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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.

111audits citing this outlet
10carried a hard contradiction
75carried a framing split
74spans quoted

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“In Spain, they had not experienced a total solar eclipse since 1905.”
August 13, 2026 · see it in context →
“it lasted for about two minutes.”
August 13, 2026 · see it in context →
“Ahead of Mr. Trump's July 8 departure from the summit, the National Security Agency, the CIA and Turkey's MIT intelligence service picked up streams of information about a credible plot by Iran to fire a surface-to-air missile at Air Force One, according to two U.S. officials who spoke on the condition of anonymity bec…”
August 13, 2026 · see it in context →
“Moderate Democrat David Crowley will win his party's primary for Wisconsin governor, CBS News projects, in a narrow, upset victory over Francesca Hong, a democratic socialist who was widely viewed as a frontrunner in the race.”
August 12, 2026 · see it in context →
“White House officials have asked the Justice Department to weigh whether it is possible to bring a new criminal case against David Hearn, the former Olympian who was accused of vandalizing the Lincoln Memorial's Reflecting Pool, after federal prosecutors moved to dismiss the indictment against him earlier this month, a…”
August 11, 2026 · see it in context →
“issuing new demands that could shake up talks on a deal to manage the waterway and traffic on it”
August 10, 2026 · see it in context →
“It was the largest quake to hit the country on record.”
August 10, 2026 · see it in context →
“Rezaei replaces Mohammad Bagher Zolghadr, who took up the role after Ali Larijani was killed by an Israeli strike in March. Zolghadr will become a political adviser to Khamenei.”
August 10, 2026 · see it in context →
“Officials earlier gave a higher death toll and initially said students were among the victims.”
August 9, 2026 · see it in context →
“more than 30 people were injured, with around nine in critical condition”
August 9, 2026 · see it in context →
“The Supreme National Security Council of Iran issued a list of highly unlikely demands from the U.S. in order to fully reopen the Strait of Hormuz”
August 8, 2026 · see it in context →
“keep the government funded through Dec. 11”
August 8, 2026 · see it in context →

Audits citing CBS News

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