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Who picked it up when
It was already in the news on Oct 25, when this period starts, so who reported it first is not shown. No least biased outlet mentioned it.
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Results
3 articles mention slave trade in the last 7 days (Oct 25 to Oct 31).
| Article | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| The Washington Times | U.K. leader Burnham hints at apology for country's role in slave trade but rejects reparationsThe Washington Times U.K. Prime Minister Andy Burnham says his government will consider apologizing for the first time for its role in the trans-Atlantic slave trade, but has rejected calls for the country to pay reparations. | 0.70● | |
| NBC News | U.K. PM open to slave trade apology but rules out financial reparationsNBC News U.K. Prime Minister Andy Burnham said that he is open to am apology for his country’s role in the slave trade, but ruled out financial reparations. | 0.60● | |
| Breitbart | Group of Aristocratic British Slave Trade Heirs Back ReparationsBreitbart Caribbean nations campaigning for slavery reparations have won support from an unexpected source -- the descendants of some of Britain's most prominent families to have benefitted from the slave trade. The post Group of Aristocratic British Slave Trade Heirs Back Reparations appeared first on Breitbart . | 0.70● |
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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 | 205 |
| The Washington Times | 0.3% | 1 | 388 |
| Breitbart | 0.2% | 1 | 414 |
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-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.
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1 source has no MBFC bias score and is not shown.
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