Last Week From The Top Down
Left Minimize 🙈 Trump running in 2024; Right Minimize 🙈 Climate Change Summit
You know your favorite outlets underreport on certain topics and amplify others. You know that a lot of stories are part of the 24-hour news cycle and aren’t worth your attention. You know that your outlets cater to your worldview. You know that reading from multiple outlets is good for you, but you don't have enough time in the day.
Read all of the mainstream news (left, center, & right, domestic & international) efficiently with a bias map - here’s the legend. We scrape all front-page stories and use AI to triangulate every outlet’s perspectives.
Top 3 Topics
Ongoing Conflict Between Russia And Ukraine and Russia Restarting Its Trolls And Bots For Upcoming Midterms
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Maturity: 🐔
Top Headlines
🟦🇺🇸 New York Times: Russia Restarts Its Trolls and Bots for Tuesday’s Midterms
🟦🇺🇸 Washington Post: Russia’s heavy casualties in Ukraine spark outcry and rare official response
🟥🇺🇸 Washington Times: Putin's power play: Russia's rebuke neuters U.N. push to end war in Ukraine
Joe Biden Was Urging Americans To Vote In Midterm Elections, Warning Future Of Democracy Is At Stake
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Maturity: 🐣
Top Headlines
🟥🇺🇸 Fox News: Biden believes midterm results means Americans support his agenda
🟦🇺🇸 New York Times: Biden Warns That America’s Democratic Traditions Are in Peril
⬜🌍 BBC: Biden: Democracy under threat in midterm elections
Twitter Is Going Through Mass Layoffs, And Some Of These Layoffs Are Due To Elon Musk Taking Over Company
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Maturity: 🐔
Top Headlines
🟦🇺🇸 Washington Post: Elon Musk begins mass layoffs at Twitter
🟦🇺🇸 New York Times: Elon Musk Begins Layoffs at Twitter
🟥🇺🇸 Fox News: UN lectures Musk on how he should operate Twitter after mass layoffs
Left Minimized 🟦🙈
People Are Speculating Donald Trump May Run For President Again In 2024
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Maturity: 🐣
Top Headlines
⬜🌍 BBC: Trump says he'll probably run for president in 2024
⬜🇺🇸 Wall Street Journal: Trump Prepares to Launch 2024 Campaign
Commentary: This makes sense to me but it’s no good being in denial. Check out the prediction market for this event. How would this news change your priors?
Right Minimized 🟥🙈
COP27 Summit Has Begun With Warnings Of Climate Chaos From Various Leaders And Reports
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Maturity: 🐣
Top Headlines
⬜🌍 BBC: 'Climate chaos' warning as COP27 summit begins
⬜🌍 Reuters: COP27: What they are saying at the climate summit
⬜🌍 Reuters: COP27 Climate talks must wrench attention from competing crises
Commentary: When will the Right seriously acknowledge climate change? How many hurricanes and floods will change their mind? To clarify your stance on this, take a look at the Kalshi’s prediction market on this: How many major Atlantic hurricanes will there be in 2022?
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Investors Are Worried Uber Is Taking Away Market Share From Lyft And This Is Causing Lyft Stock To Drop
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Maturity: 🥚
Top Headlines
⬜🌍 Reuters: Investors dump Lyft on signs Uber is snatching market share
⬜🌍 Reuters: Lyft shares plunge after dull revenue forecast, slowing rider growth
⬜🇺🇸 Wall Street Journal: Lyft Growth Stalls, Jolting Stock
Crypto Market Is In Turmoil After Deal To Rescue FTX Exchange Falls Through
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Maturity: 🥚
Top Headlines
⬜🌍 BBC: Crypto market rocked as FTX rescue deal collapses
⬜🌍 Reuters: Crypto markets slump as FTX seeks to raise new funds
⬜🌍 Reuters: Rise and fall of crypto exchange FTX
Commentary: This was a juicy story but also had a material impact on the entire Crypto industry, as consumer trust in crypto exchanges slide down further. If you weren’t on Twitter, you may have missed this story in the fog of midterm elections.
Left and Right Magnified 🟦🟥🔎
Commentary: Come to this section for the most 🧃. It seems like election integrity will be a persistent topic in every election after 2020. Voting machines are very early 2000s and mail-in ballots seem ancient. When will the government upgrade its digital infrastructure? And if they do, will Americans trust it?
There Are Concerns About the Validity Of Vote, Specifically With Regard To Mail-in Ballots And Voting Machines
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Maturity: 🥚
🟦🤜🏼 🤛🏼🟥 Left vs Right Analysis
The left headlines tend to focus on the potential problems with voting by mail, while the right headlines tend to focus on the potential problems with voting in general.
Top Headlines
🟥🇺🇸 Washington Times: Voting machine glitches in midterms spark renewed distrust
🟦🇺🇸 New York Times: Voting machine problems in Arizona are fueling right-wing fraud claims.
🟥🇺🇸 Fox News: RETURN TO SENDER: Court rules on GOP effort for mail-in ballots with incorrect dates
President Trump And Florida Governor Ron DeSantis Are At Odds With Each Other, With Trump Saying DeSantis Could Hurt Himself If He Runs For President In 2024
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Maturity: 🐣
🟦🤜🏼 🤛🏼🟥 Left vs Right Analysis
The left headlines focus on DeSantis's accomplishments, while the right headlines focus on the potential rivalry between DeSantis and Trump.
Top Headlines
🟦🇺🇸 CNN: Trump and DeSantis collide in Florida
🟦🇺🇸 New York Times: The political career of Florida’s governor, Ron DeSantis, has become supercharged.
🟥🇺🇸 Washington Times: Trump says DeSantis 'could hurt himself very badly' if he runs for president in 2024
Abortion Is a Controversial Topic In the United States And It Could Have An Impact On the Results Of Upcoming Elections
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Maturity: 🐣
🟦🤜🏼 🤛🏼🟥 Left vs Right Analysis
The left headlines tend to focus on the issue of abortion rights in a positive light, while the right headlines tend to either downplay the importance of abortion rights or present them in a negative light.
Top Headlines
🟥🇺🇸 Washington Examiner: Abortion rights fare well in ballot measures, boosting Democrats
🟦🇺🇸 NBC News: Voters will have a say on abortion in 5 states with high-stakes ballot measures
🟦🇺🇸 NBC News: Abortion rights advocates see a flurry of post-Roe victories in midterms
GOP Is Having Trouble With Infighting, Trump, And Bad Candidates, And Democrats Are Taking Advantage Of the Situation
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Maturity: 🥚
🟦🤜🏼 🤛🏼🟥 Left vs Right Analysis
The left headlines tend to focus on the negative aspects of the GOP and Trump, while the right headlines focus on the positive aspects of the GOP and Trump.
Top Headlines
🟦🇺🇸 Washington Post: GOP hopes stymied by infighting, Trump, flawed candidates
🟥🇺🇸 Washington Times: GOP’s fate lies in hands of Trump-backed candidates
🟦🇺🇸 Washington Post: GOP exuberance crashed into Democratic resistance to defy expectations
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