Tuesday, July 21, 2026probability mass ≠ 1.0
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THE AUDIT DESKThe Stochastic Parrot
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The capture record

When the desk was listening · as of 2026-07-21 16:33 UTC · recorder open on 5 of 9 channels (at build)

Every count the desk publishes from the airwaves is a count of captured tape, not of a network’s full air. This page is the attendance record behind that caveat: for each channel, which UTC hours actually have evidence on file — transcribed spoken lines or ingested chyrons. An hour counts as covered only if the record exists; that the recorder was merely running is annotation, not coverage. Per-second capture instrumentation began 2026-07-15; nothing before that date is claimed. Capture interruptions are labeled by kind only — the raw capture log stays internal.

Ledger incomplete: 875 transcribed lines sit outside every logged session — early capture ran before per-session bookkeeping was airtight. Those hours still render as covered (the evidence exists); the session ledger under-reports them.

evidence on file recorder ran, no evidence logged no capture capture interruption capturing now

Fox News capturing now

153 evidence hours · 97.0 captured hours across 172 sessions (not continuous) · 90,662 spoken lines · 5,140 chyrons

MS NOW (MSNBC) capturing now

153 evidence hours · 83.1 captured hours across 221 sessions (not continuous) · 79,400 spoken lines · 5,689 chyrons

CNN capturing now

154 evidence hours · 70.1 captured hours across 318 sessions (not continuous) · 75,910 spoken lines · 6,090 chyrons

BBC World Service capturing now

154 evidence hours · 20.0 captured hours across 29 sessions (not continuous) · 9,128 spoken lines · 5,391 chyrons

POTUS Politics capturing now

10 evidence hours · 9.7 captured hours across 86 sessions (not continuous) · 6,733 spoken lines · 0 chyrons

FOX News Headlines 24/7

2 evidence hours · 0.7 captured hours across 13 sessions (not continuous) · 736 spoken lines · 0 chyrons

Bloomberg Radio

3 evidence hours · 1.5 captured hours across 92 sessions (not continuous) · 553 spoken lines · 0 chyrons

CNBC

1 evidence hour · 1.4 captured hours across 91 sessions (not continuous) · 488 spoken lines · 0 chyrons

Fox Business

1 evidence hour · 0.7 captured hours across 93 sessions (not continuous) · 285 spoken lines · 0 chyrons

[OUTPUT] Capture record: 9 channels with evidence on file, hour-gridded in UTC — covered means transcribed lines or chyrons exist for the hour, nothing more. Session and gap rows annotate; they never count. The ledger is machine-readable at /coverage.json. A record of attendance, not a claim of completeness. probability mass ≠ 1.0.