Der Standard reports a corruption suspect; Fidesz, in Magyar Nemzet, calls Balázs Hankó a 'political prisoner'
Hungary's former culture and innovation minister was detained on 29 September. Der Standard says he is suspected of corruption and embezzlement. His party calls it 'new-communist tyranny'. Neither report says who arrested him, or on what charge.
The arrest. Balázs Hankó, Hungary's former minister for culture and innovation, has been detained. Der Standard reports he is suspected of corruption and embezzling public funds. Its headline calls him the second former minister from the Orbán era to be arrested. It does not name the first.
The reply. Magyar Nemzet leads with Fidesz communications director Bertalan Havasi. He calls Hankó a 'political prisoner' and says Hankó will not give up his seat. Havasi says the party will not back down before 'new-communist tyranny'.
| Der Standard (Vienna) | Magyar Nemzet (Budapest) | |
|---|---|---|
| What the arrest is | Suspicion of corruption and embezzlement | 'Political prisoner' |
| Whose voice | None quoted | Fidesz's Havasi, by name |
| Who holds the suspicion | Not said | Not addressed |
| The charge | Named in general terms | Not stated |
| His seat | Not mentioned | He keeps it |
What the two share. Neither report names the police force, prosecutor or court that acted. Neither quotes one. Each carries only one side's account.
What is NOT settled - Which authority ordered the arrest, and on what formal charge. We hold no charge sheet and no statement from prosecutors. - Who the first detained Orbán-era minister was. Only Der Standard's headline says there was one. - Whether his parliamentary immunity was lifted, and by whom. - No evidence for or against the 'political prisoner' claim appears in either report.
What this is about. A senior minister from Viktor Orbán's last government has been detained on suspicion of corruption. Hungary's new government and Orbán's party describe the arrest in opposite terms.
How it got here. Orbán's Fidesz governed Hungary from 2010, with large parliamentary majorities. During those years the European Union repeatedly challenged Hungary over the rule of law and the handling of public money. In 2022 the Council of the EU froze part of Hungary's EU funding under a mechanism that ties payments to the protection of the Union budget. Under Orbán, Hungary stayed out of the European Public Prosecutor's Office, the EU body that prosecutes fraud against the Union budget.
In the parliamentary election of April 2026, the Tisza party led by Péter Magyar defeated Fidesz. Magyar is a former Fidesz insider who broke with the party in 2024. He campaigned on ending corruption and holding the previous government's officials to account.
The actors. - Balázs Hankó was minister for culture and innovation in Orbán's government from late 2023. His party says he still holds a seat in parliament. - Fidesz, now in opposition, casts the proceedings against its former ministers as political persecution. - The new government says it is pursuing accountability for the Orbán years. - Hungary's prosecutors and courts decide whether any charge stands. Neither report we hold names which of them acted.
What is at stake. If the case leads to a charge and a fair trial, it would be a test of the anti-corruption promises the new government was elected on. If Fidesz's account gains ground, the new government faces the charge it once made against Orbán: using state power against its opponents. The EU is watching both, because its frozen funds depend on Hungary showing that corruption cases are prosecuted.
Where it stands. Hankó is detained. His party says he will not give up his seat. No formal charge has been published in anything we hold.
What is being argued about
- Whether Hankó is a corruption suspect or a 'political prisoner'
- Which authority arrested him, and on what charge — neither report says
- Whether he keeps his parliamentary seat
- Whether he is the second Orbán-era minister detained, and who the first was
One arrest, two accountsSide by side
| Outlet | What it said | Attributed to | Hedged? |
|---|---|---|---|
| Der Standard | Hankó 'steht unter dem Verdacht der Korruption und Veruntreuung öffentlicher Gelder' (is suspected of corruption and embezzlement of public funds) | No one named | Framed as suspicion; no source for it given |
| Magyar Nemzet | 'Hankó Balázs politikai fogoly, mandátumát nem adja vissza' (Hankó is a political prisoner and will not give up his seat) | Bertalan Havasi, Fidesz communications director | Attributed by name; the charge is not stated |
Each report carries one side only. Neither names the authority that made the arrest.
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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The bias in this coverageBias
Two reports, two stories, no prosecutor
One report gives the corruption suspicion but not who holds it. The other gives only his party's claim that he is a political prisoner. Neither names the authority that made the arrest, and neither quotes it.
2 reports we hold on the arrest
0 reports naming who made the arrest
1 reports quoting his party
0 reports quoting prosecutors or police
Scored without the mastheads. Where the two passes differ, both are kept.
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Claims and verdicts
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Hankó is the second former minister from the Orbán era to be arrested.
Only Der Standard's headline says this, and it does not name the first minister. Magyar Nemzet does not mention any earlier arrest.
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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
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Balázs Hankó, Hungary's former minister for culture and innovation, is suspected of corruption and embezzling public funds.
Only Der Standard reports the suspicion, and it names no charge sheet or prosecutor's statement. Magyar Nemzet does not address the allegation and carries only Fidesz's reply, so no second report confirms it.
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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
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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
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Hankó is a political prisoner.
Magyar Nemzet carries this as the view of Fidesz communications director Bertalan Havasi, who calls the case 'neo-communist arbitrariness'. Der Standard presents Hankó as a corruption suspect, and neither report gives evidence either way.
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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
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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
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What the bias passes found in their reporting
Loaded language, attributed
The spokesman's label for the government is carried, attributed to him. The report gives it no counterweight.×1
Loaded term carried
The party's phrase 'neo-communist arbitrariness' is carried, attributed with 'szerint'. The report does not state what Hankó is accused of.×1
What is left out
The report carries the refusal to give up the seat, but not the charges he is held on.×1
Whose voice leads
The headline gives the party spokesman's label 'political prisoner'. It is attributed to him by name, but no other voice appears.×1
Claims we checked that rest on their reporting
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Magyar Nemzet
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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
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— party-alignedMagyar Nemzet carries Fidesz's reply. Bertalan Havasi calls Hankó a 'political prisoner', says he will keep his seat, and says the party will not back down before 'new-communist tyranny'.
Borítókép: Hankó Balázs országgyűlési képviselő (Fotó: Ladóczki Balázs) A Magyar Nemzet konzervatív, nemzeti-kulturális hetilap, amely nemcsak híreket közöl, hanem értelmezi is a világot. Hiteles szerzőkkel, mélyebb összefüggésekkel és időtálló gondolatokkal segít eligazodni a közélet, a kultúra, a történelem és a mindennapi élet kérdéseiben. Magyar Péter májusban még arról beszélt, hogy a kampányban bejelentett nyugdíjas SZÉP-kártya első részét már 2026 negyedik negyedévében megkaphatják az érintettek. A Magyar Nemzet konzervatív, nemzeti-kulturális hetilap, amely nemcsak híreket közöl, hanem
Whose voice leads: The headline is the party spokesman's own charge, attributed to him by name. The report carries no prosecution account. — “Hankó Balázs politikai fogoly”
Loaded language, attributed: The spokesman's label for the government is carried, attributed to him. The report gives it no counterweight. — “újkommunista önkénnyel szemben”
What is left out: The report carries the refusal to give up the seat, but not the charges he is held on. — “mandátumát nem adja vissza”
Whose voice leads: The headline gives the party spokesman's label 'political prisoner'. It is attributed to him by name, but no other voice appears. — “Havasi Bertalan: Hankó Balázs politikai fogoly, mandátumát nem adja vissza”
Loaded term carried: The party's phrase 'neo-communist arbitrariness' is carried, attributed with 'szerint'. The report does not state what Hankó is accused of. — “A Fidesz kommunikációs igazgatója szerint nem hátrálnak meg az újkommunista önkénnyel szemben.”
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Zweiter ungarischer Ex-Minister aus Orbán-Ára festgenommen
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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
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— independentDer Standard gives the suspicion: corruption and embezzlement of public funds. It calls him the second Orbán-era ex-minister arrested, but names no authority and no first minister.
Ungarn Zweiter ungarischer Ex-Minister aus Orbán-Ára festgenommen Der ehemalige ungarische Minister für Kultur und Innovation, Balázs Hankó, steht unter dem Verdacht der Korruption und Veruntreuung öffentlicher Gelder Balázs Hankó weist alle Vorwürfe gegen ihn zurück. AFP/ATTILA KISBENEDEK Budapest – Der ehemalige ungarische Minister für Kultur und Innovation der abgewählten Regierung von Viktor Orbán, Balázs Hankó, ist am Montagabend festgenommen worden. Hankó steht unter dem Verdacht der Korruption und Veruntreuung öffentlicher Gelder. Zu der Festnahme kam es, nachdem das Parlament am Montag
Who is named as acting: The arrest is reported with no actor named. No police force, prosecutor or court appears in the headline or the body. — “Zweiter ungarischer Ex-Minister aus Orbán-Ára festgenommen”
Asserted vs attributed: The suspicion is stated without saying who holds it. The report does not say which authority suspects him. — “steht unter dem Verdacht der Korruption und Veruntreuung öffentlicher Gelder”
Who is named as acting: No arresting authority is named. The headline gives the arrest with no actor named. — “Zweiter ungarischer Ex-Minister aus Orbán-Ára festgenommen”
Asserted vs attributed: The suspicion is stated, but the report does not say who holds it: no prosecutor, police force or court is named. — “steht unter dem Verdacht der Korruption und Veruntreuung öffentlicher Gelder”
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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newspaper · independent
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
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Politico Europe
Centre
estimate · not a score
Politico Europe
🇧🇪BE ·
digital · independent
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
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HotNews.ro
Centre
estimate · not a score
HotNews.ro
🇷🇴RO ·
digital · independent
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
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iDNES.cz / MF DNES
Centre-right
estimate · not a score
iDNES.cz / MF DNES
🇨🇿CZ ·
newspaper · independent
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
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NOS
Centre
estimate · not a score
NOS
🇳🇱NL ·
public broadcaster · public-service
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
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Svenska Dagbladet
Centre-right
estimate · not a score
Svenska Dagbladet
🇸🇪SE ·
newspaper · independent
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
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Gazeta Wyborcza
Centre-left
estimate · not a score
Gazeta Wyborcza
🇵🇱PL ·
newspaper · independent
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
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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
ABC
Centre-right
estimate · not a score
ABC
🇪🇸ES ·
newspaper · independent
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
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Corriere della Sera
Centre
estimate · not a score
Corriere della Sera
🇮🇹IT ·
newspaper · independent
What we have measured
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Kathimerini
Centre-right
estimate · not a score
Kathimerini
🇬🇷GR ·
newspaper · independent
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
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Digi24
Centre
estimate · not a score
Digi24
🇷🇴RO ·
TV/radio · independent
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
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Centre-left
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Die Presse
Centre-right
estimate · not a score
Die Presse
🇦🇹AT ·
newspaper · independent
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
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Il Giornale
Right
estimate · not a score
Il Giornale
🇮🇹IT ·
newspaper · independent
What we have measured
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Euractiv
Centre
estimate · not a score
Euractiv
🇧🇪BE ·
digital · independent
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
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Telex
Centre
estimate · not a score
Telex
🇭🇺HU ·
digital · independent
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
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Le Monde
Centre-left
estimate · not a score
Le Monde
🇫🇷FR ·
newspaper · independent
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
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El País
Centre-left
estimate · not a score
El País
🇪🇸ES ·
newspaper · independent
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
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la Repubblica
Centre-left
estimate · not a score
la Repubblica
🇮🇹IT ·
newspaper · independent
What we have measured
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Süddeutsche Zeitung
Centre-left
estimate · not a score
Süddeutsche Zeitung
🇩🇪DE ·
newspaper · independent
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
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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.