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Archived story11 articles · 8 publishers

Taxpayer-funded Trump ads draw bipartisan scrutiny ahead of midterms

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Lawmakers from both parties are questioning whether television ads featuring President Trump, paid for with taxpayer money, comply with restrictions on publicly funded publicity. The White House maintains the ads are "public service announcements," while critics have called them "propaganda" and a misuse of funds ahead of the midterm elections.

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Taxpayer-funded Trump ads draw bipartisan scrutiny ahead of midterms
Photo: TIME

How the outlets frame it

8 outlets, each read from its own headline and opening
  • Stands outThe Hill (one-sided).
  • PlainestTIME, CNBC and 2 more.
Sensational
Measured
Across: does the report cast the development as bad news or good news. Up: does the report play the story up to grab attention. A thin line joins a logo nudged aside to its exact point. 1 outlet could not be placed on both measures.

Tap a logo to see the outlet, the headline it was read from, and where it sits on every measure.

FramingClose

Does the report cast the development as bad news or good news?

All 8 read as leans negative.

NegativeNeutralPositive
SensationalismClose

Does the report play the story up to grab attention?

Between measured and mildly sensational; no outlet stands apart.

MeasuredSensational

1 outlet not placed: the reading was split between distant levels.

Loaded languageAgree

Do the words judge rather than describe?

All 6 read as neutral wording.

NeutralLoaded

2 outlets not placed: the reading was split between distant levels.

SlantSpread out

Does the report give room to one side only?

From straight (TIME) to one-sided (Newsweek), with others in between.

StraightOne-sided

2 outlets not placed: the reading was split between distant levels.

All 8 outlets and the headlines they were read from

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 ends

  1. Slant · Straight → One-sided

    StraightTrump's Taxpayer-Funded Ads Draw Bipartisan CriticismTIME One-sidedFull List of Republicans Speaking Out Against Taxpayer-Funded Trump AdsNewsweek

The story as a whole

Read from all the reports together
Relevance to US readers5 of 5

Affects most US readers

IndirectDirect
Violence reported1 of 5

No violence reported

No violenceDeaths

Other signals

5 found · 16 not present
  • Article typeNews report
  • Government levelFederal
  • Where it happensUnited States national
  • What a reader getsNew facts
  • Who is economically affectedTaxpayers or government budgets
  • Topicnot present
  • Policy areanot present
  • Tonenot present
  • Main political actornot present
  • Civil liberties questionnot present
  • Market relevancenot present
  • Which marketunclear
  • Market horizonnot 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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