Query
Find articles
Pick a keyword, optionally a second one to combine it with (and, or, either but not both, or but not), then narrow the articles down by text, source and time range. Keywords update the results right away; filters apply with their button.
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 Iowa that mention explosion.
6.1% of the 33 articles on Iowa also mention explosion, as do 33.3% of the 6 articles on explosion.
- Left-leaning1 of 11 articles
- 9.1%
- Least biased0 of 2 articles
- 0.0%
- Right-leaning1 of 20 articles
- 5.0%
Who picked it up when
ABC News mentioned it first (Oct 24, 2026, 8:19 PM EDT). Right-leaning outlets followed 11 hours later. 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
2 articles mention Iowa and explosion in the last 7 days (Oct 21 to Oct 27).
| Article | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Fox Business | Explosion, fire blast through Iowa Quaker Oats plantFox Business An apparent explosion at the Quaker Oats plant in Cedar Rapids sent thick black smoke over downtown Iowa as firefighters battled the massive blaze. | 0.65● | |
| ABC News | Explosion and fire erupt at Quaker Oats plant in Cedar Rapids, Iowa; no injuriesABC News The fire evidently began with an explosion, the fire department said. | 0.60● |
Source leans by Media Bias/Fact Check.
Narrow further
Other keywords in the matching articles: the share of them that mention each, with the number of articles. The search icon searches for Iowa and that keyword instead of explosion, 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.
| ABC News | 0.8% | 1 | 128 |
| Fox Business | 2.0% | 1 | 51 |
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-leaning1 of 15 sources
- 0.1%
- Least biased0 of 8 sources
- 0.0%
- Right-leaning1 of 15 sources
- 0.1%
Lean index +1.9: 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.
Source leans based on ratings by Media Bias/Fact Check.