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Query

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electiontopic
social mediatopic
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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 election that mention social media.

0.6% of the 527 articles on election also mention social media, as do 5.7% of the 53 articles on social media.

Left-leaning2 of 207 articles
1.0%
Least biased0 of 89 articles
0.0%
Right-leaning1 of 231 articles
0.4%

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.

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

Source lean:leftcenterright

Source leans by Media Bias/Fact Check.

Results

3 articles mention election and social media in the last 7 days (Oct 20 to Oct 26).

Articles matching the query
Article
The Washington TimesWhy reported challenges with touchscreen voting machines don't signal election riggingThe Washington Times

The reports erupt on social media every election year: Voters say they tapped a candidate's name on a touchscreen voting machine, only for the wrong person to light up as their selection.

0.45
The New York TimesA.I. Election Videos Are Flooding Brazil. Could They Sway the Vote?The New York Times

Brazil spent years targeting electoral lies on the internet. Now, artificial intelligence is stumping the election authorities and reshaping a high-stakes race.

0.55
The GuardianFlavio Bolsonaro’s ‘corrupto’ stunt sparks viral meme before Brazil election runoffThe Guardian

Far-right presidential candidate’s TV debate swipe at rival backfires as people take to social media to parody it To Flávio Bolsonaro and his publicists, it must have seemed an ingenious idea that would expose his rival’s supposed crookedness on the eve of Brazil’s presidential election. But the far-right politician’s decision to attend a primetime television debate against his leftwing opponent, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, with the word “corrupto” (corrupt) written on the palm of his hand has backfired. Continue reading...

0.40

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 election and that keyword instead of social media, 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 election and social media, by source, in the last 7 days
The New York Times0.4%1257
The Guardian0.2%1605
The Washington Times0.3%1319

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 biased0 of 8 sources
0.0%
Right-leaning1 of 15 sources
<0.1%

Lean index −3.9: 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.

1 source has no MBFC bias score and is not shown.

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