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Media · United StatesKimmel's Talarico interview moves to YouTube, gains millions of views
An interview with Texas Senate candidate James Talarico, pulled from ABC's "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" due to FCC pressure, has garnered millions of views on YouTube. The move has sparked debate about censorship and the role of the FCC in broadcast content.
United States4 min readTrust 76 · Craft 87 · Hype 18
MediaCBC guidance on calling 9/11 'terrorist attacks' draws criticism
Canada's public broadcaster, CBC, has reportedly issued internal guidance advising journalists not to refer to the September 11 attacks as 'terrorist attacks' without attribution. The guidance, which suggests alternative phrasing, has drawn criticism from politicians and media watchdogs.
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MediaStudy claims Apple, Google News favor outlets backing Democrats
A Media Research Center study alleges that Apple News and Google News promote outlets that have exclusively endorsed Democratic presidential candidates since 1988. The platforms' algorithms are questioned for political diversity.
4 min readTrust 42 · Craft 59 · Hype 41- Media
Steve Paikin podcast episode on child loss featured across Village Media sites
A podcast episode hosted by Steve Paikin on coping with the loss of a child was featured in digests across eight left-rated Village Media sites. No centre- or right-rated outlets carried the story, according to the reports available.
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Health · United StatesNIH director clashes with CBS host over vaccine trust after CDC shooting
A heated exchange on CBS’s Face the Nation saw the acting CDC director blame media coverage and pandemic policies for eroded trust in health agencies. The White House later rebuked the interview, while right-rated outlets led on Bhattacharya’s pushback against the host’s framing.
United States4 min readTrust 74 · Craft 68 · Hype 32- Politics · United States
Christine Grady gives middle finger to photographer after Fauci contempt vote
Christine Grady, wife of Dr. Anthony Fauci, raised her middle finger to a photographer outside their Washington, DC home on 7 August 2026. The incident followed a Senate committee vote to hold Fauci in contempt, with outlets on the right and left reporting the gesture but differing in emphasis and framing.
United States4 min readTrust 60 · Craft 77 · Hype 65 - Media
Half the stories one side ignores, it runs a day later
Of the 93 stories flagged as missing from one side of the spectrum, 68 carried enough rated outlets to judge — and 34 of those had since been picked up by the side that first ignored them. A blindspot is a snapshot, not a verdict.
6 min read - Media
The outlets every rater calls centre — and why the AP is not one
There is no unbiased news source, but there is a checkable version of the question: which outlets do all three rating organisations independently call centre? Of the 141 rated by all three, 50 get a unanimous verdict and 30 of those are centre.
6 min read - Media
The media bias charts disagree with each other on most outlets
Three organisations publish the bias charts people search for, and they are not measuring quite the same thing. Counted across 338 outlets rated by at least two of them, 197 get different verdicts — and on 141 outlets rated by all three, only 50 are unanimous.
6 min read - Politics · United States
RFK Jr. clashes with CNN’s Dana Bash over pandemic response
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and CNN’s Dana Bash traded sharp remarks during an interview about pandemic preparedness, with Bash rejecting his claim of press malpractice and correcting his assertion that she lacked scientific expertise. The exchange went viral for its confrontational tone.
United States4 min readTrust 30 · Craft 45 · Hype 65
