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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 cost of living that mention Iran war.
5.9% of the 102 articles on cost of living also mention Iran war, as do 3.5% of the 170 articles on Iran war.
- Left-leaning2 of 48 articles
- 4.2%
- Least biased1 of 11 articles
- 9.1%
- Right-leaning3 of 43 articles
- 7.0%
Who picked it up when
CBS News mentioned it first (Oct 21, 2026, 9:52 AM EDT). Left-leaning outlets followed 1 hour later, least biased outlets 25 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.
Source lean:leftcenterright
Source leans by Media Bias/Fact Check.
Results
6 articles mention cost of living and Iran war in the last 7 days (Oct 20 to Oct 26).
| Article | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| The Guardian | As midterms loom, Trump and his allies try to change the subjectThe Guardian Despite distraction and distortion, voters know what issues will be informing their votes in this election This was originally published in The Stakes 2026, a newsletter about the midterm elections. Sign up to get it in your inbox Elections too often get pigeonholed. The hot take, or simplistic analysis, would have it that just one issue – often the issue the source so happens to be most animated about – will decide the entire result. Tens of millions of Americans will go to the polls next month. Will they be galvanized by affordability? Maybe it’s Iran. Or healthcare? Taxes, perhaps. Or crime. Continue reading... | 0.30 | |
| Fox News | Trump's MAGA faithful send warning to Republicans ahead of high-stakes midterm electionsFox News Trump supporters at his Sioux City rally back Republicans but voice growing frustration over high prices, the Iran war and Election Day turnout. | 0.35 | |
| The Hill | Costs, Iran voters' top priorities for next Congress: SurveyThe Hill A majority of respondents to a recent survey want the next Congress to focus on lowering the cost of living and winding down the Iran war. Roughly 80 percent of the 1,119 respondents to the Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research poll said lawmakers should make lowering prices one of their highest priorities in... | 0.80● | |
| The Guardian | Trump’s approval rating drops to 36% two weeks before midterms, poll findsThe Guardian Voters disapprove of Trump’s handling of economy and cost of living, says poll in new low recorded by NY Times/Siena Donald Trump ’s approval rating sank to 36% just two weeks before the midterm elections , the lowest recorded in a poll by the New York Times/Siena College , with most respondents expressing frustration over his handling of the US economy, cost of living and Iran war. In an October survey of approximately 3,494 likely voters, 59% said they disapproved of Trump’s handling of his job, and 52% said they planned to vote for the Democratic candidate in the upcoming election. Continue reading... | 0.35 | |
| CBS News | San Diego mayor on affordability crisis, Trump suggesting Iran to "take out" his cityCBS News Americans are struggling with rising prices as the Iran war worsens economic issues. Mayor Todd Gloria of San Diego, California, speaks about his "National Affordability Tour" as part of the U.S. Conference of Mayors. | 0.60 | |
| CBS News | Trump defends Iran war, downplays high prices at North Carolina rallyCBS News President Trump downplayed economic issues at a rally in North Carolina. In Ohio, Republican gubernatorial candidate Vivek Ramaswamy released a highly criticized attack ad against his Democratic rival Amy Acton. CBS News' Weijia Jiang has more. | 0.55 |
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Other keywords in the matching articles: the share of them that mention each, with the number of articles. The search icon searches for cost of living and that keyword instead of Iran war, 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.
| The Guardian | 0.3% | 2 | 710 |
| The Hill | 0.2% | 1 | 418 |
| CBS News | 0.4% | 2 | 486 |
| Fox News | 0.1% | 1 | 748 |
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 biased1 of 8 sources
- <0.1%
- Right-leaning2 of 15 sources
- <0.1%
Lean index +0.2: 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.
1 source has no MBFC bias score and is not shown.
Source leans based on ratings by Media Bias/Fact Check.