Keyword topic
6 articles from 5 news outlets, Sep 27 to Oct 26
Share of stories per day
The share of each source's stories that mention lethal injection, averaged over sources with at least 3 stories that day.
Coverage by source over time
One ridge per source that mentioned lethal injection, from the most left-leaning on top: how high it rises each day is the share of that source's stories that mention it.
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Source leans by Media Bias/Fact Check.
Who picked it up when
The New York Times mentioned it first (Oct 1, 2026, 5:26 PM EDT). Right-leaning outlets followed 6 days later. No least biased outlet mentioned it.
One row per source that mentioned lethal injection, 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 lethal injection, 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 | 0.1% | 1 | 1197 |
| The Atlantic | 0.4% | 1 | 277 |
| Axios | 0.5% | 2 | 376 |
| CBS News | 0.1% | 1 | 1538 |
| The Wall Street Journal | 0.8% | 1 | 132 |
Coverage by lean
The share of stories that mention lethal injection, 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-leaning3 of 15 sources
- 0.1%
- Least biased0 of 8 sources
- 0.0%
- Right-leaning2 of 15 sources
- 0.1%
Source leans based on ratings by Media Bias/Fact Check.
Lean index +0.1: 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 lethal injection. 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.
1 source has no MBFC bias score and is not shown.
Lean index per day
Related keywords
Keywords that appear in the same articles as lethal injection, 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 lethal injection most, per source.
- The New York TimesHow Did Christa Pike Survive Two Lethal Injections of Pentobarbital?
- The AtlanticHow Botched Executions Were Handled in Centuries Past
- AxiosChrista Pike left the hospital and returned to Tennessee prison after failed lethal injection
- CBS NewsChrista Pike can't move her arms or hands after surviving lethal injections, attorneys say
- The Wall Street JournalSee How the Death Penalty in the U.S. Is Changing as Executions Soar
All articles
Every article that mentions lethal injection, 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.
| Article | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| The Wall Street Journal | See How the Death Penalty in the U.S. Is Changing as Executions SoarThe Wall Street Journal | 0.40 | |
| The Atlantic | How Botched Executions Were Handled in Centuries PastThe Atlantic | 0.60 | |
| Axios | Christa Pike left the hospital and returned to Tennessee prison after failed lethal injectionAxios | 0.80● | |
| CBS News | Christa Pike can't move her arms or hands after surviving lethal injections, attorneys sayCBS News | 0.70● | |
| Axios | Christa Pike survived lethal injection. How your state carries out executionsAxios | 0.70● | |
| The New York Times | How Did Christa Pike Survive Two Lethal Injections of Pentobarbital?The New York Times | 0.80● |