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PBS NewsHour

67 audits on the record

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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.

67audits citing this outlet
2carried a hard contradiction
23carried a framing split
30spans quoted

Quoted from this masthead

“Eighteen U.S. service members have died in the war with Iran.”
September 17, 2026 · see it in context →
“Money doesn't give you the right to own the conversation. Nobody's bank balance should decide who gets to speak or which suffering we're allowed to acknowledge.”
September 16, 2026 · see it in context →
“after the story was published, Bettina Trump, Donald Trump Jr.'s new wife, made a post on Instagram confirming that Umar Kremlev had paid for the wedding and describing him as a personal friend.”
September 15, 2026 · see it in context →
“Democrats also have expanded their operations, and the Association of State Democratic Parties is adding to that effort with its "battlefield" recruitment project.”
September 14, 2026 · see it in context →
“The largest cyclospora food poisoning outbreak in U.S. history is over, health officials said Friday.”
September 13, 2026 · see it in context →
“Boarding Air Force One to fly to Dallas, Trump said: "We're going to have a tremendous crowd tonight."”
September 10, 2026 · see it in context →
“Republicans opened their highly unusual midterm convention in Dallas on Wednesday afternoon, a "Trump-a-Palooza" that is putting the president at the center of this fall's midterm elections — whether the candidates running like it or not.”
September 10, 2026 · see it in context →
“Washburne said the event is nonetheless expected to draw roughly 30,000 people across both nights.”
September 10, 2026 · see it in context →
“It will be called the Trump dividend.”
September 10, 2026 · see it in context →
“A history page on the Federal Reserve Bank of New York's website says employees were forced to leave the Fed building Sept. 12 because of concerns that the nearby One Liberty Plaza might collapse.”
September 9, 2026 · see it in context →
“Hegseth's firings create 'climate of fear,' Kendall says”
September 7, 2026 · see it in context →
“WATCH: Massie names 14 Epstein associates to 'shame' DOJ”
September 7, 2026 · see it in context →

Audits citing PBS NewsHour

Showing the 40 most recent of 67.

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