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The Washington Post

193 audits on the record

Every sentence below was reproduced from a frozen snapshot of this masthead’s own page, at the character offset the audit records. This is what the desk has quoted from The Washington Post — not a verdict on it.

These numbers are not a fault score. A hard contradiction means two accounts cannot both be true; it does not say which one is wrong, and this desk does not decide. A masthead appears in these counts because it covered a contested story, which is usually a sign it was doing its job. Outlets that publish more, and get read more, appear more. Read the counts as exposure, not as error.

193audits citing this outlet
15carried a hard contradiction
93carried a framing split
70spans quoted

Quoted from this masthead

“Seven senators on the Foreign Relations Committee, four Republicans and three Democrats, released a statement”
October 12, 2026 · see it in context →
“President Donald Trump responded, “Did I approve? Absolutely.””
October 11, 2026 · see it in context →
“Christa Pike still in critical condition after botched execution, lawyer says”
October 5, 2026 · see it in context →
“An election chief lost. Then he padlocked the ballots and called the FBI.”
October 4, 2026 · see it in context →
“political mentor to Secretary of State Marco Rubio”
October 4, 2026 · see it in context →
“Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has directed a one-day military-wide stand-down in October to allow troops to send a mail-in ballot or vote in person, saying he was designated by the president to ensure that military votes are counted in the upcoming election.”
October 3, 2026 · see it in context →
“The effort to make it easier for service members to vote comes as President Donald Trump has moved to add new restrictions to mail-in voting -- even though Trump himself voted by mail in Florida.”
October 3, 2026 · see it in context →
“The Democratic bill is unlikely to be taken up this year by the House or the Senate, both of which are controlled by Republicans.”
October 3, 2026 · see it in context →
“It has cost tens of billions of dollars, damaged or destroyed numerous U.S. facilities and aircraft throughout the Middle East, left more than 800 American troops wounded and resulted in the death of at least 19 others.”
October 2, 2026 · see it in context →
“Hearn was one of at least four people arrested near the Reflecting Pool this summer and accused of vandalizing the pool basin.”
October 2, 2026 · see it in context →
“For Musk, whose oversight of the U.S. DOGE Service ended in turmoil and spilled into a feud with President Donald Trump over Trump's spending bill, the position on the panel marks his most formal return to government in any capacity.”
October 2, 2026 · see it in context →
“The conservative firebrand whom the Trump administration installed as a No. 2 at the FBI announced Monday that he is resigning from the bureau.”
September 30, 2026 · see it in context →

Audits citing The Washington Post

Showing the 40 most recent of 193.

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