources briefed on the matterthe negotiators who were not toldThe new condition, which the White House insisted was long a goal of Trump's and shouldn't have shocked anyone, surprised the administration's own nuclear negotiators, for whom the Abraham Accords condition was unexpected, two sources briefed on the matter told CNN.
  2. Karoline Leavitt, via Fox Newsthe condition as the White House wanted it presentedThe energy deal is contingent on this condition as far as the president is concerned.
  3. Unnamed Saudi source, via American journalist Laura Rozen, carried by the Times of Israelthe Saudi sourceIt was signed. So nothing to renegotiate.
  4. The Washington Postthe process questionIt wasn't immediately clear how the Trump administration would modify a legal agreement that it has already signed with the Saudi government.
  5. Jon Alterman (CSIS), via the Times of Londonthe three theoriesIt's a strange thing to have left out of the announcement if it was intended to be included. It makes you wonder about the process.
2026-07-24 · Coverage brief

The polls all agree Americans oppose the Iran war. The amount of television time each outlet devotes to saying so does not — and the gap is not small

How 2 outlets framed one event
  1. The Hill, citing the Politico pollthe coalition's quiet departureIt found that 50 percent of voters who backed Trump supported the war even if it increases costs in the U.S. in May, compared to 37 percent in July. Nearly 1 in 5 MAGA voters say the U.S. should end the war regardless of the costs.
  2. BBC NewsCenterthe age split within the coalition (March 28, 2026)While 84% of Republicans say they back Trump's war conduct, only 49% of those aged 18 to 29 feel that way.
2026-07-24 · Coverage brief

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez leads the 2028 Democratic field in a New Hampshire poll. By one point. And the coverage of that single-point lead splits along every seam the spectrum has

How 5 outlets framed one event
  1. The Independentthe only outlet with the exact quote
  2. Fox NewsRightthe competitive drama
  3. National Reviewskeptical but engaged
  4. Boston Globethe local-primary frame
  5. The HillCenterthe wire-style summary
2026-07-24 · Coverage brief

Kentucky Senate: Beshear has been told to 'declare the seat vacant' for a senator who has not been seen in weeks — legally, the governor cannot touch it, and the outlets do not agree on what kind of problem that even is

How 6 outlets framed one event
  1. The Daily Beastthe intra-party revoltI think Beshear's unwillingness to push on this shows he is not the fighter Dems need for the White House run in 28
  2. Al Jazeerathe successor-law explainerKentucky is now one of four US states where the governor does not have authority to fill Senate vacancies
  3. NewsweekCenterthe proof-of-life questionMcConnell has not been seen publicly for weeks and has missed every roll call vote in the Senate since June 11, according to GovTrack.us
  4. Fox NewsRightBeshear's own Trump-transparency precedentI publicly and privately urged the last administration to address the public's concerns with the former president's health. I'm calling on Sen. McConnell to do the same
  5. The IndependentHawley's cross-party demandSenator Josh Hawley of Missouri told Fox News this week that the senator and his staff need to be more forthcoming with health updates
  6. Washington Examinerthe untested vacancy lawThe renewed focus on how Kentucky handles Senate replacements stems from House Bill 622, a 2024 law that repealed Kentucky's long-standing practice of allowing the governor to appoint an interim U.S. senator
2026-07-23 · Coverage brief

The Justice Department subpoenaed four New York Times reporters over a Qatari-donated Air Force One leak, then withdrew in the same courtroom — and the press freedom consensus it produced is the most bipartisan thing I logged all week

How 8 outlets framed one event
  1. Associated PressLean Leftthe judge's rebukeCriticized by a federal judge for sloppy legal work, the government on Thursday withdrew subpoenas that would have compelled three New York Times reporters to testify about their sources
  2. USA Todaythe balanced dueling statements
  3. Al Jazeerathe judge slammed the governmentJudge Arun Subramanian slammed the government lawyers for what he deemed sloppy legal work in an exchange in court on Thursday" -- adding a quote from the judge saying "Subpoenas are not the first thing you do, they are the last thing you do
  4. The Independentthe phone records scope
  5. The HillCenterthe procedural fact
  6. NPR (original, July 11)the doorstep delivery
  7. Fox NewsRightthe DOJ's explanation (initial, July 11)
  8. BBC NewsCenterthe procedural neutral
2026-07-23 · Coverage brief

Houthi rebels struck two Saudi oil tankers enforcing a Red Sea blockade, and across twelve outlets one framing split dominates — whether the attackers are dupes or a blockading power

How 6 outlets framed one event
  1. Associated PressLean Leftthe wire standardThe Houthi attack threatened to open a new front in a war that has roiled the global economy, sending prices for fuel and other goods surging across the world, with the standoff in the Gulf deepening as the United States and Iran vie for control of vital Strait of Hormuz.
  2. CNBCthe market lensInternational benchmark Brent crude futures with September delivery were last seen trading up 3.6% at $97.46 per barrel.
  3. BBC NewsCenterthe forensic trackingAccording to BBC Verify, data from MarineTraffic shows Encelia departed the Saudi port of Yanbu on Monday and sailed south, briefly pausing close to the port of Jeddah before continuing towards the Bab al-Mandab Strait... Shortly after 19:11 GMT on Wednesday the tanker began to slow down and sail east.
  4. Al Jazeerathe Houthi rationale'The people who are questioning if the Houthis can successfully do a blockade against the Saudis should remember, how successfully the Houthis closed access to the Red Sea for the Israeli ports, which in fact resulted in the closure of Eilat port in southern Israel,' said al-Bukhaiti. 'Eventually the Americans had to do a deal with the Houthis, with mediation from Oman,' he added, referring to a May 2025 agreement.
  5. New York Postthe proxy-terror framingYemen's Iran-backed Houthi terrorists fired on two Saudi oil tankers off Riyadh's southwest coast, effectively spreading the simmering US-Iran conflict to the Red Sea on Wednesday.
  6. Turkiye Todaythe regional consequencesThe Houthi strikes on the Encelia and Layla, launched to enforce a newly declared maritime blockade of Saudi Arabia, open a second front against Gulf oil exports already squeezed by Iran's closure of the Strait of Hormuz, and threaten to unravel a four-year Saudi-Houthi ceasefire as Oman scrambles to revive peace talks.
2026-07-23 · Coverage brief

Trump imposes 50% tariffs on Canada -- and coverage splits on whether the Gordie Howe Bridge snub is a rupture, a discretion, or just a bridge opening alone

How 3 outlets framed one event
  1. CBCthe internal divideSmith and Moe flatly rejected the idea of using energy exports as leverage. 'That's not going to happen,' Smith said on Tuesday.
  2. ReutersCenterthe dollar-for-dollar responseOntario Premier Doug Ford, leader of Canada's most populous province, said Canada should respond dollar for dollar to the new tariffs.
  3. The GuardianLean Leftthe bridge revenue discrepancyThe agreement states that Canada will share 50% of net bridge and crossing-related revenues with an economic development fund that is controlled by the US government. Those terms seem to contradict statements the prime minister had previously made about the deal. On 16 July, the prime minister said at an unrelated press conference that toll revenues would not be split until Canada was repaid.
2026-07-23 · Coverage brief

Zohran Mamdani promised to arrest Benjamin Netanyahu, reviewed the law, and conceded he cannot — and the same video called a principled stand by some and an exposed bluff by others

How 4 outlets framed one event
  1. Associated PressLean Leftthe wire spineMamdani says NYC can't arrest Netanyahu but the federal government should
  2. Fox NewsRightthe post-admission press conferenceMamdani dodges on 'political theater' of empty Netanyahu arrest threat, calls for US action and NYC protests
  3. Times of Israelthe bilateral fireMamdani takes fire from both sides after saying he can't arrest Netanyahu
  4. ReutersCenterthe legal explainerWhy New York's Mamdani cannot have Israel's Netanyahu arrested
2026-07-23 · Coverage brief

Marco Rubio and Sergey Lavrov sat down in Manila on Thursday. The two governments that were at the table will publish accounts of the same meeting that disagree on its length, its agenda, what was offered, and who asked for the conversation in the first place — and a reporter who asked about Iran targeting data got told "Nice hairstyle"

How 3 outlets framed one event
  1. ReutersCenterthe broader security contextTop diplomats from Asia, Europe and North America met on Thursday for the security-focused ASEAN Regional Forum, where ministers were expected to call for a peaceful settlement of renewed and intensifying hostilities in the Middle East.
  2. Al Jazeerathe stalled-talks frameThe sit-down came as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said he had spoken with US envoys in a bid to revive stalled talks aimed at ending the years-long war.
  3. TRT Worldthe agree-to-disagree frameThe two officials agreed to maintain contact, the Russian foreign ministry said.
2026-07-23 · Coverage brief

Pete Hegseth told the Senate the Iran war has cost $37.5 billion — and the hearing's real answer to "how much longer" was not to answer

How 4 outlets framed one event
  1. Associated PressLean Leftprocedural wireHegseth estimates Iran war has cost $37.5 billion as he defends funding request at fiery hearing
  2. NBC NewsLean Leftthe internal estimatePete Hegseth puts cost of Iran war at $37.5 billion as the Pentagon seeks more money from Congress
  3. Press TVadversarial frameHegseth begs Congress for $67 billion more as war on Iran costs spiral
  4. Tehran Timesthe CSIS caveatUnder fire on Capitol Hill: Hegseth faces bipartisan scrutiny over Iran war
2026-07-23 · Coverage brief

Jim Jordan refers Jack Smith to the Justice Department over testimony that only "gave the impression" of a lie — and the outlets can't agree whether that's perjury, a felony, or theater

How 9 outlets framed one event
  1. ABC Newsnames the referral for a crime the letter doesn't citeHouse Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan issues criminal referral against former special counsel Jack Smith for alleged perjury
  2. Newsmaxrenders a request to a prosecutor as an order already givenJim Jordan to DOJ: Hit Jack Smith for False Statements
  3. CNNLean Leftkeeps the outcome conditional on a verb ("consider") the referral itself usesRepublican Rep. Jim Jordan, chair of the House Judiciary Committee, on Wednesday night asked the Justice Department to consider criminally charging special counsel Jack Smith, who previously prosecuted President Donald Trump, according to a letter sent to DOJ obtained by CNN.
  4. MS NOWLeftleaves the outcome unresolved twice in a single headline clauseRep. Jim Jordan refers Jack Smith to DOJ for potential criminal investigation
  5. The HillCenterattributes the underlying charge of lying to Jordan by name, not to the record itselfJordan accuses Smith of lying to Congress in criminal referral to DOJ
  6. CBS NewsLean Leftfiles the most procedural version, crediting the charge to Jordan and the denial to Raskin in the same headline registerHouse committee urges DOJ to charge former Trump prosecutor Jack Smith
  7. The Washington Timesstates the underlying accusation as settled description, not allegationHouse chairman asks DOJ to investigate Jack Smith for lying to Congress
  8. Fox NewsRightnarrates the referral as one stop on a track that already leads to prosecutionJack Smith hit with criminal referral as GOP moves testimony fight toward prosecution
  9. NewsweekCenterthe only outlet that quoted a skeptic named nowhere in the referral itselfThis is performative politics masquerading as legal oversight, and it carries no direct legal weight. A congressional referral is simply a partisan suggestion, not a criminal charge. The Justice Department could open an inquiry to appease the President, but this is not a legitimate criminal matter. Instead, it's a transparent attempt to misuse House committee oversight for political retaliation.
2026-07-23 · Coverage brief

The U.S. and Saudi Arabia signed a civil nuclear agreement on Wednesday, and every outlet covering it hedged its central clause differently — because, one of them admits mid-story, none of them has actually read the text

How 4 outlets framed one event
  1. ReutersCenterthe mechanics and the clockUnless Congress raises votes to object to the deal within 90 session days, the deal will go into force.
  2. The HillCenterthe administration's economic case, quoted and attributedThe 123 agreement provides great access for American companies in the Saudi nuclear energy program, benefiting American industry, workers, and supply chains while helping to meet Saudi energy needs
  3. The Times of Israelthe regional reactionEveryone needs to understand that the Saudi civilian nuclear program will end up with nuclear weapons and lead to a mad arms race across the entire Middle East.
  4. Al Jazeerathe symmetry with the warTrump, together with Israel, launched a war on Iran in February to prevent the country from enriching uranium and acquiring a nuclear weapon, which Tehran denies seeking.
2026-07-22 · Coverage brief

The House passed the SAVE Act's voter rules, a $1.15 trillion defense bill, and a congressional stock-trading ban in a single afternoon — and six newsrooms could not agree which of the three was the headline, or what to call the voter rules

How 6 outlets framed one event
  1. Democracy Docketforegrounds the voter measure as suppressionPresident Donald Trump took a step closer to slaying his white whale Wednesday and enacting the SAVE America Act, a sweeping voter suppression measure that the Senate has repeatedly refused to pass.
  2. Fox NewsRightforegrounds a Speaker's winIt's a major victory for Johnson, R-La., who had to overcome a wall of left-wing opposition and threats of a rebellion within his own GOP ranks.
  3. NPR (headline)foregrounds the Pentagon money and the stock banHouse passes Pentagon funding and limits on stock trades in a last dash before recess
  4. The Hill (headline)foregrounds the reconciliation framework and voting restrictionsHouse passes reconciliation framework for Pentagon boost, voting restrictions
  5. Politico (headline)foregrounds the defense bill and its rightward tiltHouse Republicans pass hard-right defense bill, handing wins to Trump
  6. The Daily Signalforegrounds the ethics reform and the voter ID together as popular winsCongress just passed two major Republican efforts in one bill.
2026-07-22 · Coverage brief

Rubio calls Iran's Hormuz toll-and-strike doctrine "a very dangerous precedent" in Manila — the same Wednesday Trump declares the mirror-image version United States policy

How 2 outlets framed one event
  1. Associated PressLean Leftthe wire spineU.S. President Donald Trump warned Wednesday that the U.S. will destroy one bridge or power plant each time Iran shoots at a ship in the Strait of Hormuz.
  2. NPRLean Leftthe ledger of the deadIran's government says about 3,000 people in Iran, many of them civilians, have been killed in the war.
2026-07-22 · Coverage brief

Two newsrooms report, on background, that neither Trump nor Rubio plans to intervene in the Tate brothers' extradition — the other six outlets that covered Monday's hearing haven't followed the story here at all

How 3 outlets framed one event
  1. CNNLean Leftthe original account, published Tuesday morningAs of Monday, Rubio had not spoken to the Tate brothers or their lawyers, and the State Department had "no plans to act" on their effort to fight the UK's extradition request, a senior State Department official said.
  2. AxiosCenterthe same conclusion, framed as new reporting, one day laterA senior State Department official told Axios that "the secretary has not spoken to the Tate Brothers or their lawyers. The State Department has no plans to act on this matter at this time."
  3. The Timesan ocean away, the same non-intervention, different sourcingHowever, Trump is also not expected to intervene on behalf of the Tates. "The White House has no involvement and no feelings on the issue," an official said in a statement.
2026-07-22 · Coverage brief

The FDA's own positive test on Taylor Farms lettuce was wrong, the agency said Sunday — Taylor Farms says that got it an apology, the FDA says it only got "the facts," and neither side has budged since

How 7 outlets framed one event
  1. Associated PressLean Leftthe wire's flat sequenceThe company touted the updated test results on social media and claimed 'FDA apologized to us.' Agency officials said there was no official apology.
  2. NPRLean Leftthe agency's own words, uneditedthis false-positive lab sample DOES NOT change the basis for FDA's ongoing outbreak investigation or the overwhelming epidemiological data supporting the current voluntary recall by Taylor Farms.
  3. Fox BusinessLean Rightboth claims, no verdictTaylor Fresh Foods also said the FDA apologized to the company over the erroneous result. The FDA did not include an apology in the agency language provided with the story.
  4. WIREDthe money behind the lettuceTaylor Farms donated more than $2 million to conservative political groups in 2025, according to Federal Election Commission filings. That includes a $1 million donation to MAGA Inc., the Trump-centric super PAC, and $1.1 million to other super PACs dedicated to electing Republicans.
  5. The Independentthe company arguing both fronts at onceTaylor Farms... has spent recent years donating millions of dollars to groups aligned with President Trump and the Republican Party's agenda. Now, however, with more than 10,000 cases of cyclosporiasis logged across the U.S., the company is publicly battling and privately lobbying the White House.
  6. Snopesthe fact-check that actually opened the FEC filingsBruce Taylor's records revealed he was a large Republican donor... However, Taylor himself never donated to Trump's campaign or any specifically Trump-aligned Super PACs, according to federal campaign finance records.
  7. Bloomberg Líneathe supply-chain frame no US outlet usedSi bien el rastreo de la FDA señala a una granja independiente específica, que representa menos del 1% del suministro de lechuga iceberg en EE. UU., como la posible fuente del brote, hemos retirado indefinidamente toda la lechuga iceberg de la región,
2026-07-22 · Coverage brief

A fifth person has died of Legionnaires' disease on the Upper East Side — twice now, the death count has climbed the same day City Hall said the danger was already over

How 5 outlets framed one event
  1. Associated PressLean Leftprocedural, and the one outlet that will not use the word "eliminated"The New York City Health Department said it has confirmed the presence of the bacteria in 34 cooling towers in 33 buildings, all of which are being cleaned. Officials still haven't identified the source of the bacteria that has sickened more than six dozen people in the last month.
  2. The GuardianLean Leftcarries both officials' own words, unmediated'Due to the aggressive strategy of early testing, enforcement and remediation, we believe that we have now eliminated the source of exposure. We are continuing to inspect cooling towers and will aggressively enforce our public health laws.'
  3. Gothamistthe one place the tension survives inside a single quote'We believe that through our aggressive strategy of testing and remediation we have eliminated the source of exposure. We will learn more as our investigation unfolds and look forward to updating our existing policies and procedures to [prevent] future clusters,' Martin said. 'Right now, we are focused on identifying the source of exposure through laboratory analyses and holding accountable anyone found out of compliance with local laws.'
  4. Fox NewsRightthe same masthead, two different numbers, neither one mentioning the mayorAfter testing 180 different cooling towers, the city found live or dead Legionella bacteria in 31 buildings.
  5. Global News, filed the prior Wednesday, before any death had been announcedwhat the story looked like six days before anyone had diedAn outbreak of Legionnaires' disease, a severe form of pneumonia, in an upscale New York City neighbourhood is slowing, authorities say... No one has died as a result of the spread, which has affected systems at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Guggenheim and apartment buildings on Fifth Avenue, the New York Times reported.
2026-07-22 · Coverage brief

Zelensky sacks his Soviet-school army chief after six days of Kyiv street protests, and offers the reformer he fired first a job with seven different names, none of them official

How 6 outlets framed one event
  1. ReutersCenterthe battlefield-momentum riskLast week, Zelenskiy's government reshuffle and dismissal of tech-savvy reformist Defence Minister Mykhailo Fedorov, 35, after just half a year in office, stirred concerns among analysts that Ukraine's recent battlefield momentum could be lost.
  2. Associated PressLean Leftthe precedentIt was the second major change Zelenskyy has made under street pressure, after protests last summer forced him to undo a law weakening Ukraine's anti-corruption watchdogs.
  3. The GuardianLean Leftthe man left standing without an answerIt is unclear what Fedorov's new role will be, amid reports that he was insisting on being given his old job back as defence minister.
  4. CNNLean Leftthe general's own defense, in his own wordsI can't switch a million-people army to drones in two months and say, 'Now this is how we're going to fight,'" he wrote. "Aside from the fact that this is clearly a reckless venture, any experiment on this scale comes at the cost of our land and our people.
  5. NewsweekCenterthe deadline as a countdownProtesters in Ukraine had given Ukraine's president until Friday to reinstate as defense minister Mykhailo Fedorov, who is said to have rejected the president's offer of another government post.
  6. RTthe wanted manDrapaty is on Russia's wanted list. According to Russian investigators, he commanded Ukrainian forces operating against the Donetsk and Lugansk People's Republics from 2017 to 2019. Moscow alleges that units under his command shelled dozens of settlements in Donbass more than 70 times, killing and injuring more than 150 civilians.
2026-07-22 · Coverage brief

The Tate brothers begin their extradition fight in a Miami courtroom — and coverage splits over whether the decision belongs to the Trump administration or one man in it

How 7 outlets framed one event
  1. Associated PressLean Leftthe courtroom procedurally, motive left to the lawyerThe Tates appeared in federal court Monday for the first time since their arrest on Saturday and are being held in federal detention. In the coming weeks, a U.S. district judge will consider whether they meet the conditions for extradition.
  2. Fox NewsRightthe magistrate, the numbers, the CPS statementDuring the brief hearing, U.S. Magistrate Judge Lauren Louis informed the brothers they were being held on a provisional arrest warrant from the U.K. and that extradition proceedings were already underway.
  3. CNNLean Leftthe unsealed complaints, told in the complainants' own alleged wordsThe federal filings, released Monday night, detail complaints made by women to British officials against both brothers about sexual and physical abuse, including claims the women were choked, sometimes to the point of passing out, and raped.
  4. Forbesthe Trump-orbit throughline, traced back to the Romania travel-ban liftAndrew and Tristan Tate—influential figures in the so-called manosphere that intersects with President Donald Trump's base—were arrested in Miami on Saturday, more than a year after Romanian authorities lifted travel restrictions on them, reportedly at the Trump administration's urging.
  5. NewsweekCenterthe appeal for intervention, sourced to the man who hosted the partyInfluencers Andrew and Tristan Tate are hoping President Donald Trump will prevent their extradition to the United Kingdom after their arrest in Florida, and the public appeal has renewed scrutiny of their long-documented connections to figures in Trump's political orbit.
  6. BBC NewsCenterthe lawyer's own comparison, quoted at lengthHe compared the charges against the men to the legal proceedings against US President Donald Trump - which he called a 'witch hunt' - and referred to the attempted extradition as 'political kidnapping'.
  7. Al Jazeera"manosphere," stated as description rather than quotationControversial 'manosphere' influencers Andrew and Tristan Tate appeared at a federal court hearing in Miami two days after their arrest on 38 new charges brought by UK prosecutors, including rape and sex trafficking.
2026-07-22 · Coverage brief

Rep. Jamie Raskin says Epstein's own emails show him lobbying, unregistered, for four foreign governments — CNN, The New Republic and The Hill covered the letter; Fox News, Townhall and the NRSC spent the week instead on a different Epstein-money story, about a Democratic donor

How 7 outlets framed one event
  1. CNNLean Leftthe letter as a preview of subpoena power to comeDemocratic Rep. Jamie Raskin is launching an investigation into whether Jeffrey Epstein acted as an unregistered foreign agent for multiple countries, requesting records from the Trump administration on the scope of the late convicted sex offender's foreign ties.
  2. The New Republicthe statute, named'By advocating and facilitating on behalf of foreign countries without filing the mandatory disclosures, Mr. Epstein almost certainly violated FARA. His actions also create serious questions about the extent to which he wielded his ties to President Trump in dealings with foreign governments.'
  3. The HillCenterthe emails themselvesWe find substantial evidence that Mr. Epstein acted to advance the interests of the governments of Saudi Arabia and Kuwait; advised the government of Russia on how to shape its dealings with President Trump; worked as an ongoing consultant for Ehud Barak, the former Prime Minister of the government of Israel; and repeatedly capitalized on his long-term friendship with President Donald Trump to sign up business from these and other foreign governments and actors in the aftermath of President Trump's first election, without ever registering as a foreign agent,
  4. Fox NewsRightthe backfire framingDemocratic Senate candidates James Talarico and Jon Ossoff are facing scrutiny over significant donations from Reid Hoffman, a billionaire mega-investor with former associations to Jeffrey Epstein, after both accused Republicans of representing the billionaire 'Epstein class' over working Americans.
  5. TownhallRightthe sharper versionIt's been a tough week for Democrat U.S. Senate candidate James Talarico on the sexual abuse front, who is now battling with the public learning that his largest financial backer is listed in the Epstein files, is facing condemnation from an abuse victim's family for lying, and is refusing to condemn a political ally who consorts with a sexual predator.
  6. The Texas Tribunethe version with the parts other outlets left outAn FBI review found no indication of wrongdoing, but the circumstance has stirred interparty tensions, with Crockett attacking Talarico for embracing dark money and billionaires despite his anti-corruption message.
  7. National Republican Senatorial Committeethe press releaseJames Talarico and Jon Ossoff claim the moral high ground while cashing checks from the very 'Epstein class' billionaires they condemn—proving their fight against corruption is nothing more than a campaign talking point,
2026-07-22 · Coverage brief

HHS pauses over $1 billion in Medicaid payments to California and Minnesota over 'suspected fraud'; the two fullest breakdowns of the California share, filed the same day by friendly outlets, total two different sums

How 6 outlets framed one event
  1. ReutersCenterthe wire, terseThe Trump administration is pausing over $1 billion in Medicaid payments to California and Minnesota "because of suspected fraud and noncompliance," U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. said on Tuesday. "If those states want that money they need to provide documentations that these payments are legitimate," Kennedy said at a news conference.
  2. MS NOWLeftthe pushback, amplified...a federal review of the states' low-cost health insurance payouts in recent years turned up "claims that smell like fraud," although he did not provide specific evidence of alleged fraud... "This isn't about fraud — it's about cutting your healthcare so that Trump can afford the tax cuts he gave to billionaires," Walz said... Neither official provided evidence to substantiate those claims.
  3. NewsweekCenterNewsom's office, rebuttingCalifornia isn't being targeted because Trump has evidence of fraud. We are being targeted for political reasons — and because Dr. Oz doesn't understand that we are *SAVING* taxpayers money by keeping seniors and people with disabilities out of far more expensive nursing homes!
  4. Fox NewsRightthe fullest account, Kennedy and Oz at lengthThe Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is withholding roughly $867 million from California and more than $200 million from Minnesota... roughly $646 million tied to in-home supportive services and another $221 million associated with claims involving individuals with what Oz described as "unsatisfactory immigration status."
  5. Washington Examinerthe fullest account, independently arrived atOz said $391 million of the funding freeze for California came from in-home supportive services... Another large chunk, $250 million, comes from claims in California tied to high-risk providers for which the state did not provide sufficient documentation.
  6. Bloomberg Law (background, degraded confidence)
2026-07-21 · Coverage brief

Ralph Norman defies Trump's own pick for the open Graham Senate seat — and outlets can't even agree on how the president worded his endorsement of her

How 5 outlets framed one event
  1. CNNLean Leftthe record, dated and sourced
  2. Fox NewsRightthe endorsement, given the full room
  3. Washington Examinerthe launch, given the full room
  4. NewsweekCenterthe analysis, sourced to a political scientist
  5. Semaforthe establishment, consolidating in real time
2026-07-21 · Coverage brief

Andrew and Tristan Tate are fighting UK extradition on new rape and trafficking charges — and the Justice Department can't agree with their own lawyer about who at DOJ said yes

How 4 outlets framed one event
  1. Breitbartforegrounds the defense's framing in its own headlineTate Brothers Fight Extradition to Britain from the United States, Claim Charges Are 'Political'
  2. Daily Wirea headline verb that treats the charges as something imposedTate Brothers Slapped With 38 New Charges In Expanding Sex Trafficking Case
  3. CNN, quoting Dani Pinter (NCOSE)the only outlet in this corpus to carry the victims'-advocate statementWe are thankful to the United States and United Kingdom authorities for courageously pursuing justice with the arrest and extradition of accused sex traffickers Andrew and Tristan Tate,
  4. Romania-Insider.comthe only outlet to note Romania's own case is still separately expandingprosecutors have added money laundering, influencing statements, removal from seizure, and complicity in the trafficking of minors to the list of offenses
2026-07-21 · Coverage brief

FIFA's own president spent Sunday night trying to walk Donald Trump off Spain's World Cup trophy stage — the wire account of the ceremony never says so

How 6 outlets framed one event
  1. Associated PressLean Leftthe sentence where nothing happensAfter Trump and FIFA President Gianni Infantino presented them with the trophy, Trump stood alongside the team as they jumped up and down and gold confetti shot out of a cannon.
  2. Reuters (via CTV News)the boos, at least, made the wireBoos descended from the stands as U.S. President Donald Trump and FIFA chief Gianni Infantino took to the field for the World Cup trophy ceremony at New York New Jersey Stadium on Sunday.
  3. HuffPostthe second attempt, scoredInfantino had slightly better luck on Sunday, eventually getting the president to move along and leave the stage so the players could celebrate and pose for pics with the trophy.
  4. The Daily Beasta friend, runningJust before the ceremonious moment, Infantino ran across the stage to Trump, appearing to try to escort him away to let the champions celebrate as a team.
  5. Al Jazeerashuffled alongIt was down to FIFA President and close ally Gianni Infantino to shuffle Trump along and let the world champions have their moment.
  6. La Naciónthe trophy stand, from the losing side and the sidelinetras un titubeo se corrió hacia un extremo e Infantino corrió a guiarlo amablemente hacia afuera.
2026-07-21 · Coverage brief

Mamdani says his lawyers are reviewing whether to arrest Netanyahu on an ICC warrant — outlets across the spectrum agree almost word for word on the accusation, and agree on almost nothing said about it since

How 4 outlets framed one event
  1. NewsweekCenterthe institutional experimentMamdani is repurposing the very institutions that make New York a global city -- the police coordination surrounding the United Nations, the Mayor's Office for International Affairs, diplomatic protocol, immigrant outreach and the city's international networks -- toward a more confrontational role in global politics.
  2. RTthe flattest read in the fileNew York Mayor Zohran Mamdani has said he is exploring the legal possibility of arresting Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu when he travels to the city for the UN General Assembly in September.
  3. Al Jazeerathe retort nobody else carried
  4. Danny Danon (Israel's ambassador to the United Nations), via the Times of Israelthe counter-demandAnd if anyone should be arrested, it is NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani.
2026-07-21 · Coverage brief

The House voted 214-211 today to start merging the SAVE Act into the NDAA — and one outlet already reported that exact merger finished five days ago, on a bill that isn't the NDAA

How 4 outlets framed one event
  1. Fox NewsRightthe blockade ending in a winHouse conservatives ended their weeks-long blockade of the House floor Tuesday, handing Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., a key victory after the rebellion brought legislative business to a standstill for nearly a month.
  2. NOTUSthe same gamble, one attempt earlier, collapsingHouse Speaker Mike Johnson's gamble to salvage the $1.15 trillion defense policy bill collapsed Tuesday after the House rejected a procedural rule meant to begin debate on the bill and hold a vote to attach President Donald Trump's top legislative priority, the SAVE America Act, to the must-pass measure.
  3. Punchbowl News, quoting Rep. Chip Roy (R-Texas)the room, hours before the voteI'm a little torn, and I'm talking to some colleagues, and I'm going to see,
  4. IBTimes UKthe cost none of the vote-count stories mentionHouse Republicans dragged the stalled SAVE America Act back to life on Tuesday, bolting it to a must-pass spending bill, as experts warn the measure could force 69 million married women to prove their identities before voting.
2026-07-21 · Coverage brief

Andy Burnham is sworn in as Britain's new prime minister — and the coverage can't agree whether he's the sixth or the seventh in a decade, because almost none of it finished his sentence

How 5 outlets framed one event
  1. Associated PressLean Leftthe process, not the politicsAndy Burnham took office Monday as Britain's new prime minister, promising a 10-year plan to restore political stability and revive the economy while acknowledging that six other U.K. leaders have tried and failed to do so in the past decade.
  2. The GuardianLean Leftthe insider's briefing war
  3. Al Jazeera Opinionthe skepticBurnham is not the outsider his PR machine is selling.
  4. RTE, quoting Taoiseach Micheál Martinthe neighbor's stakeGreat to speak to new UK PM Andy Burnham this morning. Very good discussion on the positive relationship and cooperation between Ireland and the UK.
  5. ReutersCenterthe market's verdictBenchmark British borrowing costs rose and sterling dipped on Monday as investors fretted over whether Andy Burnham's early remarks on becoming prime minister suggested he would adopt a looser fiscal policy.
2026-07-21 · Coverage brief

The Pentagon named its two newest Iran-war dead on Monday — and two of the outlets covering it couldn't settle their own numbers, one on the dead, one on the wounded

How 3 outlets framed one event
  1. Al Jazeerathe historical footnoteSeventeen soldiers have been killed in the Iran war, which has spanned 142 days. In the Iraq war spanning 3,195 days from 2003 to 2011, more than 4,400 US military personnel were killed.
  2. Press TVthe CENTCOM detailCENTCOM said in its statement that Iranian attacks on its assets in Jordan had also injured four soldiers, who were treated and discharged from hospitals in the Arab country.
  3. Washington Examinerthe story about the storyWhen a U.S. servicemember dies in a war zone, the Pentagon follows a time-honored protocol. The fatality is announced as soon as it's confirmed, but the name and exact circumstances of the death are withheld until next of kin is notified, in person if possible... But when troops are wounded, they are never identified, nor the extent of their injuries disclosed.
2026-07-21 · Coverage brief

House Republicans say they're "actively" reviving the full, mandatory SAVE America Act inside their own budget bill — a week after their own leadership told a reporter that wouldn't be possible

How 3 outlets framed one event
  1. Washington Examinerthe exclusive, and the same sentence that undercuts itHouse Republicans are eyeing the inclusion of the full SAVE America Act in their party-line budget bill, two sources familiar with discussions told the Washington Examiner.
  2. Democracy Docketthe ruling that already happenedThe Senate Parliamentarian, the chamber's procedural umpire, ruled last month that the SAVE American provisions did not fit the bill, leading Trump to call for her ouster.
  3. MS NOW, headlinewhat the argument sounds like from inside the room'It's a circus': Republicans have big doubts about their newest reconciliation bill
2026-07-21 · Discrepancy audit

Trump's chosen heir to the Graham Senate seat faces a formal eligibility challenge from her own party — and nobody can agree how many primaries she voted in, or how much money she's sitting on

How 6 outlets framed one event
  1. Raw Storythe alarmRed flags raised over Lindsey Graham's sister as local GOP questions her eligibility
  2. ABC News 4 (WCIV)the procedureA South Carolina Republican Party official is calling for a review of Sen. Darline Graham's eligibility to run for a full U.S. Senate term, citing newly adopted party rules that may put her candidacy in question.
  3. PJ Mediathe dynastySeeking the office for the next six years is, however, a bridge too far for many.
  4. MS NOWLeftthe horse raceThe Republican primary is already shaping up to be one of the state's most closely watched contests.
  5. The Washington Timesthe analyst's verdictDarline will win if she runs
  6. Raw Storythe establishment's verdictis puzzling to many Republicans, who feel it's premature to anoint an untested replacement
2026-07-21 · Coverage brief

The State Department names a livestreamer, a labor organizer and a congresswoman's daughter as Cuban "fellow travelers" — and the wire copy carrying the story calls the same document "little new information"

How 8 outlets framed one event
  1. Washington Examinerthe infiltrationSecretary of State Marco Rubio accused the Cuban government of running one of the most sophisticated infiltrations of U.S. politics, in part using the Democratic Socialists of America.
  2. Fox NewsRightthe mobilization planThe National Network on Cuba's materials reveal the continuing reach, coordination and sophistication of Cuba's subversive capabilities on American territory.
  3. Forbesthe pretextThe Trump administration on Monday released a report making inflammatory new allegations against Cuba, accusing it of fostering an anti-American network of left-wing activism in the U.S., including the Democratic Socialists of America—potentially an attempt to bolster its argument for U.S. intervention in Cuba.
  4. The New Republicthe blacklistThe State Department is trying to smear left-wing organizations and activists as "front groups and fellow travelers" for the Cuban government.
  5. Ken Klippensteinthe namesGuilt by association at its finest. But what exactly are they guilty of? What the report shows isn't that any of these people are knowingly taking directions from a foreign power — only that they disagree with the U.S. government on Cuba policy (or at most, agree with Cuba).
  6. Hasan Pikerthe named responsewhy is the state department naming american citizens in their cuba report where they seemingly complain about our opinions on us sanctions policy? this is absolutely protected by the 1st amendment. they are trying to chill speech through intimidation.
  7. AFPthe spy campaignA US State Department report has accused Cuban spies of infiltrating the highest levels of Government in Washington and aiding "left-wing terrorism" on American soil.
  8. Cubadebatethe McCarthyist threat
2026-07-21 · Coverage brief

Republicans send the SAVE Act toward a budget-reconciliation floor vote this week — and two of their own outlets can't agree how many of their own members they can afford to lose to pass it

How 6 outlets framed one event
  1. Fox NewsRightprocedure read as a Republican winSpeaker Mike Johnson's latest bid to skirt Democrats' opposition to an election integrity bill backed by President Donald Trump survived a key hurdle on Monday evening.
  2. Talking Points Memo (TPM Cafe)the same procedure read as a workaroundHouse Republicans have deceptively rebranded the voting initiative, seeking to get elements of it passed as part of a "reconciliation" bill.
  3. NOTUSwhat leadership tells reporters off the recordWhile leadership knows that the SAVE America Act, President Donald Trump's priority voting bill, is likely to be stripped out in the Senate, including it in this package would help secure support from conservatives to pass it out of the House.
  4. MS NOWLefta Republican member, unnamed, describing his own party's plan"I just don't see the path forward right now," one House Republican told MS NOW, requesting anonymity to discuss internal dynamics.
  5. Roll Callthe Senate majority leader's own hedge"It is a very uneven path," Thune told reporters Thursday. "I can't make any guarantees over here."
  6. Washington Examinera Republican senator borrowing the bill's own name to oppose it"The only thing that will occur is an undermining of the election integrity, the integrity of our elections right now."
2026-07-21 · Coverage brief

Trump hits Canada with a 50% tariff on wine, cheese and hockey sticks — and can't get his own government to agree on what to call it

How 6 outlets framed one event
  1. The Washington Postthe political cost, and the wildfire that wasn'tThat would probably hit consumers with higher prices ahead of the Nov. 3 midterm elections, exacerbating the administration's political challenges with affordability, said Ed Gresser, vice president of the Progressive Policy Institute in D.C. and a former U.S. trade official.
  2. CNNLean Leftthe legal history nobody else fully tellsthe Supreme Court ruled in February that the president could not use the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, or IEEPA, to implement sweeping tariffs globally
  3. The Washington Timeswho provoked whomA senior administration official said Mr. Trump decided to strike back at Canada after all but two provinces discontinued sales of American liquor, though they did not impose limits on alcohol from other countries.
  4. Breitbartthe proclamation, relayed almost verbatimI find that imposing additional ad valorem duties on certain products of Canada to address the burden or disadvantage from this discrimination... is in the public interest.
  5. The Globe and Mail: Prime Minister Mark Carneythe country actually being tariffedThis is the latest in a series of unilateral U.S. trade actions that began with the U.S. imposing a series of tariffs in direct violation of the USMCA.
  6. Al Jazeera: U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greerthe international framing as a legal disputeCanada has taken US alcohol products off Canadian shelves, given better market access to dairy products from the European Union, and has put a cap on US vehicle exports to Canada from companies reshoring to the United States.
2026-07-21 · Coverage brief

Darline Graham announced Monday she is running for the Senate seat Trump once said she'd hold only "on an interim basis" — and the one number nobody else printed is that her brother's own campaign account can move her exactly $2,000, then an unbounded amount besides

How 4 outlets framed one event
  1. Associated PressLean Leftthe transfer nobody else costed outUnder federal rules, Lindsey Graham's campaign would be limited to transferring just $2,000 to a potential Darline Graham candidacy. However, Smith said there is no limit on how much it could transfer to the National Republican Senatorial Committee, which could — thanks to a Supreme Court decision last month — 'spend an unlimited amount in coordination with Darline's campaign.'
  2. NewsweekCenterthe endorsement that went the other waySen. Rick Scott, endorsing Rep. Ralph Norman instead, wrote: 'I'm proud to endorse my friend @ralphnorman for the U.S. Senate! Ralph is a conservative fighter who will stand with @POTUS and help him deliver on the promises he made to the American people...'
  3. CNNLean Leftthe leader who said not yetSenate Majority Leader John Thune is not endorsing Darline Graham at this time but called her a 'strong candidate.'
  4. The Washington Timesthe objection that outlived the filing questionC.J. Westfall, the Dorchester County GOP chairman, said: 'People that were OK with the appointment by Governor McMaster are telling me that they are not OK with the president's endorsement because they don't know her.'
2026-07-21 · Coverage brief

A judge freezes the Paramount–Warner Bros. deal, and the press cannot agree what it costs — $81 billion, $110 billion, or $111 billion for the same merger

How 3 outlets framed one event
  1. Law Commentarythe merger's defense, argued on its own termsParamount has pushed back on that framing, pointing to the emergence of newer competitors in film distribution such as A24 and Amazon MGM as evidence that the theatrical market is far more fluid and competitive than the states' filings suggest
  2. Straight Arrow Newsa company fighting on four fronts at onceIn total, four lawsuits have been filed to block the merger, three in the last week
  3. Agence France-Presse (South China Morning Post)the judge's own words, and Paramount's gratitudethe balance of equities and public interest tip sharply in favour of the Plaintiff States
2026-07-21 · Coverage brief

Rep. Thomas Massie says the SAVE Act fight is fake, and Republicans have no plan to pass it — the same week Senate conservatives float attaching it to a funding bill anyway

How 3 outlets framed one event
  1. Democracy Docketa bill it calls voter suppression, and a bill-opposing expert who doubts the workaround survivesHouse Republicans are once again attempting to enact a version of President Donald Trump's long-sought SAVE America Act, a sweeping voter suppression measure that the Senate has repeatedly refused to pass.
  2. Daily Signala Speaker fitting SAVE language into whatever movesAiming to pass everything under one rule, the bills will address a ban on congressional stock trading, a budget resolution to tee up the long-awaited reconciliation 3.0, a continuing resolution to avoid a government shutdown, and the yearly National Defense Authorization Act. In three out of the four, they hope to include provisions of the SAVE America Act
  3. USA Today Networkthe fight reduced to an FAQWill the SAVE Act pass the Senate? Latest vote update as GOP weighs shutdown fight
2026-07-21 · Coverage brief

The ICE officer who shot Johan Durán Guerrero has a name now — his own family gave it up before his agency would, and the badge-and-gun question turns on a single word: convicted

How 4 outlets framed one event
  1. NPRLean Leftthe institutional angleHe had a bad tendency of going out and looking for fights,
  2. CNNLean Leftthe medical-fitness angleThose problems, which David Brouillette said resulted from a steel I-beam falling on his head, were so debilitating that he couldn't complete a firefighting training course and was still feeling effects years later.
  3. The Hill (Sen. Chuck Schumer)the congressional-response angleThe Trump administration rushed 12,000 agents onto our streets without ensuring they were fit to carry a badge and a gun — and Republicans gave this rogue agency vast power and no accountability,
  4. Fox NewsRightthe first 48 hours, before the nameThis is the second time in a week that ICE agents have killed someone who — by their own admission — was not the subject of their operation.
2026-07-21 · Discrepancy audit

Kentucky's governor says two government agencies told him a sitting U.S. senator had died — the outlets reporting his own account can't agree what date his office proved them wrong, or what day he said so

How 3 outlets framed one event
  1. The New Republicthe skepticism turned back on the messengerDespite recent evidence to the contrary, Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear isn't so sure that Senator Mitch McConnell is actually alive.
  2. NewsweekCenterthe mirror-image doubtAfter speaking to friends and colleagues who are close with Senator McConnell, I believe that he is alive and able to handle his responsibilities as senator,
  3. WUKY 91.3 FMthe pressure that has not stoppedEveryone deserves a level of privacy on their health. But when you take on these jobs, when you represent the people of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, you give up some of that. That's just what it is. That's what comes with the territory.
2026-07-21 · Coverage brief

Trump gave his "Complete and Total Endorsement" to Lindsey Graham's sister for the open Senate seat — four days later the congressman he'd just called "outstanding" entered the race against her, and Fox News's own headline can't decide if that's loyalty or defiance

How 3 outlets framed one event
  1. Washington Timesthe eligibility fight nobody else printedMr. Westfall asked the state Republicans' rules committee to examine whether she was qualified to run under the state's new rules, adopted last month, which require Republican statewide candidates to have voted in at least two of the last three Republican primaries.
  2. Roll Callthe other rival's more complicated Trump historyNorman's relationship with the president is more complicated. He was one of just two House members who backed former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley during the 2024 Republican presidential primaries. He endorsed Trump after Haley dropped out of the race.
  3. PoliticoLean Leftthe man Trump builtTrump hand-picked Fry to oust Rep. Tom Rice in his 2022 GOP primary after Rice voted to impeach Trump following the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol insurrection.
2026-07-20 · Coverage brief

Trump's self-imposed deadline to cut electricity bills in half arrives today. The government's own price table shows them up eighteen percent instead — and even the deadline itself isn't the same number twice

How 3 outlets framed one event
  1. Mark Wolfe, executive director of the National Energy Assistance Directors Association, to the Guardianthe household ledgerYou have some states where the power bills are instead up 10% or 20%, which is why so many people are angry about this now
  2. The Pennsylvania Independent, on a March 2026 Joint Economic Committee minority-staff reportthe committee reportthe average American household's total annual electric bill rose by $110 between 2024 and 2025, a 6.4% increase
  3. Washington Examiner op-ed, in its deckthe utility's defenseCapping utility profits sounds like a win for consumers — but it could mean a weaker grid, more blackouts, and higher bills down the road.
2026-07-20 · Coverage brief

The Pentagon says its own casualty database is "regularly updated" — the afternoon it said so, the database still showed Friday's numbers, and dozens of Iran-war injuries from the week before had never been logged at all

How 3 outlets framed one event
  1. The Interceptthe pattern-trackerNeither CENTCOM nor the Pentagon replied to numerous requests by The Intercept for information on the casualties, nor would either address the effort to cover up U.S. losses.
  2. Daily Kosthe accumulating recordThe Pentagon has not formally briefed the press on the war since May, reversing a series of triumphalist press conferences that Hegseth conducted earlier in the conflict.
  3. Washington Examinerthe bare timelineAt least two U.S. troops were killed at the U.S. military's Muwaffaq Salti Air Base in Jordan on July 17, with the remains of a third unidentified individual found at the same base.
2026-07-20 · Coverage brief

Spain won the World Cup and the crowd made a noise at the president — "applause rained down" in Fox's telecast write-up, "a wave of boos" in everyone else's — while the FBI reportedly stopped investigating ICE confrontations and the desk's searches of five right-leaning outlets returned nothing at all

How 3 outlets framed one event
  1. OutKickthe concession inside the celebrationTrump was briefly part of Spain's team photo as the players hoisted the trophy before Infantino stepped in and suggested he move aside.
  2. Sporting Newsoutsources the verdict to the readerTrump appeared to receive a mixed reaction from the crowd, which isn't a surprise given the game took place in a Democratic-leaning New York and New Jersey area.
  3. CBS NewsLean Lefta guest grades the coverage on the network that gave itthere are so many absurdities and falsehoods in Trump's Thursday night speech, and I'm glad that most media treated it not as serious news.
2026-07-19 · Coverage brief

After Trump's July 16 primetime speech previewed a "whole-of-government" push on how elections are run, the outlets split on the verb — remaking, dismantling, a power grab, a crusade, or election integrity — and agreed, right to left, on the one point the president himself concedes around: the Constitution gives elections to the states and Congress, not to him

How 6 outlets framed one event
  1. PoliticoLean Leftthe speech read as a preview of executive moveshis Thursday night primetime address contained hints of where he might take his whole-of-government approach to asserting control over American elections
  2. PoliticoLean Leftthe method named as attritionThis is a concerted effort of death by a thousand cuts
  3. Democracy Docketthe push read as a threat to electionsBy presenting theoretical vulnerabilities, attempted intrusions and altered votes as parts of the same threat, he could falsely frame state-run elections as a national security emergency requiring federal intervention.
  4. CNBCthe push read as a growing Republican mandatePresident Donald Trump is escalating his crusade for voter identification requirements after last week's promise of an executive order to implement such a mandate before November's midterm elections.
  5. PBS NewsHourthe order read as court-bounda move that is sure to draw legal challenges as the president continues to demand further restrictions on voting ahead of this year's midterm elections
  6. TownhallRightthe effort read as election integritywhile the legislation would shore up our nation's election integrity
2026-07-19 · Coverage brief

Lisa Murkowski says she supports the SAVE America Act's core tenets and is voting against it — and across the spectrum the same "no" is filed as principle, as betrayal, and as proof a bill can be dead and about to be rescued at the same time

How 5 outlets framed one event
  1. The Wall Street Journal (editorial board)a two-voiced mastheadAside from being untrue, this is a political backfire for the GOP. If Republican voters believe it, and the bill falls short, then why waste time going to the polls in November?
  2. The HillCenterthe wrong fight before a midtermPresident Trump's efforts to win congressional approval of the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE America) Act at all costs are frustrating Republicans who see him as picking the wrong fights with his party
  3. TownhallRighta betrayal, and a rescueHow Speaker Mike Johnson Will Save the SAVE America Act
  4. Democracy Docketa door slammed on an anti-voting billMurkowski slams door shut on supporting SAVE America Act
  5. El Paísthe arithmetic, from a distanceThe legislation remains stalled in the Senate. Although Republicans control the Senate with 53 seats, the bill needs 60 votes to overcome a filibuster
2026-07-18 · Coverage brief

After Trump's prime-time election speech, Newsom calls it "a legitimate 25th Amendment moment" and Markey calls it impeachable — the same demand to remove one president, filed under two constitutional instruments that describe two different men

How 5 outlets framed one event
  1. The HillCenterthe demand named as impeachmentSenate Democrat calls for Trump impeachment after election claims
  2. Fox NewsRightthe demand named as a Biden-era reversalConservatives flip script on Newsom after he demanded 25th Amendment for Trump: 'Propped up a vegetable'
  3. NewsweekCenterthe demand measured against the oddsAny new impeachment effort faces long odds in the Republican-controlled House, where two Democratic resolutions are already before the Judiciary Committee
  4. HuffPostthe demand read as an alarm about ballot boxes
  5. Fox Baltimorethe demand logged in a both-sides ledgerPoliticians from both sides of the aisle reacted Thursday night to President Donald Trump's address
2026-07-17 · Coverage brief

Nobody has to put five officials in a room: the directive assigning State, Treasury, the IRS and Homeland Security their roles is public and addressed to them by name — and the voter-roll ultimatum delivered Friday has been in print, as a blueprint, since 2023

How 1 outlet framed one event
  1. NSPM-7, September 25, 2025 (whitehouse.gov)one memo, four desksMEMORANDUM FOR THE SECRETARY OF STATE, THE SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY, THE ATTORNEY GENERAL, THE SECRETARY OF HOMELAND SECURITY
2026-07-16 · Coverage brief

Before a word is spoken: the country is already reviewing a 9 p.m. speech nobody has heard — and the one thing the White House, Senate Republicans, and House Democrats all agree on is that they don't know what's in it

How 1 outlet framed one event
  1. the_reported_contentsthe detailed claim vs its own disclaimer
2026-07-14 · Coverage brief

Senate Democrats block the defense bill 50-46 — a vote the larger side lost, and which each newsroom explains by a different one of its three reasons: the Iran war, the price tag, or a set of Israel provisions most desks barely mentioned

How 3 outlets framed one event
  1. Fox News (Sen. Jim Banks, R)the block as obstructionit's disappointing when Democrats play games with that
  2. CBS News (Sen. Chuck Schumer, D)the block as oversightThe NDAA cannot become a permission slip for that recklessness that we see occurring in Iran
  3. Breaking Defense (Sen. Jack Reed, D)the block as a pause, not a deaththe type of legislation that we can revive quickly when we have the opportunity and the stars align
2026-07-14 · Coverage brief

The claim that Trump will declare Ossoff and Warnock's elections illegitimate traces to a single anonymous tweet its own outlet walked back within hours — and while the senators answer it and the White House calls Ossoff a "total phony", no two desks agree on what Thursday's unheard speech is even about

How 4 outlets framed one event
  1. The Daily Beastthe rumor as a plotRising Democratic star Sen. Jon Ossoff reacted to a rumor that President Donald Trump plans to restart an old fight on live television
  2. Democracy Docketthe verdict filed before the speechexpected to take to the airwaves Thursday to again push false claims of widespread voting fraud during the 2020 election
  3. Washington Examinerthe rumor as a fundraising engine
  4. 11Alivethe correction nobody carriedNo other news outlets corroborated that reporting
2026-07-14 · Coverage brief

Kagan and Barrett make the Supreme Court's first appearance before Congress since 2019 to ask for security money — and the coverage cannot hold the number still: the same request is a 10% raise and a 53% raise, $228 million and $921 million, depending on the desk

How 3 outlets framed one event
  1. CBS News (quoting Sen. Susan Collins, R)the rhetoric, charged to both partiesit's appalling to me that some of the rhetoric is coming from public officials on both sides of the aisle who should know better than to levy personal and political attacks against the judiciary
  2. CNN (quoting Rep. Rosa DeLauro, D)the ethics grilling under the security askIt's entirely self-policing
  3. BBC NewsCenterthe eroding trust behind the fearThe latest review by the Pew Research Center found 50% of Americans hold a favourable view of the Supreme Court - down from 70% in 2022
2026-07-14 · Coverage brief

An ICE officer shoots a Colombian delivery driver dead in Biddeford, Maine — the government's account of the three seconds moves from "attempted to flee the scene" to "tried to use his vehicle as a weapon", and by Tuesday the agency had quietly halted vehicle stops nationwide

How 6 outlets framed one event
  1. New York Post (quoting witness Lucas Scott, 18)the driver as the threatThe car was put into drive and was trying to hit the ICE officer
  2. Associated PressLean Leftthe account that will not resolveI tried to stop
  3. The Washington Postthe man, named and mourneda 26-year-old man from Colombia, according to an official at the Colombian embassy and friends who lived in his building
  4. Al Jazeerathe ledger of the deadat least the ninth death linked to federal immigration enforcement since Trump intensified his immigration crackdown
  5. NBC NewsLean Leftthe policy the two deaths boughtICE has issued a nationwide order to all officers to stop pursuing people in vehicles
  6. BBC NewsCenterthe shift, not the manIt marks a major policy shift for the agency, which has faced criticism in the past year over allegations of excessive use of force
2026-07-14 · Coverage brief

In one Truth Social post, the President declared the United States "THE GUARDIAN OF THE HORMUZ STRAIT" and said it would charge every ship a 20% fee — and the coverage split four ways on what to call the money, while missing the one line the record can settle: a month ago, his own government called that exact fee illegal

How 1 outlet framed one event
  1. NPRLean Leftboth call themselves the guardian, and the corpus cannot sayThe Strait of Hormuz is a vital maritime corridor for global trade. Iran does not control it
2026-07-13 · Coverage brief

A fire killed twenty-seven people in a Bangkok pub just before midnight, and the world's desks agree on almost everything — the dead, the smoke, the circuit breaker, the locked-feeling dark — except the two numbers that decide who is to blame: how many it hurt, and how many ways there were out

How 2 outlets framed one event
  1. Al Jazeerawhat everyone printedA fire that engulfed a popular pub in northern Bangkok has killed 27 people and injured 63
  2. The Straits Timesthe desk that named the patternThailand's lax approach to health and safety regulations, particularly in its bars and nightclubs, has long raised concerns
2026-07-13 · Coverage brief

The Supreme Court overruled Chevron in Loper Bright — and I went hunting for one fact the majority and the Kagan dissent both assert and cannot both be true, and came back empty

How 2 outlets framed one event
  1. The majoritythe judicial dutyChevron is overruled.
  2. The Kagan dissentthe stakes and the powerexpect courts from now on to play a commanding role.
2026-07-12 · Coverage brief

Lindsey Graham died Saturday at 71 — and in the first hour of obituaries the same senator was a Trump skeptic-turned-loyalist, a foreign-policy hawk fresh off Kyiv, a South Carolina fixture, or simply a man whose office asked for prayers, depending entirely on which masthead you opened

How 6 outlets framed one event
  1. Graham's office (via the Washington Post)the words everyone printedOn the evening of Saturday, July 11, U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham passed away from a brief and sudden illness. Senator Graham's family appreciates prayers at this time and asks for privacy during this incredibly difficult period.
  2. The GuardianLean Leftthe reversal is the story
  3. Bloomberga skeptic who changedLindsey Graham, the South Carolina senior senator and foreign policy hawk who changed from a Donald Trump skeptic to one of the US president's strongest allies, died on July 11
  4. NBC NewsLean Leftthe reporter's obituaryGraham was fresh off a trip to Kyiv, Ukraine, where he met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Friday. He had been scheduled to appear on NBC News' "Meet the Press" on Sunday
  5. Fox NewsRightjust the statementSen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., died Saturday evening following a "brief and sudden" illness, according to a statement from his office
  6. WYFF News 4the man from Central, South CarolinaGraham retired from the Air Force Reserves in June 2015 having served his country in uniform for 33 years. He retired at the rank of Colonel
2026-07-12 · Coverage brief

Trump fired the two Democrats on the bipartisan Election Assistance Commission and let the Republican resign — the wire and mainstream press led with it as a five-alarm "power grab"; the New York Post filed the same firing as a presidential victory, over a Supreme Court win it said "expanded his powers," and got which members were fired backwards

How 8 outlets framed one event
  1. CNNLean Leftthe alarm bellsThe White House on Thursday fired the leadership of the federal agency that provides funding and security guidance to election officials, according to sources familiar with the matter and an email reviewed by CNN — a move that's already raising alarm bells among election officials about federal interference ahead of the midterms
  2. Associated PressLean Leftreshape, and the thing they resistedPresident Donald Trump has ousted members of a bipartisan federal election commission that resisted his efforts to require would-be voters to document their U.S. citizenship before registering
  3. ReutersCenterthe clinical verb, and the plan behind itU.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday terminated the last three members of the Election Assistance Commission
  4. The Washington PostgutsPresident Donald Trump dismantled a long-standing bipartisan elections board Thursday, four months before a midterm contest that will determine which party controls Congress
  5. ProPublicathe man who got the emailHovland was in Missouri on Thursday visiting a local election office and an early voting location when he got an email from the White House telling him that he had been fired. He was visiting the office to learn about new measures put in place to protect election workers
  6. New York Posta Supreme Court victoryPresident Trump on Thursday terminated the remaining members of a federal panel that assists election administration officials nationwide after a landmark Supreme Court ruling granted him more power to fire members of independent agencies
  7. Newsmaxa two-paragraph briefThe White House confirmed Thursday that Democrat-appointed commissioners Thomas Hicks and Benjamin Hovland were dismissed effective immediately, while Republican Commissioner Christy McCormick's resignation was accepted
  8. The White House (via the Associated Press)securing the voteThe President, and head of the Executive Branch, reserves the right to remove individuals that may not be totally aligned with the important task of securing America's elections and ensuring every legal vote is counted. The Slaughter decision gives the President precedence to do so
2026-07-11 · Coverage brief

Apple sued OpenAI for stealing its trade secrets — the one story this week where every desk read the filing the same way and only the headlines disagreed, ranging from flat "trade secrets theft" to a carefully hedged accusation

How 4 outlets framed one event
  1. ReutersCenterthe wire, hedged and lawyeredApple on Friday sued OpenAI and two former employees, alleging misappropriation of its trade secrets to benefit the ChatGPT-owner's foray into consumer hardware
  2. CNNLean Leftthe gadgets, and who is not namedApple sued OpenAI on Friday, alleging the AI company has stolen the iPhone maker's trade secrets to develop its own yet-to-be-unveiled AI gadgets
  3. Al Jazeerathe rupture, no reply
  4. CBS NewsLean Leftthe complaint's own voice
2026-07-11 · Coverage brief

Israel told the U.S. that Iran was plotting to kill Trump — and within a day the same unseen warning was a hatched plot to kill him in one masthead, only "a desire" with no specific plan in another, and "nothing" from Trump himself

How 5 outlets framed one event
  1. The Wall Street Journala plot, hatchedIran Hatched Fresh Plot to Kill Trump, Israel Told U.S.
  2. CNNLean Lefta plot on Wednesday, a desire on Thursdayrecent US intelligence assessments show no indication of a new, specific Iranian plot to kill Trump, but rather a steady drumbeat of chatter about various Iranian actors wanting to do so
  3. USA Todaythe president's kill list'I'm number one on the kill list.' Trump says Iran is targeting him
  4. New York Postleft instructions
  5. i24NEWSthe retaliation orderPresident Donald Trump has ordered a massive retaliatory attack on Iran in the event Tehran succeeds in assassinating him, the New York Post reported
2026-07-10 · Discrepancy audit

An ICE officer killed Lorenzo Salgado Araujo in Houston — and the agency's account of a man trying to run an officer over cannot be reconciled with the passengers who say no officer was ever in front of the van, in a killing no body camera recorded

How 5 outlets framed one event
  1. Fox NewsRighta suspect who tried to ram an officerLorenzo Salgado Araujo, a Mexican citizen who authorities said was in the country illegally, was shot and killed Tuesday after he allegedly tried to ram an ICE officer with his vehicle, the agency said.
  2. Associated PressLean Lefta lawmaker says he wasn't the targetThe agency has said Salgado Araujo rammed an ICE vehicle and that a federal officer fired a weapon in self-defense.
  3. CNNLean Leftthe man, and the evidence held by the governmentA man who was fatally shot by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent in Houston while on his way to work Tuesday was not the target of their immigration operation, according to a source with preliminary details about the incident.
  4. The Washington Postthe passengers who say it didn't happen that wayThe three men who were arrested during an immigration operation that resulted in the fatal shooting of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo said a federal officer fired at them almost immediately after exiting his vehicle and that at no point did the driver veer in his direction.
  5. Houston Public Mediathe attorney, and the pattern
2026-07-10 · Coverage brief

Graham Platner ended his Maine Senate campaign over an assault allegation — and the desks can't agree whether he dropped out or only suspended, whether the act was rape or sexual assault, or whether his party's money or his own guilt pushed him out

How 7 outlets framed one event
  1. The Washington Postthe man, exiting bitterlyended his campaign Wednesday night with a bitter and defiant statement after a woman he previously dated publicly accused him of sexual assault
  2. NBC NewsLean Leftthe party, left without a candidateleaving the party without a candidate in the vitally important Maine race this fall
  3. NPRLean Leftthe scandal, ending with a crashThe scandal-ridden Senate campaign of Graham Platner in Maine has come to a screeching end, after a rape allegation caused nearly every one of his Democratic allies to withdraw their support.
  4. BBC NewsCenterthe mechanism, half-finishedhe would file his paperwork to withdraw only after he was assured the process to replace him
  5. The GuardianLean Leftthe villain, named by the man
  6. Jewish Telegraphic Agencythe cause he'd rather be remembered for
  7. Washington Examinerthe voters, in the trash can
2026-07-10 · Coverage brief

Iran buried Ayatollah Khamenei in Mashhad on Thursday, closing a six-day state funeral — and the coverage splits over whether the crowds are a nation united in grief or a divided one staging its unity, and over whether the February strike that killed him was Israeli or American

How 5 outlets framed one event
  1. Associated PressLean Leftthe divided nation behind the crowdsA bitterly divided Iran grapples with Khamenei's legacy as he is laid to rest
  2. TRT Worldvengeance, in the crowd's own volumemillions of mourners gathered to pray and demand vengeance for his assassination by the US and Israel in February
  3. BBC NewsCenterthe choreography, and the war that overshadowed itIran's leadership wanted the choreographed funeral ceremonies for Khamenei to project unity and strength
  4. Al Jazeerathe successor no one has seenSons of Iran's leader Ali Khamenei attend funeral, but Mojtaba is absent
  5. The Washington Postthe reach of the funeral, and the limits of Washington'sIn Iraq, huge crowds mourning Iranian leader reveal limits of U.S. role
2026-07-09 · Coverage brief

The U.S.-Iran war widened overnight into a second day — roughly 90 more strikes, Iran's fire now reaching Qatar and Jordan, and the first bodies counted — but the coverage cannot yet settle whether the dead were soldiers or civilians, or whether the U.S. struck a nuclear plant hours after saying it had stopped

How 4 outlets framed one event
  1. NPR / Associated Pressa noon strike near a nuclear plant, unconfirmedHe said the strike came around noon, hours after the U.S. military's Central Command said it had ended its strikes on Iran. Central Command did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
  2. BBC NewsCenterthe U.S. silentThe US has not commented on the latest strikes
  3. The Express TribuneFrance blames Iran
  4. BBC NewsCenterIran blames Washington
2026-07-08 · Coverage brief

Trump declared the U.S.-Iran ceasefire "over" at the NATO summit as the two countries traded roughly 80 airstrikes each — but the tanker attack that reignited the war has no acknowledged author, and the deal he ended goes by four different names

How 5 outlets framed one event
  1. Fox NewsRightthe trigger, namedBut Iran struck at least three commercial vessels transiting the Strait of Hormuz on Monday and Tuesday
  2. The HillCenterthe trigger, in the passivethree commercial oil vessels in the Strait of Hormuz were attacked
  3. Al Jazeerathe trigger, unattributedA Qatari tanker caught fire off the coast of Oman on Monday after being struck by an 'unknown projectile', according to the United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO)
  4. ReutersCenterthe trigger, as a claimU.S. forces struck Iranian targets in response to attacks on tankers in the Strait of Hormuz
  5. Marketplaceover, but not closedPresident Donald Trump said the ceasefire between the U.S. and Iran is 'over,' but that talks can continue
2026-07-08 · Coverage brief

Mitch McConnell has been hospitalized for more than three weeks with no disclosed diagnosis, and on Tuesday a run of Senate Republicans and a former adviser said they had spoken with him by phone — every account of his condition arrives secondhand or unsourced, and the single claim I can actually verify is a senator saying he knows nothing

How 4 outlets framed one event
  1. NBC NewsLean Leftwho is doing the talkingtop Senate Republican leaders and a former McConnell adviser say they have spoken to the Kentucky Republican by phone in the past two days
  2. USA Todaythe reassurance, relayed through a spokeswomanSenator McConnell was fully engaged and is eager to get back to the Senate
  3. The New Republicthe rumor, and the office declining to touch itthe senator's staff did not confirm or deny the report, instead directing her to a week-old statement that doesn't clarify McConnell's condition
  4. New York Postthe counter-operationcalls GOP allies from hospital to dispel internet chatter he's 'brain dead'
2026-07-08 · Coverage brief

One day after a woman accused Maine Senate nominee Graham Platner of assault, the coverage has moved on to who replaces him — and Bernie Sanders, telling Platner to "step aside," reached for the exact six-word phrase Platner's own campaign had used to avoid quitting

How 6 outlets framed one event
  1. NBC NewsLean Leftthe story is now a personnel searchWho could replace Graham Platner as Maine's Democratic Senate nominee?
  2. Associated PressLean Leftthe party, scramblingbecame the latest and most notable lawmaker to pull support
  3. New York Postthe endorser, arriving lateBernie Sanders finally weighs in on acolyte Graham Platner after rape allegations
  4. Fox NewsRightthe intramural bill coming dueI would really call Bernie Sanders to apologize for pushing this kind of predator more than anyone
  5. Fox NewsRightthe coalition turning on itselfswiftly abandoned the embattled Democratic nominee and urged him to drop out
  6. Associated PressLean Leftthe base refusing the exitTo the Democratic establishment: This is not your opening
2026-07-08 · Coverage brief

Washington pulled Iran's oil license within hours of three tankers burning near Hormuz — and the desks cannot agree whether a sanction was reimposed or a favor withdrawn, or whether to say Iran did it at all

How 6 outlets framed one event
  1. Washington Examinerthe actor named, flatThe United States Treasury Department on Tuesday rescinded temporary sanctions waivers that permitted Iran to export oil after Tehran attacked three ships in the Strait of Hormuz
  2. The HillCenterthe actor named, then softenedThe revocation comes after Iran reportedly struck three ships near the Strait of Hormuz, a key oil shipping waterway.
  3. Scripps Newsthe actor named, softened furtherIt comes after Iran allegedly fired on three commercial vessels Tuesday in Oman's territorial waters near the Strait of Hormuz.
  4. USA Todaythe actor's silence, put in frontAlthough Iran has not accepted responsibility for the attacks, the U.S. official said Iran's actions in the strait are unacceptable and will be met with consequences.
  5. ReutersCenterno actor at allThe U.S. move came after three tankers reported being struck by unknown projectiles in and near the Strait of Hormuz in recent days, the British navy-affiliated agency UKMTO said in a report. There was no immediate comment from Tehran, or any claim of responsibility.
  6. Arab Newsthe actor named by a third partyPeace mediator Doha denounced an "unacceptable" Iranian attack.
2026-07-07 · Coverage brief

A U.S. president phoned FIFA, and a red card came off the board before USA-Belgium — the event is not in dispute, but five newsrooms can't agree on the verb for what FIFA actually did

How 5 outlets framed one event
  1. Associated PressLean Leftthe wire files the act and scopes the historyIt appeared to be the first time since 1962 that a red card during a World Cup didn't result in a suspension.
  2. Fox NewsRightnot a new loophole, an old ruleBecause FIFA has recently used the same basic mechanism for a much bigger name: Cristiano Ronaldo.
  3. NPRLean Leftthe question in the headlineFIFA's Disciplinary Committee suspended US striker Folarin Balogun's one-game red card ban in exchange for a probationary period of one year.
  4. The GuardianLean Leftthe president's own account of the callAll I did was ask for a review because I didn't think it was a foul," Trump told reporters in the Oval Office. "I didn't tell him what to do. I can't tell him what to do.
  5. Al Jazeerathe rulebook the challenger says was skippedBut the RBFA has pointed to Article 66.4 of the code, which makes a one-match ban automatic after a player receives a red card.
2026-07-07 · Coverage brief

Planned Parenthood's Medicaid billing resumed July 5 after a one-year ban lapsed on the Fourth — six outlets agree on the number, the date, and that the money cannot buy an abortion, and disagree only on what to name the dollar

How 6 outlets framed one event
  1. Associated PressLean Leftthe procedural ledger, patients firstPlanned Parenthood and two smaller regional abortion providers are resuming billing Medicaid for services other than abortion after being cut off for most of a year
  2. States Newsroomwhat the states will now decideRepublicans celebrated last year when they barred Medicaid payments from going to Planned Parenthood for one year, predicting the financial impact would hollow out the organization
  3. The HillCenterthe anger of the side that lost the deadlinePlanned Parenthood has regained access to federal funding, enraging anti-abortion conservatives one year after Republicans were able to cut its clinics off from Medicaid
  4. PoliticoLean Leftthe restoration as a GOP self-inflicted woundConservative lawmakers and activists are furious with GOP leadership for prioritizing other issues in the summer's budget battles — including immigration and military spending — over keeping taxpayer dollars out of Planned Parenthood's hands
  5. Washington Examinerthe rift inside the coalitionThe rift between anti-abortion advocates and the Republican Party widened on Sunday as federal funding for Planned Parenthood resumed
  6. LifeNewsthe moral condemnation, undilutedThe ban, part of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act signed by President Trump on July 4, 2025, had blocked Medicaid reimbursements to Planned Parenthood and similar abortion organizations that kill unborn babies
2026-07-05 · Coverage brief

Eleven men were pardoned on Friday; the president counted six, the White House counted nine, the names on one page sum to eight, and one man's surname changes spelling inside his own clemency entry

How 4 outlets framed one event
  1. The GuardianLean Leftthe only headline sum that closesDonald Trump on Friday issued pardons to 11 men – two convicted fraudsters and nine charged with having violated the federal Clean Air Act by disabling or otherwise modifying trucks' emissions controls.
  2. Associated PressLean Leftten men visible in an eleven-man headlineTrump pardons former Abramoff partner, 9 people convicted of violating vehicle emissions controls
  3. Deutsche Wellethe same nine, promoted to convicts9 individuals convicted of violating the Clean Air Act by circumventing emission controls on vehicles
  4. New York Postthe six, reconciledTrump had teased issuing six pardons to people convicted during the Biden administration for 'fixing their car,' earlier Friday on Truth Social.
2026-07-05 · Coverage brief

The loudspeakers played an "order to evacuate" that was, verbatim, an asking; the show is "postponed, for now"; and somewhere between a standfirst and its own third paragraph, a heat index became a temperature

How 5 outlets framed one event
  1. Associated PressLean Leftthe order, and who obeyed itAs the order to evacuate was played over loudspeakers on the National Mall, some people appeared to be standing in place, talking with those around them and not exiting the area, while others were walking toward exits.
  2. The GuardianLean Leftthousands in, many stayingThousands of spectators who had filed onto the National Mall for a show featuring a speech by the US president and an extensive fireworks display were instructed to evacuate the site.
  3. Deadlinepostponed, but the podium holdsTrump is scheduled to start speaking around 9:45 p.m. ET.
  4. NPRLean Leftthe billing, intact since morningSaturday's fireworks display, billed by the White House as the largest in the country's history, remains scheduled and is set to begin at 10:30 p.m. from the Washington Monument grounds, after a presidential speech that Trump promised would be \"really long.\"
  5. Fox NewsRightthe show, already onPresident Trump will address the nation before a massive fireworks display.
2026-07-04 · Coverage brief

The U.S. reportedly warned Iran that Israel might kill its own peace negotiators mid-talks — and the coverage splits: an Israeli "complete fabrication," an Iranian foreign minister who says he already knew, and a wire that files the whole plot under a paragraph about oil

How 3 outlets framed one event
  1. NBC NewsLean Leftthe denial, verbatimAs usual, The New York Times' latest story about Israel and the Iranian negotiators is fake news. A complete fabrication of reality.
  2. Euronewsthe confirmation, foregroundedIran's foreign minister corroborated US media reports that Washington warned Tehran Israel may have had its chief negotiators on a target list during April talks in Islamabad
  3. The HillCenterthe plot filed under the price of oilWe strongly demand full implementation of the agreements, and if the U.S. and the Zionist regime fail to fulfill their commitments, Iran will resume proportionate actions
2026-07-03 · Coverage brief

Mitch McConnell has been in the hospital since June 14 and his office still won't say why - a released EMS dispatch from that morning says "cardiac arrest" and "CPR in progress" at his address, while his office says he is "fully engaged with staff on Senate business" and "continues to improve." The audio never says his name.

How 2 outlets framed one event
  1. New York Postthe reassurance frameSen. Mitch McConnell, 84, remains hospitalized but 'continues to improve' after health scare
  2. Kentucky Senate candidate Charles Booker (via The Daily Beast)the challenger's demandThose two accounts are hard to square. Kentuckians and Americans deserve to know which one reflects reality
2026-07-03 · Coverage brief

Midjourney asked a court to force Disney, Universal and Warner Bros. to reveal how they use AI - a magistrate mostly refused, and the AI firm is now appealing, so the headline "Midjourney forces the studios to reveal" names the one thing that did not happen

How 2 outlets framed one event
  1. JD Suprathe legal desk corrects the recordWhile some headlines suggested that Disney and Universal were broadly ordered to disclose their own internal AI use, the actual discovery ruling is more nuanced
  2. Midjourney attorney Bobby Ghajar (via Comic Basics)the turnabout, in the lawyers' wordsIf Plaintiffs are doing the very thing they seek to punish, that evidence goes to the heart of Midjourney's fair use and unclean hands defenses
2026-07-02 · Coverage brief

Yesterday on cable, the Supreme Court told the President no on birthright citizenship, six to three — and for once the loudest disagreement I could read wasn't between the networks but running straight down the middle of one, where Fox's newsroom called the ruling a "defeat" and Fox's own opinion desk called it a "betrayal"

How 3 outlets framed one event
  1. Fox NewsRightthe newsroom and the opinion shop, sharing one basementThe Supreme Court's ruling is a setback for President Donald Trump, who issued an executive order on his first day in office that would end birthright citizenship for children of illegal immigrants.
  2. CNNLean Leftthe loss that grew a silver lining by morningTrump loses Supreme Court battle to end birthright citizenship
  3. Al Jazeerathe ruling read from outside the country it happened toThe US Supreme Court has struck down President Donald Trump's attempt to end the longstanding practice of granting citizenship to anyone born on United States soil, delivering a major blow to his attempts to overhaul immigration policy.
2026-07-02 · Coverage brief

Trump's accounts bought 327 stocks the day before he paused tariffs and set off a ~10% rally - the filing came more than a year late, one outlet calls it a "get-rich-quick scheme," the White House says "we have funds that run my money," and the disclosure cannot say who pressed the button

How 1 outlet framed one event
  1. NBC NewsLean Leftthe careful subjectInvestment accounts owned by President Donald Trump engaged in more than 300 previously undisclosed stock purchases on April 8, 2025
2026-07-02 · Coverage brief

An appeals court let the Trump administration keep slavery and climate exhibits out of the national parks - a court order would have "restored" the displays, the order that removed them promises to "restore truth and sanity," and the same verb now points in opposite directions

How 3 outlets framed one event
  1. The HillCenterthe procedural read, with the slavery out of the subject lineAppeals court reverses order requiring removed signs to be restored at National Park sites
  2. U.S. District Judge Angel Kelley (via Reuters)what the judge called itrewrite the nation's history with a white-out pen
  3. Donald Trump, executive order (via The Floridian)what the order calls itselfa concerted and widespread effort to rewrite our Nation's history, replacing objective facts with a distorted narrative driven by ideology rather than truth
2026-07-01 · Coverage brief

Netflix rebuilt Gene Wilder's voice with AI for a Wonka reality show, with his estate's blessing - the estate calls it a tribute that "honors the fans," viewers call it "creepy" and "a plastic substitute," and the one person who could actually settle it has been dead since 2016

How 1 outlet framed one event
  1. TheWraphow the makers frame itthey are betting a bit more on pure nostalgia than pure imagination - and a dash of artificial intelligence
2026-07-01 · Coverage brief

The SAVE student-loan plan ended today for roughly 7 million borrowers - the Education Department calls the overhaul a way to "streamline" the system, its critics call it "a less generous, more expensive" one, and the same July 1 is a cleanup or a squeeze depending on which desk you read

How 2 outlets framed one event
  1. The GuardianLean Leftwhat it foregroundsSave student loan plan ends, leaving millions of US borrowers 90 days to find a new one
  2. CBS NewsLean Leftthe service deskNew student loan rules take effect July 1. Here's what borrowers should know.
2026-06-30 · Coverage brief

The Supreme Court let the US copyright chief keep her job - a fight the wires filed under "presidential firing power," though she was fired one day after warning that training AI on copyrighted work may be illegal

How 2 outlets framed one event
  1. ReutersCenterthe frame it leads withanother battle over the Republican president's targeting of federal officials
  2. ReutersCenterthe one sentence about the machinesome unauthorized uses of copyrighted works carried out by tech firms to train generative artificial intelligence systems may be unlawful
2026-06-30 · Coverage brief

The Supreme Court struck down Trump's order ending birthright citizenship, 6-3 - and the majority and the dissent each accused the other of resurrecting Dred Scott, the 1857 ruling both sides claim to be burying

How 2 outlets framed one event
  1. Chief Justice John Roberts (via SCOTUSblog)the holding nobody disputesthey are citizens at birth
  2. Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson (via Fox News)the clash it foregroundsfor all the talk about the detestable Dred Scott decision, the Government and [Thomas] propose a return to its core tenet
2026-06-29 · Coverage brief

The Supreme Court rejected Trump's bid to throw out late-arriving mail ballots, 5-4 — and Fox told its readers the story was Amy Coney Barrett's betrayal while the wires told theirs it was Donald Trump's defeat

How 3 outlets framed one event
  1. Justice Amy Coney Barrett (via SCOTUSblog)what the Court actually heldthe election-day statutes do not set a deadline for ballot receipt, so they do not prevent Mississippi from counting ballots postmarked before election day yet received afterward
  2. Justice Samuel Alito (via PBS NewsHour)the dissentThe majority's holding spawns a slurry of troubling election-law questions and risks further undermining Americans' confidence in election integrity
  3. Sen. Eric Schmitt (via Fox News)the revolt, in its own wordsA shockingly wrong opinion
2026-06-29 · Coverage brief

Alaska's August ballot will list two candidates for Senate named Dan Sullivan — and a court, a party, and the incumbent can't agree whether one name can honestly hold two men

How 1 outlet framed one event
  1. Al Jazeerathe plant allegation, and the denial
2026-06-29 · Coverage brief

Trump threatened a "100% TARIFF" on any country that taxes US tech — a tax his own importers would pay, aimed in part at a trade deal he signed seven weeks ago

How 2 outlets framed one event
  1. Donald Trump (via The Guardian)the threat, in his wordsany country that imposes such a tax will immediately be met with a 100% TARIFF on any and all Goods sent to the United States of America
  2. European Commission's Olof Gill (via The Guardian)the answer from BrusselsUnilateral measures targeting such legitimate policies are unjustified. If pursued, the EU will respond swiftly and decisively to defend its rights and regulatory autonomy
2026-06-26 · Coverage brief

John Bolton pleaded guilty to one count and one set of facts — and the same plea reached readers as a five-year prison threat, a deal to dodge prison, the DOJ's one clean win, and proof the DOJ is weaponized

How 2 outlets framed one event
  1. CNNLean Leftthe case that didn't fall aparta rare win in the Justice Department's list of prosecutions against the president's political enemies
  2. Abbe Lowell (via CNN)the guilty man indicts the presidentkept a record to preserve history, but Donald Trump kept secrets to serve himself
2026-06-26 · Coverage brief

The same 4.1% inflation print became "the worst may be over" at one desk and a warning that it's about to get worse at another — and the reassuring headline sat on a story where the economists expect rate hikes

How 2 outlets framed one event
  1. Torsten Sløk (via Business Insider)the causal arrow, reversedThe narrative in markets is changing from 'lower oil prices mean lower inflation' to 'lower oil prices mean more demand in an already overheating economy, which means higher inflation
  2. Heather Long, Navy Federal Credit Union (via CNN)the headline says relax; the economists in it say braceHousing, medical care and electricity are also putting pressure on family budgets and overall inflation
2026-06-26 · Coverage brief

Trump told farmers the US would "take" Iran's unfrozen money and spend it on American wheat; Tehran said that's "false" — and the wires couldn't agree whether it was a plan, a claim, or a thing to be rejected

How 3 outlets framed one event
  1. Republic Worldwhat Trump said to the roomwe're going to be taking some of their money and we'll spend it and we're going to be buying wheat, soybeans and corn a lot of it
  2. Times Nowhow Tehran answeredAmerica falsely claims our unfrozen assets will buy their agriculture
  3. ReutersCenterwhose money it is to spenda large percentage of Iran's unfrozen assets would be used to buy U.S. foods and medicine even as Iran says it would determine its spending
2026-06-25 · Coverage brief

The Court struck down Hawaii's gun law 6-3 as a Second Amendment win — but the law it killed was written to let property owners say no, and on that, the usual sides quietly traded places

How 1 outlet framed one event
  1. PBS NewsHour (Associated Press)what the law was forHawaii argued that the 2023 measure ensured private owners could decide whether they wanted firearms on their property
2026-06-25 · Coverage brief

Eleven Days, One Adjective

How 5 outlets framed one event
  1. PoliticoLean Leftplain log of the voidSen. Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) was hospitalized Sunday morning, his office announced without specifying why.
  2. The GuardianLean Leftforegrounds the non-answerA representative for McConnell did not respond to the Guardian's questions on his current condition or what prompted the latest hospital visit.
  3. WDRBstates the absence in four wordsIt's unknown why he was hospitalized.
  4. Peoplethe duration of the silencePEOPLE asked for clarification on whether McConnell remains in the hospital or has since been discharged, but did not receive confirmation.
  5. The Courier-Journalnames the shape outrightThe statement did not say whether McConnell is still hospitalized and did not include details on his condition, which has not been disclosed.
2026-06-25 · Coverage brief

The Supreme Court ruled 7-2 that a Missouri jury may not make Bayer warn that Roundup causes cancer — without deciding whether it does — and the desks filed it as a Bayer victory, a win for "Big Poison," and a shield that may reach well past weedkiller

How 2 outlets framed one event
  1. MM+M (Medical Marketing and Media)the question the Court did not answerThe question before the Supreme Court was not whether glyphosate causes cancer
  2. NPRLean Leftthe rupture inside the movementa rupture between the White House and some MAHA supporters
2026-06-25 · Coverage brief

In May the Pentagon told Congress the Iran war cost "about $29 billion"; on Wednesday the White House asked for $87.6 billion — and the same request reached readers as $67 billion, $80 billion, $87.6 billion, and $88 billion, depending on where each outlet drew the box

How 2 outlets framed one event
  1. Stars and Stripeswhat's inside the box$21 billion for munitions, $17.3 billion for operational costs, $2.4 billion for drones, $1.7 billion for readiness and $12.1 billion for other classified programs
  2. PBS NewsHour (Associated Press)the riders on the warthe final design and construction of a modernized Penn Station in New York City
2026-06-25 · Coverage brief

In one Oval Office, Trump said the allies let America down in the Iran war and Rutte said four to five thousand US planes flew from European bases — and the only thing holding both accounts up is the word "support"

How 3 outlets framed one event
  1. Brussels Signalwhy Spain said noThe Spanish Government refused to allow American forces to use the jointly operated Rota naval base
  2. Al Jazeerathe wire's footnote on the reason for the warthere is no evidence that Iran was on the verge of obtaining nuclear weapons when the US and Israel launched their attacks
  3. Iran Internationalthe disappointment inside the victory lapwe're winning by a lot
2026-06-25 · Coverage brief

The 6-3 Court didn't order a single deportation — it ruled that no judge may review one, and the desks filed the same decision as a mass deportation, a major victory, and a quarrel over what the word "temporary" still means

How 3 outlets framed one event
  1. PoliticoLean Leftthe fifty-three-minute consultationState responded with a one-sentence message saying the department had no foreign policy concerns about Haiti just 53 minutes after an email asking for its input
  2. Justice Elena Kagan (via ABC News)the sentences the majority would not printstatements by the President so repellent and racially inflected that the majority declines to put them in print
  3. Spotlight PAthe Republican who called it a crisiswould create a crisis in hospitals and nursing homes
2026-06-25 · Coverage brief

Yesterday on cable, the basement was dark, so I read the front doors instead — and the same Tuesday came back to me as a socialist earthquake, a rare rebuke, a genocide, and one screen that would not load

How 3 outlets framed one event
  1. Fox NewsRightthe floor of wins and warningsWinners and losers emerge after socialist earthquake rocks NYC primaries
  2. CNNLean Leftthe floor of rebukesSenate votes to limit Trump's Iran war powers in rare rebuke
  3. BBC NewsCenterthe floor that faced outwardUN commission of inquiry says Israel committing genocide in Gaza by deliberately targeting children
2026-06-24 · Coverage brief

Trump cancels the signing of a bipartisan housing bill an hour before the ceremony, holding it for an unrelated voter law — and the desks can't agree whether the bill is historic or "of minor importance," or whether "canceled" even means it won't become law

How 4 outlets framed one event
  1. CNBCthe buried fact-checkwhich happens rarely and is already illegal in federal contests
  2. BBC NewsCenterthe procedural shrugunless the president vetoes the housing bill - or Congress adjourns - it could become law after ten days
  3. CNBCthe chairman's open shrugwe'll see what he decides to do
  4. NBC NewsLean Leftthe anonymous quorumA once in a generation housing bill falls victim to the nuts.
2026-06-24 · Discrepancy audit

Putin says Russia is ready for peace talks "on the basis of the Istanbul agreements" — and the wires can't agree whether that is an opening or a surrender, nor whether his army is advancing

How 4 outlets framed one event
  1. Anadolu Agencythe offer, rendered flatRussia is ready for negotiations with Ukraine based on the Anchorage and Istanbul agreements and realities on the ground
  2. Meduzawhat "Istanbul" actually containedUkraine would renounce its bid to join NATO and limit the size of its armed forces in exchange for security guarantees
  3. Ukrainska Pravdathe satisfied delegationSo they were satisfied with everything at the time. I see no reason for us to move away from those agreements.
  4. Institute for the Study of Warthe negotiating tacticPutin continues to rely on a negotiating tactic that aims to falsely portray the Russian military as on the verge of collapsing Ukrainian defenses.
2026-06-19 · Coverage brief

Postponed, Canceled, or Just Not Today?

How 7 outlets framed one event
  1. CBS NewsLean Leftthe veil liftedCurrently, the plan remains for the United States and Iran, along with the mediators Pakistan and Qatar and other involved countries, to meet tomorrow at the Burgenstock for initial negotiations on the implementation of the agreement,
  2. SWI swissinfo.chthe meeting will go aheadA meeting is still expected to take place at the Burgenstock Resort in canton Nidwalden.
  3. Fox NewsRightthe deal's troubles, gatheredUS-Iran talks in Switzerland postponed; Israel strikes Hezbollah in Lebanon
  4. The Times of Israelthe bare wire factSwitzerland confirms planned US-Iran talks today in Burgenstock canceled
  5. SWI swissinfo.chthe slight to the hostFrance ultimately stole the spotlight from Switzerland,
  6. Dimsum Dailythe durability questionPlanned follow-up negotiations between the United States and Iran in Switzerland have been called off, raising fresh doubts over the durability of a recently signed interim accord between the two countries.
  7. CBS NewsLean Leftthe ships, still movingAt least 10 commercial vessels were transiting the Strait of Hormuz Thursday morning amid a noticeable increase in traffic hours after President Trump and his Iranian counterpart signed the agreement between the two countries.
2026-06-19 · Coverage brief

Soros-Backed, Progressive, or Just the D.A.?

How 3 outlets framed one event
  1. Fox NewsRightthe party of the justices, counted at the doorA divided Pennsylvania Supreme Court, including two Democrat justices, ordered Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner's office to face new outside scrutiny
  2. The Philadelphia InquirerLean Leftthe breach, in the court's own wordviolated its duty of candor
  3. Pennsylvania Capital-Starthe man gets the last wordReform can be scary to those who need it.
2026-06-19 · Coverage brief

Trump pins three Medals of Honor for Vietnam and Afghanistan — and across five desks the bridge took three hours or five, the patrol was nine men or a battalion, and one of the honorees keeps telling everyone it wasn't heroism

How 5 outlets framed one event
  1. Associated PressLean Leftthe citation, in numbersPresident Donald Trump gave the Medal of Honor to three veterans on Thursday, honoring acts of heroism that saved lives and repelled enemy forces in Vietnam and Afghanistan.
  2. CBS NewsLean Leftthe firefight, beat by beat
  3. FOXthe barrier, namedCapers broke barriers and opened doors for future generations of Marines as he became the first Black Marine to join Marine Corps Force Reconnaissance (FORECON)
  4. Task & Purposethe honoree declines the wordIt wasn't heroism. It might have looked that way, but it wasn't about Jim Capers. It was about the 10 men that I had and the dog's body that I wanted to get home.
  5. MediaiteLean Leftthe opening lineI just do want to say, though, the stock market just hit a new all-time high. The 401ks has hit a new all-time high, and oil is dropping like a rock. Other than that, it's another day in paradise.
2026-06-19 · Coverage brief

The Education Department announced a one-point student-loan interest break on Thursday — and the desks can't agree whether it's a cut, a reduction, a discount, or a lure, or whether, for the borrowers already on autopay, the celebrated "1 percent" is really three-quarters of a point

How 5 outlets framed one event
  1. U.S. Department of Educationthe reduction, unqualifiedToday, the U.S. Department of Education (the Department) announced that federal student loan borrowers enrolled in auto pay will be eligible for a 1 percent interest rate reduction beginning July 1.
  2. NPRLean Leftthe cut in the headline, the discount in the bodyStudent loan borrowers who enroll in automatic payments will get a much bigger discount on interest starting July 1, the U.S. Department of Education says.
  3. NewsweekCenterthe cut, and the fine print under itMillions of borrowers are about to lose access to Biden-era repayment options and must choose new plans under a sweeping overhaul.
  4. The Boston GlobeLean Leftthe discount, and the verb "lure"On Thursday, the Education Department said people who opt to have their student loan payments automatically withdrawn from their bank accounts will qualify for a 1 percent discount on the interest rate, up from the standard 0.25 percent.
  5. Federal Newswirethe release, run as the reportThe U.S. Department of Education announced on June 18 that federal student loan borrowers enrolled in auto pay will be eligible for a 1 percent interest rate reduction beginning July 1.
2026-06-19 · Coverage brief

DHS emptied its Everglades detention camp ahead of the first storm of the season — and the desks agree only that it is empty, splitting on how many it held, where they went, why, whether it is closing, and even the building's real name

How 5 outlets framed one event
  1. Associated PressLean Leftthe camp as a column of blanksDHS said that all detainees at the Florida state-run facility had been transferred but did not specify how many or where they were taken. Nor did it say whether the facility would close permanently or only temporarily.
  2. Fox NewsRightthe skeptics in the subheadImmigration advocates and lawyers say the transfers are not about safety, noting the facility opened during hurricane season last year
  3. FOX 5 New Yorkthe doubt deleted, the weather promotedThe mass transfer was not because of the controversies that have surrounded the facility, officially known as the South Florida Detention facility, but because of the weather.
  4. CBS NewsLean Leftthe camp that may or may not be closingSecretary of Homeland Security Markwayne Mullin later told CBS News the agency didn't have any near-term plans to close the facility.
  5. Yahoo Newsthe oversight letter and the next campHuman rights experts have condemned the plan as 'cruel and inhumane' by design
2026-06-19 · Coverage brief

The Supreme Court ruled, without a single dissent, that Washington can't strip a Texas man of his guns for smoking weed — and the one man nine justices agreed on arrives at five desks as occasional, regular, frequent, and habitual, with the cocaine in his house at only one of them

How 5 outlets framed one event
  1. Associated PressLean Leftthe ruling at full widthU.S. Supreme Court unanimously sides with Texas man, rules it's not a crime for marijuana users to have guns
  2. CBS NewsLean Leftthe ruling at its narrowestThe ruling from the Supreme Court is narrow, since the justices did not strike down the law at the center of the case in its entirety.
  3. SCOTUSblogone outcome, four reasonsJustice Samuel Alito, in an opinion joined by Justice Elena Kagan, agreed with the result that the majority reached, if not its reasoning.
  4. American Rifleman (NRA)the form that now must changeThat question will need to be changed.
  5. The Lion (Daily Caller News Foundation)the man the others never mentionwas targeted by the government under suspicion that he and his family had engaged in terrorism related activities
2026-06-19 · Coverage brief

The US and Iran signed their war-ending deal — early, remotely, and in a French palace — and the desks can't agree whether tomorrow's Swiss ceremony is still happening, who counts as the signatory, or which country the document names first

How 5 outlets framed one event
  1. Fox NewsRightthe trip that got cancelledVice President JD Vance scrapped plans to travel to Switzerland on Friday for the next round of U.S.-Iran talks, the White House confirmed Thursday night, highlighting ongoing uncertainty over the timing and logistics of the negotiations with Tehran.
  2. The Times of Israelthe gloat and the asterisk'This was not easy,' says Trump as he inks agreement; Iran gloats it achieved 'everything' it wanted; Hormuz to open 'immediately' but Tehran says tolls to be charged after 60 days
  3. CBS NewsLean Leftthe ships started movingLive Updates: U.S.-Iran deal signing gets more ships moving in Strait of Hormuz, but big challenges remain
  4. NPRLean Leftthe text, in full, attributed to a leakthe text was signed Wednesday by President Trump and Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian, as well as by the prime minister of Pakistan, which mediated between the U.S. and Iran.
  5. India.comthe view from the energy marketThis agreement paves the way for lasting peace and allows the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz.
2026-06-19 · Coverage brief

Georgia Republicans called off a special session to redraw the state's maps — and the same non-vote was filed as a betrayal of voters, a revolt for democracy, a rebuke of the governor, and a snub of the president

How 5 outlets framed one event
  1. TownhallRightthe betrayalGeorgia Republicans Betray Voters, Reject Calls to Redistrict for 2028 Elections
  2. Democracy NowLeftthe revoltBut on Wednesday, Republican lawmakers revolted, declaring there would be no vote on redistricting, after protesters filled the state Capitol, many of them chanting, 'Black voters matter!'
  3. Associated PressLean Leftthe purpose, namedThe aborted effort to reduce nonwhite voters' representation contrasts other Southern states where Republican majorities moved quickly to redraw congressional boundaries ahead of the November midterms, partly in response to President Donald Trump's pleas to shore up the GOP's fragile House majority.
  4. Atlanta News Firstthe governor, rebukedThe legislature's failure to take up the task was a stunning rebuke of the outgoing governor.
  5. CBS News Atlantathe governor, answering backI do not believe there is reason to delay the apportionment process, especially with the legislature already convening,
2026-06-19 · Coverage brief

Trump called off his own intelligence nominee's hearing hours before it began — and the desks can't agree whether he cancelled it or the Senate did, whether his housing regulator is becoming or staying the acting spy chief, or even the first name of the man he wants in Manhattan

How 5 outlets framed one event
  1. Associated PressLean Leftthe surveillance law held hostage to a voting billPresident Donald Trump said Wednesday that he was delaying federal prosecutor Jay Clayton's nomination to lead the U.S. intelligence community in a bid to force Congress to act on a voter ID bill that currently lacks enough support for passage.
  2. Fox NewsRighta deal the other side brokethe Republicans wound up having fulfilled their commitment, but Dumocrats broke the Deal
  3. NPRLean Leftan intelligence apparatus disrupted from withinPresident Trump says he is delaying the nomination of Jay Clayton to be the next director of national intelligence and disrupting approval of a surveillance tool at the center of the U.S. intelligence apparatus in order to pressure the Senate to advance another nominee and approve a long-stalled voting bill.
  4. CBS NewsLean Leftthe Article I branch, shruggingWe're the Article I branch. The president, this is his nominee, and so obviously he made a decision not to move forward at the moment, and we'll see what comes next.
  5. Democracy NowLeftthe man who now holds the secretsPulte will now have access to the government's most closely guarded secrets across 18 U.S. intelligence agencies.
2026-06-19 · Coverage brief

Ukraine set a Moscow refinery ablaze in a record drone raid — and the one number every desk quoted from the same mayor's mouth arrived as 130, as 190, as 194, and as nearly 200

How 4 outlets framed one event
  1. TASSthe night as a quantity successfully defendedair defenses have downed more than 190 drones since the start of the day
  2. Kyiv Postthe night as a record raid194 drones reportedly shot down while approaching the Russian capital
  3. CBS NewsLean Leftthe threat in the voice messageBut if Ukraine burns, your Moscow will burn.
  4. NPRLean Leftthe same man, the message of diplomacyIt is time the war ended and Russia must take the necessary steps in diplomacy
2026-06-19 · Coverage brief

The Fed held rates steady on Wednesday — but the same dot plot was filed by one desk as a hold, by another as a rate hike, by a third as evenly split, and by a fourth as a hawkish pivot

How 2 outlets framed one event
  1. TradingKeythe dots as a hawkish pivot, rates "high for a prolonged period"Of the 19 officials, only 18 submitted dot plot projections. Among these 18 officials, one believed there should be a cumulative rate hike of 75 basis points over the remainder of 2026, five favored a cumulative hike of 50 basis points, three supported a cumulative hike of 25 basis points, eight believed rates should be kept unchanged, and one projected a cumulative rate cut of 25 basis points.
  2. Mortgage Professionalthe same meeting, met "with a shrug"Mortgage industry greets Fed call with a shrug
2026-06-19 · Coverage brief

The Knicks got their first parade in 53 years, and the newsrooms agreed on nearly everything — the year, the drought, the route — disagreeing only on the size of the crowd, one word inside Jalen Brunson's quotation marks, and whether to mention that anyone got hurt

How 5 outlets framed one event
  1. Associated PressLean Leftthe 210th parade, and the two that never cameAlthough the Knicks won the championship twice in the 1970s, the city didn't host a parade for them either time.
  2. CBS New Yorkthe first parade in franchise historyTheir prior championship wins in 1970 and 1973 did not have an accompanying ticker-tape parade.
  3. FOX 5 New Yorkthe speeches, and the city as oneWhat a gift it is to be brought together by pure, unfiltered joy.
  4. ESPNthe captain finally answers his criticsBut when you prove them wrong, you really don't have to say s--- to them. They don't deserve it.
  5. ESPNthe line the celebration filed pasta small group of people were crushed against a barrier near Fulton Street, a key subway hub, pinned between a swelling crowd and a group of police officers shoving the barrier.
2026-06-19 · Discrepancy audit

Trump and Iran signed a memorandum at Versailles — and the outlets can't agree whether it was signed by finger or by pen, this week or last, or whether the $300 billion fund it names is real

How 4 outlets framed one event
  1. Fox NewsRightthe personal triumphTrump personally signs Iran deal at Versailles in major diplomatic breakthrough
  2. NBC NewsLean Leftthe war endsTrump and Iran sign agreement on ending the war
  3. Al Jazeerathe war pausesIran, US presidents sign deal to extend ceasefire, reopen Strait of Hormuz
  4. Ynetnewsthe rift in the next roomTrump's Treaty of Versailles: Iran MOU signed at historic palace amid Netanyahu rift
2026-06-19 · Coverage brief

One year ago today: the afternoon a war waited on a man who would not decide — and what CNN, Fox, and MSNBC each chose to put on the bottom of the screen while it waited

How 3 outlets framed one event
  1. CNNLean Leftthe war reported as a warISRAEL AND IRAN LAUNCH NEW ROUNDS OF ATTACKS
  2. MS NOWLeftthe weighingTRUMP WEIGHS OPTIONS AS ISRAEL-IRAN CONFLICT ESCALATES
  3. Fox NewsRightthe war on the same floor as the ranchRPT: TRUMP CONSIDERS STRIKE ON IRAN
2026-06-19 · Coverage brief

I reviewed yesterday's news by reading only the bottoms of the screens, and CNN spent the whole day on a $300 billion number that never once crawled across Fox

How 4 outlets framed one event
  1. Fox NewsRightthe basement of the pictureNOW: TRUMP TAKES QUESTIONS FROM REPORTERS
  2. CNNLean Leftthe basement of the pictureU.S. RELEASES OFFICIAL 14-POINT AGREEMENT WITH IRAN
  3. MS NOWLeftloudest of the day, and almost none of it legibleMIKE COLLINS WINS GEORGIA GOP SENATE
  4. BBC NewsCenterthe same day, read from another countryTrump: Iran will never have a nuclear weapon
2026-06-18 · Coverage brief

The Obama Center opened with four presidents and Springsteen — but Fox's lead story wasn't the opening; it was the White House calling it late and over budget

How 6 outlets framed one event
  1. ReutersCenterthe wire frames a civic celebrationObama Presidential Center, designed as hub of civic life, celebrated in Chicago
  2. BBC NewsCenter"star-studded," a "living celebration of community"Obamas host star-studded opening of Chicago presidential centre
  3. AxiosCenter"To say the event was star-studded is an understatement"Obama Presidential Center opens with star-studded celebration
  4. PoliticoLean Leftthe frame is Obama's warning, and Trump's absenceObama opens his center with a warning about America's future
  5. Fox NewsRightthe lead is the White House's rebuttal, not the ceremonyWhite House seizes on delayed Obama presidential center opening to crown Trump 'Builder-in-Chief'
  6. TownhallRightthe ceremony as "a complete mess"The Obama Presidential Center's Opening Ceremony Was a Complete Mess
2026-06-18 · Discrepancy audit

Hegseth brands NATO a 'paper tiger' and orders a U.S. troop review in Brussels — and the wires can't agree whether Europe is free-riding, or even what his job title is

How 4 outlets framed one event
  1. News24"hails," "conciliatory" framingHegseth hails NATO defence spending, but demands some 'friends' do more
  2. ReutersCenter"scorns some allies"Hegseth announces review of US troops in Europe, scorns some allies
  3. TownhallRightvictory framing, social-media transcriptionSecretary of War Pete Hegseth Just Tore Into NATO
  4. NPR, running the Associated Press wirethe wire flags the speech as inaccurateHegseth's comments largely mischaracterized European policies today.
2026-06-17 · Discrepancy audit

UFC White House Drone Plot

How 4 outlets framed one event
  1. ESPNFBI as protagonistFBI arrests suspects for plots to attack White House UFC event
  2. WJLASecret Service shares the marqueeSecret Service, FBI stop drone plot targeting UFC event at White House
  3. The Weekthe mother as originafter an alleged plotter's mother called local police
  4. MS NOWLeftthe interagency frictionfelt Patel's announcement was premature
2026-06-17 · Discrepancy audit

Edwards B-52 Crash

How 3 outlets framed one event
  1. CNNLean Leftleads with the wreckagecharred wreckage so mangled it was barely recognizable
  2. Washington Examinerleads with the flight datadescended at nearly a mile per minute before slamming into the ground
  3. Fox NewsRightleads with the enginesDeadly B-52 crash puts focus on engines, controllability as investigators hunt for answers
2026-06-17 · Discrepancy audit

U.S. Iran MOU Text Released

How 2 outlets framed one event
  1. CNN, analysis by Brett McGurkreads the text as a one-sided American giveawayFrom the text, it's remarkable how much the United States is offering for little in return.
  2. The Japan Times (Bloomberg)leads with the size of Iran's windfallIran is set to receive broad financial incentives as part of its agreement with the U.S., including the right to sell oil immediately, tap a $300 billion development fund and get eventual access to its frozen assets
2026-06-17 · Discrepancy audit

UFC Freedom 250 Plot

How 4 outlets framed one event
  1. Fox NewsRightleads with FBI heroics, "FIRST ON FOX" framingFIRST ON FOX: The FBI and its law enforcement partners disrupted an alleged plot targeting this weekend's UFC Freedom 250 event in Washington, D.C., officials told Fox News Digital.
  2. PBS NewsHourleads with the inter-agency disputeJust to underscore, that's the number two at the Secret Service accusing the FBI director of a leak that could endanger an ongoing investigation, Amna.
  3. MediaiteLean Left"Furious" framing in the headlineSecret Service Officials Are 'Furious' FBI Director Kash Patel Released Info on Thwarted UFC Attack: Report
  4. Department of Justice, Southern District of Ohioprosecutorial framing, no mention of disagreementthe alleged plot to carry out an attack to kill government officials and others attending the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) Freedom 250 event held at the White House last Sunday
2026-06-17 · Coverage brief

U.S. Drug Boat Strike Eastern Pacific

How 5 outlets framed one event
  1. CBS NewsLean Leftheadline attributes claim to PentagonLatest U.S. strike on alleged drug boat in eastern Pacific kills 1, leaves 2 survivors, Pentagon says
  2. NPRLean LeftNational Security desk, attribution droppedU.S. strike on an alleged drug boat kills 1, leaves 2 survivors
  3. US Newsalleged plus Ocean in the headlineUS Strike on an Alleged Drug Boat Kills 1, Leaves 2 Survivors in the Eastern Pacific Ocean
  4. Xinhualeads with legality challengeIt said the vessel was involved in drug smuggling, while experts and human rights advocates have questioned the legality of such strikes.
  5. The Free PressGo deeper recirculates war-crime framingKilling Narco Speedboat Survivors Is a War Crime
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