NY AG Investigates Police Shooting After Woman Stabs Executive

Questions about this coverage

How did the left and right cover NY AG Investigates Police Shooting After Woman Stabs Executive?

Of the 56 outlets on this story carrying a published leaning rating, 4% are rated left, 5% are rated centre, 91% are rated right. Those percentages are shares of the rated outlets, not of every outlet that ran it, which was 66. The sections above set out what each side emphasised, in its own terms.

Is NY AG Investigates Police Shooting After Woman Stabs Executive left or right?

The story itself is neither. What can be counted is who has covered it, and 91% of the 56 rated outlets on it are rated right — so far this is a story carried mostly by the right. Coverage of this one has settled, so that is unlikely to move much now.

Is the coverage of NY AG Investigates Police Shooting After Woman Stabs Executive biased?

NY AG Investigates Police Shooting After Woman Stabs Executive is one event reported by 66 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 NY AG Investigates Police Shooting After Woman Stabs Executive?

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 NY AG Investigates Police Shooting After Woman Stabs Executive?

66 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 is the New York Attorney General investigating?

The New York Attorney General's office is investigating a police shooting that occurred after Pamela Cisneros fatally stabbed Bank of America executive Erin Piacenti in Times Square. This investigation is legally required whenever a death results from police action.

Who is Saritha Komatireddy and what is her criticism?

Saritha Komatireddy is a Republican candidate for Attorney General. She criticizes the investigation into the police shooting, arguing that the focus should be on New York's failures in handling individuals with documented mental illness, rather than on police conduct.

What was Pamela Cisneros' prior history?

Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch stated that Pamela Cisneros had two prior police contacts related to mental health crises. In March 2019, she attempted suicide by jumping onto subway tracks and was hospitalized. In March 2018, officers found her acting belligerent and intoxicated.