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Edition · Wednesday 21 October 2026

Wednesday 21 October 2026

30 stories, 78 outlets. Each story shows how left-, centre- and right-rated outlets covered it, what each side sees, and who may gain or lose. We don't take sides; we show you the bias of each source.

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Global

Iran war: attacks on Hormuz shipping keep oil near $110 as US–Iran talks stall

L 46%C 11%R 43%

L 46% · C 11% · R 43% · 35 outlets

Both sides & sources Read: News24 More coverage Follow the money

US envoy Witkoff meets Putin with peace plan; Russia frees American Stephen Hubbard

L 55%C 14%R 31%

L 55% · C 14% · R 31% · 36 outlets

Both sides & sources Read: BBC News More coverage Follow the money

France imposes curfews after cost-of-living riots; thousands arrested

L 54%C 13%R 33%

L 54% · C 13% · R 33% · 45 outlets

Both sides & sources Read: France 24 More coverage Follow the money

Alberta votes decisively to stay in Canada

L 50%C 16%R 34%

L 50% · C 16% · R 34% · 44 outlets

Both sides & sources Read: BBC News More coverage Follow the money

Ebola reaches Nigeria as outbreak spreads beyond East and Central Africa

L 58%C 21%R 21%

L 58% · C 21% · R 21% · 19 outlets

Both sides & sources Read: BBC News More coverage Follow the money

Trump criticised for using an antisemitic slur at Kansas rally

L 84%C 8%R 8%

L 84% · C 8% · R 8% · 12 outlets

Blindspot for the right (barely covered by right-leaning outlets)

Both sides & sources Read: The Hill More coverage Follow the money

Israel

Israel votes on 27 October: Vance declines to endorse Netanyahu after Trump backs him; Gantz withdraws

L 47%C 18%R 35%

L 47% · C 18% · R 35% · 34 outlets

Both sides & sources Read: News24 More coverage Follow the money

Israeli police arrest 10 after settler attacks on a US journalist and European diplomats

L 54%C 19%R 27%

L 54% · C 19% · R 27% · 26 outlets

Both sides & sources Read: BBC News More coverage Follow the money

WFP cuts food aid to 500,000 people in Gaza over funding shortfall

L 68%C 23%R 9%

L 68% · C 23% · R 9% · 22 outlets

Blindspot for the right (barely covered by right-leaning outlets)

Both sides & sources Read: BBC News More coverage Follow the money

Reports: Netanyahu planned renewed Iran strikes this month but Trump opposed; Hegseth visits Israel

L 56%C 11%R 33%

L 56% · C 11% · R 33% · 18 outlets

Both sides & sources Read: Financial Times More coverage Follow the money

UK

UK Climate & environment

Government approves Jackdaw North Sea gas field

L 52%C 24%R 24%

L 52% · C 24% · R 24% · 25 outlets

Both sides & sources Read: The Scotsman More coverage Follow the money

UK Political economy

Inflation rises to 3.5% and borrowing jumps ahead of Healey's first Budget

L 40%C 25%R 35%

L 40% · C 25% · R 35% · 20 outlets

Both sides & sources Read: BBC News More coverage Follow the money

Cabinet split over Mahmood's plan to lengthen the wait for settlement

L 33%R 67%

L 33% · C 0% · R 67% · 12 outlets

Both sides & sources Read: Evening Standard More coverage Follow the money

UK to deploy fighter jets to defend Saudi Arabia from Houthi attacks

L 46%C 17%R 37%

L 46% · C 17% · R 37% · 41 outlets

Both sides & sources Read: BBC News More coverage Follow the money

UK Climate & environment

Storm Austen: amber wind warning as first named storm of season nears

L 47%C 13%R 40%

L 47% · C 13% · R 40% · 15 outlets

Both sides & sources Read: BBC News More coverage Follow the money

King hosts Sultan of Oman, praises Hormuz peace efforts at state banquet

L 43%C 14%R 43%

L 43% · C 14% · R 43% · 21 outlets

Both sides & sources Read: BBC News More coverage Follow the money

UK politics

UK politics Greens Climate & environment

Greens condemn Jackdaw approval as 'climate vandalism'

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L 60% · C 20% · R 20% · 5 outlets

Both sides & sources Read: Sky News More coverage Follow the money

UK politics Greens

Green Party row over 'Zionism is racism' motion; Polanski accused over Jewish Greens claim

L 43%C 14%R 43%

L 43% · C 14% · R 43% · 7 outlets

Both sides & sources Read: PoliticsHome More coverage Follow the money

UK politics Greens

Greens in the polls: Polanski's Ipsos rating falls to its lowest; London MRP shows Greens winning no seats

L 50%R 50%

L 50% · C 0% · R 50% · 2 outlets

Both sides & sources Read: Evening Standard More coverage Follow the money

Labour suspends second MP, Perran Moon, over Covid loan repayments

L 25%C 12%R 63%

L 25% · C 12% · R 63% · 8 outlets

Both sides & sources Read: BBC News More coverage Follow the money

Burnham rejects Corbyn's call for an inquiry into UK's role in Gaza

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L 100% · C 0% · R 0% · 4 outlets

Both sides & sources Read: Middle East Eye More coverage Follow the money

Badenoch warns migration must fall or UK risks France-style unrest

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L 0% · C 20% · R 80% · 5 outlets

Blindspot for the left (barely covered by left-leaning outlets)

Both sides & sources Read: BBC News More coverage Follow the money

Your interests

Business & economy Technology & AI Science

Musk backs exploring a SpaceX–Tesla merger as SpaceX swings to profit

L 55%C 17%R 28%

L 55% · C 17% · R 28% · 29 outlets

Both sides & sources Read: BBC News More coverage Follow the money

Technology & AI

Report: Musk ordered a Starlink slowdown that blindsided Ukraine's military

L 40%C 20%R 40%

L 40% · C 20% · R 40% · 20 outlets

Both sides & sources Read: News24 More coverage Follow the money

Technology & AI

US bans DeepSeek AI from government systems; China pushes back

L 53%C 29%R 18%

L 53% · C 29% · R 18% · 17 outlets

Blindspot for the right (barely covered by right-leaning outlets)

Both sides & sources Read: BBC News More coverage Follow the money

Climate & environment

UN Emissions Gap report: 1.5C limit no longer achievable; deep cuts needed

L 71%C 29%

L 71% · C 29% · R 0% · 7 outlets

Blindspot for the right (barely covered by right-leaning outlets)

Both sides & sources Read: Reuters More coverage Follow the money

Political economy Ecology & land

UK farmers press Burnham on family-farm tax and lost green subsidies before Budget

C 33%R 67%

L 0% · C 33% · R 67% · 6 outlets

Blindspot for the left (barely covered by left-leaning outlets)

Both sides & sources Read: Financial Times More coverage Follow the money

Trump announces $8bn diesel relief for US farmers before midterms

L 38%C 10%R 52%

L 38% · C 10% · R 52% · 21 outlets

Both sides & sources Read: Reuters More coverage Follow the money

SportSport

Springboks: World Rugby reaffirms 7-1 'Bomb Squad' bench stays legal before the November Tests (Italy 7 Nov, France 13 Nov, Ireland 21 Nov)

Sport press only (Planet Rugby, Ruck, Briefly News, SA Rugby). Political bias split not applicable.

Both sides & sources Read: Briefly News More coverage Follow the money

Blindspots

Stories left-leaning or right-leaning outlets barely covered, side by side and tested the same way. How we detect them.

Blindspots for the right 4

Stories right-leaning outlets barely covered

Trump criticised for using an antisemitic slur at Kansas rally

L 84%C 8%R 8%

L 84% · C 8% · R 8% · 12 outlets

Blindspot for the right (barely covered by right-leaning outlets)

Both sides & sources Read: The Hill More coverage Follow the money

WFP cuts food aid to 500,000 people in Gaza over funding shortfall

L 68%C 23%R 9%

L 68% · C 23% · R 9% · 22 outlets

Blindspot for the right (barely covered by right-leaning outlets)

Both sides & sources Read: BBC News More coverage Follow the money

Technology & AI

US bans DeepSeek AI from government systems; China pushes back

L 53%C 29%R 18%

L 53% · C 29% · R 18% · 17 outlets

Blindspot for the right (barely covered by right-leaning outlets)

Both sides & sources Read: BBC News More coverage Follow the money

Climate & environment

UN Emissions Gap report: 1.5C limit no longer achievable; deep cuts needed

L 71%C 29%

L 71% · C 29% · R 0% · 7 outlets

Blindspot for the right (barely covered by right-leaning outlets)

Both sides & sources Read: Reuters More coverage Follow the money

Blindspots for the left 2

Stories left-leaning outlets barely covered

Badenoch warns migration must fall or UK risks France-style unrest

C 20%R 80%

L 0% · C 20% · R 80% · 5 outlets

Blindspot for the left (barely covered by left-leaning outlets)

Both sides & sources Read: BBC News More coverage Follow the money

Political economy Ecology & land

UK farmers press Burnham on family-farm tax and lost green subsidies before Budget

C 33%R 67%

L 0% · C 33% · R 67% · 6 outlets

Blindspot for the left (barely covered by left-leaning outlets)

Both sides & sources Read: Financial Times More coverage Follow the money

Centre-only / one-outlet stories

Ecology & landSingle-outlet story

Quiet story: a pilot found that paying Amazon residents about £2 a day helped protect the rainforest (Guardian only)

Only one rated outlet (The Guardian, centre-left) carried it in our sample.

Both sides & sources Read: The Guardian More coverage Follow the money