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How outlets cover McConnell · Jul 7 – Jul 13, 2026

Mitch McConnell Hospitalized After a June Fall

So far two center and right-leaning outlets have covered this. No left-leaning outlet has picked it up yet.

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OUTLETS
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AVG CRED
63MEDIUM
AVG BAL
68SOME TILT

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Mitch McConnell R · KY · SEN
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This story reports what happened without casting McConnell in a good or bad light, so readers don’t rate it and it doesn’t count toward McConnell’s record.

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tl;drFROM THE LEAD ARTICLE · CNN

Sen. Mitch McConnell has been hospitalized for about a month, but his office has not disclosed the reason or provided details about his condition. Republican senators say they have spoken with him, while an emergency-services recording has not been independently confirmed as describing his case.

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4 CENTER ARTICLES
CNNJUL 7 · 12:51 PM ET
Mitch McConnell has been hospitalized for three weeks. Here's what we know.McConnell’s month-long hospitalization has left questions about his condition and his Senate attendance.CRED 84BAL 75 PORTRAYS MCCONNELL: NEUTRALCNN · REPUBLISHED BY YAHOO NEWS · ALSO CARRIED BY CNN INTERNATIONAL, CNN

How outlets portrayed McConnell

Each article counts once, however many sites carried it. Sides are each outlet’s published lean. How portrayal is read

Left: 0 favorable, 0 critical, 0 mixed, 0 neutral. Center: 0 favorable, 0 critical, 0 mixed, 1 neutral. Right: 0 favorable, 1 critical, 0 mixed, 0 neutral.

When each side covered it

Articles per day by side. JUL 7: Left 0, Center 3, Right 0. JUL 8: Left 0, Center 0, Right 0. JUL 9: Left 0, Center 0, Right 0. JUL 10: Left 0, Center 0, Right 0. JUL 11: Left 0, Center 0, Right 0. JUL 12: Left 0, Center 1, Right 0. JUL 13: Left 0, Center 0, Right 1.

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