Melissa Ann Smith

Share of stories per day

The share of each source's stories that mention Melissa Ann Smith, averaged over sources with at least 3 stories that day.

Coverage by source over time

Who picked it up when

NewsNation mentioned it first (Oct 27, 2026, 3:04 PM EDT). Left-leaning outlets followed 1 hour later. No least biased outlet mentioned it.

One row per source that mentioned Melissa Ann Smith, from the most left-leaning on top: a dot for each article, on a bar for each stretch of its coverage (a pause of more than 24 hours starts a new one). Hover or tap a dot for the headline, click it to read the article.

Coverage by source

The share of each source's stories that mention Melissa Ann Smith, Sep 30 to Oct 29, from left to right. Sort the table to reorder the bars.

Coverage by lean

The share of stories that mention Melissa Ann Smith, Sep 30 to Oct 29, averaged over the outlets of each political lean with at least 3 stories. The groups differ in size, so a single outlet weighs more in the smaller ones.

Source leans based on ratings by Media Bias/Fact Check.

Lean index +1.4: covered about evenly across the spectrum

Each outlet at its MBFC bias score, from −10 (far left) to +10 (far right), as high as the share of its stories that mention Melissa Ann Smith. The lean index is the average score of the outlets covering it, weighted by that share.

Lean index per day

Related keywords

Keywords that appear in the same articles as Melissa Ann Smith, Sep 30 to Oct 29: the share of its articles that also mention them, with the number of shared articles.

The search icon lists the articles that mention both.

• Ted Bundyperson100.0% (3)
• murdertopic66.7% (2)

Example articles

The article that features Melissa Ann Smith most, per source.

• PBS NewsHourAuthorities say serial killer Ted Bundy is responsible for the 1974 murder of another Utah teenage girlOct 27, 2026, 4:01 PM EDT
• NewsNationTed Bundy linked to 1974 death of Melissa Ann SmithOct 27, 2026, 3:04 PM EDT
• Fox NewsTed Bundy could have more undiscovered victims after DNA links him to murder of chief's daughter: detectiveOct 29, 2026, 6:00 AM EDT

All articles

Every article that mentions Melissa Ann Smith, Sep 30 to Oct 29. Relevance says how central it is to the article; ● marks a mention in the title. Combine with another keyword, text or sources.