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Examiner calls Michigan "razor-thin" at 48-45; the Post says El-Sayed "lags his party" at 53-48

One telephone poll of 803 Michigan voters, read two ways on the same day. The Democrat's 3-point lead is smaller than the poll's own 3.9-point margin of error.

El Sayed polling tight with Rogers while other Democrats dominate in Michigan
El Sayed polling tight with Rogers while other Democrats dominate in Michigan as published by Washington Examiner · seen at Washington Examiner
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One poll. The Washington Post-Schar School surveyed 803 likely Michigan voters by telephone from 10 to 14 September, with a margin of error of plus or minus 3.9 points. It puts Democrat Abdul El-Sayed on 48 percent and Republican Mike Rogers on 45 — a 3-point gap inside a 3.9-point margin.

Two readings, same day.

Outlet The figure it led with Method printed
Washington Examiner A "razor-thin race", 48 to 45, inside the margin dates, telephone, 803 voters, plus or minus 3.9
The Washington Post 53 percent want Democrats to control the Senate; 48 percent back El-Sayed — "how El-Sayed lags his party" not in the summary we hold
Fox News The Detroit News endorsing Rogers, a "savage rebuke" over deleted posts no poll figures

A second poll, once. The Examiner alone reports a Hill/Emerson College survey released Thursday at El-Sayed 48, Rogers 46. It gives no sample size, no field dates and no margin, so the method cannot be checked.

The name. The Examiner spells the Democratic nominee "el Sayed". The Post and Fox News spell him "El-Sayed".

Not settled. Rogers calls El-Sayed "maybe the most anti-American candidate across the country today". No report we hold carries El-Sayed answering that. The Examiner writes that "critics have accused" him of antisemitism, and names none of them. No report we hold quotes a Michigan voter.

This is a story about one opinion poll on one US Senate seat, and about which number out of it goes first.

How it got here. The US Senate has 100 seats, two per state, and its majority decides which nominees are confirmed and which bills reach a vote. Republicans hold it 53-47. A third of the chamber is contested at the midterm elections, held halfway through a presidential term; the reports place polling day less than seven weeks off. Michigan's Democratic senator, Gary Peters, is retiring, so the seat is open — which is why a state that leans neither way reliably is now a national contest. Abdul El-Sayed won the Democratic primary in early August; Mike Rogers, a Republican and a former member of the House, is the nominee against him. The Cook Political Report rates the race a "Toss Up".

Why the margin matters. A poll's margin of error is the range its own method says the true figure probably sits within. A 3-point gap reported inside a 3.9-point margin does not establish who is ahead. That single fact is what the two readings of this poll turn on.

What else is loaded into the race. El-Sayed campaigned through the primary with Hasan Piker, a Twitch streamer whose statements on Israel and on US foreign policy Rogers uses against him. In March a man rammed a vehicle into one of Michigan's largest synagogues and opened fire; El-Sayed condemned the attack but said "hurt people hurt people", and apologised for that in August at an event hosted by the Michigan Democratic Jewish Caucus.

Where it stands. Kamala Harris has confirmed she will campaign for El-Sayed and former Representative Sander Levin has endorsed him. The Detroit News, the Detroit Regional Chamber and the National Roofing Contractors Association have backed Rogers.

What is being argued about

  • Whether a 3-point lead inside a 3.9-point margin of error is a lead at all
  • Which figure from one poll leads the story: the candidate's 48 or his party's 53
  • A second poll cited once, with no sample, dates or margin attached
  • Attacks quoted at length with no answer from the candidate beside them
One poll, five reports, five leadsSide by side
OutletThe figure it led withMethod printed?
Washington Examiner"Razor-thin race": El-Sayed 48, Rogers 45, inside the marginYes — dates, telephone, 803 likely voters, plus or minus 3.9
The Washington Post53 percent want Democrats to control the Senate; 48 percent back El-SayedNot in the summary we hold
The Washington Post, second pieceNo Michigan figure in the summary we holdNot in the summary we hold
Washington Examiner, second pieceA Hill/Emerson survey at El-Sayed 48, Rogers 46No — no sample, no dates, no margin
Fox NewsThe Detroit News endorsing Rogers, over deleted postsNo poll figures
What each report we hold on 17 September led with, and whether it printed how the poll was taken.
Sources Washington Examiner
Right estimate · not a score
Washington Examiner 🇺🇸US · newspaper · independent El Sayed polling tight with Rogers while other Democrats dominate in Michigan Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Washington Examiner → What we have measured Accusation printed unanswered a named candidate is accused of responsibility for murders, with no response carried ×1Accused named Names one accused student, citing the lawsuit; no other report we hold names any of the accused ×1Accused named Names each person charged and gives their nationality. None of the defendants is quoted. ×1Accused named Names one accused student from the civil filing and attributes the claim to the lawsuit ×1 from 3435 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → T The Washington Post
Centre-left estimate · not a score
The Washington Post 🇺🇸US · newspaper · independent Poll finds close Michigan Senate race. Here’s how El-Sayed lags his party. Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at The Washington Post → What we have measured Accused's denial carried the only report carrying the Marine's side ×1Actor named via accusation the administration is named as acting, through the ranchers' charge; the price rise is stated flat ×1Asserted, not attributed a shift of power to Iran stated flat in the headline ×1Asserted or attributed the headline states as data what the body shows the chair selecting in a speech ×1 from 1237 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → T The Washington Post
Centre-left estimate · not a score
The Washington Post 🇺🇸US · newspaper · independent The Pollwatcher: Inside The Washington Post-Schar School poll on Michigan Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at The Washington Post → What we have measured Accused's denial carried the only report carrying the Marine's side ×1Actor named via accusation the administration is named as acting, through the ranchers' charge; the price rise is stated flat ×1Asserted, not attributed a shift of power to Iran stated flat in the headline ×1Asserted or attributed the headline states as data what the body shows the chair selecting in a speech ×1 from 1237 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Washington Examiner
Right estimate · not a score
Washington Examiner 🇺🇸US · newspaper · independent Mike Rogers calls Abdul el Sayed the ‘most anti-American candidate’ for affiliation with Hasan Piker Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Washington Examiner → What we have measured Accusation printed unanswered a named candidate is accused of responsibility for murders, with no response carried ×1Accused named Names one accused student, citing the lawsuit; no other report we hold names any of the accused ×1Accused named Names each person charged and gives their nationality. None of the defendants is quoted. ×1Accused named Names one accused student from the civil filing and attributes the claim to the lawsuit ×1 from 3435 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Fox News
Right estimate · not a score
Fox News 🇺🇸US · TV/radio · independent Historic newspaper gives El-Sayed a savage rebuke for hiding his past while endorsing his opponent Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Fox News → What we have measured Accused named Names one former fraternity member through his lawyer's denial. The woman is anonymous by her own choice. ×1Actor in headline The headline names Trump as the one acting. The body names only Anduril. ×1A number, with no people named The only report that gives a figure counts the journalists whose communications were swept up. It names none of them. ×1Asserted, not attributed stated flat: past court defeats are asserted with no case, judge or date named ×1 from 6432 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times →
The numbers in the Post-Schar School pollChart
All three figures come from the one telephone poll of 803 likely Michigan voters, taken 10 to 14 September, margin of error plus or minus 3.9 points. The gap between the two candidates is smaller than that margin.
Sources Washington Examiner
Right estimate · not a score
Washington Examiner 🇺🇸US · newspaper · independent El Sayed polling tight with Rogers while other Democrats dominate in Michigan Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Washington Examiner → What we have measured Accusation printed unanswered a named candidate is accused of responsibility for murders, with no response carried ×1Accused named Names one accused student, citing the lawsuit; no other report we hold names any of the accused ×1Accused named Names each person charged and gives their nationality. None of the defendants is quoted. ×1Accused named Names one accused student from the civil filing and attributes the claim to the lawsuit ×1 from 3435 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → T The Washington Post
Centre-left estimate · not a score
The Washington Post 🇺🇸US · newspaper · independent Poll finds close Michigan Senate race. Here’s how El-Sayed lags his party. Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at The Washington Post → What we have measured Accused's denial carried the only report carrying the Marine's side ×1Actor named via accusation the administration is named as acting, through the ranchers' charge; the price rise is stated flat ×1Asserted, not attributed a shift of power to Iran stated flat in the headline ×1Asserted or attributed the headline states as data what the body shows the chair selecting in a speech ×1 from 1237 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times →
The bias in this coverageBias

One telephone poll, two numbers

Three of the five reports rest on the same Post-Schar School survey of 803 likely voters. One prints the full method and margin; one leads instead on the five-point gap between the party's standing and the candidate's; one calls a 3-point lead inside a 3.9-point margin "razor-thin" rather than a tie. The candidate's name is spelled two ways across the reports — "el Sayed" and "El-Sayed".

3 reports drawing on the same telephone poll 1 reports printing the margin of error 1 reports printing the sample size 2 spellings of the Democratic nominee's name

Whose words carry the race

One report gives the Republican nominee five quoted attack lines — anti-American, terrorist sympathiser, Muslim Brotherhood money, Hezbollah — and the Democratic nominee one quoted sentence, an apology. Serious accusations arrive attributed to unnamed "critics" in the longest report we hold. No report we hold quotes a Michigan voter.

5 quoted attacks from the Republican nominee in one report 1 quoted replies from the Democratic nominee in that report 0 reports quoting a Michigan voter 1 reports carrying an accusation from unnamed critics
Scored without the mastheads. Where the two passes differ, both are kept.
Sources Washington Examiner
Right estimate · not a score
Washington Examiner 🇺🇸US · newspaper · independent El Sayed polling tight with Rogers while other Democrats dominate in Michigan Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Washington Examiner → What we have measured Accusation printed unanswered a named candidate is accused of responsibility for murders, with no response carried ×1Accused named Names one accused student, citing the lawsuit; no other report we hold names any of the accused ×1Accused named Names each person charged and gives their nationality. None of the defendants is quoted. ×1Accused named Names one accused student from the civil filing and attributes the claim to the lawsuit ×1 from 3435 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → T The Washington Post
Centre-left estimate · not a score
The Washington Post 🇺🇸US · newspaper · independent Poll finds close Michigan Senate race. Here’s how El-Sayed lags his party. Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at The Washington Post → What we have measured Accused's denial carried the only report carrying the Marine's side ×1Actor named via accusation the administration is named as acting, through the ranchers' charge; the price rise is stated flat ×1Asserted, not attributed a shift of power to Iran stated flat in the headline ×1Asserted or attributed the headline states as data what the body shows the chair selecting in a speech ×1 from 1237 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → T The Washington Post
Centre-left estimate · not a score
The Washington Post 🇺🇸US · newspaper · independent The Pollwatcher: Inside The Washington Post-Schar School poll on Michigan Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at The Washington Post → What we have measured Accused's denial carried the only report carrying the Marine's side ×1Actor named via accusation the administration is named as acting, through the ranchers' charge; the price rise is stated flat ×1Asserted, not attributed a shift of power to Iran stated flat in the headline ×1Asserted or attributed the headline states as data what the body shows the chair selecting in a speech ×1 from 1237 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Washington Examiner
Right estimate · not a score
Washington Examiner 🇺🇸US · newspaper · independent Mike Rogers calls Abdul el Sayed the ‘most anti-American candidate’ for affiliation with Hasan Piker Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Washington Examiner → What we have measured Accusation printed unanswered a named candidate is accused of responsibility for murders, with no response carried ×1Accused named Names one accused student, citing the lawsuit; no other report we hold names any of the accused ×1Accused named Names each person charged and gives their nationality. None of the defendants is quoted. ×1Accused named Names one accused student from the civil filing and attributes the claim to the lawsuit ×1 from 3435 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Fox News
Right estimate · not a score
Fox News 🇺🇸US · TV/radio · independent Historic newspaper gives El-Sayed a savage rebuke for hiding his past while endorsing his opponent Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Fox News → What we have measured Accused named Names one former fraternity member through his lawyer's denial. The woman is anonymous by her own choice. ×1Actor in headline The headline names Trump as the one acting. The body names only Anduril. ×1A number, with no people named The only report that gives a figure counts the journalists whose communications were swept up. It names none of them. ×1Asserted, not attributed stated flat: past court defeats are asserted with no case, judge or date named ×1 from 6432 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times →

Claims and verdicts

true A Washington Post-Schar School poll puts Abdul El-Sayed at 48 percent and Mike Rogers at 45 percent, a lead inside the poll's 3.9-point margin of error.
The Washington Examiner gives both numbers and the method — telephone, 10–14 September, 803 likely voters, plus or minus 3.9 points — and The Washington Post, whose poll it is, reports the 48 percent figure. The lead is smaller than the stated margin of error.
Checked against 2 sources:
Washington Examiner
Right estimate · not a score
Washington Examiner 🇺🇸US · newspaper · independent El Sayed polling tight with Rogers while other Democrats dominate in Michigan Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Washington Examiner → What we have measured Accusation printed unanswered a named candidate is accused of responsibility for murders, with no response carried ×1Accused named Names one accused student, citing the lawsuit; no other report we hold names any of the accused ×1Accused named Names each person charged and gives their nationality. None of the defendants is quoted. ×1Accused named Names one accused student from the civil filing and attributes the claim to the lawsuit ×1 from 3435 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → T The Washington Post
Centre-left estimate · not a score
The Washington Post 🇺🇸US · newspaper · independent Poll finds close Michigan Senate race. Here’s how El-Sayed lags his party. Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at The Washington Post → What we have measured Accused's denial carried the only report carrying the Marine's side ×1Actor named via accusation the administration is named as acting, through the ranchers' charge; the price rise is stated flat ×1Asserted, not attributed a shift of power to Iran stated flat in the headline ×1Asserted or attributed the headline states as data what the body shows the chair selecting in a speech ×1 from 1237 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times →
true Michigan voters favour Democratic control of the Senate by more than they favour El-Sayed.
The Washington Post reports 53 percent of likely voters want Democrats to control the Senate against 48 percent supporting El-Sayed, and the Washington Examiner puts the same gap as an 8-point preference for Democratic control. Both figures come from the one Post-Schar School poll.
Checked against 2 sources:
T The Washington Post
Centre-left estimate · not a score
The Washington Post 🇺🇸US · newspaper · independent Poll finds close Michigan Senate race. Here’s how El-Sayed lags his party. Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at The Washington Post → What we have measured Accused's denial carried the only report carrying the Marine's side ×1Actor named via accusation the administration is named as acting, through the ranchers' charge; the price rise is stated flat ×1Asserted, not attributed a shift of power to Iran stated flat in the headline ×1Asserted or attributed the headline states as data what the body shows the chair selecting in a speech ×1 from 1237 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Washington Examiner
Right estimate · not a score
Washington Examiner 🇺🇸US · newspaper · independent El Sayed polling tight with Rogers while other Democrats dominate in Michigan Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Washington Examiner → What we have measured Accusation printed unanswered a named candidate is accused of responsibility for murders, with no response carried ×1Accused named Names one accused student, citing the lawsuit; no other report we hold names any of the accused ×1Accused named Names each person charged and gives their nationality. None of the defendants is quoted. ×1Accused named Names one accused student from the civil filing and attributes the claim to the lawsuit ×1 from 3435 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times →
unverified A Hill/Emerson College poll released Thursday found El-Sayed leading Rogers 48 to 46.
Only the Washington Examiner reports this second poll, and it gives no sample size, field dates or margin of error, so the method cannot be checked. No other report we hold mentions it.
Checked against 1 source:
Washington Examiner
Right estimate · not a score
Washington Examiner 🇺🇸US · newspaper · independent Mike Rogers calls Abdul el Sayed the ‘most anti-American candidate’ for affiliation with Hasan Piker Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Washington Examiner → What we have measured Accusation printed unanswered a named candidate is accused of responsibility for murders, with no response carried ×1Accused named Names one accused student, citing the lawsuit; no other report we hold names any of the accused ×1Accused named Names each person charged and gives their nationality. None of the defendants is quoted. ×1Accused named Names one accused student from the civil filing and attributes the claim to the lawsuit ×1 from 3435 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times →

Who wrote it

R Rena Rowe Washington Examiner
What the bias passes found in their reporting
Accused named Names one accused student, citing the lawsuit; no other report we hold names any of the accused×1
Accused named Names one accused student from the civil filing and attributes the claim to the lawsuit×1
Appointment label Labels the judge by the president who appointed him. Doing so presents the ruling against the administration as coming from its own side.×1
Asserted not attributed States Cotton's opposition as fact. No statement from Cotton or his office is quoted or attributed.×1
Claims we checked that rest on their reporting
4 unverified4 true
From 149 reports we hold under this byline, at Washington Examiner. Two independent readings, each made without the masthead, a quote attached to every tag. A record, never a rating. Their full record →
E Emily Hallas Washington Examiner
What the bias passes found in their reporting
Affected worker quoted, not named the one person hurt who speaks is anonymous while every official is named×1
Asymmetric label The Democratic opponent carries an ideological label. The Republican candidate in the same sentence carries none.×1
Characterisation of the number a 3-point lead inside a 3.9-point margin is called "razor-thin" rather than statistically level×1
Choice of verb for the same spend the same payment is defined by its stated purpose×1
Claims we checked that rest on their reporting
1 misleading1 disputed3 unverified8 true
From 142 reports we hold under this byline, at Washington Examiner. Two independent readings, each made without the masthead, a quote attached to every tag. A record, never a rating. Their full record →
P Paul Steinhauser Fox News
What the bias passes found in their reporting
Verdict in the headline "savage rebuke" and "hiding his past" are the report's words for another paper's endorsement×1
Verdict in the report's voice an endorsement is reported as a rebuke and as concealment×1
From 66 reports we hold under this byline, at Fox News. Two independent readings, each made without the masthead, a quote attached to every tag. A record, never a rating. Their full record →
S Scott Clement The Washington Post · 2 reports on this story
What the bias passes found in their reporting
The measure chosen the same poll is led as a gap between the party's 53 percent and the candidate's 48×1
Which comparison is chosen the same numbers are framed as the candidate trailing his own party×1
Claims we checked that rest on their reporting
2 true
From 10 reports we hold under this byline, at The Washington Post. Two independent readings, each made without the masthead, a quote attached to every tag. A record, never a rating. Their full record →
E Erin Cox The Washington Post
What the bias passes found in their reporting
The measure chosen the same poll is led as a gap between the party's 53 percent and the candidate's 48×1
Which comparison is chosen the same numbers are framed as the candidate trailing his own party×1
Claims we checked that rest on their reporting
2 true
From 11 reports we hold under this byline, at The Washington Post. Two independent readings, each made without the masthead, a quote attached to every tag. A record, never a rating. Their full record →
The bylines on the reports this story is built from. Hover one for what our passes have measured on their reporting.

Coverage, outlet by outlet

Washington Examiner
Right estimate · not a score
Washington Examiner 🇺🇸US · newspaper · independent Mike Rogers calls Abdul el Sayed the ‘most anti-American candidate’ for affiliation with Hasan Piker Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Washington Examiner → What we have measured Accusation printed unanswered a named candidate is accused of responsibility for murders, with no response carried ×1Accused named Names one accused student, citing the lawsuit; no other report we hold names any of the accused ×1Accused named Names each person charged and gives their nationality. None of the defendants is quoted. ×1Accused named Names one accused student from the civil filing and attributes the claim to the lawsuit ×1 from 3435 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → — independent
Carries Rogers's attack lines in full from a Fox Business interview, and is the only report mentioning a Hill/Emerson survey at 48 to 46 and the "Toss Up" rating.
Republican Michigan Senate nominee Mike Rogers is again attacking Democratic rival Abdul el Sayed over his association with controversial Twitch streamer Hasan Piker. “This guy is maybe the most anti-American candidate across the country today,” Rogers said of el Sayed in an interview on Fox Business Varney & Co. Thursday. Recommended Stories Mike Rogers calls Abdul el Sayed the ‘most anti-American candidate’ for affiliation with Hasan Piker Republicans’ chances at holding on to Senate ‘looking good’: Sarah Bedford El Sayed polling tight with Rogers while other Democrats dominate in Michigan R
Attack quoted without a check: the "terrorist sympathizer" charge is reproduced as said, with no evidence given and no answer beside it — ““This is the same guy who says he’s a terrorist sympathizer to the Houthi terrorist organization,” Rogers continued.”
Whose characterisation leads: the opponent's charge is the headline and the first quotation — ““This guy is maybe the most anti-American candidate across the country today,” Rogers said of el Sayed”
Read it at Washington Examiner → https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/campaigns/congressional/4731738…
Washington Examiner
Right estimate · not a score
Washington Examiner 🇺🇸US · newspaper · independent El Sayed polling tight with Rogers while other Democrats dominate in Michigan Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Washington Examiner → What we have measured Accusation printed unanswered a named candidate is accused of responsibility for murders, with no response carried ×1Accused named Names one accused student, citing the lawsuit; no other report we hold names any of the accused ×1Accused named Names each person charged and gives their nationality. None of the defendants is quoted. ×1Accused named Names one accused student from the civil filing and attributes the claim to the lawsuit ×1 from 3435 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → — independent
The only report we hold that prints the poll's method — telephone, 10 to 14 September, 803 likely voters, plus or minus 3.9 points — and the only one setting the Senate figures beside Jocelyn Benson's 12-point lead over
Michigan Senate Democratic nominee Abdul el Sayed remains in a razor-thin race with Republican rival Mike Rogers despite Democrats holding leads in the state, highlighting the unusual political dynamic at play less than seven weeks out from the midterm elections. El Sayed holds a 3% lead over Rogers, at 48% to 45% among likely voters, putting the contest within a 3.9-point margin of error, according to a Washington Post-Schar School poll released Thursday. That contrasts with Democrat Jocelyn Benson’s 12-point lead over GOP Rep. John James in Michigan’s gubernatorial race, and the state’s over
Poll method given: dates, mode, sample and margin are all printed, at the foot of the report — “The Washington Post-Schar School poll was conducted by telephone Sept. 10-14, 2026, among a random sample of 803 likely voters in Michigan, with a margin of error of plus or minus 3.9%.”
Unnamed accusers: the antisemitism accusation is carried with no accuser named and no response attached to it — “whom critics have accused of being antisemitic”
Characterisation of the number: a 3-point lead inside a 3.9-point margin is called "razor-thin" rather than statistically level — “remains in a razor-thin race with Republican rival Mike Rogers despite Democrats holding leads in the state”
Who accuses: the accusation against the candidate is carried with the accusers unnamed — “whom critics have accused of being antisemitic”
Descriptor in the reporter's voice: a third party is labelled before he is quoted, in the report's own words — “An enthusiastic socialist known for regularly espousing a Marxist worldview, Piker’s advocacy has stirred the waters”
Method published: the poll's dates, sample size, mode and margin are all given — “The Washington Post-Schar School poll was conducted by telephone Sept. 10-14, 2026, among a random sample of 803 likely voters in Michigan, with a margin of error of plus or minus 3.9%.”
Read it at Washington Examiner → https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/campaigns/congressional/4731567…
Fox News
Right estimate · not a score
Fox News 🇺🇸US · TV/radio · independent Historic newspaper gives El-Sayed a savage rebuke for hiding his past while endorsing his opponent Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Fox News → What we have measured Accused named Names one former fraternity member through his lawyer's denial. The woman is anonymous by her own choice. ×1Actor in headline The headline names Trump as the one acting. The body names only Anduril. ×1A number, with no people named The only report that gives a figure counts the journalists whose communications were swept up. It names none of them. ×1Asserted, not attributed stated flat: past court defeats are asserted with no case, judge or date named ×1 from 6432 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → — independent
The Detroit News endorsement of Rogers, reported as a rebuke of El-Sayed for deleting thousands of past social media posts.
A top newspaper in battleground Michigan is skewering left-wing Democratic Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed over past radical rhetoric as it endorses Republican rival former Rep. Mike Rogers in a crucial midterm showdown. The race between El-Sayed and Rogers to succeed retiring Democratic Sen. Gary Peters is a must-win battle for the Democrats as they try to recapture the Senate majority from the GOP. The Detroit News, which has the second-largest newspaper circulation in Michigan, charged in its endorsement of Rogers that El-Sayed "has worked so hard covering his tracks leading up to this Senate
Verdict in the headline: "savage rebuke" and "hiding his past" are the report's words for another paper's endorsement — “Historic newspaper gives El-Sayed a savage rebuke for hiding his past while endorsing his opponent”
Verdict in the report's voice: an endorsement is reported as a rebuke and as concealment — “blasting Abdul El-Sayed for deleting thousands of past social media posts”
Read it at Fox News → https://www.foxnews.com/politics/historic-newspaper-gives-el-sayed-sava…
T The Washington Post
Centre-left estimate · not a score
The Washington Post 🇺🇸US · newspaper · independent The Pollwatcher: Inside The Washington Post-Schar School poll on Michigan Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at The Washington Post → What we have measured Accused's denial carried the only report carrying the Marine's side ×1Actor named via accusation the administration is named as acting, through the ranchers' charge; the price rise is stated flat ×1Asserted, not attributed a shift of power to Iran stated flat in the headline ×1Asserted or attributed the headline states as data what the body shows the chair selecting in a speech ×1 from 1237 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → — independent
The Post ran a second piece on its own Michigan poll the same afternoon; the summary line we hold carries no Michigan figure at all.
Read it at The Washington Post → https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/09/17/pollwatcher-inside-w…
T The Washington Post
Centre-left estimate · not a score
The Washington Post 🇺🇸US · newspaper · independent Poll finds close Michigan Senate race. Here’s how El-Sayed lags his party. Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at The Washington Post → What we have measured Accused's denial carried the only report carrying the Marine's side ×1Actor named via accusation the administration is named as acting, through the ranchers' charge; the price rise is stated flat ×1Asserted, not attributed a shift of power to Iran stated flat in the headline ×1Asserted or attributed the headline states as data what the body shows the chair selecting in a speech ×1 from 1237 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → — independent
The pollster's own paper, leading on the 5-point gap between the 53 percent who want Democrats to run the Senate and the 48 percent who back El-Sayed.
A Post-Schar School finds 53 percent of Michigan’s likely voters say they want Democrats to control the Senate, but 48 percent support Democrat Abdul El-Sayed in the Senate race.
The measure chosen: the same poll is led as a gap between the party's 53 percent and the candidate's 48 — “A Post-Schar School finds 53 percent of Michigan’s likely voters say they want Democrats to control the Senate, but 48 percent support Democrat Abdul El-Sayed in the Senate race.”
Which comparison is chosen: the same numbers are framed as the candidate trailing his own party — “53 percent of Michigan’s likely voters say they want Democrats to control the Senate, but 48 percent support Democrat Abdul El-Sayed in the Senate race.”
Read it at The Washington Post → https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/09/17/michigan-senate-race…
Checked, didn’t cover
Mother Jones
Left estimate · not a score
Mother Jones 🇺🇸US · magazine · independent No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Asserted, not attributed 'ultra-gerrymandered' stated as fact ×1Asserted versus attributed 'Cover-up' is asserted in the report's own voice, not attributed ×1Asserted versus attributed calls it a cover-up in its own voice ×1Assertion vs attribution describes the operation as a 'violent occupation' in its own voice, with no source for the phrase ×1 from 361 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Reuters
Centre estimate · not a score
Reuters 🇺🇸US · wire · independent No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Actor named The attacker is the subject of an active verb for both the deaths and the damage ×1Actor named No actor named for who cancelled the flights ×1Agreement stated flat, source in a tail attribution moved after the dash ×1Announcement written as settled A social-media post becomes a future indicative: the conversion will happen ×1 from 13380 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → N NPR
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NPR 🇺🇸US · public broadcaster · independent No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Asserted, not attributed that the system wrongly flagged citizens is stated flat, with no source named for it ×1Asserted versus attributed public disbelief stated as established, with nothing cited that measured it ×1Asserted versus attributed Past threats of force are stated flat, as background ×1Asymmetric labelling one side tagged by its patron, the other not ×1 from 1144 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → P Politico
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Politico 🇺🇸US · digital · independent No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Nothing scored yet. We do not carry a rating for any outlet — only what we have measured from published text. Outlet profile in The AI Times → Breitbart
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Breitbart 🇺🇸US · digital · independent No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Anyone hurt is counted, not named eight deaths given as a number only ×1Framing of motive The lede calls the denial a punishment and puts 'fake news' in quotation marks; the officials being sued are left unnamed ×1How the person shot is named a status, not a name: the only report that never uses either name calls him an illegal alien ×1How the place is described a party label attached to the city in the same clause as the casualty count ×1 from 3584 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → MSNBC
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MSNBC 🇺🇸US · TV/radio · independent No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Accuser not named The lede does not name the senator making the accusation ×1Actor named for the ban The White House is the subject of both verbs: it blocked journalists, then let CNN back in. ×1A first stated flat a never-before claim carried without a source attached ×1Asserted, not attributed absence of fraud evidence stated as fact ×1 from 1470 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → The Hill
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The Hill 🇺🇸US · digital · independent No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Accusation attributed the word lying is placed in a named politician's mouth, not the outlet's ×1Actor named No actor named for who kept reporters out ×1Actor named No actor named for who let reporters back in ×1Actor named Names the state as the one that carried out the execution. ×1 from 4315 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → The New York Times
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The New York Times 🇺🇸US · newspaper · independent No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Active and passive voice the ship is 'targeted' with no actor, one sentence before a named actor is given for the Saudi attack ×1Active vs passive voice Pike is named as the killer in the active voice; the botched execution has no actor named ×1Actor label Names the shooter by its backer, not by its own name. ×1Actor named Names the official and what the process did to Pike. ×1 from 3862 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → National Review
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National Review 🇺🇸US · magazine · independent No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Asserted not attributed Doubt about the allegation is stated flat, in the outlet's own voice ×1Asserted not attributed An argument about deterrence is stated as fact ×1Asserted versus attributed calls it an abuse of power in its own voice ×1Asserted versus attributed 'Abuse of presidential power' is stated flat ×1 from 414 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times →
Silence is recorded, not inferred — each of these was read when we built this story and carried nothing on this event.
We could not read these
The Wall Street Journal
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The Wall Street Journal 🇺🇸US · newspaper · independent No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Nothing scored yet. We do not carry a rating for any outlet — only what we have measured from published text. Outlet profile in The AI Times → Associated Press
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Associated Press 🇺🇸US · wire · independent No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Dating and attribution Dates the signing to Aug. 6, 2026 and writes ord ×1Dating and attribution Carries a dateline correction, repeated three ti ×1How hard the claim is stated Marks "birth tourism" as the administration's ow ×1How hard the claim is stated high ×1 from 223 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times →
These are must-cite outlets for this desk that we did not manage to read when we built this story. That is a gap in our reach, not a silence on their part, and it is not evidence of anything about this story.

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