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Dagens Nyheter says 'terror crime', Wyborcza says explosives law — and De Telegraaf calls RAF Fairford 'an American air base'

Eight European papers reported arrests near RAF Fairford in England on Sunday. They agree that men were held and that a bomb robot was sent in. They disagree on how many men were held, what they are suspected of and whose base it is.

Robbanószereket keresnek a brit Fairford katonai bázisnál, egy környékbeli települést evakuáltak
Robbanószereket keresnek a brit Fairford katonai bázisnál, egy környékbeli települést evakuáltak as published by Telex · seen at Telex
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What is agreed. Police arrested men near RAF Fairford in southern England early on Sunday 27 September. Counter-terrorism police are involved. Svenska Dagbladet and De Telegraaf report that a bomb robot was sent to the vehicles.

Whose base. The papers split three ways.

What they call it Outlets
An American base De Telegraaf; De Standaard's body text
British, used by US forces Svenska Dagbladet, Público, Der Standard
British or in England, no US mention Dagens Nyheter, Telex, Gazeta Wyborcza

De Standaard's headline goes further: a British base "met Amerikaanse explosieven". Its own text does not repeat that, and no other report carries it.

Terror, or explosives. Dagens Nyheter says the men are suspected of "förberedelse till terrorbrott". Gazeta Wyborcza, citing Gloucestershire police, says offences under the explosives act. Telex, Público and Der Standard also frame it as explosives offences.

How many. Four outlets say five men. Four say "several". The reports giving no number were published first.

Vehicles. Svenska Dagbladet says three cars were seized. De Telegraaf, citing the Daily Mail, says three vans.

What is not settled. - Whether any explosives were found. De Telegraaf says the vans were "mogelijk" loaded. - Whether anyone has been charged, and with what. - Any link to the base's reported use for strikes on Iran. No report we hold draws one. - Only Dagens Nyheter counts the evacuation: 85 households.

What this is about. Police in England arrested several men near an air base that the United States uses. European papers do not agree on what the base is or what the men are suspected of.

How it got here. RAF Fairford is in Gloucestershire, in south-west England. It carries the name of the Royal Air Force. Since the Cold War it has been used mainly by the United States Air Force. This is a standing arrangement between London and Washington: several RAF-named stations in Britain host American units, and Britain remains the host country. Fairford's long runway has made it a base for American heavy bombers. They flew from there in the 1991 Gulf War, over Kosovo in 1999 and in the 2003 invasion of Iraq.

Svenska Dagbladet, citing the Guardian, and Público say US forces have used Fairford for attacks on Iran. No report we hold says when. None links Sunday's arrests to Iran.

Who is involved. Gazeta Wyborcza reports that Gloucestershire police made the arrests. In Britain, counter-terrorism police lead cases where a terrorist motive is suspected, even before one is established. The US military uses the base. Britain's police and courts have jurisdiction over it.

What is at stake. British law treats these as different things. An arrest is not a charge. Suspicion under explosives law is not a terrorism charge. A plot against a base hosting American bombers would raise questions for both governments about protecting shared facilities. A lesser case would not.

Where it stands. Men are in custody, vehicles have been searched and nearby homes evacuated. The reports we hold do not say whether explosives were found or whether anyone has been charged.

The story so far

Earlier stories The AI Times filed on this thread.

What is being argued about

  • Whether RAF Fairford is a British base, an American base, or both
  • A suspected terror offence, or suspected offences under explosives law
  • Five men arrested, or 'several'
  • Whether any explosives were found
Eight papers, three ways to describe the baseSide by side
OutletWhose baseSuspected ofArrested
De Telegraaf"een Amerikaanse vliegbasis in Engeland""terreurdreiging" (headline)five men
De StandaardHeadline: "Britse legerbasis"; text: "Amerikaanse luchtmachtbasis"No offence named; counter-terror unit deployed"verschillende arrestaties"
Svenska Dagbladet"brittiska flygvapnets, RAF, bas", where the US military also has functions"terrorbrott" (headline)five
Público"base britânica", used by US forces"crimes com explosivos""Várias pessoas"
Der Standard"US-genutzter Militärbasis in Großbritannien"breaching the "Sprengstoffgesetz""Mehrere Männer"
Dagens Nyheter"flygbas i södra England""förberedelse till terrorbrott"five men
Telex"brit Fairford katonai bázis"explosives-related offencesfive
Gazeta Wyborcza"bazy wojskowej w Anglii"explosives act offences, per Gloucestershire police"kilku mężczyzn"
The words each outlet used, quoted in its own language where the wording is the point.
Sources D De Telegraaf
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De Telegraaf 🇳🇱NL · newspaper · independent Meerdere aanhoudingen na terreurdreiging bij vliegbasis VS in Engeland: ’Busjes mogelijk volgeladen met explosieven’ Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at De Telegraaf → 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 → D De Standaard
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De Standaard 🇧🇪BE · newspaper · independent Antiterrorisme-eenheid ingezet bij incident op Britse legerbasis met Amerikaanse explosieven Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at De Standaard → 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 → Svenska Dagbladet
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Svenska Dagbladet 🇸🇪SE · newspaper · independent Fem gripna för misstänkt terrorbrott vid flygbas Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Svenska Dagbladet → 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 → P Público
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Público 🇵🇹PT · newspaper · independent Várias pessoas detidas por suspeitas de crimes com explosivos junto a base britânica Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Público → 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 → Der Standard
Centre-left estimate · not a score
Der Standard 🇦🇹AT · newspaper · independent Festnahmen nahe US-genutzter Militärbasis in Großbritannien Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Der Standard → 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 → Dagens Nyheter
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Dagens Nyheter 🇸🇪SE · newspaper · independent Stor insats vid flygbas i Storbritannien – terrorpolis inkopplad Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Dagens Nyheter → 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 → Telex
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Telex 🇭🇺HU · digital · independent Robbanószereket keresnek a brit Fairford katonai bázisnál, egy környékbeli települést evakuáltak Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Telex → 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 → Gazeta Wyborcza
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Gazeta Wyborcza 🇵🇱PL · newspaper · independent Poważny incydent w pobliżu bazy wojskowej w Anglii. Na miejscu pracuje zespół saperów Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Gazeta Wyborcza → 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 →
'Several' came first, 'five' came laterTimeline
  1. Sun 27 Sep— no time published Gloucestershire police Men arrested early in the morning, Gazeta Wyborcza reports
  2. Sun 27 Sep09:42 published, UTC Der Standard Several men suspected under the explosives law several
  3. Sun 27 Sep10:24 published, UTC Gazeta Wyborcza Several men, citing Gloucestershire police several
  4. Sun 27 Sep10:32 published, UTC Público Several people held; base used by US forces for attacks on Iran several
  5. Sun 27 Sep11:03 published, UTC Dagens Nyheter Five men suspected of preparing a terror crime 5 men; 85 households evacuated
  6. Sun 27 Sep11:34 published, UTC Telex Five arrested over explosives-related offences 5
  7. Sun 27 Sep11:46 published, UTC De Telegraaf Five men, three vans, 'an American air base', citing the Daily Mail 5 men; 3 vans
  8. Sun 27 Sep13:17 published, UTC Svenska Dagbladet Five held; three cars seized 5; 3 cars
Times are when each report was published, in UTC.
Sources Gazeta Wyborcza
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Gazeta Wyborcza 🇵🇱PL · newspaper · independent Poważny incydent w pobliżu bazy wojskowej w Anglii. Na miejscu pracuje zespół saperów Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Gazeta Wyborcza → 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 → Der Standard
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Der Standard 🇦🇹AT · newspaper · independent Festnahmen nahe US-genutzter Militärbasis in Großbritannien Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Der Standard → 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 → P Público
Centre-left estimate · not a score
Público 🇵🇹PT · newspaper · independent Várias pessoas detidas por suspeitas de crimes com explosivos junto a base britânica Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Público → 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 → Dagens Nyheter
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Dagens Nyheter 🇸🇪SE · newspaper · independent Stor insats vid flygbas i Storbritannien – terrorpolis inkopplad Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Dagens Nyheter → 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 → Telex
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Telex 🇭🇺HU · digital · independent Robbanószereket keresnek a brit Fairford katonai bázisnál, egy környékbeli települést evakuáltak Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Telex → 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 → D De Telegraaf
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De Telegraaf 🇳🇱NL · newspaper · independent Meerdere aanhoudingen na terreurdreiging bij vliegbasis VS in Engeland: ’Busjes mogelijk volgeladen met explosieven’ Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at De Telegraaf → 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 → Svenska Dagbladet
Centre-right estimate · not a score
Svenska Dagbladet 🇸🇪SE · newspaper · independent Fem gripna för misstänkt terrorbrott vid flygbas Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Svenska Dagbladet → 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 →
The bias in this coverageBias

Whose base

Three reports call Fairford an American base outright. Three call it British and add that US forces use it. Three give only a British or English base.

3 reports calling it an American base 3 reports calling it British and noting US use 3 reports calling it British or English with no US mention 2 reports linking it to strikes on Iran

Terror, or explosives offences

The police wording that is quoted covers offences under the explosives act. Three reports use the word terror in their headline or body. One headline says the explosives were American, and no report we hold supports that.

3 reports framing the case as terror 4 reports framing it as explosives offences 3 reports hedging whether explosives were present
Scored without the mastheads. Where the two passes differ, both are kept.
Sources Svenska Dagbladet
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Svenska Dagbladet 🇸🇪SE · newspaper · independent Fem gripna för misstänkt terrorbrott vid flygbas Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Svenska Dagbladet → 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 → D De Telegraaf
Centre-right estimate · not a score
De Telegraaf 🇳🇱NL · newspaper · independent Luchtbeelden: robot doorzoekt witte busjes bij vliegbasis in VK Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at De Telegraaf → 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 → D De Telegraaf
Centre-right estimate · not a score
De Telegraaf 🇳🇱NL · newspaper · independent Meerdere aanhoudingen na terreurdreiging bij vliegbasis VS in Engeland: ’Busjes mogelijk volgeladen met explosieven’ Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at De Telegraaf → 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 → Telex
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Telex 🇭🇺HU · digital · independent Robbanószereket keresnek a brit Fairford katonai bázisnál, egy környékbeli települést evakuáltak Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Telex → 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 → Dagens Nyheter
Centre-left estimate · not a score
Dagens Nyheter 🇸🇪SE · newspaper · independent Stor insats vid flygbas i Storbritannien – terrorpolis inkopplad Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Dagens Nyheter → 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 → D De Standaard
Centre estimate · not a score
De Standaard 🇧🇪BE · newspaper · independent Antiterrorisme-eenheid ingezet bij incident op Britse legerbasis met Amerikaanse explosieven Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at De Standaard → 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 → P Público
Centre-left estimate · not a score
Público 🇵🇹PT · newspaper · independent Várias pessoas detidas por suspeitas de crimes com explosivos junto a base britânica Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Público → 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 → Gazeta Wyborcza
Centre-left estimate · not a score
Gazeta Wyborcza 🇵🇱PL · newspaper · independent Poważny incydent w pobliżu bazy wojskowej w Anglii. Na miejscu pracuje zespół saperów Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Gazeta Wyborcza → 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 → Der Standard
Centre-left estimate · not a score
Der Standard 🇦🇹AT · newspaper · independent Festnahmen nahe US-genutzter Militärbasis in Großbritannien Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Der Standard → 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 →

Claims and verdicts

true Five men were arrested near RAF Fairford.
Svenska Dagbladet, Dagens Nyheter, Telex and De Telegraaf all give five, with De Telegraaf citing the Daily Mail. Gazeta Wyborcza, citing Gloucestershire police, and Der Standard say only 'several men' and give no number.
Checked against 6 sources:
Svenska Dagbladet
Centre-right estimate · not a score
Svenska Dagbladet 🇸🇪SE · newspaper · independent Fem gripna för misstänkt terrorbrott vid flygbas Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Svenska Dagbladet → 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 → Dagens Nyheter
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Dagens Nyheter 🇸🇪SE · newspaper · independent Stor insats vid flygbas i Storbritannien – terrorpolis inkopplad Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Dagens Nyheter → 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 → Telex
Centre estimate · not a score
Telex 🇭🇺HU · digital · independent Robbanószereket keresnek a brit Fairford katonai bázisnál, egy környékbeli települést evakuáltak Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Telex → 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 → D De Telegraaf
Centre-right estimate · not a score
De Telegraaf 🇳🇱NL · newspaper · independent Meerdere aanhoudingen na terreurdreiging bij vliegbasis VS in Engeland: ’Busjes mogelijk volgeladen met explosieven’ Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at De Telegraaf → 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 → Gazeta Wyborcza
Centre-left estimate · not a score
Gazeta Wyborcza 🇵🇱PL · newspaper · independent Poważny incydent w pobliżu bazy wojskowej w Anglii. Na miejscu pracuje zespół saperów Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Gazeta Wyborcza → 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 → Der Standard
Centre-left estimate · not a score
Der Standard 🇦🇹AT · newspaper · independent Festnahmen nahe US-genutzter Militärbasis in Großbritannien Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Der Standard → 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 →
misleading RAF Fairford is an American air base.
Svenska Dagbladet, Público and Der Standard describe a British RAF base that the US military also uses, including for strikes on Iran. De Telegraaf and De Standaard call it an American base outright.
Checked against 5 sources:
Svenska Dagbladet
Centre-right estimate · not a score
Svenska Dagbladet 🇸🇪SE · newspaper · independent Fem gripna för misstänkt terrorbrott vid flygbas Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Svenska Dagbladet → 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 → P Público
Centre-left estimate · not a score
Público 🇵🇹PT · newspaper · independent Várias pessoas detidas por suspeitas de crimes com explosivos junto a base britânica Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Público → 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 → Der Standard
Centre-left estimate · not a score
Der Standard 🇦🇹AT · newspaper · independent Festnahmen nahe US-genutzter Militärbasis in Großbritannien Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Der Standard → 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 → D De Telegraaf
Centre-right estimate · not a score
De Telegraaf 🇳🇱NL · newspaper · independent Luchtbeelden: robot doorzoekt witte busjes bij vliegbasis in VK Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at De Telegraaf → 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 → D De Standaard
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De Standaard 🇧🇪BE · newspaper · independent Antiterrorisme-eenheid ingezet bij incident op Britse legerbasis met Amerikaanse explosieven Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at De Standaard → 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 →
unverified The incident involved American explosives.
Only De Standaard's headline says this, and its own text does not repeat it. The other reports speak only of suspected offences under explosives law and a bomb robot checking whether the vans held explosives.
Checked against 4 sources:
D De Standaard
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De Standaard 🇧🇪BE · newspaper · independent Antiterrorisme-eenheid ingezet bij incident op Britse legerbasis met Amerikaanse explosieven Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at De Standaard → 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 → Gazeta Wyborcza
Centre-left estimate · not a score
Gazeta Wyborcza 🇵🇱PL · newspaper · independent Poważny incydent w pobliżu bazy wojskowej w Anglii. Na miejscu pracuje zespół saperów Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Gazeta Wyborcza → 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 → Telex
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Telex 🇭🇺HU · digital · independent Robbanószereket keresnek a brit Fairford katonai bázisnál, egy környékbeli települést evakuáltak Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Telex → 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 → D De Telegraaf
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De Telegraaf 🇳🇱NL · newspaper · independent Luchtbeelden: robot doorzoekt witte busjes bij vliegbasis in VK Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at De Telegraaf → 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 →

Who wrote it

V Vida Benjámin Telex
What the bias passes found in their reporting
Hedged or stated attributed inside the sentence to the spokesman×1
Whose voice is quoted same spokesman line relayed as openness, with no Hungarian reply in the report×1
Whose voice is quoted the Kremlin's phrasing carried in the reporter's own words, attributed but not quoted×1
Whose voice leads headline led by Moscow's response, expulsion carried with no actor named×1
Claims we checked that rest on their reporting
1 disputed2 unverified1 true
From 96 reports we hold under this byline, at Telex. Two independent readings, each made without the masthead, a quote attached to every tag. A record, never a rating. Their full record →
N Nanna von Essen Dagens Nyheter
What the bias passes found in their reporting
Affected counted Only report to count the residents affected×1
Charge framing The suspicion is framed as preparing a terror offence×1
Claims we checked that rest on their reporting
1 true
From 9 reports we hold under this byline, at Dagens Nyheter. Two independent readings, each made without the masthead, a quote attached to every tag. A record, never a rating. Their full record →
S Sofia Clason Dagens Nyheter
What the bias passes found in their reporting
Affected counted Only report to count the residents affected×1
Asserted or attributed the majority stated flat, with nobody credited for the count×1
Charge framing The suspicion is framed as preparing a terror offence×1
No actor named the majority arrives by itself; no authority or count is credited in the headline×1
Claims we checked that rest on their reporting
1 unverified1 true
From 63 reports we hold under this byline, at Dagens Nyheter. Two independent readings, each made without the masthead, a quote attached to every tag. A record, never a rating. Their full record →
K Katarzyna Rochowicz Gazeta Wyborcza
What the bias passes found in their reporting
Charge framing The suspicion is framed as offences under the explosives act and attributed to the county police×1
Headline claim the body does not carry the headline names Russia as the attacker; the quote it prints names no one×1
Named source Names the police force as its source, and gives no number of arrests×1
No actor named the strike has no attacker in the sentence, and the target is hedged×1
Claims we checked that rest on their reporting
2 unverified2 true
From 34 reports we hold under this byline, at Gazeta Wyborcza. 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. · 6 reports we hold carry no byline — we do not invent one.

Coverage, outlet by outlet

Svenska Dagbladet
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Svenska Dagbladet 🇸🇪SE · newspaper · independent Fem gripna för misstänkt terrorbrott vid flygbas Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Svenska Dagbladet → 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 → — independent
Says three cars were seized, and credits the Guardian for the base's use in attacks on Iran.
Fem personer har gripits misstänkta för att ha planerat någon sorts terrorattack vid en brittisk militärbas, rapporterar bland andra Sky News. Det är oklart exakt vad som föregått gripandet, men polisen ska ha larmats tidigt på söndagsmorgonen. SvD rapporterade om incidenten på söndagsmorgonen. Det misstänkta brottet ska ha med det brittiska flygvapnets, RAF, bas i Fairford att göra, där även amerikansk militär har funktioner, enligt medieuppgifter. Den aktuella basen uppges ha använts av USA:s militär för attackerna mot Iran, skriver The Guardian. Tre bilar har tagits i beslag och på tv-bilde
Attributed context: The Iran link is hedged and credited to another newspaper — “Den aktuella basen uppges ha använts av USA:s militär för attackerna mot Iran, skriver The Guardian”
Hedged context: Base's use for strikes on Iran is hedged and attributed to another paper — “Den aktuella basen uppges ha använts av USA:s militär för attackerna mot Iran”
Read it at Svenska Dagbladet → https://www.svd.se/a/wA9Gmd/senaste-nytt?pinnedEntry=78124&utm_medium=r…
D De Telegraaf
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De Telegraaf 🇳🇱NL · newspaper · independent Luchtbeelden: robot doorzoekt witte busjes bij vliegbasis in VK Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at De Telegraaf → 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 → — independent
Adds that the counter-terrorism unit leads the inquiry and a bomb robot is checking the vans.
Bij een grote politieactie bij RAF Fairford, een Amerikaanse vliegbasis in Engeland, zijn vijf mannen opgepakt. De groep had drie busjes bij zich, die mogelijk zijn beladen met explosieven. Dat meldt de Daily Mail. De antiterrorisme-eenheid van de Britse politie leidt het onderzoek naar het incident. Ze onderzoeken momenteel of het inderdaad om explosieven gaat in de voertuigen. Dat doen ze met behulp van een bomrobot.
Ownership framing: Fairford described as an American base, with no mention of the RAF — “RAF Fairford, een Amerikaanse vliegbasis in Engeland”
Read it at De Telegraaf → https://www.telegraaf.nl/video/luchtbeelden-robot-doorzoekt-witte-busje…
D De Telegraaf
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De Telegraaf 🇳🇱NL · newspaper · independent Meerdere aanhoudingen na terreurdreiging bij vliegbasis VS in Engeland: ’Busjes mogelijk volgeladen met explosieven’ Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at De Telegraaf → 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 → — independent
Calls Fairford 'een Amerikaanse vliegbasis' and, citing the Daily Mail, says three vans were 'mogelijk' loaded with explosives.
Bij een grote politieactie bij RAF Fairford, een Amerikaanse vliegbasis in Engeland, zijn vijf mannen opgepakt. De groep had drie busjes bij zich, die mogelijk zijn beladen met explosieven. Dat meldt de Daily Mail.
Whose base: Calls it an American base, with no mention of the RAF — “RAF Fairford, een Amerikaanse vliegbasis in Engeland”
Read it at De Telegraaf → https://www.telegraaf.nl/buitenland/meerdere-aanhoudingen-na-terreurdre…
Telex
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Telex 🇭🇺HU · digital · independent Robbanószereket keresnek a brit Fairford katonai bázisnál, egy környékbeli települést evakuáltak Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Telex → 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 → — independent
Five arrested on suspicion of explosives-related offences, and a nearby settlement evacuated.
Belépés Támogatás Robbanószereket keresnek a brit Fairford katonai bázisnál, egy környékbeli települést evakuáltak Külföld Állítsd be a Telexet megbízható forrásnak! Beállítom A Gloucestershire megyei rendőrség közlése szerint több férfit letartóztattak robbanóanyaggal kapcsolatos bűncselekmények gyanújával az angliai RAF Fairford légibázis közelében. A helyszínen a brit hadsereg speciális tűzszerész egysége dolgozik, és több járművet is átvizsgált. A közeli Whelford település lakóit evakuálták, és egy szabadidőközpontba szállították őket, amíg a vizsgálatok folytatódnak. A BBC azt írta, hogy
Read it at Telex → https://telex.hu/kulfold/2026/09/27/raf-bazis-nagy-britannia-rendorseg-…
D De Standaard
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De Standaard 🇧🇪BE · newspaper · independent Antiterrorisme-eenheid ingezet bij incident op Britse legerbasis met Amerikaanse explosieven Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at De Standaard → 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 → — independent
Its headline says 'Amerikaanse explosieven'. Its text does not support that.
Bij een Amerikaanse luchtmachtbasis in het VK is de noodtoestand uitgeroepen. De politie voerde verschillende arrestaties uit en evacueerde de omgeving.
Headline overreach: The headline says 'American explosives'; the body says nothing about whose explosives, or whether there were any — “Antiterrorisme-eenheid ingezet bij incident op Britse legerbasis met Amerikaanse explosieven”
Headline beyond body: Headline says the explosives are American; the lede does not carry that — “Britse legerbasis met Amerikaanse explosieven”
Read it at De Standaard → https://www.standaard.be/buitenland/antiterrorisme-eenheid-ingezet-bij-…
Dagens Nyheter
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Dagens Nyheter 🇸🇪SE · newspaper · independent Stor insats vid flygbas i Storbritannien – terrorpolis inkopplad Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Dagens Nyheter → 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 → — independent
The only report to count the evacuation: 85 households told to leave.
En utskrift från Dagens Nyheter, 2026-09-27 15:20 Artikelns ursprungsadress: https://www.dn.se/varlden/stor-insats-vid-flygbas-i-storbritannien-terrorpolis-inkopplad/ VÄRLDEN Fem män gripna misstänkta för terrorbrott vid flygbas i Storbritannien – stor polisinsats Uppdaterad 15:20Publicerad 13:03 Poliser vid vägen som leder till flygbasen RAF Fairford. Foto: Ben Birchall/AP Fem män har gripits misstänkta för förberedelse till terroristbrott efter en ”större incident” nära en flygbas i södra England. Antiterrorpolis är inkopplad och premiärministern hålls uppdaterad. 85 hushåll i närheten har u
Charge framing: The suspicion is framed as preparing a terror offence — “misstänkta för förberedelse till terrorbrott”
Affected counted: Only report to count the residents affected — “85 hushåll i närheten har uppmanats att evakuera”
Read it at Dagens Nyheter → https://www.dn.se/varlden/stor-insats-vid-flygbas-i-storbritannien-terr…
P Público
Centre-left estimate · not a score
Público 🇵🇹PT · newspaper · independent Várias pessoas detidas por suspeitas de crimes com explosivos junto a base britânica Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Público → 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 → — independent
States flat, with no source, that US forces use the base to launch attacks on Iran.
Autoridades inspeccionam carros e erguem barreiras de protecção junto a base. Complexo é usado por forças dos EUA para lançamento de ataques contra o Irão.
Flat context: The same Iran link stated flat as fact, with no source — “Complexo é usado por forças dos EUA para lançamento de ataques contra o Irão.”
Flat context: The same Iran link is stated flat, with no source — “Complexo é usado por forças dos EUA para lançamento de ataques contra o Irão.”
Read it at Público → https://www.publico.pt/2026/09/27/mundo/noticia/varias-pessoas-detidas-…
Gazeta Wyborcza
Centre-left estimate · not a score
Gazeta Wyborcza 🇵🇱PL · newspaper · independent Poważny incydent w pobliżu bazy wojskowej w Anglii. Na miejscu pracuje zespół saperów Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Gazeta Wyborcza → 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 → — independent
The only report to name Gloucestershire police as its source. Gives 'several men', no number.
Policja hrabstwa Gloucestershire poinformowała w niedzielę o zatrzymaniu kilku mężczyzn podejrzanych o przestępstwa związane z ustawą o materiałach wybuchowych. Do zatrzymań doszło wczesnym rankiem.
Charge framing: The suspicion is framed as offences under the explosives act and attributed to the county police — “Policja hrabstwa Gloucestershire poinformowała w niedzielę o zatrzymaniu kilku mężczyzn podejrzanych o przestępstwa związane z ustawą o materiałach wybuchowych.”
Named source: Names the police force as its source, and gives no number of arrests — “Policja hrabstwa Gloucestershire poinformowała”
Read it at Gazeta Wyborcza → https://wyborcza.pl/7,75399,33047089,powazny-incydent-w-poblizu-bazy-wo…
Der Standard
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Der Standard 🇦🇹AT · newspaper · independent Festnahmen nahe US-genutzter Militärbasis in Großbritannien Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Der Standard → 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 → — independent
The earliest report we hold: 'several men' suspected under the explosives law, near a 'US-genutzter' base.
Vorfall Festnahmen nahe US-genutzter Militärbasis in Großbritannien Mehrere Männer sind verdächtigt, gegen das Sprengstoffgesetz verstoßen zu haben und wurden nach einem Vorfall nahe der Militärbasis Fairford verhaftet Einsatzkräfte sperrten den Weg zur britischen Militärbasis, die auch von der US-Luftwaffe für "Verteidigungsoperationen" im Irankrieg benutzt wird. REUTERS/Toby Shepheard Gloucester – Mehrere Männer sind nach einem Vorfall nahe dem von der US-Luftwaffe genutzten britischen Militärstützpunkt RAF Fairford festgenommen worden. Wie die Nachrichtenagentur PA mitteilte, werden die Män
Read it at Der Standard → https://www.derstandard.at/story/3000000341532/festnahmen-nahe-us-genut…
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Deník N
Centre-left estimate · not a score
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
Centre-right estimate · not a score
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
Right estimate · not a score
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 → Efimerida ton Syntakton
Left estimate · not a score
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 → Observador
Centre-right estimate · not a score
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
Centre-right estimate · not a score
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
Centre-right estimate · not a score
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
Centre-right estimate · not a score
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 → Le Figaro
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Le Figaro 🇫🇷FR · newspaper · independent No report held from this outlet on this story. 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 → Politico Europe
Centre estimate · not a score
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 → HotNews.ro
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HotNews.ro 🇷🇴RO · digital · independent No report held from this outlet on this story. 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 → 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 →
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
Centre-right estimate · not a score
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
Centre-left estimate · not a score
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
Centre-right estimate · not a score
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
Right estimate · not a score
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
Centre estimate · not a score
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 → Le Monde
Centre-left estimate · not a score
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
Centre-left estimate · not a score
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
Centre-left estimate · not a score
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
Centre-left estimate · not a score
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 →
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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