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5 articles from 5 news outlets, Sep 27 to Oct 26
Share of stories per day
The share of each source's stories that mention political advertising, averaged over sources with at least 3 stories that day.
Coverage by source over time
One ridge per source that mentioned political advertising, 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 6, 2026, 10:16 AM EDT). Right-leaning outlets followed 6 days later, left-leaning outlets 6 days later.
One row per source that mentioned political advertising, 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 political advertising, 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 | 1183 |
| CNBC | 0.1% | 1 | 941 |
| NPR | 0.3% | 1 | 393 |
| The Hill | 0.1% | 1 | 1119 |
| Washington Examiner | 0.2% | 1 | 409 |
Coverage by lean
The share of stories that mention political advertising, 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-leaning1 of 15 sources
- <0.1%
Source leans based on ratings by Media Bias/Fact Check.
Lean index −2.6: 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 political advertising. 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 political advertising, 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 political advertising most, per source.
- The New York TimesThe Cringiest and Craftiest 2026 Midterm Ads
- CNBCThe political ad wars are still being fought over the airwaves even as digital gains share
- NPRGovernment spent $10 million on pro-Trump ads after president said super PAC would fund
- The Hill86 percent think taxpayer-funded, campaign-style Trump ads inappropriate: Survey
- Washington ExaminerJudge orders DHS to halt taxpayer-funded ads featuring Trump
All articles
Every article that mentions political advertising, 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 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| CNBC | The political ad wars are still being fought over the airwaves even as digital gains shareCNBC | 0.70 | |
| The New York Times | The Cringiest and Craftiest 2026 Midterm AdsThe New York Times | 0.50● | |
| NPR | Government spent $10 million on pro-Trump ads after president said super PAC would fundNPR | 0.70 | |
| Washington Examiner | Judge orders DHS to halt taxpayer-funded ads featuring TrumpWashington Examiner | 0.60● | |
| The Hill | 86 percent think taxpayer-funded, campaign-style Trump ads inappropriate: SurveyThe Hill | 0.70 |