The media ledger
Who's covering Texas
Every fact sheet on this site is built from other outlets' reporting. This page counts who those outlets are and which way they lean, so you can see the slant in what gets reported before it ever reaches you.
Where the reporting came from
1,695 news reports behind 543 fact sheets in the past 30 days.
- 245 left-leaning (14%)
- 38 center (2%)
- 41 right-leaning (2%)
- 1371 not rated (81%)
Covered by one side only
Stories where every rated outlet leans the same way. Nobody from the center or the other side reported them, at least not where this site could find it.
Left only: 149
- Hays County voters face races for judge, district attorney, Kyle mayor
- Arlington City Council moves to reconsider antidiscrimination ordinance
- Early voting underway in Texas Senate race between Paxton and Talarico
- Early voting begins in Smith County, long lines reported at hub location
- El Paso and Dallas counties report record first-day early voting turnout
- Texas homeowners can claim property tax exemption on primary residence
- University of Houston poll shows Talarico leading Paxton in Senate race
- James Talarico campaign video features Friday Night Lights cast members
- State Fair of Texas enters final weekend before closing Sunday
- Tarrant County Judge O'Hare touts public safety and tax cuts before election
- Data center construction underway in El Paso amid climate plan concerns
- Early voting begins Monday for Texas November 3 midterm election
- Texas election laws require ID, limit mail voting ahead of midterms
- Former Dallas police officer Amber Guyger released from prison after seven years
- Former Azle High School football player dies after college game injury
Right only: 17
- Young Republicans challenge Talarico over faith comments at town hall
- Talarico skips Sanders rally, campaigns separately in Senate race
- Trump to hold campaign rallies for Paxton in Texas next week
- Air Force airman dies after falling during UTSA pregame rappelling demonstration
- Talarico's former classmate accuses him of prioritizing politics over truth
- Senate candidate Talarico speaks at CNN town hall in Fort Worth
- GOP super PAC pulls funding from two Texas House races
- DOJ announces tax fraud crackdown involving 76 defendants nationwide
- Bexar County detention deputy fired for posting photos with jail inmates
- Democratic Senate nominee Talarico responds to vegan campaign allegations
- Texas Attorney General sues Gerber and Nestlé over heavy metals in baby food
- Austin resident finds six live World War II grenades in estate sale box
- Dana Perino discusses Texas Senate race between Paxton and Talarico
- Canadian cybersecurity executive arrested in federal hacking investigation
- Resurfaced 2020 clip shows Talarico opposing healthcare budget cuts
The outlets
And 601 more outlets with fewer sheets.
What the outlets aimed at each party
Stories that put a party in a bad light: accusations, attack ads, investigations, false claims, controversies. The first column is how many of those stories about each party reached this site from the outlets it reads. The second is how many this site shows, which is always the same number for both. Any gap between the columns is the outlets' imbalance.
| The outlets ran | Shown here | |
|---|---|---|
| Against Republicans | 60 | 43 |
| Against Democrats | 17 | 17 |
The outlets went after Republicans 3.5 to 1.
The AI, kept in check
An AI writes each fact sheet from the outlets' reporting, and it picks up their habits. When it writes a loaded word such as "embattled," "extremist," "fugitive" or "socialist" in its own voice, the sheet is thrown out and rewritten in plain terms.
3 times in the past 30 days the AI reached for the outlets' loaded language and was made to rewrite.
How these outlets get here
Most stories on this site are found through Google News headlines, plus Texas government records and a few direct feeds. Google decides which outlets appear in its headlines. This site then requires two separate outlets before a story goes up. Both steps shape what you see, and this page exists so you can see how.
Leanings are the AllSides Media Bias Ratings for each outlet's online news. Outlets AllSides hasn't rated show as "Not rated." Government records aren't counted.
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