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157 audits on the recordLean Left

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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.

157audits citing this outlet
6carried a hard contradiction
64carried a framing split
108spans quoted

Quoted from this masthead

“A veteran Supreme Court advocate for Big Oil. A Trump administration attorney arguing alongside the fossil fuel industry. And local officials who say their taxpayers are being left with the tab”
October 5, 2026 · see it in context →
“At stake in Suncor Energy v. County Commissioners of Boulder County is the future of a legal campaign brought by nearly 40 local and tribal governments”
October 5, 2026 · see it in context →
“Trump gives spy chief new title: AI czar”
October 5, 2026 · see it in context →
“Newsom also signed AB 1633, which attempts to stymie immigration detention by placing a 25 percent tax on the gross receipts of private facilities in the state.”
October 5, 2026 · see it in context →
“The governor's signature on the bills could open the state to legal action from Trump's DOJ, which has gone to court to fight other responses to last year's sweeping immigration raids.”
October 5, 2026 · see it in context →
“"No tax will stop ICE from deporting criminal illegal aliens to make California safe again," a DHS spokesperson said in a statement.”
October 5, 2026 · see it in context →
“Money from the fund is generally appropriated by Congress, and not given out by presidential fiat.”
October 3, 2026 · see it in context →
“The final jobs numbers before Election Day are in. They're not great for the party in power.”
October 3, 2026 · see it in context →
“have instructed AG Todd Blanche to slow walk any abortion-related matters until after the midterms”
October 3, 2026 · see it in context →
“Republicans have introduced similar efforts to regulate license plate readers, such as Hawley's Stop Flock Abuse Act, which would require audits and limits on unauthorized searches.”
October 3, 2026 · see it in context →
“Justice Alito confirms he is considering retirement”
October 3, 2026 · see it in context →
“Alito said in excerpts of a CBS News interview released Friday that he thought about retiring this year and will do so again in 2027.”
October 3, 2026 · see it in context →

Audits citing Politico

Showing the 40 most recent of 157.

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