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Coverage & sourcesThe backlash against Flock's license plate reader cameras

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

1017 dated articles from Jul 6, 2026 to the week of November 9, 2026.

2800Week of July 6, 2026: 3 articlesWeek of July 13, 2026: 9 articlesWeek of July 20, 2026: 0 articlesWeek of July 27, 2026: 53 articlesWeek of August 3, 2026: 27 articlesWeek of August 10, 2026: 280 articlesWeek of August 17, 2026: 103 articlesWeek of August 24, 2026: 85 articlesWeek of August 31, 2026: 156 articlesWeek of September 7, 2026: 27 articlesWeek of September 14, 2026: 121 articlesWeek of September 21, 2026: 103 articlesWeek of September 28, 2026: 45 articlesWeek of October 5, 2026: 5 articlesWeek of October 12, 2026: 0 articlesWeek of October 19, 2026: 0 articlesWeek of October 26, 2026: 0 articlesWeek of November 2, 2026: 0 articlesWeek of November 9, 2026: 0 articles, so farJul 2026Aug 2026Sep 2026Oct 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, 20260
October 26, 20260October 2026 in the record
October 19, 20260
October 12, 20260
October 5, 20265
September 28, 202645September 2026 in the record
September 21, 2026103
September 14, 2026121
September 7, 202627
August 31, 2026156August 2026 in the record
August 24, 202685
August 17, 2026103
August 10, 2026280
August 3, 202627
July 27, 202653July 2026 in the record
July 20, 20260
July 13, 20269
July 6, 20263

Compare by outlet rating

Of 1,017 dated articles, 10% from left-rated outlets, 71% from center-rated outlets, 4% from local TV counted as center, 13% from right-rated outlets and 2% from outlets not placed left or right.

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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 1017
Left (left and lean-left outlets)
The 49 outlets
10110%
Center (outlets rated center)
The 185 outlets
72771%
Counted as center by rule (local TV newsrooms)
The 13 outlets
364%
Right (right and lean-right outlets)
The 54 outlets
13213%
Not placed left or right (foreign outlets, entertainment trades)
The 5 outlets
212%

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The reports

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