Misinfo Radar
Signals worth a closer look: weak sources, fact-checks, state media, copy-paste campaigns.
A day after a stinging midterm defeat, Trump focuses on his ballroom.
Left 50%50%Centre 31%31%Right 19%19%
Attention level: Low (18 sources)
- Headline mismatch 6 of 14 confidence: low
Articles whose headline says something its own description does not.
- New Republic: Trump Brags About Ballroom in First Speech Since GOP Election Wreckage
President Trump’s first public speech after a disastrous, resounding midterm election defeat was about the White House ballroom, as he offered the American people deranged ramblings about the only… - Raw Story: CNN abruptly cuts away from Trump’s ballroom spectacle: ‘We don’t need to watch’
CNN’s Anderson Cooper abruptly moved on from live coverage of Donald Trump’s White House ballroom spectacle Wednesday after the president encouraged reporters to watch a steel beam being lifted into… - PBS NewsHour: WATCH: Trump previews ballroom construction the day after voters rejected GOP rule
President Donald Trump gave extended comments Wednesday, not about the Republican Party's midterm election wipeout but instead justifying his building a sprawling White House ballroom.
- New Republic: Trump Brags About Ballroom in First Speech Since GOP Election Wreckage
Every outlet on this story
| Outlet | Lean | Reliability | Country | Articles |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Raw Story | Left | 55 Mixed | US | 3 |
| New York Post | Right | 60 Mostly factual | US | 2 |
| Daily Mail | Center | 63 Mostly factual | GB | 1 |
| The Independent | Center | 68 Mostly factual | GB | 1 |
| New Republic | Left | 68 Mostly factual | US | 1 |
| RealClearPolitics | Leans right | 70 Mostly factual | US | 1 |
| National Post | Leans right | 75 High | CA | 1 |
| Google News | Center | 75 High | US | 1 |
| CNN | Left | 78 High | US | 1 |
| The Hill | Center | 78 High | US | 3 |
| USA TODAY | Leans left | 78 High | US | 2 |
| NBC News | Leans left | 80 High | US | 1 |
| CBS News | Leans left | 82 High | US | 1 |
| Axios | Center | 82 High | US | 1 |
| The New York Times | Left | 88 Very high | US | 1 |
| PBS NewsHour | Leans left | 90 Very high | US | 1 |
| Associated Press | Center | 92 Very high | US | 1 |
| The Seattle Times | Not rated | Not rated | US | 1 |
| The Herald-News | Not rated | Not rated | US | 1 |
How this was worked out
The radar does not decide what is true. It lists signals that deserve a closer look, each with its evidence: who covers the story and how they are rated, matching fact-checks, state media, copy-paste campaigns, and headlines that are sensational or do not match their own description.
How INDB scores stories · Data: stories INDB grouped from the outlets on the sources page.