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Poll: 61% of key voters say US in recession; GOP warns of midterm losses
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A Harris poll finds that nearly 61% of key US voters believe the country is in a recession, and 65% of independents say the economy is worse, with less than three weeks to the midterms. Republican commentators and operatives warn of potential losses, with Brit Hume suggesting a possible 'washout' and Rick Tyler predicting 'a bad night' for the GOP.
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How the outlets frame it
4 outlets, each read from its own headline and opening- Stands outThe Guardian (mildly sensational, some charged words, one-sided) and NPR (mildly sensational, one-sided).
- PlainestThe Hill and PBS NewsHour.
Tap a logo to see the outlet, the headline it was read from, and where it sits on every measure.
Does the report cast the development as bad news or good news?
Between negative and leans negative; no outlet stands apart.
Does the report play the story up to grab attention?
All 4 read as mildly sensational.
Do the words judge rather than describe?
Split: NPR and The Hill read as neutral wording; PBS NewsHour and The Guardian as some charged words.
Does the report give room to one side only?
Both read as one-sided.
2 outlets not placed: the reading was split between distant levels.
All 4 outlets and the headlines they were read from
NPR
'Everything got worse': Gen Z express frustration, regret after Trump voteFraming: Negative · Sensationalism: Mildly sensational · Loaded language: Neutral wording · Slant: One-sided
PBS NewsHour
Frustrated with Trump, voters overwhelmingly want change, AP-NORC poll findsFraming: Leans negative · Sensationalism: Mildly sensational · Loaded language: Some charged words · Slant: not placed
The Guardian
Bad news for Trump ahead of the midterms: it’s still the economy, stupidFraming: Negative · Sensationalism: Mildly sensational · Loaded language: Some charged words · Slant: One-sided
The Hill
Are dark days ahead for Republicans after the midterm elections?Framing: Leans negative · Sensationalism: Mildly sensational · Loaded language: Neutral wording · Slant: not placed
Each outlet is read blind: a classifier sees its headline and opening next to the story's own headline, without the outlet's name, and scores how the report presents the story. A logo sits at the classifier's average reading, so it can fall between two levels. These readings compare coverage of this story only; they are not ratings of the outlets.
Where the outlets diverge
Two headlines from opposite endsLoaded language · Neutral → Loaded
The story as a whole
Read from all the reports togetherNo time pressure
Not disputed in the text
No violence reported
Other signals
5 found · 16 not present- TopicElections
- Policy areaElections and voting
- Where it happensA US state or city
- ToneNeutral and factual
- Main political actorThe executive
- Article typenot present
- Government levelnot present
- What a reader getsnot present
- Civil liberties questionnot present
- Market relevancenot present
- Which marketunclear
- Market horizonnot present
- Who is economically affectednot present
- Corporate dimensionnot present
- Conflict dimensionnot present
- Conflict direction reportednot present
- Humanitarian impactnot present
- Public safetynot present
- Public healthnot present
- Scientific evidencenot present
- Legal risk in the reportingnot present
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