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Cornell rape case: the Examiner leads with a call for Letitia James to step aside, Breitbart calls it 'a Democrat problem', The Hill leads with her words, 'felt like bait'

New York's attorney general is now special prosecutor in a woman's claim that seven Cornell fraternity members raped her in 2024. A lawyer for one of the accused wants the attorney general off the case. Six outlets each lead with something different.

My Rape, the Cornell Case—and Why We Need Better Approaches to Teaching How Consent Works
My Rape, the Cornell Case—and Why We Need Better Approaches to Teaching How Consent Works as published by The Nation · seen at The Nation
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What happened. Governor Kathy Hochul named Attorney General Letitia James special prosecutor last week, the Washington Examiner reports. The county district attorney had declined to charge in 2024, Fox News and the Examiner say. A woman known as Jane Doe sued on 16 September, alleging seven Chi Phi members drugged and raped her in October 2024.

Six outlets, six openings.

Outlet Leads with Word for the event
Washington Examiner defence lawyer's call for James to recuse "alleged gang rape"
Fox News campus drug arrest "hours before" "alleged gang rape"
Washington Post students who "vandalized" offices "rape allegations"
The Hill her words: "felt like bait" "alleged gang rape"
The Nation a writer's own rape and consent "the Cornell case"
Breitbart "a Democrat Problem" "gang rape scandal"

The recusal fight. Andrew Miltenberg, for one accused man, told the Examiner that James's 28 September post could be read "as accepting that the alleged conduct occurred". Jeremy Saland, for another, told Fox that conclusions must not come "from statements made before the evidence has been reviewed". James said: "I will not comment on a Facebook post."

Her first statement. The district attorney says it called the conduct "voluntary, conscious, and consensual", Fox reports. A later transcript, per CBS New York via Fox, has her say: "I can say with 100% confidence I was raped."

Not settled. Whether James stays on. Whether anyone is charged. Whether the drug arrest links to Chi Phi: the log does not say, Fox notes.

What this is about. A woman says seven members of a fraternity at Cornell University raped her at a party in October 2024. No criminal case was brought. The case is now under investigation again, and who should run that investigation is itself disputed.

How it got here. Cornell is a private Ivy League university in Ithaca, in Tompkins County, upstate New York. In the US, a sexual assault reported on campus can run on two tracks at once: the university's own disciplinary process, and a criminal case brought by the local elected district attorney.

Fox News reports that she went to campus police on 8 November 2024, the same day the fraternity, Chi Phi, was suspended. The Tompkins County district attorney, Matthew Van Houten, did not prosecute. On 16 September 2026 she filed a civil lawsuit in New York, the Washington Examiner reports. The district attorney then reopened the case. Last week Governor Kathy Hochul, a Democrat, replaced him with the state attorney general, questioning his "ability to effectively investigate and prosecute the case at this time", the Examiner reports.

The actors. - Jane Doe, 20 according to the Examiner, who chose to sue anonymously. - The seven accused, former Chi Phi members. Lawyers for two of them have spoken publicly. - Letitia James, a Democrat and New York's elected attorney general since 2019. She investigated Donald Trump's business, and the President has attacked her appointment to this case. - Governor Hochul, who chose to move the case to James. - Cornell, whose handling of the complaint students are protesting.

What is at stake. For the accused, a criminal charge or being cleared. For the woman, whether a prosecutor takes up a case that one prosecutor already declined. For James, whether her earlier public sympathy disqualifies her. For universities, how campus complaints and criminal cases fit together.

Where it stands. No one has been charged. James is in place as special prosecutor. One defence lawyer has asked her to step aside.

What is being argued about

  • Whether Letitia James should recuse herself over a post made before her appointment
  • Why the county district attorney declined to charge in 2024
  • Damage at Cornell's administration building, and what to call the people who did it
  • Whether the case is about consent, universities or party politics
From a fraternity party to a special prosecutorTimeline
  1. 2024-10-191:00 campus crime log, per Fox News Cornell police Drug arrest at the Chi Phi house. The log does not say whether the person was a member.Fox News
  2. 2024-10-1923:00 her account to investigators, per Fox News Jane Doe Says she was attacked at a Chi Phi party between 11 p.m. and 5:45 a.m. the next morning.Fox News
  3. 2024-11-08— no time published Jane Doe; Cornell She reports to campus police. Chi Phi is suspended the same day.Fox News
  4. 2024-11-14— no time published Jane Doe Two-day interview with investigators: 'I can say with 100% confidence I was raped,' per CBS New York.Fox News
  5. 2026-09-16— no time published Jane Doe Files a civil lawsuit naming seven Chi Phi students. 7 accusedWashington Examiner
  6. 2026-09-28— no time published Letitia James Posts: 'To her, and to all survivors: you're not alone.'Washington Examiner
  7. 2026-10-01— no time published Kathy Hochul Names James special prosecutor, replacing the county district attorney.Washington Examiner
  8. 2026-10-02— no time published Donald Trump Calls James a 'corrupt person'.Washington Examiner
  9. 2026-10-05— no time published Protesters Windows smashed and slogans painted at Day Hall, Cornell's administration building.Fox News
Dates as the reports give them. 'Last week' and 'Friday' are counted back from the reports' publication on 5 October.
Sources Fox News
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Fox News 🇺🇸US · TV/radio · independent Cornell campus police made drug arrest at Chi Phi fraternity house hours before alleged gang rape Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Fox News → What we have measured Accused named Names one former fraternity member through his lawyer's denial. The woman is anonymous by her own choice. ×1Actor in headline The headline names Trump as the one acting. The body names only Anduril. ×1A number, with no people named The only report that gives a figure counts the journalists whose communications were swept up. It names none of them. ×1Asserted, not attributed stated flat: past court defeats are asserted with no case, judge or date named ×1 from 6421 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Washington Examiner
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Washington Examiner 🇺🇸US · newspaper · independent Lawyer for student named in Cornell rape case calls for Letitia James to step down Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Washington Examiner → What we have measured Accusation printed unanswered a named candidate is accused of responsibility for murders, with no response carried ×1Accused named Names one accused student, citing the lawsuit; no other report we hold names any of the accused ×1Accused named Names each person charged and gives their nationality. None of the defendants is quoted. ×1Accused named Names one accused student from the civil filing and attributes the claim to the lawsuit ×1 from 3425 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times →
Who speaks, and in which outletSide by side
VoiceOutletWhat they said
Lawyer for one accused manWashington ExaminerJames's post 'could reasonably be understood as accepting that the alleged conduct occurred'
Lawyer for another accused manFox NewsConclusions must come 'from the evidence, not from statements made before the evidence has been reviewed'
District attorneyFox NewsHer sworn statement called it 'voluntary, conscious, and consensual'
Jane Doe, from recordsThe HillShe 'felt like bait'
Jane Doe's lawyerWashington Examiner'To politicize something like this is just wrong'
Letitia JamesWashington Examiner'I will not comment on a Facebook post'
Only the Washington Examiner and Fox News reports reached us in full. The Hill's reached us as a summary.
Sources Washington Examiner
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Washington Examiner 🇺🇸US · newspaper · independent Lawyer for student named in Cornell rape case calls for Letitia James to step down Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Washington Examiner → What we have measured Accusation printed unanswered a named candidate is accused of responsibility for murders, with no response carried ×1Accused named Names one accused student, citing the lawsuit; no other report we hold names any of the accused ×1Accused named Names each person charged and gives their nationality. None of the defendants is quoted. ×1Accused named Names one accused student from the civil filing and attributes the claim to the lawsuit ×1 from 3425 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Fox News
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Fox News 🇺🇸US · TV/radio · independent Cornell campus police made drug arrest at Chi Phi fraternity house hours before alleged gang rape Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Fox News → What we have measured Accused named Names one former fraternity member through his lawyer's denial. The woman is anonymous by her own choice. ×1Actor in headline The headline names Trump as the one acting. The body names only Anduril. ×1A number, with no people named The only report that gives a figure counts the journalists whose communications were swept up. It names none of them. ×1Asserted, not attributed stated flat: past court defeats are asserted with no case, judge or date named ×1 from 6421 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → The Hill
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The Hill 🇺🇸US · digital · independent Victim in alleged Cornell gang rape case said she ‘felt like bait’ Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at The Hill → What we have measured Accusation attributed the word lying is placed in a named politician's mouth, not the outlet's ×1Actor named No actor named for who kept reporters out ×1Actor named No actor named for who let reporters back in ×1Actor named Names the state as the one that carried out the execution. ×1 from 4303 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times →
The bias in this coverageBias

Who speaks for whom

Lawyers for two of the accused are quoted at length in two reports. The woman's own words appear in two reports, both taken from records rather than from an interview. Her lawyer appears in one report, answering the President.

2 reports quoting lawyers for the accused 2 reports quoting the woman's own words 1 reports quoting her lawyer

One night of damage, two names for the people who did it

One report calls them vandals; another calls them student activists. Both say windows were broken at the administration building. One opinion piece calls the case a Democratic problem.

1 reports calling the protesters vandals 1 reports calling them student activists
Scored without the mastheads. Where the two passes differ, both are kept.
Sources Washington Examiner
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Washington Examiner 🇺🇸US · newspaper · independent Lawyer for student named in Cornell rape case calls for Letitia James to step down Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Washington Examiner → What we have measured Accusation printed unanswered a named candidate is accused of responsibility for murders, with no response carried ×1Accused named Names one accused student, citing the lawsuit; no other report we hold names any of the accused ×1Accused named Names each person charged and gives their nationality. None of the defendants is quoted. ×1Accused named Names one accused student from the civil filing and attributes the claim to the lawsuit ×1 from 3425 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → The Hill
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The Hill 🇺🇸US · digital · independent Victim in alleged Cornell gang rape case said she ‘felt like bait’ Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at The Hill → What we have measured Accusation attributed the word lying is placed in a named politician's mouth, not the outlet's ×1Actor named No actor named for who kept reporters out ×1Actor named No actor named for who let reporters back in ×1Actor named Names the state as the one that carried out the execution. ×1 from 4303 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → The Hill
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The Hill 🇺🇸US · digital · independent Teach our sons that the only cause of rape is a rapist Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at The Hill → What we have measured Accusation attributed the word lying is placed in a named politician's mouth, not the outlet's ×1Actor named No actor named for who kept reporters out ×1Actor named No actor named for who let reporters back in ×1Actor named Names the state as the one that carried out the execution. ×1 from 4303 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Fox News
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Fox News 🇺🇸US · TV/radio · independent Cornell campus police made drug arrest at Chi Phi fraternity house hours before alleged gang rape Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Fox News → What we have measured Accused named Names one former fraternity member through his lawyer's denial. The woman is anonymous by her own choice. ×1Actor in headline The headline names Trump as the one acting. The body names only Anduril. ×1A number, with no people named The only report that gives a figure counts the journalists whose communications were swept up. It names none of them. ×1Asserted, not attributed stated flat: past court defeats are asserted with no case, judge or date named ×1 from 6421 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → T The Washington Post
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The Washington Post 🇺🇸US · newspaper · independent Cornell University protests escalate with spray paint and broken glass Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at The Washington Post → What we have measured Accused's denial carried the only report carrying the Marine's side ×1Actor named via accusation the administration is named as acting, through the ranchers' charge; the price rise is stated flat ×1Asserted, not attributed a shift of power to Iran stated flat in the headline ×1Asserted or attributed the headline states as data what the body shows the chair selecting in a speech ×1 from 1237 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → T The Washington Post
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The Washington Post 🇺🇸US · newspaper · independent What the science of memory tells us about sexual assault cases Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at The Washington Post → What we have measured Accused's denial carried the only report carrying the Marine's side ×1Actor named via accusation the administration is named as acting, through the ranchers' charge; the price rise is stated flat ×1Asserted, not attributed a shift of power to Iran stated flat in the headline ×1Asserted or attributed the headline states as data what the body shows the chair selecting in a speech ×1 from 1237 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → The Nation
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The Nation 🇺🇸US · magazine · independent My Rape, the Cornell Case—and Why We Need Better Approaches to Teaching How Consent Works Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at The Nation → What we have measured Asserted not attributed the summary line calls it 'stupidity' in its own voice ×1Evaluative verb stated flat The President's actions are called 'attacks' in the report's own voice. The piece is a signed opinion column. ×1Legality stated flat The headline calls the ads illegal outright. It names no court and no ruling behind that. ×1Loaded adjectives The subhead uses two adjectives in its own voice before it makes any argument. ×1 from 324 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Breitbart
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Breitbart 🇺🇸US · digital · independent Nolte: Rapey Cornell University Is a Democrat Problem, Not an American Problem Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Breitbart → What we have measured Anyone hurt is counted, not named eight deaths given as a number only ×1Framing of motive The lede calls the denial a punishment and puts 'fake news' in quotation marks; the officials being sued are left unnamed ×1How the person shot is named a status, not a name: the only report that never uses either name calls him an illegal alien ×1How the place is described a party label attached to the city in the same clause as the casualty count ×1 from 3572 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times →

Claims and verdicts

No claims registered.

Who wrote it

M Molly Parks Washington Examiner
What the bias passes found in their reporting
Accused response minimised Saudi Arabia's denial gets a four-word clause and no quote×1
Asserted versus attributed the administration's description of the museums is quoted and left standing×1
Contested incident stated flat an unverified rogue-model episode is written as settled fact, attributed to nobody×1
Denial placement The Saudi denial gets one subordinate clause, far down the report, after long quotes from Strada.×1
Claims we checked that rest on their reporting
1 misleading2 disputed5 unverified5 true
From 166 reports we hold under this byline, at Washington Examiner. Two independent readings, each made without the masthead, a quote attached to every tag. A record, never a rating. Their full record →
J Joslin Joseph The Hill
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.
From 8 reports we hold under this byline, at The Hill. Two independent readings, each made without the masthead, a quote attached to every tag. A record, never a rating. Their full record →
M Michael Ruiz Fox News
What the bias passes found in their reporting
Accused named Names one former fraternity member through his lawyer's denial. The woman is anonymous by her own choice.×1
Asserted vs attributed Gives the district attorney's reading of her first statement in his own words, then sets her later interview against it.×1
Detail carried the only report to give the court's split×1
Label for the condemned a tabloid label instead of her name in the headline×1
Claims we checked that rest on their reporting
1 unverified2 true
From 76 reports we hold under this byline, at Fox News. Two independent readings, each made without the masthead, a quote attached to every tag. A record, never a rating. Their full record →
G Grey Battle The Washington Post
What the bias passes found in their reporting
Who is named as acting Names student activists as the people who did the damage, and gives the school's handling as their reason.×1
Who is named as acting protesters called student activists×1
From 2 reports we hold under this byline, at The Washington Post. Two independent readings, each made without the masthead, a quote attached to every tag. A record, never a rating. Their full record →
L Lexi Lonas Cochran The Hill
What the bias passes found in their reporting
Attribution Attributes the effect of the change to the department instead of stating it×1
Attribution The department's view of the effect is attributed×1
Framing by absence The lede is built on what the governor did not do×1
Headline frame Framed as protections taken from LGBTQ students×1
Claims we checked that rest on their reporting
3 true
From 54 reports we hold under this byline, at The Hill. Two independent readings, each made without the masthead, a quote attached to every tag. A record, never a rating. Their full record →
H Haesun Kim The Nation
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.
From 13 reports we hold under this byline, at The Nation. Two independent readings, each made without the masthead, a quote attached to every tag. A record, never a rating. Their full record →
J John Nolte Breitbart
What the bias passes found in their reporting
Loaded descriptor The prosecutor is labelled 'disgraced' in the text, with no reason given×1
Loaded descriptor Attorney general given an evaluative label in a news sentence×1
Partisan frame case cast as a party problem×1
Partisan framing The headline makes the case a party problem.×1
Claims we checked that rest on their reporting
1 true
From 96 reports we hold under this byline, at Breitbart. Two independent readings, each made without the masthead, a quote attached to every tag. A record, never a rating. Their full record →
A Ariana Eunjung Cha The Washington Post
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.
From 5 reports we hold under this byline, at The Washington Post. Two independent readings, each made without the masthead, a quote attached to every tag. A record, never a rating. Their full record →
D Daniel Wu The Washington Post
What the bias passes found in their reporting
Intent stated flat what the secretary wants is asserted, with no quotation attached×1
The same appearance, without the label his aim is taken from his own stated record; no adjective is attached to him×1
Claims we checked that rest on their reporting
1 true
From 11 reports we hold under this byline, at The Washington Post. 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

Washington Examiner
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Washington Examiner 🇺🇸US · newspaper · independent Lawyer for student named in Cornell rape case calls for Letitia James to step down Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Washington Examiner → What we have measured Accusation printed unanswered a named candidate is accused of responsibility for murders, with no response carried ×1Accused named Names one accused student, citing the lawsuit; no other report we hold names any of the accused ×1Accused named Names each person charged and gives their nationality. None of the defendants is quoted. ×1Accused named Names one accused student from the civil filing and attributes the claim to the lawsuit ×1 from 3425 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → — independent
The only report quoting James's 28 September post in full, and the defence lawyer's case for her recusal.
Whose voice leads: an accused man's lawyer frames the story — “Andrew Miltenberg, the attorney representing one of the seven men accused of raping the woman identified as Jane Doe”
Whose voice leads: The report opens with a lawyer for one of the accused and his call for the prosecutor to step aside. — “is calling for New York Attorney General Letitia James to recuse herself from the case”
Read it at Washington Examiner → https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/crime/4753881/lawyer-student-na…
The Hill
Centre estimate · not a score
The Hill 🇺🇸US · digital · independent Teach our sons that the only cause of rape is a rapist Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at The Hill → What we have measured Accusation attributed the word lying is placed in a named politician's mouth, not the outlet's ×1Actor named No actor named for who kept reporters out ×1Actor named No actor named for who let reporters back in ×1Actor named Names the state as the one that carried out the execution. ×1 from 4303 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → — independent
An op-ed by Marine veteran Joslin Joseph against victim-blaming: 'the only cause of rape is a rapist'.
Marine veteran Joslin Joseph argues against the prevalence of victim-blaming culture following the Cornell rape investigation, asserting that accountability must lie solely with perpetrators.
Read it at The Hill → https://thehill.com/opinion/criminal-justice/6128840-teaching-men-conse…
Fox News
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Fox News 🇺🇸US · TV/radio · independent Cornell campus police made drug arrest at Chi Phi fraternity house hours before alleged gang rape Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Fox News → What we have measured Accused named Names one former fraternity member through his lawyer's denial. The woman is anonymous by her own choice. ×1Actor in headline The headline names Trump as the one acting. The body names only Anduril. ×1A number, with no people named The only report that gives a figure counts the journalists whose communications were swept up. It names none of them. ×1Asserted, not attributed stated flat: past court defeats are asserted with no case, judge or date named ×1 from 6421 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → — independent
The only report on the campus drug arrest at Chi Phi the night before, and the district attorney's reading of her first statement.
Campus police at Cornell University in New York made a drug arrest at the embattled Chi Phi fraternity house on campus less than 24 hours before seven former members are accused in a new civil lawsuit of gang raping a female classmate, according to the school's crime blotter. The Cornell Daily Sun, an independent campus newspaper at the Ivy League school, resurfaced the daily crime log entry in a new report over the weekend. Campus police responded to the university-owned frat house around 1 a.m. on Oct. 19, 2024, and arrested a student on drug charges, according to the blotter. It does not in
Whose account: prosecutor's reading of her first statement quoted — “voluntary, conscious, and consensual”
Who is named as acting: protesters called vandals — “vandals smashed windows and painted slogans in red at Day Hall”
Accused named: Names one former fraternity member through his lawyer's denial. The woman is anonymous by her own choice. — “Though Scott has never been accused of rape, he is confident”
Asserted vs attributed: Gives the district attorney's reading of her first statement in his own words, then sets her later interview against it. — “instead described her participation in drug use and sexual conduct as "voluntary, conscious, and consensual."”
Read it at Fox News → https://www.foxnews.com/us/cornell-campus-police-drug-arrest-chi-phi-fr…
T The Washington Post
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The Washington Post 🇺🇸US · newspaper · independent Cornell University protests escalate with spray paint and broken glass Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at The Washington Post → What we have measured Accused's denial carried the only report carrying the Marine's side ×1Actor named via accusation the administration is named as acting, through the ranchers' charge; the price rise is stated flat ×1Asserted, not attributed a shift of power to Iran stated flat in the headline ×1Asserted or attributed the headline states as data what the body shows the chair selecting in a speech ×1 from 1237 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → — independent
Names student activists as the people who damaged administrators' offices, and gives the school's handling of the case as their reason.
Student activists vandalized the office of senior administrators over the school’s handling of rape allegations.
Who is named as acting: protesters called student activists — “Student activists vandalized the office of senior administrators”
Who is named as acting: Names student activists as the people who did the damage, and gives the school's handling as their reason. — “Student activists vandalized the office of senior administrators over the school’s handling of rape allegations.”
Read it at The Washington Post → https://www.washingtonpost.com/style/2026/10/05/cornell-university-prot…
The Hill
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The Hill 🇺🇸US · digital · independent Victim in alleged Cornell gang rape case said she ‘felt like bait’ Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at The Hill → What we have measured Accusation attributed the word lying is placed in a named politician's mouth, not the outlet's ×1Actor named No actor named for who kept reporters out ×1Actor named No actor named for who let reporters back in ×1Actor named Names the state as the one that carried out the execution. ×1 from 4303 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → — independent
Carries what she told school investigators at the time, that she 'felt like bait', from records seen by The Associated Press.
The victim in the investigation into the alleged gang rape at Cornell University told school investigators at the time she “felt like bait” during the alleged assault, according to records reviewed by The Associated Press. Jane Doe, who chose to remain anonymous in her lawsuit against the school and other parties, accused members of the…
Hedge mismatch: 'victim' stated flat beside 'alleged' rape — “The victim in the investigation into the alleged gang rape at Cornell University”
Hedge: Calls her 'the victim' flat, in the same sentence that calls the rape 'alleged'. — “The victim in the investigation into the alleged gang rape at Cornell University”
Read it at The Hill → https://thehill.com/homenews/education/6129271-cornell-gang-rape-case-r…
The Nation
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The Nation 🇺🇸US · magazine · independent My Rape, the Cornell Case—and Why We Need Better Approaches to Teaching How Consent Works Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at The Nation → What we have measured Asserted not attributed the summary line calls it 'stupidity' in its own voice ×1Evaluative verb stated flat The President's actions are called 'attacks' in the report's own voice. The piece is a signed opinion column. ×1Legality stated flat The headline calls the ads illegal outright. It names no court and no ruling behind that. ×1Loaded adjectives The subhead uses two adjectives in its own voice before it makes any argument. ×1 from 324 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → — independent
A first-person account of rape by Elizabeth Spiers, arguing for better teaching of consent.
Society / October 5, 2026 My Rape, the Cornell Case—and Why We Need Better Approaches to Teaching How Consent Works I tried to process the experience of being raped by disassociating. We have to show our kids a better way. Elizabeth Spiers Share Copy Link Facebook X (Twitter) Bluesky Pocket Email Ad Policy (Spencer Platt / Getty Images) I was raped in college. This is a fact about me, and not one I think about much because it happened in 1997. It took me a day or two after I was assaulted to even acknowledge it, because I’d shoved it to a corner recess of my consciousness, where I hoped it cou
Read it at The Nation → https://www.thenation.com/article/society/cornell-rape-case-sex-educati…
Breitbart
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Breitbart 🇺🇸US · digital · independent Nolte: Rapey Cornell University Is a Democrat Problem, Not an American Problem Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Breitbart → What we have measured Anyone hurt is counted, not named eight deaths given as a number only ×1Framing of motive The lede calls the denial a punishment and puts 'fake news' in quotation marks; the officials being sued are left unnamed ×1How the person shot is named a status, not a name: the only report that never uses either name calls him an illegal alien ×1How the place is described a party label attached to the city in the same clause as the casualty count ×1 from 3572 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → — independent
Casts the case as a failure of 'an institution run exclusively by leftists and Democrats'.
Nolte: Rapey Cornell University Is a Democrat Problem, Not an American Problem Spencer Platt/Getty Images John Nolte5 Oct 2026 The explosive Cornell University gang rape scandal has nothing to do with President Trump, nothing to do with Republicans, nothing to do with America, nothing to do with our culture, nothing to do with men, nothing to do with me, nothing to do with you, and everything to do with yet another failure of an institution run exclusively by leftists and Democrats. Here are the facts… New York State’s Democrat Governor, Kathy Hochul, just appointed the state’s disgraced Democ
Partisan frame: case cast as a party problem — “an institution run exclusively by leftists and Democrats”
Partisan framing: The headline makes the case a party problem. — “Rapey Cornell University Is a Democrat Problem, Not an American Problem”
Read it at Breitbart → https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2026/10/05/nolte-rapey-cornell-unive…
T The Washington Post
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The Washington Post 🇺🇸US · newspaper · independent What the science of memory tells us about sexual assault cases Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at The Washington Post → What we have measured Accused's denial carried the only report carrying the Marine's side ×1Actor named via accusation the administration is named as acting, through the ranchers' charge; the price rise is stated flat ×1Asserted, not attributed a shift of power to Iran stated flat in the headline ×1Asserted or attributed the headline states as data what the body shows the chair selecting in a speech ×1 from 1237 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → — independent
Turns to research on how victims remember assaults.
Amid accusations of rape at Cornell University, a growing body of research is challenging assumptions about how victims remember details of their assaults.
Read it at The Washington Post → https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2026/10/05/what-science-memory-te…
Checked, didn’t cover
Mother Jones
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Mother Jones 🇺🇸US · magazine · independent No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Asserted, not attributed 'ultra-gerrymandered' stated as fact ×1Asserted versus attributed 'Cover-up' is asserted in the report's own voice, not attributed ×1Asserted versus attributed calls it a cover-up in its own voice ×1Assertion vs attribution describes the operation as a 'violent occupation' in its own voice, with no source for the phrase ×1 from 360 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Reuters
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Reuters 🇺🇸US · wire · independent No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Actor named The attacker is the subject of an active verb for both the deaths and the damage ×1Actor named No actor named for who cancelled the flights ×1Agreement stated flat, source in a tail attribution moved after the dash ×1Announcement written as settled A social-media post becomes a future indicative: the conversion will happen ×1 from 13380 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → N NPR
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NPR 🇺🇸US · public broadcaster · independent No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Asserted, not attributed that the system wrongly flagged citizens is stated flat, with no source named for it ×1Asserted versus attributed public disbelief stated as established, with nothing cited that measured it ×1Asserted versus attributed Past threats of force are stated flat, as background ×1Asymmetric labelling one side tagged by its patron, the other not ×1 from 1143 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → P Politico
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Politico 🇺🇸US · digital · 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 → MSNBC
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MSNBC 🇺🇸US · TV/radio · independent No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Accuser not named The lede does not name the senator making the accusation ×1Actor named for the ban The White House is the subject of both verbs: it blocked journalists, then let CNN back in. ×1A first stated flat a never-before claim carried without a source attached ×1Asserted, not attributed absence of fraud evidence stated as fact ×1 from 1468 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → The New York Times
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The New York Times 🇺🇸US · newspaper · independent No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Active and passive voice the ship is 'targeted' with no actor, one sentence before a named actor is given for the Saudi attack ×1Active vs passive voice Pike is named as the killer in the active voice; the botched execution has no actor named ×1Actor label Names the shooter by its backer, not by its own name. ×1Actor named Names the official and what the process did to Pike. ×1 from 3859 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → National Review
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National Review 🇺🇸US · magazine · independent No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Asserted not attributed Doubt about the allegation is stated flat, in the outlet's own voice ×1Asserted not attributed An argument about deterrence is stated as fact ×1Asserted versus attributed calls it an abuse of power in its own voice ×1Asserted versus attributed 'Abuse of presidential power' is stated flat ×1 from 413 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.
We could not read these
The Wall Street Journal
Centre-right estimate · not a score
The Wall Street Journal 🇺🇸US · 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 → Associated Press
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Associated Press 🇺🇸US · wire · independent No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Dating and attribution Dates the signing to Aug. 6, 2026 and writes ord ×1Dating and attribution Carries a dateline correction, repeated three ti ×1How hard the claim is stated Marks "birth tourism" as the administration's ow ×1How hard the claim is stated high ×1 from 223 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times →
These are must-cite outlets for this desk that we did not manage to read when we built this story. That is a gap in our reach, not a silence on their part, and it is not evidence of anything about this story.

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