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338 audits on the recordCenter

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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.

338audits citing this outlet
19carried a hard contradiction
152carried a framing split
249spans quoted

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“prompting the US Army sentinel guarding the tomb to shout. "All visitors will maintain an atmosphere of silence and respect at all times", the sentinel said.”
November 11, 2026 · see it in context →
“The top Democrat widely expected to be the next US House of Representatives Speaker has said he is "a hard yes" for impeaching Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth.”
November 9, 2026 · see it in context →
“almost $450m”
November 6, 2026 · see it in context →
“California Governor Gavin Newsom has commuted the death sentences of all 548 people on death row in the state, changing them instead to life in prison.”
November 6, 2026 · see it in context →
“The decision to spare death row inmates is largely symbolic in a state that has not executed an inmate since 2006, though experts say it could save millions of dollars in court costs each year.”
November 6, 2026 · see it in context →
“Almost eight in 10 voters (79%) said inflation had caused them and their family a severe or moderate hardship in the past year, according to data from voter polls.”
November 5, 2026 · see it in context →
“Left-wing Democrat Abdul El-Sayed has won in the battleground state of Michigan to become the US's first Muslim senator, following a race fuelled by withering attacks and inter-party disputes.”
November 4, 2026 · see it in context →
“Previous administrations have monitored elections in this way but not on the same scale.”
November 3, 2026 · see it in context →
“Zelensky initially put the death toll at 18, but Ukraine's state emergencies service DSNS later said 24 people, including two rescuers and four police officers, were confirmed to have been killed.”
November 3, 2026 · see it in context →
“Another 10 people were injured and 48 were reported missing after at least nine 3,000kg aerial bombs hit the village of Komyshuvakha in the southern Zaporizhzhia region, regional head Mykhailo Semikin said.”
November 3, 2026 · see it in context →
“Teams from Ukraine, Russia and the US are due to resume peace talks in Abu Dhabi, the United Arab Emirates, next week, US President Donald Trump's special envoy Steve Witkoff said on X.”
November 3, 2026 · see it in context →
“A recent New York Times poll had the Senate race in South Carolina, a state Donald Trump won by 18 percentage points in 2024, as a tie.”
November 3, 2026 · see it in context →

Audits citing BBC News

Showing the 40 most recent of 338.

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