Michael McDonald

Share of stories per day

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

Coverage by source over time

Who picked it up when

NBC News mentioned it first (Oct 2, 2026, 1:59 PM EDT). Right-leaning outlets followed within the hour. No least biased outlet mentioned it.

One row per source that mentioned Michael McDonald, 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 Michael McDonald, Sep 27 to Oct 26, from left to right. Sort the table to reorder the bars.

Coverage by lean

The share of stories that mention Michael McDonald, Sep 27 to Oct 26, 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 −0.8: covered more by left-leaning outlets

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 Michael McDonald. 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 Michael McDonald, Sep 27 to Oct 26: the share of its articles that also mention them, with the number of shared articles.

The search icon lists the articles that mention both.

• adoptiontopic50.0% (2)

Example articles

The article that features Michael McDonald most, per source.

• NBC NewsMissouri man adopted as baby learns biological father is rock star Michael McDonaldOct 2, 2026, 1:59 PM EDT
• Fox NewsEXCLUSIVE: Michael McDonald’s long-lost son reveals stunning moment he discovered famous father after 58 yearsOct 2, 2026, 7:00 PM EDT
• BreitbartVideo: Adopted Missouri Man Discovers Doobie Brothers Singer Michael McDonald Is His Biological FatherOct 2, 2026, 2:15 PM EDT

All articles

Every article that mentions Michael McDonald, Sep 27 to Oct 26. Relevance says how central it is to the article; ● marks a mention in the title. Combine with another keyword, text or sources.