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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. No right-leaning 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.

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Results

2 articles mention torture in the last 7 days (Oct 20 to Oct 26).

Articles matching the query
Article
The GuardianTied up and tortured: Israel using US-made electroshock weapons on Palestinian detaineesThe Guardian

Investigation suggests American company Axon still supplies Israel with Taser weapons despite evidence they have been used to torture prisoners The soldiers drag the man into a section of the prison known as Hell’s Wing, a metaphor for its notoriety for acts of brutality. Shoving him violently into a corner, they take a step back before one of them draws his weapon and fires two rubber bullets at his body. The man, a double amputee, collapses to the floor. After tying him up tightly, the soldiers continue their assault until one of them pulls a stun gun from its holster. The soldier approaches the man, brandishing the gun, before applying it to his body, engulfing him in an electric shock. Continue reading...

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The New York TimesU.S. Begins Disclosing C.I.A. Interview Reports From Scrutiny of Post-9/11 TortureThe New York Times

The rolling release of long-secret files could add detail to the history of a legally disputed Bush-era counterterrorism program.

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Other keywords in the matching articles: the share of them that mention each, with the number of articles.

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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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Articles mentioning torture, by source, in the last 7 days
The New York Times0.3%1292
The Guardian0.1%1694

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-leaning0 of 15 sources
0.0%

Lean index −4.0: 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.

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