Trump blames Biden for price rises, data shows mixed picture

Questions about this coverage

How did the left and right cover Trump blames Biden for price rises, data shows mixed picture?

Of the 6 outlets on this story carrying a published leaning rating, 17% are rated left, 0% are rated centre, 83% are rated right. Those percentages are shares of the rated outlets, not of every outlet that ran it, which was 7. The sections above set out what each side emphasised, in its own terms.

Is Trump blames Biden for price rises, data shows mixed picture left or right?

Too few of the outlets on this story carry a published leaning rating to say. 6 of them do, and this site does not characterise a field under 12: at that size one newsroom filing moves the share by ten points. The percentages above are the count as it stands.

Is the coverage of Trump blames Biden for price rises, data shows mixed picture biased?

Trump blames Biden for price rises, data shows mixed picture is one event reported by 7 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 Trump blames Biden for price rises, data shows mixed picture?

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 Trump blames Biden for price rises, data shows mixed picture?

7 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 did Donald Trump claim about price increases?

Donald Trump claimed on Truth Social that price increases throughout America were caused by Joe Biden and his administration, not by his own. He also stated that oil prices were higher under Biden and that other prices are coming down sharply.

What do the official statistics show about consumer prices?

The Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that consumer prices rose 3.4 percent in August from a year earlier. Prices for food purchased at home increased by 2.2 percent in the same period, while gasoline prices were up sharply.

How did consumer sentiment change in September?

According to the University of Michigan's preliminary September survey, consumer sentiment fell to 47.8, down from 51.7 in August. Consumers also expect prices to rise 4.6 percent over the next year, an increase from 4 percent in August.