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Heidenau's Stolpersteine: Der Standard says 'a CDU/AfD motion' stopped them, Gazeta Wyborcza says 'AfD and CDU councillors'

Councillors in Heidenau, a town in Saxony, voted to stop seven more brass plaques for victims of Nazism. Three outlets agree that the CDU and the AfD did it together. They differ on which party they name first, and on who objects.

Karin Prien zu Stolperstein-Verbot: „Das ist ein Skandal“
Karin Prien zu Stolperstein-Verbot: „Das ist ein Skandal“ as published by taz · seen at taz
Europe Germany

What happened. Councillors in Heidenau, a town in Saxony, passed a motion against new Stolpersteine, according to Der Standard, taz and Gazeta Wyborcza. Der Standard says it stopped seven more stones. Der Standard and Gazeta Wyborcza say the town will remember the victims at the cemetery instead.

Whose motion. All three outlets name both parties. Two put the CDU first. One puts the AfD first.

Outlet Who acted, in its words Who objects
Der Standard "Ein CDU/AfD-Antrag" (a CDU/AfD motion) Karin Prien: "Skandal!"
taz "CDU- und AfD-Politiker" (CDU and AfD politicians) Karin Prien: "Das ist ein Skandal"
Gazeta Wyborcza "radni AfD i CDU" (AfD and CDU councillors) "politicians and Jewish communities", none named

Who objects. Karin Prien, the federal education minister, is a CDU member. Der Standard's headline says she rebuked her own party. Two of the three reports quote a critic, and in both it is Prien.

What the victims are called. Der Standard writes of "the murdered Jews". Gazeta Wyborcza writes of "victims of Hitler's rule".

What is not settled. - Gazeta Wyborcza says Jewish communities criticised the decision. It names none, and we hold no report that quotes one. - No report gives the vote count or the date of the meeting. - No report quotes a councillor who backed the motion, so we do not know the council's reasons. - No report names the seven people the stones would have marked.

What this is about. A town council in eastern Germany voted to stop new plaques for victims of Nazism being set into its pavements. The CDU voted for the motion alongside the AfD.

What Stolpersteine are. Stolpersteine, or "stumbling stones", are small brass plaques set into the pavement. Each one sits outside the last home a person chose to live in before the Nazis deported them, murdered them or drove them out. Each carries one name. The German artist Gunter Demnig began the project in the 1990s. Stones are usually laid at the request of relatives or local groups. A town council can allow or refuse them on public ground. Some cities have argued over them before, over whether people should walk over the names.

Why the CDU and the AfD matter. The CDU is Germany's main centre-right party. It leads the federal government under Chancellor Friedrich Merz. The AfD is a national-right party. Saxony's domestic intelligence service classes the AfD's Saxon branch as right-wing extremist. The CDU has a standing party decision not to work with the AfD, often called the "firewall". The party has argued for years over whether that decision binds local councillors. The row flared nationally in January 2025, when a CDU motion passed the Bundestag with AfD votes.

Who the actors are. Heidenau is a small town just south-east of Dresden. Its councillors took the decision. Karin Prien is a CDU politician and has been federal minister of education since May 2025. She objected in public.

What is at stake. For the victims' memory: whether names are marked where people lived, or gathered at a cemetery. For the CDU: whether its line on the AfD holds below the national level.

Where it stands. The reports say the motion has passed. We hold no report of the council reconsidering it.

What is being argued about

  • Which party the outlets name first: the CDU in two, the AfD in one
  • A CDU federal minister calling her own party's local vote a scandal
  • Jewish communities said to object, but none named or quoted
  • Plaques in the street or a memorial at the cemetery
Three outlets, three ways to name who actedSide by side
OutletWho acted, in its wordsParty named firstCritics it cites
Der Standard"Ein CDU/AfD-Antrag verhinderte..." (a CDU/AfD motion prevented...)CDUKarin Prien, quoted
taz"CDU- und AfD-Politiker haben... beschlossen" (CDU and AfD politicians passed...)CDUKarin Prien, quoted
Gazeta Wyborcza"radni AfD i CDU zdecydowali" (AfD and CDU councillors decided)AfDpoliticians and Jewish communities, none named
Quotations are from each outlet's opening lines. The translations are ours.
Sources Der Standard
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Der Standard 🇦🇹AT · newspaper · independent Keine weiteren Stolpersteine in sächsischer Stadt, CDU-Ministerin maßregelt eigene Partei Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Der Standard → What we have measured Actor named NATO is named as acting; it 'foiled' the manoeuvre ×1Actor named dead uncounted The US is named as the attacker and stated flat, but the dead schoolchildren are neither counted nor named ×1Actors left unnamed the three requesting states are counted, never named ×1Aim attributed and quoted the stated aim is in quotation marks and marked as the service's account ×1 from 7330 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → t taz
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taz 🇩🇪DE · digital · Karin Prien zu Stolperstein-Verbot: „Das ist ein Skandal“ 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 W saksońskim Heidenau radni AfD i CDU zdecydowali, że nie będzie kamieni pamięci ofiar nazizmu 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 →
Who is heardChart
Counts across the three reports we hold.
Sources Der Standard
Centre-left estimate · not a score
Der Standard 🇦🇹AT · newspaper · independent Keine weiteren Stolpersteine in sächsischer Stadt, CDU-Ministerin maßregelt eigene Partei Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Der Standard → What we have measured Actor named NATO is named as acting; it 'foiled' the manoeuvre ×1Actor named dead uncounted The US is named as the attacker and stated flat, but the dead schoolchildren are neither counted nor named ×1Actors left unnamed the three requesting states are counted, never named ×1Aim attributed and quoted the stated aim is in quotation marks and marked as the service's account ×1 from 7330 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → t taz
Left estimate · not a score
taz 🇩🇪DE · digital · Karin Prien zu Stolperstein-Verbot: „Das ist ein Skandal“ 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 W saksońskim Heidenau radni AfD i CDU zdecydowali, że nie będzie kamieni pamięci ofiar nazizmu 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 →
The bias in this coverageBias

Whose motion it was

All three reports name both parties, but two put the CDU first and one puts the AfD first. None gives the vote count or quotes a councillor who voted for the motion. Two reports make the federal education minister's objection their angle.

2 reports naming CDU first 1 reports naming AfD first 0 reports quoting a councillor who voted for it

Jewish communities are mentioned but not heard

One report says Jewish communities criticised the decision, but it names none and quotes none. One report calls the victims murdered Jews and another calls them victims of Hitler's rule. The seven people the stones would have named are not named in any report.

0 reports quoting a Jewish community 2 reports quoting the federal minister 7 stones blocked, per one report
Scored without the mastheads. Where the two passes differ, both are kept.
Sources Der Standard
Centre-left estimate · not a score
Der Standard 🇦🇹AT · newspaper · independent Keine weiteren Stolpersteine in sächsischer Stadt, CDU-Ministerin maßregelt eigene Partei Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Der Standard → What we have measured Actor named NATO is named as acting; it 'foiled' the manoeuvre ×1Actor named dead uncounted The US is named as the attacker and stated flat, but the dead schoolchildren are neither counted nor named ×1Actors left unnamed the three requesting states are counted, never named ×1Aim attributed and quoted the stated aim is in quotation marks and marked as the service's account ×1 from 7330 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → t taz
Left estimate · not a score
taz 🇩🇪DE · digital · Karin Prien zu Stolperstein-Verbot: „Das ist ein Skandal“ 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 W saksońskim Heidenau radni AfD i CDU zdecydowali, że nie będzie kamieni pamięci ofiar nazizmu 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 →

Claims and verdicts

true CDU and AfD councillors in Heidenau jointly passed the motion against more Stolpersteine.
Der Standard, taz and Gazeta Wyborcza each say the motion came from, or was passed by, CDU and AfD councillors.
Checked against 3 sources:
Der Standard
Centre-left estimate · not a score
Der Standard 🇦🇹AT · newspaper · independent Keine weiteren Stolpersteine in sächsischer Stadt, CDU-Ministerin maßregelt eigene Partei Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Der Standard → What we have measured Actor named NATO is named as acting; it 'foiled' the manoeuvre ×1Actor named dead uncounted The US is named as the attacker and stated flat, but the dead schoolchildren are neither counted nor named ×1Actors left unnamed the three requesting states are counted, never named ×1Aim attributed and quoted the stated aim is in quotation marks and marked as the service's account ×1 from 7330 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → t taz
Left estimate · not a score
taz 🇩🇪DE · digital · Karin Prien zu Stolperstein-Verbot: „Das ist ein Skandal“ 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 W saksońskim Heidenau radni AfD i CDU zdecydowali, że nie będzie kamieni pamięci ofiar nazizmu 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 →
true Federal Education Minister Karin Prien, a CDU member, called the decision a scandal.
Der Standard and taz both quote Prien saying 'Skandal'. Der Standard notes that she was rebuking her own party.
Checked against 2 sources:
Der Standard
Centre-left estimate · not a score
Der Standard 🇦🇹AT · newspaper · independent Keine weiteren Stolpersteine in sächsischer Stadt, CDU-Ministerin maßregelt eigene Partei Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Der Standard → What we have measured Actor named NATO is named as acting; it 'foiled' the manoeuvre ×1Actor named dead uncounted The US is named as the attacker and stated flat, but the dead schoolchildren are neither counted nor named ×1Actors left unnamed the three requesting states are counted, never named ×1Aim attributed and quoted the stated aim is in quotation marks and marked as the service's account ×1 from 7330 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → t taz
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taz 🇩🇪DE · digital · Karin Prien zu Stolperstein-Verbot: „Das ist ein Skandal“ 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 →
unverified Jewish communities in Germany have criticised the decision.
Only Gazeta Wyborcza says Jewish communities criticised it, and it names none. Der Standard and taz report only Prien's objection.
Checked against 1 source:
Gazeta Wyborcza
Centre-left estimate · not a score
Gazeta Wyborcza 🇵🇱PL · newspaper · independent W saksońskim Heidenau radni AfD i CDU zdecydowali, że nie będzie kamieni pamięci ofiar nazizmu 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 →

Who wrote it

M Michał Kokot Gazeta Wyborcza
What the bias passes found in their reporting
Critics not named politicians and Jewish communities criticise but none is named or quoted×1
Victims named as a group the victims are named as victims of Hitler's rule×1
Who is named as acting AfD is named first as the actor×1
Who is named as acting AfD named before CDU×1
Claims we checked that rest on their reporting
1 unverified1 true
From 46 reports we hold under this byline, at Gazeta Wyborcza. Two independent readings, each made without the masthead, a quote attached to every tag. A record, never a rating. Their full record →
The bylines on the reports this story is built from. Hover one for what our passes have measured on their reporting. · 2 reports we hold carry no byline — we do not invent one.

Coverage, outlet by outlet

Der Standard
Centre-left estimate · not a score
Der Standard 🇦🇹AT · newspaper · independent Keine weiteren Stolpersteine in sächsischer Stadt, CDU-Ministerin maßregelt eigene Partei Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Der Standard → What we have measured Actor named NATO is named as acting; it 'foiled' the manoeuvre ×1Actor named dead uncounted The US is named as the attacker and stated flat, but the dead schoolchildren are neither counted nor named ×1Actors left unnamed the three requesting states are counted, never named ×1Aim attributed and quoted the stated aim is in quotation marks and marked as the service's account ×1 from 7330 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → — independent
Der Standard is the only one to give a number, seven stones. It says the council wants the murdered Jews remembered at the cemetery instead.
Heidenau Keine weiteren Stolpersteine in sächsischer Stadt, CDU-Ministerin maßregelt eigene Partei Ein CDU/AfD-Antrag verhinderte die Verlegung sieben weiterer Stolpersteine, stattdessen soll am Friedhof den ermordeten Juden gedacht werden. Bildungsministerin Prien: "Skandal!" Stolpersteine in Łódź. EPA/Lukasz Szelag Das Verbot weiterer Stolpersteine in Heidenau sei ein Skandal. Der Plan "Erinnerungskultur auf einen Friedhof abschieben zu wollen", erst recht, sagte die deutsche Bildungsministerin Karin Prien. "Wer Stolpersteine und Gedenkorte jüdischen Lebens aus dem öffentlichen Raum auf den
Who is named as acting: the motion is named with CDU first and credited with blocking the stones — “Ein CDU/AfD-Antrag verhinderte”
Headline angle: the headline is a CDU minister rebuking her own party — “CDU-Ministerin maßregelt eigene Partei”
Victims named as a group: the victims are named as murdered Jews — “den ermordeten Juden”
Who is named as acting: the motion itself named as the actor, labelled CDU/AfD — “Ein CDU/AfD-Antrag verhinderte die Verlegung sieben weiterer Stolpersteine”
Framing: headline frames the story as a rift inside the CDU — “CDU-Ministerin maßregelt eigene Partei”
Council's case: gives the council's alternative, a memorial at the cemetery — “stattdessen soll am Friedhof den ermordeten Juden gedacht werden”
Read it at Der Standard → https://www.derstandard.at/story/3000000341485/keine-weiteren-stolperst…
t taz
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taz 🇩🇪DE · digital · Karin Prien zu Stolperstein-Verbot: „Das ist ein Skandal“ 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 → —
taz names the actors as 'CDU and AfD politicians' and carries Prien's full phrase, 'Das ist ein Skandal'.
kna/dmn | Bundesbildungsministerin Karin Prien (CDU) kritisiert den Beschluss gegen weitere Stolpersteine im öffentlichen Raum der Stadt Heidenau. Das Verbot sei „ein Skandal“, Erinnerungskultur auf einen Friedhof abschieben wollen, erst recht, sagte die Politikerin der Bild: „Stolpersteine im öffentlichen Raum machen ja gerade vernichtetes jüdisches Leben sichtbar und geben jedem einzelnen Verfolgten ein Stück Würde zurück.“ Die Gedenksteine machten deutlich, dass Jüdinnen und Juden selbstverständlich zum Leben in deutschen Städten und Dörfern gehört hätten, bevor sie von den Nationalsozialis
Who is named as acting: CDU and AfD politicians named as acting, CDU first — “CDU- und AfD-Politiker haben in der sächsischen Stadt Heidenau einen Antrag gegen Stolpersteine beschlossen.”
Read it at taz → https://taz.de/Karin-Prien-zu-Stolperstein-Verbot/!6216417/
Gazeta Wyborcza
Centre-left estimate · not a score
Gazeta Wyborcza 🇵🇱PL · newspaper · independent W saksońskim Heidenau radni AfD i CDU zdecydowali, że nie będzie kamieni pamięci ofiar nazizmu 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
Gazeta Wyborcza names the AfD first. It is the only one to say Jewish communities object, though it names none.
Pamięć ofiar rządów Hitlera ma być czczona na cmentarzu, a nie w miejskiej przestrzeni publicznej - zdecydowali radni. Decyzja ta jest w Niemczech krytykowana przez polityków i gminy żydowskie.
Who is named as acting: AfD is named first as the actor — “radni AfD i CDU zdecydowali”
Critics not named: politicians and Jewish communities criticise but none is named or quoted — “Decyzja ta jest w Niemczech krytykowana przez polityków i gminy żydowskie.”
Victims named as a group: the victims are named as victims of Hitler's rule — “Pamięć ofiar rządów Hitlera”
Who is named as acting: AfD named before CDU — “radni AfD i CDU zdecydowali”
Whose voice: critics described generally; Jewish communities mentioned but not quoted — “Decyzja ta jest w Niemczech krytykowana przez polityków i gminy żydowskie.”
Read it at Gazeta Wyborcza → https://wyborcza.pl/7,75399,33045959,w-saksonskim-heidenau-radni-afd-i-…
Checked, didn’t cover
D De Telegraaf
Centre-right estimate · not a score
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
Centre-left estimate · not a score
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
Centre-left estimate · not a score
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 → Efimerida ton Syntakton
Left estimate · not a score
Efimerida ton Syntakton 🇬🇷GR · newspaper · independent No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Adjective without figure Calls the war bloody but gives no count ×1Anyone hurt named the only report we hold that names one of the dead ×1Anyone hurt named the only report we hold that names a person who died ×1Asserted not attributed Calls the move 'unprecedented' in its own voice ×1 from 8180 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Observador
Centre-right estimate · not a score
Observador 🇵🇹PT · digital · independent No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Accusation attributed The fuel retailers' charge is attributed, 'accuses'. No government response is carried. ×1Affected person unnamed the woman is not named, and no cause of the eviction is given ×1Analyst verdict as headline one commentator's judgement on European mood is the headline ×1Asserted or attributed the charge against two foreign states is carried as the prime minister's view, not the report's ×1 from 9741 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → 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 → Welt
Centre-right estimate · not a score
Welt 🇩🇪DE · newspaper · independent No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Actor named The protests named as the cause of both the arrests and the injuries ×1Actor unnamed The party figure calling for a confidence vote is given only by title. ×1Age band without a share the winner's strength among the youngest voters is claimed with no percentage ×1Asserted flat The 'existential crisis' is stated as fact, not attributed to anyone. ×1 from 7442 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Frankfurter Allgemeine
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Frankfurter Allgemeine 🇩🇪DE · newspaper · independent No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Actor label The Houthis are called a militia and are cast only as the threat ships need protecting from. ×1With no actor named critics 'After criticism', with no one named as the critic. ×1Anyone hurt counted gives an injury figure, attributed to the ministry, but does not say who was hurt or by whom ×1Asserted flat the report judges the offer vague in its own voice, unattributed ×1 from 8701 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Rzeczpospolita
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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
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ABC 🇪🇸ES · newspaper · independent No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Figure chosen 80,000, stated flat and unsourced; every other report we hold says about 70,000 ×1Figure chosen 80,000 crossed, stated flat, no source for the number ×1How hard the claim is stated Calls it an invasion in the outlet's own voice, unattributed, inside a sentence about the judge. ×1Which figure is used same two days, no figure at all: thousands ×1 from 225 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Corriere della Sera
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Corriere della Sera 🇮🇹IT · newspaper · independent No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Nothing scored yet. We do not carry a rating for any outlet — only what we have measured from published text. Outlet profile in The AI Times → Kathimerini
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Kathimerini 🇬🇷GR · newspaper · independent No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Anyone hurt counted, not named the same first witness, identified by his job and as one of 57 ×1What is counted the only report that counts how many defendants actually turned up ×1Whose voice is quoted the only defendant's words we hold, three words, unrebutted and unexplained ×1Word for the event rail accident, and without the article, further loosening it from the case ×1 from 115 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Digi24
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Digi24 🇷🇴RO · TV/radio · independent No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured A judgement of the Union quoted in the headline the premier's verdict on the Union printed as the headline claim ×1Asserted vs attributed states flat, with no source, that the attackers were separate from the shepherds ×1Asserted vs attributed States flat that the document is fake; another report sources this to the Order's ambassador ×1Attributed, not asserted Russia's account of where the strike happened is given to the Kremlin, with the news agency chain named ×1 from 5389 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Le Soir
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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
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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
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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
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El País 🇪🇸ES · newspaper · independent No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Figure chosen more than 70,000 crossed, the higher figure not mentioned ×1Word for the event invasion, in quote marks and put in a party leader's mouth ×1Word for the event, attributed same word, but in quotation marks and inside a politician's accusation ×1 from 144 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → la Repubblica
Centre-left estimate · not a score
la Repubblica 🇮🇹IT · newspaper · independent No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Nothing scored yet. We do not carry a rating for any outlet — only what we have measured from published text. Outlet profile in The AI Times → Süddeutsche Zeitung
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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 →
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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