Corroboration map

Every story from the last 48 hours, sized and shaded by how many independent newsrooms reported it. This measures how well-attested a story is — not how important it is. A large dark cell means many newsrooms reported the same event separately; a small pale one means it only just cleared the threshold.

Index

The most widely corroborated stories in this window. The full record of all 40 follows.

  1. UK bans goods from Israeli settlements in the West Bank 13 newsrooms
  2. Houthi attacks on Saudi Arabia set fires at oil facilities and wound 73 people 8 newsrooms
  3. French police hunt Renoir thieves after lightning museum heist 8 newsrooms
  4. US Escalates Trade War With Canada 8 newsrooms
  5. Paris probes why women staff removed from Eiffel Tower for Hindu visit 7 newsrooms
  6. U.S. military says it destroyed 5 Iranian oil tankers after attacks on Navy warship 6 newsrooms
  7. Iran attacks US base in Jordan and 10 ships near Strait of Hormuz 5 newsrooms
  8. Containing Germany’s Far Right 5 newsrooms
  9. Brent Oil at $100 for First Time Since July 5 newsrooms
  10. Dallas Republican convention: How Trump looms over midterms 4 newsrooms
  11. Kremlin aide describes Putin-Trump phone call as positive 4 newsrooms
  12. Russia and North Korea open first road bridge across their shared border 4 newsrooms

The record

Links marked paid links land on a page that carried paid recommendation widgets — the grid of sensational thumbnails under the article — when sampled on 19 August 2026: 18 of 27 outlets we link to. What we measured.

  1. 13 independent newsrooms 6 countries

    UK bans goods from Israeli settlements in the West Bank

    Headline as published by Associated Press — the most typical wording of this story among the outlets covering it, not a VERITATEM summary.

    Further reading — 4 reports below the corroboration threshold

    These describe the same event but were not carried widely enough to clear the threshold, so they are not part of the story above. They may be early, exclusive, regional — or wrong. They have not been corroborated.

  2. 8 independent newsrooms 10 including state-owned 9 countries 11 mastheads, 1 running agency copy

    Houthi attacks on Saudi Arabia set fires at oil facilities and wound 73 people

    Headline as published by Associated Press — the most typical wording of this story among the outlets covering it, not a VERITATEM summary.

    Further reading — 4 reports below the corroboration threshold

    These describe the same event but were not carried widely enough to clear the threshold, so they are not part of the story above. They may be early, exclusive, regional — or wrong. They have not been corroborated.

  3. 8 independent newsrooms 5 countries

    French police hunt Renoir thieves after lightning museum heist

    Headline as published by France 24 — the most typical wording of this story among the outlets covering it, not a VERITATEM summary.

    Further reading — 1 report below the corroboration threshold

    These describe the same event but were not carried widely enough to clear the threshold, so they are not part of the story above. They may be early, exclusive, regional — or wrong. They have not been corroborated.

  4. 8 independent newsrooms 4 countries

    US Escalates Trade War With Canada

    Headline as published by Bloomberg — the most typical wording of this story among the outlets covering it, not a VERITATEM summary.

    Further reading — 4 reports below the corroboration threshold

    These describe the same event but were not carried widely enough to clear the threshold, so they are not part of the story above. They may be early, exclusive, regional — or wrong. They have not been corroborated.

  5. 7 independent newsrooms 4 countries

    Paris probes why women staff removed from Eiffel Tower for Hindu visit

    Headline as published by France 24 — the most typical wording of this story among the outlets covering it, not a VERITATEM summary.

    Further reading — 3 reports below the corroboration threshold

    These describe the same event but were not carried widely enough to clear the threshold, so they are not part of the story above. They may be early, exclusive, regional — or wrong. They have not been corroborated.

  6. 6 independent newsrooms 7 including state-owned 4 countries 9 mastheads, 2 running agency copy

    U.S. military says it destroyed 5 Iranian oil tankers after attacks on Navy warship

    Headline as published by NPR — the most typical wording of this story among the outlets covering it, not a VERITATEM summary.

    Further reading — 4 reports below the corroboration threshold

    These describe the same event but were not carried widely enough to clear the threshold, so they are not part of the story above. They may be early, exclusive, regional — or wrong. They have not been corroborated.

  7. 5 independent newsrooms 6 including state-owned 6 countries 7 mastheads, 1 running agency copy

    Iran attacks US base in Jordan and 10 ships near Strait of Hormuz

    Headline as published by The Irish Times — the most typical wording of this story among the outlets covering it, not a VERITATEM summary.

    Further reading — 4 reports below the corroboration threshold

    These describe the same event but were not carried widely enough to clear the threshold, so they are not part of the story above. They may be early, exclusive, regional — or wrong. They have not been corroborated.

  8. 5 independent newsrooms 3 countries

    Containing Germany’s Far Right

    Headline as published by The New York Times — the most typical wording of this story among the outlets covering it, not a VERITATEM summary.

    Further reading — 4 reports below the corroboration threshold

    These describe the same event but were not carried widely enough to clear the threshold, so they are not part of the story above. They may be early, exclusive, regional — or wrong. They have not been corroborated.

  9. 5 independent newsrooms 2 countries

    Brent Oil at $100 for First Time Since July

    Headline as published by Bloomberg — the most typical wording of this story among the outlets covering it, not a VERITATEM summary.

    Further reading — 3 reports below the corroboration threshold

    These describe the same event but were not carried widely enough to clear the threshold, so they are not part of the story above. They may be early, exclusive, regional — or wrong. They have not been corroborated.

  10. 4 independent newsrooms 5 including state-owned 5 countries

    Dallas Republican convention: How Trump looms over midterms

    Headline as published by Deutsche Welle — the most typical wording of this story among the outlets covering it, not a VERITATEM summary.

    Further reading — 4 reports below the corroboration threshold

    These describe the same event but were not carried widely enough to clear the threshold, so they are not part of the story above. They may be early, exclusive, regional — or wrong. They have not been corroborated.

  11. 4 independent newsrooms 5 including state-owned 4 countries 6 mastheads, 1 running agency copy

    Kremlin aide describes Putin-Trump phone call as positive

    Headline as published by TASS — the most typical wording of this story among the outlets covering it, not a VERITATEM summary.

    Further reading — 4 reports below the corroboration threshold

    These describe the same event but were not carried widely enough to clear the threshold, so they are not part of the story above. They may be early, exclusive, regional — or wrong. They have not been corroborated.

  12. 4 independent newsrooms 4 countries

    Russia and North Korea open first road bridge across their shared border

    Headline as published by The Guardian — the most typical wording of this story among the outlets covering it, not a VERITATEM summary.

    Further reading — 3 reports below the corroboration threshold

    These describe the same event but were not carried widely enough to clear the threshold, so they are not part of the story above. They may be early, exclusive, regional — or wrong. They have not been corroborated.

  13. 4 independent newsrooms 4 countries

    Five Miami plane crash victims identified after Amazon jet ran off runway and slammed into van

    Headline as published by The Independent — the most typical wording of this story among the outlets covering it, not a VERITATEM summary.

    Further reading — 4 reports below the corroboration threshold

    These describe the same event but were not carried widely enough to clear the threshold, so they are not part of the story above. They may be early, exclusive, regional — or wrong. They have not been corroborated.

  14. 4 independent newsrooms 4 countries 5 mastheads, 1 running agency copy

    Bombardier Shares Down as Trump’s Trade War Targets Canadian Jet Maker

    Headline as published by The New York Times — the most typical wording of this story among the outlets covering it, not a VERITATEM summary.

    Further reading — 4 reports below the corroboration threshold

    These describe the same event but were not carried widely enough to clear the threshold, so they are not part of the story above. They may be early, exclusive, regional — or wrong. They have not been corroborated.

  15. 4 independent newsrooms 4 countries

    LIV Golf files for bankruptcy protection

    Headline as published by The Japan Times — the most typical wording of this story among the outlets covering it, not a VERITATEM summary.

    Further reading — 1 report below the corroboration threshold

    These describe the same event but were not carried widely enough to clear the threshold, so they are not part of the story above. They may be early, exclusive, regional — or wrong. They have not been corroborated.

  16. 4 independent newsrooms 3 countries

    Trump hails ‘really big night’ after far-right AfD win in Germany

    Headline as published by The Straits Times — the most typical wording of this story among the outlets covering it, not a VERITATEM summary.

    Further reading — 4 reports below the corroboration threshold

    These describe the same event but were not carried widely enough to clear the threshold, so they are not part of the story above. They may be early, exclusive, regional — or wrong. They have not been corroborated.

  17. 4 independent newsrooms 3 countries

    Argentina to file criminal charges against Israeli oil firm drilling in Falklands

    Headline as published by The Independent — the most typical wording of this story among the outlets covering it, not a VERITATEM summary.

    Further reading — 2 reports below the corroboration threshold

    These describe the same event but were not carried widely enough to clear the threshold, so they are not part of the story above. They may be early, exclusive, regional — or wrong. They have not been corroborated.

  18. 3 independent newsrooms 4 including state-owned 4 countries

    Caught between US and Iran, South Korea weighs Hormuz role

    Headline as published by South China Morning Post — the most typical wording of this story among the outlets covering it, not a VERITATEM summary.

    Further reading — 4 reports below the corroboration threshold

    These describe the same event but were not carried widely enough to clear the threshold, so they are not part of the story above. They may be early, exclusive, regional — or wrong. They have not been corroborated.

  19. 3 independent newsrooms 4 including state-owned 3 countries 5 mastheads, 1 running agency copy

    Trump gave $45,000 holiday gifts to Natalie Harp and two other aides

    Headline as published by Associated Press — the most typical wording of this story among the outlets covering it, not a VERITATEM summary.

    Further reading — 3 reports below the corroboration threshold

    These describe the same event but were not carried widely enough to clear the threshold, so they are not part of the story above. They may be early, exclusive, regional — or wrong. They have not been corroborated.

  20. 3 independent newsrooms 3 countries

    Trial begins in Mexico over killings of Australian surfers and American friend

    Headline as published by Associated Press — the most typical wording of this story among the outlets covering it, not a VERITATEM summary.

    Further reading — 1 report below the corroboration threshold

    These describe the same event but were not carried widely enough to clear the threshold, so they are not part of the story above. They may be early, exclusive, regional — or wrong. They have not been corroborated.

  21. 3 independent newsrooms 3 countries

    Serbia faces EU backlash after war criminal Ratko Mladic gets hero’s funeral

    Headline as published by The Independent — the most typical wording of this story among the outlets covering it, not a VERITATEM summary.

    Further reading — 4 reports below the corroboration threshold

    These describe the same event but were not carried widely enough to clear the threshold, so they are not part of the story above. They may be early, exclusive, regional — or wrong. They have not been corroborated.

  22. 3 independent newsrooms 3 countries

    Germany: why AfD won in Saxony Anhalt, and what happens next

    Headline as published by MercoPress — the most typical wording of this story among the outlets covering it, not a VERITATEM summary.

    Further reading — 3 reports below the corroboration threshold

    These describe the same event but were not carried widely enough to clear the threshold, so they are not part of the story above. They may be early, exclusive, regional — or wrong. They have not been corroborated.

  23. 3 independent newsrooms 3 countries

    US bans Canadian alcohol, motorcycles and dairy products as trade spat escalates

    Headline as published by France 24 — the most typical wording of this story among the outlets covering it, not a VERITATEM summary.

    Further reading — 1 report below the corroboration threshold

    These describe the same event but were not carried widely enough to clear the threshold, so they are not part of the story above. They may be early, exclusive, regional — or wrong. They have not been corroborated.

  24. 3 independent newsrooms 3 countries

    Driveway of Malibu mansion owned by Nicolas Cage collapses into sinkhole

    Headline as published by Associated Press — the most typical wording of this story among the outlets covering it, not a VERITATEM summary.

  25. 3 independent newsrooms 3 countries

    Watch live: Norway bids farewell to King Harald V at state funeral

    Headline as published by The Independent — the most typical wording of this story among the outlets covering it, not a VERITATEM summary.

    Further reading — 1 report below the corroboration threshold

    These describe the same event but were not carried widely enough to clear the threshold, so they are not part of the story above. They may be early, exclusive, regional — or wrong. They have not been corroborated.

  26. 3 independent newsrooms 2 countries

    Iceland Summons U.S. Ambassador Over Provocative Trump Map

    Headline as published by The New York Times — the most typical wording of this story among the outlets covering it, not a VERITATEM summary.

    Further reading — 4 reports below the corroboration threshold

    These describe the same event but were not carried widely enough to clear the threshold, so they are not part of the story above. They may be early, exclusive, regional — or wrong. They have not been corroborated.

  27. 3 independent newsrooms 2 countries

    Juror says 1 holdout refused to acquit Lindsay Clancy

    Headline as published by Associated Press — the most typical wording of this story among the outlets covering it, not a VERITATEM summary.

    Further reading — 1 report below the corroboration threshold

    These describe the same event but were not carried widely enough to clear the threshold, so they are not part of the story above. They may be early, exclusive, regional — or wrong. They have not been corroborated.

  28. 3 independent newsrooms 2 countries

    Hungary expels 10 Russian diplomats over unacceptable activities

    Headline as published by Associated Press — the most typical wording of this story among the outlets covering it, not a VERITATEM summary.

    Further reading — 2 reports below the corroboration threshold

    These describe the same event but were not carried widely enough to clear the threshold, so they are not part of the story above. They may be early, exclusive, regional — or wrong. They have not been corroborated.

  29. 3 independent newsrooms 2 countries

    Tung Chee-hwa, Hong Kong’s first chief executive, dies aged 89

    Headline as published by South China Morning Post — the most typical wording of this story among the outlets covering it, not a VERITATEM summary.

    Further reading — 3 reports below the corroboration threshold

    These describe the same event but were not carried widely enough to clear the threshold, so they are not part of the story above. They may be early, exclusive, regional — or wrong. They have not been corroborated.

  30. 3 independent newsrooms 2 countries

    Philippine defense chief slams China over audience note on South China Sea at Seoul forum

    Headline as published by Yonhap News Agency — the most typical wording of this story among the outlets covering it, not a VERITATEM summary.

    Further reading — 2 reports below the corroboration threshold

    These describe the same event but were not carried widely enough to clear the threshold, so they are not part of the story above. They may be early, exclusive, regional — or wrong. They have not been corroborated.

  31. 3 independent newsrooms 2 countries

    New Apple CEO to face first test with foldable iPhone launch

    Headline as published by The Straits Times — the most typical wording of this story among the outlets covering it, not a VERITATEM summary.

    Further reading — 1 report below the corroboration threshold

    These describe the same event but were not carried widely enough to clear the threshold, so they are not part of the story above. They may be early, exclusive, regional — or wrong. They have not been corroborated.

  32. 3 independent newsrooms 2 countries

    Israel tells British consulate in East Jerusalem to close within 30 days: report

    Headline as published by Dawn — the most typical wording of this story among the outlets covering it, not a VERITATEM summary.

  33. 3 independent newsrooms 2 countries

    Deadly Russian strikes on Kyiv fail to cancel Ukrainian soldier’s wedding

    Headline as published by The Independent — the most typical wording of this story among the outlets covering it, not a VERITATEM summary.

    Further reading — 4 reports below the corroboration threshold

    These describe the same event but were not carried widely enough to clear the threshold, so they are not part of the story above. They may be early, exclusive, regional — or wrong. They have not been corroborated.

  34. 3 independent newsrooms 2 countries

    Israel denies report UAE leader warned Netanyahu days before Oct 7 attack

    Headline as published by The Times of India — the most typical wording of this story among the outlets covering it, not a VERITATEM summary.

  35. 2 independent newsrooms 4 including state-owned 4 countries

    Ben Shelton shocks Carlos Alcaraz in five sets to win US Open quarterfinal

    Headline as published by Al Jazeera English — the most typical wording of this story among the outlets covering it, not a VERITATEM summary.

  36. 2 independent newsrooms 3 including state-owned 3 countries

    UN General Assembly wraps up its 80th session

    Headline as published by TASS — the most typical wording of this story among the outlets covering it, not a VERITATEM summary.

    Further reading — 1 report below the corroboration threshold

    These describe the same event but were not carried widely enough to clear the threshold, so they are not part of the story above. They may be early, exclusive, regional — or wrong. They have not been corroborated.

  37. 2 independent newsrooms 3 including state-owned 3 countries

    UAE warned Netanyahu of 7 October attack, Israeli newspaper reports

    Headline as published by Euronews — the most typical wording of this story among the outlets covering it, not a VERITATEM summary.

    Further reading — 1 report below the corroboration threshold

    These describe the same event but were not carried widely enough to clear the threshold, so they are not part of the story above. They may be early, exclusive, regional — or wrong. They have not been corroborated.

  38. 2 independent newsrooms 3 including state-owned 3 countries

    Pegula sets up Sabalenka rematch for third successive U.S. Open semi

    Headline as published by The Japan Times — the most typical wording of this story among the outlets covering it, not a VERITATEM summary.

    Further reading — 1 report below the corroboration threshold

    These describe the same event but were not carried widely enough to clear the threshold, so they are not part of the story above. They may be early, exclusive, regional — or wrong. They have not been corroborated.

  39. 2 independent newsrooms 3 including state-owned 3 countries

    South Korea video game tycoon to pay record US$1.5 billion in divorce

    Headline as published by CNA (Channel NewsAsia) — the most typical wording of this story among the outlets covering it, not a VERITATEM summary.

    Further reading — 1 report below the corroboration threshold

    These describe the same event but were not carried widely enough to clear the threshold, so they are not part of the story above. They may be early, exclusive, regional — or wrong. They have not been corroborated.

  40. 2 independent newsrooms 3 including state-owned 3 countries

    4 Killed in Ukrainian Attack on Novorossiysk

    Headline as published by The Moscow Times — the most typical wording of this story among the outlets covering it, not a VERITATEM summary.

    Further reading — 2 reports below the corroboration threshold

    These describe the same event but were not carried widely enough to clear the threshold, so they are not part of the story above. They may be early, exclusive, regional — or wrong. They have not been corroborated.

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