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ABC News

63 audits on the record

Every sentence below was reproduced from a frozen snapshot of this masthead’s own page, at the character offset the audit records. This is what the desk has quoted from ABC News — not a verdict on it.

These numbers are not a fault score. A hard contradiction means two accounts cannot both be true; it does not say which one is wrong, and this desk does not decide. A masthead appears in these counts because it covered a contested story, which is usually a sign it was doing its job. Outlets that publish more, and get read more, appear more. Read the counts as exposure, not as error.

63audits citing this outlet
10carried a hard contradiction
44carried a framing split
14spans quoted

Quoted from this masthead

“The list of 20 recalled foods provided to ABC News includes dips, salsas and guacamole sold at grocery stores like Walmart, Target, Whole Foods, Trader Joe's and Kroger.”
August 10, 2026 · see it in context →
“The Strait of Hormuz will never fully reopen until the United States "corrects its behavior," Mohammad Bagher Zolghadr, secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council, said in a statement Saturday.”
August 8, 2026 · see it in context →
“the circumstances surrounding his removal remain unclear”
August 8, 2026 · see it in context →
“Lt. Gen. Charles Costanza, commander of the Army's V Corps, was removed from command in recent days”
August 8, 2026 · see it in context →
“A New Mexico judge has ruled that Meta helped fuel the state's youth mental health crisis through the design of Facebook and Instagram, finding the company created a public nuisance and ordering it to pay $567 million for treatment and prevention programs.”
August 8, 2026 · see it in context →
“None of the missiles were shot down”
August 5, 2026 · see it in context →
“Recent Ukrainian drone strikes have been targeting the nationwide storage and transport network of Wildberries, which Kyiv says facilitates the sale of military equipment -- including drones -- to Russian soldiers.”
August 4, 2026 · see it in context →
“died from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound after being confronted by an armed off-duty Idaho state trooper and a private citizen”
August 3, 2026 · see it in context →
“an armed off-duty Idaho state trooper and a private citizen”
August 3, 2026 · see it in context →
“Under pressure from two Republican senators blocking his confirmation as the next attorney general, Todd Blanche said he is formally rescinding his establishment of President Donald Trump's so-called 'Anti-Weaponization Fund.'”
August 3, 2026 · see it in context →
“formally rescinding his establishment of President Donald Trump's so-called 'Anti-Weaponization Fund.'”
August 3, 2026 · see it in context →
“A private autopsy commissioned by Wells' family preliminarily found that his cause and manner of death are "undetermined pending investigation," with the independent pathologist acknowledging multiple limitations in the report, the family's attorney said last week.”
August 1, 2026 · see it in context →

Audits citing ABC News

Showing the 40 most recent of 63.

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