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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.

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

5 articles mention water in the last 7 days (Oct 20 to Oct 26).

Articles matching the query
Article
The Wall Street JournalOpinion | California in the Water WarsThe Wall Street Journal

Build more reservoirs, and stop sending freshwater out to sea in an attempt to save smelt and insects.

0.70●
The AtlanticWhen Rivers Run Low in the American WestThe Atlantic

Water is the one resource that the region will never stop fighting over.

0.70
The Wall Street JournalA Disappearing Rio Grande Is Reshaping Life Along the RiverThe Wall Street Journal

The waterway’s decline is posing an existential threat to Elephant Butte, N.M., and surrounding farms.

0.50
The Wall Street JournalOpinion | What Can Be Done About the Colorado River?The Wall Street Journal

Building a desalination plant takes time, but now is the time to change.

0.50
Fox NewsDR MARC SIEGEL: Iowa's cancer rate is rising. One answer may be found in the waterFox News

Iowa's cancer rate is 10% above the national average, and nitrates from fertilizer and manure in drinking water are drawing scrutiny from MAHA and RFK Jr.

0.50●

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.

No other keyword appears in more than one of the matching articles.

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 water, by source, in the last 7 days
The Atlantic1.5%168
The Wall Street Journal4.4%368
Fox News0.1%1705

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
0.3%

Lean index +2.5: covered more by right-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.