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Le Figaro says France Inter gave in to unions and cut Charles Sapin's editorial; Libération says Sapin refused to turn it into a debate

France Inter's public radio is ending an editorial slot held by an editor of the right-wing weekly Valeurs actuelles. Two Paris papers name different actors. Le Figaro blames the station's management and the unions. Libération starts with the columnist's refusal. None of the reports we hold quotes the station or a union.

France Inter : la direction cède à la pression des syndicats et supprime l’édito de Charles Sapin
France Inter : la direction cède à la pression des syndicats et supprime l’édito de Charles Sapin as published by Le Figaro · seen at Le Figaro
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What both papers agree on. France Inter offered Charles Sapin, deputy editor of Valeurs actuelles, a debate in place of his editorial. He refused. Le Figaro and Libération both report this. They disagree on who ended the slot.

Le Figaro Libération
Who acted The station's management, which "cède à la pression des syndicats" (gives in to union pressure) Sapin, who "refuse le passage de son édito en débat" (refuses to turn his editorial into a debate)
Unions Named in the headline as the cause Not mentioned
Source Sapin's own account "plusieurs sources internes" (several internal sources), none named
Is his exit settled? Yes: the editorial is cut Internal sources say his exit is "actée" (settled). The headline calls his future "en suspens" (undecided)

The political reaction. In a second report, Le Figaro says Bruno Retailleau, leader of Les Républicains, reacted on X. He called the decision a "petit théâtre antifasciste" (a little anti-fascist theatre).

Whose voice is missing. Sapin and Retailleau are the only people named and quoted. None of the three reports quotes France Inter's management or any union.

What is not settled. - Whether unions pressed for the change. Only Le Figaro's headline says so, and we hold no union statement. - Which came first, the decision to end the editorial or Sapin's refusal. - Whether Sapin leaves the station altogether. Libération's headline says it is undecided, and its internal sources say it is settled.

What this is about. France's main public radio station is ending a weekly editorial by a journalist from a right-wing magazine, and the right says this proves public radio is not plural.

How it got here. France Inter is the flagship station of Radio France, the state-owned radio group. It has been publicly funded since it was created. In 2022 the licence fee was abolished, and public broadcasting is now paid for from the state budget through a share of VAT. Because the public pays for it, French law requires it to be pluralist and neutral. The regulator, Arcom, checks that it is.

For years, politicians on the right have said France Inter leans left. In 2024 the Conseil d'État, France's top administrative court, ruled that Arcom must assess pluralism across the whole of a channel's output, not only speaking time for politicians. That ruling made the argument sharper. In September 2025, a secretly filmed conversation between two public-radio journalists and Socialist Party officials was published. The right cited it as proof of bias. The journalists denied any wrongdoing. Giving editorial slots to right-wing voices is one of the ways the station answers the charge.

Who is involved. - Charles Sapin is deputy editor of Valeurs actuelles, a weekly news magazine on the right. He held the editorial slot. - France Inter's management runs the schedule and is answerable to Radio France. - The station's unions, which Le Figaro names as the source of pressure. - Bruno Retailleau, leader of Les Républicains, the main centre-right party. He was interior minister from 2024 to 2025.

What is at stake. If a right-wing columnist's slot on public radio can end after internal pressure, the right will say pluralism rules are not working. If he left because he refused the format he was offered, it is an ordinary scheduling dispute.

Where it stands. As of 19 September 2026, the station has not given its account in any report we hold.

What is being argued about

  • Whether France Inter's management gave in to union pressure or Sapin walked away from a debate format
  • Pluralism on publicly funded radio
  • The Les Républicains leader's attack on the station
  • Unnamed internal sources and a station that has not spoken
Two papers, two actorsSide by side
OutletWho ended the editorialCause givenNamed voices
Le FigaroThe station's management"la pression des syndicats" (union pressure), stated in the headline without attributionCharles Sapin
Le Figaro (Retailleau reaction)France Inter, "la décision de France Inter" (France Inter's decision)None given. Retailleau calls it a "petit théâtre antifasciste" (a little anti-fascist theatre)Bruno Retailleau
LibérationSapin refused a debate format. His exit followedHis refusal. No mention of unionsNone. "plusieurs sources internes" (several internal sources)
No report we hold quotes France Inter's management or a union.
Sources Le Figaro
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Le Figaro 🇫🇷FR · newspaper · independent France Inter : la direction cède à la pression des syndicats et supprime l’édito de Charles Sapin Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Le Figaro → 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 → Le Figaro
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Le Figaro 🇫🇷FR · newspaper · independent «Petit théâtre antifasciste» : Bruno Retailleau fustige la décision de France Inter de supprimer l’édito de Charles Sapin Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Le Figaro → 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 → L Libération
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Libération 🇫🇷FR · digital · France Inter : Charles Sapin refuse le passage de son édito en débat, son avenir sur la station en suspens Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Libération → What we have measured Accuracy of office Calls him mayor of the département, not the town. ×1Actor label The Houthis are called 'rebels' in the report's own voice. ×1Admission and denial split Separates what the MEP admits (removing the flag) from what she denies (trampling it). ×1Affiliation named links her to a French channel ×1 from 4074 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times →
How 19 September unfolded in the reportsTimeline
  1. 2026-09-19— no time published France Inter Proposes turning Sapin's editorial into a debate. Libération says the change was for "ce samedi" (this Saturday)Sapin refuses
  2. 2026-09-1912:39 Libération publication time Libération Sapin refuses the debate format. Internal sources say his exit is settledHis future called undecided in the headline
  3. 2026-09-1912:56 Le Figaro publication time Le Figaro Management "gives in to union pressure" and cuts the editorialSapin: the station "decided to lay down its arms"
  4. 2026-09-19— no time published Bruno Retailleau Reacts on X to Sapin's announcement"Petit théâtre antifasciste"
  5. 2026-09-1913:02 Le Figaro publication time Le Figaro Reports Retailleau's reaction
Times are publication times in UTC.
Sources Le Figaro
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Le Figaro 🇫🇷FR · newspaper · independent France Inter : la direction cède à la pression des syndicats et supprime l’édito de Charles Sapin Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Le Figaro → 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 → Le Figaro
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Le Figaro 🇫🇷FR · newspaper · independent «Petit théâtre antifasciste» : Bruno Retailleau fustige la décision de France Inter de supprimer l’édito de Charles Sapin Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Le Figaro → 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 → L Libération
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Libération 🇫🇷FR · digital · France Inter : Charles Sapin refuse le passage de son édito en débat, son avenir sur la station en suspens Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Libération → What we have measured Accuracy of office Calls him mayor of the département, not the town. ×1Actor label The Houthis are called 'rebels' in the report's own voice. ×1Admission and denial split Separates what the MEP admits (removing the flag) from what she denies (trampling it). ×1Affiliation named links her to a French channel ×1 from 4074 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times →
The bias in this coverageBias

Who acted: the station or the columnist

Two reports make management the actor that gave in or scrapped the slot. One makes the columnist the actor who refused a debate. No report quotes the station's management or a union.

2 reports making management the actor 1 reports making the columnist the actor 0 reports quoting management or a union
Scored without the mastheads. Where the two passes differ, both are kept.
Sources Le Figaro
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Le Figaro 🇫🇷FR · newspaper · independent France Inter : la direction cède à la pression des syndicats et supprime l’édito de Charles Sapin Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Le Figaro → 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 → Le Figaro
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Le Figaro 🇫🇷FR · newspaper · independent «Petit théâtre antifasciste» : Bruno Retailleau fustige la décision de France Inter de supprimer l’édito de Charles Sapin Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Le Figaro → 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 → L Libération
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Libération 🇫🇷FR · digital · France Inter : Charles Sapin refuse le passage de son édito en débat, son avenir sur la station en suspens Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Libération → What we have measured Accuracy of office Calls him mayor of the département, not the town. ×1Actor label The Houthis are called 'rebels' in the report's own voice. ×1Admission and denial split Separates what the MEP admits (removing the flag) from what she denies (trampling it). ×1Affiliation named links her to a French channel ×1 from 4074 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times →

Claims and verdicts

No claims registered.

Who wrote it

E Emma Calvet Le Figaro
What the bias passes found in their reporting
Politician's framing leads a party leader's jibe heads the report×1
Whose voice A party leader's reaction is the whole story.×1
From 5 reports we hold under this byline, at Le Figaro. Two independent readings, each made without the masthead, a quote attached to every tag. A record, never a rating. Their full record →
P Paul Sugy Le Figaro
What the bias passes found in their reporting
Cause asserted in headline The headline states flat that management gave in to union pressure.×1
Headline claim The headline says the pope made welcome conditional. The body carries a plea, not a condition.×1
Headline frame The headline says the pope makes welcoming migrants 'conditional'. That verb belongs to the report; the body does not quote him saying it.×1
Paraphrase stronger than quote The report says 'assimilation'. The words it quotes from the pope say 'integrate like one's own family'.×1
Claims we checked that rest on their reporting
1 unverified
From 14 reports we hold under this byline, at Le Figaro. Two independent readings, each made without the masthead, a quote attached to every tag. A record, never a rating. Their full record →
J Jean-Baptiste Chabran Libération
What the bias passes found in their reporting
Anonymous sourcing his exit rests on unnamed internal sources×1
Unnamed sources His exit rests on unnamed internal sources.×1
Who is named as acting Here the columnist is the one acting: he refused.×1
Who is named as acting the columnist cast as the one who refused×1
From 15 reports we hold under this byline, at Libération. Two independent readings, each made without the masthead, a quote attached to every tag. A record, never a rating. Their full record →
L Lucas Biosca Libération
What the bias passes found in their reporting
Anonymous sourcing his exit rests on unnamed internal sources×1
Unnamed sources His exit rests on unnamed internal sources.×1
Who is named as acting Here the columnist is the one acting: he refused.×1
Who is named as acting the columnist cast as the one who refused×1
From 8 reports we hold under this byline, at Libération. Two independent readings, each made without the masthead, a quote attached to every tag. A record, never a rating. Their full record →
The bylines on the reports this story is built from. Hover one for what our passes have measured on their reporting.

Coverage, outlet by outlet

Le Figaro
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Le Figaro 🇫🇷FR · newspaper · independent «Petit théâtre antifasciste» : Bruno Retailleau fustige la décision de France Inter de supprimer l’édito de Charles Sapin Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Le Figaro → 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 → — independent
Le Figaro reports that Bruno Retailleau, reacting on X to Sapin's announcement, called the decision a "petit théâtre antifasciste" (a little anti-fascist theatre).
«Brillante leçon de liberté par Charles Sapin. Toute cette histoire, tout ce “petit théâtre antifasciste” pourrait presque être risible s’il n’était pas financé par les impôts des Français. Qu’en pensent la ministre de la culture ? Et le chef du gouvernement ?», a réagi le chef du parti Les Républicains, Bruno Retailleau, après l’annonce, par Charles Sapin, de la suppression de son édito hebdomadaire sur France Inter. Multiplication des appels à la grève Le 26 août, l’annonce de l’arrivée du directeur adjoint de la rédaction de Valeurs Actuelles, passé par L’Opinion, Le Figaro et Le Point, ava
Politician's framing leads: a party leader's jibe heads the report — “«Petit théâtre antifasciste»”
Whose voice: A party leader's reaction is the whole story. — “Bruno Retailleau fustige la décision de France Inter”
Read it at Le Figaro → https://www.lefigaro.fr/politique/petit-theatre-antifasciste-bruno-reta…
Le Figaro
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Le Figaro 🇫🇷FR · newspaper · independent France Inter : la direction cède à la pression des syndicats et supprime l’édito de Charles Sapin Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Le Figaro → 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 → — independent
Le Figaro says management gave in to union pressure. It quotes Sapin saying the station had "décidé de rendre les armes" (decided to lay down its arms).
La direction de France Inter a finalement cédé à la pression des syndicats et des grévistes. Après avoir essuyé un mouvement social interne à cause de l’arrivée du journaliste Charles Sapin (fraîchement nommé directeur adjoint de Valeurs actuelles) comme chroniqueur hebdomadaire sur la radio du service public, la directrice de France Inter Céline Pigalle a annoncé samedi à ce dernier que son édito serait finalement supprimé. Quelques semaines seulement après avoir l’avoir fait venir à l’antenne, la patronne de la première radio de France n’a pas su résister longtemps à la pression exercée par
Stated flat in headline: management 'gave in to union pressure' asserted, not attributed — “la direction cède à la pression des syndicats”
Whose voice: the columnist's own account is the only one quoted — “Il regrette que la direction de la radio publique ait «décidé de rendre les armes»”
Cause asserted in headline: The headline states flat that management gave in to union pressure. — “la direction cède à la pression des syndicats”
Whose voice: The columnist's own framing is carried in quotation marks. — “décidé de rendre les armes”
Read it at Le Figaro → https://www.lefigaro.fr/medias/france-inter-la-direction-cede-a-la-pres…
L Libération
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Libération 🇫🇷FR · digital · France Inter : Charles Sapin refuse le passage de son édito en débat, son avenir sur la station en suspens Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Libération → What we have measured Accuracy of office Calls him mayor of the département, not the town. ×1Actor label The Houthis are called 'rebels' in the report's own voice. ×1Admission and denial split Separates what the MEP admits (removing the flag) from what she denies (trampling it). ×1Affiliation named links her to a French channel ×1 from 4074 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → —
Libération puts Sapin's refusal first. It cites several unnamed internal sources who say his exit from the schedule is settled. It does not mention unions.
Auprès de «Libération», la direction de la radio publique estime que le directeur adjoint de «Valeurs actuelles» «décide de renoncer à son rendez-vous». La création de sa chronique le dimanche matin a provoqué un mouvement de grève à Radio France.
Who is named as acting: the columnist cast as the one who refused — “Charles Sapin refuse le passage de son édito en débat”
Anonymous sourcing: his exit rests on unnamed internal sources — “plusieurs sources internes affirment”
Who is named as acting: Here the columnist is the one acting: he refused. — “Charles Sapin refuse le passage de son édito en débat”
Unnamed sources: His exit rests on unnamed internal sources. — “plusieurs sources internes affirment à «Libération»”
Read it at Libération → https://www.liberation.fr/economie/medias/france-inter-charles-sapin-re…
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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
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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
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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
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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 → 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 → Welt
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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 → 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
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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 → Gazeta Wyborcza
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Gazeta Wyborcza 🇵🇱PL · newspaper · independent No report held from this outlet on this story. 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 →
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 → 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
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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 →
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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