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Query

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free speechtopic
Michiganplace
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How they overlap

Of the articles on each keyword in the last 7 days, with the same text and sources, how many also mention the other. Per lean: the share of its outlets' articles on free speech that mention Michigan.

7.1% of the 28 articles on free speech also mention Michigan, as do 1.4% of the 144 articles on Michigan.

Left-leaning0 of 4 articles
0.0%
Least biased1 of 3 articles
33.3%
Right-leaning1 of 21 articles
4.8%

Who picked it up when

Semafor mentioned it first (Oct 21, 2026, 12:51 PM EDT). Right-leaning outlets followed 2 days later. No left-leaning outlet mentioned it.

One row per source with a matching article, 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.

Drag across the strip of articles per day to zoom into some days.

Source lean:leftcenterright

Source leans by Media Bias/Fact Check.

Results

2 articles mention free speech and Michigan in the last 7 days (Oct 20 to Oct 26).

Articles matching the query
Article
The Wall Street JournalOpinion | Michigan’s Proposal 2 Aims at Politicians, Hits JournalistsThe Wall Street Journal

The measure would strictly limit ‘electioneering’—which it defines to include independent reporting.

0.65
SemaforWhat the GOP activist who confronted El-Sayed really got wrongSemafor

If Abdul El-Sayed wins Michigan’s Senate race next month, the Saturday clip of him admonishing a GOP activist about freedom of religion will achieve legendary status in his party.

0.35

Source leans by Media Bias/Fact Check.

Other keywords in the matching articles: the share of them that mention each, with the number of articles.

No other keyword appears in more than one of the matching articles.

Coverage by source

The share of each source's stories in the last 7 days that match the query, from left to right. Sort the table to reorder the bars.

Source lean:leftcenterright

Source leans by Media Bias/Fact Check.

Articles mentioning free speech and Michigan, by source, in the last 7 days
Semafor0.6%1166
The Wall Street Journal1.4%171

Coverage by lean

The share of stories that match the query, in the last 7 days, 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-leaning0 of 15 sources
0.0%
Least biased1 of 8 sources
0.1%
Right-leaning1 of 15 sources
0.1%

Lean index +4.2: covered more by right-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 match the query. 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.

Source leans based on ratings by Media Bias/Fact Check.