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Welt's Keilani calls the Koçak case the 'tip of the iceberg'; taz asks what is true in the charges, and Der Freitag says it is chat messages, not money

Die Linke won Berlin's election. The SPD must now decide whether to govern with it. Four reports from three outlets disagree on how heavily the accusations against the Linke MP Ferat Koçak should count in that choice. None of them quotes the party.

Was ein Skandal um einen Bordellbetreiber im Jahr 1985 über den Fall Ferat Koçak lehrt
Was ein Skandal um einen Bordellbetreiber im Jahr 1985 über den Fall Ferat Koçak lehrt as published by Der Freitag · seen at Der Freitag
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The charge. Fatina Keilani, an opinion editor at Welt, calls the Ferat Koçak case the "Spitze des Eisbergs". She says Die Linke is deeply tied to the Islamist milieu. As Welt quotes her, her evidence is this: "Ich habe mit Leuten von der Polizei gesprochen." She names no officer.

The test. taz asks "Was dran ist an den Vorwürfen". It says the accusations concern antisemitism and contacts with criminals. Der Freitag says the Koçak case turns on Instagram messages with Firas Remmo, "nicht um Geldflüsse". It compares the case with a 1985 CDU bribery scandal in West Berlin, which it calls a "viel engere" tie.

The coalition. A guest author from the Hamburg SPD writes in Welt that the SPD "mit dieser Linken nicht koalieren darf". taz reports a growing number of SPD voices for red-green-red, now including members of the Bundestag. The text we hold names none of them.

Outlet On the charges On a coalition
Welt, Keilani "Spitze des Eisbergs" —
Welt, SPD guest author the SPD stands against "Menschenfeindlichkeit" must not happen
taz asks what is true in them SPD voices for it; a national left majority is "Ein Fiebertraum"
Der Freitag messages, not money —

What is not settled. We do not know what the messages said. We do not know who is making the charges: two taz reports mention "heftige Vorwürfe" and "heftigen Widerstand" and name no one behind them. We do not know whether the SPD will agree to the coalition. No report we hold quotes Die Linke or Koçak. We hold only the opening lines of the two Welt pieces.

What this is about: whether the Social Democrats (SPD) will form a government in Berlin with Die Linke, the party that won the city's election, while accusations against one Linke politician hang over the talks.

How it got here. Berlin is a city and also one of Germany's sixteen federal states. Its parliament, the Abgeordnetenhaus, elects the governing mayor, so the largest party usually needs partners to govern. From 2016 the SPD, the Greens and Die Linke ran the city together. Germans call this "red-green-red", after the parties' colours. The 2021 Berlin election was badly run, and a court ordered it re-held. After the re-run in 2023, the SPD left that alliance and went into coalition as the junior partner of the Christian Democrats (CDU), under mayor Kai Wegner. In the new election, reported this week, Die Linke came first. Its result makes red-green-red possible again, but only if the SPD agrees.

The actors. Die Linke is a left-wing party. It grew out of the former East German ruling party and a western breakaway from the SPD. Ferat Koçak is a Linke politician from the Berlin district of Neukölln. According to Der Freitag, he is under pressure over a chat with Firas Remmo. Remmo is the surname of a large Berlin family, some of whose members have been convicted in high-profile criminal cases. The SPD has to choose between a coalition led from its left and the alternatives, and its members are split. Welt belongs to Axel Springer. taz and Der Freitag are papers of the left.

What is at stake. A Linke-led government would be the first in a western German capital with Die Linke in charge. If the SPD agrees, it becomes a model the national party has to answer for. If it refuses, it must explain why it is walking away from the largest party.

Where it stands. No coalition has been agreed. None of the reports we hold says whether talks have begun.

What is being argued about

  • How heavily the Koçak accusations should weigh, and what they actually involve
  • Whether the SPD should govern Berlin with Die Linke
  • Charges reported with no accuser named
  • Whether a left majority is conceivable nationally
Four reports, four readings of the Koçak caseSide by side
OutletWhat it saidWho stands behind the claim
Welt (Fatina Keilani, opinion)The Koçak case is the "Spitze des Eisbergs"; the party is tied to the Islamist milieuUnnamed police contacts
Welt (Hamburg SPD guest author, opinion)The SPD "mit dieser Linken nicht koalieren darf"The author, named by party branch only
tazAsks what is true in the charges: antisemitism and contacts with criminalsNo accuser named
Der FreitagInstagram messages with Firas Remmo, "nicht um Geldflüsse"; a 1985 CDU case was a "viel engere" tieIts own account of the case
We hold only the opening lines of the two Welt pieces. No report we hold quotes Die Linke or Ferat Koçak.
Sources Welt
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Welt 🇩🇪DE · newspaper · independent „Wenn die ihre fragwürdigen islamistischen Mitglieder ausschließen würde, wäre das nur Kosmetik“ 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
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Welt 🇩🇪DE · newspaper · independent Warum meine SPD mit dieser Linken nicht koalieren darf 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 → t taz
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taz 🇩🇪DE · digital · Debatte nach Wahlsieg: Was dran ist an den Vorwürfen gegen die Linke Berlin Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at taz → What we have measured Actor named names both coalition parties as the sides of the conflict ×1Actor named Makes the Constitutional Court the actor that overturned the Supreme Court's argument. ×1With no actor named critics The pressure comes from 'the internet', with no critic named. ×1Asserted in the outlet's voice a motive assigned to an entire electorate, no source and no evidence ×1 from 2718 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → D Der Freitag
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Der Freitag 🇩🇪DE · digital · Was ein Skandal um einen Bordellbetreiber im Jahr 1985 über den Fall Ferat Koçak lehrt Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Der Freitag → What we have measured Accusation with no accuser an antisemitism charge is said to weigh on a coalition; who makes it is not named ×1Accusation without an accuser an antisemitism charge carried as a weight on the coalition, nobody named as making it ×1Actor named Names police and an investor as acting. ×1Actor named It names both actors, the investor and the police, in the active voice. It also states flatly that the rent was always paid. ×1 from 625 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times →
The bias in this coverageBias

Charges without named accusers

Two reports describe accusations or resistance but do not say who is making them. One opinion piece rests a claim about the whole party on unnamed police contacts. One report sets out to test the charges, and it names antisemitism and contacts with criminals.

2 reports naming no one behind the charges 1 reports resting on unnamed sources 1 reports testing the charges 7 reports in the set

Argued, tested or put in context

Two opinion pieces argue against the party or against a coalition with it. One report compares the case with a 1985 CDU bribery scandal and calls the older case the closer tie. The ledes quote no one from the party itself.

2 opinion pieces arguing against 1 reports comparing it with the CDU 0 reports quoting the party
Scored without the mastheads. Where the two passes differ, both are kept.
Sources Welt
Centre-right estimate · not a score
Welt 🇩🇪DE · newspaper · independent „Wenn die ihre fragwürdigen islamistischen Mitglieder ausschließen würde, wäre das nur Kosmetik“ 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 Warum meine SPD mit dieser Linken nicht koalieren darf 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 → t taz
Left estimate · not a score
taz 🇩🇪DE · digital · Debatte nach Wahlsieg: Was dran ist an den Vorwürfen gegen die Linke Berlin Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at taz → What we have measured Actor named names both coalition parties as the sides of the conflict ×1Actor named Makes the Constitutional Court the actor that overturned the Supreme Court's argument. ×1With no actor named critics The pressure comes from 'the internet', with no critic named. ×1Asserted in the outlet's voice a motive assigned to an entire electorate, no source and no evidence ×1 from 2718 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → t taz
Left estimate · not a score
taz 🇩🇪DE · digital · Trend zum Linksbündnis in Berlin: SPD-„Ahnengalerie des Abstiegs“ bekommt Gegenwind Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at taz → What we have measured Actor named names both coalition parties as the sides of the conflict ×1Actor named Makes the Constitutional Court the actor that overturned the Supreme Court's argument. ×1With no actor named critics The pressure comes from 'the internet', with no critic named. ×1Asserted in the outlet's voice a motive assigned to an entire electorate, no source and no evidence ×1 from 2718 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → t taz
Left estimate · not a score
taz 🇩🇪DE · digital · Linke Mehrheiten im Bund: Ein Fiebertraum in Rot-Grün-Rot Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at taz → What we have measured Actor named names both coalition parties as the sides of the conflict ×1Actor named Makes the Constitutional Court the actor that overturned the Supreme Court's argument. ×1With no actor named critics The pressure comes from 'the internet', with no critic named. ×1Asserted in the outlet's voice a motive assigned to an entire electorate, no source and no evidence ×1 from 2718 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → D Der Freitag
Left estimate · not a score
Der Freitag 🇩🇪DE · digital · Was ein Skandal um einen Bordellbetreiber im Jahr 1985 über den Fall Ferat Koçak lehrt Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Der Freitag → What we have measured Accusation with no accuser an antisemitism charge is said to weigh on a coalition; who makes it is not named ×1Accusation without an accuser an antisemitism charge carried as a weight on the coalition, nobody named as making it ×1Actor named Names police and an investor as acting. ×1Actor named It names both actors, the investor and the police, in the active voice. It also states flatly that the rent was always paid. ×1 from 625 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → t taz
Left estimate · not a score
taz 🇩🇪DE · digital · Verleihung des Axel-Springer-Awards: Peter Thiel, der Linkenversteher Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at taz → What we have measured Actor named names both coalition parties as the sides of the conflict ×1Actor named Makes the Constitutional Court the actor that overturned the Supreme Court's argument. ×1With no actor named critics The pressure comes from 'the internet', with no critic named. ×1Asserted in the outlet's voice a motive assigned to an entire electorate, no source and no evidence ×1 from 2718 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times →

Claims and verdicts

unverified Die Linke in Berlin is deeply entangled with the Islamist milieu, and the Koçak case is only the tip of the iceberg.
This is the view of Welt editor Fatina Keilani, who cites unnamed police sources, and no other report we hold carries it. The taz report that examines the accusations says they concern antisemitism and contacts with criminals, and its text as we hold it makes no finding.
Checked against 2 sources:
Welt
Centre-right estimate · not a score
Welt 🇩🇪DE · newspaper · independent „Wenn die ihre fragwürdigen islamistischen Mitglieder ausschließen würde, wäre das nur Kosmetik“ 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 → t taz
Left estimate · not a score
taz 🇩🇪DE · digital · Debatte nach Wahlsieg: Was dran ist an den Vorwürfen gegen die Linke Berlin Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at taz → What we have measured Actor named names both coalition parties as the sides of the conflict ×1Actor named Makes the Constitutional Court the actor that overturned the Supreme Court's argument. ×1With no actor named critics The pressure comes from 'the internet', with no critic named. ×1Asserted in the outlet's voice a motive assigned to an entire electorate, no source and no evidence ×1 from 2718 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times →
unverified The Koçak case is about Instagram direct messages with Firas Remmo, not about money changing hands.
Only Der Freitag describes what the case involves, and no other report we hold says what the chat contained. taz refers only to accusations of 'contacts with criminals'.
Checked against 2 sources:
D Der Freitag
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Der Freitag 🇩🇪DE · digital · Was ein Skandal um einen Bordellbetreiber im Jahr 1985 über den Fall Ferat Koçak lehrt Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Der Freitag → What we have measured Accusation with no accuser an antisemitism charge is said to weigh on a coalition; who makes it is not named ×1Accusation without an accuser an antisemitism charge carried as a weight on the coalition, nobody named as making it ×1Actor named Names police and an investor as acting. ×1Actor named It names both actors, the investor and the police, in the active voice. It also states flatly that the rent was always paid. ×1 from 625 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → t taz
Left estimate · not a score
taz 🇩🇪DE · digital · Debatte nach Wahlsieg: Was dran ist an den Vorwürfen gegen die Linke Berlin Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at taz → What we have measured Actor named names both coalition parties as the sides of the conflict ×1Actor named Makes the Constitutional Court the actor that overturned the Supreme Court's argument. ×1With no actor named critics The pressure comes from 'the internet', with no critic named. ×1Asserted in the outlet's voice a motive assigned to an entire electorate, no source and no evidence ×1 from 2718 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times →
unverified A growing number of SPD politicians, including members of the Bundestag, back a red-green-red coalition in Berlin.
Only taz reports this trend, and none of its reports we hold name the MPs. A guest author from the Hamburg SPD argues in Welt that the party must not form this coalition, which shows the party is divided but does not measure the trend.
Checked against 2 sources:
t taz
Left estimate · not a score
taz 🇩🇪DE · digital · Trend zum Linksbündnis in Berlin: SPD-„Ahnengalerie des Abstiegs“ bekommt Gegenwind Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at taz → What we have measured Actor named names both coalition parties as the sides of the conflict ×1Actor named Makes the Constitutional Court the actor that overturned the Supreme Court's argument. ×1With no actor named critics The pressure comes from 'the internet', with no critic named. ×1Asserted in the outlet's voice a motive assigned to an entire electorate, no source and no evidence ×1 from 2718 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Welt
Centre-right estimate · not a score
Welt 🇩🇪DE · newspaper · independent Warum meine SPD mit dieser Linken nicht koalieren darf 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 →

Who wrote it

A Anne Fromm taz
What the bias passes found in their reporting
No accuser named the charges arrive with no one named as making them×1
No actor named the accusations arrive with no accuser named×1
Claims we checked that rest on their reporting
2 unverified
From 4 reports we hold under this byline, at taz. Two independent readings, each made without the masthead, a quote attached to every tag. A record, never a rating. Their full record →
K Konrad Litschko taz
What the bias passes found in their reporting
No accuser named the charges arrive with no one named as making them×1
No actor named the accusations arrive with no accuser named×1
Claims we checked that rest on their reporting
2 unverified
From 21 reports we hold under this byline, at taz. Two independent readings, each made without the masthead, a quote attached to every tag. A record, never a rating. Their full record →
D Danial Ilkhanipour Welt
What the bias passes found in their reporting
Charge implied guest opinion says the party is hostile to people but names no specific charge×1
Framing by implication an SPD guest author sets coalition with the party against 'misanthropy'×1
Claims we checked that rest on their reporting
1 unverified
From 1 report we hold under this byline, at Welt. Two independent readings, each made without the masthead, a quote attached to every tag. A record, never a rating. Their full record →
C Cem-Odos Güler taz
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 unverified
From 20 reports we hold under this byline, at taz. Two independent readings, each made without the masthead, a quote attached to every tag. A record, never a rating. Their full record →
D Daniel Bax taz
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 unverified
From 22 reports we hold under this byline, at taz. Two independent readings, each made without the masthead, a quote attached to every tag. A record, never a rating. Their full record →
K Kersten Augustin taz
What the bias passes found in their reporting
No actor named the resistance to the coalition has no actor named×1
No actor named the opposition to the coalition has no named source×1
From 13 reports we hold under this byline, at taz. Two independent readings, each made without the masthead, a quote attached to every tag. A record, never a rating. Their full record →
T Tobias Schulze taz
What the bias passes found in their reporting
No actor named the resistance to the coalition has no actor named×1
No actor named the opposition to the coalition has no named source×1
From 19 reports we hold under this byline, at taz. Two independent readings, each made without the masthead, a quote attached to every tag. A record, never a rating. Their full record →
J Jörn Boewe Der Freitag
What the bias passes found in their reporting
Asserted, not attributed the depth of division is stated flat as the writer's own claim×1
Comparison chosen the case is set against a 1985 CDU scandal, described as a closer tie×1
Counter comparison measures the case against a 1985 CDU scandal it calls closer×1
Stated flat division asserted as fact, not attributed×1
Claims we checked that rest on their reporting
1 unverified
From 9 reports we hold under this byline, at Der Freitag. Two independent readings, each made without the masthead, a quote attached to every tag. A record, never a rating. Their full record →
L Leon Holly taz
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.
From 8 reports we hold under this byline, at taz. Two independent readings, each made without the masthead, a quote attached to every tag. A record, never a rating. Their full record →
The bylines on the reports this story is built from. Hover one for what our passes have measured on their reporting. · 1 report we hold carries no byline — we do not invent one.

Coverage, outlet by outlet

t taz
Left estimate · not a score
taz 🇩🇪DE · digital · Debatte nach Wahlsieg: Was dran ist an den Vorwürfen gegen die Linke Berlin Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at taz → What we have measured Actor named names both coalition parties as the sides of the conflict ×1Actor named Makes the Constitutional Court the actor that overturned the Supreme Court's argument. ×1With no actor named critics The pressure comes from 'the internet', with no critic named. ×1Asserted in the outlet's voice a motive assigned to an entire electorate, no source and no evidence ×1 from 2718 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → —
taz sets out to test the charges and says they concern antisemitism and contacts with criminals. It does not say who is making them.
Ferat Koçak ist erstmal abgetaucht. Er wolle sich Zeit nehmen, um Zweifel auszuräumen, schrieb der Bundestagesabgeordnete der Linken aus Berlin-Neukölln am Montag auf seinen Social Media Kanälen. Seitdem ist Funkstille. Außer in der Linken. Da herrscht Alarm. Dabei sah am Sonntag um 18 Uhr alles so gut aus für die Linke. 25,7 Prozent hatte sie bei der Wahl in Berlin geholt, die Bilder der jubelnden Spitzenkandidatin Elif Eralp liefen über alle Kanäle. Noch am Abend machten andere Bilder die Runde. Die von zwei Besuchern auf der Wahlparty des Neuköllner Bezirksverbands: Issa Remmo, Kopf einer G
No actor named: the accusations arrive with no accuser named — “schlagen der Partei heftige Vorwürfe entgegen”
No accuser named: the charges arrive with no one named as making them — “Nach dem Wahlsieg der Linken in Berlin schlagen der Partei heftige Vorwürfe entgegen.”
Read it at taz → https://taz.de/Debatte-nach-Wahlsieg/!6211074/
Welt
Centre-right estimate · not a score
Welt 🇩🇪DE · newspaper · independent Warum meine SPD mit dieser Linken nicht koalieren darf 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
A Hamburg SPD guest author argues in Welt that his party 'mit dieser Linken nicht koalieren darf', saying the SPD has always stood against 'Menschenfeindlichkeit'.
Hauptnavigation: Nutzen Sie die Tabulatortaste, um durch die Menüpunkte zu navigieren. Öffnen Sie Untermenüs mit der Leertaste. Eine Linkspartei-Bürgermeisterin von Gnaden der SPD? Wahlplakate für Elif Eralp (Linke) und Steffen Krach (SPD) Quelle: Sean Gallup/Getty Images Eines galt für die SPD immer: Wenn es darauf ankommt, steht die Partei gegen Menschenfeindlichkeit auf. Diese DNA dürfen wir nicht aufgeben, schreibt unser Gastautor von der Hamburger SPD.
Charge implied: guest opinion says the party is hostile to people but names no specific charge — “steht die Partei gegen Menschenfeindlichkeit auf”
Framing by implication: an SPD guest author sets coalition with the party against 'misanthropy' — “Wenn es darauf ankommt, steht die Partei gegen Menschenfeindlichkeit auf.”
Read it at Welt → https://www.welt.de/debatte/plus6ab40264a15a9fecb66930e1/wahl-in-berlin…
Welt
Centre-right estimate · not a score
Welt 🇩🇪DE · newspaper · independent „Wenn die ihre fragwürdigen islamistischen Mitglieder ausschließen würde, wäre das nur Kosmetik“ 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
Welt editor Fatina Keilani calls the Koçak case the 'Spitze des Eisbergs' and says the party is deeply tied to the Islamist milieu. Her backing is police contacts she does not name.
Fatina Keilani, WELT-Redakteurin im Ressort Meinungsfreiheit, hält den Fall Kocak in der Linken nur für die „Spitze des Eisbergs“. In der Partei gebe es eine tiefe Verstrickung ins Islamisten-Milieu. „Ich habe mit Leuten von der Polizei gesprochen. Die sind entsetzt.“
Unnamed sources: a broad charge rests on unnamed police contacts — “Ich habe mit Leuten von der Polizei gesprochen. Die sind entsetzt.”
Generalisation: one case framed as the tip of a wider pattern — “In der Partei gebe es eine tiefe Verstrickung ins Islamisten-Milieu.”
Hedge through reported speech: the claim of deep Islamist ties is carried in reported speech, as one journalist's view — “In der Partei gebe es eine tiefe Verstrickung ins Islamisten-Milieu.”
Unnamed source: the backing is unnamed police contacts — “Ich habe mit Leuten von der Polizei gesprochen. Die sind entsetzt.”
Read it at Welt → https://www.welt.de/politik/deutschland/video6ab6616680ab3b5fffaee066/b…
t taz
Left estimate · not a score
taz 🇩🇪DE · digital · Trend zum Linksbündnis in Berlin: SPD-„Ahnengalerie des Abstiegs“ bekommt Gegenwind Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at taz → What we have measured Actor named names both coalition parties as the sides of the conflict ×1Actor named Makes the Constitutional Court the actor that overturned the Supreme Court's argument. ×1With no actor named critics The pressure comes from 'the internet', with no critic named. ×1Asserted in the outlet's voice a motive assigned to an entire electorate, no source and no evidence ×1 from 2718 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → —
taz reports more SPD voices, now including Bundestag members, backing red-green-red in Berlin. It names none of them in the text we hold.
Der SPD-Bundestagsbgeordnete Jan Dieren spricht von einer „Kampagne“ gegen ein rot-grün-rotes Bündnis in Berlin. So ein Bündnis mache „Hoffnung auf eine echte linke Alternative“, sagt der 35-Jährige. Gerade davor aber fürchteten sich manche, zum Beispiel Wohnungskonzerne. Dieren ist Vorsitzender des „Forum Demokratische Linke 21“ (DL21), einer linken Strömung innerhalb der SPD. In dieser Funktion unterstützt er deren Berliner Mitglieder, die sich für Verhandlungen mit Linken und Grünen aussprechen, sagt er der taz. Diese sammeln seit Freitag Unterschriften für eine rot-grün-rote Koalition. Die
Read it at taz → https://taz.de/Trend-zum-Linksbuendnis-in-Berlin/!6215993/
t taz
Left estimate · not a score
taz 🇩🇪DE · digital · Linke Mehrheiten im Bund: Ein Fiebertraum in Rot-Grün-Rot Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at taz → What we have measured Actor named names both coalition parties as the sides of the conflict ×1Actor named Makes the Constitutional Court the actor that overturned the Supreme Court's argument. ×1With no actor named critics The pressure comes from 'the internet', with no critic named. ×1Asserted in the outlet's voice a motive assigned to an entire electorate, no source and no evidence ×1 from 2718 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → —
taz calls a national left majority 'Ein Fiebertraum' and says a Berlin red-green-red government meets 'heftigen Widerstand' without naming who is resisting.
Andrea Ypsilanti ist gerade im Urlaub, aber sie kann die Finger nicht von ihrem Handy lassen: Die Nachrichten aus Berlin wühlen sie auf. „Ich habe gerade täglich Déjà-vus“, sagt sie. Und: „Es scheint heftiger als damals in Hessen.“ Ypsilanti ist so etwas wie die Galionsfigur in der langen Geschichte rot-rot-grüner Mehrheiten, aus denen keine Regierung wurde. 2008 wollte sie in Hessen eine rot-grüne Landesregierung unter Tolerierung der Linken bilden. Es kam nicht dazu. „Damals ging es um Kommunismus, heute um Antisemitismus“, so Ypsilanti. Auch Bodo Ramelow denkt zurzeit häufig: „Das hab’ ich
No actor named: the opposition to the coalition has no named source — “In Berlin trifft eine rot-grün-rote Regierung auf heftigen Widerstand.”
No actor named: the resistance to the coalition has no actor named — “In Berlin trifft eine rot-grün-rote Regierung auf heftigen Widerstand.”
Read it at taz → https://taz.de/Linke-Mehrheiten-im-Bund/!6216297/
D Der Freitag
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Der Freitag 🇩🇪DE · digital · Was ein Skandal um einen Bordellbetreiber im Jahr 1985 über den Fall Ferat Koçak lehrt Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Der Freitag → What we have measured Accusation with no accuser an antisemitism charge is said to weigh on a coalition; who makes it is not named ×1Accusation without an accuser an antisemitism charge carried as a weight on the coalition, nobody named as making it ×1Actor named Names police and an investor as acting. ×1Actor named It names both actors, the investor and the police, in the active voice. It also states flatly that the rent was always paid. ×1 from 625 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → —
Der Freitag says the Koçak case is about Instagram messages with Firas Remmo, not money. It compares it with a 1985 CDU bribery case in which 50,000 marks changed hands and two men were convicted.
Ein Chat mit Firas Remmo bringt Linken-Abgeordneten Ferat Koçak in Bedrängnis. Doch West-Berlin kannte schon vor 40 Jahren eine viel engere Verbindung von Unterwelt, Geschäft und Politik – mit der CDU. Gibt es Parallelen zum aktuellen Fall? Der Mann hieß tatsächlich Otto Schwanz. Anfang der Achtzigerjahre betrieb er Bordelle in West-Berlin und war langjähriges Mitglied der CDU Wilmersdorf. Als eines seiner Geschäfte nicht mehr lief, wollte er etwas Solideres. Im Europa-Center am Breitscheidplatz bot sich eine Gelegenheit: das Café Europa. 50.000 Mark wechselten den Besitzer. Empfänger war Wolf
Comparison chosen: the case is set against a 1985 CDU scandal, described as a closer tie — “West-Berlin kannte schon vor 40 Jahren eine viel engere Verbindung von Unterwelt, Geschäft und Politik – mit der CDU.”
Counter comparison: measures the case against a 1985 CDU scandal it calls closer — “Doch West-Berlin kannte schon vor 40 Jahren eine viel engere Verbindung von Unterwelt, Geschäft und Politik – mit der CDU.”
Read it at Der Freitag → https://www.freitag.de/autoren/joern-boewe/ferat-kocak-remmos-was-ein-c…
t taz
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taz 🇩🇪DE · digital · Verleihung des Axel-Springer-Awards: Peter Thiel, der Linkenversteher Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at taz → What we have measured Actor named names both coalition parties as the sides of the conflict ×1Actor named Makes the Constitutional Court the actor that overturned the Supreme Court's argument. ×1With no actor named critics The pressure comes from 'the internet', with no critic named. ×1Asserted in the outlet's voice a motive assigned to an entire electorate, no source and no evidence ×1 from 2718 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → —
taz reports that the investor Peter Thiel voiced understanding for Die Linke's Berlin win at the Axel Springer award ceremony.
Als der Tech-Milliardär Peter Thiel am Donnerstagabend in Berlin den Axel-Springer-Award verliehen bekam, zeigte er sich auf der Bühne verständnisvoll über den Wahlsieg der Linkspartei. Man müsse nachvollziehen, weshalb so viele gerade junge Leute in Berlin Die Linke gewählt haben, meinte Thiel. Wenn er sagen würde, er verstehe, wieso Menschen die AfD wählen, würde ihn jeder für einen AfD-Unterstützer halten. „Aber ich dachte, wenn ich sage, ich verstehe, wieso Menschen Die Linke wählen, dann würde mich niemand für einen Kommunistensympathisanten halten.“ Thiel führte weiter aus, dass die Mens
Read it at taz → https://taz.de/Verleihung-des-Axel-Springer-Awards/!6216303/
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D De Telegraaf
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De Telegraaf 🇳🇱NL · newspaper · independent No report held from this outlet on this story. 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 → P Público
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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 → D De Standaard
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De Standaard 🇧🇪BE · newspaper · independent No report held from this outlet on this story. 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 → Deník N
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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
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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
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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
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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 → Efimerida ton Syntakton
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Efimerida ton Syntakton 🇬🇷GR · newspaper · independent No report held from this outlet on this story. 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 → Der Standard
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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
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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
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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
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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 → Rzeczpospolita
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Rzeczpospolita 🇵🇱PL · newspaper · independent No report held from this outlet on this story. 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 → Magyar Nemzet
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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 → Le Figaro
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Le Figaro 🇫🇷FR · newspaper · independent No report held from this outlet on this story. 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 → Politico Europe
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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 → HotNews.ro
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HotNews.ro 🇷🇴RO · digital · independent No report held from this outlet on this story. 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 → iDNES.cz / MF DNES
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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
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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
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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 → Gazeta Wyborcza
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Gazeta Wyborcza 🇵🇱PL · newspaper · independent No report held from this outlet on this story. 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 →
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
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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
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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
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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 → Digi24
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Digi24 🇷🇴RO · TV/radio · independent No report held from this outlet on this story. 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 → Le Soir
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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 →
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