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Query

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dieseltopic
midterm electiontopic
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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 diesel that mention midterm election.

13.2% of the 38 articles on diesel also mention midterm election, as do 0.8% of the 612 articles on midterm election.

Left-leaning2 of 16 articles
12.5%
Least biased2 of 8 articles
25.0%
Right-leaning1 of 14 articles
7.1%

Who picked it up when

Forbes mentioned it first (Oct 22, 2026, 5:00 AM EDT). Left-leaning outlets followed within the hour, right-leaning outlets 8 hours later.

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.

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Source lean:leftcenterright

Source leans by Media Bias/Fact Check.

Results

5 articles mention diesel and midterm election in the last 7 days (Oct 20 to Oct 26).

Articles matching the query
Article
PBS NewsHourSurging diesel prices loom over Republicans in Iowa's midterm racesPBS NewsHour

It's been more than a decade since Iowa has had a Democratic governor or senator. But this year, with the incumbents retiring, both races are competitive. As Peter Tubbs at Iowa PBS reports, record-high diesel prices have hit the state's agriculture industry particularly hard and could influence the midterm elections.

0.70●
NewsNationBattle for the heartland: What rural voters want going into the midtermsNewsNation

“For the farmers here in the state, the diesel going up is a bad deal for them; they're barely getting by," says one voter.

0.70
The HillMarshall blames Ukraine war for high diesel pricesThe Hill

Sen. Roger Marshall (R-Kan.) on Wednesday blamed the war in Ukraine for high diesel prices, with energy costs as a key concern in the rapidly approaching midterms. “The real problem with the cost of diesel, in particular, is No. 1, is the Ukraine war, and because of that, diesel production has gone down. But beyond...

0.55
The New York TimesIowa, Usually Red, Is in Play This Midterm as Economic Woes MountThe New York Times

The Trump administration’s policies could cost Republicans in a state that is being hit hard by expensive diesel prices and uncertainty over trade.

0.55
ForbesA Series Of Bad Decisions On Diesel Leads To Another Bailout Of FarmersForbes

The rationale for Trump’s decision to allow Russian diesel shipments was to lower the prices farmers and long-haul truckers were paying ahead of the Nov. 3 midterms.

0.60

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. The search icon searches for diesel and that keyword instead of midterm election, keeping the text, sources, source type and time range.

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 diesel and midterm election, by source, in the last 7 days
The New York Times0.3%1306
PBS NewsHour0.6%1171
The Hill0.2%1418
Forbes0.3%1408
NewsNation0.6%1162

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-leaning2 of 15 sources
0.1%
Least biased2 of 8 sources
0.1%
Right-leaning1 of 15 sources
<0.1%

Lean index −0.4: 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 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.

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