Greece's 2027 draft budget: '€2.15bn more in taxes' in one headline, 'growth above the European average' in two
We hold three reports on the same draft. Two lead with 2.3% growth. One leads with a tax rise that the other two do not mention, and it does not say what that figure counts.
Same draft, different first number. Greece's government presented its 2027 draft budget on Monday. Efimerida ton Syntakton ran two reports on it. One headline leads with "€2.15bn more in taxes" and benefits handed out "by the dropper". The other headline carries Finance Minister Kyriakos Pierrakakis's line: "growth above the European average". HotNews.ro, citing Reuters, leads with Greece outpacing "the big European economies", a budget surplus and debt repayment.
| Report | Leads with | Tax rise? | 2.3% growth? |
|---|---|---|---|
| Efimerida ton Syntakton (taxes) | €2.15bn more in taxes | yes, headline | not in the text we hold |
| Efimerida ton Syntakton (minister) | growth above the European average | no | yes, against 1.2% for the euro area |
| HotNews.ro / Reuters | outpacing big European economies | no | yes |
Whose figures these are. Every growth figure is the government's own forecast. Efimerida ton Syntakton says the draft projects investment up 7.9%, unemployment down to 7.9%, and pay up 3.9%, from 3.7% in 2026. The "European average" in its headline turns out to be a euro-area figure in the body.
A forecast stated as fact. HotNews.ro's headline says Greece "will" outpace Europe's big economies. Only its body says this is the draft's forecast.
What is not settled - What the €2.15bn counts. The report gives it only in its headline. - Which benefits are "drip-fed", and how large they are. - Whether 2.3% is realistic. None of the three reports tests it. - How large the surplus is. The text we hold gives no figure.
What this is about. Greece's government has set out how it plans to tax and spend in 2027. The reports disagree on what the plan mainly does.
How it got here. Greece was at the centre of the euro-area debt crisis. In 2010 it lost access to the markets. It then took three bailouts from euro-area governments and the IMF, in 2010, 2012 and 2015. Each came with tax rises and spending cuts. The last programme ended in August 2018. The extra EU monitoring that followed it ended in August 2022. Since then Athens has presented itself as a recovery story: growth, budget surpluses before interest, and loans paid back early.
Who is involved. Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis leads New Democracy, a centre-right party in the EPP. He has governed since July 2019. Kyriakos Pierrakakis is finance minister and presented the draft. The Hellenic Parliament votes on the final budget, normally in December. The European Commission also reads it. Every October, each euro-area government sends its draft budget plan to the Commission. The Commission checks it against the EU's fiscal rules, which were reformed in 2024 to limit how fast net spending may grow.
What is at stake. Growth and a surplus let the government pay down debt and say the crisis is over. The reporting raises one question: who pays for that surplus? More tax revenue can come from new taxes, from growth, or from collecting more of what is already owed. The reports we hold do not say which this is.
Where it stands. This is a draft, not law, and Parliament has not voted on it. The final budget is normally put before Parliament in November. The figures can change before then.
What is being argued about
- Whether the draft is mainly a growth story or a tax rise
- What the €2.15bn in extra taxes counts
- Growth of 2.3% against 1.2% in the euro area: a forecast, not a result
- Unemployment forecast at 7.9%, the lowest since 2008, according to Efimerida ton Syntakton
One draft budget, three headlinesSide by side
| Outlet | Headline says | Tax rise mentioned? | Growth figure given? |
|---|---|---|---|
| Efimerida ton Syntakton | €2.15bn more in taxes, but benefits 'by the dropper' | yes, in the headline | not in the text we hold |
| Efimerida ton Syntakton | Pierrakakis: 'growth above the European average' | no | 2.3%, against 1.2% for the euro area |
| HotNews.ro (via Reuters) | Greece's economy will outpace the big European economies; it has a surplus and pays off more of its debt | no | 2.3% |
Headlines are translated. Every growth figure is the government's own forecast.
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Efimerida ton Syntakton
Efimerida ton Syntakton
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Προσχέδιο προϋπολογισμού 2027: 2,15 δισ. περισσότεροι φόροι αλλά παροχές με το «σταγονόμετρο»
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Efimerida ton Syntakton
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Πιερρακάκης για προσχέδιο προϋπολογισμού 2027: «Ανάπτυξη άνω του ευρωπαϊκού μέσου όρου»
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HotNews.ro
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Economia Greciei accelerează și va depăși viteza marilor economii europene / Are excedent bugetar și plătește tot mai mult din datorie
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Προσχέδιο προϋπολογισμού 2027: 2,15 δισ. περισσότεροι φόροι αλλά παροχές με το «σταγονόμετρο»
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Πιερρακάκης για προσχέδιο προϋπολογισμού 2027: «Ανάπτυξη άνω του ευρωπαϊκού μέσου όρου»
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HotNews.ro
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Economia Greciei accelerează și va depăși viteza marilor economii europene / Are excedent bugetar și plătește tot mai mult din datorie
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Forecast growth in 2027: Greece against the euro areaChart
Forecasts from Greece's draft budget, as reported by Efimerida ton Syntakton. HotNews.ro carries the 2.3% figure. Not outcomes.
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Efimerida ton Syntakton
Efimerida ton Syntakton
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Πιερρακάκης για προσχέδιο προϋπολογισμού 2027: «Ανάπτυξη άνω του ευρωπαϊκού μέσου όρου»
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HotNews.ro
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Economia Greciei accelerează și va depăși viteza marilor economii europene / Are excedent bugetar și plătește tot mai mult din datorie
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Accusation unanswered AUR's claim of a plan agreed between the president and PSD runs in the headline and lede. No reply from the president is carried. ×1Actor named Names the blocs that refuse any exemption ×1Anonymous sourcing The jamming device found in his car rests on unnamed judicial sources, relayed through a news agency. ×1Asserted not attributed the outcome is declared settled before voting opens ×1
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Efimerida ton Syntakton
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Πιερρακάκης για προσχέδιο προϋπολογισμού 2027: «Ανάπτυξη άνω του ευρωπαϊκού μέσου όρου»
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HotNews.ro
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HotNews.ro
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Economia Greciei accelerează și va depăși viteza marilor economii europene / Are excedent bugetar și plătește tot mai mult din datorie
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Accusation unanswered AUR's claim of a plan agreed between the president and PSD runs in the headline and lede. No reply from the president is carried. ×1Actor named Names the blocs that refuse any exemption ×1Anonymous sourcing The jamming device found in his car rests on unnamed judicial sources, relayed through a news agency. ×1Asserted not attributed the outcome is declared settled before voting opens ×1
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The bias in this coverageBias
Same draft, different first number
Two of 3 reports lead with 2.3% growth and the comparison with Europe. One leads with €2.15bn in extra taxes. No report carries both the tax figure and the growth figure.
2 reports leading with growth
1 reports leading with the tax rise
0 reports carrying both figures
Scored without the mastheads. Where the two passes differ, both are kept.
Sources
Efimerida ton Syntakton
Efimerida ton Syntakton
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Προσχέδιο προϋπολογισμού 2027: 2,15 δισ. περισσότεροι φόροι αλλά παροχές με το «σταγονόμετρο»
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Efimerida ton Syntakton
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Πιερρακάκης για προσχέδιο προϋπολογισμού 2027: «Ανάπτυξη άνω του ευρωπαϊκού μέσου όρου»
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HotNews.ro
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Economia Greciei accelerează și va depăși viteza marilor economii europene / Are excedent bugetar și plătește tot mai mult din datorie
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Accusation unanswered AUR's claim of a plan agreed between the president and PSD runs in the headline and lede. No reply from the president is carried. ×1Actor named Names the blocs that refuse any exemption ×1Anonymous sourcing The jamming device found in his car rests on unnamed judicial sources, relayed through a news agency. ×1Asserted not attributed the outcome is declared settled before voting opens ×1
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Προσχέδιο προϋπολογισμού 2027: 2,15 δισ. περισσότεροι φόροι αλλά παροχές με το «σταγονόμετρο»
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Πιερρακάκης για προσχέδιο προϋπολογισμού 2027: «Ανάπτυξη άνω του ευρωπαϊκού μέσου όρου»
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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
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HotNews.ro
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Economia Greciei accelerează și va depăși viteza marilor economii europene / Are excedent bugetar și plătește tot mai mult din datorie
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What we have measured
Accusation unanswered AUR's claim of a plan agreed between the president and PSD runs in the headline and lede. No reply from the president is carried. ×1Actor named Names the blocs that refuse any exemption ×1Anonymous sourcing The jamming device found in his car rests on unnamed judicial sources, relayed through a news agency. ×1Asserted not attributed the outcome is declared settled before voting opens ×1
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What the bias passes found in their reporting
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Cause stated flat
The headline states France's request as the cause of the blockage, without attribution.×1
Contested motive attributed
The prisoner-release explanation is credited to another paper, not stated as fact.×1
Death toll
two dead and four missing, attributed to a fire service spokesman via a wire agency×1
Claims we checked that rest on their reporting
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Efimerida ton Syntakton
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Προσχέδιο προϋπολογισμού 2027: 2,15 δισ. περισσότεροι φόροι αλλά παροχές με το «σταγονόμετρο»
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— independentThe only report that puts a tax rise on the draft: €2.15bn more in taxes, with benefits 'by the dropper'. The text we hold does not say what the sum counts.
ΕΛΛΗΝΙΚΗ ΟΙΚΟΝΟΜΙΑ Προσχέδιο προϋπολογισμού 2027: 2,15 δισ. περισσότεροι φόροι αλλά παροχές με το «σταγονόμετρο» Αναλυτικά τα μέτρα της κυβέρνησης για επιχειρήσεις και νοικοκυριά. 5 Οκτωβρίου 2026, 15:38 efsyn.gr Μοιράσου στο facebook Μοιράσου στο twitter Μοιράσου στο bluesky Μοιράσου στο linkedin Μοιράσου στο whatsapp αποστολή με email αντιγραφή συνδέσμου Ανακαλύψτε περισσότερα άρθρα στα αποτελέσματα αναζήτησης Προσθήκη του efsyn.gr στην Google Με τα φορολογικά έσοδα να αυξάνονται κατά 2,15 δισ. ευρώ για το 2027, η κυβέρνηση βρήκε «χώρο» για παρεμβάσεις που παρουσιάζει ως «επιστροφή» του δημο
Which figure leads: the headline leads with €2.15bn in new taxes and calls the handouts drip-fed — “2,15 δισ. περισσότεροι φόροι αλλά παροχές με το «σταγονόμετρο»”
Which figure leads: €2.15bn in new taxes leads; benefits 'by the dropper' — “2,15 δισ. περισσότεροι φόροι αλλά παροχές με το «σταγονόμετρο»”
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Economia Greciei accelerează și va depăși viteza marilor economii europene / Are excedent bugetar și plătește tot mai mult din datorie
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Accusation unanswered AUR's claim of a plan agreed between the president and PSD runs in the headline and lede. No reply from the president is carried. ×1Actor named Names the blocs that refuse any exemption ×1Anonymous sourcing The jamming device found in his car rests on unnamed judicial sources, relayed through a news agency. ×1Asserted not attributed the outcome is declared settled before voting opens ×1
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— independentVia Reuters, credits the faster growth to investment and consumer spending, and adds a budget surplus and rising debt repayment. It does not mention taxes.
Monede euro din Grecia. Foto: Boarding1now | Dreamstime.com Actualitate Economia Greciei accelerează și va depăși viteza marilor economii europene / Are excedent bugetar și plătește tot mai mult din datorie George Sîrbu Publicat 05.10.2026 14:51 · Actualizat 05.10.2026 14:51 Adaugă-ne ca sursă preferată în Google Urmărește-ne în Google Discover Grecia se așteaptă ca economia sa să crească mai rapid în 2027, depășind performanțele principalelor economii europene, grație investițiilor mai mari și cheltuielilor solide ale consumatorilor, conform proiectului de buget al guvernului pentru 2027, pre
What is attributed: the forecast is credited to the draft budget through a wire service and not checked — “potrivit Reuters, se preconizează că produsul intern brut va crește cu 2,3% anul viitor”
Framing in the headline: the headline states the surplus and debt repayment flat, as the government's case — “Are excedent bugetar și plătește tot mai mult din datorie”
Forecast stated as fact: a draft-budget projection given flat in the headline — “Economia Greciei accelerează și va depăși viteza marilor economii europene”
Hedged versus stated: the body attributes the forecast to the draft, via Reuters — “conform proiectului de buget al guvernului pentru 2027, prezentat luni”
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Efimerida ton Syntakton
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Πιερρακάκης για προσχέδιο προϋπολογισμού 2027: «Ανάπτυξη άνω του ευρωπαϊκού μέσου όρου»
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— independentGives the minister's growth line and the detail behind it: 2.3% against 1.2% in the euro area, investment up 7.9%, unemployment at 7.9% and pay up 3.9%.
ΟΙΚΟΝΟΜΙΑ Πιερρακάκης για προσχέδιο προϋπολογισμού 2027: «Ανάπτυξη άνω του ευρωπαϊκού μέσου όρου» Το προσχέδιο προβλέπει για το 2027 ανάπτυξη 2,3% (έναντι 1,2% κατά μέσο όρο στην ευρωζώνη) με τις επενδύσεις να αυξάνονται κατά 7,9%, την ανεργία να υποχωρεί στο 7,9% (στο χαμηλότερο επίπεδο από το 2008) και τις αμοιβές εργαζομένων να ενισχύονται με ρυθμό 3,9% από 3,7% το 2026. (ΓΙΩΡΓΟΣ ΚΟΝΤΑΡΙΝΗΣ / EUROKINISSI) 5 Οκτωβρίου 2026, 14:35 efsyn.gr Μοιράσου στο facebook Μοιράσου στο twitter Μοιράσου στο bluesky Μοιράσου στο linkedin Μοιράσου στο whatsapp αποστολή με email αντιγραφή συνδέσμου Ανακαλύψτ
Whose voice is quoted: the finance minister's own line is the headline — “«Ανάπτυξη άνω του ευρωπαϊκού μέσου όρου»”
Which figure leads: growth is set against the euro-area average; taxes are not mentioned — “ανάπτυξη 2,3% (έναντι 1,2% κατά μέσο όρο στην ευρωζώνη)”
Which figure leads: the finance minister's growth line is the headline — “«Ανάπτυξη άνω του ευρωπαϊκού μέσου όρου»”
What the figure counts: the comparison in the body is the euro area, not Europe as the headline says — “ανάπτυξη 2,3% (έναντι 1,2% κατά μέσο όρο στην ευρωζώνη)”
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Dagens Nyheter
Centre-left
estimate · not a score
Dagens Nyheter
🇸🇪SE ·
newspaper · independent
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
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Digi24
Centre
estimate · not a score
Digi24
🇷🇴RO ·
TV/radio · independent
What we have measured
A judgement of the Union quoted in the headline the premier's verdict on the Union printed as the headline claim ×1Asserted vs attributed states flat, with no source, that the attackers were separate from the shepherds ×1Asserted vs attributed States flat that the document is fake; another report sources this to the Order's ambassador ×1Attributed, not asserted Russia's account of where the strike happened is given to the Kremlin, with the news agency chain named ×1
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Centre-left
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Observador
Centre-right
estimate · not a score
Observador
🇵🇹PT ·
digital · independent
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
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Welt
Centre-right
estimate · not a score
Welt
🇩🇪DE ·
newspaper · independent
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
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Frankfurter Allgemeine
Centre-right
estimate · not a score
Frankfurter Allgemeine
🇩🇪DE ·
newspaper · independent
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
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Rzeczpospolita
Centre-right
estimate · not a score
Rzeczpospolita
🇵🇱PL ·
newspaper · independent
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
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Magyar Nemzet
State / loyalist
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Magyar Nemzet
🇭🇺HU ·
newspaper · party-aligned
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
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Le Figaro
Centre-right
estimate · not a score
Le Figaro
🇫🇷FR ·
newspaper · independent
What we have measured
Asserted, not attributed the capture of the strait and a "lightning offensive" are stated flat, with no source and no date ×1Asserted vs attributed The mayor's account and his opponents' charge are both attributed. ×1Asserted vs attributed The capture of the strait is stated flat, as settled background to a different story, with no source and no date for the claim. ×1Attacker identified by nationality in the headline ×1
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Politico Europe
Centre
estimate · not a score
Politico Europe
🇧🇪BE ·
digital · independent
What we have measured
Actor named vaguely The opponents are 'other capitals', with no country named ×1With no actor named accusation The coup accusation is in the passive; the accuser is not named ×1Asserted vs attributed The contradiction is stated as fact by the report, sourced only to unspecified official notes ×1Asserted vs attributed the stall stated flat in the headline, with Athens named as the actor that rejected ×1
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iDNES.cz / MF DNES
Centre-right
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iDNES.cz / MF DNES
🇨🇿CZ ·
newspaper · independent
What we have measured
Asserted vs attributed The cause and the forecast are both attributed to the bank's own statement ×1Asserted vs attributed The headline attributes the charge that Putin ordered the rules of war dropped to Zelensky ×1Attributed The facts are attributed to the Polish army in the lead sentence ×1Attributed the bridge damage is sourced to Kyiv's mayor on Telegram ×1
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NOS
Centre
estimate · not a score
NOS
🇳🇱NL ·
public broadcaster · public-service
What we have measured
Actor label The backers are labelled politically; the opponents, all other major parties, get no label ×1Actor named Names the Supreme Court as the court that withdrew the warrant. ×1Actor named and attributed Construction workers are named as having damaged a cable by accident, and the report attributes this to the aviation regulator. ×1Actor named, in passive Israeli airstrikes are named as what destroyed the building, but the sentence puts the building first ×1
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Svenska Dagbladet
Centre-right
estimate · not a score
Svenska Dagbladet
🇸🇪SE ·
newspaper · independent
What we have measured
Attributed context The Iran link is hedged and credited to another newspaper ×1Hedged context Base's use for strikes on Iran is hedged and attributed to another paper ×1Hedged or flat a directional claim about the race stated flat, with no poll figure behind it ×1Loss stated flat, size not given a large loss asserted with no figure, and a coalition demand named in the same line ×1
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Gazeta Wyborcza
Centre-left
estimate · not a score
Gazeta Wyborcza
🇵🇱PL ·
newspaper · independent
What we have measured
Actor named Russia is named as acting against the bridge, in active voice ×1Asserted cause Voters' reason for backing the AfD is stated flat as a fact about the mainstream parties. ×1Asserted, not attributed the three-year gain is stated as what the deal would have secured, with no source ×1Asserted versus attributed the link between the pardons and the US talks is stated flat in the headline ×1
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Silence is recorded, not inferred — each of these was read when we built this story
and carried nothing on this event.
We could not read these
ABC
Centre-right
estimate · not a score
ABC
🇪🇸ES ·
newspaper · independent
What we have measured
Figure chosen 80,000, stated flat and unsourced; every other report we hold says about 70,000 ×1Figure chosen 80,000 crossed, stated flat, no source for the number ×1How hard the claim is stated Calls it an invasion in the outlet's own voice, unattributed, inside a sentence about the judge. ×1Which figure is used same two days, no figure at all: thousands ×1
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Corriere della Sera
Centre
estimate · not a score
Corriere della Sera
🇮🇹IT ·
newspaper · independent
What we have measured
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Kathimerini
Centre-right
estimate · not a score
Kathimerini
🇬🇷GR ·
newspaper · independent
What we have measured
Anyone hurt counted, not named the same first witness, identified by his job and as one of 57 ×1What is counted the only report that counts how many defendants actually turned up ×1Whose voice is quoted the only defendant's words we hold, three words, unrebutted and unexplained ×1Word for the event rail accident, and without the article, further loosening it from the case ×1
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Centre-left
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Die Presse
Centre-right
estimate · not a score
Die Presse
🇦🇹AT ·
newspaper · independent
What we have measured
Who is named as acting Calls the party right and its people the far right in the outlet's own voice; three reports use only its name. ×1
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Il Giornale
Right
estimate · not a score
Il Giornale
🇮🇹IT ·
newspaper · independent
What we have measured
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Euractiv
Centre
estimate · not a score
Euractiv
🇧🇪BE ·
digital · independent
What we have measured
Measure chosen the only report we hold that breaks the result down by voters' age ×1Measure chosen the only report we hold that publishes how the age groups split ×1Which figure is used about 80,000 stated flat and unsourced — an order of magnitude above every other figure we hold ×1Which figure is used Puts 80,000 across the border in two days with no source for the figure and nobody attributed for it. ×1
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Telex
Centre
estimate · not a score
Telex
🇭🇺HU ·
digital · independent
What we have measured
Actor framed as giving The headline makes the government the actor, and what it does is support drivers. ×1Actor named NATO is named as acting; it 'chased them off' ×1Adopted term Uses the government's own phrase 'targeted support' without quotation marks ×1Asserted vs attributed 'under cover of night' attributed to Mária Schmidt, with the ministry's 8pm set beside it ×1
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Le Monde
Centre-left
estimate · not a score
Le Monde
🇫🇷FR ·
newspaper · independent
What we have measured
Anyone hurt named or counted the only death toll we hold; a round number, hedged, nobody named ×1Anyone hurt named or counted the only report we hold that gives a death toll; it counts, does not name ×1Who says the label flat in the headline, no source, no hedge ×1
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El País
Centre-left
estimate · not a score
El País
🇪🇸ES ·
newspaper · independent
What we have measured
Figure chosen more than 70,000 crossed, the higher figure not mentioned ×1Word for the event invasion, in quote marks and put in a party leader's mouth ×1Word for the event, attributed same word, but in quotation marks and inside a politician's accusation ×1
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la Repubblica
Centre-left
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la Repubblica
🇮🇹IT ·
newspaper · independent
What we have measured
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Süddeutsche Zeitung
Centre-left
estimate · not a score
Süddeutsche Zeitung
🇩🇪DE ·
newspaper · independent
What we have measured
Hedged or stated states flat that police do not know whether the person seen is the man they want ×1Suspect identified how age and home town only, and the sabotage is what police attribute, not what the report asserts ×1
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These are must-cite outlets for this desk that we did not manage to read
when we built this story. That is a gap in our reach, not a silence on their part, and
it is not evidence of anything about this story.