ABC7 Chicago
Not rated yet: ChamberLight has 2 of the 10 stories a score needs. 5 stories are credited to it so far.Not rated yet: ChamberLight has 2 of the 10 stories a score needs.
- CREDIBILITY
- —2 of 10 stories
- LEAN
- —2 of 10 stories
- ORIGINALITY
- —6 of 10 stories
- STORIES
- 5none this week
- REPRINTED
- 0times
ABC7 Chicago at a glance
SCORECARD
Ticks mark the local news average; on the lean bar, its own lean.STORIES · 12 MONTHS
5Busiest month: June, 3 stories, 2 of them on Congress/Members and 1 on Civil Rights/Liberties.
Hatched: Nov–Jan, when ChamberLight collected few or no stories from any outlet, so a gap there is not the outlet’s.
LATEST ACTIVITY
- BLINDSPOTSkipped: Thomas Massie Files Impeachment Articles Against Pete Hegseth 80 outlets covered it
ABC7 Chicago’s scores: credibility, lean and originality
CREDIBILITY
Not enough stories yet: 2 of 10.
The combined AI rating of its own stories, 0 to 100, for the outlet’s transparency, standards, corrections and original reporting.
POLITICAL LEAN
Not enough stories yet: 2 of 10.
Where its news stories sit from 0 (left) to 100 (right). Opinion pieces are left out, and its stories reposted on other sites count toward it.
ORIGINALITY
Not enough stories yet: 6 of 10.
The share of stories it hosts that are not confirmed copies of another outlet’s article.
SCORE HISTORY · 12 MONTHSHISTORY · 12 MO
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What ABC7 Chicago covers: topics and people
TOP TOPICS · SHARE OF ITS STORIESTOP TOPICS
TICK = ALL OUTLETSTICK = ALL- Civil Rights/Liberties20%+18 PTS against 2% of all outlets’ stories
- Congress/Members20%+12 PTS against 8% of all outlets’ stories
- Foreign Policy20%+11 PTS against 9% of all outlets’ stories
WHO THEY COVER · 4 STORY–PERSON PAIRS · 4 PAIRS
- 1Bill Cassidy (Republican)1 stories
- 2Dione Sims (Democrat)1 stories
- 3John Thune (Republican)1 stories
- 4Mitch McConnell (Republican)1 stories
How ABC7 Chicago framed shared stories, and what it skipped
WHAT IT SKIPPED · BLINDSPOTS
Stories that 8 or more news outlets covered in the last 30 days and ABC7 Chicago did not.
ABC7 Chicago’s owner, reprints and similar outlets
OWNERSHIP
WHO REPRINTS IT
WHOSE STORIES IT CARRIES
1SIMILAR OUTLETS
Compare ABC7 Chicago with other outlets
Tone is the share of stories positive toward a party minus the share negative, from −100 to +100. Add outlets to line them up with this one.
- ABC7 ChicagoTHIS SOURCE
CREDIBILITY
LEAN (50 = CENTER)
ORIGINALITY
STORIES
CIVIL RIGHTS/LIBERTIES COVERAGE
TONE TOWARD GOP
TONE TOWARD DEMS
Tone is the share of stories positive toward a party minus the share negative, from −100 to +100. Add outlets to line them up with this one.




