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Vance refuses the word "war". Seven of our nine reports use it anyway

The vice president's reason, via the Washington Examiner: "right now, there is no active shooting." AP reports a night of American bombardment the same week — and two counts of how long this has run, six months or seven, that no report we hold reconciles.

Vance says Iran fight isn't a 'war' | AP News
Vance says Iran fight isn't a 'war' | AP News as published by Associated Press · seen at Associated Press
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The word. Vance rejected "war" for the fighting with Iran at Thursday's White House briefing, AP reports. Trump, next day: "it doesn't matter" whether you call it a war, "it's small potatoes" (Washington Examiner). Seven of the nine reports we hold call it a war in their own voice anyway.

Report In its own voice
AP "the six-month war"
Wash. Examiner "the seventh month of the war in Iran"
NYT 1910 · WaPo 1936 · Hill 1756 · MSNBC 1659 · Fox "war", unhedged
AP "fighting", "conflict"; "war" only in quotes
Wash. Examiner "the military operation in Iran"

The reason given. Vance's ground for refusing the word, via the Examiner: "right now, there is no active shooting." AP reports a night of American bombardment, and missiles and drones intercepted over Kuwait, the same week. Our check marks that reason false.

Two clocks. AP counts six months elapsed; the Examiner counts the seventh month running. One span, two measures. Marked misleading.

What this does not settle - No report gives a start date, so neither count can be checked. - Two reports mention the strike on a wedding party. Neither gives a death toll; neither names anyone killed. Our two bias readings split here: one says both hedge it to Iranian state media; only AP does. MSNBC writes "reported". - Whether Trump agreed. The Examiner says he "reiterated" Vance; the words it quotes say only that the label does not matter.

What this is about: a war between the United States and Iran that began in February 2026. The White House now says it should not be called a war.

How it got here - Iran has been an Islamic Republic since its 1979 revolution. It has been at odds with Washington ever since, and it treats Israel as an enemy. - For two decades the core dispute has been Iran's nuclear programme. Iran says it is civilian; the US and Israel say it could produce a bomb. A 2015 deal limited the programme. The US left that deal in 2018 under Trump's first term. - In June 2025 Israel and Iran fought a short air war, and US bombers struck Iran's nuclear sites. Vance calls that operation "Midnight Hammer", Fox News reports. - On 28 February 2026 the US and its partners launched "Operation Epic Fury", striking targets across Iran (Fox News). The Washington Examiner writes that the US and Israel attacked together. - Iran answered by closing the Strait of Hormuz, the narrow sea lane between Iran and Oman that carries oil out of the Gulf. According to the Examiner, about 20 million barrels a day passed through before the attack, and almost none after. - Talks on a deal failed in June, Fox News reports. Washington went back to military and economic pressure.

Who is involved - The Trump administration directs the strikes and the sanctions. - Iran is firing at ships and at Gulf states that host US forces. - Kuwait, Bahrain and the UAE are US allies within Iran's range. - Congress has not voted to authorise the war. Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) says the 1973 War Powers Act allows 90 days without approval. He argues the administration avoids the word "war" to avoid that limit.

What is at stake - Fuel prices. Diesel hit a record of $5.85 a gallon, according to the Washington Post. - The November midterm elections. According to the Examiner, about 55% of Americans oppose the war. It does not publish the poll's method. - Whether a president can fight a war for months without a vote in Congress.

Where it stands: AP reports that American bombing resumed after a monthlong lull, and that Iran then fired at Gulf neighbours. Trump puts US deaths at 18 (Washington Examiner). No end date has been set.

What is being argued about

  • Whether the fighting with Iran is a war, and who says it is
  • Six months or the seventh month: two counts of one span
  • Whether Trump backed Vance's refusal of the word
  • The wedding strike: two mentions, no toll, no names
What each outlet calls it, in its own voiceSide by side
outletheadlinein its own voicehedged?
Associated PressVance says Iran fight isn't a 'war' as Trump tries to navigate unpopular conflict as election nears"the U.S. fighting with Iran"; "unpopular conflict"yes
Washington ExaminerTrump says 'it doesn't matter' if you call Iran conflict a war or not: 'It's small potatoes'"the military operation in Iran"yes
Associated PressIran fires on its Gulf neighbors, retaliating for US strikes after a wedding was hit"The six-month war"no
Fox NewsJD Vance rules out artificial timeline as Iran military pressure resumes"the war with Iran"no
Washington ExaminerDoes progress in Iran help Trump?"the seventh month of the war in Iran" - in the same column that reports Vance objecting to the wordno
The Hill'Treasonous scum': Trump attacks media over Iran war coverage"this war is going according to plan"no
MSNBCAfter reported wedding strike, Hegseth's war of 'brutality' is on display"Hegseth's war"; the strike is "reported"no
The New York TimesIran War Helps to Drive U.S. Diesel Prices to New High"Because of the war in Iran"no
The Washington PostDiesel hits record $5.85 a gallon as Iran war drags on"Iran war"no
Nine reports, all published 3-4 September 2026. "Hedged" means the report avoids the word war in its own voice, or uses it only inside quotation marks.
Sources Associated Press
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Associated Press 🇺🇸US · wire · independent Vance says Iran fight isn't a 'war' | AP News Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Associated Press → 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 → Washington Examiner
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Washington Examiner 🇺🇸US · newspaper · independent Trump says ‘it doesn’t matter’ if you call Iran conflict a war or not: ‘It’s small potatoes’ 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 JD Vance rules out artificial timeline as Iran military pressure resumes | Fox News 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 → Washington Examiner
Right estimate · not a score
Washington Examiner 🇺🇸US · newspaper · independent Does progress in Iran help Trump? 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 → Associated Press
Centre estimate · not a score
Associated Press 🇺🇸US · wire · independent Iran targets US allies in Gulf as Bahrain intercepts attack | AP News Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Associated Press → 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 → MSNBC
Left estimate · not a score
MSNBC 🇺🇸US · TV/radio · independent Ayman Mohyeldin: After reported wedding strike, Hegseth’s war of ‘brutality’ is on display Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at MSNBC → 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 Hill
Centre estimate · not a score
The Hill 🇺🇸US · digital · independent ‘Treasonous scum’: Trump attacks media over Iran war coverage 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 New York Times
Centre-left estimate · not a score
The New York Times 🇺🇸US · newspaper · independent Iran War Helps to Drive U.S. Diesel Prices to New High Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at The New York Times → 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 → T The Washington Post
Centre-left estimate · not a score
The Washington Post 🇺🇸US · newspaper · independent Diesel hits record $5.85 a gallon as Iran war drags on 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 briefing, and the same day's headlinesTimeline
  1. 2026-09-02— no time published; date is in the report's URL Associated Press Iran fires on Gulf neighbours after a night of American bombardment. Kuwait's defence ministry says its air defences intercepted missiles and drones. Iranian state media says the bombardment hit a wedding party. "the six-month war"No death toll, and nobody killed is named.
  2. 2026-09-03— no time published JD Vance, White House briefing, via AP Vance rejects the word "war" for the fighting with Iran.AP's headline carries the word only in quotation marks.
  3. 2026-09-036:34pm ET in the article text; no time in our store Washington Examiner Byron York reports Vance objecting to the word, and writes "the seventh month of the war in Iran" in the same column. Vance: 15m barrels overnight; "other estimates" 8-9m a dayThe only report to put a rival figure beside the one given at the podium.
  4. 2026-09-03— no time published; date is the briefing Fox reports Fox News Vance will set no "artificial timeline"; the fighting runs as long as "the Iranians stop shooting at ships" is unanswered.Headline says "Iran military pressure"; the lede says "the war with Iran".
  5. 2026-09-0417:20 UTC published time in our store The Washington Post Diesel hits a record as "Iran war drags on". $5.85 a gallon
  6. 2026-09-0417:40 UTC published time in our store The New York Times Diesel passes the record set in 2022 after Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, "because of the war in Iran".We hold the lede only.
  7. 2026-09-0417:52 UTC published time in our store The Hill Trump attacks the press as "treasonous scum" over Iran war coverage.Opinion column.
  8. 2026-09-0419:00 UTC published time in our store MSNBC Ayman Mohyeldin on the "reported wedding strike" and a "brutal unleashing of American power with no accountability".Feed summary only; MSNBC is blocked for fetching.
  9. 2026-09-0419:16 UTC published time in our store Donald Trump, via Washington Examiner "It doesn't matter" whether you call it a war: "it's small potatoes". The report also gives Vance's reason: "right now, there is no active shooting".The Examiner writes that Trump "reiterated" Vance; the quoted words say the label does not matter, not that it is wrong.
Times as published in our store, in UTC. Four of the nine reports carry no publication time; one carries one only in its own article text.
Sources Associated Press
Centre estimate · not a score
Associated Press 🇺🇸US · wire · independent Iran targets US allies in Gulf as Bahrain intercepts attack | AP News Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Associated Press → 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 → Associated Press
Centre estimate · not a score
Associated Press 🇺🇸US · wire · independent Vance says Iran fight isn't a 'war' | AP News Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Associated Press → 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 → Washington Examiner
Right estimate · not a score
Washington Examiner 🇺🇸US · newspaper · independent Does progress in Iran help Trump? 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 JD Vance rules out artificial timeline as Iran military pressure resumes | Fox News 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 → T The Washington Post
Centre-left estimate · not a score
The Washington Post 🇺🇸US · newspaper · independent Diesel hits record $5.85 a gallon as Iran war drags on 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 New York Times
Centre-left estimate · not a score
The New York Times 🇺🇸US · newspaper · independent Iran War Helps to Drive U.S. Diesel Prices to New High Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at The New York Times → 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 → The Hill
Centre estimate · not a score
The Hill 🇺🇸US · digital · independent ‘Treasonous scum’: Trump attacks media over Iran war coverage 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 → MSNBC
Left estimate · not a score
MSNBC 🇺🇸US · TV/radio · independent Ayman Mohyeldin: After reported wedding strike, Hegseth’s war of ‘brutality’ is on display Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at MSNBC → 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 → Washington Examiner
Right estimate · not a score
Washington Examiner 🇺🇸US · newspaper · independent Trump says ‘it doesn’t matter’ if you call Iran conflict a war or not: ‘It’s small potatoes’ 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 numbers sitting beside the argumentFacts optional section
  • Diesel hit a record $5.85 a gallon on 4 September, adding cost pressure on manufacturing and retail. The Washington Post →
  • That price passes the record set in 2022 after Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine. The New York Times →
  • About 55% of Americans oppose the war and about 60% disapprove of Trump's handling of it. The column names no pollster and no method. Washington Examiner →
  • Vance at the briefing: "Last night, 15 million barrels came out of the Strait of Hormuz ... it's almost back to where it was before the conflict started." The same column says other estimates put the daily figure at 8 or 9 million. Washington Examiner →
  • Trump's approval on handling Iran is 34% in the RealClearPolitics average, his lowest rating on any issue; cost of living and the economy is 35.3%. Washington Examiner →
  • Kuwait's defence ministry said its air defences intercepted missiles and drones. Iranian state media said the American bombardment included a deadly strike on a wedding party. No report we hold gives a death toll or names anyone killed. Associated Press →
Every figure here comes from one of the nine reports. Where a report gives no method or source for a figure, that is said.
Sources T The Washington Post
Centre-left estimate · not a score
The Washington Post 🇺🇸US · newspaper · independent Diesel hits record $5.85 a gallon as Iran war drags on 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 New York Times
Centre-left estimate · not a score
The New York Times 🇺🇸US · newspaper · independent Iran War Helps to Drive U.S. Diesel Prices to New High Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at The New York Times → 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 → Washington Examiner
Right estimate · not a score
Washington Examiner 🇺🇸US · newspaper · independent Does progress in Iran help Trump? 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 → Associated Press
Centre estimate · not a score
Associated Press 🇺🇸US · wire · independent Iran targets US allies in Gulf as Bahrain intercepts attack | AP News Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Associated Press → 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 →
The bias in this coverageBias

Who acts, and who is only "hit"

One headline puts Iran in the active voice and the American strike in the passive, in the same line. Across all nine reports nobody killed is named and no death toll appears. The wedding strike is mentioned twice, and both times the source for it is one side's state media.

9 reports in the story 0 reports naming anyone killed 0 reports giving a death toll 2 reports that mention the wedding strike

Everyone writes "war" except the two men asked about it

Seven of nine reports use "war" flat, including the report that reports the refusal of the word in the same sentence it uses it. The duration splits — six months in one report, the seventh month in another — and neither attributes the count. One report alone puts a rival barrel estimate next to the number given at the White House podium.

7 reports using the word war unhedged 1 reports that put a rival figure against the official one 4 reports with no publication time in our store 9 reports in the story
Scored without the mastheads. Where the two passes differ, both are kept.
Sources Associated Press
Centre estimate · not a score
Associated Press 🇺🇸US · wire · independent Vance says Iran fight isn't a 'war' | AP News Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Associated Press → 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 → Washington Examiner
Right estimate · not a score
Washington Examiner 🇺🇸US · newspaper · independent Trump says ‘it doesn’t matter’ if you call Iran conflict a war or not: ‘It’s small potatoes’ 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 JD Vance rules out artificial timeline as Iran military pressure resumes | Fox News 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 ‘Treasonous scum’: Trump attacks media over Iran war coverage 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 → MSNBC
Left estimate · not a score
MSNBC 🇺🇸US · TV/radio · independent Ayman Mohyeldin: After reported wedding strike, Hegseth’s war of ‘brutality’ is on display Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at MSNBC → 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
Centre-left estimate · not a score
The New York Times 🇺🇸US · newspaper · independent Iran War Helps to Drive U.S. Diesel Prices to New High Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at The New York Times → 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 → T The Washington Post
Centre-left estimate · not a score
The Washington Post 🇺🇸US · newspaper · independent Diesel hits record $5.85 a gallon as Iran war drags on 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 Does progress in Iran help Trump? 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 → Associated Press
Centre estimate · not a score
Associated Press 🇺🇸US · wire · independent Iran targets US allies in Gulf as Bahrain intercepts attack | AP News Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Associated Press → 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 →

Claims and verdicts

false Vance: the Iran fighting is not a war because "right now, there is no active shooting".
Washington Examiner quotes Vance saying there is "no active shooting", but AP reports a night of American bombardment and Iranian missile and drone fire intercepted over Kuwait in the same week. Vance in that same briefing, via Fox and Washington Examiner, says the fighting ends when "the Iranians stop shooting at ships".
Checked against 4 sources:
Washington Examiner
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Washington Examiner 🇺🇸US · newspaper · independent Trump says ‘it doesn’t matter’ if you call Iran conflict a war or not: ‘It’s small potatoes’ 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 → Associated Press
Centre estimate · not a score
Associated Press 🇺🇸US · wire · independent Iran targets US allies in Gulf as Bahrain intercepts attack | AP News Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Associated Press → 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 → Fox News
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Fox News 🇺🇸US · TV/radio · independent JD Vance rules out artificial timeline as Iran military pressure resumes | Fox News 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 → Washington Examiner
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Washington Examiner 🇺🇸US · newspaper · independent Does progress in Iran help Trump? 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 →
misleading Trump backed Vance's position that the Iran conflict is not a war.
Washington Examiner writes that Trump "reiterated" Vance's suggestion, but the words it quotes are that "it doesn't matter" whether you call it a war and that it is "small potatoes". Saying the label does not matter is not saying the label is wrong.
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Washington Examiner
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Washington Examiner 🇺🇸US · newspaper · independent Trump says ‘it doesn’t matter’ if you call Iran conflict a war or not: ‘It’s small potatoes’ 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 →
misleading How long it has run: "the six-month war" versus "the seventh month of the war".
AP counts elapsed time, "the six-month war"; Washington Examiner counts the month in progress, "we are now in the seventh month". Those are two measures of the same span, not two answers, and no report we hold gives a start date to pin either.
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Associated Press
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Associated Press 🇺🇸US · wire · independent Iran targets US allies in Gulf as Bahrain intercepts attack | AP News Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Associated Press → 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 → Washington Examiner
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Washington Examiner 🇺🇸US · newspaper · independent Does progress in Iran help Trump? 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

D David Rising Associated Press
What the bias passes found in their reporting
How the victims appear The wedding dead are an adjective, not a count a×1
Who is named as acting Iran acts in the active voice in the headline; t×1
Who is named as acting One headline, two voices: Iran acts in the activ×1
Claims we checked that rest on their reporting
1 false1 misleading
From 4 reports we hold under this byline, at Associated Press, The Independent. Two independent readings, each made without the masthead, a quote attached to every tag. A record, never a rating. Their full record →
S Samy Magdy Associated Press
What the bias passes found in their reporting
How the victims appear The wedding dead are an adjective, not a count a×1
Who is named as acting Iran acts in the active voice in the headline; t×1
Who is named as acting One headline, two voices: Iran acts in the activ×1
Claims we checked that rest on their reporting
1 false1 misleading
From 31 reports we hold under this byline, at Associated Press, The Independent, The Sydney Morning Herald, The Hill. Two independent readings, each made without the masthead, a quote attached to every tag. A record, never a rating. Their full record →
A Aamer Madhani Associated Press
What the bias passes found in their reporting
Dating and attribution Carries a dateline correction, repeated three ti×1
How hard the claim is stated Puts war in scare quotes because the vice presid×1
From 1 report we hold under this byline, at Associated Press. Two independent readings, each made without the masthead, a quote attached to every tag. A record, never a rating. Their full record →
B Byron York Washington Examiner
What the bias passes found in their reporting
Dating and attribution Counts the war at seven months. The report×1
Which figure is used Says seventh month, unattributed; another×1
How deeply it is sourced The only report of nine that sets a second×1
How deeply it is sourced The only report that sets a competing estimate×1
Claims we checked that rest on their reporting
1 false1 misleading
From 17 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 →
A Ashley DiMella Fox News
What the bias passes found in their reporting
How hard the claim is stated Reports the refusal of the word 'war' and uses t×1
How hard the claim is stated Reports Vance refusing the word and still writes×1
Claims we checked that rest on their reporting
1 false
From 64 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 →
C Christian Datoc Washington Examiner
No independent reading has coded a report under this byline yet. We do not infer a journalist's views from the outlet that employs them.
Claims we checked that rest on their reporting
1 false1 misleading
From 64 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 →
A Allison Detzel MSNBC
What the bias passes found in their reporting
Hedged versus stated the tie to Putin is stated flat as close ally×1
Label for the funder 'close ally' of Putin, and the stronger verb 'bankrolled'×1
Who is named as acting The only report of nine that puts a named US×1
Claims we checked that rest on their reporting
2 unverified
From 62 reports we hold under this byline, at MSNBC. Two independent readings, each made without the masthead, a quote attached to every tag. A record, never a rating. Their full record →
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Coverage, outlet by outlet

Associated Press
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Associated Press 🇺🇸US · wire · independent Iran targets US allies in Gulf as Bahrain intercepts attack | AP News Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Associated Press → 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 → — independent
AP is the only report that reports the fighting itself: Iran firing on Gulf neighbours, Kuwait's defence ministry intercepting missiles and drones, and Iranian state media saying US bombardment hit a wedding party.
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran fired on U.S. allies in the Gulf early Wednesday following a night of American bombardment that Iranian state media says included a deadly strike on a wedding party. Sirens sounded in Kuwait, where air defenses were intercepting missile and drone attacks during a “blatant Iranian aggression,” the country’s Ministry of Defense said on X. The latest violence came after a monthlong lull in fighting. The six-month war has led to a spike in oil prices, roiled the global economy and posed increasing political problems for U.S. President Donald Trump’s Republic
Who is named as acting: Iran acts in the active voice in the headline; t — “Iran fires on its Gulf neighbors, retaliating for US strikes after a wedding was hit”
How the victims appear: The wedding dead are an adjective, not a count a — “that Iranian state media says included a deadly strike on a wedding party”
Who is named as acting: One headline, two voices: Iran acts in the activ — “Iran fires on its Gulf neighbors, retaliating for US strikes after a wedding was hit”
Read it at Associated Press → https://apnews.com/article/iran-us-strikes-hormuz-trump-september-2-202…
Associated Press
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Associated Press 🇺🇸US · wire · independent Vance says Iran fight isn't a 'war' | AP News Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Associated Press → 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 → — independent
AP is the only report to put the refusal in its headline: Vance "rejected the use of the word 'war'" at Thursday's briefing, with the word in quotation marks.
Vice President JD Vance speaks with reporters in the James Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House, Thursday, Sept. 3, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) CORRECTION: Date corrected to Sept. 3 instead of July 23. Vice President JD Vance speaks with reporters in the James Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House, Thursday, Sept. 3, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) CORRECTION: Date corrected to Sept. 3 instead of July 23. Vice President JD Vance speaks with reporters in the James Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House, Thursday, Sept. 3, 2026, in Washington. (
Dating and attribution: Carries a dateline correction, repeated three ti — “CORRECTION: Date corrected to Sept. 3 instead of July 23.”
How hard the claim is stated: Puts war in scare quotes because the vice presid — “Vance says Iran fight isn’t a ‘war’ as Trump tries to navigate unpopular conflict as election nears”
Read it at Associated Press → https://apnews.com/article/iran-war-trump-strait-of-hormuz-vance-oil-7a…
Washington Examiner
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Washington Examiner 🇺🇸US · newspaper · independent Does progress in Iran help Trump? 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 Washington Examiner's column is the only report to set a rival figure against the podium's: Vance's "15 million barrels" overnight through Hormuz, against "other estimates" of 8 or 9 million a day.
DOES PROGRESS IN IRAN HELP TRUMP? We are now in the seventh month of the war in Iran. Midterm elections are 60 days away. The war remains unpopular, with about 55% of Americans opposing it. A larger number, about 60%, disapprove of President Donald Trump‘s handling of the war. The good news is that U.S. forces appear to be solving the main problem of the war, which is Iran’s closing of the Strait of Hormuz. Before the United States and Israel attacked Iran, tanker ships transported about 20 million barrels of oil through the strait each day. After the attack, that fell virtually to zero. Weeks
How deeply it is sourced: The only report that sets a competing estimate — “Other estimates suggest the day-to-day number is lower than some recent reports, perhaps around 8 or 9 million barrels a day.”
Which figure is used: Says seventh month, unattributed; another — “We are now in the seventh month of the war in Iran.”
How deeply it is sourced: The only report of nine that sets a second — “Other estimates suggest the day-to-day number is lower than some recent reports, perhaps around 8 or 9 million barrels a day.”
Dating and attribution: Counts the war at seven months. The report — “We are now in the seventh month of the war in Iran.”
Read it at Washington Examiner → https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/daily-memo/4713114/does-progress-in-…
Fox News
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Fox News 🇺🇸US · TV/radio · independent JD Vance rules out artificial timeline as Iran military pressure resumes | Fox News 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
Fox has Vance setting no "artificial timeline": it ends when "the Iranians stop shooting at ships", and "you would have to ask the Iranians" when that is.
Vice President JD Vance said Thursday he will not put an "artificial timeline" on the war with Iran, warning that the conflict will continue on as long as Iran keeps shooting at ships. "You're asking me a question like, when will the Iranians stop shooting at ships? I think the reality is, I don't know the answer to that question. You would have to ask the Iranians, when will the Iranians shooting at ships stop having an effect on world energy markets? And the answer is it has less effect day by day," Vance said while hosting the first White House press briefing after former press secretary Ka
How hard the claim is stated: Reports the refusal of the word 'war' and uses t — “Vance said Thursday he will not put an "artificial timeline" on the war with Iran”
How hard the claim is stated: Reports Vance refusing the word and still writes — “he will not put an "artificial timeline" on the war with Iran”
Read it at Fox News → https://foxnews.com/politics/vance-refuses-put-clock-iran-conflict-key-…
Washington Examiner
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Washington Examiner 🇺🇸US · newspaper · independent Trump says ‘it doesn’t matter’ if you call Iran conflict a war or not: ‘It’s small potatoes’ 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 Washington Examiner has Trump's answer — "it doesn't matter" if you call it a war, "it's small potatoes" — and Vance's reason, "right now, there is no active shooting".
President Donald Trump reiterated on Friday Vice President JD Vance’s suggestion from the day prior that the military operation in Iran is not a war. Vance, holding a press briefing at the White House, told reporters Thursday that he would not characterize the conflict as a war since “right now, there is no active shooting.” Recommended Stories Trump posts next generation of US Space Force uniforms US disputes Iran strike on Navy ship trying to enter Strait of Hormuz Pentagon issues polygraph tests in hunt for leakers of munition shortages: Report The president fielded questions from reporters
Read it at Washington Examiner → https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/white-house/4714349/trump-says-…
MSNBC
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MSNBC 🇺🇸US · TV/radio · independent Ayman Mohyeldin: After reported wedding strike, Hegseth’s war of ‘brutality’ is on display Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at MSNBC → 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 → — independent
MSNBC is the only report to treat the wedding strike as a question of civilian deaths — Ayman Mohyeldin on a "brutal unleashing of American power with no accountability". We hold the feed summary only; MSNBC is blocked
MS NOW’s Ayman Mohyeldin said Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth is overseeing a “brutal unleashing of American power with no accountability,” after a New York Times analysis concluded that a bomb that struck a wedding party in southern Iran earlier this week came from the U.S. military. According to Iran’s Red Crescent Society, a humanitarian aid group, dozens were injured in the blast and five people were killed, including a 6-year-old boy. On Thursday, when Vice President JD Vance was asked about the strike, he told reporters that “sometimes things happen” and that the U.S. military was inve
Who is named as acting: The only report of nine that puts a named US — “Mohyeldin said that under Pete Hegseth’s leadership, the U.S. military is carrying out a “brutal unleashing of American power with no accountability.””
Read it at MSNBC → https://www.ms.now/news/iran-war-wedding-strike-civilian-deaths-pete-he…
The Hill
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The Hill 🇺🇸US · digital · independent ‘Treasonous scum’: Trump attacks media over Iran war coverage 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
The Hill reports Trump calling the press "treasonous scum" over Iran war coverage, and argues Americans need not "pretend this war is going according to plan".
Nobody wants to see the United States fail. Nobody wants American service members put in greater danger. Nobody wants our military unprepared to respond to another threat. But that does not mean Americans have to pretend this war is going according to plan.
Read it at The Hill → https://thehill.com/opinion/lindseys-lens/6071924-iran-war-weapons-stra…
The New York Times
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The New York Times 🇺🇸US · newspaper · independent Iran War Helps to Drive U.S. Diesel Prices to New High Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at The New York Times → 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 → — independent
The New York Times is the only report to state the cause flat in its own voice — "Because of the war in Iran" — and the only one to set the record against 2022 and Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine. It gives no
Because of the war in Iran, the cost has exceeded the record it hit in 2022 after Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
Who is named as acting: States the cause in the outlet's own voice, unhe — “Because of the war in Iran, the cost has exceeded the record it hit in 2022 after Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine.”
How hard the claim is stated: States the cause flat in its own voice, with no — “Because of the war in Iran, the cost has exceeded the record it hit in 2022 after Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine.”
Read it at The New York Times → https://nytimes.com/2026/09/04/business/diesel-price-record-oil-iran.ht…
T The Washington Post
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The Washington Post 🇺🇸US · newspaper · independent Diesel hits record $5.85 a gallon as Iran war drags on 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 Washington Post is the only one of the four to print a number — diesel at a record $5.85 a gallon — and the only one to say who the cost lands on: manufacturing and retail. It attaches no cause, only "as Iran war
How hard the claim is stated: Uses "as" rather than "because" — the only — “Diesel hits record $5.85 a gallon as Iran war drags on”
Which figure is used: Measures the cost falling on manufacturing and r — “Surging fuel cost puts additional cost pressure on manufacturing and retail.”
Which figure is used: The only report of four that gives a price, and — “Diesel hits record $5.85 a gallon as Iran war drags on”
Read it at The Washington Post → https://washingtonpost.com/business/2026/09/04/diesel-hits-record-585-g…
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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 → Breitbart
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Breitbart 🇺🇸US · digital · independent No report held from this outlet on this story. 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 → 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 → 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 →
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