In-depth investigations and analysis of news coverage, curated by the NewsCord team. 42 so far.
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Antisemitism is real, and Jewish people in Britain are attacked for being Jewish. But the count meant to measure it also counts words about…
3,162 Crimes
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Green Party members voted 1,022 to 813 that Zionism is racism. The Telegraph printed 'hunted down' as Lubna Speitan's words though they came…
The Smear
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On 21 August 2026 Cambridge said its Black students and staff were still being sent racist, hateful and abusive messages. Six days later…
Support as scandal
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At 11:22 on 7 October 2023 the Gaza Division of the Israeli occupation forces told its units that not a single vehicle could return to Gaza…
4,367 Articles
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On 4 October 2026 a crowd in Gosport tried to stop 149 people rescued from the Channel being brought ashore. It blocked ambulances, a woman…
Mostly peaceful
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Green Party members voted 1,022 to 813 to treat Zionism as racism and to back one democratic state with equal rights for all. We counted…
15 Reports
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On 16 September 2026 the Los Angeles Times published a paid travel page branded by Israel's Ministry of Tourism. Its map draws the West…
Paid Program
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A UCL student wrote that Somalis are inbred and that Britain should mass deport Muslims. His classmates reported him in April 2026. UCL has…
Equal Treatment
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We followed the money behind the outlets that set the agenda in America and Britain: who owns them, where they are incorporated and taxed…
Follow the money
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Tom Watson, Lord Watson of Wyre Forest, has been paid by Palantir since November 2024, registered as a member of its Public Services…
240 votes, then blank
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Edieal Pinker's study of 1,559 New York Times articles on Israel's genocide in Gaza is being reported as proof of anti-Israel bias. Its…
25 to 1
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On the 25th anniversary of 11 September the Washington Times reported that Trump had vowed victory over 'Islamic terror'. He had not said…
8,710 against 31
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Ben Delo gave Reform £36m on 11 September 2026 and Christopher Harborne matched it the next day. Delo pleaded guilty to a US…
£72m in two days
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The reporters who made Jason Arday a national story say Cambridge and education are their beat. James Orr is on that beat: an associate…
163 against 13
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A magazine told the first Black man to head an Oxbridge college that he is not fit for the job. The people he has actually taught, mentored…
Open for submissions
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Corrections, apologies and settlements involving Muslim people and institutions form part of Andrew Gilligan's record. We counted all 42…
42 articles, 24 records
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On 21 August a jury unanimously acquitted Tony Greenstein, a 72-year-old Jewish anti-Zionist, of a terrorism charge over Gaza posts. No…
24 articles counted
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A water project engaged eleven communities, from Jewish mikvahs to Sikh gurdwaras, and made 42 recommendations, most aimed at everyone or at…
2 of 42 printed
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Two nine-day windows across the same fifteen outlets, split at the minute the news of his death broke on 14 August. His last nine full days…
Nine days on nine
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A companion investigation mapping substantive written coverage by period and oversight. It separates broadcaster-affiliated web articles…
Regulator map
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Misan Harriman asked why the Muslim victim of the Golders Green attacker received so much less coverage than the two Jewish victims. Four…
9 shared bylines
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A census of every substantive written article 14 national outlets published about Jason Arday before he was found dead on 14 August: 229…
229 articles counted
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Since 10 October 2025, Israel has attacked Gaza on 252 of 279 counted days and killed at least 1,127 Palestinians, more than 260 of them…
1,127 killed
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Five formal responses from the BBC Complaints Team, read side by side against what the BBC published. Attribution plus a stack of caveats…
5 BBC responses
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Rupert Lowe's Rape Gang Inquiry Report anchors on a figure of 250,000. It was never counted. It is a 2018 House of Lords guess: Rotherham's…
The 250,000 figure
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A parody that applies the exact statistical method behind the '250,000 victims' figure to the native British population and 'proves' 34…
Satire · same method
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Palestinian journalists are still documenting Israel's genocide in Gaza. From 2023 to 2026 we tracked how the major Western outlets covered…
74% coverage drop
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Two stabbings, radically asymmetric coverage. Measured in a like-for-like first-72-hour window, the national press covered the Golders Green…
First 72h + state response
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Israel bombed the al-Kayali residential building in Gaza City on the eve of Eid al-Adha and killed a Hamas commander, his wife, his child…
5 Outlets
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The body reports detainees kneeling with foreheads forced to the floor, a serving minister classifying them on camera as 'terrorism…
BBC Section 3
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On Sky News' flagship Sunday slot, the presenter treated a contested factual question, currently under two active regulatory investigations…
Ofcom Section 5
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Five mastheads, one wire-desk frame, article bodies that contradict their own headlines. AP, Reuters, The Independent, Toronto Star and The…
Framing Audit
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Two incidents at the 16 May 2026 'Unite the Kingdom' rally, and the press's flattening of the day into 'rival protests'. The legal framework…
Equal Application
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BBC, The Independent, Reuters and the New York Times led their coverage of the 15 May 2026 Gaza City strike with Israel's stated objective…
Framing Audit
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Prince Harry's New Statesman op-ed condemned antisemitism and anti-Muslim hatred as twin manifestations of the same well of division. Within…
Headline Audit
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Two Telegraph hit pieces in five days, same correspondent. A 17% video clip framed as a Holocaust comparison. A question about a Muslim…
Smear Anatomy
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How the BBC, Guardian, and Sky News systematically obscure Israeli responsibility through attribution gaps, passive voice, and unreported…
5,000+ Excerpts
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How Western outlets sanitise the U.S.-Israeli bombardment of Iran. Perpetrator naming, coverage gaps for civilian strikes, and language…
500+ Collections
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Analysis of how 400+ news articles cover Jeffrey Epstein's alleged ties to Israel, with interactive keyword tracking and source comparisons.
424 Articles
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