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RTÉ says Martin's government 'could' cut heating oil tax; TheJournal.ie says it 'will'

Two Irish outlets carried the Taoiseach's budget remarks on the same day. One says a cut is possible, the other that it is coming. None of the reports we hold quotes his words.

Taoiseach signals tax cut on home heating oil in Budget
Taoiseach signals tax cut on home heating oil in Budget as published by RTÉ News · seen at RTÉ News
Anglosphere Ireland

Three reports, three strengths. On 15 September RTÉ News and TheJournal.ie carried remarks by Taoiseach Micheál Martin on tax on home heating oil in Budget 2027. They differ on how firm he was.

Outlet Wording How firm
RTÉ News the Government "could cut tax" possible
TheJournal.ie "hints at cut to cost" a hint
TheJournal.ie, evening round-up "strongest indication yet that the government will cut tax" expected

RTÉ's headline is firmer than its text: "Taoiseach signals tax cut". TheJournal.ie's headline speaks of the cost of oil, not the tax on it.

One figure, one cause. TheJournal.ie says the price "has jumped 70% since the US and Israel launched their war on Iran". It names no source for the figure. RTÉ News's report on the same remarks gives no figure and no cause.

The other side. RTÉ News reports that the Social Democrats "have warned against a further postponement of the carbon tax increase scheduled for next month". It is the only opposition voice in the four reports. It is about the carbon tax, not the oil tax cut.

What is not settled - Whether the government has decided anything. No report we hold describes a decision. - What Martin said. No report we hold quotes him. - Where the 70% figure comes from. - How a cut would sit beside the carbon tax rise due next month.

What this is about: whether Ireland's government will cut the tax on home heating oil in its next budget, while another tax on the same fuel is due to rise.

How it got here - The government. Ireland's general election in November 2024 returned a coalition of Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael, supported by independent TDs. Micheál Martin, leader of Fianna Fáil, became Taoiseach (prime minister) in January 2025. - The budget. Each autumn the Minister for Finance presents the budget to the Dáil, the lower house of parliament, usually in early October. The tax changes are then passed in a Finance Bill. Budget 2027 is the next one. Ministers often float measures in the weeks before it, and what they float is not always what they announce. - The carbon tax. Ireland has taxed carbon in fossil fuels since 2010. A 2020 law set it to rise every year until 2030, to push households and businesses off fossil fuels. Home heating oil pays it. RTÉ News calls the next rise "scheduled for next month" and warns against a "further" postponement, which suggests at least one delay already. We hold no report on that earlier delay. - The war. Israel and Iran have been in open conflict since at least June 2025, when the United States also struck Iranian nuclear sites. Iran sits beside the Strait of Hormuz, a main route for the world's oil. TheJournal.ie reports that heating oil prices have "jumped 70% since the US and Israel launched their war on Iran". It gives no source for that figure. We hold no other report on the price.

Who is involved - Martin and his coalition partners write the budget and decide both taxes. - The Social Democrats, an opposition party, want the carbon tax rise to go ahead. - Households that heat with oil, mostly outside the cities, pay both taxes.

What is at stake: a cut eases winter bills but works against the carbon tax, which is meant to make fossil fuels dearer. A smaller cut, or none, keeps the climate plan intact and leaves the price where it is.

Where it stands: none of the reports we hold describes a decision. The answer comes on budget day.

What is being argued about

  • How firm the Taoiseach's signal on a heating oil tax cut was
  • A 70% rise in the price of home heating oil, and what caused it
  • The carbon tax increase scheduled for next month
  • The Social Democrats' warning against delaying it again
One set of remarks, three strengthsSide by side
OutletWhat it saidHow firm
RTÉ News"has signalled that the Government could cut tax on home heating oil"could
TheJournal.ie"Taoiseach hints at cut to cost of home heating oil"hints
TheJournal.ie, evening round-up"his strongest indication yet that the government will cut tax on home heating oil"will
None of the three reports quotes the Taoiseach's own words.
Sources R RTÉ News
Centre estimate · not a score
RTÉ News 🇮🇪IE · digital · PUBLIC Taoiseach signals tax cut on home heating oil in Budget Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at RTÉ News → What we have measured Abstraction as the actor the dispute acts and no one in it is named ×1Account taken as default the police description of the crowd as 'hostile' is carried with no other account ×1Accuracy the Slovenia entry in the country list repeats Austria's name ×1Active voice offender Donaldson is named as the one who did the abuse, in the active voice. ×1 from 2361 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → T TheJournal.ie
Centre estimate · not a score
TheJournal.ie 🇮🇪IE · digital · Taoiseach hints at cut to cost of home heating oil in upcoming budget Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at TheJournal.ie → What we have measured Accuracy of attribution The report calls the Tánaiste the Taoiseach partway through. That puts his words under another office. ×1Accusation carried without a reply a charge against a named party, no answer from it in the text held ×1Actor labelling calls the accusers 'opposition parties' when the named accuser is the deputy First Minister ×1Actor mislabelled The first line calls the accusers 'opposition parties', but the accuser quoted is the DUP deputy First Minister, who sits in the same executive ×1 from 2218 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → T TheJournal.ie
Centre estimate · not a score
TheJournal.ie 🇮🇪IE · digital · The 5 at 5: Tuesday Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at TheJournal.ie → What we have measured Accuracy of attribution The report calls the Tánaiste the Taoiseach partway through. That puts his words under another office. ×1Accusation carried without a reply a charge against a named party, no answer from it in the text held ×1Actor labelling calls the accusers 'opposition parties' when the named accuser is the deputy First Minister ×1Actor mislabelled The first line calls the accusers 'opposition parties', but the accuser quoted is the DUP deputy First Minister, who sits in the same executive ×1 from 2218 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times →
15 September: how the day's reports ranTimeline
  1. Tue 15 Sep09:09 published by RTÉ News RTÉ News Social Democrats warn against a further postponement of the carbon tax rise due next month
  2. Tue 15 Sep13:54 published by TheJournal.ie TheJournal.ie Taoiseach "hints at cut to cost of home heating oil"; price up since the US and Israel launched their war on Iran 70%no source given for the figure
  3. Tue 15 Sep14:57 published by RTÉ News RTÉ News Taoiseach "signalled that the Government could cut tax on home heating oil"
  4. Tue 15 Sep16:49 published by TheJournal.ie TheJournal.ie His "strongest indication yet that the government will cut tax on home heating oil"
Times are when each report was published, in Irish time.
Sources R RTÉ News
Centre estimate · not a score
RTÉ News 🇮🇪IE · digital · PUBLIC Soc Dems warn against postponement of rise in carbon tax Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at RTÉ News → What we have measured Abstraction as the actor the dispute acts and no one in it is named ×1Account taken as default the police description of the crowd as 'hostile' is carried with no other account ×1Accuracy the Slovenia entry in the country list repeats Austria's name ×1Active voice offender Donaldson is named as the one who did the abuse, in the active voice. ×1 from 2361 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → T TheJournal.ie
Centre estimate · not a score
TheJournal.ie 🇮🇪IE · digital · Taoiseach hints at cut to cost of home heating oil in upcoming budget Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at TheJournal.ie → What we have measured Accuracy of attribution The report calls the Tánaiste the Taoiseach partway through. That puts his words under another office. ×1Accusation carried without a reply a charge against a named party, no answer from it in the text held ×1Actor labelling calls the accusers 'opposition parties' when the named accuser is the deputy First Minister ×1Actor mislabelled The first line calls the accusers 'opposition parties', but the accuser quoted is the DUP deputy First Minister, who sits in the same executive ×1 from 2218 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → R RTÉ News
Centre estimate · not a score
RTÉ News 🇮🇪IE · digital · PUBLIC Taoiseach signals tax cut on home heating oil in Budget Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at RTÉ News → What we have measured Abstraction as the actor the dispute acts and no one in it is named ×1Account taken as default the police description of the crowd as 'hostile' is carried with no other account ×1Accuracy the Slovenia entry in the country list repeats Austria's name ×1Active voice offender Donaldson is named as the one who did the abuse, in the active voice. ×1 from 2361 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → T TheJournal.ie
Centre estimate · not a score
TheJournal.ie 🇮🇪IE · digital · The 5 at 5: Tuesday Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at TheJournal.ie → What we have measured Accuracy of attribution The report calls the Tánaiste the Taoiseach partway through. That puts his words under another office. ×1Accusation carried without a reply a charge against a named party, no answer from it in the text held ×1Actor labelling calls the accusers 'opposition parties' when the named accuser is the deputy First Minister ×1Actor mislabelled The first line calls the accusers 'opposition parties', but the accuser quoted is the DUP deputy First Minister, who sits in the same executive ×1 from 2218 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times →
The bias in this coverageBias

Could, hints, will

Three reports carry the same remarks from the Taoiseach, with three levels of certainty. One says the government 'could' cut the tax, one that he 'hints', one that it 'will'. None quotes his exact words on the tax.

1 reports saying the cut could come 1 reports saying he hinted at a cut 1 reports saying the government will cut

One number, no source

Only one of four reports gives a figure for the price rise, 70%, and it names no source for it. One report carries an opposition party. It argues against delaying the carbon tax rise.

1 reports giving a price rise figure 1 reports carrying an opposition party 4 reports held on the event
Scored without the mastheads. Where the two passes differ, both are kept.
Sources R RTÉ News
Centre estimate · not a score
RTÉ News 🇮🇪IE · digital · PUBLIC Taoiseach signals tax cut on home heating oil in Budget Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at RTÉ News → What we have measured Abstraction as the actor the dispute acts and no one in it is named ×1Account taken as default the police description of the crowd as 'hostile' is carried with no other account ×1Accuracy the Slovenia entry in the country list repeats Austria's name ×1Active voice offender Donaldson is named as the one who did the abuse, in the active voice. ×1 from 2361 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → T TheJournal.ie
Centre estimate · not a score
TheJournal.ie 🇮🇪IE · digital · Taoiseach hints at cut to cost of home heating oil in upcoming budget Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at TheJournal.ie → What we have measured Accuracy of attribution The report calls the Tánaiste the Taoiseach partway through. That puts his words under another office. ×1Accusation carried without a reply a charge against a named party, no answer from it in the text held ×1Actor labelling calls the accusers 'opposition parties' when the named accuser is the deputy First Minister ×1Actor mislabelled The first line calls the accusers 'opposition parties', but the accuser quoted is the DUP deputy First Minister, who sits in the same executive ×1 from 2218 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → T TheJournal.ie
Centre estimate · not a score
TheJournal.ie 🇮🇪IE · digital · The 5 at 5: Tuesday Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at TheJournal.ie → What we have measured Accuracy of attribution The report calls the Tánaiste the Taoiseach partway through. That puts his words under another office. ×1Accusation carried without a reply a charge against a named party, no answer from it in the text held ×1Actor labelling calls the accusers 'opposition parties' when the named accuser is the deputy First Minister ×1Actor mislabelled The first line calls the accusers 'opposition parties', but the accuser quoted is the DUP deputy First Minister, who sits in the same executive ×1 from 2218 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → R RTÉ News
Centre estimate · not a score
RTÉ News 🇮🇪IE · digital · PUBLIC Soc Dems warn against postponement of rise in carbon tax Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at RTÉ News → What we have measured Abstraction as the actor the dispute acts and no one in it is named ×1Account taken as default the police description of the crowd as 'hostile' is carried with no other account ×1Accuracy the Slovenia entry in the country list repeats Austria's name ×1Active voice offender Donaldson is named as the one who did the abuse, in the active voice. ×1 from 2361 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times →

Claims and verdicts

true Taoiseach Micheál Martin signalled that the government could cut tax on home heating oil in the budget.
RTÉ News reports that Martin 'signalled' the government could cut the tax, and TheJournal.ie reports that he 'hinted' at a cut. Two outlets report his remarks and none contradicts them.
Checked against 2 sources:
R RTÉ News
Centre estimate · not a score
RTÉ News 🇮🇪IE · digital · PUBLIC Taoiseach signals tax cut on home heating oil in Budget Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at RTÉ News → What we have measured Abstraction as the actor the dispute acts and no one in it is named ×1Account taken as default the police description of the crowd as 'hostile' is carried with no other account ×1Accuracy the Slovenia entry in the country list repeats Austria's name ×1Active voice offender Donaldson is named as the one who did the abuse, in the active voice. ×1 from 2361 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → T TheJournal.ie
Centre estimate · not a score
TheJournal.ie 🇮🇪IE · digital · Taoiseach hints at cut to cost of home heating oil in upcoming budget Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at TheJournal.ie → What we have measured Accuracy of attribution The report calls the Tánaiste the Taoiseach partway through. That puts his words under another office. ×1Accusation carried without a reply a charge against a named party, no answer from it in the text held ×1Actor labelling calls the accusers 'opposition parties' when the named accuser is the deputy First Minister ×1Actor mislabelled The first line calls the accusers 'opposition parties', but the accuser quoted is the DUP deputy First Minister, who sits in the same executive ×1 from 2218 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times →
unverified The government will cut tax on home heating oil in this year's budget.
TheJournal.ie's round-up calls Martin's remarks the 'strongest indication yet' of a cut, but RTÉ News says only that the government 'could' cut it. No report we hold describes a decision.
Checked against 3 sources:
T TheJournal.ie
Centre estimate · not a score
TheJournal.ie 🇮🇪IE · digital · The 5 at 5: Tuesday Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at TheJournal.ie → What we have measured Accuracy of attribution The report calls the Tánaiste the Taoiseach partway through. That puts his words under another office. ×1Accusation carried without a reply a charge against a named party, no answer from it in the text held ×1Actor labelling calls the accusers 'opposition parties' when the named accuser is the deputy First Minister ×1Actor mislabelled The first line calls the accusers 'opposition parties', but the accuser quoted is the DUP deputy First Minister, who sits in the same executive ×1 from 2218 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → R RTÉ News
Centre estimate · not a score
RTÉ News 🇮🇪IE · digital · PUBLIC Taoiseach signals tax cut on home heating oil in Budget Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at RTÉ News → What we have measured Abstraction as the actor the dispute acts and no one in it is named ×1Account taken as default the police description of the crowd as 'hostile' is carried with no other account ×1Accuracy the Slovenia entry in the country list repeats Austria's name ×1Active voice offender Donaldson is named as the one who did the abuse, in the active voice. ×1 from 2361 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → T TheJournal.ie
Centre estimate · not a score
TheJournal.ie 🇮🇪IE · digital · Taoiseach hints at cut to cost of home heating oil in upcoming budget Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at TheJournal.ie → What we have measured Accuracy of attribution The report calls the Tánaiste the Taoiseach partway through. That puts his words under another office. ×1Accusation carried without a reply a charge against a named party, no answer from it in the text held ×1Actor labelling calls the accusers 'opposition parties' when the named accuser is the deputy First Minister ×1Actor mislabelled The first line calls the accusers 'opposition parties', but the accuser quoted is the DUP deputy First Minister, who sits in the same executive ×1 from 2218 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times →
unverified The price of home heating oil has risen 70% since the US and Israel launched their war on Iran.
Only TheJournal.ie gives the 70% figure, and the text we hold does not say where it comes from. RTÉ News's report on the same remarks gives no figure.
Checked against 2 sources:
T TheJournal.ie
Centre estimate · not a score
TheJournal.ie 🇮🇪IE · digital · Taoiseach hints at cut to cost of home heating oil in upcoming budget Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at TheJournal.ie → What we have measured Accuracy of attribution The report calls the Tánaiste the Taoiseach partway through. That puts his words under another office. ×1Accusation carried without a reply a charge against a named party, no answer from it in the text held ×1Actor labelling calls the accusers 'opposition parties' when the named accuser is the deputy First Minister ×1Actor mislabelled The first line calls the accusers 'opposition parties', but the accuser quoted is the DUP deputy First Minister, who sits in the same executive ×1 from 2218 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → R RTÉ News
Centre estimate · not a score
RTÉ News 🇮🇪IE · digital · PUBLIC Taoiseach signals tax cut on home heating oil in Budget Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at RTÉ News → What we have measured Abstraction as the actor the dispute acts and no one in it is named ×1Account taken as default the police description of the crowd as 'hostile' is carried with no other account ×1Accuracy the Slovenia entry in the country list repeats Austria's name ×1Active voice offender Donaldson is named as the one who did the abuse, in the active voice. ×1 from 2361 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times →

Who wrote it

S Sophie Finn TheJournal.ie
What the bias passes found in their reporting
Actor labelling calls the accusers 'opposition parties' when the named accuser is the deputy First Minister×1
Actor mislabelled The first line calls the accusers 'opposition parties', but the accuser quoted is the DUP deputy First Minister, who sits in the same executive×1
Asserted or attributed the next step is attributed to a named police force×1
Assertion vs attribution threat to Stormont tied to the DUP's accusation×1
Claims we checked that rest on their reporting
1 misleading4 disputed6 unverified8 true
From 125 reports we hold under this byline, at TheJournal.ie. Two independent readings, each made without the masthead, a quote attached to every tag. A record, never a rating. Their full record →
J Jane Matthews TheJournal.ie
What the bias passes found in their reporting
Actor named names the US and Israel as having started the war that pushed up prices, and states it flat×1
Actor named names Israel as the one bombing Gaza, in a sentence reporting what she said×1
Asserted versus attributed the outlet's own verdict on who wins, stated flat×1
Asserted vs attributed Calls the settlements 'illegal' in the headline, in the report's own voice, and names the place 'Palestine'.×1
Claims we checked that rest on their reporting
1 disputed6 unverified4 true
From 57 reports we hold under this byline, at TheJournal.ie. Two independent readings, each made without the masthead, a quote attached to every tag. A record, never a rating. Their full record →
S Sandra Hurley RTÉ News
What the bias passes found in their reporting
Voice quoted an opposition party's warning against delaying the carbon tax rise, the other side of a heating-cost cut×1
Whose voice the only opposition voice; it argues against delaying the carbon tax rise, not about the oil tax cut×1
From 10 reports we hold under this byline, at RTÉ News. 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. · 1 report we hold carries no byline — we do not invent one.

Coverage, outlet by outlet

T TheJournal.ie
Centre estimate · not a score
TheJournal.ie 🇮🇪IE · digital · The 5 at 5: Tuesday Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at TheJournal.ie → What we have measured Accuracy of attribution The report calls the Tánaiste the Taoiseach partway through. That puts his words under another office. ×1Accusation carried without a reply a charge against a named party, no answer from it in the text held ×1Actor labelling calls the accusers 'opposition parties' when the named accuser is the deputy First Minister ×1Actor mislabelled The first line calls the accusers 'opposition parties', but the accuser quoted is the DUP deputy First Minister, who sits in the same executive ×1 from 2218 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → —
TheJournal.ie's evening round-up gives the firmest: his "strongest indication yet" that the government "will" cut tax.
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Hedge: stronger: 'strongest indication yet' that it 'will' cut the tax — “has given his strongest indication yet that the government will cut tax on home heating oil”
Hedge: 'will', the firmest wording held, framed as his strongest indication yet — “given his strongest indication yet that the government will cut tax on home heating oil”
Read it at TheJournal.ie → https://www.thejournal.ie/the-5-at-5-tuesday-112-7163539-Sep2026/
R RTÉ News
Centre estimate · not a score
RTÉ News 🇮🇪IE · digital · PUBLIC Taoiseach signals tax cut on home heating oil in Budget Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at RTÉ News → What we have measured Abstraction as the actor the dispute acts and no one in it is named ×1Account taken as default the police description of the crowd as 'hostile' is carried with no other account ×1Accuracy the Slovenia entry in the country list repeats Austria's name ×1Active voice offender Donaldson is named as the one who did the abuse, in the active voice. ×1 from 2361 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → — PUBLIC
RTÉ News gives the softest verb: the Government "could" cut tax, under a headline saying he "signals tax cut".
Taoiseach signals tax cut on home heating oil in Budget Updated / Tuesday, 15 Sep 2026 15:02 Getty Figures from the Central Statistics office last week showed home heating oil prices up 44% over the past 12 months Taoiseach Micheál Martin has signalled that the Government could cut tax on home heating oil in the upcoming Budget. Speaking at the National Ploughing Championships in Screggan in Co Offaly this afternoon, Mr Martin said the Government was "discussing everything in the round" and were "looking at doing something there" in relation to the cost of home heating oil. "I think we're more
Hedge: 'signalled' that the government 'could' cut the tax — “has signalled that the Government could cut tax on home heating oil in the upcoming Budget”
Headline vs body: the headline says he 'signals tax cut'; the body says the government 'could' cut — “Taoiseach signals tax cut on home heating oil in Budget”
Hedge: 'could', the softest wording held — “signalled that the Government could cut tax on home heating oil”
Read it at RTÉ News → https://www.rte.ie/news/ireland/2026/0915/1591642-home-heating-oil/
T TheJournal.ie
Centre estimate · not a score
TheJournal.ie 🇮🇪IE · digital · Taoiseach hints at cut to cost of home heating oil in upcoming budget Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at TheJournal.ie → What we have measured Accuracy of attribution The report calls the Tánaiste the Taoiseach partway through. That puts his words under another office. ×1Accusation carried without a reply a charge against a named party, no answer from it in the text held ×1Actor labelling calls the accusers 'opposition parties' when the named accuser is the deputy First Minister ×1Actor mislabelled The first line calls the accusers 'opposition parties', but the accuser quoted is the DUP deputy First Minister, who sits in the same executive ×1 from 2218 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → —
TheJournal.ie gives the only figure, a 70% price rise, and the only cause: the war the US and Israel launched on Iran. It names no source for the figure.
An account is an optional way to support the work we do. Find out more. Speaking to reporters at the National Ploughing Championship in Offaly today, he said the government is “looking at doing something there” in relation to the cost of home heating oil. “As I said, we’re discussing everything in the round. We’ve more or less focused in on the idea of decoupling that kerosene issue, and making sure that we give alleviation to people in their homes. “In particular home heating, over the winter period, because we’ve looked at the figures, in terms of the impact is particularly significant there
Which measure: the headline says a cut to the cost of heating oil, not to the tax — “hints at cut to cost of home heating oil”
Figure without source: a 70% price rise stated flat, with no source given — “The price of home heating oil has jumped 70%”
Who is named as acting: names the US and Israel as the ones who launched the war — “since the US and Israel launched their war on Iran”
Actor named: names the US and Israel as having started the war that pushed up prices, and states it flat — “The price of home heating oil has jumped 70% since the US and Israel launched their war on Iran.”
Measure chosen: the headline says a cut to the 'cost' of oil, not to the tax on it — “Taoiseach hints at cut to cost of home heating oil in upcoming budget”
Read it at TheJournal.ie → https://www.thejournal.ie/ploughing-budget-home-heating-7163346-Sep2026/
R RTÉ News
Centre estimate · not a score
RTÉ News 🇮🇪IE · digital · PUBLIC Soc Dems warn against postponement of rise in carbon tax Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at RTÉ News → What we have measured Abstraction as the actor the dispute acts and no one in it is named ×1Account taken as default the police description of the crowd as 'hostile' is carried with no other account ×1Accuracy the Slovenia entry in the country list repeats Austria's name ×1Active voice offender Donaldson is named as the one who did the abuse, in the active voice. ×1 from 2361 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → — PUBLIC
RTÉ News carries the Social Democrats warning against a further delay to the carbon tax rise due next month.
Soc Dems warn against further postponement of carbon tax increase Updated / Tuesday, 15 Sep 2026 12:26 Jennifer Whitmore said that the programmes funded by the carbon tax were really important schemes (Pic: Collins) Sandra Hurley By Sandra Hurley Political Reporter The Social Democrats have warned against a further postponement of the carbon tax increase scheduled for next month. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore said the programmes funded by the tax were really important schemes, including retrofitting projects and the acre scheme. "If you're paying a tax that is ringfenced, I think it's easier for pe
Whose voice: the only opposition voice; it argues against delaying the carbon tax rise, not about the oil tax cut — “have warned against a further postponement of the carbon tax increase”
Voice quoted: an opposition party's warning against delaying the carbon tax rise, the other side of a heating-cost cut — “The Social Democrats have warned against a further postponement of the carbon tax increase scheduled for next month.”
Read it at RTÉ News → https://www.rte.ie/news/politics/2026/0915/1591579-soc-dems-party-think…
Checked, didn’t cover
T The Irish Times
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The Irish Times 🇮🇪IE · digital · No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Actor framing The release is framed as a joint agreement, with no pressure mentioned ×1Actor named Names the residents as the ones who blocked the road ×1Actor named killers named as 'loyalist gunmen'; verb 'shot dead' ×1With no actor named construction no actor named for the theft or the driving in the standfirst ×1 from 1358 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → R RNZ
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RNZ 🇳🇿NZ · digital · PUBLIC No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Headline against body headline claims a 20-year decline reversed; the first line of the body reports a new low in reading ×1Headline against body headline claims a turnaround; the text carries a record low and puts it on boys ×1 from 2328 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → ABC News (Australia)
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ABC News (Australia) 🇦🇺AU · public broadcaster · public-service No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Actor label and hedge The same man is called 'far-right' and named by his legal name. The act is hedged with 'allegedly', where the longer report states it flat. ×1A different count, stated flat one dead and 140 missing, unattributed, earliest of the four ×1Affected counted The only report to count the local people affected ×1Are the dead named one of the dead named, through a relative at the hospital ×1 from 4667 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → The Guardian
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The Guardian 🇬🇧UK · newspaper · independent No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Actor named Denial in the passive voice, with no one named as the person who dismissed it ×1Actor named names Israel as acting and states the death toll flat, with no source ×1Actor named Ireland named as the side that ended the conference ×1Allegation omitted the police statement is cut with an ellipsis where the other two reports carry the controlling or coercive behaviour allegation ×1 from 10552 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → C CBC News
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CBC News 🇨🇦CA · public broadcaster · public-service No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Asserted vs attributed the measure is attributed to the three governments; the territory is called occupied in the outlet's own voice ×1Attribution kept in the headline the sourcing travels with the claim into the headline ×1Figure rounded in the headline more than 600 in the headline; the body sources it to a flight-tracking site ×1How the sourcing is hedged the claim is hedged to an unnamed newspaper in both headline and body; the reporting is not held by this report ×1 from 2730 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
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BBC News 🇬🇧UK · public broadcaster · public-service No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Dating and attribution 'It was not until Tuesday' is a judgement about delay, not a date. No other report we hold comments on how long the German finding took. ×1How hard the claim is stated Headline says the UN voted to adopt and replace; the last sentence of the report says the vote is non-binding ×1How hard the claim is stated The qualification arrives in the last sentence and is immediately overridden by an effect the report gives no source for. ×1Which figure is used States the replacement as done — the Assembly voted to replace the map — where the resolution urges states to use a different projection. ×1 from 473 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → The Daily Telegraph
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The Daily Telegraph 🇬🇧UK · 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 → The Times
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The Times 🇬🇧UK · 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 →
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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