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5audits citing this outlet
0carried a hard contradiction
2carried a framing split
3spans quoted

Quoted from this masthead

“Russian disinformation operators are deploying an army of bots to inflate view counts of fictitious posts about celebrities and Democratic candidates ahead of the US midterm elections," Bloomberg reports.”
October 16, 2026 · see it in context →
“Tucker Carlson Backs Abdul El-Sayed for Senate”
September 13, 2026 · see it in context →
“He called Rogers a “tool of Israel” and praised El-Sayed for “taking on” AIPAC.”
September 13, 2026 · see it in context →

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