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What each side is pushing

Individual headlines rarely show the agenda behind them. We read everything outlets across the spectrum publish and track the viewpoints each side keeps advancing week after week — with the articles that carry them, the outlets and owners behind them, and the voices they amplify.

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This week · Oct 12 – Oct 18

Left-leaning outlets are pushing

Left-leaning outlets focused on a Trump White House they portray as corrupt, chaotic and abusing federal power. Their examples were the DHS raid on Ilhan Omar, the five-day Katie Zacharia press-secretary saga, Guilfoyle's resignation, Musk's midterm money and DOJ pressure on election systems. They also framed Texas's Talarico as the target of a smear campaign and Cornell as having failed the Jane Doe accuser.

Right-leaning outlets are pushing

Right-leaning outlets concentrated on Democratic candidates' alleged radicalism: Abdul El-Sayed's Muslim Brotherhood ties, Talarico's record, and DSA-style socialism. They cast the Omar search as an ordinary immigration-fraud case and backed the DOJ's California noncitizen-voter suit. They also questioned the Cornell 7 accusations and warned of GOP trouble in the midterms, while Dispatch, National Review and Free Press writers broke with Trump over the Russian diesel deal.

Most contested: The Omar raid was told as political persecution on the left and as a lawful fraud probe on the right. Cornell was a story of institutional failure toward an accuser on the left and a rush to judgment against the accused on the right. The Talarico and El-Sayed coverage was just as divided: the left saw disinformation, the right saw hidden radicalism.

Timeline

Each dot is one week; the bigger the dot, the more articles carried the narrative.

Sep 1Sep 8Sep 15Sep 22Sep 29Oct 6Oct 13
ICE is violent, secretive and dodges accountability
Trump's DOJ and election skeptics are attacking election machinery
Cornell and the system failed the accuser and need reform
Extinction talk distracts from AI harms already happening
Self-dealing and impunity define Trump's White House, and Democrats are right to run on it
Israel is increasingly isolated and settler violence goes unchecked
The Omar raid is DHS being weaponised against a critic
Musk and Paxton allies spread fake Talarico rumours to bury GOP scandals
Zacharia's five-day tenure shows loyalty-first hiring and White House chaos
Trump is enriching himself, his aides and his rich friends
Trump suggesting Iran could hit L.A. is reckless and dangerous
Musk's billions are bending the midterms toward the GOP
The far-right AfD's rise is a threat to democracy that Trump cheers
UK-led sanctions on Israeli settlements are a overdue moral stand
The ballroom shows Trump's disregard for law and a pliant Court
AI companies are causing real harm and dodging answers
The botched Pike execution shows capital punishment is inherently cruel
Climate disasters are accelerating while governments fail to act
Pro-Israel money and pressure are silencing Palestine solidarity
Attacks on El-Sayed are manufactured Islamophobia
El-Sayed's Brotherhood ties and past statements show Democrats tolerating radicals
California is registering noncitizens and the DOJ must act
Enforcement is working and blue-state laws obstruct it
Democrats are moving left into socialism at taxpayers' expense
AI doom panic is overblown and regulation could backfire
The Cornell 7 are being judged by public passion, not facts
Criticism of Israel rests on terror-linked sources and double standards
Elites play down the Islamist threat at home
The Omar probe is a lawful immigration-fraud case, not persecution
Legacy media are biased and overstate their own importance
US pressure is eroding Iran's leverage and regime
Talarico is a far-left Democrat dodging his record
Trump's Venezuela oil deal is illegal, crony state capitalism
Zacharia is strong, and critics and late-night hosts are sniping
Climate suits against oil firms are activist lawfare the Supreme Court should end
The botched execution is a method failure, not a case against capital punishment
Data centers are an economic opportunity and the backlash is a messaging failure
Mamdani is exploiting an ICE shooting to attack federal agents
Polls showing Democratic leads may be missing Republican voters
Europe's far-right surge is a legitimate backlash to mass immigration
Climate alarm is overblown and used for regulation and political blame
Republicans are heading into a bad midterm and pulling back money
The Iran war is costly and politically evasive, and Congress should rein it in
Trump's tariffs are hurting Americans and Republicans
Taxpayer-funded ads are Trump campaigning at public expense
Trump's diesel deal and sanctions pause reward Putin and abandon Ukraine
Livestreaming Hasan's execution was a spectacle that rightly got cancelled
Hegseth is gutting the brass and loyalty is replacing experience
Banning CNN, MS NOW and Politico attacks press freedom
Rising prices are Trump's problem and hurt Republicans
Trump is holding the Kennedy Center hostage over his name
The Xi summit was pomp with little substance
Trump's $5,000 'dividend' is vote-buying that likely won't materialize

Left-leaning outlets are pushing

ICE conduct and accountability46 articlesSeen Sep 1 – Oct 16

ICE is violent, secretive and dodges accountability

Agents run over, shoot and wrongly target people, then avoid consequences. Local prosecutors, lawyers and judges are the only checks.

Echoes: Echoes immigrant-rights advocates and Democratic officials

Opposing narrative: Enforcement is working and blue-state laws obstruct it

Carried by
Evidence (46) ›
Election integrity fights39 articlesSeen Sep 1 – Oct 17

Trump's DOJ and election skeptics are attacking election machinery

The DOJ is attacking election mechanisms on every front and has lost every voter-roll case. Activists are urging extreme steps such as martial law and banning voting machines, and voter suppression is spreading.

Opposing narrative: California is registering noncitizens and the DOJ must act

Carried by
Evidence (39) ›
Cornell Jane Doe case15 articlesSeen Oct 1 – Oct 15

Cornell and the system failed the accuser and need reform

A faculty no-confidence push, fraternity party bans and widespread concern over campus assault show institutions failed a gang-rape accuser. The case calls for accountability and reform.

Opposing narrative: The Cornell 7 are being judged by public passion, not facts

Carried by
Evidence (15) ›
AI risk framing15 articlesSeen Sep 8 – Sep 28

Extinction talk distracts from AI harms already happening

The focus on imaginary doomsday scenarios ignores real dangers: chatbots aiding violence, AI-assisted war and other threats that exist now.

Opposing narrative: AI doom panic is overblown and regulation could backfire

Carried by
Evidence (15) ›
Katie Zacharia's brief tenure14 articlesSeen Oct 13 – Oct 16

Zacharia's five-day tenure shows loyalty-first hiring and White House chaos

A press secretary picked for TV loyalty, with a disputed claim to be a lawyer, bombed her one briefing and was gone within days. The episode is shown as typical of Trump's hiring and a White House in disarray.

Carried by
Evidence (14) ›
Trump administration corruption13 articlesSeen Oct 12 – Oct 16

Self-dealing and impunity define Trump's White House, and Democrats are right to run on it

The Guilfoyle scandal, ballroom donors getting breaks, suspicious oil trades and talk of self-pardons show an administration that profits from office. Democrats are linking this to voters' economic pain.

Echoes: Mirrors Democratic midterm messaging that ties corruption to affordability.

Carried by
Evidence (13) ›
Show more narratives (14)
Israel's isolation12 articlesSeen Sep 24 – Oct 3

Israel is increasingly isolated and settler violence goes unchecked

Delegates walking out on Netanyahu, Biden's near break with him, AIPAC's growing opposition and violent settler attacks all show Israel losing support and acting with impunity.

Echoes: Echoes arguments by Palestinian-rights advocates

Opposing narrative: Criticism of Israel rests on terror-linked sources and double standards

Carried by
Evidence (12) ›
Ilhan Omar raid11 articlesSeen Oct 12 – Oct 17

The Omar raid is DHS being weaponised against a critic

Seizing Omar's phone, subpoenaing her relatives and floating deportation weeks before the midterms is a politically motivated abuse of DHS power. Elite media and institutions are failing to push back.

Echoes: Echoes statements by congressional Democrats who called the raid a 'rogue abuse of power'.

Opposing narrative: The Omar probe is a lawful immigration-fraud case, not persecution

Carried by
Evidence (11) ›
Trump enrichment and cronyism8 articlesSeen Sep 8 – Sep 10

Trump is enriching himself, his aides and his rich friends

Secret cash gifts to aides, the Venezuela oil arrangement and a growing personal fortune show a president using office for private gain while his approval falls.

Carried by
Evidence (8) ›
Trump's 'take out' L.A. remark7 articlesSeen Oct 6 – Oct 7

Trump suggesting Iran could hit L.A. is reckless and dangerous

Trump's remark that Iran could 'take out' Los Angeles or San Diego was irresponsible, targeted a blue state to rally his base, and horrified residents and officials. It reflects an erratic president at a record low in approval.

Echoes: Echoes California Democratic officials who condemned the remarks

Carried by
Evidence (7) ›
Musk midterm spending6 articlesSeen Oct 13 – Oct 16

Musk's billions are bending the midterms toward the GOP

Elon Musk is the cycle's biggest donor, outspending Democrats in Texas and shaping Republican strategy. Oligarchic money is distorting the election.

Carried by
Evidence (6) ›
Talarico smears in Texas6 articlesSeen Oct 12 – Oct 15

Musk and Paxton allies spread fake Talarico rumours to bury GOP scandals

Viral false claims about Talarico's health, diet and mental state were pushed by right-wing influencers and Paxton supporters. The claims drowned out stories about Paxton's own conduct and show the disinformation risk from Musk's platform.

Opposing narrative: Talarico is a far-left Democrat dodging his record

Carried by
Evidence (6) ›
Germany's AfD surge6 articlesSeen Sep 8 – Sep 12

The far-right AfD's rise is a threat to democracy that Trump cheers

AfD's electoral gains, its 'ethnic cleansing' policies and Trump's celebration of them show far-right extremism spreading in Europe. Mass protests demand a ban.

Opposing narrative: Europe's far-right surge is a legitimate backlash to mass immigration

Carried by
Evidence (6) ›
UK sanctions on settlements6 articlesSeen Sep 8 – Sep 9

UK-led sanctions on Israeli settlements are a overdue moral stand

Banning settlement goods is a justified response to ethnic cleansing and impunity in the West Bank. It leaves Israel, and a silent Trump administration, isolated.

Echoes: Mirrors the UK government's stated position on the settlements

Opposing narrative: Criticism of Israel rests on terror-linked sources and double standards

Carried by
Evidence (6) ›
Trump's White House ballroom6 articlesSeen Sep 1 – Sep 3

The ballroom shows Trump's disregard for law and a pliant Court

Trump is razing and rebuilding the East Wing unilaterally. The Supreme Court majority let him go ahead while Roberts dissented, so courts are being outpaced.

Carried by
Evidence (6) ›
AI industry harms5 articlesSeen Oct 6 – Oct 7

AI companies are causing real harm and dodging answers

ChatGPT's teen safeguards fail during suicide conversations, a school shooting was planned with a chatbot, and Altman tells us to stop worrying. The public bears the risk while AI executives keep the money.

Echoes: Echoes Common Sense Media and AI safety advocates

Opposing narrative: AI doom panic is overblown and regulation could backfire

Carried by
Evidence (5) ›
Christa Pike execution5 articlesSeen Oct 1 – Oct 2

The botched Pike execution shows capital punishment is inherently cruel

Pike surviving two lethal injections exposes lethal injection as unreliable and torturous. The death penalty is cruelty by design, Tennessee must not try again, and botched executions have a long history.

Echoes: Echoes arguments by death-penalty abolitionists

Opposing narrative: The botched execution is a method failure, not a case against capital punishment

Carried by
Evidence (5) ›
Climate crisis5 articlesSeen Sep 1 – Sep 3

Climate disasters are accelerating while governments fail to act

UN warnings and the Nepal-Tibet floods show the 1.5C target is lost and the harm is falling unequally. Political and industry resistance is making it worse.

Echoes: Echoes UN climate warnings

Opposing narrative: Climate alarm is overblown and used for regulation and political blame

Carried by
Evidence (5) ›
Palestine solidarity and Israel4 articlesSeen Sep 16 – Sep 20

Pro-Israel money and pressure are silencing Palestine solidarity

Ed Sheeran's tour turmoil, Robert Kraft's alleged pressure and his donations to pro-Israel groups show corporate and donor power punishing support for Palestinians. This is a free-speech threat that shows BDS gaining ground.

Echoes: Echoes BDS and Palestine-solidarity activists' stated positions.

Opposing narrative: Criticism of Israel rests on terror-linked sources and double standards

Carried by
Evidence (4) ›
Muslim politicians and Islamophobia3 articlesSeen Sep 1 – Sep 4

Attacks on El-Sayed are manufactured Islamophobia

Scandals about Muslim and left-wing Democrats are inflated by media and centrists. The coverage reflects anti-Muslim prejudice and lets Republicans off the hook.

Opposing narrative: El-Sayed's Brotherhood ties and past statements show Democrats tolerating radicals

Carried by
Evidence (3) ›

Right-leaning outlets are pushing

Abdul El-Sayed controversies49 articlesSeen Sep 1 – Oct 16

El-Sayed's Brotherhood ties and past statements show Democrats tolerating radicals

Reports on El-Sayed's family, his edited website statements, his sister's claims and his associates show a Democratic Senate nominee hostile to Israel and unreliable on Jewish concerns. His campaign's evasive answers are presented as further evidence.

Echoes: Echoes Republican nominee Mike Rogers's campaign attacks on El-Sayed.

Carried by
Evidence (49) ›
Noncitizens on voter rolls34 articlesSeen Sep 1 – Oct 16

California is registering noncitizens and the DOJ must act

The DOJ suit over 20,000 'likely noncitizen' registrations shows why verification and election-integrity laws matter. Democratic resistance leaves elections open to abuse, and courts upholding such rules are a win for election integrity.

Echoes: Mirrors the DOJ's lawsuit and public position.

Opposing narrative: Trump's DOJ and election skeptics are attacking election machinery

Carried by
Evidence (34) ›
Democrats and socialism34 articlesSeen Sep 1 – Oct 16

Democrats are moving left into socialism at taxpayers' expense

DSA influence, Mamdani's socialist team, Bernie Sanders's tour and Medicare-for-illegal-immigrants proposals show a party embracing socialism. The right says this carries large costs for taxpayers and the economy.

Echoes: Mirrors the White House's stated $613 billion cost claim for DSA-backed immigration policies.

Carried by
Evidence (34) ›
Immigration enforcement results31 articlesSeen Sep 2 – Oct 16

Enforcement is working and blue-state laws obstruct it

Border numbers and departures show the policy succeeding. Courts are rejecting California's attempts to unmask or hinder federal agents, which the right calls illegitimate obstruction.

Echoes: Mirrors the administration's and DHS's stated position

Opposing narrative: ICE is violent, secretive and dodges accountability

Carried by
Evidence (31) ›
AI risk and regulation23 articlesSeen Sep 10 – Oct 12

AI doom panic is overblown and regulation could backfire

Accepting some risk is the price of progress. Freeze-style limits would hand the AI race to China, and sensible, targeted safeguards beat doom-driven restrictions.

Opposing narrative: AI companies are causing real harm and dodging answers

Carried by
Evidence (23) ›
Cornell 7 case16 articlesSeen Oct 1 – Oct 16

The Cornell 7 are being judged by public passion, not facts

The accuser's claims are thin, and the public and prosecutors have already convicted the accused. Lawyers' media tactics and a prosecutor accused of bias are distorting justice, and the backlash infantilises women and demonises men.

Echoes: Echoes Trump's questioning of Attorney General Letitia James's impartiality.

Opposing narrative: Cornell and the system failed the accuser and need reform

Carried by
Evidence (16) ›
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James Talarico's record15 articlesSeen Oct 13 – Oct 16

Talarico is a far-left Democrat dodging his record

Talarico presents himself as moderate, but his answers on abortion, voter ID and border security do not hold up. His absence from the trail also invites questions.

Echoes: Echoes the Paxton campaign's line of attack.

Opposing narrative: Musk and Paxton allies spread fake Talarico rumours to bury GOP scandals

Carried by
Evidence (15) ›
Islamist threat in America14 articlesSeen Sep 11 – Oct 9

Elites play down the Islamist threat at home

Polls of young Americans, terror plots, Hamas-support investigations and Sharia resolutions show Islamist influence growing while institutions look away. America should confront Islamist groups domestically.

Echoes: Echoes Indiana AG Todd Rokita's investigations and Texas county Sharia resolutions

Carried by
Evidence (14) ›
Criticism of Israel14 articlesSeen Sep 8 – Oct 3

Criticism of Israel rests on terror-linked sources and double standards

Many of the 'journalists' on lists of the slain in Gaza have terror links, Ireland's hostility to Israel reflects bias, and Israel is gaining new allies despite the condemnation.

Echoes: Mirrors the Israeli government's stated position

Opposing narrative: Israel is increasingly isolated and settler violence goes unchecked

Carried by
Evidence (14) ›
Ilhan Omar raid9 articlesSeen Oct 12 – Oct 16

The Omar probe is a lawful immigration-fraud case, not persecution

Federal investigators are pursuing an immigration-fraud inquiry with subpoenas and a seized phone. Omar and Democrats are using it to raise money and revive the 'abolish ICE' push, and they backed similar raids when the target was Trump.

Echoes: Mirrors the DOJ/DHS description of a criminal immigration-fraud investigation.

Opposing narrative: The Omar raid is DHS being weaponised against a critic

Carried by
Evidence (9) ›
Press passes and media bias9 articlesSeen Sep 15 – Sep 26

Legacy media are biased and overstate their own importance

The outlets that lost White House passes are partisan, and the uproar shows their inflated sense of themselves. The public does not care and Trump's anger is understandable.

Echoes: Echoes the White House's stated justification that the three outlets were biased

Opposing narrative: Banning CNN, MS NOW and Politico attacks press freedom

Carried by
Evidence (9) ›
Iran pressure campaign8 articlesSeen Sep 3 – Sep 28

US pressure is eroding Iran's leverage and regime

The naval blockade and sanctions are shrinking Iran's influence over shipping and straining the regime, which creates an opening for the US.

Echoes: Mirrors the Trump administration's stated Iran strategy

Opposing narrative: The Iran war is costly and politically evasive, and Congress should rein it in

Carried by
Evidence (8) ›
Venezuela oil deal7 articlesSeen Sep 2 – Sep 7

Trump's Venezuela oil deal is illegal, crony state capitalism

Taking a government stake in Venezuelan oil undermines the rule of law and free markets, rewards connected middlemen and breeds anti-American sentiment. These critics are conservatives and libertarians.

Carried by
Evidence (7) ›
Press secretary Zacharia6 articlesSeen Oct 13 – Oct 16

Zacharia is strong, and critics and late-night hosts are sniping

Her briefing was brisk and she has answered questions about her background. Attacks from Kimmel, Psaki and the press are partisan.

Echoes: Mirrors the White House's response to critics

Opposing narrative: Zacharia's five-day tenure shows loyalty-first hiring and White House chaos

Carried by
Evidence (6) ›
Climate liability lawsuits6 articlesSeen Oct 2 – Oct 5

Climate suits against oil firms are activist lawfare the Supreme Court should end

Activists who cannot win legislative majorities are using state and local courts to impose climate policy and bankrupt lawful industries. The Supreme Court should shut the Boulder case down, and justices at argument appeared sympathetic.

Echoes: Mirrors arguments by oil-industry defendants such as Suncor and the American Petroleum Institute

Carried by
Evidence (6) ›
Christa Pike execution5 articlesSeen Oct 1 – Oct 3

The botched execution is a method failure, not a case against capital punishment

The failure came from a sanitised, medicalised execution process, and a simpler method such as the firing squad would be quicker and more honest. The death penalty remains just for heinous crimes, and abolitionists exploit the failure.

Echoes: Echoes arguments by death-penalty supporters

Opposing narrative: The botched Pike execution shows capital punishment is inherently cruel

Carried by
Evidence (5) ›
Data centers5 articlesSeen Sep 1 – Sep 4

Data centers are an economic opportunity and the backlash is a messaging failure

Data centers can lower electricity rates and property taxes if supply grows with them. Public hostility mostly reflects tech firms' poor communication.

Echoes: Mirrors Trump's stated support for data centers

Carried by
Evidence (5) ›
ICE shooting and Mamdani3 articlesSeen Oct 9 – Oct 12

Mamdani is exploiting an ICE shooting to attack federal agents

Mayor Mamdani is portraying ICE officers as indiscriminate shooters and likening an officer to a 'mass shooter'. The right says this is dishonest grandstanding that undermines lawful enforcement and treats illegal immigrants as victims.

Echoes: Mirrors the Trump administration's support for ICE enforcement

Opposing narrative: ICE is violent, secretive and dodges accountability

Carried by
Evidence (3) ›
Midterm polling accuracy3 articlesSeen Oct 7 – Oct 11

Polls showing Democratic leads may be missing Republican voters

Polling has been wrong before, and hidden Republican voters who surface on Election Day could erase Democratic leads. Observers are starting to question the polls.

Opposing narrative: Republicans are heading into a bad midterm and pulling back money

Carried by
Evidence (3) ›
Europe and immigration backlash3 articlesSeen Sep 8 – Sep 13

Europe's far-right surge is a legitimate backlash to mass immigration

Mainstream parties ignored voters' concerns on migration, and AfD's rise reflects that failure. Limiting immigration is legitimate, and Europe's revolt is just getting started.

Opposing narrative: The far-right AfD's rise is a threat to democracy that Trump cheers

Carried by
Evidence (3) ›
Climate alarmism3 articlesSeen Sep 3 – Sep 5

Climate alarm is overblown and used for regulation and political blame

Doomsday predictions repeatedly fail and are used to justify regulation and to blame Trump for disasters he did not cause.

Opposing narrative: Climate disasters are accelerating while governments fail to act

Carried by
Evidence (3) ›

Pushed by both sides

GOP midterm outlook40 articlesSeen Sep 15 – Oct 17

Republicans are heading into a bad midterm and pulling back money

Republican groups are cutting off vulnerable House races and campaigns are going quiet. Candidates are avoiding Trump in ads, Democrats are out-raising them, and voters want change.

Carried by
Evidence (40) ›
Iran war costs33 articlesSeen Sep 1 – Oct 5

The Iran war is costly and politically evasive, and Congress should rein it in

The war is raising fuel prices and hurting ordinary Americans, while the administration avoids calling it a war. Critics on the left and in libertarian outlets say Congress should refuse to fund it.

Carried by
Evidence (33) ›
Trump tariffs28 articlesSeen Sep 1 – Sep 28

Trump's tariffs are hurting Americans and Republicans

The trade war hits Canada-linked businesses and farm exports and has become a political liability for the GOP. Critics on both left and right say it has weakened rather than strengthened America.

Carried by
Evidence (28) ›
Russian diesel and Ukraine27 articlesSeen Oct 9 – Oct 17

Trump's diesel deal and sanctions pause reward Putin and abandon Ukraine

Trump's deal to take Russian diesel, his waiver of sanctions and the Starlink/Starshield restrictions hand Moscow a win and leave Kyiv exposed. Critics include Europeans, senators from both parties and conservative outlets such as National Review, The Dispatch and The Free Press.

Echoes: Echoes Zelenskyy's public complaints and the bipartisan Senate letters rebuking the deal.

Carried by
Evidence (27) ›
Hasan execution livestream21 articlesSeen Oct 9 – Oct 16

Livestreaming Hasan's execution was a spectacle that rightly got cancelled

Hegseth's plan to broadcast the firing-squad execution turned a state killing into content. Public and religious backlash, including from supporters of the sentence, forced Trump to call it off.

Echoes: Echoes the U.S. military archbishop's objections.

Carried by
Evidence (21) ›
Inflation before midterms14 articlesSeen Oct 14 – Oct 18

Rising prices are Trump's problem and hurt Republicans

Energy-driven inflation is landing on Trump and the GOP just before the midterms. Voters call everyday purchases unaffordable and Trump's dismissals do not match the numbers. Even administration officials and right-leaning outlets acknowledge the energy-cost pressure.

Carried by
Evidence (14) ›
Show more narratives (6)
Taxpayer-funded Trump ads14 articlesSeen Sep 24 – Oct 12

Taxpayer-funded ads are Trump campaigning at public expense

Government-paid promotional spots that Trump will not reimburse amount to campaigning before the midterms. Democrats sued, and a federal judge ordered the ads halted.

Echoes: Echoes Democratic lawmakers who sued over the ads

Carried by
Evidence (14) ›
Hegseth and Pentagon9 articlesSeen Sep 1 – Oct 1

Hegseth is gutting the brass and loyalty is replacing experience

Hegseth's plan to cut 20% of top officers, his reliance on major donors and Republican doubts about his leadership suggest a politicised, weakened Pentagon. Even The Dispatch asks whether Republicans will punish him.

Carried by
Evidence (9) ›
White House press ban9 articlesSeen Sep 16 – Sep 28

Banning CNN, MS NOW and Politico attacks press freedom

Barring critical outlets from the White House punishes unwelcome coverage, and the judge's order restoring access was needed. Critics include libertarian and centre-right writers as well as the left.

Opposing narrative: Legacy media are biased and overstate their own importance

Carried by
Evidence (9) ›
Kennedy Center closure7 articlesSeen Sep 15 – Sep 19

Trump is holding the Kennedy Center hostage over his name

Trump's threat to block repairs or tear the building down unless his name is added, and the closure despite a judge's order, are an abuse of presidential power. Critics on both left and right say Congress and the courts must respond.

Carried by
Evidence (7) ›
Trump–Xi summit6 articlesSeen Sep 24 – Sep 28

The Xi summit was pomp with little substance

The lavish state visit produced spectacle and little progress on trade, AI or Taiwan. China gained from the flattery while Trump misread a country in decline.

Carried by
Evidence (6) ›
Trump's $5,000 dividend6 articlesSeen Sep 10 – Sep 14

Trump's $5,000 'dividend' is vote-buying that likely won't materialize

Promising every adult $5,000 if Republicans win the midterms is a bribe aimed at voters, and Trump's past cash pledges never arrived. Left outlets and some conservative and libertarian outlets agree.

Carried by
Evidence (6) ›

Who gets amplified

People and organisations most often quoted by each side: articles we scored as leaning that way, plus everything from outlets rated left or right.

Left

  1. 1Donald TrumpUS president; defends sanctions relief and energy-strike halt, denies Starlink order17×
  2. 2Volodymyr ZelenskyyUkrainian president; accuses the US of pushing Ukraine to capitulate4×
  3. 3Israeli militarySaid soldiers and settlers both opened fire and that soldiers responded to a rock-throwing report4×
  4. 4Markwayne MullinDHS Secretary (quoted via DHS release and earlier remarks)3×
  5. 5Emmanuel MacronPresident, reported only via a linked headline3×
  6. 6Flávio BolsonaroFar-right candidate for the Partido Liberal, leading in the first round3×
  7. 7Luiz Inácio Lula da SilvaIncumbent leftwing president and Workers' Party candidate3×
  8. 8Nigel FarageLeader of Reform UK; reported calling asylum seekers 'an invasion' in a Friday speech3×

Right

  1. 1Donald TrumpFormer and current Republican figure quoted from a video and remarks6×
  2. 2TeslaCompany statements on tire grip, thruster force and the 'last human-driven cars' claim2×
  3. 3Air Force / Nellis Air Force BaseIssued the identification and service record via press release1×
  4. 4Brig. Gen. Scott C. MillsCommander of the 57th Wing; quoted expressing grief and support for family1×
  5. 5Social-media video poster (@Qu4k3r0ats)Source of footage 'appearing to show' the airman sliding down the rope1×
  6. 6KSAT 12Credited for the image of on-field treatment1×
  7. 7Arsenio DominguezIMO Secretary-General (UN maritime agency head)1×
  8. 8U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM)US military command enforcing the naval blockade of Iranian ports1×

How this works: every week an AI model reads the headlines and summaries from all tracked outlets (sampled evenly so no outlet dominates) and identifies recurring viewpoints. Each narrative must be carried by at least 3 articles from 2 or more outlets, and its side is set by where those articles come from. “Echoes” names whose publicly stated positions a narrative matches; it is not a claim of coordination.