Connecticut Sen. Chris Murphy leaves hospital after stroke

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How did the left and right cover Connecticut Sen. Chris Murphy leaves hospital after stroke?

Of the 103 outlets on this story carrying a published leaning rating, 36% are rated left, 48% are rated centre, 16% are rated right. Those percentages are shares of the rated outlets, not of every outlet that ran it, which was 110. The sections above set out what each side emphasised, in its own terms.

Is Connecticut Sen. Chris Murphy leaves hospital after stroke left or right?

Neither side dominates it. Of the 103 rated outlets on this story, 36% are rated left, 48% are rated centre, 16% are rated right, and no side holds the 70% this site would want before calling a field one-sided. A story is not left or right in any case; the outlets that carried it are what carry ratings.

Is the coverage of Connecticut Sen. Chris Murphy leaves hospital after stroke biased?

Connecticut Sen. Chris Murphy leaves hospital after stroke is one event reported by 110 outlets, and this page does not rate the story as biased or unbiased. What it publishes is the spread: which outlets ran it, where named rating organisations place each of them on the spectrum, and what each side chose to lead with. A leaning rating describes an outlet's record over time, not this article, and the two should not be run together.

Which side is not reporting Connecticut Sen. Chris Murphy leaves hospital after stroke?

When we first saw this story, outlets rated right had barely covered it. Coverage accretes for hours after an event, so that is where to look rather than a verdict — the split above is the current count, and it is the one to read.

Which outlets covered Connecticut Sen. Chris Murphy leaves hospital after stroke?

110 that we know of, every one of them listed further up this page with a link to its own report and to what we hold on the publisher. Nothing here is a summary of somebody else's summary: the outlets are named so the original reporting can be read.

What happened to Senator Chris Murphy?

Senator Chris Murphy suffered a small hemorrhagic stroke, which is a bleed in the brain. He has been discharged from the hospital and is now in a rehabilitation facility recovering.

How long will Senator Murphy miss Senate votes?

Senator Murphy is expected to miss "several weeks" of Senate votes as he recovers in a rehabilitation facility. His doctors are encouraged by his progress.

Have other senators had strokes?

Yes, three other Senate Democrats have experienced strokes in recent years. These include Ben Ray Lujan, Chris Van Hollen, and John Fetterman, who now uses adaptive technology in the Senate.