New York prosecutor alleges Letitia James' office targeted Trump without cause

Questions about this coverage

How did the left and right cover New York prosecutor alleges Letitia James' office targeted Trump…?

Of the 44 outlets on this story carrying a published leaning rating, 5% are rated left, 6% are rated centre, 89% are rated right. Those percentages are shares of the rated outlets, not of every outlet that ran it, which was 53. The sections above set out what each side emphasised, in its own terms.

Is New York prosecutor alleges Letitia James' office targeted Trump… left or right?

The story itself is neither. What can be counted is who has covered it, and 89% of the 44 rated outlets on it are rated right — so far this is a story carried mostly by the right. Coverage is still arriving and that can change, which is why the figure is dated rather than fixed.

Is the coverage of New York prosecutor alleges Letitia James' office targeted Trump… biased?

New York prosecutor alleges Letitia James' office targeted Trump without cause is one event reported by 53 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 New York prosecutor alleges Letitia James' office targeted Trump…?

When we first saw this story, outlets rated left 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 New York prosecutor alleges Letitia James' office targeted Trump…?

53 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.

Who is Daniel Wiesenfeld?

Daniel Wiesenfeld is an Assistant Attorney General in the New York Attorney General's office. He sent an email alleging he was instructed to target Donald Trump, Truth Social and Hewlett-Packard without credible reasons. The email was later deleted from servers and employee inboxes.

What did the Attorney General's office say about the email?

A spokesperson for the Attorney General's office called the matter a personnel issue and rejected assertions of political targeting. The office also sent a follow-up email stating no employees were in danger, as reported by the Times Union.

Which outlets reported the deletion of the email?

The deletion of the email was reported by Lohud, the Times Union, and six of the fourteen right-rated digests. The centre-rated digests also mentioned it in two of the three reports.

Did any outlet quote the AG's office response?

The AG's office response was quoted only in the left-rated Lohud report. None of the centre-rated or right-rated digests included the statement rejecting assertions of political targeting.