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Trump at the UN: 'less combative' says the Sydney Morning Herald, 'bizarre and bombastic' says The Independent — and only The Independent has Iran walking out

Four outlets carry the same passage: a deal with Iran after the US midterms, or 'annihilate the Islamic Republic'. They disagree on how the hall took it, and on which delegations left.

At UN, Trump threatens to ‘annihilate’ Iran but predicts deal after midterms
At UN, Trump threatens to ‘annihilate’ Iran but predicts deal after midterms as published by The Sydney Morning Herald · seen at The Sydney Morning Herald
Anglosphere United States Iran Cuba Ireland Australia

Same speech, different rooms. The Sydney Morning Herald found Donald Trump "less combative than his effort last year". The Independent called the speech "bizarre and bombastic" and said delegates sat "in stunned silence". RTÉ News reported "much applause" when he said Iran can never have a nuclear weapon.

The threat and the offer. All four outlets carry one passage. Trump said he had "a big decision": a deal with Iran, or to "annihilate the Islamic Republic". TheJournal.ie quotes the next line instead, driving Iran "into hell". Trump predicted a deal after the US midterm elections in November.

Outlet Leads with Walkout it reports
Sydney Morning Herald a deal after the midterms Cuba
RTÉ News "peacemaker and warmaker"; "annihilate" none
TheJournal.ie Cuba leaving; Iran "into hell" Cuba
The Independent a "stone-faced" assembly Iran, then Cuba

Ireland's reply. RTÉ News reports that the Taoiseach told reporters he saw both the peacemaker and the warmaker in the speech.

Australia's position. The Herald reports that Trump rejected a "globalist scheme" to regulate AI. That was a day after Anthony Albanese backed a call for international oversight of frontier AI.

Not settled. Whether Iran's delegation walked out. Only The Independent says it did. RTÉ News mentions Iran's delegation in New York but does not say it left. For The Independent's "Two countries walk out" report we hold only the headline. No report gives a death toll from the war.

What this is about. The US president used the year's biggest diplomatic stage to tell other governments he might either destroy Iran's government or make peace with it.

How it got here. Iran's nuclear programme has been at the centre of its dispute with the United States and Israel for two decades. In 2015 Iran agreed with world powers to limit the programme in exchange for the lifting of sanctions. Trump took the US out of that agreement in 2018, in his first term. Hamas attacked Israel on 7 October 2023, and war in Gaza followed. After that, Israel and Iran moved from a shadow conflict to striking each other directly. In June 2025 the US bombed Iranian nuclear sites. Nearly seven months ago the US joined Israel in open war with Iran, the reports say. Why it did so is disputed. Washington says Iran must never have a nuclear weapon; The Independent calls the war unprovoked. A deal to end the war collapsed, the Sydney Morning Herald reports. Iran's Revolutionary Guard still disrupts shipping in the Strait of Hormuz, the narrow channel between Iran and the Arabian Peninsula that carries much of the Gulf's oil to the world.

Who is involved. The UN General Assembly meets each September, and by custom the US president speaks on the first day. Cuba has been under a US embargo since the early 1960s. The International Criminal Court, which Trump attacked in the speech, tries war crimes. The US has never joined it. The court has issued an arrest warrant for Israel's prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu. Ireland's Taoiseach and Australia's prime minister, Anthony Albanese, were both in New York.

What is at stake. A deal would end a war that The Independent says has upended energy markets. Escalation would mean the destruction Trump described. US voters go to the polls on 3 November. The Independent cites a poll putting approval of his handling of Iran at 24 percent.

Where it stands. There is no deal. Last week a UN fact-finding mission said it had reasonable grounds to believe US forces committed war crimes in two strikes on Iran, The Independent reports. One strike hit a primary school in Minab. RTÉ News says the next thing to watch is whether any US official meets Iran's delegation in New York.

What is being argued about

  • Trump's choice between a deal with Iran and 'annihilating' it
  • Whether Iran's delegation walked out, or only Cuba's
  • How the assembly received the speech
  • Trump's rejection of AI regulation that Australia has joined
One speech, four readingsSide by side
OutletHow it describes the speechWalkout it reports
Sydney Morning Herald"less combative than his effort last year"Cuba, after the "failed state" remark
RTÉ News"peacemaker and warmaker"; "much applause"none
TheJournal.ieTrump "pondered driving Iran 'into hell'"Cuba, after the "failed State" remark
The Independent"bizarre and bombastic"; "stunned silence"Iran, then Cuba
The words are quoted from each outlet's own reports.
Sources T The Sydney Morning Herald
Centre-left estimate · not a score
The Sydney Morning Herald 🇦🇺AU · digital · At UN, Trump threatens to ‘annihilate’ Iran but predicts deal after midterms Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at The Sydney Morning Herald → What we have measured Actor label The man arrested for slashing the boat is introduced as a 'high-profile protest organiser', a neutral job title, and by his online alias. ×1Anonymous source The verdict rests on one unnamed person. The count is given as 'nearly all', not a number. ×1Asserted, not attributed cost, deficit effect and inflation effect stated flat in a picture caption ×1Asserted vs attributed The slashing is stated flat, with no 'allegedly', although the man had only been arrested. ×1 from 5549 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → R RTÉ News
Centre estimate · not a score
RTÉ News 🇮🇪IE · digital · PUBLIC Donald Trump peacemaker and warmaker during UN speech 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 · Trump expected to claim he is 'winning' both on battlefield and as a peacemaker in UN speech 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 Independent
Centre-left estimate · not a score
The Independent 🇬🇧UK · digital · independent Trump at UN pitches himself as the world’s leader but stone-faced General Assembly isn’t buying it Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at The Independent → What we have measured Accused party response Russia's side is reported as no comment. ×1A company statement about itself, taken as a "reveals" rather than "says", for a company's account of its own product ×1A count stated flat four crimes is given as a settled number in the headline, with no court, charge or jurisdiction attached ×1Actor named No actor named for the cut-short or for the clashes ×1 from 20313 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → The Independent
Centre-left estimate · not a score
The Independent 🇬🇧UK · digital · independent Trump calls International Criminal Court ‘evil’ and demands members resign immediately Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at The Independent → What we have measured Accused party response Russia's side is reported as no comment. ×1A company statement about itself, taken as a "reveals" rather than "says", for a company's account of its own product ×1A count stated flat four crimes is given as a settled number in the headline, with no court, charge or jurisdiction attached ×1Actor named No actor named for the cut-short or for the clashes ×1 from 20313 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times →
What the reports carryChart
Counted across the seven reports whose text we hold. We hold only the headline of The Independent's 'Two countries walk out' report, so it is not counted.
Sources T The Sydney Morning Herald
Centre-left estimate · not a score
The Sydney Morning Herald 🇦🇺AU · digital · At UN, Trump threatens to ‘annihilate’ Iran but predicts deal after midterms Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at The Sydney Morning Herald → What we have measured Actor label The man arrested for slashing the boat is introduced as a 'high-profile protest organiser', a neutral job title, and by his online alias. ×1Anonymous source The verdict rests on one unnamed person. The count is given as 'nearly all', not a number. ×1Asserted, not attributed cost, deficit effect and inflation effect stated flat in a picture caption ×1Asserted vs attributed The slashing is stated flat, with no 'allegedly', although the man had only been arrested. ×1 from 5549 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → R RTÉ News
Centre estimate · not a score
RTÉ News 🇮🇪IE · digital · PUBLIC Donald Trump peacemaker and warmaker during UN speech 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 → The Independent
Centre-left estimate · not a score
The Independent 🇬🇧UK · digital · independent Trump at UN pitches himself as the world’s leader but stone-faced General Assembly isn’t buying it Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at The Independent → What we have measured Accused party response Russia's side is reported as no comment. ×1A company statement about itself, taken as a "reveals" rather than "says", for a company's account of its own product ×1A count stated flat four crimes is given as a settled number in the headline, with no court, charge or jurisdiction attached ×1Actor named No actor named for the cut-short or for the clashes ×1 from 20313 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → The Independent
Centre-left estimate · not a score
The Independent 🇬🇧UK · digital · independent Trump calls International Criminal Court ‘evil’ and demands members resign immediately Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at The Independent → What we have measured Accused party response Russia's side is reported as no comment. ×1A company statement about itself, taken as a "reveals" rather than "says", for a company's account of its own product ×1A count stated flat four crimes is given as a settled number in the headline, with no court, charge or jurisdiction attached ×1Actor named No actor named for the cut-short or for the clashes ×1 from 20313 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → T TheJournal.ie
Centre estimate · not a score
TheJournal.ie 🇮🇪IE · digital · Trump expected to claim he is 'winning' both on battlefield and as a peacemaker in UN speech 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 Trump to defend Iran war in UN speech, talk peace efforts 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

Who walked out depends on the report

Three reports carry the Cuban walkout and two carry the Iranian one. Only one carries both in full text. A fourth report's headline says two countries left, but we hold no text for it.

3 reports noting the Cuban walkout 2 reports noting the Iranian walkout 1 reports noting both

The war's victims barely appear

The reports quote Trump's threat to 'annihilate' Iran again and again. One report of eight mentions a UN finding about a strike on a school in Minab. None gives a count of the dead in Iran.

4 reports quoting the 'annihilate' line 1 reports mentioning the Minab school strike 0 reports giving any death toll
Scored without the mastheads. Where the two passes differ, both are kept.
Sources T The Sydney Morning Herald
Centre-left estimate · not a score
The Sydney Morning Herald 🇦🇺AU · digital · At UN, Trump threatens to ‘annihilate’ Iran but predicts deal after midterms Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at The Sydney Morning Herald → What we have measured Actor label The man arrested for slashing the boat is introduced as a 'high-profile protest organiser', a neutral job title, and by his online alias. ×1Anonymous source The verdict rests on one unnamed person. The count is given as 'nearly all', not a number. ×1Asserted, not attributed cost, deficit effect and inflation effect stated flat in a picture caption ×1Asserted vs attributed The slashing is stated flat, with no 'allegedly', although the man had only been arrested. ×1 from 5549 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → R RTÉ News
Centre estimate · not a score
RTÉ News 🇮🇪IE · digital · PUBLIC Donald Trump peacemaker and warmaker during UN speech 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 → The Independent
Centre-left estimate · not a score
The Independent 🇬🇧UK · digital · independent Trump at UN pitches himself as the world’s leader but stone-faced General Assembly isn’t buying it Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at The Independent → What we have measured Accused party response Russia's side is reported as no comment. ×1A company statement about itself, taken as a "reveals" rather than "says", for a company's account of its own product ×1A count stated flat four crimes is given as a settled number in the headline, with no court, charge or jurisdiction attached ×1Actor named No actor named for the cut-short or for the clashes ×1 from 20313 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → The Independent
Centre-left estimate · not a score
The Independent 🇬🇧UK · digital · independent Two countries walk out during Trump’s UN General Assembly speech Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at The Independent → What we have measured Accused party response Russia's side is reported as no comment. ×1A company statement about itself, taken as a "reveals" rather than "says", for a company's account of its own product ×1A count stated flat four crimes is given as a settled number in the headline, with no court, charge or jurisdiction attached ×1Actor named No actor named for the cut-short or for the clashes ×1 from 20313 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → T TheJournal.ie
Centre estimate · not a score
TheJournal.ie 🇮🇪IE · digital · Trump expected to claim he is 'winning' both on battlefield and as a peacemaker in UN speech 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 Trump to defend Iran war in UN speech, talk peace efforts 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 → The Independent
Centre-left estimate · not a score
The Independent 🇬🇧UK · digital · independent Trump calls International Criminal Court ‘evil’ and demands members resign immediately Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at The Independent → What we have measured Accused party response Russia's side is reported as no comment. ×1A company statement about itself, taken as a "reveals" rather than "says", for a company's account of its own product ×1A count stated flat four crimes is given as a settled number in the headline, with no court, charge or jurisdiction attached ×1Actor named No actor named for the cut-short or for the clashes ×1 from 20313 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 →

Claims and verdicts

true Trump told the UN he was deciding between a deal with Iran and 'annihilating' the Islamic Republic, and predicted a deal after the US midterms.
The Sydney Morning Herald, RTÉ News and The Independent all quote the 'annihilate' line and the prediction of a deal after the midterms. TheJournal.ie carries the 'drive them into hell' version of the same passage.
Checked against 6 sources:
T The Sydney Morning Herald
Centre-left estimate · not a score
The Sydney Morning Herald 🇦🇺AU · digital · At UN, Trump threatens to ‘annihilate’ Iran but predicts deal after midterms Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at The Sydney Morning Herald → What we have measured Actor label The man arrested for slashing the boat is introduced as a 'high-profile protest organiser', a neutral job title, and by his online alias. ×1Anonymous source The verdict rests on one unnamed person. The count is given as 'nearly all', not a number. ×1Asserted, not attributed cost, deficit effect and inflation effect stated flat in a picture caption ×1Asserted vs attributed The slashing is stated flat, with no 'allegedly', although the man had only been arrested. ×1 from 5549 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → R RTÉ News
Centre estimate · not a score
RTÉ News 🇮🇪IE · digital · PUBLIC Donald Trump peacemaker and warmaker during UN speech 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 → The Independent
Centre-left estimate · not a score
The Independent 🇬🇧UK · digital · independent Trump calls International Criminal Court ‘evil’ and demands members resign immediately Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at The Independent → What we have measured Accused party response Russia's side is reported as no comment. ×1A company statement about itself, taken as a "reveals" rather than "says", for a company's account of its own product ×1A count stated flat four crimes is given as a settled number in the headline, with no court, charge or jurisdiction attached ×1Actor named No actor named for the cut-short or for the clashes ×1 from 20313 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → The Independent
Centre-left estimate · not a score
The Independent 🇬🇧UK · digital · independent Trump at UN pitches himself as the world’s leader but stone-faced General Assembly isn’t buying it Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at The Independent → What we have measured Accused party response Russia's side is reported as no comment. ×1A company statement about itself, taken as a "reveals" rather than "says", for a company's account of its own product ×1A count stated flat four crimes is given as a settled number in the headline, with no court, charge or jurisdiction attached ×1Actor named No actor named for the cut-short or for the clashes ×1 from 20313 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → R RTÉ News
Centre estimate · not a score
RTÉ News 🇮🇪IE · digital · PUBLIC Trump to defend Iran war in UN speech, talk peace efforts 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 →
unverified Iran's delegation walked out when Trump threatened to annihilate the Islamic Republic.
Only The Independent reports an Iranian walkout, in three pieces. The Sydney Morning Herald and TheJournal.ie mention only Cuba's walkout, and RTÉ News mentions Iran's delegation without saying it left.
Checked against 6 sources:
The Independent
Centre-left estimate · not a score
The Independent 🇬🇧UK · digital · independent Trump at UN pitches himself as the world’s leader but stone-faced General Assembly isn’t buying it Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at The Independent → What we have measured Accused party response Russia's side is reported as no comment. ×1A company statement about itself, taken as a "reveals" rather than "says", for a company's account of its own product ×1A count stated flat four crimes is given as a settled number in the headline, with no court, charge or jurisdiction attached ×1Actor named No actor named for the cut-short or for the clashes ×1 from 20313 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → The Independent
Centre-left estimate · not a score
The Independent 🇬🇧UK · digital · independent Trump calls International Criminal Court ‘evil’ and demands members resign immediately Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at The Independent → What we have measured Accused party response Russia's side is reported as no comment. ×1A company statement about itself, taken as a "reveals" rather than "says", for a company's account of its own product ×1A count stated flat four crimes is given as a settled number in the headline, with no court, charge or jurisdiction attached ×1Actor named No actor named for the cut-short or for the clashes ×1 from 20313 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → The Independent
Centre-left estimate · not a score
The Independent 🇬🇧UK · digital · independent Two countries walk out during Trump’s UN General Assembly speech Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at The Independent → What we have measured Accused party response Russia's side is reported as no comment. ×1A company statement about itself, taken as a "reveals" rather than "says", for a company's account of its own product ×1A count stated flat four crimes is given as a settled number in the headline, with no court, charge or jurisdiction attached ×1Actor named No actor named for the cut-short or for the clashes ×1 from 20313 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → T The Sydney Morning Herald
Centre-left estimate · not a score
The Sydney Morning Herald 🇦🇺AU · digital · At UN, Trump threatens to ‘annihilate’ Iran but predicts deal after midterms Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at The Sydney Morning Herald → What we have measured Actor label The man arrested for slashing the boat is introduced as a 'high-profile protest organiser', a neutral job title, and by his online alias. ×1Anonymous source The verdict rests on one unnamed person. The count is given as 'nearly all', not a number. ×1Asserted, not attributed cost, deficit effect and inflation effect stated flat in a picture caption ×1Asserted vs attributed The slashing is stated flat, with no 'allegedly', although the man had only been arrested. ×1 from 5549 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → T TheJournal.ie
Centre estimate · not a score
TheJournal.ie 🇮🇪IE · digital · Trump expected to claim he is 'winning' both on battlefield and as a peacemaker in UN speech 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 Donald Trump peacemaker and warmaker during UN speech 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 →
true Cuba's delegation walked out during Trump's remarks about Cuba.
The Sydney Morning Herald, TheJournal.ie and The Independent all report the Cuban walkout. The Herald and TheJournal.ie tie it to Trump calling Cuba a 'failed state'; The Independent ties it to his claim that Cuba coordinates with US left-wing groups.
Checked against 3 sources:
T The Sydney Morning Herald
Centre-left estimate · not a score
The Sydney Morning Herald 🇦🇺AU · digital · At UN, Trump threatens to ‘annihilate’ Iran but predicts deal after midterms Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at The Sydney Morning Herald → What we have measured Actor label The man arrested for slashing the boat is introduced as a 'high-profile protest organiser', a neutral job title, and by his online alias. ×1Anonymous source The verdict rests on one unnamed person. The count is given as 'nearly all', not a number. ×1Asserted, not attributed cost, deficit effect and inflation effect stated flat in a picture caption ×1Asserted vs attributed The slashing is stated flat, with no 'allegedly', although the man had only been arrested. ×1 from 5549 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → T TheJournal.ie
Centre estimate · not a score
TheJournal.ie 🇮🇪IE · digital · Trump expected to claim he is 'winning' both on battlefield and as a peacemaker in UN speech 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 Independent
Centre-left estimate · not a score
The Independent 🇬🇧UK · digital · independent Trump at UN pitches himself as the world’s leader but stone-faced General Assembly isn’t buying it Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at The Independent → What we have measured Accused party response Russia's side is reported as no comment. ×1A company statement about itself, taken as a "reveals" rather than "says", for a company's account of its own product ×1A count stated flat four crimes is given as a settled number in the headline, with no court, charge or jurisdiction attached ×1Actor named No actor named for the cut-short or for the clashes ×1 from 20313 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times →

Who wrote it

M Michael Koziol The Sydney Morning Herald
What the bias passes found in their reporting
Attributed Trump's claim about damage to Iran is attributed to him×1
Hedged or flat the cause of inflation stated flat and unattributed, while the political reaction is hedged with "risks"×1
Walkout omitted reports the Cuban walkout; the Iranian walkout reported elsewhere is not mentioned×1
Walkout reported reports the Cuban walkout only; no Iranian walkout×1
Claims we checked that rest on their reporting
2 unverified2 true
From 49 reports we hold under this byline, at The Sydney Morning Herald. Two independent readings, each made without the masthead, a quote attached to every tag. A record, never a rating. Their full record →
A Andrew Feinberg The Independent
What the bias passes found in their reporting
Asserted not attributed calls the war a blunder and unprovoked in the report's own voice×1
Stated flat calls the war a blunder and unprovoked in the reporter's own voice, without attribution×1
Walkout reported names the Iranian walkout, and the Cuban one later in the report×1
Walkout reported reports both walkouts, Iran's first×1
Claims we checked that rest on their reporting
1 unverified2 true
From 64 reports we hold under this byline, at The Independent. Two independent readings, each made without the masthead, a quote attached to every tag. A record, never a rating. Their full record →
M Maira Butt The Independent
What the bias passes found in their reporting
Attribution Terror framing and crash intent are both attributed to Israel inside the headline.×1
Harm counted the only report to mention the UN finding and the school strike; no casualty figure given×1
Harm named only report to mention harm to people in Iran; no toll given×1
Stated flat The headline names Russia as acting and does not attribute it to anyone.×1
Claims we checked that rest on their reporting
1 disputed1 unverified1 true
From 116 reports we hold under this byline, at The Independent. Two independent readings, each made without the masthead, a quote attached to every tag. A record, never a rating. Their full record →
A Andrew Walsh TheJournal.ie
What the bias passes found in their reporting
Actor named and framed The model is named as OpenAI's and called 'rogue'. The breach is placed 'during training', a detail that suggests an accident, and the reach is again a single website.×1
Characterisation calls the Israeli FA's criticism a 'personal attack' in its own voice×1
Characterised in the outlet's own voice calls the FA's statement a 'personal attack' without attributing the phrase×1
Hedge Hedged: the cost 'may' reach shoppers.×1
Claims we checked that rest on their reporting
7 unverified4 true
From 161 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 →
B Brittney Donovan The Independent
What the bias passes found in their reporting
Cause stated flat The headline states a construction mistake as the cause without saying who reported it.×1
No actor named The cause is 'a construction mistake', and the headline does not say who made it.×1
Scale of disruption Says 'hundreds' of flights were delayed.×1
Claims we checked that rest on their reporting
2 disputed2 unverified
From 165 reports we hold under this byline, at The Independent. Two independent readings, each made without the masthead, a quote attached to every tag. A record, never a rating. Their full record →
J Jackie Fox RTÉ News
What the bias passes found in their reporting
Interpretation describes the threat in the reporter's own words as wiping out a nation×1
Paraphrase escalates 'annihilate the Islamic Republic' restated as wiping out a nation×1
Room reaction reports applause, where another report describes stunned silence×1
Claims we checked that rest on their reporting
1 unverified1 true
From 27 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. · 2 reports we hold carry no byline — we do not invent one.

Coverage, outlet by outlet

T The Sydney Morning Herald
Centre-left estimate · not a score
The Sydney Morning Herald 🇦🇺AU · digital · At UN, Trump threatens to ‘annihilate’ Iran but predicts deal after midterms Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at The Sydney Morning Herald → What we have measured Actor label The man arrested for slashing the boat is introduced as a 'high-profile protest organiser', a neutral job title, and by his online alias. ×1Anonymous source The verdict rests on one unnamed person. The count is given as 'nearly all', not a number. ×1Asserted, not attributed cost, deficit effect and inflation effect stated flat in a picture caption ×1Asserted vs attributed The slashing is stated flat, with no 'allegedly', although the man had only been arrested. ×1 from 5549 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → —
Leads with the prediction of a deal after the midterms. The only report to tie the speech to Australia's backing for AI oversight.
Attributed: Trump's claim about damage to Iran is attributed to him — “The war had severely weakened the Islamic theocracy in Tehran, he said”
Walkout omitted: reports the Cuban walkout; the Iranian walkout reported elsewhere is not mentioned — “the Cuban delegation in the audience walked out of the room.”
Walkout reported: reports the Cuban walkout only; no Iranian walkout — “the Cuban delegation in the audience walked out of the room”
Read it at The Sydney Morning Herald → https://www.smh.com.au/world/north-america/at-un-trump-threatens-to-ann…
The Independent
Centre-left estimate · not a score
The Independent 🇬🇧UK · digital · independent Trump at UN pitches himself as the world’s leader but stone-faced General Assembly isn’t buying it Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at The Independent → What we have measured Accused party response Russia's side is reported as no comment. ×1A company statement about itself, taken as a "reveals" rather than "says", for a company's account of its own product ×1A count stated flat four crimes is given as a settled number in the headline, with no court, charge or jurisdiction attached ×1Actor named No actor named for the cut-short or for the clashes ×1 from 20313 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → — independent
Reports Iran's delegation walking out first, then Cuba's. Cites polls putting approval of Trump's handling of Iran at 24 percent.
News World Americas US politics analysis Trump at UN pitches himself as the world’s leader but stone-faced General Assembly isn’t buying it The president’s bizarre and bombastic speech to the world comes as his popularity at home is at the lowest level of his decade-long political career, writes Andrew Feinberg Tuesday 22 September 2026 17:37 BST Bookmark Comments Go to comments Bookmark popover Removed from bookmarks Close popover Trump threatens to 'annihilate' Iranian regime and 'drive them into hell' in UN speech Your support helps us to tell the story Read more Support Now From reproducti
Stated flat: calls the war a blunder and unprovoked in the reporter's own voice, without attribution — “the massive geo-strategic blunder he committed nearly seven months ago by launching an unprovoked war against Iran”
Walkout reported: reports both walkouts, Iran's first — “Iran’s delegation was moved to walk out”
Asserted not attributed: calls the war a blunder and unprovoked in the report's own voice — “the massive geo-strategic blunder he committed nearly seven months ago by launching an unprovoked war against Iran”
Walkout reported: names the Iranian walkout, and the Cuban one later in the report — “Iran’s delegation was moved to walk out when Trump said he had a “big decision” to make”
Read it at The Independent → https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-un-…
The Independent
Centre-left estimate · not a score
The Independent 🇬🇧UK · digital · independent Trump calls International Criminal Court ‘evil’ and demands members resign immediately Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at The Independent → What we have measured Accused party response Russia's side is reported as no comment. ×1A company statement about itself, taken as a "reveals" rather than "says", for a company's account of its own product ×1A count stated flat four crimes is given as a settled number in the headline, with no court, charge or jurisdiction attached ×1Actor named No actor named for the cut-short or for the clashes ×1 from 20313 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → — independent
The only report to mention harm inside Iran: a UN mission's finding on a strike that hit a primary school in Minab.
News World Americas US politics Trump calls International Criminal Court ‘evil’ and demands members resign immediately President branded the court an ‘anti-American’ institution during speech to the UN General Assembly in New York Maira Butt Tuesday 22 September 2026 17:23 BST Bookmark Comments Go to comments Bookmark popover Removed from bookmarks Close popover Trump brands International Criminal Court 'evil' and calls on them to resign Your support helps us to tell the story Read more Support Now From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when th
Harm counted: the only report to mention the UN finding and the school strike; no casualty figure given — “a UN fact-finding mission said it had reasonable grounds to believe U.S. forces committed war crimes in two strikes on Iran, including one that hit a primary school in the southern city of Minab”
Harm named: only report to mention harm to people in Iran; no toll given — “a UN fact-finding mission said it had reasonable grounds to believe U.S. forces committed war crimes in two strikes on Iran, including one that hit a primary school in the southern city of Minab”
Read it at The Independent → https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-icc…
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 → —
An account is an optional way to support the work we do. Find out more. 1. #UNITED NATIONS: US President Donald Trump has told a UN gathering he is deciding between making a deal with Iran or “driving them into hell with no chance of survival”. 2. #SMOKING: Fianna Fáil TD Malcolm Byrne will today table a bill that would ban the sale of tobacco or nicotine products to anyone born on or after 2009, thereby creating a “smokefree generation”. 3. #PERINATAL MENTAL HEALTH: A Journal Investigates report has found that pregnant women and new mothers experiencing serious mental health difficulties face
Read it at TheJournal.ie → https://www.thejournal.ie/5-at-5-tuesday-213-7169857-Sep2026/
The Independent
Centre-left estimate · not a score
The Independent 🇬🇧UK · digital · independent Two countries walk out during Trump’s UN General Assembly speech Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at The Independent → What we have measured Accused party response Russia's side is reported as no comment. ×1A company statement about itself, taken as a "reveals" rather than "says", for a company's account of its own product ×1A count stated flat four crimes is given as a settled number in the headline, with no court, charge or jurisdiction attached ×1Actor named No actor named for the cut-short or for the clashes ×1 from 20313 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → — independent
Read it at The Independent → https://www.independent.co.uk/bulletin/news/trump-un-speech-cuba-iran-d…
R RTÉ News
Centre estimate · not a score
RTÉ News 🇮🇪IE · digital · PUBLIC Donald Trump peacemaker and warmaker during UN speech 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
The only report to carry the Taoiseach's reaction, and the only one to report applause in the hall.
Donald Trump peacemaker and warmaker during UN speech Updated / Tuesday, 22 Sep 2026 17:11 Getty Donald Trump speaks to delegates at the UN this afternoon Jackie Fox By Jackie Fox Washington Correspondent The US President opened his speech by getting what he sees as the obvious out of the way. That the United States was the strongest country in the world. "America is back," he declared, with the greatest economy and military. The country is in its golden age, he said, as he promised he would bring about during his inauguration speech. But his usual talking points were swallowed up by most of h
Interpretation: describes the threat in the reporter's own words as wiping out a nation — “here was the President of the United States threatening to wipe out an entire nation.”
Paraphrase escalates: 'annihilate the Islamic Republic' restated as wiping out a nation — “here was the President of the United States threatening to wipe out an entire nation”
Room reaction: reports applause, where another report describes stunned silence — “To much applause, he said that Iran can never have a nuclear weapon”
Read it at RTÉ News → https://www.rte.ie/news/2026/0922/1592556-trump-un-speech/
T TheJournal.ie
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TheJournal.ie 🇮🇪IE · digital · Trump expected to claim he is 'winning' both on battlefield and as a peacemaker in UN speech 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 only report that records Cuba's delegation leaving the chamber as he labelled it a "failed State", and the only one to hedge his success claim — "expected to claim" he is "winning".
An account is an optional way to support the work we do. Find out more. US PRESIDENT DONALD Trump is expected to claim he is winning both on the battlefield and as a peacemaker in a speech to the United Nations overshadowed by growing spillover from his stalled war against Iran. Trump will likely not hold back in renewing his frequent boasts that under him the United States is “the hottest country” in the world. He is also expected to seek to justify the Iran war, which has so far failed to fulfil White House objectives and provoked widespread economic damage over the Strait of Hormuz’s closur
What is selected: the only report we hold that records a delegation leaving the chamber — “Cuba’s delegation left as Trump labelled it a ‘failed State’.”
Which verb was chosen: the same words are reported as pondering, a verb of reflection rather than of threat — “The US president also pondered driving Iran ‘into hell’.”
What is hedged: the speech is reported in advance and the claim is doubly hedged — expected to claim, and 'winning' in quotation marks — “Trump expected to claim he is 'winning' both on battlefield and as a peacemaker in UN speech”
What is hedged: written before delivery: the verb is expected, the claim is a claim, and winning sits in quotation marks — “Trump expected to claim he is 'winning' both on battlefield and as a peacemaker in UN speech”
Read it at TheJournal.ie → https://www.thejournal.ie/trump-expected-to-claim-he-is-winning-both-on…
R RTÉ News
Centre estimate · not a score
RTÉ News 🇮🇪IE · digital · PUBLIC Trump to defend Iran war in UN speech, talk peace efforts 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
The only report that calls it "his war with Iran" in its own voice, and the only one to attach the annihilation warning to ending that war rather than only to a nuclear deal.
US President Donald Trump to defend Iran war in UN speech, talk peace efforts Updated / Tuesday, 22 Sep 2026 15:04 Getty Donald Trump arrives during the 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly at UN Headquarters ahead of his speech US President Donald Trump will use a UN General Assembly address to argue that the war with Iran prevented Tehran from obtaining a nuclear weapon and to tout what he sees as progress toward peace and a global order increasingly aligned with American interests, according to a White House official. Mr Trump is also expected to criticise the UN, highlightin
What is stated flat: a United States war with Iran is asserted as fact and given to the president as his, with no attribution — “US President Donald Trump used his UN General Assembly speech to defend his war with Iran, and warn he could "annihilate the Islamic Republic" if no ⁠deal is reached to end it.”
Stated or attributed: the war is made his in the outlet's own voice — possessive stated flat, not attributed — “used his UN General Assembly speech to defend his war with Iran”
Read it at RTÉ News → https://www.rte.ie/news/us/2026/0922/1592545-trump-un-meetings/
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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)
Centre estimate · not a score
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
Centre-left estimate · not a score
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
BBC News
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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
Right estimate · not a score
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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