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Query
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 Iran that mention midterm election.
8.1% of the 173 articles on Iran also mention midterm election, as do 2.4% of the 584 articles on midterm election.
- Left-leaning9 of 60 articles
- 15.0%
- Least biased0 of 12 articles
- 0.0%
- Right-leaning5 of 101 articles
- 5.0%
Who picked it up when
It was already in the news on Oct 20, when this period starts, so who reported it first is not shown. No least biased 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.
Source lean:leftcenterright
Source leans by Media Bias/Fact Check.
Results
14 articles mention Iran and midterm election in the last 7 days (Oct 20 to Oct 26).
| Article | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Bloomberg | Trump Says Decision Nearing on Next Step in IranBloomberg President Donald Trump said he is nearing a decision on whether he will make a deal with Tehran or resume attacks on the Islamic republic. Iranian and Houthi threats against Americans in the Middle East continue to grow while Trump has suggested that US strikes on Iran could resume after the Nov. 3 midterm elections. Abeer Abu Omar reports on Bloomberg Television. (Source: Bloomberg) | 0.60 | |
| Newsmax | Trump: US May Do Another Military Operation Against IranNewsmax President Donald Trump said Friday that the United States may carry out another military operation against Iran at a time when the war is nearing its eight-month mark and higher fuel prices weigh on the Nov. 3 midterm elections. | 0.70 | |
| NPR | Military reinforcements move to Mideast. And, millions of Americans vote earlyNPR Military reinforcements are heading to the Middle East and some personnel have left the region, pointing to a potential attack on Iran. And, millions of Americans have already voted in the midterms. | 0.55 | |
| Fox News | Trump can’t let Iran turn a military defeat turn into a diplomatic victoryFox News Middle Eastern war history shows Tehran dragging out nuclear talks to weaken Trump before midterm elections while threatening Strait of Hormuz shipping. | 0.60 | |
| CBS News | Trump claims Iran doing "everything they can" to drive up oil prices ahead of midtermsCBS News President Trump claimed that Iran is intentionally driving up oil prices ahead of the U.S. midterm election after the country took responsibility for striking oil tankers near the Strait of Hormuz. CBS News national security analyst Aaron MacLean has more. | 0.65 | |
| The Washington Times | U.S., Israel drawing up attack plans on Iran for after midterms: ReportThe Washington Times The U.S. and Israel are planning for possible renewed strikes on Iran after the midterm elections on Nov. 3, according to The New York Times. | 0.55 | |
| TIME | U.S. Reportedly Considering Major Strikes on Iran After MidtermsTIME Trump previously said that the war would end after the November elections in the U.S. | 0.60 | |
| NPR | Morning news briefNPR President Trump and former President Obama are on the campaign trail for the midterms, U.S. and Israel are planning for a possible post-midterms attack on Iran, Musk says SpaceX and Tesla could merge. | 0.35 | |
| CNBC | U.S. pulls diplomats from Saudi Arabia as it reportedly readies Iran strikes after midtermsCNBC The U.S. ordered non-emergency staff out of Saudi Arabia after Houthi strikes on an airport and an oil field, reviving fears of a widening regional conflict. | 0.55● | |
| Breitbart | Report: U.S., Israel Draft Plans for Renewed Iran Strikes After Midterms — ‘Short, Intense’ OperationBreitbart The United States and Israel have developed detailed plans for renewed military strikes against Iran following the November 3 midterm elections, as American forces build up across the Middle East and the Pentagon quietly repositions troops amid fears of Iranian retaliation, according to reports Wednesday. The post Report: U.S., Israel Draft Plans for Renewed Iran Strikes After Midterms — ‘Short, Intense’ Operation appeared first on Breitbart . | 0.70● | |
| TIME | U.S. Midterms Loom Over a Deadlock Between Trump and TehranTIME Renewed military conflict before or after the midterms won’t resolve the disputes the United States and Iran will eventually have to confront across the negotiating table. | 0.70● | |
| Bloomberg | Trump Voters Who Listen to Joe Rogan Take a Page From The Matrix for MidtermsBloomberg Frustrated by the war in Iran and rising costs, the coalition of young men courted by the GOP is poised to sit out the midterms | 0.65 | |
| Bloomberg | Iran, China & Russia Look to Seize on Election Opportunity, Says Mara RudmanBloomberg Mara Rudman, senior fellow at the University of Virginia's Miller Center and former US State Department official, said that one of the challenges facing the United States is that President Trump sees himself as 'part of the club' of leaders including Putin and Xi. Rudman said that countries like Iran, China and Russia are looking to 'maximize the opportunities' they have to create instability during the US midterm elections and the presidential election in Israel. (Source: Bloomberg) | 0.55 | |
| The New York Times | Taunting Trump Over Gas Prices, Iran Braces for Aftermath of U.S. VoteThe New York Times The midterm elections appear to be a factor for both sides in the war as President Trump weighs his next steps. | 0.60 |
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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.
| The New York Times | 0.3% | 1 | 296 |
| TIME | 3.0% | 2 | 67 |
| CNBC | 0.3% | 1 | 320 |
| NPR | 1.9% | 2 | 107 |
| Bloomberg | 0.8% | 3 | 371 |
| CBS News | 0.2% | 1 | 465 |
| The Washington Times | 0.3% | 1 | 374 |
| Newsmax | 0.3% | 1 | 293 |
| Fox News | 0.1% | 1 | 732 |
| Breitbart | 0.3% | 1 | 404 |
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-leaning5 of 15 sources
- 0.4%
- Least biased0 of 8 sources
- 0.0%
- Right-leaning5 of 15 sources
- 0.1%
Lean index −2.2: 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 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.
2 sources have no MBFC bias score and are not shown.
Source leans based on ratings by Media Bias/Fact Check.