Last Week From The Top Down
Last Week From The Top Down
Oct 27- Nov 3; Left is losing the elections and gets International while Right gets Domestic; Right largely ignores Brazil;
Our country is divided and the media is polarized. In Top Down News, we unify, compare, and distill many mainstream perspectives that capture most of America’s political readership to approximate the truth. Find the full analytics and methodology at the end of this post
Sources Tracked: BBC, CNN, Fox News, National Review, NBC News, New York Times, Reuters, Washington Examiner, Washington Post, Washington Times, Wall Street Journal
Here’s a top-level view of how Left-leaning outlets and Right-leaning outlets are pushing stories to their readers.
Commentary: There’s no single objective process when it comes to deciding how newsworthy a topic is; instead, there are judgment calls based on competing interests. The Democrats have lost ground to Republicans in the midterm elections. Based on that, we’re seeing shifts in reporting from both the left and right. The Left is increasing its international coverage of topics such as the Seoul Halloween Crowd Crush and the Kremlin. Meanwhile, the Right is magnifying domestic politics, such as Fetterman vs Oz, Kari Lake, or Biden’s Oil Dealings.
The following sections go into what stories and narratives the Left and Right-leaning outlets are magnifying and minimizing. Topic coverage is a significant lever that media outlets use to bias the reader. By Fox focusing on the border and CNN focusing on shootings, their respective readers will be thinking more about these topics than other ones. Below is the categorization of outlets, based on the AllSides Media Bias Chart.
🟦 Left: CNN, NBC News, New York Times, Washington Post
⬜️ Center: BBC, Reuters, Wall Street Journal
🟥 Right: Fox News, The National Review, Washington Examiner, Washington Times
Left Magnify 🟦🔎
Elon Musk Pushes Conspiracy Theory That Paul Pelosi Is Involved In Sex Trafficking Ring
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Top Headlines
WASHINGTONPOST: Musk deleted a tweet about Paul Pelosi. Here’s why that matters.
Commentary: Is Elon Musk the new “Trump” for the left? With his outsized influence in media, public distaste of the current Democratic party, and his acquisition of Twitter, where largely left-leaning elite hang out online, there is an eerily similar narrative arc compared to Trump.
Right Magnify 🟥🔎
Commentary: Right-winged outlets are cheering on momentum in key states, such as Pennsylvania and Arizona. Should the left cover losses as much as wins?
Recent Debate Between Oz And Fetterman Has Left Voters Feeling Uncertain About Who To Vote For
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Top Headlines
NBCNEWS: Fetterman's debate performance has Democrats on edge in crucial Pennsylvania Senate race
FOXNEWS: Oz touts surprise endorsement from Fetterman's home paper
BBC: Will Fetterman's debate struggles actually matter?
Kari Lake Is Predicted To Win In Arizona Due To Anger At Border Chaos And High Inflation
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Top Headlines
FOXNEWS: Kari Lake: I am attacked for speaking the truth
Hispanic Vote In Pennsylvania House Race Is Significant And Should Not Be Ignored
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Top Headlines
FOXNEWS: AOC blasts Democrats for losing Latino voters
Left Minimize 🟦🙈
Joe Biden Is Renewing His War On Big Oil And That It Is Unlikely That His Proposed Windfall Oil Tax Will Pass Through Congress
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Top Headlines
Note: Headlines across the spectrum are similar. Here's one:
REUTERS: Biden calls on oil, gas companies to stop 'war profiteering,' threatens windfall tax
North Korea Has Been Firing a Lot Of Missiles Lately And South Korea Has Been Responding By Firing Its Own Missiles
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Top Headlines
Note: Headlines across the spectrum are similar. Here's one:
BBC: South hits back as N Korea fires most missiles in a day
Potential Merger Between Penguin Random House And Simon & Schuster As Well As Challenges Merger Is Facing
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Top Headlines
WSJ: Penguin Random House Blocked From Acquiring Rival Publisher Simon & Schuster
Right Minimize 🟥🙈
Commentary: The Right doesn’t seem to have any interest in international news. The most striking miss here is how little coverage there was, especially from Fox News, on the Brazilian Presidential Election, where the Right-winged incumbent was narrowly defeated and didn’t verbally concede the loss.
South Korean Officials Under Pressure Following Deadly Stampede At Halloween Party Trauma That Incident Has Caused And Grief Of Those Who Lost Loved Ones
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Top Headlines
Note: Headlines across the spectrum are similar. Here's one:
REUTERS: Foreign leaders offer condolences over deadly South Korea crush
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro Has Vowed To Respect Constitution After Losing To Luiz Inácio Lula Da Silva In Presidential Election
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Top Headlines
NBCNEWS: Bolsonaro or Lula? U.S. Brazilians cast ballots in their home country's high-stakes runoff election
WASHINGTONTIMES: 'Trump of the tropics' Bolsonaro silent as Lula claims narrow win in Brazil
BBC: Bolsonaro supporters block roads after poll defeat
Russia Has Rejoined Wartime Deal On Ukrainian Grain Exports Which Had Been Suspended Previously
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Top Headlines
Note: Headlines across the spectrum are similar. Here's one:
REUTERS: World food supplies at risk as Russia withdraws from Black Sea deal
Federal Reserve Is Planning To Raise Interest Rates Again Which Could Cause Inflation To Rise
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Top Headlines
NYTIMES: Targeting inflation, the European Central Bank is set to raise rates again.
BBC: UK braces as biggest interest rate hike in decades _expected
In Top Down News, we unify and compare a multitude of mainstream perspectives that capture the majority of America’s political readership to approximate the truth. This entire newsletter is composed using a transparent and ever-improving methodology. Read how this works here. Dive deeper into the analysis for this post here, powered by AI-based Natural Language Understanding and D3-based Dynamic visualizations.