Fact ledger

Who contradicts the consensus, and who runs with it

Every analyzed story gets a fact ledger: each claim is tagged confirmed, claimed, or disputed, and every outlet in the story is marked as having reported it, asserted it as its own claim, or contradicted it. This page adds those marks up across every outlet and every story we have scored.

117,716
Per-outlet fact checks
1,499
Contradictions recorded
1072
Contested claims on file
44
Outlets ranked

Outlet leaderboard

Ranked outlets have at least 40 fact checks. Contradicts others is how often the outlet's account contradicted what the rest of the cluster reported. Ran contested claims is how often it reported, as fact, a claim that was disputed or single-sourced in the same story. Matched consensus is how often it reported a claim that every outlet confirmed.

Contradicts othersRan contested claimsMatched consensusMost fact checks
OutletContradicts othersRan contested claimsMatched consensusFact checks
1National Review Right4.9%6.6%78.7%61
2The Atlantic Left4.7%9.3%69.8%43
3Fox News Right2.7%13.2%65.7%992
4Mother Jones Left2.5%9.7%71.9%565
5Foreign Policy Center2.4%14.3%66.7%84
6BBC Center2.3%14.4%69.7%5,221
7Reason Center-right2.2%13.8%64.5%651
8Vox Center2.2%11.1%77.8%45
9The Federalist Right2.1%8.4%74.8%429
10The Intercept Left2.0%11.1%72.7%99
11The Guardian Left1.9%16.8%68.3%3,706
12Axios Center-left1.9%13.2%64.0%1,783
13PBS NewsHour Left1.8%14.4%66.6%3,507
14Al Jazeera Center1.6%15.9%70.7%9,216
15Breitbart Right1.6%17.0%64.0%6,916
16Washington Examiner Right1.5%16.9%67.3%7,848
17Times of Israel Center1.4%9.1%83.0%1,469
18AP News Center1.3%10.0%79.3%6,919
19NY Post Right1.3%9.1%77.3%6,431
20ABC News Left1.3%12.4%76.6%3,730
21Jerusalem Post Center1.1%11.0%80.2%3,053
22NPR Left1.1%7.9%82.2%2,588
23HuffPost Left1.1%9.2%75.1%1,750
24CBS News Left1.1%5.5%88.8%1,575
25New York Times Left1.1%6.8%79.9%1,361
26Reuters Center1.0%7.2%85.0%6,437
27The Hill Center1.0%11.9%77.8%5,669
28Washington Post Left1.0%6.3%84.4%1,071
29Le Monde Left1.0%3.5%93.5%691
30CNN Left0.9%11.0%77.9%6,920
31Daily Wire Right0.9%9.9%73.1%3,236
32Deutsche Welle Center0.9%7.1%86.5%2,666
33Newsmax Center0.9%5.2%87.3%1,436
34Wall Street Journal Center-right0.9%7.1%84.0%1,189
35Washington Times Right0.8%7.2%86.7%6,250
36Globe and Mail Center0.8%7.9%87.3%3,566
37South China Morning Post Center0.8%7.4%86.5%3,091
38Semafor Center0.8%4.4%84.1%252
39Bloomberg Center0.7%3.2%90.5%1,375
40Financial Times Center-right0.6%4.7%87.8%699
41Politico Center-left0.5%8.1%80.6%2,288
42NBC News Left0.4%2.0%94.7%561
43The Telegraph Center0.0%0.9%95.3%106
44Defense One Center0.0%11.4%81.8%88

Not yet ranked (fewer than 40 fact checks): ProPublica (32), Pb Newshour (21), Wsj (8), Pb Snewshour (8).

Pairs that disagree most

Times one outlet contradicted a claim the other reported, across stories both covered. Click a pair for the head-to-head page.

Al Jazeera vs BBC54 of 1,908 (2.8%)
Al Jazeera vs AP News42 of 1,799 (2.3%)
Al Jazeera vs Breitbart39 of 1,225 (3.2%)
Al Jazeera vs The Guardian35 of 1,247 (2.8%)
Al Jazeera vs Reuters35 of 2,027 (1.7%)
CNN vs Washington Examiner33 of 1,732 (1.9%)
Al Jazeera vs NY Post30 of 1,198 (2.5%)
AP News vs Breitbart26 of 1,026 (2.5%)

How to read this

A high contradiction rate is not a bias score. Wire services and fast-moving desks contradict more often simply because they publish first and revise. A high contested-claims rate is the more telling number: it means the outlet presented as settled something the rest of the coverage did not. Rates are computed over the outlet's own fact checks, so a small outlet and a large one are comparable.

The per-outlet marks come from the same model pass that scores divergence, and the methodology page lists the ways it can be wrong. Treat single events as anecdotes and the totals as the signal.

Most recent contested claims

Claims marked disputed, with who reported them and who pushed back.

Hegseth's claim that Iran's defenses have been destroyed
Reported by Al Jazeera. The Guardian contradicted it:“despite evidence to the contrary”
The age of Hind Rajab at the time of her death
Reported by Times of Israel. Washington Times contradicted it:“about the death of a 5-year-old Palestinian girl”
Fox News saw a ratings increase during Trump's convention speech
Reported by Washington Examiner. New York Times contradicted it:“Didn't See a Ratings Bump During Trump's Speech”
Pakistan has discussed or is preparing a military response under the defense pact
Reported by Breitbart, Reuters. Al Jazeera contradicted it:“no military response has been discussed”
Darnold will miss at least Week 2
Washington Times contradicted it:“stopped short of saying Darnold would be ready for Week 2”
The death toll: rebel spokesperson Lawrence Kanyuka reported 24 killed (19 girls, 5 boys); the provincial government press release reported 26 killed (19 girls, 7 boys); a witness reported 17 bodies; rebel coordinator Corneille Nangaa estimated around 10
Reported by Al Jazeera, BBC, Globe and Mail, Washington Times, Reuters. Jerusalem Post contradicted it:“killed at least 17...death toll at around 10”
The rebates will cover the premium spike caused by the lapse of enhanced ACA subsidies.
Reported by Daily Wire. CNN contradicted it:“could easily be $500 a month more”
The timeline of when FIFA withdrew the stake sale proposal
Reported by Al Jazeera. Globe and Mail contradicted it:“FIFA withdrew the proposal on Aug. 1”
The FCC directly threatened Kimmel and ABC over the Talarico interview
Reported by Al Jazeera, NBC News, Daily Wire, Globe and Mail, Washington Times, HuffPost. Breitbart contradicted it:“FCC didn't threaten him or his lowly rated show”Washington Examiner contradicted it:“White House denied claims FCC intimidating ABC”
At least 25 people were killed in the fire
Reported by Fox News, Al Jazeera, BBC, NY Post. Deutsche Welle contradicted it:“At least 20 were killed and five remain missing”CNN contradicted it:“At least 20 people were killed and five were missing”Jerusalem Post contradicted it:“At least 20 people have been killed”
US warplanes were damaged in the Iranian attack on the Jordan base
Reported by Al Jazeera, Jerusalem Post, Newsmax, Reuters. The Hill contradicted it:“No damage. No nothing”
The number of people missing was 84 as of September 11, 2026
Reported by BBC. South China Morning Post contradicted it:“87 people who are unaccounted for”
The year of the last gubernatorial primary loss before McKee
Reported by HuffPost. NY Post contradicted it:“first elected governor to lose primary since 2014”
The drone posed a direct threat to Zelenskyy's plane
Reported by Breitbart, CNN. Breitbart contradicted it:“"Ukrainian government...claiming the account...had been 'exaggerated'"”
The proposal constitutes an expansion of welfare
Reported by The Hill. The Federalist contradicted it:“does not expand the CCDF or demand more taxation”
The proposal pays people not to work
Reported by The Hill. The Federalist contradicted it:“compensating married stay-at-home moms is not an evil”
The final set tiebreak score was 10-7 in Shelton's favor
Reported by ABC News, Globe and Mail, AP News. Al Jazeera contradicted it:“7-6 (10-6) scoreline”
The total value of stolen items was approximately $200,000.
Reported by CBS News. NY Post contradicted it:“over $150,000 worth of merch stolen”
The dollar value of Canadian retaliatory tariffs on U.S. goods
The Guardian contradicted it:“retaliatory tariffs on $20bn in US imports”
A goalkeeper was nominated for the Ballon d'Or or related Yashin Award
Reported by Reuters. Al Jazeera contradicted it:“There was no goalkeeper nominated”Globe and Mail contradicted it:“There was no goalkeeper nominated”
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