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Welt quotes Trump blaming Tehran, Le Figaro credits the Houthis, Rzeczpospolita names only drones

Saudi Arabia shut its East-West pipeline after a drone attack. Six of the 11 reports we hold carry the strike, and they do not agree on who carried it out. None counts anyone hurt.

„Die Huthi haben uns angerufen, und sie wollen nicht gegen uns kämpfen“
„Die Huthi haben uns angerufen, und sie wollen nicht gegen uns kämpfen“ as published by Welt · seen at Welt
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What every report agrees on. Saudi Arabia temporarily closed the East-West pipeline after a drone attack. Rzeczpospolita and De Standaard both carry the closure; Libération adds that Riyadh confirmed the strikes on Friday evening.

Who did it, masthead by masthead.

Outlet Who is named as acting Attributed?
Welt Tehran Yes — Trump: "probably they are behind it"
Gazeta Wyborcza Iran, in the headline No source attached
Le Figaro The Yemeni rebels, who "took the Red Sea coast" No — stated flat
Rzeczpospolita Nobody — "after a drone attack" —
Libération Nobody — satellite images, Riyadh confirms —
De Standaard Nobody — the line is stopped after being hit —

The numbers. Only Rzeczpospolita gives a price: oil back above 100 dollars a barrel, with Orlen saying on Saturday that Polish supply is not at risk. Libération gives the only physical measure, a plume of smoke nearly 100 kilometres long south of Medina. Welt has freighters going round the Cape of Good Hope again.

Not settled. No report we hold carries a Saudi attribution, an Iranian claim of responsibility, or a Houthi statement. The Houthi call to Washington reaches us three times — Welt, De Telegraaf, De Standaard — and all three have it from Trump: one source, three mastheads. None of the 11 reports names or counts anyone hurt at the pipeline, or says whether anyone was there.

What this is about. A drone attack has shut Saudi Arabia's main land route for getting oil to sea without passing Iran.

How it got here. - Most Gulf oil leaves by sea through the Strait of Hormuz, a narrow channel between Iran and Oman. - Saudi Arabia built the East-West pipeline in the 1980s so it would not depend on that channel. The pipeline carries crude from the oilfields in the east to Yanbu, a port on the Red Sea. - Oil shipped from the Red Sea to Europe passes a second narrow channel, Bab al-Mandab, between Yemen and the Horn of Africa. It then goes on to Suez. - In Yemen, the Houthi movement took the capital, Sanaa, in 2014. A Saudi-led coalition went to war against it in March 2015. A truce has largely held since April 2022. - From late 2023 the Houthis attacked ships in the Red Sea and said they were acting over the war in Gaza. The EU began a naval mission there, Aspides, in February 2024. - Washington and Riyadh accuse Iran of arming the Houthis. Tehran does not accept that it directs them.

The actors. - Saudi Arabia is the world's largest oil exporter, Rzeczpospolita notes, and owns the pipeline. - Iran and the United States are at war, AFP reports via HotNews.ro, with control of Hormuz at the centre of it. De Telegraaf says the peace talks between them are shaky. - According to Le Figaro, the Houthis have taken Yemen's Red Sea coast in a few days, after declaring a blockade of Saudi ships.

What is at stake. The pipeline was Saudi Arabia's way around Hormuz. Efimerida ton Syntakton says the energy trade is caught between two straits: Iran at Hormuz and the Houthis at Bab al-Mandab. Rzeczpospolita puts oil back above 100 dollars a barrel. Welt reports that freighters are again going round the Cape of Good Hope, a much longer route to European ports.

Where it stands. Riyadh has confirmed the strikes, Libération reports, and the line is closed for now. No report we hold says when it will reopen, and no report carries a claim of responsibility.

What is being argued about

  • Who attacked the Saudi East-West pipeline
  • Whether Washington will intervene in Yemen, and what the Houthis asked of it
  • What the Red Sea blockade does to the oil price and to European supply
  • What Tehran says back
Who is named as actingSide by side
OutletWho is named as actingAttributed?
WeltTehranYes — Trump: "probably they are behind it"
Gazeta WyborczaIran, in the headline: "opens a second front"No source attached
Le FigaroThe Yemeni rebels, who "took the Red Sea coast"No — stated flat
RzeczpospolitaNobody — "after a drone attack"—
LibérationNobody — satellite images; Riyadh confirms the strikes—
De StandaardNobody — the line is stopped after being hit—
Six of the 11 reports we hold carry the strike on the pipeline. This is what each of the six says did it, measured from the published text. It is not a judgement of any outlet.
Sources Welt
Centre-right estimate · not a score
Welt 🇩🇪DE · newspaper · independent „Die Huthi haben uns angerufen, und sie wollen nicht gegen uns kämpfen“ Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Welt → What we have measured Actor named The protests named as the cause of both the arrests and the injuries ×1Actor unnamed The party figure calling for a confidence vote is given only by title. ×1Age band without a share the winner's strength among the youngest voters is claimed with no percentage ×1Asserted flat The 'existential crisis' is stated as fact, not attributed to anyone. ×1 from 7442 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Gazeta Wyborcza
Centre-left estimate · not a score
Gazeta Wyborcza 🇵🇱PL · newspaper · independent Iran otwiera drugi front na Morzu Czerwonym. Konsekwencje dla cen ropy mogą być dramatyczne Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Gazeta Wyborcza → What we have measured Actor named Russia is named as acting against the bridge, in active voice ×1Asserted cause Voters' reason for backing the AfD is stated flat as a fact about the mainstream parties. ×1Asserted, not attributed the three-year gain is stated as what the deal would have secured, with no source ×1Asserted versus attributed the link between the pardons and the US talks is stated flat in the headline ×1 from 1246 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Le Figaro
Centre-right estimate · not a score
Le Figaro 🇫🇷FR · newspaper · independent Bab al-Mandab, Ormuz, oléoduc saoudien… Les «routes du pétrole» menacées par l’avancée Houthie Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Le Figaro → What we have measured Asserted, not attributed the capture of the strait and a "lightning offensive" are stated flat, with no source and no date ×1Asserted vs attributed The mayor's account and his opponents' charge are both attributed. ×1Asserted vs attributed The capture of the strait is stated flat, as settled background to a different story, with no source and no date for the claim. ×1Attacker identified by nationality in the headline ×1 from 7685 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Rzeczpospolita
Centre-right estimate · not a score
Rzeczpospolita 🇵🇱PL · newspaper · independent Arabia Saudyjska zamknęła rurociąg Wschód-Zachód. Ceny ropy znów mogą wystrzelić Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Rzeczpospolita → What we have measured Accountability The only report to say prosecutors are investigating ×1Asserted not attributed Hungary's need for more time is stated as fact, not as the government's claim ×1Claim asserted flat says EU law has never known such an offer, with no lawyer, official or text cited ×1Correction carried the correction is in the lede, attributed to Lithuania ×1 from 5701 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → L Libération
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Libération 🇫🇷FR · digital · Arabie Saoudite : des images satellites révèlent l’attaque contre l’oléoduc permettant de contourner le détroit d’Ormuz Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Libération → What we have measured Accuracy of office Calls him mayor of the département, not the town. ×1Actor label The Houthis are called 'rebels' in the report's own voice. ×1Admission and denial split Separates what the MEP admits (removing the flag) from what she denies (trampling it). ×1Affiliation named links her to a French channel ×1 from 4074 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → D De Standaard
Centre estimate · not a score
De Standaard 🇧🇪BE · newspaper · independent Trump: “Houthi's willen niet met ons vechten” - Saoedi-Arabië legt getroffen oliepijplijn stil Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at De Standaard → What we have measured Actor named Russia is named as acting on the bridge, in active voice ×1Asserted vs attributed states sabotage flat, with no source ×1Asserted vs attributed states flat, with no source, that the officers were wrong to suspect him ×1Attribution The whole arrest is sourced second-hand to other media. ×1 from 4325 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times →
What is counted, and what is notChart
The zero is not a rounding. No report we hold names or counts anyone hurt at the pipeline, or says whether anyone was there.
Sources Welt
Centre-right estimate · not a score
Welt 🇩🇪DE · newspaper · independent „Die Huthi haben uns angerufen, und sie wollen nicht gegen uns kämpfen“ Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Welt → What we have measured Actor named The protests named as the cause of both the arrests and the injuries ×1Actor unnamed The party figure calling for a confidence vote is given only by title. ×1Age band without a share the winner's strength among the youngest voters is claimed with no percentage ×1Asserted flat The 'existential crisis' is stated as fact, not attributed to anyone. ×1 from 7442 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Welt
Centre-right estimate · not a score
Welt 🇩🇪DE · newspaper · independent „Wer keine Seemacht hat, der ist der Seemacht anderer Akteure ausgeliefert“ Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Welt → What we have measured Actor named The protests named as the cause of both the arrests and the injuries ×1Actor unnamed The party figure calling for a confidence vote is given only by title. ×1Age band without a share the winner's strength among the youngest voters is claimed with no percentage ×1Asserted flat The 'existential crisis' is stated as fact, not attributed to anyone. ×1 from 7442 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Le Figaro
Centre-right estimate · not a score
Le Figaro 🇫🇷FR · newspaper · independent Bab al-Mandab, Ormuz, oléoduc saoudien… Les «routes du pétrole» menacées par l’avancée Houthie Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Le Figaro → What we have measured Asserted, not attributed the capture of the strait and a "lightning offensive" are stated flat, with no source and no date ×1Asserted vs attributed The mayor's account and his opponents' charge are both attributed. ×1Asserted vs attributed The capture of the strait is stated flat, as settled background to a different story, with no source and no date for the claim. ×1Attacker identified by nationality in the headline ×1 from 7685 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Gazeta Wyborcza
Centre-left estimate · not a score
Gazeta Wyborcza 🇵🇱PL · newspaper · independent Iran otwiera drugi front na Morzu Czerwonym. Konsekwencje dla cen ropy mogą być dramatyczne Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Gazeta Wyborcza → What we have measured Actor named Russia is named as acting against the bridge, in active voice ×1Asserted cause Voters' reason for backing the AfD is stated flat as a fact about the mainstream parties. ×1Asserted, not attributed the three-year gain is stated as what the deal would have secured, with no source ×1Asserted versus attributed the link between the pardons and the US talks is stated flat in the headline ×1 from 1246 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Rzeczpospolita
Centre-right estimate · not a score
Rzeczpospolita 🇵🇱PL · newspaper · independent Arabia Saudyjska zamknęła rurociąg Wschód-Zachód. Ceny ropy znów mogą wystrzelić Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Rzeczpospolita → What we have measured Accountability The only report to say prosecutors are investigating ×1Asserted not attributed Hungary's need for more time is stated as fact, not as the government's claim ×1Claim asserted flat says EU law has never known such an offer, with no lawyer, official or text cited ×1Correction carried the correction is in the lede, attributed to Lithuania ×1 from 5701 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → L Libération
Left estimate · not a score
Libération 🇫🇷FR · digital · Arabie Saoudite : des images satellites révèlent l’attaque contre l’oléoduc permettant de contourner le détroit d’Ormuz Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Libération → What we have measured Accuracy of office Calls him mayor of the département, not the town. ×1Actor label The Houthis are called 'rebels' in the report's own voice. ×1Admission and denial split Separates what the MEP admits (removing the flag) from what she denies (trampling it). ×1Affiliation named links her to a French channel ×1 from 4074 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → D De Standaard
Centre estimate · not a score
De Standaard 🇧🇪BE · newspaper · independent Trump: “Houthi's willen niet met ons vechten” - Saoedi-Arabië legt getroffen oliepijplijn stil Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at De Standaard → What we have measured Actor named Russia is named as acting on the bridge, in active voice ×1Asserted vs attributed states sabotage flat, with no source ×1Asserted vs attributed states flat, with no source, that the officers were wrong to suspect him ×1Attribution The whole arrest is sourced second-hand to other media. ×1 from 4325 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → D De Telegraaf
Centre-right estimate · not a score
De Telegraaf 🇳🇱NL · newspaper · independent LIVE | Trump zegt dat Houthi’s de VS hebben gevraagd om niet in te grijpen in Jemen: ’Ze willen niet dat we achter ze aankomen’ Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at De Telegraaf → What we have measured Accused named the accused is named and aged, and his not-guilty plea is carried ×1Accused's voice carries the not-guilty plea and names the accused ×1Actor named Authorities named as the ones who made the arrests ×1Asserted vs attributed 'blackmail' stated flat, with no source and no named state that applied it ×1 from 10020 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Efimerida ton Syntakton
Left estimate · not a score
Efimerida ton Syntakton 🇬🇷GR · newspaper · independent Πώς οι Χούθι «εγκλωβίζουν» τη Σαουδική Αραβία και το πετρέλαιο: Η προέλαση στην Ερυθρά Θάλασσα μέσα σε λίγα 24ωρα Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Efimerida ton Syntakton → What we have measured Adjective without figure Calls the war bloody but gives no count ×1Anyone hurt named the only report we hold that names one of the dead ×1Anyone hurt named the only report we hold that names a person who died ×1Asserted not attributed Calls the move 'unprecedented' in its own voice ×1 from 8180 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Digi24
Centre estimate · not a score
Digi24 🇷🇴RO · TV/radio · independent Președintele Iranului, mesaj pentru SUA: Orientul Mijlociu „nu are nevoie de un jandarm”. Ce spune despre război Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Digi24 → What we have measured A judgement of the Union quoted in the headline the premier's verdict on the Union printed as the headline claim ×1Asserted vs attributed states flat, with no source, that the attackers were separate from the shepherds ×1Asserted vs attributed States flat that the document is fake; another report sources this to the Order's ambassador ×1Attributed, not asserted Russia's account of where the strike happened is given to the Kremlin, with the news agency chain named ×1 from 5389 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → HotNews.ro
Centre estimate · not a score
HotNews.ro 🇷🇴RO · digital · independent Orientul Mijlociu „n-are nevoie de un jandarm” american, spune preşedintele Iranului Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at HotNews.ro → What we have measured Accusation unanswered AUR's claim of a plan agreed between the president and PSD runs in the headline and lede. No reply from the president is carried. ×1Actor named Names the blocs that refuse any exemption ×1Anonymous sourcing The jamming device found in his car rests on unnamed judicial sources, relayed through a news agency. ×1Asserted not attributed the outcome is declared settled before voting opens ×1 from 4469 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times →
The attacker is named lastTimeline
  1. Sat 12 Sep10:19 published time on the report, UTC Libération satellite images show the strike; Riyadh confirmed it on Friday evening. No attacker named. plume of nearly 100 km
  2. Sat 12 Sep10:42 published time on the report, UTC Efimerida ton Syntakton separates the chokepoints — Iran at Hormuz, the Yemeni rebels at Bab el-Mandeb
  3. Sat 12 Sep11:13 published time on the report, UTC Gazeta Wyborcza headline names Iran as opening a second front; body says Trump refused to intervene
  4. Sat 12 Sep12:02 published time on the report, UTC Rzeczpospolita Saudi Arabia shuts the pipeline after a drone attack; no attacker named above 100 dollars a barrel
  5. Sat 12 Sep12:33 published time on the report, UTC Le Figaro credits the Yemeni rebels with taking the Red Sea coast after declaring a blockade
  6. Sat 12 Sep12:55 published time on the report, UTC Welt Trump blames Tehran — "probably they are behind it" — and says the Houthis rang Washington
Publication times as printed on each report, in UTC, on Saturday 12 September. The earliest report names nobody; the attribution arrives two and a half hours later.
Sources L Libération
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Libération 🇫🇷FR · digital · Arabie Saoudite : des images satellites révèlent l’attaque contre l’oléoduc permettant de contourner le détroit d’Ormuz Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Libération → What we have measured Accuracy of office Calls him mayor of the département, not the town. ×1Actor label The Houthis are called 'rebels' in the report's own voice. ×1Admission and denial split Separates what the MEP admits (removing the flag) from what she denies (trampling it). ×1Affiliation named links her to a French channel ×1 from 4074 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Efimerida ton Syntakton
Left estimate · not a score
Efimerida ton Syntakton 🇬🇷GR · newspaper · independent Πώς οι Χούθι «εγκλωβίζουν» τη Σαουδική Αραβία και το πετρέλαιο: Η προέλαση στην Ερυθρά Θάλασσα μέσα σε λίγα 24ωρα Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Efimerida ton Syntakton → What we have measured Adjective without figure Calls the war bloody but gives no count ×1Anyone hurt named the only report we hold that names one of the dead ×1Anyone hurt named the only report we hold that names a person who died ×1Asserted not attributed Calls the move 'unprecedented' in its own voice ×1 from 8180 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Gazeta Wyborcza
Centre-left estimate · not a score
Gazeta Wyborcza 🇵🇱PL · newspaper · independent Iran otwiera drugi front na Morzu Czerwonym. Konsekwencje dla cen ropy mogą być dramatyczne Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Gazeta Wyborcza → What we have measured Actor named Russia is named as acting against the bridge, in active voice ×1Asserted cause Voters' reason for backing the AfD is stated flat as a fact about the mainstream parties. ×1Asserted, not attributed the three-year gain is stated as what the deal would have secured, with no source ×1Asserted versus attributed the link between the pardons and the US talks is stated flat in the headline ×1 from 1246 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Rzeczpospolita
Centre-right estimate · not a score
Rzeczpospolita 🇵🇱PL · newspaper · independent Arabia Saudyjska zamknęła rurociąg Wschód-Zachód. Ceny ropy znów mogą wystrzelić Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Rzeczpospolita → What we have measured Accountability The only report to say prosecutors are investigating ×1Asserted not attributed Hungary's need for more time is stated as fact, not as the government's claim ×1Claim asserted flat says EU law has never known such an offer, with no lawyer, official or text cited ×1Correction carried the correction is in the lede, attributed to Lithuania ×1 from 5701 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Le Figaro
Centre-right estimate · not a score
Le Figaro 🇫🇷FR · newspaper · independent Bab al-Mandab, Ormuz, oléoduc saoudien… Les «routes du pétrole» menacées par l’avancée Houthie Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Le Figaro → What we have measured Asserted, not attributed the capture of the strait and a "lightning offensive" are stated flat, with no source and no date ×1Asserted vs attributed The mayor's account and his opponents' charge are both attributed. ×1Asserted vs attributed The capture of the strait is stated flat, as settled background to a different story, with no source and no date for the claim. ×1Attacker identified by nationality in the headline ×1 from 7685 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Welt
Centre-right estimate · not a score
Welt 🇩🇪DE · newspaper · independent „Die Huthi haben uns angerufen, und sie wollen nicht gegen uns kämpfen“ Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Welt → What we have measured Actor named The protests named as the cause of both the arrests and the injuries ×1Actor unnamed The party figure calling for a confidence vote is given only by title. ×1Age band without a share the winner's strength among the youngest voters is claimed with no percentage ×1Asserted flat The 'existential crisis' is stated as fact, not attributed to anyone. ×1 from 7442 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times →
The bias in this coverageBias

Nobody names who hit the pipeline

One report puts Iran in the headline as fact; one carries Trump's "probably" and attributes the blame to him; others write only of a drone attack with no actor at all. No report we hold says how an attacker was identified, or by whom. None counts anyone hurt at the pipeline.

11 reports we hold on this event 1 reports naming an attacker in the headline 3 reports naming no attacker at all 0 reports counting anyone hurt

The measure chosen is the barrel price

Four reports lead on price or shipping cost: a hundred dollars a barrel, freighters going round the Cape, the consequences for Europe. One measures the event physically instead, a smoke plume of nearly a hundred kilometres seen from the sky. Iran's president is quoted in two reports; no Saudi official is quoted in any.

4 reports leading on price or shipping cost 1 reports giving a physical measure of the damage 2 reports quoting Iran's president 0 reports quoting a Saudi official
Scored without the mastheads. Where the two passes differ, both are kept.
Sources Welt
Centre-right estimate · not a score
Welt 🇩🇪DE · newspaper · independent „Die Huthi haben uns angerufen, und sie wollen nicht gegen uns kämpfen“ Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Welt → What we have measured Actor named The protests named as the cause of both the arrests and the injuries ×1Actor unnamed The party figure calling for a confidence vote is given only by title. ×1Age band without a share the winner's strength among the youngest voters is claimed with no percentage ×1Asserted flat The 'existential crisis' is stated as fact, not attributed to anyone. ×1 from 7442 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Welt
Centre-right estimate · not a score
Welt 🇩🇪DE · newspaper · independent „Wer keine Seemacht hat, der ist der Seemacht anderer Akteure ausgeliefert“ Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Welt → What we have measured Actor named The protests named as the cause of both the arrests and the injuries ×1Actor unnamed The party figure calling for a confidence vote is given only by title. ×1Age band without a share the winner's strength among the youngest voters is claimed with no percentage ×1Asserted flat The 'existential crisis' is stated as fact, not attributed to anyone. ×1 from 7442 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Le Figaro
Centre-right estimate · not a score
Le Figaro 🇫🇷FR · newspaper · independent Bab al-Mandab, Ormuz, oléoduc saoudien… Les «routes du pétrole» menacées par l’avancée Houthie Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Le Figaro → What we have measured Asserted, not attributed the capture of the strait and a "lightning offensive" are stated flat, with no source and no date ×1Asserted vs attributed The mayor's account and his opponents' charge are both attributed. ×1Asserted vs attributed The capture of the strait is stated flat, as settled background to a different story, with no source and no date for the claim. ×1Attacker identified by nationality in the headline ×1 from 7685 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Gazeta Wyborcza
Centre-left estimate · not a score
Gazeta Wyborcza 🇵🇱PL · newspaper · independent Iran otwiera drugi front na Morzu Czerwonym. Konsekwencje dla cen ropy mogą być dramatyczne Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Gazeta Wyborcza → What we have measured Actor named Russia is named as acting against the bridge, in active voice ×1Asserted cause Voters' reason for backing the AfD is stated flat as a fact about the mainstream parties. ×1Asserted, not attributed the three-year gain is stated as what the deal would have secured, with no source ×1Asserted versus attributed the link between the pardons and the US talks is stated flat in the headline ×1 from 1246 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Rzeczpospolita
Centre-right estimate · not a score
Rzeczpospolita 🇵🇱PL · newspaper · independent Arabia Saudyjska zamknęła rurociąg Wschód-Zachód. Ceny ropy znów mogą wystrzelić Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Rzeczpospolita → What we have measured Accountability The only report to say prosecutors are investigating ×1Asserted not attributed Hungary's need for more time is stated as fact, not as the government's claim ×1Claim asserted flat says EU law has never known such an offer, with no lawyer, official or text cited ×1Correction carried the correction is in the lede, attributed to Lithuania ×1 from 5701 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → L Libération
Left estimate · not a score
Libération 🇫🇷FR · digital · Arabie Saoudite : des images satellites révèlent l’attaque contre l’oléoduc permettant de contourner le détroit d’Ormuz Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Libération → What we have measured Accuracy of office Calls him mayor of the département, not the town. ×1Actor label The Houthis are called 'rebels' in the report's own voice. ×1Admission and denial split Separates what the MEP admits (removing the flag) from what she denies (trampling it). ×1Affiliation named links her to a French channel ×1 from 4074 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → D De Standaard
Centre estimate · not a score
De Standaard 🇧🇪BE · newspaper · independent Trump: “Houthi's willen niet met ons vechten” - Saoedi-Arabië legt getroffen oliepijplijn stil Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at De Standaard → What we have measured Actor named Russia is named as acting on the bridge, in active voice ×1Asserted vs attributed states sabotage flat, with no source ×1Asserted vs attributed states flat, with no source, that the officers were wrong to suspect him ×1Attribution The whole arrest is sourced second-hand to other media. ×1 from 4325 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → D De Telegraaf
Centre-right estimate · not a score
De Telegraaf 🇳🇱NL · newspaper · independent LIVE | Trump zegt dat Houthi’s de VS hebben gevraagd om niet in te grijpen in Jemen: ’Ze willen niet dat we achter ze aankomen’ Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at De Telegraaf → What we have measured Accused named the accused is named and aged, and his not-guilty plea is carried ×1Accused's voice carries the not-guilty plea and names the accused ×1Actor named Authorities named as the ones who made the arrests ×1Asserted vs attributed 'blackmail' stated flat, with no source and no named state that applied it ×1 from 10020 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Efimerida ton Syntakton
Left estimate · not a score
Efimerida ton Syntakton 🇬🇷GR · newspaper · independent Πώς οι Χούθι «εγκλωβίζουν» τη Σαουδική Αραβία και το πετρέλαιο: Η προέλαση στην Ερυθρά Θάλασσα μέσα σε λίγα 24ωρα Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Efimerida ton Syntakton → What we have measured Adjective without figure Calls the war bloody but gives no count ×1Anyone hurt named the only report we hold that names one of the dead ×1Anyone hurt named the only report we hold that names a person who died ×1Asserted not attributed Calls the move 'unprecedented' in its own voice ×1 from 8180 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Digi24
Centre estimate · not a score
Digi24 🇷🇴RO · TV/radio · independent Președintele Iranului, mesaj pentru SUA: Orientul Mijlociu „nu are nevoie de un jandarm”. Ce spune despre război Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Digi24 → What we have measured A judgement of the Union quoted in the headline the premier's verdict on the Union printed as the headline claim ×1Asserted vs attributed states flat, with no source, that the attackers were separate from the shepherds ×1Asserted vs attributed States flat that the document is fake; another report sources this to the Order's ambassador ×1Attributed, not asserted Russia's account of where the strike happened is given to the Kremlin, with the news agency chain named ×1 from 5389 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → HotNews.ro
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HotNews.ro 🇷🇴RO · digital · independent Orientul Mijlociu „n-are nevoie de un jandarm” american, spune preşedintele Iranului Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at HotNews.ro → What we have measured Accusation unanswered AUR's claim of a plan agreed between the president and PSD runs in the headline and lede. No reply from the president is carried. ×1Actor named Names the blocs that refuse any exemption ×1Anonymous sourcing The jamming device found in his car rests on unnamed judicial sources, relayed through a news agency. ×1Asserted not attributed the outcome is declared settled before voting opens ×1 from 4469 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times →

Claims and verdicts

unverified Iran was behind the attack on the Saudi East-West pipeline.
Only Trump's own attribution is on the record — Welt quotes him saying "probably they are behind it" — and Gazeta Wyborcza's headline asserts an Iranian second front without naming a source for the pipeline strike itself. Libération has Riyadh confirming the strikes on Friday evening but no report we hold carries a Saudi attribution or an Iranian claim of responsibility.
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Welt
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Welt 🇩🇪DE · newspaper · independent „Die Huthi haben uns angerufen, und sie wollen nicht gegen uns kämpfen“ Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Welt → What we have measured Actor named The protests named as the cause of both the arrests and the injuries ×1Actor unnamed The party figure calling for a confidence vote is given only by title. ×1Age band without a share the winner's strength among the youngest voters is claimed with no percentage ×1Asserted flat The 'existential crisis' is stated as fact, not attributed to anyone. ×1 from 7442 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Gazeta Wyborcza
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Gazeta Wyborcza 🇵🇱PL · newspaper · independent Iran otwiera drugi front na Morzu Czerwonym. Konsekwencje dla cen ropy mogą być dramatyczne Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Gazeta Wyborcza → What we have measured Actor named Russia is named as acting against the bridge, in active voice ×1Asserted cause Voters' reason for backing the AfD is stated flat as a fact about the mainstream parties. ×1Asserted, not attributed the three-year gain is stated as what the deal would have secured, with no source ×1Asserted versus attributed the link between the pardons and the US talks is stated flat in the headline ×1 from 1246 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → L Libération
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Libération 🇫🇷FR · digital · Arabie Saoudite : des images satellites révèlent l’attaque contre l’oléoduc permettant de contourner le détroit d’Ormuz Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Libération → What we have measured Accuracy of office Calls him mayor of the département, not the town. ×1Actor label The Houthis are called 'rebels' in the report's own voice. ×1Admission and denial split Separates what the MEP admits (removing the flag) from what she denies (trampling it). ×1Affiliation named links her to a French channel ×1 from 4074 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times →
true Saudi Arabia shut the East-West pipeline after the attack.
Rzeczpospolita reports the world's largest oil exporter temporarily closed the pipeline after a drone attack, and De Standaard's headline says the same. Libération adds that Riyadh confirmed the strikes on the line on Friday evening.
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Rzeczpospolita
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Rzeczpospolita 🇵🇱PL · newspaper · independent Arabia Saudyjska zamknęła rurociąg Wschód-Zachód. Ceny ropy znów mogą wystrzelić Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Rzeczpospolita → What we have measured Accountability The only report to say prosecutors are investigating ×1Asserted not attributed Hungary's need for more time is stated as fact, not as the government's claim ×1Claim asserted flat says EU law has never known such an offer, with no lawyer, official or text cited ×1Correction carried the correction is in the lede, attributed to Lithuania ×1 from 5701 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → D De Standaard
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De Standaard 🇧🇪BE · newspaper · independent Trump: “Houthi's willen niet met ons vechten” - Saoedi-Arabië legt getroffen oliepijplijn stil Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at De Standaard → What we have measured Actor named Russia is named as acting on the bridge, in active voice ×1Asserted vs attributed states sabotage flat, with no source ×1Asserted vs attributed states flat, with no source, that the officers were wrong to suspect him ×1Attribution The whole arrest is sourced second-hand to other media. ×1 from 4325 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → L Libération
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Libération 🇫🇷FR · digital · Arabie Saoudite : des images satellites révèlent l’attaque contre l’oléoduc permettant de contourner le détroit d’Ormuz Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Libération → What we have measured Accuracy of office Calls him mayor of the département, not the town. ×1Actor label The Houthis are called 'rebels' in the report's own voice. ×1Admission and denial split Separates what the MEP admits (removing the flag) from what she denies (trampling it). ×1Affiliation named links her to a French channel ×1 from 4074 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times →
unverified The Houthis contacted the United States to say they do not want to fight it.
Welt, De Telegraaf and De Standaard all carry this, but all three carry it as Trump's account of a call — one source, three mastheads. No report we hold has a Houthi statement or a second party to the call.
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Welt
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Welt 🇩🇪DE · newspaper · independent „Die Huthi haben uns angerufen, und sie wollen nicht gegen uns kämpfen“ Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Welt → What we have measured Actor named The protests named as the cause of both the arrests and the injuries ×1Actor unnamed The party figure calling for a confidence vote is given only by title. ×1Age band without a share the winner's strength among the youngest voters is claimed with no percentage ×1Asserted flat The 'existential crisis' is stated as fact, not attributed to anyone. ×1 from 7442 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → D De Telegraaf
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De Telegraaf 🇳🇱NL · newspaper · independent LIVE | Trump zegt dat Houthi’s de VS hebben gevraagd om niet in te grijpen in Jemen: ’Ze willen niet dat we achter ze aankomen’ Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at De Telegraaf → What we have measured Accused named the accused is named and aged, and his not-guilty plea is carried ×1Accused's voice carries the not-guilty plea and names the accused ×1Actor named Authorities named as the ones who made the arrests ×1Asserted vs attributed 'blackmail' stated flat, with no source and no named state that applied it ×1 from 10020 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → D De Standaard
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De Standaard 🇧🇪BE · newspaper · independent Trump: “Houthi's willen niet met ons vechten” - Saoedi-Arabië legt getroffen oliepijplijn stil Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at De Standaard → What we have measured Actor named Russia is named as acting on the bridge, in active voice ×1Asserted vs attributed states sabotage flat, with no source ×1Asserted vs attributed states flat, with no source, that the officers were wrong to suspect him ×1Attribution The whole arrest is sourced second-hand to other media. ×1 from 4325 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times →

Who wrote it

V Viorela Marin HotNews.ro
What the bias passes found in their reporting
Hedge before the finding the drone sighting marked as supposed×1
What the headline withholds the headline states the finding as a withheld answer — "not a drone, something else" — rather than saying birds×1
Claims we checked that rest on their reporting
2 true
From 323 reports we hold under this byline, at HotNews.ro. Two independent readings, each made without the masthead, a quote attached to every tag. A record, never a rating. Their full record →
A Amaury Coutansais-Pervinquière Le Figaro
What the bias passes found in their reporting
Who is named as acting Houthis named as the actor, in the active voice×1
Who is named as acting Houthis stated flat as having conquered the coast; no attribution, no hedge×1
From 22 reports we hold under this byline, at Le Figaro. Two independent readings, each made without the masthead, a quote attached to every tag. A record, never a rating. Their full record →
A Alicja Podskoczy Rzeczpospolita
What the bias passes found in their reporting
Correction carried the correction is in the lede, attributed to Lithuania×1
Headline claim headline marks the drone as alleged while keeping the NATO fighter as the flat fact×1
Headline hedge headline marks the drone as alleged before the body corrects it×1
What is resolved carries the correction in the same paragraph as the alarm, and names who corrected it×1
Claims we checked that rest on their reporting
1 disputed3 true
From 123 reports we hold under this byline, at Rzeczpospolita. Two independent readings, each made without the masthead, a quote attached to every tag. A record, never a rating. Their full record →
R Robert Stefanicki Gazeta Wyborcza
What the bias passes found in their reporting
Headline asserts what the body attributes Iran named as acting, flat, in the headline; the body says details are still arriving×1
What a headline claims the body does not carry a condemnation of the United States, in the future tense, sourced to an agency×1
What is stated versus expected a condemnation reported in the future tense, before the text×1
Who is named as acting headline asserts Iran as the actor with no source attached×1
Claims we checked that rest on their reporting
1 misleading1 unverified
From 54 reports we hold under this byline, at Gazeta Wyborcza. Two independent readings, each made without the masthead, a quote attached to every tag. A record, never a rating. Their full record →
Ș Ștefania Apostol Digi24
What the bias passes found in their reporting
Attribution the other side's position is attributed to another outlet×1
Framing chosen framed as a battle over money×1
Headline claim headline runs an official's line as its own, speaker unnamed until the body×1
Headline framing budget talks framed as a battle over money×1
Claims we checked that rest on their reporting
1 disputed4 unverified5 true
From 257 reports we hold under this byline, at Digi24. Two independent readings, each made without the masthead, a quote attached to every tag. A record, never a rating. Their full record →
J Jacques Pezet Libération
What the bias passes found in their reporting
Accuracy of office Calls him mayor of the département, not the town.×1
Admission and denial split Separates what the MEP admits (removing the flag) from what she denies (trampling it).×1
Asserted vs attributed States flat that the longer video shows the mayor preventing damage. The accusers are grouped as 'the far right', and no person or party is named.×1
Asserted vs attributed States as fact that the longer video shows him preventing damage.×1
Claims we checked that rest on their reporting
3 disputed2 unverified2 true
From 27 reports we hold under this byline, at Libération. Two independent readings, each made without the masthead, a quote attached to every tag. A record, never a rating. Their full record →
The bylines on the reports this story is built from. Hover one for what our passes have measured on their reporting. · 5 reports we hold carry no byline — we do not invent one.

Coverage, outlet by outlet

Welt
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Welt 🇩🇪DE · newspaper · independent „Die Huthi haben uns angerufen, und sie wollen nicht gegen uns kämpfen“ Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Welt → What we have measured Actor named The protests named as the cause of both the arrests and the injuries ×1Actor unnamed The party figure calling for a confidence vote is given only by title. ×1Age band without a share the winner's strength among the youngest voters is claimed with no percentage ×1Asserted flat The 'existential crisis' is stated as fact, not attributed to anyone. ×1 from 7442 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → — independent
The only report that names who Washington blames: Trump says of Tehran "probably they are behind it", and says the Houthis rang him on a direct line.
Der Iran ist nach Einschätzung von US-Präsident Donald Trump verantwortlich für den Angriff auf eine Ölpipeline in Saudi-Arabien. Auf die Frage von Reportern, ob er glaube, dass der Iran hinter dem Angriff stecke, sagte der Präsident: „Nun, ich glaube schon. Wahrscheinlich stecken sie dahinter. Wissen Sie, sie sind im Moment sehr angespannt. Aber ich glaube, sie sind es.“ Trump äußerte sich in Dublin (verlinkt auf https://www.welt.de/politik/ausland/article6aa53249579bc99aee516b8b/wird-ohnehin-passieren-trump-spricht-sich-fuer-wiedervereinigung-von-irland-und-nordirland-aus.html) , wo er mit i
Attribution of the attack: blame hedged and attributed to Trump, who is the only named source — “„Wahrscheinlich stecken sie dahinter“: US-Präsident Donald Trump schiebt Teheran die Schuld für den Angriff auf eine saudische Pipeline zu.”
Attribution of the attack: blame is quoted and hedged inside the quote — “„Wahrscheinlich stecken sie dahinter“: US-Präsident Donald Trump schiebt Teheran die Schuld für den Angriff auf eine saudische Pipeline zu.”
Read it at Welt → https://www.welt.de/politik/article6aa5414fcdb463e19b9344e4/trump-zu-an…
Welt
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Welt 🇩🇪DE · newspaper · independent „Wer keine Seemacht hat, der ist der Seemacht anderer Akteure ausgeliefert“ Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Welt → What we have measured Actor named The protests named as the cause of both the arrests and the injuries ×1Actor unnamed The party figure calling for a confidence vote is given only by title. ×1Age band without a share the winner's strength among the youngest voters is claimed with no percentage ×1Asserted flat The 'existential crisis' is stated as fact, not attributed to anyone. ×1 from 7442 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → — independent
The only report costing the detour: freighters avoiding Bab al-Mandab are going round the Cape of Good Hope again, and a security analyst is asked what that does to Europe.
Wegen der Huthi-Aktivitäten an der Meerenge Bab al-Mandab weichen Frachter erneut um das Kap der Guten Hoffnung aus. Sicherheitsexperte Marcel Kolb spricht über die wirtschaftlichen Folgen für Europa.
Read it at Welt → https://www.welt.de/politik/ausland/video6aa545dc573e8e0d8ccb298c/huthi…
HotNews.ro
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HotNews.ro 🇷🇴RO · digital · independent Orientul Mijlociu „n-are nevoie de un jandarm” american, spune preşedintele Iranului Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at HotNews.ro → What we have measured Accusation unanswered AUR's claim of a plan agreed between the president and PSD runs in the headline and lede. No reply from the president is carried. ×1Actor named Names the blocs that refuse any exemption ×1Anonymous sourcing The jamming device found in his car rests on unnamed judicial sources, relayed through a news agency. ×1Asserted not attributed the outcome is declared settled before voting opens ×1 from 4469 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → — independent
Runs the same AFP dispatch as Digi24 two hours later with the quote extended: the region's security can be guaranteed only by the region's own actors.
Președintele iranian Masoud Pezeshkian. Credit line: AA/ABACA / Abaca Press / Profimedia Actualitate Orientul Mijlociu „n-are nevoie de un jandarm” american, spune preşedintele Iranului Viorela Marin Publicat 12.09.2026 15:44 · Actualizat 12.09.2026 15:44 Adaugă-ne ca sursă preferată în Google Urmărește-ne în Google Discover Orientul Mijlociu „nu are nevoie de un jandarm”, a declarat sâmbătă preşedintele iranian Masoud Pezeshkian, referindu-se la Statele Unite, cu care Iranul se află în război, în special pentru controlul asupra strategicei strâmtori Ormuz, scrie AFP. „Nu avem nevoie de un jan
Read it at HotNews.ro → https://hotnews.ro/orientul-mijlociu-n-are-nevoie-de-un-jandarm-america…
Le Figaro
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Le Figaro 🇫🇷FR · newspaper · independent Bab al-Mandab, Ormuz, oléoduc saoudien… Les «routes du pétrole» menacées par l’avancée Houthie Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Le Figaro → What we have measured Asserted, not attributed the capture of the strait and a "lightning offensive" are stated flat, with no source and no date ×1Asserted vs attributed The mayor's account and his opponents' charge are both attributed. ×1Asserted vs attributed The capture of the strait is stated flat, as settled background to a different story, with no source and no date for the claim. ×1Attacker identified by nationality in the headline ×1 from 7685 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → — independent
The only report that maps it, and the one that credits the Yemeni rebels — flat, unattributed — with taking the Red Sea coast after declaring a blockade of Saudi shipping.
En quelques jours, les Houthis ont conquis la côte yéménite de la mer Rouge et, partant, acquis un contrôle de fait sur le détroit de Bab al-Mandab, l’un des quatre principaux passages maritimes mondiaux pour les pétroliers. Jeudi, le prix du baril atteignait déjà 106 dollars. Il pourrait encore augmenter si le groupe rebelle, soutenu par l’Iran, accentuait sa pression sur cette voie maritime, par laquelle transitent 10% du commerce maritime mondial. Plus largement, «plus de 40% du commerce entre le Vieux Continent et l’Asie transite par la mer Rouge», soulignait un rapport du Sénat publié en
Who is named as acting: Houthis stated flat as having conquered the coast; no attribution, no hedge — “En quelques jours, les rebelles yéménites ont conquis la côte de la mer Rouge après avoir déclaré le blocus des navires saoudiens.”
Who is named as acting: Houthis named as the actor, in the active voice — “les rebelles yéménites ont conquis la côte de la mer Rouge après avoir déclaré le blocus des navires saoudiens”
Read it at Le Figaro → https://www.lefigaro.fr/international/bab-al-mandab-ormuz-oleoduc-saoud…
D De Standaard
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De Standaard 🇧🇪BE · newspaper · independent Trump: “Houthi's willen niet met ons vechten” - Saoedi-Arabië legt getroffen oliepijplijn stil Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at De Standaard → What we have measured Actor named Russia is named as acting on the bridge, in active voice ×1Asserted vs attributed states sabotage flat, with no source ×1Asserted vs attributed states flat, with no source, that the officers were wrong to suspect him ×1Attribution The whole arrest is sourced second-hand to other media. ×1 from 4325 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → — independent
Puts the closure and Trump's account of the Houthi call in one headline; the rest is a running feed.
Read it at De Standaard → https://www.standaard.be/buitenland/trump-houthis-willen-niet-met-ons-v…
Rzeczpospolita
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Rzeczpospolita 🇵🇱PL · newspaper · independent Arabia Saudyjska zamknęła rurociąg Wschód-Zachód. Ceny ropy znów mogą wystrzelić Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Rzeczpospolita → What we have measured Accountability The only report to say prosecutors are investigating ×1Asserted not attributed Hungary's need for more time is stated as fact, not as the government's claim ×1Claim asserted flat says EU law has never known such an offer, with no lawyer, official or text cited ×1Correction carried the correction is in the lede, attributed to Lithuania ×1 from 5701 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → — independent
The only report with a price — oil back above 100 dollars a barrel — and the only one with a national reassurance: Orlen said on Saturday that supply to Poland is not at risk. It names no attacker, only drones.
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Who is named as acting: no actor named: the pipeline closes after a drone attack that nobody is said to have carried out — “Arabia Saudyjska, największy na świecie eksporter ropy naftowej, tymczasowo zamknęła kluczowy rurociąg Wschód-Zachód po ataku dronów.”
Who is named as acting: attack has no actor named; only the weapon — “tymczasowo zamknęła kluczowy rurociąg Wschód-Zachód po ataku dronów”
Read it at Rzeczpospolita → https://energia.rp.pl/ropa/art45131011-arabia-saudyjska-zamknela-ruroci…
D De Telegraaf
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De Telegraaf 🇳🇱NL · newspaper · independent LIVE | Trump zegt dat Houthi’s de VS hebben gevraagd om niet in te grijpen in Jemen: ’Ze willen niet dat we achter ze aankomen’ Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at De Telegraaf → What we have measured Accused named the accused is named and aged, and his not-guilty plea is carried ×1Accused's voice carries the not-guilty plea and names the accused ×1Actor named Authorities named as the ones who made the arrests ×1Asserted vs attributed 'blackmail' stated flat, with no source and no named state that applied it ×1 from 10020 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → — independent
Adds the frame the others leave out — that the Iran-United States peace talks are themselves in doubt.
De vredesonderhandelingen tussen Iran en de Verenigde Staten staan op losse schroeven en de onrust in het Midden-Oosten neemt toe. Volg de laatste ontwikkelingen in de regio in ons liveblog.
Read it at De Telegraaf → https://www.telegraaf.nl/buitenland/live-trump-zegt-dat-houthis-de-vs-h…
Gazeta Wyborcza
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Gazeta Wyborcza 🇵🇱PL · newspaper · independent Iran otwiera drugi front na Morzu Czerwonym. Konsekwencje dla cen ropy mogą być dramatyczne Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Gazeta Wyborcza → What we have measured Actor named Russia is named as acting against the bridge, in active voice ×1Asserted cause Voters' reason for backing the AfD is stated flat as a fact about the mainstream parties. ×1Asserted, not attributed the three-year gain is stated as what the deal would have secured, with no source ×1Asserted versus attributed the link between the pardons and the US talks is stated flat in the headline ×1 from 1246 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → — independent
The only report saying Trump refused to intervene, and the only one putting Iran in the headline as opening a second front, with no source attached.
Z Bliskiego Wschodu napływają kolejne szczegóły ofensywy Huti i ataku na saudyjski rurociąg. Wynika z nich, że Trump odmówił interwencji.
Headline asserts what the body attributes: Iran named as acting, flat, in the headline; the body says details are still arriving — “Iran otwiera drugi front na Morzu Czerwonym.”
Who is named as acting: headline asserts Iran as the actor with no source attached — “Iran otwiera drugi front na Morzu Czerwonym.”
Read it at Gazeta Wyborcza → https://wyborcza.pl/7,75399,33019732,iran-otwiera-drugi-front-na-morzu-…
Digi24
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Digi24 🇷🇴RO · TV/radio · independent Președintele Iranului, mesaj pentru SUA: Orientul Mijlociu „nu are nevoie de un jandarm”. Ce spune despre război Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Digi24 → What we have measured A judgement of the Union quoted in the headline the premier's verdict on the Union printed as the headline claim ×1Asserted vs attributed states flat, with no source, that the attackers were separate from the shepherds ×1Asserted vs attributed States flat that the document is fake; another report sources this to the Order's ambassador ×1Attributed, not asserted Russia's account of where the strike happened is given to the Kremlin, with the news agency chain named ×1 from 5389 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → — independent
The only voice from Tehran: President Masoud Pezeshkian says the Middle East "does not need a policeman", and that peace remains Iran's priority.
Președintele Iranului, mesaj pentru SUA: Orientul Mijlociu „nu are nevoie de un jandarm”. Ce spune despre război Data publicării: 12.09.2026 13:48 Masoud Pezeshkian. Foto: Profimedia Urmărește Digi24 în Google Discover Adaugă Digi24 ca sursă preferată în Google Președintele iranian Masoud Pezeshkian a declarat sâmbătă că Orientul Mijlociu „nu are nevoie de un jandarm”, cu referire la Statele Unite, în contextul războiului dintre Iran și SUA și al disputei pentru controlul asupra Strâmtorii Ormuz. Liderul de la Teheran a susținut că pacea rămâne prioritatea țării sale, în timp ce blocada contin
Whose voice is quoted: Iran's president quoted directly and at length; no Saudi or US voice answers him in the piece — “Președintele iranian Masoud Pezeshkian a declarat sâmbătă că Orientul Mijlociu „nu are nevoie de un jandarm”, cu referire la Statele Unite”
Whose voice is quoted: the only report that quotes Tehran's own president at length — “Președintele iranian Masoud Pezeshkian a declarat sâmbătă că Orientul Mijlociu „nu are nevoie de un jandarm””
Read it at Digi24 → https://www.digi24.ro/stiri/externe/presedintele-iranului-mesaj-pentru-…
Efimerida ton Syntakton
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Efimerida ton Syntakton 🇬🇷GR · newspaper · independent Πώς οι Χούθι «εγκλωβίζουν» τη Σαουδική Αραβία και το πετρέλαιο: Η προέλαση στην Ερυθρά Θάλασσα μέσα σε λίγα 24ωρα Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Efimerida ton Syntakton → What we have measured Adjective without figure Calls the war bloody but gives no count ×1Anyone hurt named the only report we hold that names one of the dead ×1Anyone hurt named the only report we hold that names a person who died ×1Asserted not attributed Calls the move 'unprecedented' in its own voice ×1 from 8180 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → — independent
The only report that separates the two chokepoints: Iran at Hormuz, the Yemeni rebels at Bab el-Mandeb, with the energy trade caught between them.
ΜΕΣΗ ΑΝΑΤΟΛΗ Πώς οι Χούθι «εγκλωβίζουν» τη Σαουδική Αραβία και το πετρέλαιο: Η προέλαση στην Ερυθρά Θάλασσα μέσα σε λίγα 24ωρα Μεταξύ σφύρας και άκμονος το εμπόριο της ενέργειας • Το Ιράν στα Στενά του Ορμούζ, οι αντάρτες της Υεμένης στο στενό Μπαμπ ελ Μάντεμπ This image taken from undated video released by the Houthi-run Al-Masirah television channel on Saturday, Sept. 12, 2026, shows Houthi fighters chanting and raising rifles atop a military vehicle in Dhubab district, Taiz province, Yemen, according to the channel. (Al-Masirah TV via AP) 12 Σεπτεμβρίου 2026, 13:42 efsyn.gr Μοιράσου στο fac
Read it at Efimerida ton Syntakton → https://www.efsyn.gr/kosmos/1465708/pos-oi-hoythi-egklovizoyn-ti-saoydi…
L Libération
Left estimate · not a score
Libération 🇫🇷FR · digital · Arabie Saoudite : des images satellites révèlent l’attaque contre l’oléoduc permettant de contourner le détroit d’Ormuz Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Libération → What we have measured Accuracy of office Calls him mayor of the département, not the town. ×1Actor label The Houthis are called 'rebels' in the report's own voice. ×1Admission and denial split Separates what the MEP admits (removing the flag) from what she denies (trampling it). ×1Affiliation named links her to a French channel ×1 from 4074 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → —
The only report resting on physical evidence: a plume of smoke nearly 100 kilometres long and thermal anomalies south of Medina, seen from the sky, with Riyadh confirming the strikes on Friday evening.
Au sud de Médine, un panache de fumée de près de 100 kilomètres et des anomalies thermiques ont été détectés depuis le ciel. Les frappes visant le pipeline ont été confirmées vendredi soir par Riyad.
Measure chosen: physical evidence measured in kilometres of smoke; the attacker is never named — “Au sud de Médine, un panache de fumée de près de 100 kilomètres et des anomalies thermiques ont été détectés depuis le ciel.”
What is dated and sourced: strike attributed to satellite imagery and to Riyadh, with a day — “Les frappes visant le pipeline ont été confirmées vendredi soir par Riyad.”
Read it at Libération → https://www.liberation.fr/checknews/arabie-saoudite-des-images-satellit…
Checked, didn’t cover
P Público
Centre-left estimate · not a score
Público 🇵🇹PT · newspaper · independent No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Anyone hurt The only report carrying casualties gives a count and no names ×1Asserted or attributed the Saudi account arrives as a confirmation, not a claim ×1Casualties stated flat, unnamed the same two deaths are stated without source and without who killed them ×1Flat context The same Iran link is stated flat, with no source ×1 from 3295 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Deník N
Centre-left estimate · not a score
Deník N 🇨🇿CZ · newspaper · independent No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Actor named The headline names speculators as the actors who evicted a grandmother, stated flat. ×1Asserted, and a government judged A wave of Russian state terrorism is stated as fact and Germany is rated on its response; the piece is labelled a comment ×1Asserted, not attributed Washington's refusal and its reasoning stated flat, with no source ×1Assessment stated flat Says in its own voice, with no source, that Russian air defence worked well. ×1 from 1266 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → El Mundo
Centre-right estimate · not a score
El Mundo 🇪🇸ES · newspaper · independent No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Actor named The dispute is between named Spanish officials over who was warned. There is no figure of Moroccan personnel. ×1Actor named The dispute is between named officials, and the report carries no figure. ×1Asserted, not attributed defiance of a named president is stated flat as what the meeting was ×1Asserted not attributed States Moscow's own reason, retaliation, as fact ×1 from 4700 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Brussels Signal
Right estimate · not a score
Brussels Signal 🇧🇪BE · digital · independent No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Asserted vs attributed cause and effect on services asserted in the reporter's voice, no figure attached ×1Asserted vs attributed States record diesel prices flat, with no source; another report says there is no shortage ×1Asserted vs attributed The figure of 72 is stated flat, with no named source or document. The report's own inference is 'significant infiltration'. ×1Asserted vs attributed record diesel prices stated flat, with no figure and no source ×1 from 674 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Dagens Nyheter
Centre-left estimate · not a score
Dagens Nyheter 🇸🇪SE · newspaper · independent No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Accused label flat accused is labelled far-right without attribution, and not named ×1Affected counted Only report to count the residents affected ×1Asserted or attributed the majority stated flat, with nobody credited for the count ×1Asserted or attributed the demand is written as the report's own flat sentence before it is attributed to anyone ×1 from 3487 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Der Standard
Centre-left estimate · not a score
Der Standard 🇦🇹AT · newspaper · independent No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Actor named NATO is named as acting; it 'foiled' the manoeuvre ×1Actor named dead uncounted The US is named as the attacker and stated flat, but the dead schoolchildren are neither counted nor named ×1Actors left unnamed the three requesting states are counted, never named ×1Aim attributed and quoted the stated aim is in quotation marks and marked as the service's account ×1 from 7330 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Observador
Centre-right estimate · not a score
Observador 🇵🇹PT · digital · independent No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Accusation attributed The fuel retailers' charge is attributed, 'accuses'. No government response is carried. ×1Affected person unnamed the woman is not named, and no cause of the eviction is given ×1Analyst verdict as headline one commentator's judgement on European mood is the headline ×1Asserted or attributed the charge against two foreign states is carried as the prime minister's view, not the report's ×1 from 9741 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Telex
Centre estimate · not a score
Telex 🇭🇺HU · digital · independent No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Actor framed as giving The headline makes the government the actor, and what it does is support drivers. ×1Actor named NATO is named as acting; it 'chased them off' ×1Adopted term Uses the government's own phrase 'targeted support' without quotation marks ×1Asserted vs attributed 'under cover of night' attributed to Mária Schmidt, with the ministry's 8pm set beside it ×1 from 3231 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Frankfurter Allgemeine
Centre-right estimate · not a score
Frankfurter Allgemeine 🇩🇪DE · newspaper · independent No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Actor label The Houthis are called a militia and are cast only as the threat ships need protecting from. ×1With no actor named critics 'After criticism', with no one named as the critic. ×1Anyone hurt counted gives an injury figure, attributed to the ministry, but does not say who was hurt or by whom ×1Asserted flat the report judges the offer vague in its own voice, unattributed ×1 from 8701 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Magyar Nemzet
State / loyalist estimate · not a score
Magyar Nemzet 🇭🇺HU · newspaper · party-aligned No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Accusers named as participants The headline names two current accusers as having taken part in the concession. ×1Aside aimed at one figure the handover is framed as reading homework for the opposition leader who asked for it ×1Asserted, not attributed The motive is stated in the report's own voice, hedged only by a rhetorical formula rather than by a source. ×1Asserted not attributed a contested motive is the entire lede, with no source for it ×1 from 2932 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Politico Europe
Centre estimate · not a score
Politico Europe 🇧🇪BE · digital · independent No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Actor named vaguely The opponents are 'other capitals', with no country named ×1With no actor named accusation The coup accusation is in the passive; the accuser is not named ×1Asserted vs attributed The contradiction is stated as fact by the report, sourced only to unspecified official notes ×1Asserted vs attributed the stall stated flat in the headline, with Athens named as the actor that rejected ×1 from 1192 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → iDNES.cz / MF DNES
Centre-right estimate · not a score
iDNES.cz / MF DNES 🇨🇿CZ · newspaper · independent No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Asserted vs attributed The cause and the forecast are both attributed to the bank's own statement ×1Asserted vs attributed The headline attributes the charge that Putin ordered the rules of war dropped to Zelensky ×1Attributed The facts are attributed to the Polish army in the lead sentence ×1Attributed the bridge damage is sourced to Kyiv's mayor on Telegram ×1 from 4739 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → NOS
Centre estimate · not a score
NOS 🇳🇱NL · public broadcaster · public-service No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Actor label The backers are labelled politically; the opponents, all other major parties, get no label ×1Actor named Names the Supreme Court as the court that withdrew the warrant. ×1Actor named and attributed Construction workers are named as having damaged a cable by accident, and the report attributes this to the aviation regulator. ×1Actor named, in passive Israeli airstrikes are named as what destroyed the building, but the sentence puts the building first ×1 from 2340 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Svenska Dagbladet
Centre-right estimate · not a score
Svenska Dagbladet 🇸🇪SE · newspaper · independent No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Attributed context The Iran link is hedged and credited to another newspaper ×1Hedged context Base's use for strikes on Iran is hedged and attributed to another paper ×1Hedged or flat a directional claim about the race stated flat, with no poll figure behind it ×1Loss stated flat, size not given a large loss asserted with no figure, and a coalition demand named in the same line ×1 from 3297 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times →
Silence is recorded, not inferred — each of these was read when we built this story and carried nothing on this event.
We could not read these
ABC
Centre-right estimate · not a score
ABC 🇪🇸ES · newspaper · independent No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Figure chosen 80,000, stated flat and unsourced; every other report we hold says about 70,000 ×1Figure chosen 80,000 crossed, stated flat, no source for the number ×1How hard the claim is stated Calls it an invasion in the outlet's own voice, unattributed, inside a sentence about the judge. ×1Which figure is used same two days, no figure at all: thousands ×1 from 225 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Corriere della Sera
Centre estimate · not a score
Corriere della Sera 🇮🇹IT · newspaper · independent No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Nothing scored yet. We do not carry a rating for any outlet — only what we have measured from published text. Outlet profile in The AI Times → Kathimerini
Centre-right estimate · not a score
Kathimerini 🇬🇷GR · newspaper · independent No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Anyone hurt counted, not named the same first witness, identified by his job and as one of 57 ×1What is counted the only report that counts how many defendants actually turned up ×1Whose voice is quoted the only defendant's words we hold, three words, unrebutted and unexplained ×1Word for the event rail accident, and without the article, further loosening it from the case ×1 from 115 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Le Soir
Centre-left estimate · not a score
Le Soir 🇧🇪BE · newspaper · independent No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Nothing scored yet. We do not carry a rating for any outlet — only what we have measured from published text. Outlet profile in The AI Times → Die Presse
Centre-right estimate · not a score
Die Presse 🇦🇹AT · newspaper · independent No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Who is named as acting Calls the party right and its people the far right in the outlet's own voice; three reports use only its name. ×1 from 70 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Il Giornale
Right estimate · not a score
Il Giornale 🇮🇹IT · newspaper · independent No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Nothing scored yet. We do not carry a rating for any outlet — only what we have measured from published text. Outlet profile in The AI Times → Euractiv
Centre estimate · not a score
Euractiv 🇧🇪BE · digital · independent No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Measure chosen the only report we hold that breaks the result down by voters' age ×1Measure chosen the only report we hold that publishes how the age groups split ×1Which figure is used about 80,000 stated flat and unsourced — an order of magnitude above every other figure we hold ×1Which figure is used Puts 80,000 across the border in two days with no source for the figure and nobody attributed for it. ×1 from 41 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Le Monde
Centre-left estimate · not a score
Le Monde 🇫🇷FR · newspaper · independent No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Anyone hurt named or counted the only death toll we hold; a round number, hedged, nobody named ×1Anyone hurt named or counted the only report we hold that gives a death toll; it counts, does not name ×1Who says the label flat in the headline, no source, no hedge ×1 from 42 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → El País
Centre-left estimate · not a score
El País 🇪🇸ES · newspaper · independent No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Figure chosen more than 70,000 crossed, the higher figure not mentioned ×1Word for the event invasion, in quote marks and put in a party leader's mouth ×1Word for the event, attributed same word, but in quotation marks and inside a politician's accusation ×1 from 144 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → la Repubblica
Centre-left estimate · not a score
la Repubblica 🇮🇹IT · newspaper · independent No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Nothing scored yet. We do not carry a rating for any outlet — only what we have measured from published text. Outlet profile in The AI Times → Süddeutsche Zeitung
Centre-left estimate · not a score
Süddeutsche Zeitung 🇩🇪DE · newspaper · independent No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Hedged or stated states flat that police do not know whether the person seen is the man they want ×1Suspect identified how age and home town only, and the sabotage is what police attribute, not what the report asserts ×1 from 257 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times →
These are must-cite outlets for this desk that we did not manage to read when we built this story. That is a gap in our reach, not a silence on their part, and it is not evidence of anything about this story.

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