Earliest reported publication among tracked outlets: PBS NewsHour, . This is the earliest publication time an outlet gives in its own feed. It does not show who broke the story.
Grouping confidence 53% (the weakest match that joined a report). Report a wrong grouping · Download this comparison: spreadsheet, data
In publication order. Marked words are listed words; hover to see the rule. A weak layer pulls the total down.
PBS NewsHour Earliest
98 AP wire
Word choice 100Temperature 92Flagged attribution phrases 100Headline wording 100
full text read · 26% of the text is in quotes, with 3 listed words inside quotes · first figure: 40% · arithmetic
ABC News 5 hr 30 min later
98 AP wire
Word choice 100Temperature 92Flagged attribution phrases 100Headline wording 100
full text read · 32% of the text is in quotes, with 5 listed words inside quotes · first figure: 40% · arithmetic
HuffPost 7 hr 10 min later
97 AP wire
Word choice 100Temperature 91Flagged attribution phrases 100Headline wording 100
full text read · 27% of the text is in quotes, with 3 listed words inside quotes · first figure: 40% · arithmetic
Names and numbers found in two or more reports of this event. A blank means not detected in the text this site could read, which is not the same as left out. This view does not change any score.
| Name or number | PBS NewsHour | ABC News | HuffPost |
|---|---|---|---|
| 43 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| 76 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| 82 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| 40% | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| 150 years | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| 2.95 million | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Scott Colom | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Black Mississippians | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Democrat Scott Colom | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Farish Street | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Maati Jone Primm | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Deep South | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Civil War Reconstruction | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Republican Sen | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Every listed word found in the stories' own text, with the words around it. Grey marks are shown but not counted: negated, attributed to a speaker, literal use, discussing the term, explained anonymity, or experimental.
Counted by published patterns in the text read. Shown beside the score, never part of it. How each count works
| Report | Named sources | Unnamed | Primary-record links | Documents cited | Numbers and dates | Cites no one |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PBS NewsHour | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | |
| ABC News | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | |
| HuffPost | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
Sentences that mention only one side's party or politicians, counted for each side. Democratic side: Democratic Party, Democrats, Democratic, Democrat, Schumer, Jeffries, Pelosi, Newsom, Sanders, Ocasio-Cortez, Walz, Harris. Republican side: Republican Party, Republicans, Republican, Thune, Johnson, McConnell, DeSantis, Cruz, Greene, Vance, Trump. Asymmetry runs from −1 to +1; positive means the Democratic side gets more of that treatment, given how often each side is mentioned. Shown beside the score, never part of it. How it works
| Measure | Democratic side | Republican side | Asymmetry |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sentences mentioning only this side | 16 | 12 | |
| Passive voice | 4 | 3 | -0.01 |
| Passive voice with no one named as doing it | 4 | 0 | +0.59 |
| Loaded attribution verbs (claimed, admitted, insisted) | 0 | 0 | too few |
| Hedges (reportedly, allegedly, so-called) | 0 | 0 | too few |
| Scare quotes | 0 | 0 | too few |
| Titles used (Sen., Gov., President) | 0 | 3 | -0.67 |
| Share of quoted words in these sentences | 100% | 0% | |
| Reports whose first quoted speaker is on this side | 2 | 0 | |
| Reports whose last quoted speaker is on this side | 2 | 0 |
Asymmetry = (pD − pR) ÷ (pD + pR), where p = (count + 1) ÷ (sentences + 2) for each side. Shown when the two sides together have 3 or more cases. From 3 reports.
| Outlet | First figure | Figures framed as gain or loss | Front page |
|---|---|---|---|
| PBS NewsHour | 40% | 2.95 million benefit (gain) | |
| ABC News | 40% | 2.95 million benefit (gain) | |
| HuffPost | 40% | 2.95 million benefit (gain) |
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