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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

1908 dated articles from Jan 12, 2026 to the week of November 9, 2026.

1950Week of January 12, 2026: 7 articlesWeek of January 19, 2026: 0 articlesWeek of January 26, 2026: 0 articlesWeek of February 2, 2026: 0 articlesWeek of February 9, 2026: 0 articlesWeek of February 16, 2026: 0 articlesWeek of February 23, 2026: 7 articlesWeek of March 2, 2026: 0 articlesWeek of March 9, 2026: 7 articlesWeek of March 16, 2026: 0 articlesWeek of March 23, 2026: 11 articlesWeek of March 30, 2026: 0 articlesWeek of April 6, 2026: 7 articlesWeek of April 13, 2026: 15 articlesWeek of April 20, 2026: 17 articlesWeek of April 27, 2026: 0 articlesWeek of May 4, 2026: 0 articlesWeek of May 11, 2026: 6 articlesWeek of May 18, 2026: 0 articlesWeek of May 25, 2026: 0 articlesWeek of June 1, 2026: 0 articlesWeek of June 8, 2026: 0 articlesWeek of June 15, 2026: 0 articlesWeek of June 22, 2026: 0 articlesWeek of June 29, 2026: 44 articlesWeek of July 6, 2026: 47 articlesWeek of July 13, 2026: 195 articlesWeek of July 20, 2026: 168 articlesWeek of July 27, 2026: 65 articlesWeek of August 3, 2026: 94 articlesWeek of August 10, 2026: 51 articlesWeek of August 17, 2026: 123 articlesWeek of August 24, 2026: 91 articlesWeek of August 31, 2026: 161 articlesWeek of September 7, 2026: 37 articlesWeek of September 14, 2026: 136 articlesWeek of September 21, 2026: 81 articlesWeek of September 28, 2026: 126 articlesWeek of October 5, 2026: 56 articlesWeek of October 12, 2026: 49 articlesWeek of October 19, 2026: 109 articlesWeek of October 26, 2026: 76 articlesWeek of November 2, 2026: 122 articlesWeek of November 9, 2026: 0 articles, so farFeb 2026Mar 2026Apr 2026May 2026Jun 2026Jul 2026Aug 2026Sep 2026Nov 2026so far

Weekly counts, newest first

Collected articles per week
Week ofArticlesReports
November 9, 20260 (so far)November 2026 in the record
November 2, 2026122
October 26, 202676October 2026 in the record
October 19, 2026109
October 12, 202649
October 5, 202656
September 28, 2026126September 2026 in the record
September 21, 202681
September 14, 2026136
September 7, 202637
August 31, 2026161August 2026 in the record
August 24, 202691
August 17, 2026123
August 10, 202651
August 3, 202694
July 27, 202665July 2026 in the record
July 20, 2026168
July 13, 2026195
July 6, 202647
June 29, 202644June 2026 in the record
June 22, 20260
June 15, 20260
June 8, 20260
June 1, 20260
May 25, 20260May 2026 in the record
May 18, 20260
May 11, 20266
May 4, 20260
April 27, 20260April 2026 in the record
April 20, 202617
April 13, 202615
April 6, 20267
March 30, 20260March 2026 in the record
March 23, 202611
March 16, 20260
March 9, 20267
March 2, 20260
February 23, 20267February 2026 in the record
February 16, 20260
February 9, 20260
February 2, 20260
January 26, 20260January 2026 in the record
January 19, 20260
January 12, 20267

Compare by outlet rating

Of 1,908 dated articles, 22% from left-rated outlets, 49% from center-rated outlets, 4% from local TV counted as center, 23% from right-rated outlets, 0% from outlets not yet rated and 2% 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 1908
Left (left and lean-left outlets)
The 106 outlets
41922%
Center (outlets rated center)
The 185 outlets
93549%
Counted as center by rule (local TV newsrooms)
The 15 outlets
724%
Right (right and lean-right outlets)
The 64 outlets
43723%
Not rated (no rating yet)
The 1 outlet
10%
Not placed left or right (foreign outlets, entertainment trades)
The 11 outlets
442%

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