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Bagayoko denies lighting the bin, Le Figaro reports; Libération says a longer video shows him stopping damage

A clip of Saint-Denis's mayor beside a burning bin at a school blockade spread on 29 September. Le Figaro leads with his denial and with his opponents calling him 'irresponsible'. Libération says a longer video undoes the accusation. Neither names a single accuser.

Blocus des lycées : Bally Bagayoko dément avoir allumé un feu de poubelle, LFI monte au créneau
Blocus des lycées : Bally Bagayoko dément avoir allumé un feu de poubelle, LFI monte au créneau as published by Le Figaro · seen at Le Figaro
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What happened. Pupils blocked lycées across France on Tuesday 29 September. It was also a day of national union strikes. A clip showed Bally Bagayoko, the LFI mayor of Saint-Denis, beside a burning bin. Libération says Europe 1 and the outlet Frontières spread the clip. It says he was then accused of "celebrating" the disorder.

Two accounts of one clip.

Le Figaro Libération
Whose voice leads His denial Its own fact-check
His version He says he tried to put the fire out and calm tensions Not quoted
The video Not mentioned A longer clip "shows he prevented damage"
The accusers "His opponents", unnamed "The far right", no person named
Verdict Both sides attributed Stated in its own voice

The wider protest. Le Figaro says the protest is "gaining ground" this week and maps the schools affected. HotNews.ro quotes pupils: "Are we pupils or prisoners?" It gives their grievances as timetables and class sizes.

What is not settled. - Only Libération reports the longer video. We have not seen it, and no other report we hold describes it. - We hold only the opening lines of Libération's report. - No report names who called his part "irresponsible". - No report gives a count of blockaded schools.

What this is about. A left-wing mayor near Paris is accused of cheering on disorder at a pupils' protest. Two national papers read the evidence differently.

How it got here. French secondary-school pupils have a long habit of the blocus. They stack bins and barriers across a lycée's gates to keep classes from starting. Blockades have come with most large protest movements in France for decades, from pension reforms to university-entry reforms. This round began last week, HotNews.ro reports, over timetables, class sizes and school conditions. On Tuesday it fell on a day of national strikes called by the unions, and Le Figaro reports it spreading. Then a bin burned at a blockade in Saint-Denis, and a clip showed the town's mayor standing near it. A protest story became a political one.

Who is involved. Saint-Denis is a suburban town just north of Paris, in the Seine-Saint-Denis département. Its mayor, Bally Bagayoko, belongs to La France insoumise (LFI). LFI is the left party founded by Jean-Luc Mélenchon, and in the European Parliament it sits with The Left. Le Figaro reports that LFI has come to his defence. Libération says the clip was spread by Europe 1, a national radio station, and by Frontières. Le Figaro says his opponents call his part in the blockades "irresponsible", but it does not name them.

What is at stake. The question is whether an elected official helped calm a protest or egged it on. A French mayor holds police powers in the town and has a duty to keep order there.

Where it stands. Bagayoko denies lighting or cheering the fire. Libération says a longer video backs him. No other report we hold describes that video.

What is being argued about

  • Did the Saint-Denis mayor stoke the fire or try to put it out?
  • Who spread the short clip, and who are the accusers?
  • Why pupils are blockading their schools
  • How far the blockades have spread
One clip, two readingsSide by side
OutletWhat it saidAttributed or asserted?
Le Figaro"Le maire de Saint-Denis affirme avoir cherché à éteindre un feu de poubelle et à apaiser les tensions."Attributed to the mayor
Le Figaro"Ses opposants jugent toutefois sa participation aux blocages «irresponsable»."Attributed, but the opponents are not named
Libération"Une séquence plus longue récupérée par «CheckNews» montre qu'il a empêché des dégradations."Asserted in the paper's own voice
Libération"met à mal la version de l'extrême droite"Accusers labelled as a bloc; no person or party named
Measured from the published text of each report. Not a rating of either paper.
Sources Le Figaro
Centre-right estimate · not a score
Le Figaro 🇫🇷FR · newspaper · independent Blocus des lycées : Bally Bagayoko dément avoir allumé un feu de poubelle, LFI monte au créneau Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Le Figaro → What we have measured Asserted, not attributed the capture of the strait and a "lightning offensive" are stated flat, with no source and no date ×1Asserted vs attributed The mayor's account and his opponents' charge are both attributed. ×1Asserted vs attributed The capture of the strait is stated flat, as settled background to a different story, with no source and no date for the claim. ×1Attacker identified by nationality in the headline ×1 from 7685 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → L Libération
Left estimate · not a score
Libération 🇫🇷FR · digital · Bally Bagayoko et la poubelle en feu : «CheckNews» a retrouvé une vidéo qui met à mal la version de l’extrême droite Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Libération → What we have measured Accuracy of office Calls him mayor of the département, not the town. ×1Actor label The Houthis are called 'rebels' in the report's own voice. ×1Admission and denial split Separates what the MEP admits (removing the flag) from what she denies (trampling it). ×1Affiliation named links her to a French channel ×1 from 4074 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times →
How 29 September was reportedTimeline
  1. 2026-09-29— no time published Pupils and unions Lycée blockades across France on a day of national union strikesHotNews.ro
  2. 2026-09-2911:11 publication time, UTC Libération Says a longer video shows Bagayoko preventing damageundoes "the far right's version", it says
  3. 2026-09-2912:06 publication time, UTC HotNews.ro Reports violent clashes between pupils and police; quotes pupils"Are we pupils or prisoners?"
  4. 2026-09-2912:37 publication time, UTC Bally Bagayoko, via Le Figaro Denies lighting the fire; says he tried to put it outopponents call his part "irresponsible"
  5. 2026-09-2912:38 publication time, UTC Le Figaro Maps the lycées affected; says the protest is gaining groundno count given
Times are publication times in UTC. No report gives the time of the fire itself.
Sources L Libération
Left estimate · not a score
Libération 🇫🇷FR · digital · Bally Bagayoko et la poubelle en feu : «CheckNews» a retrouvé une vidéo qui met à mal la version de l’extrême droite Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Libération → What we have measured Accuracy of office Calls him mayor of the département, not the town. ×1Actor label The Houthis are called 'rebels' in the report's own voice. ×1Admission and denial split Separates what the MEP admits (removing the flag) from what she denies (trampling it). ×1Affiliation named links her to a French channel ×1 from 4074 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → HotNews.ro
Centre estimate · not a score
HotNews.ro 🇷🇴RO · digital · independent Ciocniri violente între elevi și poliție în Franța: „Mai multe ore de curs decât de somn” / „Suntem elevi sau arestați?” Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at HotNews.ro → What we have measured Accusation unanswered AUR's claim of a plan agreed between the president and PSD runs in the headline and lede. No reply from the president is carried. ×1Actor named Names the blocs that refuse any exemption ×1Anonymous sourcing The jamming device found in his car rests on unnamed judicial sources, relayed through a news agency. ×1Asserted not attributed the outcome is declared settled before voting opens ×1 from 4469 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Le Figaro
Centre-right estimate · not a score
Le Figaro 🇫🇷FR · newspaper · independent Blocus des lycées : Bally Bagayoko dément avoir allumé un feu de poubelle, LFI monte au créneau Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Le Figaro → What we have measured Asserted, not attributed the capture of the strait and a "lightning offensive" are stated flat, with no source and no date ×1Asserted vs attributed The mayor's account and his opponents' charge are both attributed. ×1Asserted vs attributed The capture of the strait is stated flat, as settled background to a different story, with no source and no date for the claim. ×1Attacker identified by nationality in the headline ×1 from 7685 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Le Figaro
Centre-right estimate · not a score
Le Figaro 🇫🇷FR · newspaper · independent Blocage des lycées : la carte des établissements concernés Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Le Figaro → What we have measured Asserted, not attributed the capture of the strait and a "lightning offensive" are stated flat, with no source and no date ×1Asserted vs attributed The mayor's account and his opponents' charge are both attributed. ×1Asserted vs attributed The capture of the strait is stated flat, as settled background to a different story, with no source and no date for the claim. ×1Attacker identified by nationality in the headline ×1 from 7685 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times →
The bias in this coverageBias

Two of four reports mention the mayor at all

Two reports cover the protests without the bin fire. Of the two that cover it, one sets his denial against unnamed opponents. The other gives a verdict in his favour and labels his accusers.

2 reports mentioning the mayor 1 reports naming his accusers 1 reports stating a verdict on the video 2 reports covering the wider protests
Scored without the mastheads. Where the two passes differ, both are kept.
Sources Le Figaro
Centre-right estimate · not a score
Le Figaro 🇫🇷FR · newspaper · independent Blocus des lycées : Bally Bagayoko dément avoir allumé un feu de poubelle, LFI monte au créneau Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Le Figaro → What we have measured Asserted, not attributed the capture of the strait and a "lightning offensive" are stated flat, with no source and no date ×1Asserted vs attributed The mayor's account and his opponents' charge are both attributed. ×1Asserted vs attributed The capture of the strait is stated flat, as settled background to a different story, with no source and no date for the claim. ×1Attacker identified by nationality in the headline ×1 from 7685 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → L Libération
Left estimate · not a score
Libération 🇫🇷FR · digital · Bally Bagayoko et la poubelle en feu : «CheckNews» a retrouvé une vidéo qui met à mal la version de l’extrême droite Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Libération → What we have measured Accuracy of office Calls him mayor of the département, not the town. ×1Actor label The Houthis are called 'rebels' in the report's own voice. ×1Admission and denial split Separates what the MEP admits (removing the flag) from what she denies (trampling it). ×1Affiliation named links her to a French channel ×1 from 4074 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Le Figaro
Centre-right estimate · not a score
Le Figaro 🇫🇷FR · newspaper · independent Blocage des lycées : la carte des établissements concernés Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Le Figaro → What we have measured Asserted, not attributed the capture of the strait and a "lightning offensive" are stated flat, with no source and no date ×1Asserted vs attributed The mayor's account and his opponents' charge are both attributed. ×1Asserted vs attributed The capture of the strait is stated flat, as settled background to a different story, with no source and no date for the claim. ×1Attacker identified by nationality in the headline ×1 from 7685 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → HotNews.ro
Centre estimate · not a score
HotNews.ro 🇷🇴RO · digital · independent Ciocniri violente între elevi și poliție în Franța: „Mai multe ore de curs decât de somn” / „Suntem elevi sau arestați?” Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at HotNews.ro → What we have measured Accusation unanswered AUR's claim of a plan agreed between the president and PSD runs in the headline and lede. No reply from the president is carried. ×1Actor named Names the blocs that refuse any exemption ×1Anonymous sourcing The jamming device found in his car rests on unnamed judicial sources, relayed through a news agency. ×1Asserted not attributed the outcome is declared settled before voting opens ×1 from 4469 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times →

Claims and verdicts

disputed Saint-Denis mayor Bally Bagayoko celebrated disorder around a burning bin during a school blockade.
Libération says the accusation came from a clip shared by Europe 1 and Frontières, and says a longer video found by its fact-checking team CheckNews shows him preventing damage. Le Figaro reports that Bagayoko denies it and says he tried to put out the fire, while his opponents call his presence irresponsible.
Checked against 2 sources:
L Libération
Left estimate · not a score
Libération 🇫🇷FR · digital · Bally Bagayoko et la poubelle en feu : «CheckNews» a retrouvé une vidéo qui met à mal la version de l’extrême droite Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Libération → What we have measured Accuracy of office Calls him mayor of the département, not the town. ×1Actor label The Houthis are called 'rebels' in the report's own voice. ×1Admission and denial split Separates what the MEP admits (removing the flag) from what she denies (trampling it). ×1Affiliation named links her to a French channel ×1 from 4074 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Le Figaro
Centre-right estimate · not a score
Le Figaro 🇫🇷FR · newspaper · independent Blocus des lycées : Bally Bagayoko dément avoir allumé un feu de poubelle, LFI monte au créneau Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Le Figaro → What we have measured Asserted, not attributed the capture of the strait and a "lightning offensive" are stated flat, with no source and no date ×1Asserted vs attributed The mayor's account and his opponents' charge are both attributed. ×1Asserted vs attributed The capture of the strait is stated flat, as settled background to a different story, with no source and no date for the claim. ×1Attacker identified by nationality in the headline ×1 from 7685 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times →
unverified A longer video shows Bagayoko preventing damage.
Only Libération's CheckNews reports this video. Le Figaro carries Bagayoko's own account, that he tried to put out the fire and calm tensions, but does not mention the video.
Checked against 2 sources:
L Libération
Left estimate · not a score
Libération 🇫🇷FR · digital · Bally Bagayoko et la poubelle en feu : «CheckNews» a retrouvé une vidéo qui met à mal la version de l’extrême droite Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Libération → What we have measured Accuracy of office Calls him mayor of the département, not the town. ×1Actor label The Houthis are called 'rebels' in the report's own voice. ×1Admission and denial split Separates what the MEP admits (removing the flag) from what she denies (trampling it). ×1Affiliation named links her to a French channel ×1 from 4074 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Le Figaro
Centre-right estimate · not a score
Le Figaro 🇫🇷FR · newspaper · independent Blocus des lycées : Bally Bagayoko dément avoir allumé un feu de poubelle, LFI monte au créneau Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Le Figaro → What we have measured Asserted, not attributed the capture of the strait and a "lightning offensive" are stated flat, with no source and no date ×1Asserted vs attributed The mayor's account and his opponents' charge are both attributed. ×1Asserted vs attributed The capture of the strait is stated flat, as settled background to a different story, with no source and no date for the claim. ×1Attacker identified by nationality in the headline ×1 from 7685 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times →
true High-school blockades in France, running since last week, spread at the start of this week.
Le Figaro reports the student protests 'gaining ground' at the start of the week, and HotNews.ro reports new protests in Paris and across France after a week of action outside schools. Neither gives a count of schools.
Checked against 2 sources:
Le Figaro
Centre-right estimate · not a score
Le Figaro 🇫🇷FR · newspaper · independent Blocage des lycées : la carte des établissements concernés Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Le Figaro → What we have measured Asserted, not attributed the capture of the strait and a "lightning offensive" are stated flat, with no source and no date ×1Asserted vs attributed The mayor's account and his opponents' charge are both attributed. ×1Asserted vs attributed The capture of the strait is stated flat, as settled background to a different story, with no source and no date for the claim. ×1Attacker identified by nationality in the headline ×1 from 7685 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → HotNews.ro
Centre estimate · not a score
HotNews.ro 🇷🇴RO · digital · independent Ciocniri violente între elevi și poliție în Franța: „Mai multe ore de curs decât de somn” / „Suntem elevi sau arestați?” Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at HotNews.ro → What we have measured Accusation unanswered AUR's claim of a plan agreed between the president and PSD runs in the headline and lede. No reply from the president is carried. ×1Actor named Names the blocs that refuse any exemption ×1Anonymous sourcing The jamming device found in his car rests on unnamed judicial sources, relayed through a news agency. ×1Asserted not attributed the outcome is declared settled before voting opens ×1 from 4469 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times →

Who wrote it

H Horia Mustafa Douine Le Figaro
No independent reading has coded a report under this byline yet. We do not infer a journalist's views from the outlet that employs them.
Claims we checked that rest on their reporting
1 true
From 18 reports we hold under this byline, at Le Figaro. Two independent readings, each made without the masthead, a quote attached to every tag. A record, never a rating. Their full record →
S Solène Vary Le Figaro
What the bias passes found in their reporting
Asserted vs attributed The mayor's account and his opponents' charge are both attributed.×1
Unnamed critics The critics are left unnamed, and the report does not say who calls his part 'irresponsible'.×1
Whose voice leads His denial leads the headline, with his party's defence beside it.×1
Claims we checked that rest on their reporting
1 disputed1 unverified
From 33 reports we hold under this byline, at Le Figaro. Two independent readings, each made without the masthead, a quote attached to every tag. A record, never a rating. Their full record →
C Cristina Stoian HotNews.ro
What the bias passes found in their reporting
Asserted vs attributed The near-miss is put in the Norwegian prime minister's mouth and kept inside quotation marks×1
Hedged or stated the drone's origin is doubly hedged and sourced to an unnamed source×1
Lead chosen the report leads with memes, not the vote×1
Loaded word Kyiv's statement is called threats; Moscow's is called a reply×1
Claims we checked that rest on their reporting
1 disputed3 unverified4 true
From 175 reports we hold under this byline, at HotNews.ro. Two independent readings, each made without the masthead, a quote attached to every tag. A record, never a rating. Their full record →
J Jacques Pezet Libération
What the bias passes found in their reporting
Accuracy of office Calls him mayor of the département, not the town.×1
Admission and denial split Separates what the MEP admits (removing the flag) from what she denies (trampling it).×1
Asserted vs attributed States flat that the longer video shows the mayor preventing damage. The accusers are grouped as 'the far right', and no person or party is named.×1
Asserted vs attributed States as fact that the longer video shows him preventing damage.×1
Claims we checked that rest on their reporting
3 disputed2 unverified2 true
From 27 reports we hold under this byline, at Libération. Two independent readings, each made without the masthead, a quote attached to every tag. A record, never a rating. Their full record →
The bylines on the reports this story is built from. Hover one for what our passes have measured on their reporting.

Coverage, outlet by outlet

Le Figaro
Centre-right estimate · not a score
Le Figaro 🇫🇷FR · newspaper · independent Blocage des lycées : la carte des établissements concernés Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Le Figaro → What we have measured Asserted, not attributed the capture of the strait and a "lightning offensive" are stated flat, with no source and no date ×1Asserted vs attributed The mayor's account and his opponents' charge are both attributed. ×1Asserted vs attributed The capture of the strait is stated flat, as settled background to a different story, with no source and no date for the claim. ×1Attacker identified by nationality in the headline ×1 from 7685 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → — independent
Maps the lycées affected and says the protest is gaining ground this week. Gives no count.
Réservé aux abonnés Blocage des lycées : la carte des établissements concernés Par Horia Mustafa Douine Publié le 29/09/2026 à 14h38 Suivre Suivre Le Figaro sur : Google (ouvre un nouvel onglet) Google Discover (ouvre un nouvel onglet) Google News (ouvre un nouvel onglet) Sujets Manifestation Education Lycée Lire dans l’app Sauvegarder Fermer Sauvegarder un article Pour sauvegarder un article vous devez être connecté, vous pourrez ainsi les consulter sur tous vos appareils. Créer un compte Se connecter Copier le lien Lien copié Mail Facebook X Linkedin Messenger WhatsApp Pancarte devant l’entr
Read it at Le Figaro → https://www.lefigaro.fr/actualite-france/blocage-des-lycees-la-carte-de…
Le Figaro
Centre-right estimate · not a score
Le Figaro 🇫🇷FR · newspaper · independent Blocus des lycées : Bally Bagayoko dément avoir allumé un feu de poubelle, LFI monte au créneau Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Le Figaro → What we have measured Asserted, not attributed the capture of the strait and a "lightning offensive" are stated flat, with no source and no date ×1Asserted vs attributed The mayor's account and his opponents' charge are both attributed. ×1Asserted vs attributed The capture of the strait is stated flat, as settled background to a different story, with no source and no date for the claim. ×1Attacker identified by nationality in the headline ×1 from 7685 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → — independent
Carries Bagayoko's own account: he tried to put out the fire and calm tensions. Also carries his unnamed opponents' word, "irresponsible".
Devant une poubelle en flammes, Bally Bagayoko sourit et danse, harangué par une trentaine de jeunes, dont certains hurlent son prénom dans des haut-parleurs. La vidéo, tournée lundi 28 septembre devant le lycée Paul-Éluard de Saint-Denis en marge du mouvement national de protestation des lycéens, et publiée par Europe 1, a rapidement fait le tour des réseaux sociaux. D’autres extraits, montrant l’édile (La France insoumise) porté par une foule exaltée, ont également circulé. Interrogé lundi par les journalistes au milieu de la jeunesse dionysienne, Bally Bagayoko avait également affirmé que l
Whose voice leads: His denial leads the headline, with his party's defence beside it. — “Bally Bagayoko dément avoir allumé un feu de poubelle, LFI monte au créneau”
Unnamed critics: The critics are left unnamed, and the report does not say who calls his part 'irresponsible'. — “Ses opposants jugent toutefois sa participation aux blocages «irresponsable».”
Asserted vs attributed: The mayor's account and his opponents' charge are both attributed. — “Le maire de Saint-Denis affirme avoir cherché à éteindre un feu de poubelle”
Read it at Le Figaro → https://www.lefigaro.fr/politique/blocus-des-lycees-bally-bagayoko-deme…
HotNews.ro
Centre estimate · not a score
HotNews.ro 🇷🇴RO · digital · independent Ciocniri violente între elevi și poliție în Franța: „Mai multe ore de curs decât de somn” / „Suntem elevi sau arestați?” Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at HotNews.ro → What we have measured Accusation unanswered AUR's claim of a plan agreed between the president and PSD runs in the headline and lede. No reply from the president is carried. ×1Actor named Names the blocs that refuse any exemption ×1Anonymous sourcing The jamming device found in his car rests on unnamed judicial sources, relayed through a news agency. ×1Asserted not attributed the outcome is declared settled before voting opens ×1 from 4469 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → — independent
The only report that quotes pupils and lists their grievances: timetables and class sizes.
Protest al liceenilor 29 septembrie 2026 în Franța. Credit line: Jeremy/ABACA / Shutterstock Editorial / Profimedia Foto Actualitate Ciocniri violente între elevi și poliție în Franța: „Mai multe ore de curs decât de somn” / „Suntem elevi sau arestați?” Cristina Stoian Publicat 29.09.2026 15:06 · Actualizat 29.09.2026 15:27 Adaugă-ne ca sursă preferată în Google Urmărește-ne în Google Discover Liceenii francezi au organizat marți noi proteste în Paris și în țară pentru a cere condiții mai bune în școli. Acțiunile lor au coincis cu o zi de greve naționale organizate de sindicate. Elevii de lice
Whose voice is quoted: Quotes the pupils themselves and names both pupils and police as parties to the clashes. — “„Suntem elevi sau arestați?””
Read it at HotNews.ro → https://hotnews.ro/ciocniri-violente-intre-elevi-si-politie-in-franta-p…
L Libération
Left estimate · not a score
Libération 🇫🇷FR · digital · Bally Bagayoko et la poubelle en feu : «CheckNews» a retrouvé une vidéo qui met à mal la version de l’extrême droite Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Libération → What we have measured Accuracy of office Calls him mayor of the département, not the town. ×1Actor label The Houthis are called 'rebels' in the report's own voice. ×1Admission and denial split Separates what the MEP admits (removing the flag) from what she denies (trampling it). ×1Affiliation named links her to a French channel ×1 from 4074 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → —
The only report on a longer video, which it says shows him preventing damage. Names Europe 1 and Frontières as the source of the short clip.
Une vidéo relayée par Europe 1 et «Frontières» a conduit le maire de Seine-Saint-Denis à être accusé de «célébrer [les débordements] autour d’une poubelle en feu». Une séquence plus longue récupérée par «CheckNews» montre qu’il a empêché des dégradations.
Label of record: Labels the accusers by ideology in the report's own voice. — “met à mal la version de l’extrême droite”
Asserted vs attributed: States as fact that the longer video shows him preventing damage. — “montre qu’il a empêché des dégradations”
Accuracy of office: Calls him mayor of the département, not the town. — “le maire de Seine-Saint-Denis”
Asserted vs attributed: States flat that the longer video shows the mayor preventing damage. The accusers are grouped as 'the far right', and no person or party is named. — “montre qu’il a empêché des dégradations”
Label of record: Labels the accusers as a bloc and names only the two media outlets that spread the clip. — “met à mal la version de l’extrême droite”
Read it at Libération → https://www.liberation.fr/checknews/bally-bagayoko-et-la-poubelle-en-fe…
Checked, didn’t cover
D De Telegraaf
Centre-right estimate · not a score
De Telegraaf 🇳🇱NL · newspaper · independent No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Accused named the accused is named and aged, and his not-guilty plea is carried ×1Accused's voice carries the not-guilty plea and names the accused ×1Actor named Authorities named as the ones who made the arrests ×1Asserted vs attributed 'blackmail' stated flat, with no source and no named state that applied it ×1 from 10020 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → P Público
Centre-left estimate · not a score
Público 🇵🇹PT · newspaper · independent No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Anyone hurt The only report carrying casualties gives a count and no names ×1Asserted or attributed the Saudi account arrives as a confirmation, not a claim ×1Casualties stated flat, unnamed the same two deaths are stated without source and without who killed them ×1Flat context The same Iran link is stated flat, with no source ×1 from 3295 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → D De Standaard
Centre estimate · not a score
De Standaard 🇧🇪BE · newspaper · independent No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Actor named Russia is named as acting on the bridge, in active voice ×1Asserted vs attributed states sabotage flat, with no source ×1Asserted vs attributed states flat, with no source, that the officers were wrong to suspect him ×1Attribution The whole arrest is sourced second-hand to other media. ×1 from 4325 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Deník N
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Deník N 🇨🇿CZ · newspaper · independent No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Actor named The headline names speculators as the actors who evicted a grandmother, stated flat. ×1Asserted, and a government judged A wave of Russian state terrorism is stated as fact and Germany is rated on its response; the piece is labelled a comment ×1Asserted, not attributed Washington's refusal and its reasoning stated flat, with no source ×1Assessment stated flat Says in its own voice, with no source, that Russian air defence worked well. ×1 from 1266 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → El Mundo
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El Mundo 🇪🇸ES · newspaper · independent No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Actor named The dispute is between named Spanish officials over who was warned. There is no figure of Moroccan personnel. ×1Actor named The dispute is between named officials, and the report carries no figure. ×1Asserted, not attributed defiance of a named president is stated flat as what the meeting was ×1Asserted not attributed States Moscow's own reason, retaliation, as fact ×1 from 4700 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Brussels Signal
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Brussels Signal 🇧🇪BE · digital · independent No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Asserted vs attributed cause and effect on services asserted in the reporter's voice, no figure attached ×1Asserted vs attributed States record diesel prices flat, with no source; another report says there is no shortage ×1Asserted vs attributed The figure of 72 is stated flat, with no named source or document. The report's own inference is 'significant infiltration'. ×1Asserted vs attributed record diesel prices stated flat, with no figure and no source ×1 from 674 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Dagens Nyheter
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Dagens Nyheter 🇸🇪SE · newspaper · independent No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Accused label flat accused is labelled far-right without attribution, and not named ×1Affected counted Only report to count the residents affected ×1Asserted or attributed the majority stated flat, with nobody credited for the count ×1Asserted or attributed the demand is written as the report's own flat sentence before it is attributed to anyone ×1 from 3487 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Efimerida ton Syntakton
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Efimerida ton Syntakton 🇬🇷GR · newspaper · independent No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Adjective without figure Calls the war bloody but gives no count ×1Anyone hurt named the only report we hold that names one of the dead ×1Anyone hurt named the only report we hold that names a person who died ×1Asserted not attributed Calls the move 'unprecedented' in its own voice ×1 from 8180 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Der Standard
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Der Standard 🇦🇹AT · newspaper · independent No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Actor named NATO is named as acting; it 'foiled' the manoeuvre ×1Actor named dead uncounted The US is named as the attacker and stated flat, but the dead schoolchildren are neither counted nor named ×1Actors left unnamed the three requesting states are counted, never named ×1Aim attributed and quoted the stated aim is in quotation marks and marked as the service's account ×1 from 7330 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Observador
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Observador 🇵🇹PT · digital · independent No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Accusation attributed The fuel retailers' charge is attributed, 'accuses'. No government response is carried. ×1Affected person unnamed the woman is not named, and no cause of the eviction is given ×1Analyst verdict as headline one commentator's judgement on European mood is the headline ×1Asserted or attributed the charge against two foreign states is carried as the prime minister's view, not the report's ×1 from 9741 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Welt
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Welt 🇩🇪DE · newspaper · independent No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Actor named The protests named as the cause of both the arrests and the injuries ×1Actor unnamed The party figure calling for a confidence vote is given only by title. ×1Age band without a share the winner's strength among the youngest voters is claimed with no percentage ×1Asserted flat The 'existential crisis' is stated as fact, not attributed to anyone. ×1 from 7442 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Frankfurter Allgemeine
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Frankfurter Allgemeine 🇩🇪DE · newspaper · independent No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Actor label The Houthis are called a militia and are cast only as the threat ships need protecting from. ×1With no actor named critics 'After criticism', with no one named as the critic. ×1Anyone hurt counted gives an injury figure, attributed to the ministry, but does not say who was hurt or by whom ×1Asserted flat the report judges the offer vague in its own voice, unattributed ×1 from 8701 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Rzeczpospolita
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Rzeczpospolita 🇵🇱PL · newspaper · independent No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Accountability The only report to say prosecutors are investigating ×1Asserted not attributed Hungary's need for more time is stated as fact, not as the government's claim ×1Claim asserted flat says EU law has never known such an offer, with no lawyer, official or text cited ×1Correction carried the correction is in the lede, attributed to Lithuania ×1 from 5701 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Magyar Nemzet
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Magyar Nemzet 🇭🇺HU · newspaper · party-aligned No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Accusers named as participants The headline names two current accusers as having taken part in the concession. ×1Aside aimed at one figure the handover is framed as reading homework for the opposition leader who asked for it ×1Asserted, not attributed The motive is stated in the report's own voice, hedged only by a rhetorical formula rather than by a source. ×1Asserted not attributed a contested motive is the entire lede, with no source for it ×1 from 2932 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Politico Europe
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Politico Europe 🇧🇪BE · digital · independent No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Actor named vaguely The opponents are 'other capitals', with no country named ×1With no actor named accusation The coup accusation is in the passive; the accuser is not named ×1Asserted vs attributed The contradiction is stated as fact by the report, sourced only to unspecified official notes ×1Asserted vs attributed the stall stated flat in the headline, with Athens named as the actor that rejected ×1 from 1192 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → iDNES.cz / MF DNES
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iDNES.cz / MF DNES 🇨🇿CZ · newspaper · independent No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Asserted vs attributed The cause and the forecast are both attributed to the bank's own statement ×1Asserted vs attributed The headline attributes the charge that Putin ordered the rules of war dropped to Zelensky ×1Attributed The facts are attributed to the Polish army in the lead sentence ×1Attributed the bridge damage is sourced to Kyiv's mayor on Telegram ×1 from 4739 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → NOS
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NOS 🇳🇱NL · public broadcaster · public-service No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Actor label The backers are labelled politically; the opponents, all other major parties, get no label ×1Actor named Names the Supreme Court as the court that withdrew the warrant. ×1Actor named and attributed Construction workers are named as having damaged a cable by accident, and the report attributes this to the aviation regulator. ×1Actor named, in passive Israeli airstrikes are named as what destroyed the building, but the sentence puts the building first ×1 from 2340 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Svenska Dagbladet
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Svenska Dagbladet 🇸🇪SE · newspaper · independent No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Attributed context The Iran link is hedged and credited to another newspaper ×1Hedged context Base's use for strikes on Iran is hedged and attributed to another paper ×1Hedged or flat a directional claim about the race stated flat, with no poll figure behind it ×1Loss stated flat, size not given a large loss asserted with no figure, and a coalition demand named in the same line ×1 from 3297 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Gazeta Wyborcza
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Gazeta Wyborcza 🇵🇱PL · newspaper · independent No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Actor named Russia is named as acting against the bridge, in active voice ×1Asserted cause Voters' reason for backing the AfD is stated flat as a fact about the mainstream parties. ×1Asserted, not attributed the three-year gain is stated as what the deal would have secured, with no source ×1Asserted versus attributed the link between the pardons and the US talks is stated flat in the headline ×1 from 1246 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times →
Silence is recorded, not inferred — each of these was read when we built this story and carried nothing on this event.
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ABC
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ABC 🇪🇸ES · newspaper · independent No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Figure chosen 80,000, stated flat and unsourced; every other report we hold says about 70,000 ×1Figure chosen 80,000 crossed, stated flat, no source for the number ×1How hard the claim is stated Calls it an invasion in the outlet's own voice, unattributed, inside a sentence about the judge. ×1Which figure is used same two days, no figure at all: thousands ×1 from 225 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Corriere della Sera
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Corriere della Sera 🇮🇹IT · newspaper · independent No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Nothing scored yet. We do not carry a rating for any outlet — only what we have measured from published text. Outlet profile in The AI Times → Kathimerini
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Kathimerini 🇬🇷GR · newspaper · independent No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Anyone hurt counted, not named the same first witness, identified by his job and as one of 57 ×1What is counted the only report that counts how many defendants actually turned up ×1Whose voice is quoted the only defendant's words we hold, three words, unrebutted and unexplained ×1Word for the event rail accident, and without the article, further loosening it from the case ×1 from 115 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Digi24
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Digi24 🇷🇴RO · TV/radio · independent No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured A judgement of the Union quoted in the headline the premier's verdict on the Union printed as the headline claim ×1Asserted vs attributed states flat, with no source, that the attackers were separate from the shepherds ×1Asserted vs attributed States flat that the document is fake; another report sources this to the Order's ambassador ×1Attributed, not asserted Russia's account of where the strike happened is given to the Kremlin, with the news agency chain named ×1 from 5389 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Le Soir
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Le Soir 🇧🇪BE · newspaper · independent No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Nothing scored yet. We do not carry a rating for any outlet — only what we have measured from published text. Outlet profile in The AI Times → Die Presse
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Die Presse 🇦🇹AT · newspaper · independent No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Who is named as acting Calls the party right and its people the far right in the outlet's own voice; three reports use only its name. ×1 from 70 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Il Giornale
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Il Giornale 🇮🇹IT · newspaper · independent No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Nothing scored yet. We do not carry a rating for any outlet — only what we have measured from published text. Outlet profile in The AI Times → Euractiv
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Euractiv 🇧🇪BE · digital · independent No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Measure chosen the only report we hold that breaks the result down by voters' age ×1Measure chosen the only report we hold that publishes how the age groups split ×1Which figure is used about 80,000 stated flat and unsourced — an order of magnitude above every other figure we hold ×1Which figure is used Puts 80,000 across the border in two days with no source for the figure and nobody attributed for it. ×1 from 41 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Telex
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Telex 🇭🇺HU · digital · independent No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Actor framed as giving The headline makes the government the actor, and what it does is support drivers. ×1Actor named NATO is named as acting; it 'chased them off' ×1Adopted term Uses the government's own phrase 'targeted support' without quotation marks ×1Asserted vs attributed 'under cover of night' attributed to Mária Schmidt, with the ministry's 8pm set beside it ×1 from 3231 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Le Monde
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Le Monde 🇫🇷FR · newspaper · independent No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Anyone hurt named or counted the only death toll we hold; a round number, hedged, nobody named ×1Anyone hurt named or counted the only report we hold that gives a death toll; it counts, does not name ×1Who says the label flat in the headline, no source, no hedge ×1 from 42 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → El País
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El País 🇪🇸ES · newspaper · independent No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Figure chosen more than 70,000 crossed, the higher figure not mentioned ×1Word for the event invasion, in quote marks and put in a party leader's mouth ×1Word for the event, attributed same word, but in quotation marks and inside a politician's accusation ×1 from 144 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → la Repubblica
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la Repubblica 🇮🇹IT · newspaper · independent No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Nothing scored yet. We do not carry a rating for any outlet — only what we have measured from published text. Outlet profile in The AI Times → Süddeutsche Zeitung
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Süddeutsche Zeitung 🇩🇪DE · newspaper · independent No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Hedged or stated states flat that police do not know whether the person seen is the man they want ×1Suspect identified how age and home town only, and the sabotage is what police attribute, not what the report asserts ×1 from 257 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times →
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