Keyword topic
35 articles from 20 news outlets, Sep 27 to Oct 26
Share of stories per day
The share of each source's stories that mention democracy, averaged over sources with at least 3 stories that day.
Coverage by source over time
One ridge per source that mentioned democracy, 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
Breitbart mentioned it first (Sep 29, 2026, 1:06 PM EDT). Left-leaning outlets followed 43 hours later, least biased outlets 21 days later.
One row per source that mentioned democracy, 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 democracy, 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.
| Vox | 0.8% | 1 | 126 |
| The New York Times | 0.3% | 3 | 1187 |
| TIME | 0.4% | 1 | 273 |
| NBC News | 0.1% | 1 | 680 |
| The Guardian | 0.4% | 4 | 950 |
| ABC News | 0.5% | 1 | 186 |
| The Atlantic | 0.4% | 1 | 275 |
| Axios | 0.3% | 1 | 374 |
| Bloomberg | 0.2% | 1 | 473 |
| The Christian Science Monitor | 8.6% | 5 | 58 |
| The Hill | 0.1% | 1 | 1133 |
| CBS News | 0.1% | 2 | 1517 |
| Washington Examiner | 0.5% | 2 | 420 |
| The Washington Times | 0.2% | 1 | 467 |
| Reason | 1.0% | 3 | 305 |
| The Wall Street Journal | 0.8% | 1 | 128 |
| New York Post | <0.1% | 1 | 2344 |
| The Daily Caller | 0.4% | 2 | 505 |
| Fox News | 0.1% | 2 | 2433 |
| Breitbart | 0.1% | 1 | 1826 |
Coverage by lean
The share of stories that mention democracy, 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-leaning9 of 15 sources
- 0.2%
- Least biased2 of 8 sources
- 1.1%
- Right-leaning9 of 15 sources
- 0.2%
Source leans based on ratings by Media Bias/Fact Check.
Lean index −0.6: 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 democracy. 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.
3 sources have no MBFC bias score and are not shown.
Lean index per day
Related keywords
Keywords that appear in the same articles as democracy, 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 democracy most, per source.
- VoxTo save democracy, you might want to go to church
- The New York TimesHow Defiant Youth Are Testing India’s Idea of Democracy
- TIMEVenezuelans Take to the Streets to Demand Democracy
- NBC NewsJustice Elena Kagan accuses Supreme Court’s conservative majority of undermining democracy
- The Guardian‘Democracy always’: Lula vows no return to dictatorship in Brazil after election win
- ABC NewsJustice Kagan warns Supreme Court rulings fueling polarization, undermining democracy
- The AtlanticWant to Reform Democracy? Start Here.
- AxiosAmericans are losing faith in their fellow voters
- BloombergVenezuela: Maria Corina Machado’s Return Fuels Hope for Shift to Democracy
- The Christian Science MonitorDemocracy’s ‘most important office’
- The HillCognitive surrender: Artificial intelligence’s threat to democracy
- CBS NewsSen. Tillis warns that without checks and balances, U.S. democracy is at risk | 60 Minutes
- Washington ExaminerA new book argues that democracy needs more religion
- The Washington TimesVenezuela's opposition leader Machado returns after months in exile, as doubts over democracy deepen
- ReasonLibertarianism and Democracy Revisited - A Rejoinder to Matt Zwolinski
- The Wall Street JournalOpinion | Elena Kagan’s Idea of Democracy
- New York PostNew York voters need more genuine general-election choices — or democracy is doomed
- The Daily CallerDUKE: The Left Has A Backup Plan For Democracy. It Doesn’t Involve Our Constitution.
- Fox NewsSupreme Court justice turns on her own court with dire warning about American democracy
- BreitbartU.S. Strips Visas from Latin American Officials and Others for Undermining Democracy
All articles
Every article that mentions democracy, 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.