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Frankfurter Allgemeine says the AfD "could be passing its peak", Welt says it "already sits at every table"

Mecklenburg-Vorpommern and Berlin voted on Sunday. Seven reports, three outside experts, three different futures - and one number between them: the 1.3 million people entitled to vote in the northern state.

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Alle Daten und Grafiken zur Landtagswahl im Überblick as published by Welt · seen at Welt
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The vote. Mecklenburg-Vorpommern elected a new state parliament on Sunday, the same day Berlin voted. The Frankfurter Allgemeine is the only report we hold that carries a number about the vote itself: around 1.3 million people entitled to cast one. No report we hold gives a poll figure for any party.

The disagreement. Three of the seven reports are built on a single named outside voice. They forecast opposite things about the same party on the same day, and none of them sets one forecast against another.

Report What it says Hedged?
Frankfurter Allgemeine, quoting historian Heinrich August Winkler the AfD "could be passing its peak", and is beatable if the CDU-SPD government holds to its reforms yes, in his own words, in the headline
Welt, quoting communications expert Bela Anda "The AfD already sits at every table" - and whatever Sunday does, "it sets the programme" no - carried flat, in the headline
Welt, quoting political scientist Oliver W. Lembcke rules out Merz emerging strengthened from the two votes: "one would wish Merz to 'survive' this day" the ruling-out is flat; the wish is not
Gazeta Wyborcza if the CDU does badly and the AfD scores another success, Merz "may even lose his position" stated as a condition

Not settled. Whether Merz is in danger: no report we hold names anyone in his party moving against him, or says how he would be removed. Whether Manuela Schwesig's SPD can hold the state: two Welt reports raise it, one calling it a possible "election sensation", while Gazeta Wyborcza expects an AfD success - and none of the three carries a number. The 1.3 million rests on one report alone.

What this is about. On Sunday 20 September 2026 the German state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern elected a new state parliament, and Berlin voted the same day. Most of the coverage we hold reads those state votes as a test of the federal chancellor, Friedrich Merz.

How it got here. Mecklenburg-Vorpommern is one of Germany's sixteen states, on the Baltic coast in the north-east. It was part of the German Democratic Republic until unification in 1990, and eastern results have been counted and argued over separately ever since. At the federal election of February 2025 the CDU/CSU finished first and the AfD second. Merz, the CDU leader, became chancellor in May 2025 at the head of a coalition with the SPD - the black-red government whose reform programme the Frankfurter Allgemeine's historian makes the condition of the AfD being beaten. Every state election since has been read in Berlin as a verdict on that coalition.

Who is in it. Manuela Schwesig of the SPD is Mecklenburg-Vorpommern's minister-president and is running to keep the office. Leif-Erik Holm is the AfD's lead candidate in the state; both cast their votes on Sunday. The AfD is the largest opposition party in the Bundestag, and every other party has so far refused to govern with it. Campact, a campaigning organisation, urged tactical voting in the eastern states, which is what taz writes about: it says Campact overdoes it, and that Die Linke's criticism of Campact is excessive but justified.

What is at stake. In the state: who governs it, and whether the AfD becomes its largest party. Federally, nothing directly - a chancellor is removed only by the Bundestag, in a constructive vote of no confidence that names his replacement. What a bad night can change is his own party's judgement of him, and that is the danger Gazeta Wyborcza and Welt's political scientist are describing.

Where it stands. Every report we hold was filed on Sunday morning, before the polls closed. None carries a result.

What is being argued about

  • Whether the AfD is still rising or has passed its peak
  • Whether two state results can cost Friedrich Merz the chancellorship
  • Whether Manuela Schwesig's SPD can hold Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
  • Campact's tactical-voting campaign in the eastern states
Three outside voices, three futuresSide by side
OutletWhose voiceWhat is forecastStated how
Frankfurter Allgemeinehistorian Heinrich August Winklerthe AfD "could be passing its peak" - beatable if the CDU-SPD government keeps to its reformshedged in his own words, and the hedge is in the headline
Weltcommunications expert Bela Andathe AfD "already sits at every table" and "sets the programme", whatever Sunday returnsflat, as the headline claim
Weltpolitical scientist Oliver W. LembckeMerz cannot emerge from the two votes strengthened; "one would wish Merz to 'survive' this day"the ruling-out is flat; the survival is a wish
Gazeta Wyborczathe paper's own accountif the CDU does badly and the AfD scores again, Merz "may even lose his position"a condition, stated as a plain if-then
Weltthe paper's own accountSchwesig "could actually pull off the election sensation"hedged - "could"
Every forecast here was published before the polls closed. No report we hold sets one against another.
Sources Frankfurter Allgemeine
Centre-right estimate · not a score
Frankfurter Allgemeine 🇩🇪DE · newspaper · independent Heinrich August Winkler: „Es könnte sein, dass die AfD gerade ihren Höhepunkt überschreitet“ Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Frankfurter Allgemeine → 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 → Welt
Centre-right estimate · not a score
Welt 🇩🇪DE · newspaper · independent „Die AfD sitzt schon überall mit am Tisch“ Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Welt → 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 → Welt
Centre-right estimate · not a score
Welt 🇩🇪DE · newspaper · independent „Führt kein Weg daran vorbei, dass sich Merz wie Münchhausen am Kopf aus der Malaise ziehen muss“ Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Welt → 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 → Gazeta Wyborcza
Centre-left estimate · not a score
Gazeta Wyborcza 🇵🇱PL · newspaper · independent Wybory w Berlinie i Maklemburgii-Pomorzu Przednim. Test dla Merza, AfD liczy na sukces 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 → Welt
Centre-right estimate · not a score
Welt 🇩🇪DE · newspaper · independent Alle Daten und Grafiken zur Landtagswahl im Überblick Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Welt → 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 →
Seven reports, one Sunday morningTimeline
  1. Sun 20 Sep 202609:54 published time on the report taz says Campact's tactical-voting campaign in the east goes too far, and Die Linke's criticism of it is excessive but justified
  2. Sun 20 Sep 202609:58 published time on the report Gazeta Wyborcza calls the two votes a test for Merz: a weak CDU and another AfD success could cost him his position
  3. Sun 20 Sep 202611:53 published time on the report Welt carries Bela Anda: the AfD already sits at every table and sets the programme
  4. Sun 20 Sep 202612:07 published time on the report Frankfurter Allgemeine reports Schwesig and the AfD's Leif-Erik Holm casting their votes, and sizes the electorate about 1.3 million entitled to vote
  5. Sun 20 Sep 202612:09 published time on the report Welt carries Oliver W. Lembcke ruling out a strengthened Merz, and wishing him to survive the day
  6. Sun 20 Sep 202612:40 published time on the report Frankfurter Allgemeine carries Heinrich August Winkler: the AfD could be passing its peak if the government holds to its reforms
  7. Sun 20 Sep 202612:49 published time on the report Welt publishes the day's data and charts, and says Schwesig could pull off the election sensation
Times are each report's own published time, in UTC. Polls in both Mecklenburg-Vorpommern and Berlin were still open.
Sources t taz
Left estimate · not a score
taz 🇩🇪DE · digital · Taktisch-wählen-Kampagne von Campact: Die Kritik der Linkspartei ist überzogen, aber berechtigt Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at taz → What we have measured Actor named names both coalition parties as the sides of the conflict ×1Actor named Makes the Constitutional Court the actor that overturned the Supreme Court's argument. ×1With no actor named critics The pressure comes from 'the internet', with no critic named. ×1Asserted in the outlet's voice a motive assigned to an entire electorate, no source and no evidence ×1 from 2718 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Gazeta Wyborcza
Centre-left estimate · not a score
Gazeta Wyborcza 🇵🇱PL · newspaper · independent Wybory w Berlinie i Maklemburgii-Pomorzu Przednim. Test dla Merza, AfD liczy na sukces 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 → Welt
Centre-right estimate · not a score
Welt 🇩🇪DE · newspaper · independent „Die AfD sitzt schon überall mit am Tisch“ Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Welt → 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 Manuela Schwesig bei ihrer Stimmabgabe: „Heute haben die Bürgerinnen und Bürger das Wort“ Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Frankfurter Allgemeine → 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 → Welt
Centre-right estimate · not a score
Welt 🇩🇪DE · newspaper · independent „Führt kein Weg daran vorbei, dass sich Merz wie Münchhausen am Kopf aus der Malaise ziehen muss“ Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Welt → 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 Heinrich August Winkler: „Es könnte sein, dass die AfD gerade ihren Höhepunkt überschreitet“ Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Frankfurter Allgemeine → 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 → Welt
Centre-right estimate · not a score
Welt 🇩🇪DE · newspaper · independent Alle Daten und Grafiken zur Landtagswahl im Überblick Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Welt → 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 →
The bias in this coverageBias

Three experts, three futures, one number

Three of seven reports are built on an outside commentator — a communications consultant, a political scientist and a historian — and they disagree about whether the AfD is rising or peaking. Only one report gives a figure about the vote itself: the 1.3 million people entitled to cast one. Predictions are stated flat when they concern Merz and hedged when they concern the AfD.

3 reports built on a commentator 1 reports carrying a number about the vote 1 reports naming both lead candidates

A state vote read from Berlin

Two reports treat the Mecklenburg-Vorpommern result as a verdict on the chancellor rather than on the state government. One makes the chancellor's survival the headline test and states the condition as a plain if-then. The incumbent premier's possible win is framed as a sensation rather than as a defence of office.

2 reports framing the vote as a test of the chancellor 2 reports framing it as the state's own contest
Scored without the mastheads. Where the two passes differ, both are kept.
Sources Welt
Centre-right estimate · not a score
Welt 🇩🇪DE · newspaper · independent Alle Daten und Grafiken zur Landtagswahl im Überblick Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Welt → 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 Manuela Schwesig bei ihrer Stimmabgabe: „Heute haben die Bürgerinnen und Bürger das Wort“ Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Frankfurter Allgemeine → 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 → Welt
Centre-right estimate · not a score
Welt 🇩🇪DE · newspaper · independent „Die AfD sitzt schon überall mit am Tisch“ Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Welt → 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 → Welt
Centre-right estimate · not a score
Welt 🇩🇪DE · newspaper · independent „Führt kein Weg daran vorbei, dass sich Merz wie Münchhausen am Kopf aus der Malaise ziehen muss“ Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Welt → 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 Heinrich August Winkler: „Es könnte sein, dass die AfD gerade ihren Höhepunkt überschreitet“ Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Frankfurter Allgemeine → 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 → Gazeta Wyborcza
Centre-left estimate · not a score
Gazeta Wyborcza 🇵🇱PL · newspaper · independent Wybory w Berlinie i Maklemburgii-Pomorzu Przednim. Test dla Merza, AfD liczy na sukces 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 → t taz
Left estimate · not a score
taz 🇩🇪DE · digital · Taktisch-wählen-Kampagne von Campact: Die Kritik der Linkspartei ist überzogen, aber berechtigt Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at taz → What we have measured Actor named names both coalition parties as the sides of the conflict ×1Actor named Makes the Constitutional Court the actor that overturned the Supreme Court's argument. ×1With no actor named critics The pressure comes from 'the internet', with no critic named. ×1Asserted in the outlet's voice a motive assigned to an entire electorate, no source and no evidence ×1 from 2718 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times →

Claims and verdicts

unverified Friedrich Merz could lose the chancellorship over Sunday's two state elections.
Gazeta Wyborcza states it as a possibility if the CDU does badly and the AfD gains, and Welt quotes political scientist Oliver W. Lembcke saying Merz cannot emerge strengthened and that one would wish him to "survive" the day. No report we hold names anyone in his party moving against him or describes how he would be removed.
Checked against 2 sources:
Gazeta Wyborcza
Centre-left estimate · not a score
Gazeta Wyborcza 🇵🇱PL · newspaper · independent Wybory w Berlinie i Maklemburgii-Pomorzu Przednim. Test dla Merza, AfD liczy na sukces 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 → Welt
Centre-right estimate · not a score
Welt 🇩🇪DE · newspaper · independent „Führt kein Weg daran vorbei, dass sich Merz wie Münchhausen am Kopf aus der Malaise ziehen muss“ Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Welt → 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 →
unverified Manuela Schwesig's SPD is in reach of winning in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern.
Both accounts are Welt's: one says she "could actually pull off the election sensation", the other refers to a possible catch-up. Gazeta Wyborcza instead expects an AfD success, and no report we hold gives a poll figure for either party.
Checked against 3 sources:
Welt
Centre-right estimate · not a score
Welt 🇩🇪DE · newspaper · independent Alle Daten und Grafiken zur Landtagswahl im Überblick Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Welt → 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 → Welt
Centre-right estimate · not a score
Welt 🇩🇪DE · newspaper · independent „Die AfD sitzt schon überall mit am Tisch“ Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Welt → 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 → Gazeta Wyborcza
Centre-left estimate · not a score
Gazeta Wyborcza 🇵🇱PL · newspaper · independent Wybory w Berlinie i Maklemburgii-Pomorzu Przednim. Test dla Merza, AfD liczy na sukces 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 →
unverified About 1.3 million people were eligible to vote in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern.
Only the Frankfurter Allgemeine gives the figure. No other report we hold carries an electorate number, and none contradicts it.
Checked against 1 source:
Frankfurter Allgemeine
Centre-right estimate · not a score
Frankfurter Allgemeine 🇩🇪DE · newspaper · independent Manuela Schwesig bei ihrer Stimmabgabe: „Heute haben die Bürgerinnen und Bürger das Wort“ Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Frankfurter Allgemeine → 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 →

Who wrote it

M Maren Osterloh Welt
What the bias passes found in their reporting
What is chosen as the frame the result is framed in advance as one premier's sensation×1
Claims we checked that rest on their reporting
1 unverified
From 5 reports we hold under this byline, at Welt. Two independent readings, each made without the masthead, a quote attached to every tag. A record, never a rating. Their full record →
R Ralph Bollmann Frankfurter Allgemeine
What the bias passes found in their reporting
Consequence asserted without specifics two policies said to be in doubt; neither is named in the lede×1
Counter claim, hedged the opposite reading of the AfD's trajectory is offered with an explicit maybe×1
Hedged or flat the opposite forecast, hedged in the speaker's own words in the headline×1
The outlet's own word for the result "shock" written as a fact about the election, attributed to nobody×1
Claims we checked that rest on their reporting
1 unverified1 true
From 13 reports we hold under this byline, at Frankfurter Allgemeine. Two independent readings, each made without the masthead, a quote attached to every tag. A record, never a rating. Their full record →
M Marta Urzędowska Gazeta Wyborcza
What the bias passes found in their reporting
Actor named Russia is named as acting against the bridge, in active voice×1
Clash reciprocal The Valencia clash is written with protesters as the actors×1
Lead order The headline opens with Russian strikes on Kyiv, then gives Zelensky's vow with his limit of no civilians.×1
Sequence framing Russian strikes lead; Zelensky's refinery vow follows as the answer×1
Claims we checked that rest on their reporting
3 unverified2 true
From 66 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 →
T Timm Kühn taz
What the bias passes found in their reporting
Judgement in the outlet's own voice a tactical-voting campaign is judged excessive without attribution to anyone×1
From 25 reports we hold under this byline, at taz. 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. · 3 reports we hold carry no byline — we do not invent one.

Coverage, outlet by outlet

Welt
Centre-right estimate · not a score
Welt 🇩🇪DE · newspaper · independent Alle Daten und Grafiken zur Landtagswahl im Überblick Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Welt → 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 → — independent
Frames the result in advance as Schwesig's possible "election sensation", and is the report offering the day's data and charts.
What is chosen as the frame: the result is framed in advance as one premier's sensation — “SPD-Ministerpräsidentin Manuela Schwesig könnte tatsächlich die Wahlsensation schaffen”
Read it at Welt → https://www.welt.de/politik/deutschland/article6a86dcf9260b7d1d2f7954fc…
Frankfurter Allgemeine
Centre-right estimate · not a score
Frankfurter Allgemeine 🇩🇪DE · newspaper · independent Heinrich August Winkler: „Es könnte sein, dass die AfD gerade ihren Höhepunkt überschreitet“ Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Frankfurter Allgemeine → 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 → — independent
Carries historian Heinrich August Winkler's condition: the AfD is beatable, but only if the CDU-SPD government sticks to its reforms after the state votes.
Herr Winkler, welche Rolle spielen wirtschaftliche Faktoren in der Krise der liberalen Demokratie, die wir in Deutschland gerade erleben? Eine große. Mich erinnert die derzeitige Stimmungslage an die Debatte nach dem Wiener Börsencrash von 1873, dem sogenannten Gründerkrach: Da gab es massenhafte soziale Unzufriedenheit und Unruhe, eine Zunahme ideologischer Dynamik und Aggressivität, auch einen hitzigen Verteilungsstreit. Damals waren antisemitische Parteien die Profiteure der Krisenstimmung. Als es mit der Konjunktur wieder aufwärtsging, ging der Zulauf zu diesen Parteien auch wieder zurück.
Counter claim, hedged: the opposite reading of the AfD's trajectory is offered with an explicit maybe — “Es könnte sein, dass die AfD gerade ihren Höhepunkt überschreitet”
Hedged or flat: the opposite forecast, hedged in the speaker's own words in the headline — “„Es könnte sein, dass die AfD gerade ihren Höhepunkt überschreitet“”
Read it at Frankfurter Allgemeine → https://www.faz.net/aktuell/wirtschaft/heinrich-august-winkler-vielleic…
Welt
Centre-right estimate · not a score
Welt 🇩🇪DE · newspaper · independent „Führt kein Weg daran vorbei, dass sich Merz wie Münchhausen am Kopf aus der Malaise ziehen muss“ Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Welt → 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 → — independent
Political scientist Oliver W. Lembcke rules out Merz coming out of the two votes stronger, and says one would wish him to survive the day.
Politikwissenschaftler Oliver W. Lembcke hält es für ausgeschlossen, dass Kanzler Merz gestärkt aus den Landtagswahlen in MV und Berlin hervorgehen werde: „Man würde Merz schon wünschen, dass er diesen Tag ‚überlebt’.“
Expert verdict stated flat: an outcome is ruled out before any vote is counted, in an academic's voice — “hält es für ausgeschlossen, dass Kanzler Merz gestärkt aus den Landtagswahlen in MV und Berlin hervorgehen werde”
Hedged or flat: an academic's forecast given as a ruled-out possibility, not as an opinion among others — “hält es für ausgeschlossen, dass Kanzler Merz gestärkt aus den Landtagswahlen in MV und Berlin hervorgehen werde”
Read it at Welt → https://www.welt.de/politik/deutschland/video6aafca5afc619be80f3c4257/k…
Frankfurter Allgemeine
Centre-right estimate · not a score
Frankfurter Allgemeine 🇩🇪DE · newspaper · independent Manuela Schwesig bei ihrer Stimmabgabe: „Heute haben die Bürgerinnen und Bürger das Wort“ Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Frankfurter Allgemeine → 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 → — independent
The only report with a number about the vote - around 1.3 million people entitled to cast a ballot - and the only one that names the AfD's lead candidate in the state, Leif-Erik Holm, shown voting alongside Schwesig.
Manuela Schwesig bei ihrer Stimmabgabe : „Heute haben die Bürgerinnen und Bürger das Wort“ 20.09.2026, 14:07 Externer Inhalt von Youtube Um externe Inhalte anzuzeigen, ist Ihre widerrufliche Zustimmung nötig. Dabei können Ihre Daten von Drittplattformen (ggf. USA) verarbeitet werden. Weitere Informationen . Externe Inhalte aktivieren Reuters / dpa In Mecklenburg-Vorpommern entscheiden rund 1,3 Millionen Wahlberechtigte über den neuen Landtag. Ministerpräsidentin Manuela Schwesig und AfD-Spitzenkandidat Leif-Erik Holm gaben am Sonntag ihre Stimmen ab. Teilen Merken Mehr zum Thema Wahl-O-Mat Wel
Voters as the actor: the electorate decides and both lead candidates are shown voting, with no forecast attached — “In Mecklenburg-Vorpommern entscheiden rund 1,3 Millionen Wahlberechtigte über den neuen Landtag.”
Who is counted: the only report that sizes the electorate, and it shows both lead candidates voting — “In Mecklenburg-Vorpommern entscheiden rund 1,3 Millionen Wahlberechtigte über den neuen Landtag.”
Read it at Frankfurter Allgemeine → https://www.faz.net/video/landtagswahl-in-mecklenburg-vorpommern-schwes…
Welt
Centre-right estimate · not a score
Welt 🇩🇪DE · newspaper · independent „Die AfD sitzt schon überall mit am Tisch“ Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Welt → 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 → — independent
Carries communications expert Bela Anda's opposite reading, flat and in the headline: whatever Schwesig does on the day, the other parties will keep orienting themselves to the AfD.
Kommunikationsexperte Bela Anda rechnet bei „Meinungsfreiheit“ damit, dass sich die Parteien trotz der möglichen Aufholjagd von Manuela Schwesig in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern weiterhin an der AfD orientieren werden: „Sie bestimmt die Programmatik.“
Who is named as acting: the AfD is made the party that sets the agenda for everyone else, asserted in a consultant's quote — “Sie bestimmt die Programmatik.”
Hedged or flat: one consultant's assessment carried flat as the headline claim — “„Die AfD sitzt schon überall mit am Tisch“”
Read it at Welt → https://www.welt.de/mediathek/talk/meinungsfreiheit/video6aafc0dbb1857e…
Gazeta Wyborcza
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Gazeta Wyborcza 🇵🇱PL · newspaper · independent Wybory w Berlinie i Maklemburgii-Pomorzu Przednim. Test dla Merza, AfD liczy na sukces 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 from outside Germany, and the only one that states the chancellorship as the stake: if the CDU does badly and the AfD gains, Merz may lose his job.
Trwają wybory lokalne w Berlinie, a także w Meklemburgii-Pomorzu Przednim. Jeśli CDU wypadnie słabo, a AfD osiągnie kolejny sukces, Friedrich Merz może nawet stracić stanowisko.
Which measure was chosen: two state elections are measured by whether the federal chancellor keeps his job — “Friedrich Merz może nawet stracić stanowisko”
What is chosen as the frame: a state election measured by what it costs the federal chancellor — “Jeśli CDU wypadnie słabo, a AfD osiągnie kolejny sukces, Friedrich Merz może nawet stracić stanowisko.”
Read it at Gazeta Wyborcza → https://wyborcza.pl/7,75399,33034158,wybory-w-berlinie-i-maklemburgii-p…
t taz
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taz 🇩🇪DE · digital · Taktisch-wählen-Kampagne von Campact: Die Kritik der Linkspartei ist überzogen, aber berechtigt Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at taz → What we have measured Actor named names both coalition parties as the sides of the conflict ×1Actor named Makes the Constitutional Court the actor that overturned the Supreme Court's argument. ×1With no actor named critics The pressure comes from 'the internet', with no critic named. ×1Asserted in the outlet's voice a motive assigned to an entire electorate, no source and no evidence ×1 from 2718 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → —
The only report about the campaign rather than the result: Campact's push for tactical voting in the east, and Die Linke's criticism of it.
Z ugegeben: Die Worte, mit denen diverse Linken-Spitzen gerade die Kampagnenorganisation Campact kritisieren, sind zum Teil daneben. Campact sei „nichts weniger als eine willige, aber nicht ganz billige Vorfeldorganisation“ der Grünen, schrieb etwa Bodo Ramelow auf Twitter. Die Abgeordnete Lea Reisner toppt das sogar noch. Sie „hasse“ Campact, erklärt Reisner, es sei falsch, wenn „Berliner Hipster Tausende Euro in Wahlkämpfe im Osten“ pumpen. Trotzdem ist die Kritik der Linken an einem erneuten Campact-Aufruf bei den Landtagswahlen in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, „strategisch“ zu wählen, richtig. „
Judgement in the outlet's own voice: a tactical-voting campaign is judged excessive without attribution to anyone — “überzieht Campact sein Engagement zur Rettung der Demokratie”
Read it at taz → https://taz.de/Taktisch-waehlen-Kampagne-von-Campact/!6208405/
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D De Telegraaf
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De Telegraaf 🇳🇱NL · newspaper · independent No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Accused named the accused is named and aged, and his not-guilty plea is carried ×1Accused's voice carries the not-guilty plea and names the accused ×1Actor named Authorities named as the ones who made the arrests ×1Asserted vs attributed 'blackmail' stated flat, with no source and no named state that applied it ×1 from 10020 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → P Público
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Público 🇵🇹PT · newspaper · independent No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Anyone hurt The only report carrying casualties gives a count and no names ×1Asserted or attributed the Saudi account arrives as a confirmation, not a claim ×1Casualties stated flat, unnamed the same two deaths are stated without source and without who killed them ×1Flat context The same Iran link is stated flat, with no source ×1 from 3295 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → D De Standaard
Centre estimate · not a score
De Standaard 🇧🇪BE · newspaper · independent No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Actor named Russia is named as acting on the bridge, in active voice ×1Asserted vs attributed states sabotage flat, with no source ×1Asserted vs attributed states flat, with no source, that the officers were wrong to suspect him ×1Attribution The whole arrest is sourced second-hand to other media. ×1 from 4325 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Deník N
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Deník N 🇨🇿CZ · newspaper · independent No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Actor named The headline names speculators as the actors who evicted a grandmother, stated flat. ×1Asserted, and a government judged A wave of Russian state terrorism is stated as fact and Germany is rated on its response; the piece is labelled a comment ×1Asserted, not attributed Washington's refusal and its reasoning stated flat, with no source ×1Assessment stated flat Says in its own voice, with no source, that Russian air defence worked well. ×1 from 1266 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → El Mundo
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
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Brussels Signal 🇧🇪BE · digital · independent No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Asserted vs attributed cause and effect on services asserted in the reporter's voice, no figure attached ×1Asserted vs attributed States record diesel prices flat, with no source; another report says there is no shortage ×1Asserted vs attributed The figure of 72 is stated flat, with no named source or document. The report's own inference is 'significant infiltration'. ×1Asserted vs attributed record diesel prices stated flat, with no figure and no source ×1 from 674 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Dagens Nyheter
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Dagens Nyheter 🇸🇪SE · newspaper · independent No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Accused label flat accused is labelled far-right without attribution, and not named ×1Affected counted Only report to count the residents affected ×1Asserted or attributed the majority stated flat, with nobody credited for the count ×1Asserted or attributed the demand is written as the report's own flat sentence before it is attributed to anyone ×1 from 3487 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Digi24
Centre estimate · not a score
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 → Efimerida ton Syntakton
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Efimerida ton Syntakton 🇬🇷GR · newspaper · independent No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Adjective without figure Calls the war bloody but gives no count ×1Anyone hurt named the only report we hold that names one of the dead ×1Anyone hurt named the only report we hold that names a person who died ×1Asserted not attributed Calls the move 'unprecedented' in its own voice ×1 from 8180 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Der Standard
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Der Standard 🇦🇹AT · newspaper · independent No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Actor named NATO is named as acting; it 'foiled' the manoeuvre ×1Actor named dead uncounted The US is named as the attacker and stated flat, but the dead schoolchildren are neither counted nor named ×1Actors left unnamed the three requesting states are counted, never named ×1Aim attributed and quoted the stated aim is in quotation marks and marked as the service's account ×1 from 7330 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Observador
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Observador 🇵🇹PT · digital · independent No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Accusation attributed The fuel retailers' charge is attributed, 'accuses'. No government response is carried. ×1Affected person unnamed the woman is not named, and no cause of the eviction is given ×1Analyst verdict as headline one commentator's judgement on European mood is the headline ×1Asserted or attributed the charge against two foreign states is carried as the prime minister's view, not the report's ×1 from 9741 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Telex
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Telex 🇭🇺HU · digital · independent No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Actor framed as giving The headline makes the government the actor, and what it does is support drivers. ×1Actor named NATO is named as acting; it 'chased them off' ×1Adopted term Uses the government's own phrase 'targeted support' without quotation marks ×1Asserted vs attributed 'under cover of night' attributed to Mária Schmidt, with the ministry's 8pm set beside it ×1 from 3231 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Rzeczpospolita
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Rzeczpospolita 🇵🇱PL · newspaper · independent No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Accountability The only report to say prosecutors are investigating ×1Asserted not attributed Hungary's need for more time is stated as fact, not as the government's claim ×1Claim asserted flat says EU law has never known such an offer, with no lawyer, official or text cited ×1Correction carried the correction is in the lede, attributed to Lithuania ×1 from 5701 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Magyar Nemzet
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Magyar Nemzet 🇭🇺HU · newspaper · party-aligned No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Accusers named as participants The headline names two current accusers as having taken part in the concession. ×1Aside aimed at one figure the handover is framed as reading homework for the opposition leader who asked for it ×1Asserted, not attributed The motive is stated in the report's own voice, hedged only by a rhetorical formula rather than by a source. ×1Asserted not attributed a contested motive is the entire lede, with no source for it ×1 from 2932 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → 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
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Politico Europe 🇧🇪BE · digital · independent No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Actor named vaguely The opponents are 'other capitals', with no country named ×1With no actor named accusation The coup accusation is in the passive; the accuser is not named ×1Asserted vs attributed The contradiction is stated as fact by the report, sourced only to unspecified official notes ×1Asserted vs attributed the stall stated flat in the headline, with Athens named as the actor that rejected ×1 from 1192 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → 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 → Svenska Dagbladet
Centre-right estimate · not a score
Svenska Dagbladet 🇸🇪SE · newspaper · independent No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Attributed context The Iran link is hedged and credited to another newspaper ×1Hedged context Base's use for strikes on Iran is hedged and attributed to another paper ×1Hedged or flat a directional claim about the race stated flat, with no poll figure behind it ×1Loss stated flat, size not given a large loss asserted with no figure, and a coalition demand named in the same line ×1 from 3297 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times →
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 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 → 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
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Die Presse 🇦🇹AT · newspaper · independent No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Who is named as acting Calls the party right and its people the far right in the outlet's own voice; three reports use only its name. ×1 from 70 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Il Giornale
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Il Giornale 🇮🇹IT · newspaper · independent No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Nothing scored yet. We do not carry a rating for any outlet — only what we have measured from published text. Outlet profile in The AI Times → Euractiv
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
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la Repubblica 🇮🇹IT · newspaper · independent No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Nothing scored yet. We do not carry a rating for any outlet — only what we have measured from published text. Outlet profile in The AI Times → Süddeutsche Zeitung
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Süddeutsche Zeitung 🇩🇪DE · newspaper · independent No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Hedged or stated states flat that police do not know whether the person seen is the man they want ×1Suspect identified how age and home town only, and the sabotage is what police attribute, not what the report asserts ×1 from 257 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times →
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