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4 articles from 4 news outlets, Oct 1 to Oct 30
Share of stories per day
The share of each source's stories that mention Ian McKellen, averaged over sources with at least 3 stories that day.
Coverage by source over time
One ridge per source that mentioned Ian McKellen, 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
Forbes mentioned it first (Oct 29, 2026, 8:36 PM EDT). Left-leaning outlets followed 4 hours later, right-leaning outlets 15 hours later.
One row per source that mentioned Ian McKellen, 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 Ian McKellen, Oct 1 to Oct 30, from left to right. Sort the table to reorder the bars.
Source lean:leftcenterright
Source leans by Media Bias/Fact Check.
| NBC News | 0.1% | 1 | 806 |
| Forbes | 0.1% | 1 | 974 |
| CBS News | 0.1% | 1 | 1782 |
| The Washington Times | 0.1% | 1 | 715 |
Coverage by lean
The share of stories that mention Ian McKellen, Oct 1 to Oct 30, 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-leaning1 of 15 sources
- <0.1%
- Least biased1 of 8 sources
- <0.1%
- Right-leaning2 of 15 sources
- <0.1%
Source leans based on ratings by Media Bias/Fact Check.
Lean index −1.4: 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 Ian McKellen. 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 Ian McKellen, Oct 1 to Oct 30: 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 Ian McKellen most, per source.
- NBC NewsPatrick Stewart and Ian McKellen: A friendship that surpassed the stage and screen
- ForbesPatrick Stewart Honored By ‘X-Men’ And ‘Star Trek’ Stars Following News Of Iconic Actor’s Death At 86
- CBS NewsFrom the archives: Sir Patrick Stewart and Sir Ian McKellan
- The Washington TimesIan McKellen, 'Star Trek' franchise and Hollywood pay tribute to Patrick Stewart
All articles
Every article that mentions Ian McKellen, Oct 1 to Oct 30. Relevance says how central it is to the article; ● marks a mention in the title. Combine with another keyword, text or sources.
| Article | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| CBS News | From the archives: Sir Patrick Stewart and Sir Ian McKellanCBS News | 0.40 | |
| The Washington Times | Ian McKellen, 'Star Trek' franchise and Hollywood pay tribute to Patrick StewartThe Washington Times | 0.50● | |
| NBC News | Patrick Stewart and Ian McKellen: A friendship that surpassed the stage and screenNBC News | 0.70● | |
| Forbes | Patrick Stewart Honored By ‘X-Men’ And ‘Star Trek’ Stars Following News Of Iconic Actor’s Death At 86Forbes | 0.40 |