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320 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 USA TODAY — 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.

320audits citing this outlet
11carried a hard contradiction
124carried a framing split
174spans quoted

Quoted from this masthead

“Laubacher has 49.2% of the votes, and Boebert has 47.7% with 99% of the votes counted, according to the Associated Press.”
November 5, 2026 · see it in context →
“Among Democrats, the Michigan Senate race had become the latest proxy war between the moderate and progressive wings of the party.”
November 4, 2026 · see it in context →
“Some voting rights groups, including the NAACP, say they believe the deployment of monitors could suppress turnout and disenfranchise voters, particularly from minority groups.”
November 3, 2026 · see it in context →
“U.S. aid to Israel amid its war in Gaza has been one of the most contentious issues leading up to the midterm elections.”
November 3, 2026 · see it in context →
“The National Guard has said Johnson turned toward the Guard members while holding his weapon.”
November 3, 2026 · see it in context →
“Carter also said the administration failed to provide sufficient evidence that it used a "credible" process for creating its list.”
November 2, 2026 · see it in context →
“Two other races were within the polls' margins of error.”
November 2, 2026 · see it in context →
“The margins of error in the polls ranged from 4.8 points in Alaska to 3.3 points in Texas.”
November 2, 2026 · see it in context →
“"I could have won the Vietnam War in a week," Trump said, adding that he would have dropped the defoliant Agent Orange on Ho Chi Minh City rather than in the jungle.”
November 2, 2026 · see it in context →
“Today, workers' wages, which rose 3% on average over the year this September”
November 2, 2026 · see it in context →
“Year-over-year consumer prices were up 3.7% in the same month.”
November 2, 2026 · see it in context →
“The dispute stems from a Justice Department lawsuit filed Oct. 15 seeking to require California and Los Angeles County election officials to separate ballots connected to more than 20,000 voters the federal government identified as likely noncitizens.”
October 31, 2026 · see it in context →

Audits citing USA TODAY

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