{"publisher":{"name":"MediaBias News","url":"https://mediabias.news","methodology":"https://mediabias.news/methodology","editorialPrinciples":"https://mediabias.news/editorial-principles","corrections":"https://mediabias.news/corrections"},"scoreGuide":{"trust":"How well corroborated and evidenced the source reporting is. 0-100, higher is better.","critic":"Craft quality of the source journalism: context, balance, fact vs comment. 0-100, higher is better.","hype":"How far the source presentation runs ahead of substance. 0-100, LOWER IS BETTER.","scope":"Scores assess the original reporting this article was written from, not the truth of the underlying event and not the quality of this write-up."},"assessmentGuide":{"type":"coverage-and-source-reporting-analysis","factCheck":{"status":"not-performed","note":"Media Bias News compares coverage and scores the source reporting. 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This marks the first time since 2002 that the body has not been invited to monitor federal elections in the United States.","category":"Politics","area":"United States","publishedAt":"2026-09-23T16:25:28.233Z","sourceReportedAt":"2026-09-23T15:37:59.884Z","updatedAt":"2026-09-23T16:25:28.233Z","readTime":"3 min read","scores":{"trust":86,"critic":87,"hype":15,"notes":{"trust":"Trust high (86) because OSCE statements, named official Pere Joan Pons, and multiple independent outlets corroborate the fact.","critic":"Critic score 87; reports quote OSCE president, give specific dates and figures, and explain significance.","hype":"Hype low (15); language is factual without sensational adjectives or clickbait headlines."}},"tags":["#USElections","#OSCE","#Democracy","#InternationalRelations"],"entities":["OSCE","Pere Joan Pons","United States"],"body":[{"type":"key_takeaways","items":["The OSCE has not been invited to observe the US midterm elections in November 2026.","This is the first time the OSCE has been excluded from observing US federal elections since 2002.","The OSCE has observed 12 federal elections in the US since 2002, including six midterms.","The OSCE president called the decision a \"significant departure from an established democratic practice.\""]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) announced on Wednesday that its observers have not been invited to the United States midterm elections scheduled for November 2026. This marks the first instance of the OSCE being excluded from monitoring US federal elections since 2002. The organisation stated that this decision is \"not in line with the commitments undertaken by all OSCE participating states.\""},{"type":"paragraph","text":"Since 2002, the OSCE has observed a total of 12 federal elections in the United States, which included six midterm elections. Pere Joan Pons, president of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly, described the exclusion as a “significant departure from an established democratic practice” and stated, “I deeply regret the decision.” The OSCE is a Vienna-based organisation founded in 1975, with 57 member states from Europe, central Asia, and North America, focused on security, political, economic, and environmental cooperation, as well as election observation."},{"type":"heading","text":"Disagreement on election year"},{"type":"paragraph","text":"The OSCE announced its observers have not been invited to the US midterm elections in November 2026, according to CTV News. However, svt Nyheter reported that the US has decided not to invite the OSCE to monitor the 2026 congressional elections, and Hospodárske Noviny stated the OSCE observers were not invited to the November US congressional elections, also referred to as the midterm elections."},{"type":"heading","text":"What the coverage left out"},{"type":"paragraph","text":"None of the left, centre, or right-rated reports mention the claim made by CTV News that the US President Donald Trump's administration had been critical of how the OSCE handles its mission and had urged the OSCE to downsize its budget."}],"basedOn":[{"sourceName":"CTV News","url":"https://ctvnews.ca/world/article/europe-security-body-says-monitors-not-invited-to-us-elections-for-first-time","headline":"Europe security body says monitors not invited to U.S. elections for first time","angle":"","publishedAt":"2026-09-23T15:37:59.884Z"},{"sourceName":"yle","url":"https://yle.fi/a/74-20247910","headline":"OSCE: Observers Not Invited to US Elections for the First Time","angle":"","publishedAt":"2026-09-23T15:32:36.000Z"},{"sourceName":"stern.de","url":"https://stern.de/news/erstmals-keine-osze-beobachter-zu-wahlen-in-den-usa-eingeladen-38299016.html","headline":"For the First Time, No OSCE Observers Have Been Invited to Elections in the US","angle":"","publishedAt":"2026-09-23T15:31:23.000Z"},{"sourceName":"TA3.com","url":"https://ta3.com/clanok/1073037/medzinarodni-pozorovatelia-tentoraz-pri-volbach-v-usa-nebudu-prvykrat-po-viac-ako-20-rokoch","headline":"International Observers Will Not Be Present at the US Elections This Time. 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