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Results
13 articles mention Illinois in the last 7 days (Oct 20 to Oct 26).
| Article | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| UPI | Man charged with mailing threatening letters to Illinois lawmakersUPI An Illinois man has been charged with mailing four letters containing a white granular substance to members of Congress in the Chicago area. | 0.50● | |
| Washington Examiner | Illinois man charged in white powder mail hoax targeting members of CongressWashington Examiner An Illinois man was arrested and charged by federal authorities for allegedly mailing letters containing an unknown substance to the state’s congressional offices, the Department of Justice said on Monday. Matthew Unglesbee, a 36-year-old resident of Quincy in southwestern Illinois, was charged with violations related to false information and hoaxes and mailing threatening communications. He […] | 0.40● | |
| NBC News | Man charged with mailing threatening letters with white substance to members of CongressNBC News A man has been charged in Illinois with mailing four letters containing a white granular substance to members of Congress, all of which were sent in envelopes containing his name and home address. | 0.40 | |
| Fox News | Man says Texas Roadhouse served him $20 steak instead of pricier filet multiple timesFox News Kenneth Card claims a Texas Roadhouse in Forsyth, Illinois, served him sirloin instead of filet mignon three times, sparking a viral TikTok debate. | 0.30 | |
| CBS News | Illinois' "Snake Road" closes to cars to protect the migrating reptilesCBS News In the hills of the Shawnee National Forest in Southern Illinois, people flock to "Snake Road" to watch the slithering animals make their fall migration. Noel Brennan has the story. | 0.80● | |
| The Daily Wire | JB Pritzker Explains Why He Had To Skip The Victoria’s Secret RunwayThe Daily Wire Illinois Democrat Gov. JB Pritzker joked Friday that he couldn’t walk the Victoria’s Secret runway because he “had to hold it down in Illinois.” In the video, Pritzker and content creator Kamaryn Johnson walk down a sidewalk before turning toward the camera, pretending they’re on a runway. Social media users sent their praises. “Immaculate. Next ... | 0.40 | |
| Fox News | Chicago's 12-language ballots make elections 'harder to monitor,' Illinois GOP chair warnsFox News Illinois Republican Party chairman warns Chicago's 12-language ballot system is "big city virtue signaling" that creates oversight gaps for election judges. | 0.40● | |
| New York Post | Illinois woman intentionally drove car head-on into tractor-trailer with mom and son in plot to kill ‘all occupants’: copsNew York Post “Her plan was to kill all three of them,” Pike County Sheriff David Greenwood said. “Her plan was to kill herself, and she was afraid of dying alone.” | 0.40● | |
| Newsmax | Lab Owner Charged in $66 Million COVID Test ScamNewsmax Federal prosecutors say an Illinois lab owner billed taxpayers $66.2 million for hundreds of thousands of COVID-19 tests that never happened. | 0.40 | |
| PBS NewsHour | WATCH LIVE: Illinois U.S. Senate candidates face off in forum to replace DurbinPBS NewsHour Democratic Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton and Republican Don Tracy are running to replace retiring Sen. Dick Durbin. | 0.80● | |
| Fox News | Trader Joe's has 30 new stores in the works — find out where they're openingFox News Popular grocery store Trader Joe's is adding 30 new stores across 16 states, with Illinois leading the expansion at four planned locations on the "coming soon" list. | 0.30 | |
| Breitbart | Illinois: Four Family Members Among Dead in Apparent Murder-SuicideBreitbart Four members were among five deceased individuals discovered Sunday night in a home in Mundelein, Illinois, around 11:45 p.m. The post Illinois: Four Family Members Among Dead in Apparent Murder-Suicide appeared first on Breitbart . | 0.50● | |
| Politico | Pritzker’s big spending for Black and Hispanic candidates is drawing noticePolitico The Illinois governor is boosting candidates in early states and cultivating relationships with Black and Hispanic officials ahead of a possible 2028 run. | 0.40 |
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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.
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| NBC News | 0.5% | 1 | 197 |
| Politico | 3.1% | 1 | 32 |
| PBS NewsHour | 0.6% | 1 | 171 |
| UPI | 0.6% | 1 | 161 |
| CBS News | 0.2% | 1 | 486 |
| Washington Examiner | 0.3% | 1 | 332 |
| New York Post | 0.1% | 1 | 900 |
| The Daily Wire | 0.4% | 1 | 238 |
| Newsmax | 0.3% | 1 | 293 |
| Fox News | 0.4% | 3 | 748 |
| Breitbart | 0.2% | 1 | 430 |
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-leaning3 of 15 sources
- 0.3%
- Least biased1 of 8 sources
- 0.1%
- Right-leaning7 of 15 sources
- 0.1%
Lean index 0.0: 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.
2 sources have no MBFC bias score and are not shown.
Source leans based on ratings by Media Bias/Fact Check.