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10 articles from 8 news outlets, Sep 27 to Oct 26
Share of stories per day
The share of each source's stories that mention debate, averaged over sources with at least 3 stories that day.
Coverage by source over time
One ridge per source that mentioned debate, 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
The Hill mentioned it first (Oct 8, 2026, 6:00 AM EDT). Right-leaning outlets followed 27 hours later, left-leaning outlets 4 days later.
One row per source that mentioned debate, 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 debate, 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.
| TIME | 0.4% | 1 | 276 |
| Bloomberg | 0.2% | 1 | 484 |
| PBS NewsHour | 0.2% | 1 | 581 |
| The Hill | 0.2% | 2 | 1147 |
| NewsNation | 0.5% | 1 | 214 |
| The Washington Times | 0.2% | 1 | 475 |
| The Daily Caller | 0.2% | 1 | 511 |
| The Daily Wire | 0.2% | 2 | 863 |
Coverage by lean
The share of stories that mention debate, 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 biased1 of 8 sources
- <0.1%
- Right-leaning4 of 15 sources
- 0.1%
Source leans based on ratings by Media Bias/Fact Check.
Lean index +1.0: 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 debate. 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 debate, 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 debate most, per source.
- TIMEThe New Campaign Strategy: Don’t Debate
- BloombergEl-Sayed's Final Test in Michigan Is Here
- PBS NewsHourWATCH LIVE: At Georgia governor debate, Democrat Keisha Lance Bottoms set to answer questions solo
- The HillWatch live: Marshall, Hamilton face off in final Kansas Senate debate
- NewsNationMarshall, Hamilton set to take debate stage in tight Kansas Senate race
- The Washington TimesRogers questions El-Sayed's loyalty to the U.S. in their final debate showdown
- The Daily Caller‘You Go After My Mom?’: Rogers And El-Sayed Unleash Personal Attacks In First Debate
- The Daily WireMike Rogers Breaks Down El-Sayed With Rapid-Fire List Of Lies At Debate
All articles
Every article that mentions debate, 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.