Keyword organization
24 articles from 10 news outlets, Sep 27 to Oct 26
Share of stories per day
The share of each source's stories that mention Department of Defense, averaged over sources with at least 3 stories that day.
Coverage by source over time
One ridge per source that mentioned Department of Defense, from the most left-leaning on top: how high it rises each day is the share of that source's stories that mention it.
Source lean:leftcenterright
Source leans by Media Bias/Fact Check.
Who picked it up when
Axios mentioned it first (Sep 28, 2026, 3:48 PM EDT). Right-leaning outlets followed 3 days later, least biased outlets 4 days later.
One row per source that mentioned Department of Defense, 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.
Source lean:leftcenterright
Source leans by Media Bias/Fact Check.
Coverage by source
The share of each source's stories that mention Department of Defense, Sep 27 to Oct 26, from left to right. Sort the table to reorder the bars.
Source lean:leftcenterright
Source leans by Media Bias/Fact Check.
| The New York Times | 0.2% | 2 | 1183 |
| ProPublica | 2.0% | 1 | 51 |
| Axios | 0.3% | 1 | 372 |
| NPR | 0.3% | 1 | 393 |
| The Hill | 0.8% | 9 | 1119 |
| CBS News | 0.1% | 2 | 1511 |
| The Washington Times | 0.2% | 1 | 449 |
| The Daily Wire | 0.2% | 2 | 842 |
| Fox News | 0.1% | 3 | 2406 |
| Breitbart | 0.1% | 2 | 1819 |
Coverage by lean
The share of stories that mention Department of Defense, 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.
- Left-leaning4 of 15 sources
- 0.2%
- Least biased1 of 8 sources
- 0.1%
- Right-leaning5 of 15 sources
- 0.1%
Source leans based on ratings by Media Bias/Fact Check.
Lean index −1.1: 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 Department of Defense. The lean index is the average score of the outlets covering it, weighted by that share.
lean indexour sources' average (+0.4)leftcenterright
Bias scores by Media Bias/Fact Check.
2 sources have no MBFC bias score and are not shown.
Lean index per day
Related keywords
Keywords that appear in the same articles as Department of Defense, 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.
Example articles
The article that features Department of Defense most, per source.
- The New York TimesDemocrats Press Pentagon on Iran Civilian Deaths
- ProPublicaThe Pentagon Gave $350 Million in Contracts to a Firm Closely Tied to a Senior Defense Department Official
- AxiosExclusive: Hegseth directs Defense Dept. to fight foreigners who "meddle" in U.S. elections
- NPRThe U.S. last held a public execution in the 1930s. The Pentagon wants to change that
- The HillPentagon, SBA sign agreement expanding capital access for defense industrial base
- CBS NewsExecution of Fort Hood gunman to be livestreamed, Pentagon says
- The Washington TimesAir Force identifies airman who died during rappelling demonstration at UTSA/Navy game
- The Daily WireHundreds Of Troops Head To Latin America To Deal With Drug Traffickers
- Fox NewsPentagon data breach exposes records of over 3M people
- BreitbartHollywood Celebrities Denounce Pentagon Plan to Livestream Fort Hood Shooter Execution
All articles
Every article that mentions Department of Defense, 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.