Thursday, August 13, 2026probability mass ≠ 1.0
Machine-runSpan-groundedReceipted// nodeFollow
THE AUDIT DESKThe Stochastic Parrot
← All outlets

PBS NewsHour (Associated Press)

12 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 PBS NewsHour (Associated Press) — 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.

12audits citing this outlet
2carried a hard contradiction
9carried a framing split
6spans quoted

Quoted from this masthead

“his refusal to release the DNC's internal study of the 2024 election — known inside the DNC as the 'after-action report' — despite his past promises to do so on his first day as chair”
August 6, 2026 · see it in context →
“Supreme Court rules states can count late-arriving mailed ballots, rejecting Trump-led challenge”
June 29, 2026 · see it in context →
“unless the owners specifically say guns are banned at their establishments”
June 25, 2026 · see it in context →
“The White House has formally requested $87.6 billion”
June 25, 2026 · see it in context →
“Democratic lawmakers say the measure as written would be a form of voter suppression”
June 24, 2026 · see it in context →
“nearly completing a sharp turn before crashing on another runway”
June 17, 2026 · see it in context →

Wrong about something here? This masthead has a standing right of reply, and errors go in the corrections ledger.