In Top Down News, we collect, compare, and distill a multitude of mainstream perspectives that capture the majority of America’s political readership to approximate the truth. Dive deeper into the analysis for this post here, powered by AI-based Natural Language Understanding and D3-based Dynamic visualizations.
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Certain outlets are differentiating themselves with the following stories:
Bias Deep Dive
Jan 6 Capital Hearings
This was the biggest topic reported on for the last week - here is the official website for the January 6th Investigation. NYTimes covers this event the most both across time and attention1. The biggest day of reporting came on Friday June 10th, the 2nd day of the hearing. Let’s dive into some of the key headlines that show how biases are formed by sensationalism and slant.2
The Build Up
Left
NYTimes : Democrats See Televised Hearings as Way to Highlight Jan. 6 Revelations
CNN : Analysis: Committee member says hearings will 'blow the roof off the House'
NYTimes : Fox News Doesn’t Plan to Carry Jan. 6 Hearings Live
Right
Fox News : Jan. 6 committee is bipartisan on paper only: Brit Hume
Fox News : Schiff not happy with results from DOJ's Jan. 6 investigation so far
The build up makes excellent use of slant, focusing on singular facts or person’s perspectives.
Let’s drill into June 10th
By examining the banner headlines between left-leaning and right-leaning outlets, we can see how the reader is meant to feel.
Left
CNN : Jan. 6 committee lays out new details and plays unseen video
NYTimes : Jan. 6 Was Result of ‘Attempted Coup,’ Panel Chairman Says
Right
Fox News : House committee details findings of yearlong investigation into January 6th
Left leaning sources make use of emotionalism and sensationalism here, while Fox News uses relatively dry language.
Did you miss these stories?
We used AI powered topic coverage to see which topics each outlet under-reported on compared to the rest of mainstream media to help you see outside of your bubble. Scroll to your trusted news source below to see what you missed!
If you read Fox News, these stories were emphasized by the outlets below
If you read NYTimes, these stories were emphasized in the outlets listed below
If you read CNN, these stories were emphasized in the outlets listed below
If you read WSJ, these stories were emphasized in the outlets listed below
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attention_economy#:~:text=Attention%20economics%20is%20an%20approach,only%20so%20much%20of%20it.%22
https://www.allsides.com/media-bias/how-to-spot-types-of-media-bias#Slant