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September 30, 2026
US Ban on Canadian Imports Takes Effect
ABC News can walk through a $967 million product list and still never say Canadian cheese was not banned, which the New York Post does.
Trump Orders AI Renamed Super Intelligence
CNBC hung the rename on a 25 percent approval rating for Trump's handling of AI that never appears in right-leaning coverage.
Dutch Police Arrest Alleged ShinyHunters Hacking Leader
Fox News billed the arrest as the FBI striking back at ShinyHunters. NBC News told readers the suspect had been in custody since September 15, before the group even claimed the FBI hack.
Protesters Gather at OpenAI DevDay Conference
Business Insider's DevDay story gives Altman a marketplace plan and 1.2 billion weekly ChatGPT users without the rally; The Verge gives the ICE-contract protest without the launches; right-leaning outlets had not covered the day at all.
Oura Postpones IPO Citing Market Uncertainty
A reader of the New York Post would miss that CNBC reported Oura-specific pushback, including a comparison to Peloton, not just a frozen IPO market.
Disney Conducts Third Round of Layoffs This Year
No outlet shows both a firm number for this layoff round and Disney's payroll of more than 231,000 people. The cuts stay either precise and unscaled, or scaled and still billed as a company-wide shock.
Democrats Accuse White House of Using CBP Funds for Trump Ads
Right-leaning outlets have not reported that CBP money paid for Trump's television ads. NBC News found John Thune saying those spots "shouldn't be paid for with taxpayer dollars."
Jack Smith Obtained Journalists’ Communications in Trump Probe
Left-leaning readers have no account of Grassley's claim that Justice still holds routing numbers from 4,782 seized Trump-donor checks.
Rubio Claims Foreign Actor Involved in UK Air Base Plot
Anyone who saw only The Hill would think a foreign state had just been caught targeting U.S. bombers in Britain. The suspects were out on bail with no bomb found, and that detail never appears.
Trump Xi Summit Yields Little Beyond Tariff Relief
If the Trump-Xi summit was tariff relief, only Breitbart told readers that relief averages two percent on Chinese imports.
OpenAI Expands ChatGPT With New Office-Like Features
Someone who read only Business Insider would think Tuesday's news was a $500 ChatGPT price hike, not a launch of an office suite and app store inside the chatbot.
Camryn Manheim Says She Tried to Turn Son Gay
Left-leaning coverage has not carried Manheim's HRC dinner speech. Fox News quotes her wanting a gay son, and even right-leaning coverage cannot agree she was joking.
NYC Mayor Mamdani's Antisemitism Plan Draws Criticism
Read OAN and Mamdani unveiled a first-ever municipal strategy. Read the New York Times and he issued a plan that does not discuss Israel.
Trump Considers Demolishing Kennedy Center
A reader of Breitbart never learns that Trump had already pulled a $257 million renovation unless a court allowed his name on the Kennedy Center.
RFK Jr. Claims Medical AI Will Surpass Doctors
You can read the Washington Examiner on Kennedy and AI and never learn he wants Medicaid records on tens of millions of children linked for vaccine studies.
Report Finds 40 Percent Vetting Errors in Biden Afghan Migrants
Left-leaning outlets have published nothing on the DHS inspector general's Afghan asylum-file audit, so the 40% error rate is circulating only on the right.
US Revokes Visas of 27 Latin American Officials Over Corruption
The Hill counted 27 people in a corruption-and-trafficking visa story and still never mentioned the new bar on people who undermine elected governments, which is the news Breitbart led with.
GOP Lawmakers Challenge Trump's $1 Billion Funding Clawback
Skip The Hill and the story is Collins versus an $810 million cut, not a cancellation the GAO had already called unlawful.
US Consumer Confidence Falls to 12-Year Low
Right-leaning readers have no number at all for September, including CNBC's print of 81.9 that undershot forecasts and matched a low last seen in 2014.
Economic Sentiment Weighs on Republican Midterm Prospects
Right-leaning coverage is the only place reporting that 15 House race ratings just shifted toward Democrats, and even there the outlets split on whether the resulting GOP gloom is overdone.
Critics Question Legality of Trump Using Taxpayer Funds for Ads
The Hill quotes Richard Painter that taxpayer-funded Trump spots could be an "impeachable offense," while the BBC still poses legality as an open question. Right-leaning outlets have not reported the ads.
Goldman Sachs Plans John Waldron as Next CEO
CNBC never reports that Solomon got an $80 million retention bonus of his own; the New York Post never reports that he already chairs the board that would replace him. Neither side quotes Solomon saying he will leave.
Democrats Lead Republicans by Double Digits in House Poll
Depending on the outlet, Democrats are either 12 points ahead for the House (The Hill, Quinnipiac) or 5 points ahead (Washington Examiner, NBC).
Kansas Senate Rivals Feud Over Medical Debt Ad and Endorsements
Politico reports a three-state GOP attack on Democratic pastors' faith remarks and quotes none of them. Breitbart quotes Hamilton on climate and PrideFest and never puts James Talarico in the story.
Netanyahu Holds Secret Talks With UAE President MBZ
Bloomberg described Netanyahu's stop in the UAE only as talks to bolster ties, leaving out that Israeli officials said the meeting lasted six hours and focused on Iran.
Abbott Declares Emergency Over High Texas Diesel Prices
Read The Hill and Abbott's diesel emergency is an EPA air-rules story; only Daily Wire reports that the same order leaves Texas's 20-cent fuel tax in place.
UK Rethinks Immigration Rules for Foreign Residents
Bloomberg has Mahmood revisiting how long foreigners wait for resident status; Breitbart has her reopening a UN route for Afghan and Palestinian refugees, and the two accounts share no policy facts.
Hegseth Cuts Generals Admirals and Academy Faculty Hiring
Skip Daily Wire and Hegseth's news is a faculty-tenure freeze at the academies. That outlet is the one that also reports his plan to cut 20% of generals and admirals.
Trump Unveils AI Website for Online Passport Applications
You cannot submit a first-time passport application on America.gov today, even though The Hill's lead says the site allows it; Daily Wire puts that function next year.
Blood Pressure Medication Recalled Nationwide by FDA
The Hill never names chlorthalidone, so its recall alert cannot tell you whether your bottle is involved; Fox Business names the drug and the second failed dissolution test.
Republicans Face High Political Cost of Trump Tariffs
The Times never names tariffs, so its version of the GOP's problem is only a collapsed Trump brand. National Review never mentions that brand at all.
September 29, 2026
Oil Rises as Iran Pessimistic About US Deal Before Midterms
Only the New York Post ran Trump's reason for rejecting the Hormuz reopening: that Iran is already losing. CNBC stopped at the fact that he said no.
Outlets Seek to Block Trump White House Press Ban
You can finish the New York Times item on this case and still not know the White House says press access is a privilege, or that the current court order dies on October 8.
Trump Criticizes UK for Releasing Airbase Terror Suspects on Bail
If you missed NBC News, you missed the charging outcome that makes the bail fight intelligible: the airbase men walked out with no charges, and British reports of no explosives, details the Washington Examiner never supplies.
Trump Hosts AI Executives at White House
If you read only the Washington Examiner, you would not know the Speaker co-hosting Trump's AI lunch told CNBC he hopes the guardrails are "voluntary."
Trump Doubles Down on Winning Iran War as Talks Falter
Breitbart never mentions Iran's IRNA statement that the UN delegation had no plans to negotiate, even as it reports Qatar still carrying compromise language after Trump's rejection.
Pope Leo Says AI Safety Concerns Are Not Fake News
The Hill covered Pope Leo on AI without mentioning Donald Trump at all. Breitbart turned the same remarks into a White House fight and left out that Leo said he is not in panic mode.
Jack Smith Accused of Abusing Rules and Privileges in Trump Probes
Left-leaning coverage has not reported Daily Caller's finding that NARA's inspector general labeled its February 2022 note a referral for guidance, not a criminal referral.
Democrats Favored to Regain Senate Control in Midterms
The Hill is already listing Texas and Kansas as possible Democratic Senate pickups, and right-leaning outlets have not reported that map.
Meta Muse AI Shares YouTuber's Address With Stranger
A right-leaning reader would not know Muse gave a YouTuber's address to a stranger, and anyone who saw only Business Insider's first story would still be asking if the agent went rogue rather than if Robb had switched on always-on sending.
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