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Smith 'will not be silenced', says the Post; the Examiner leads with a senator's insult, Fox with its own journalists' records

Jack Smith, the former special counsel, spent more than four hours before the Senate Judiciary Committee. The Washington Post led with his defence. The Washington Examiner led with Republican senators' attacks. Fox News led with a claim that his investigation swept up nearly 50 journalists.

Kennedy berates Smith over conversations with Garland: ‘You make me want to throw up in my mouth’
Kennedy berates Smith over conversations with Garland: ‘You make me want to throw up in my mouth’ as published by Washington Examiner · seen at Washington Examiner
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Four outlets, four different hearings. Jack Smith testified under oath to the Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday for more than four hours, The Hill reports. Each outlet puts a different speaker first.

Outlet Leads with
The Washington Post Smith: he will not "be silenced by continued threats of prosecution"
Washington Examiner Sen. John Kennedy (R-LA): "You make me want to throw up in my mouth"
The Hill Sen. Eric Schmitt (R-MO) "seems to confuse basketball teams"
Fox News Smith's investigators obtained records of "nearly 50 journalists"

The basketball exchange. Schmitt asked whether Smith attended an Atlanta Hawks game on 3 Feb 2024, the Washington Examiner reports. Smith said he saw Iowa play Maryland. The Examiner prints the result: Iowa won 93-85 in College Park. Schmitt said messages still raised questions about coordination with prosecutors in Atlanta. The two reports on the exchange both hedge the mix-up, one with "apparently" and the other with "seems to".

Phone records. Smith said he sought "toll records, non-content records" of lawmakers, the Examiner reports. It names Sens. Blackburn, Hagerty and Hawley.

What is not settled - Only Fox News carries the figure of nearly 50 journalists. No other report we hold confirms or contradicts it. - Only the Examiner names the senators whose records were sought. - For most of the reports we hold, we have only the headline and the opening lines. We cannot see what they left out. - We could not read Reuters or MSNBC.

What this is about. A Senate committee questioned the prosecutor who charged Donald Trump with federal crimes. The same committee is now investigating that prosecutor's own investigation.

How it got here. On 18 November 2022, Attorney General Merrick Garland appointed Jack Smith as special counsel. Trump had just announced a new run for president. Smith brought two federal cases in 2023. One was about classified documents kept at Trump's Mar-a-Lago home. The other was about efforts to overturn the 2020 election. Neither case reached trial. A federal judge in Florida dismissed the documents case in July 2024. Trump won the November 2024 election. Smith's office then dropped both cases, citing a Justice Department policy against prosecuting a sitting president. Smith left the department in January 2025.

A separate case was brought in Georgia by Fani Willis, the Fulton County District Attorney. Her relationship with Nathan Wade, the prosecutor she hired to lead it, became a controversy in early 2024. Republicans have long asked whether the Biden White House and the Justice Department coordinated with local prosecutors, the Washington Examiner reports. That question is behind Schmitt's questions about the basketball game.

Who is involved. Republicans hold the Senate majority and chair the Judiciary Committee. They are scrutinising the tactics Smith used, including his subpoenas for lawmakers' phone records. Smith says he decided on his own, based on strong evidence. Democrats on the committee pushed back, among them Amy Klobuchar, who said Smith deserved an apology.

What is at stake. Smith told senators he faces "continued threats of prosecution" from the president, The Washington Post reports. Republicans argue more widely that federal law enforcement was used against Trump, and the hearing adds to that argument.

Where it stands. This was Smith's second appearance before Congress, The Hill reports. The committee's inquiry continues.

What is being argued about

  • Whether Smith consulted Garland, and whether Garland checked with Biden
  • Schmitt's claim that Smith attended a Hawks game in Atlanta
  • Subpoenas for Republican senators' phone records
  • Records covering journalists' communications with officials
Who each report puts firstSide by side
OutletLeads withHedged?
The Washington PostSmith: he will not "be silenced by continued threats of prosecution"No
Washington ExaminerKennedy: "You make me want to throw up in my mouth"No
Washington ExaminerSchmitt's "basketball mix-up"Yes: "apparently"
The HillSchmitt "seems to confuse basketball teams"Yes: "seems to"
The HillSmith "spars with GOP senators"No
Fox NewsRecords of "nearly 50 journalists"No
For three of these six reports we have only the headline and the opening lines.
Sources T The Washington Post
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The Washington Post 🇺🇸US · newspaper · independent Jack Smith clashes with senators over Trump probes, says he will not be silenced Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at The Washington Post → What we have measured Accused's denial carried the only report carrying the Marine's side ×1Actor named via accusation the administration is named as acting, through the ranchers' charge; the price rise is stated flat ×1Asserted, not attributed a shift of power to Iran stated flat in the headline ×1Asserted or attributed the headline states as data what the body shows the chair selecting in a speech ×1 from 1237 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Washington Examiner
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Washington Examiner 🇺🇸US · newspaper · independent Kennedy berates Smith over conversations with Garland: ‘You make me want to throw up in my mouth’ Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Washington Examiner → What we have measured Accusation printed unanswered a named candidate is accused of responsibility for murders, with no response carried ×1Accused named Names one accused student, citing the lawsuit; no other report we hold names any of the accused ×1Accused named Names each person charged and gives their nationality. None of the defendants is quoted. ×1Accused named Names one accused student from the civil filing and attributes the claim to the lawsuit ×1 from 3435 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Washington Examiner
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Washington Examiner 🇺🇸US · newspaper · independent Hawks or Hawkeyes? Eric Schmitt’s Jack Smith grilling runs into basketball mix-up Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Washington Examiner → What we have measured Accusation printed unanswered a named candidate is accused of responsibility for murders, with no response carried ×1Accused named Names one accused student, citing the lawsuit; no other report we hold names any of the accused ×1Accused named Names each person charged and gives their nationality. None of the defendants is quoted. ×1Accused named Names one accused student from the civil filing and attributes the claim to the lawsuit ×1 from 3435 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → The Hill
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The Hill 🇺🇸US · digital · independent Eric Schmitt seems to confuse basketball teams in attempt to link Jack Smith, Fani Willis Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at The Hill → What we have measured Accusation attributed the word lying is placed in a named politician's mouth, not the outlet's ×1Actor named No actor named for who kept reporters out ×1Actor named No actor named for who let reporters back in ×1Actor named Names the state as the one that carried out the execution. ×1 from 4315 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Fox News
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Fox News 🇺🇸US · TV/radio · independent Jack Smith's Trump probe swept up Fox News, other media communications as investigation went beyond lawmakers Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Fox News → What we have measured Accused named Names one former fraternity member through his lawyer's denial. The woman is anonymous by her own choice. ×1Actor in headline The headline names Trump as the one acting. The body names only Anduril. ×1A number, with no people named The only report that gives a figure counts the journalists whose communications were swept up. It names none of them. ×1Asserted, not attributed stated flat: past court defeats are asserted with no case, judge or date named ×1 from 6432 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → The Hill
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The Hill 🇺🇸US · digital · independent Jack Smith spars with GOP senators Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at The Hill → What we have measured Accusation attributed the word lying is placed in a named politician's mouth, not the outlet's ×1Actor named No actor named for who kept reporters out ×1Actor named No actor named for who let reporters back in ×1Actor named Names the state as the one that carried out the execution. ×1 from 4315 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times →
From the appointment to the coverageTimeline
  1. 2022-11-18— no time published Merrick Garland Appoints Smith as special counselWashington Examiner
  2. 2024-02-03— no time published Iowa v Maryland Iowa wins in College Park; the Hawks also host the Warriors that day 93-85Washington Examiner
  3. 2026-09-2913:18 published Fox News Smith's investigation "swept up" journalists' communications nearly 50 journaliststhe only report carrying this
  4. 2026-09-2913:35 published The Hill Live page: Smith testifies more than four hours
  5. 2026-09-2915:41 published Washington Examiner Kennedy "berates" Smith
  6. 2026-09-2915:56 published Washington Examiner and The Hill Both report Schmitt's basketball mix-up, and both hedge it
  7. 2026-09-2916:13 published The Washington Post Smith "will not be silenced"
  8. 2026-09-2916:30 published The Hill Smith "spars with GOP senators"
Times on 29 September are publication times, UTC.
Sources Washington Examiner
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Washington Examiner 🇺🇸US · newspaper · independent Hawks or Hawkeyes? Eric Schmitt’s Jack Smith grilling runs into basketball mix-up Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Washington Examiner → What we have measured Accusation printed unanswered a named candidate is accused of responsibility for murders, with no response carried ×1Accused named Names one accused student, citing the lawsuit; no other report we hold names any of the accused ×1Accused named Names each person charged and gives their nationality. None of the defendants is quoted. ×1Accused named Names one accused student from the civil filing and attributes the claim to the lawsuit ×1 from 3435 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Fox News
Right estimate · not a score
Fox News 🇺🇸US · TV/radio · independent Jack Smith's Trump probe swept up Fox News, other media communications as investigation went beyond lawmakers Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Fox News → What we have measured Accused named Names one former fraternity member through his lawyer's denial. The woman is anonymous by her own choice. ×1Actor in headline The headline names Trump as the one acting. The body names only Anduril. ×1A number, with no people named The only report that gives a figure counts the journalists whose communications were swept up. It names none of them. ×1Asserted, not attributed stated flat: past court defeats are asserted with no case, judge or date named ×1 from 6432 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → The Hill
Centre estimate · not a score
The Hill 🇺🇸US · digital · independent Live updates: Jack Smith faces Senate scrutiny; Trump to unveil federal AI tool Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at The Hill → What we have measured Accusation attributed the word lying is placed in a named politician's mouth, not the outlet's ×1Actor named No actor named for who kept reporters out ×1Actor named No actor named for who let reporters back in ×1Actor named Names the state as the one that carried out the execution. ×1 from 4315 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Washington Examiner
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Washington Examiner 🇺🇸US · newspaper · independent Kennedy berates Smith over conversations with Garland: ‘You make me want to throw up in my mouth’ Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Washington Examiner → What we have measured Accusation printed unanswered a named candidate is accused of responsibility for murders, with no response carried ×1Accused named Names one accused student, citing the lawsuit; no other report we hold names any of the accused ×1Accused named Names each person charged and gives their nationality. None of the defendants is quoted. ×1Accused named Names one accused student from the civil filing and attributes the claim to the lawsuit ×1 from 3435 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → The Hill
Centre estimate · not a score
The Hill 🇺🇸US · digital · independent Eric Schmitt seems to confuse basketball teams in attempt to link Jack Smith, Fani Willis Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at The Hill → What we have measured Accusation attributed the word lying is placed in a named politician's mouth, not the outlet's ×1Actor named No actor named for who kept reporters out ×1Actor named No actor named for who let reporters back in ×1Actor named Names the state as the one that carried out the execution. ×1 from 4315 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → T The Washington Post
Centre-left estimate · not a score
The Washington Post 🇺🇸US · newspaper · independent Jack Smith clashes with senators over Trump probes, says he will not be silenced Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at The Washington Post → What we have measured Accused's denial carried the only report carrying the Marine's side ×1Actor named via accusation the administration is named as acting, through the ranchers' charge; the price rise is stated flat ×1Asserted, not attributed a shift of power to Iran stated flat in the headline ×1Asserted or attributed the headline states as data what the body shows the chair selecting in a speech ×1 from 1237 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → The Hill
Centre estimate · not a score
The Hill 🇺🇸US · digital · independent Jack Smith spars with GOP senators Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at The Hill → What we have measured Accusation attributed the word lying is placed in a named politician's mouth, not the outlet's ×1Actor named No actor named for who kept reporters out ×1Actor named No actor named for who let reporters back in ×1Actor named Names the state as the one that carried out the execution. ×1 from 4315 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times →
The bias in this coverageBias

Whose hearing it was

Three of eight headlines lead with a Republican senator's questions. Only one leads with Smith's own words. Two headlines give the questioning as a two-sided exchange: 'clashes', 'spars'.

3 headlines led by a Republican questioner 1 headlines led by Smith's own words 8 reports in the set

The basketball exchange, hedged both times

Two reports say Schmitt mixed up the Hawks and the Hawkeyes. Both hedge it, with 'apparently' and 'seems to'. The longer one then confirms the date and the score in its own body.

2 reports carrying the mix-up 2 of those, reports that hedge it
Scored without the mastheads. Where the two passes differ, both are kept.
Sources T The Washington Post
Centre-left estimate · not a score
The Washington Post 🇺🇸US · newspaper · independent Jack Smith clashes with senators over Trump probes, says he will not be silenced Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at The Washington Post → What we have measured Accused's denial carried the only report carrying the Marine's side ×1Actor named via accusation the administration is named as acting, through the ranchers' charge; the price rise is stated flat ×1Asserted, not attributed a shift of power to Iran stated flat in the headline ×1Asserted or attributed the headline states as data what the body shows the chair selecting in a speech ×1 from 1237 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Washington Examiner
Right estimate · not a score
Washington Examiner 🇺🇸US · newspaper · independent Kennedy berates Smith over conversations with Garland: ‘You make me want to throw up in my mouth’ Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Washington Examiner → What we have measured Accusation printed unanswered a named candidate is accused of responsibility for murders, with no response carried ×1Accused named Names one accused student, citing the lawsuit; no other report we hold names any of the accused ×1Accused named Names each person charged and gives their nationality. None of the defendants is quoted. ×1Accused named Names one accused student from the civil filing and attributes the claim to the lawsuit ×1 from 3435 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Washington Examiner
Right estimate · not a score
Washington Examiner 🇺🇸US · newspaper · independent Hawks or Hawkeyes? Eric Schmitt’s Jack Smith grilling runs into basketball mix-up Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Washington Examiner → What we have measured Accusation printed unanswered a named candidate is accused of responsibility for murders, with no response carried ×1Accused named Names one accused student, citing the lawsuit; no other report we hold names any of the accused ×1Accused named Names each person charged and gives their nationality. None of the defendants is quoted. ×1Accused named Names one accused student from the civil filing and attributes the claim to the lawsuit ×1 from 3435 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → The Hill
Centre estimate · not a score
The Hill 🇺🇸US · digital · independent Eric Schmitt seems to confuse basketball teams in attempt to link Jack Smith, Fani Willis Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at The Hill → What we have measured Accusation attributed the word lying is placed in a named politician's mouth, not the outlet's ×1Actor named No actor named for who kept reporters out ×1Actor named No actor named for who let reporters back in ×1Actor named Names the state as the one that carried out the execution. ×1 from 4315 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → The Hill
Centre estimate · not a score
The Hill 🇺🇸US · digital · independent Live updates: Jack Smith faces Senate scrutiny; Trump to unveil federal AI tool Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at The Hill → What we have measured Accusation attributed the word lying is placed in a named politician's mouth, not the outlet's ×1Actor named No actor named for who kept reporters out ×1Actor named No actor named for who let reporters back in ×1Actor named Names the state as the one that carried out the execution. ×1 from 4315 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Fox News
Right estimate · not a score
Fox News 🇺🇸US · TV/radio · independent Jack Smith's Trump probe swept up Fox News, other media communications as investigation went beyond lawmakers Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Fox News → What we have measured Accused named Names one former fraternity member through his lawyer's denial. The woman is anonymous by her own choice. ×1Actor in headline The headline names Trump as the one acting. The body names only Anduril. ×1A number, with no people named The only report that gives a figure counts the journalists whose communications were swept up. It names none of them. ×1Asserted, not attributed stated flat: past court defeats are asserted with no case, judge or date named ×1 from 6432 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → The Hill
Centre estimate · not a score
The Hill 🇺🇸US · digital · independent Jack Smith spars with GOP senators Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at The Hill → What we have measured Accusation attributed the word lying is placed in a named politician's mouth, not the outlet's ×1Actor named No actor named for who kept reporters out ×1Actor named No actor named for who let reporters back in ×1Actor named Names the state as the one that carried out the execution. ×1 from 4315 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Breitbart
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Breitbart 🇺🇸US · digital · independent Watch Live: Jack Smith Testifies Before Senate Judiciary Committee Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Breitbart → What we have measured Anyone hurt is counted, not named eight deaths given as a number only ×1Framing of motive The lede calls the denial a punishment and puts 'fake news' in quotation marks; the officials being sued are left unnamed ×1How the person shot is named a status, not a name: the only report that never uses either name calls him an illegal alien ×1How the place is described a party label attached to the city in the same clause as the casualty count ×1 from 3584 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times →

Claims and verdicts

true The basketball game Sen. Eric Schmitt tried to place Jack Smith at, a Hawks game in Atlanta on Feb. 3, 2024, was in fact the Iowa Hawkeyes playing at Maryland, according to Smith's testimony.
The Washington Examiner reports Smith denied attending a Hawks game and said he saw Iowa play Maryland, and it gives the game's date and score. The Hill separately reports that apparent confusion over team names derailed Schmitt's questioning; neither report shows Smith in Atlanta.
Checked against 2 sources:
Washington Examiner
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Washington Examiner 🇺🇸US · newspaper · independent Hawks or Hawkeyes? Eric Schmitt’s Jack Smith grilling runs into basketball mix-up Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Washington Examiner → What we have measured Accusation printed unanswered a named candidate is accused of responsibility for murders, with no response carried ×1Accused named Names one accused student, citing the lawsuit; no other report we hold names any of the accused ×1Accused named Names each person charged and gives their nationality. None of the defendants is quoted. ×1Accused named Names one accused student from the civil filing and attributes the claim to the lawsuit ×1 from 3435 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → The Hill
Centre estimate · not a score
The Hill 🇺🇸US · digital · independent Eric Schmitt seems to confuse basketball teams in attempt to link Jack Smith, Fani Willis Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at The Hill → What we have measured Accusation attributed the word lying is placed in a named politician's mouth, not the outlet's ×1Actor named No actor named for who kept reporters out ×1Actor named No actor named for who let reporters back in ×1Actor named Names the state as the one that carried out the execution. ×1 from 4315 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times →
unverified Smith's investigators obtained records of communications between nearly 50 journalists and government officials, including Fox News.
Only Fox News carries this, and it names its own newsroom among those affected. No other report we hold on the hearing confirms it or contradicts it.
Checked against 1 source:
Fox News
Right estimate · not a score
Fox News 🇺🇸US · TV/radio · independent Jack Smith's Trump probe swept up Fox News, other media communications as investigation went beyond lawmakers Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Fox News → What we have measured Accused named Names one former fraternity member through his lawyer's denial. The woman is anonymous by her own choice. ×1Actor in headline The headline names Trump as the one acting. The body names only Anduril. ×1A number, with no people named The only report that gives a figure counts the journalists whose communications were swept up. It names none of them. ×1Asserted, not attributed stated flat: past court defeats are asserted with no case, judge or date named ×1 from 6432 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times →
unverified Smith's investigation subpoenaed phone records of Republican senators, including Blackburn, Hagerty and Hawley, and Smith testified that these were toll records without content.
Only the Washington Examiner names the senators and quotes Smith saying these were non-content toll records. The other reports we hold are ledes or live pages that do not address the phone records.
Checked against 1 source:
Washington Examiner
Right estimate · not a score
Washington Examiner 🇺🇸US · newspaper · independent Kennedy berates Smith over conversations with Garland: ‘You make me want to throw up in my mouth’ Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Washington Examiner → What we have measured Accusation printed unanswered a named candidate is accused of responsibility for murders, with no response carried ×1Accused named Names one accused student, citing the lawsuit; no other report we hold names any of the accused ×1Accused named Names each person charged and gives their nationality. None of the defendants is quoted. ×1Accused named Names one accused student from the civil filing and attributes the claim to the lawsuit ×1 from 3435 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times →

Who wrote it

J Joshua Feldstein The Hill
What the bias passes found in their reporting
Listing, no frame A one-line listing: it reports the passage without giving it a frame.×1
Claims we checked that rest on their reporting
1 true
From 20 reports we hold under this byline, at The Hill. Two independent readings, each made without the masthead, a quote attached to every tag. A record, never a rating. Their full record →
J Jeremy Roebuck The Washington Post
What the bias passes found in their reporting
Headline frame Presents the exit as part of a pattern at the bureau×1
Headline framing The headline places the exit in a pattern of turnover and does not name one×1
No actor named The report calls Smith's prosecutions 'derailed' without saying who or what stopped them.×1
No actor named The report says Smith's cases were 'derailed' but does not say who or what derailed them.×1
Claims we checked that rest on their reporting
1 true
From 14 reports we hold under this byline, at The Washington Post. Two independent readings, each made without the masthead, a quote attached to every tag. A record, never a rating. Their full record →
K Kaelan Deese Washington Examiner
What the bias passes found in their reporting
A figure with what it counts the scale number is dated and sourced to the decision×1
Asymmetric verb The rival report's account gets 'claimed'. The unnamed source's denial is printed as a flat quote.×1
Both accounts attributed gives the officials' account and the witnesses' account the same 'said' treatment, one after the other×1
Characterisation in reporter's voice The closing line calls Smith's tactics 'aggressive' as a plain statement, not as a quote from anyone.×1
Claims we checked that rest on their reporting
2 disputed1 unverified7 true
From 65 reports we hold under this byline, at Washington Examiner. Two independent readings, each made without the masthead, a quote attached to every tag. A record, never a rating. Their full record →
R Rebecca Beitsch The Hill
What the bias passes found in their reporting
Actor named in the sentence the administration is the subject of the verb, and the workers are outgoing×1
Choice of verb for the same spend the payment is defined by what the workers did not do×1
Hedge on targets the targets are hedged as 'perceived' enemies×1
Passive headline, active lede the headline leaves the payer out; the first sentence names the administration doing the paying×1
Claims we checked that rest on their reporting
1 misleading1 disputed1 unverified5 true
From 53 reports we hold under this byline, at The Hill. Two independent readings, each made without the masthead, a quote attached to every tag. A record, never a rating. Their full record →
M Molly Parks Washington Examiner
What the bias passes found in their reporting
Accused response minimised Saudi Arabia's denial gets a four-word clause and no quote×1
Asserted versus attributed the administration's description of the museums is quoted and left standing×1
Contested incident stated flat an unverified rogue-model episode is written as settled fact, attributed to nobody×1
Denial placement The Saudi denial gets one subordinate clause, far down the report, after long quotes from Strada.×1
Claims we checked that rest on their reporting
1 misleading2 disputed5 unverified5 true
From 166 reports we hold under this byline, at Washington Examiner. Two independent readings, each made without the masthead, a quote attached to every tag. A record, never a rating. Their full record →
C Charles Creitz Fox News
What the bias passes found in their reporting
A number, with no people named The only report that gives a figure counts the journalists whose communications were swept up. It names none of them.×1
Measure chosen The report gives a count of journalists whose communications were swept up, which widens the story beyond lawmakers.×1
Single source supplies the frame one former official's warning is the whole report, and his label for the other side rides in the headline×1
What one side is called the safety side is labelled in the headline; the other side is not labelled×1
Claims we checked that rest on their reporting
1 unverified
From 69 reports we hold under this byline, at Fox 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. · 2 reports we hold carry no byline — we do not invent one.

Coverage, outlet by outlet

The Hill
Centre estimate · not a score
The Hill 🇺🇸US · digital · independent Jack Smith spars with GOP senators Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at The Hill → What we have measured Accusation attributed the word lying is placed in a named politician's mouth, not the outlet's ×1Actor named No actor named for who kept reporters out ×1Actor named No actor named for who let reporters back in ×1Actor named Names the state as the one that carried out the execution. ×1 from 4315 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → — independent
Reports the passage in a single line of a newsletter, with no frame.
Plus: ⚾The road to the World Series begins today {beacon}   It’s Tuesday. Are the VMAs old news? Anyone else still seeing Yung Lean and GENER8ION’s performance on stage? Absolutely mesmerizing.   In today’s issue: RFK Jr., Vance at MAHA Summit Jack Smith faces questions Protect College Sports Act passes Senate MLB playoffs, NHL season…
Listing, no frame: A one-line listing: it reports the passage without giving it a frame. — “Protect College Sports Act passes Senate”
Read it at The Hill → https://thehill.com/newsletters/1230-report/6118054-jack-smith-protect-…
T The Washington Post
Centre-left estimate · not a score
The Washington Post 🇺🇸US · newspaper · independent Jack Smith clashes with senators over Trump probes, says he will not be silenced Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at The Washington Post → What we have measured Accused's denial carried the only report carrying the Marine's side ×1Actor named via accusation the administration is named as acting, through the ranchers' charge; the price rise is stated flat ×1Asserted, not attributed a shift of power to Iran stated flat in the headline ×1Asserted or attributed the headline states as data what the body shows the chair selecting in a speech ×1 from 1237 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → — independent
The only report that leads with Smith's own words: he will not be silenced by threats of prosecution.
Jack Smith returned to Capitol Hill on Tuesday to defend his derailed efforts to prosecute President Donald Trump, telling lawmakers he would not “be silenced by continued threats of prosecution” from the president.
No actor named: The report calls Smith's prosecutions 'derailed' without saying who or what stopped them. — “to defend his derailed efforts to prosecute President Donald Trump”
No actor named: The report says Smith's cases were 'derailed' but does not say who or what derailed them. — “to defend his derailed efforts to prosecute President Donald Trump”
Read it at The Washington Post → https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/09/29/jack-smith-clashes-w…
Washington Examiner
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Washington Examiner 🇺🇸US · newspaper · independent Hawks or Hawkeyes? Eric Schmitt’s Jack Smith grilling runs into basketball mix-up Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Washington Examiner → What we have measured Accusation printed unanswered a named candidate is accused of responsibility for murders, with no response carried ×1Accused named Names one accused student, citing the lawsuit; no other report we hold names any of the accused ×1Accused named Names each person charged and gives their nationality. None of the defendants is quoted. ×1Accused named Names one accused student from the civil filing and attributes the claim to the lawsuit ×1 from 3435 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → — independent
The full basketball exchange, with the game's date and score, and Klobuchar's call for an apology.
Sen. Eric Schmitt’s (R-MO) effort to place former special counsel Jack Smith in Atlanta amid the Fani Willis controversy hit a snag on Tuesday when Smith said the basketball game he remembered attending featured Caitlin Clark in Maryland, not a supposed NBA game in the Peach State. The exchange during the Senate Judiciary Committee’s under-oath hearing revealed Schmitt had apparently confused the NBA’s Atlanta Hawks with the University of Iowa Hawkeyes. Recommended Stories Hawks or Hawkeyes? Eric Schmitt’s Jack Smith grilling runs into basketball mix-up Kennedy berates Smith over conversations
Hedged: The report hedges the mix-up with 'apparently', though its own body goes on to confirm both game dates and the score. — “revealed Schmitt had apparently confused the NBA’s Atlanta Hawks with the University of Iowa Hawkeyes”
Stated flat: The report calls Smith's tactics 'aggressive' in its own voice, with no one quoted saying it. — “Republicans are scrutinizing the aggressive tactics Smith used to investigate Trump and his allies.”
Characterisation in reporter's voice: The closing line calls Smith's tactics 'aggressive' as a plain statement, not as a quote from anyone. — “Republicans are scrutinizing the aggressive tactics Smith used to investigate Trump and his allies.”
Hedged, then checked: The report hedges the mix-up with 'apparently'. It then settles the facts with a date, a score and a points total. — “Iowa beat Maryland 93-85 in College Park on Feb. 3, 2024, with Clark scoring 38 points.”
Read it at Washington Examiner → https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/senate/4746785/atlanta-hawks-io…
The Hill
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The Hill 🇺🇸US · digital · independent Eric Schmitt seems to confuse basketball teams in attempt to link Jack Smith, Fani Willis Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at The Hill → What we have measured Accusation attributed the word lying is placed in a named politician's mouth, not the outlet's ×1Actor named No actor named for who kept reporters out ×1Actor named No actor named for who let reporters back in ×1Actor named Names the state as the one that carried out the execution. ×1 from 4315 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → — independent
Says confusion over team names derailed Schmitt's questioning, and that Hirono responded.
Apparent confusion over team names derailed a line of questioning as Sen. Eric Schmitt (R-Mo.) grilled former special counsel Jack Smith on Tuesday about his attendance at a basketball game, suggesting the prosecutor may have coordinated with others bringing charges about President Trump. The exchange would later prompt Sen. Mazie Hirono (D-Hawaii) to say the…
Read it at The Hill → https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/6117781-eric-schmitt-jack-smith-haw…
Washington Examiner
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Washington Examiner 🇺🇸US · newspaper · independent Kennedy berates Smith over conversations with Garland: ‘You make me want to throw up in my mouth’ Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Washington Examiner → What we have measured Accusation printed unanswered a named candidate is accused of responsibility for murders, with no response carried ×1Accused named Names one accused student, citing the lawsuit; no other report we hold names any of the accused ×1Accused named Names each person charged and gives their nationality. None of the defendants is quoted. ×1Accused named Names one accused student from the civil filing and attributes the claim to the lawsuit ×1 from 3435 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → — independent
Kennedy's questions on Garland and Biden, Smith's replies, and the names of three senators whose phone records were sought.
Sen. John Kennedy (R-LA) grilled former special counsel Jack Smith during his testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee on his relationship to higher-ups in the Biden administration and his subpoenaing of congressional phone records on Tuesday. Kennedy pressed Smith multiple times on his personal feelings about former President Joe Biden and his conversations with former Attorney General Merrick Garland surrounding his investigations into President Donald Trump. When Smith told Kennedy he had “absolutely no idea” if Garland checked in with Biden before Smith launched his investigations i
Verb choice: The report says a senator 'railed', which judges his tone in the reporter's own voice. — “Kennedy railed against the former special prosecutor”
Headline selection: Out of a hearing of more than four hours, the headline chooses one senator's insult. — “You make me want to throw up in my mouth”
Loaded verb in reporter's voice: The reporter, not a senator, says the questioner 'railed'. The same report uses 'berates' in its headline and 'grilled' in its lede. — “Kennedy railed against the former special prosecutor”
Stated flat, no source given: The report says in its own voice that the investigation 'targeted' Republican lawmakers. It gives no source for this. Smith's own description, 'non-content records', comes earlier. — “The investigation, directed by Smith, targeted the phone records of multiple Republican lawmakers”
Read it at Washington Examiner → https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/senate/4746680/kennedy-berates-…
The Hill
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The Hill 🇺🇸US · digital · independent Live updates: Jack Smith faces Senate scrutiny; Trump to unveil federal AI tool Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at The Hill → What we have measured Accusation attributed the word lying is placed in a named politician's mouth, not the outlet's ×1Actor named No actor named for who kept reporters out ×1Actor named No actor named for who let reporters back in ×1Actor named Names the state as the one that carried out the execution. ×1 from 4315 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → — independent
Gives the length of the testimony and says it was Smith's second appearance before Congress.
Former special counsel Jack Smith will testify before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday, his second appearance before Congress as the panel probes his investigation into President Trump. Smith led a team of Justice Department investigators and ultimately determined he would bring charges against Trump in the Mar-a-Lago documents case and another related to the…
Read it at The Hill → https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/6116612-live-updates-trump-…
Fox News
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Fox News 🇺🇸US · TV/radio · independent Jack Smith's Trump probe swept up Fox News, other media communications as investigation went beyond lawmakers Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Fox News → What we have measured Accused named Names one former fraternity member through his lawyer's denial. The woman is anonymous by her own choice. ×1Actor in headline The headline names Trump as the one acting. The body names only Anduril. ×1A number, with no people named The only report that gives a figure counts the journalists whose communications were swept up. It names none of them. ×1Asserted, not attributed stated flat: past court defeats are asserted with no case, judge or date named ×1 from 6432 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → — independent
The only report about journalists: it counts nearly 50, Fox News among them, and names none of them.
FIRST ON FOX: Former special counsel Jack Smith's investigators obtained records containing communications between nearly 50 journalists and Trump administration officials — including Fox News personnel — after subpoenaing text-message records associated with dozens of White House phones during the federal election investigation of President Donald Trump, Fox News Digital has learned ahead of Tuesday's Senate Judiciary Committee hearing. Previous congressional disclosures showed investigators obtained records involving members of Congress. The latest records reveal the production also included
Measure chosen: The report gives a count of journalists whose communications were swept up, which widens the story beyond lawmakers. — “investigators obtained records containing communications between nearly 50 journalists and government officials”
A number, with no people named: The only report that gives a figure counts the journalists whose communications were swept up. It names none of them. — “investigators obtained records containing communications between nearly 50 journalists and government officials”
Read it at Fox News → https://www.foxnews.com/politics/jack-smith-probe-swept-up-fox-news-oth…
Breitbart
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Breitbart 🇺🇸US · digital · independent Watch Live: Jack Smith Testifies Before Senate Judiciary Committee Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Breitbart → What we have measured Anyone hurt is counted, not named eight deaths given as a number only ×1Framing of motive The lede calls the denial a punishment and puts 'fake news' in quotation marks; the officials being sued are left unnamed ×1How the person shot is named a status, not a name: the only report that never uses either name calls him an illegal alien ×1How the place is described a party label attached to the city in the same clause as the casualty count ×1 from 3584 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → — independent
Read it at Breitbart → https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2026/09/29/watch-live-jack-smith-tes…
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Mother Jones
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Mother Jones 🇺🇸US · magazine · independent No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Asserted, not attributed 'ultra-gerrymandered' stated as fact ×1Asserted versus attributed 'Cover-up' is asserted in the report's own voice, not attributed ×1Asserted versus attributed calls it a cover-up in its own voice ×1Assertion vs attribution describes the operation as a 'violent occupation' in its own voice, with no source for the phrase ×1 from 361 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Reuters
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Reuters 🇺🇸US · wire · independent No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Actor named The attacker is the subject of an active verb for both the deaths and the damage ×1Actor named No actor named for who cancelled the flights ×1Agreement stated flat, source in a tail attribution moved after the dash ×1Announcement written as settled A social-media post becomes a future indicative: the conversion will happen ×1 from 13380 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → N NPR
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NPR 🇺🇸US · public broadcaster · independent No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Asserted, not attributed that the system wrongly flagged citizens is stated flat, with no source named for it ×1Asserted versus attributed public disbelief stated as established, with nothing cited that measured it ×1Asserted versus attributed Past threats of force are stated flat, as background ×1Asymmetric labelling one side tagged by its patron, the other not ×1 from 1144 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → P Politico
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Politico 🇺🇸US · digital · 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 → MSNBC
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MSNBC 🇺🇸US · TV/radio · independent No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Accuser not named The lede does not name the senator making the accusation ×1Actor named for the ban The White House is the subject of both verbs: it blocked journalists, then let CNN back in. ×1A first stated flat a never-before claim carried without a source attached ×1Asserted, not attributed absence of fraud evidence stated as fact ×1 from 1470 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → The New York Times
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The New York Times 🇺🇸US · newspaper · independent No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Active and passive voice the ship is 'targeted' with no actor, one sentence before a named actor is given for the Saudi attack ×1Active vs passive voice Pike is named as the killer in the active voice; the botched execution has no actor named ×1Actor label Names the shooter by its backer, not by its own name. ×1Actor named Names the official and what the process did to Pike. ×1 from 3862 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → National Review
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National Review 🇺🇸US · magazine · independent No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Asserted not attributed Doubt about the allegation is stated flat, in the outlet's own voice ×1Asserted not attributed An argument about deterrence is stated as fact ×1Asserted versus attributed calls it an abuse of power in its own voice ×1Asserted versus attributed 'Abuse of presidential power' is stated flat ×1 from 414 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
The Wall Street Journal
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The Wall Street Journal 🇺🇸US · 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 → Associated Press
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Associated Press 🇺🇸US · wire · independent No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Dating and attribution Dates the signing to Aug. 6, 2026 and writes ord ×1Dating and attribution Carries a dateline correction, repeated three ti ×1How hard the claim is stated Marks "birth tourism" as the administration's ow ×1How hard the claim is stated high ×1 from 223 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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