Coverage & sourcesThe 2024 presidential debates, from Biden vs. Trump to Harris vs. Trump

Collected articles: every report in this story's record, counted once, in the week (Monday to Sunday, UTC) it was published; a report published on a Sunday evening in US Eastern time counts in the next week. Copies of the same wire story count as separate articles. This shows how much we collected, not how important a development was or whether it was independently confirmed. It covers this record only, not all news coverage. Our collection begins in October 2021.

Collected articles per week

3805 dated articles from Mar 4, 2024 to the week of September 30, 2024.

Weekly counts, newest first

Collected articles per week
Week ofArticlesReports
September 30, 2024618September 2024 in the record
September 23, 202468
September 16, 202463
September 9, 20241091
September 2, 2024115
August 26, 202490August 2024 in the record
August 19, 20246
August 12, 2024142
August 5, 202490
July 29, 2024120July 2024 in the record
July 22, 202480
July 15, 20240
July 8, 20240
July 1, 202431
June 24, 2024819June 2024 in the record
June 17, 2024123
June 10, 20240
June 3, 20240
May 27, 202416May 2024 in the record
May 20, 20246
May 13, 2024245
May 6, 20240
April 29, 20240April 2024 in the record
April 22, 202436
April 15, 202412
April 8, 202427
April 1, 20240
March 25, 20240March 2024 in the record
March 18, 20240
March 11, 20240
March 4, 20247

Compare by outlet rating

Of 3,805 dated articles, 20% from left-rated outlets, 37% from center-rated outlets, 14% from local TV counted as center, 23% from right-rated outlets and 6% from outlets not placed left or right.

A rating describes the outlet, not a single report. How outlets are rated

The table, with every outlet behind each number

Outlets nobody has rated stay in their own group. Local TV newsrooms are counted as center by a published rule, whatever their own rating, and are shown apart from outlets rated center.

Outlet ratingArticlesShare of the 3805
Left (left and lean-left outlets)
The 69 outlets
77320%
Center (outlets rated center)
The 131 outlets
141437%
Counted as center by rule (local TV newsrooms)
The 15 outlets
51614%
Right (right and lean-right outlets)
The 57 outlets
87523%
Not placed left or right (foreign outlets, entertainment trades)
The 14 outlets
2276%

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The reports

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