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Who picked it up when
Forbes mentioned it first (Oct 27, 2026, 3:45 PM EDT). Right-leaning outlets followed 1 hour later. No left-leaning outlet mentioned it.
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3 articles mention Federal Election Commission in the last 7 days (Oct 21 to Oct 27).
| Article | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Washington Examiner | FEC faces website filing system outages the week before midterm electionsWashington Examiner The Federal Election Commission experienced a filing system outage on Tuesday, hindering candidates and political action committees from filing 24- and 48-hour finance reports with a week to go before the midterm elections. The FEC posted to its status update page shortly before 3 p.m. Tuesday that it is continuing to investigate the outage. According […] | 0.80● | |
| The Hill | FEC electronic filing system hit with hours-long outageThe Hill The Federal Election Commission's electronic filing system has been down for hours on Tuesday, according to a spokesperson who confirmed the agency's IT teams are working to restore the service. According to the FEC's incident update page, the agency said Monday night it is "investigating this issue," stating the FEC filing system is down. An... | 0.90● | |
| Forbes | Federal Election Commission Takes Down Filings Website After Reported Hacking AttemptForbes The agency took its electronic filings system down on Tuesday to deal with the reported hacking attempt. | 0.90● |
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| The Hill | 0.3% | 1 | 407 |
| Forbes | 0.3% | 1 | 402 |
| Washington Examiner | 0.3% | 1 | 330 |
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-leaning0 of 15 sources
- 0.0%
- Least biased2 of 8 sources
- 0.1%
- Right-leaning1 of 15 sources
- <0.1%
Lean index +0.9: 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
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