Hartford Courant
A local outlet rated high on credibility, with a lean between center-left and center. 24% of the stories it hosts are confirmed reposts of other outlets’ articles, and other sites have reprinted 1 of its stories.A local outlet rated high on credibility, with a lean between center-left and center. 24% of the stories it hosts are confirmed reposts of other outlets’ articles.
- CREDIBILITY
- 78High
- LEAN
- 45Center
- ORIGINALITY
- 76%
- STORIES
- 17▲ 1 this week
- REPRINTED
- 1time
Credibility 15 stories · 95% range 76–79 · updated Oct 6, 2026Lean 16 stories · 95% range 38–52 · updated Oct 6, 2026Originality 21 hosted stories · updated Oct 6, 2026
Hartford Courant at a glance
SCORECARD
Ticks mark the local news average; on the lean bar, its own lean.STORIES · 12 MONTHS
17June spike: 11 stories, 9 of them on Elections/Campaigns and 3 on Social Security/Medicare.
Hatched: Nov–Jan, when ChamberLight collected few or no stories from any outlet, so a gap there is not the outlet’s.
TONE TOWARD EACH PARTY
NETAbout the same as other outlets toward Democrats. How tone is measured
LATEST ACTIVITY
- SCOREOriginality 75% → 76% Oct 6 · 21 stories
- STORY1 new story in the last 7 days · 1 on Immigration
- BLINDSPOTSkipped: Thomas Massie Files Impeachment Articles Against Pete Hegseth 80 outlets covered it
Hartford Courant’s scores: credibility, lean and originality
CREDIBILITY
The combined AI rating of its own stories, 0 to 100, for the outlet’s transparency, standards, corrections and original reporting. 4 points above the local news average (74).
POLITICAL LEAN
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
The share of stories it hosts that are not confirmed copies of another outlet’s article.
SCORE HISTORY · 12 MONTHSHISTORY · 12 MO
Dotted where ChamberLight collected few or no stories (Nov–Jan). The dashed line is the local news average (74). How score history works
Challenges to these scores
No one has challenged a score on this page yet. Anyone can; editors publish every outcome here.
What Hartford Courant covers: topics and people
TOP TOPICS · SHARE OF ITS STORIESTOP TOPICS
TICK = ALL OUTLETSTICK = ALL- Elections/Campaigns59%+19 PTS against 40% of all outlets’ stories
- Immigration12%+7 PTS against 5% of all outlets’ stories
- Congress/Members6%−2 PTS against 8% of all outlets’ stories
- Defense/Military6%0 PTS against 6% of all outlets’ stories
WHO THEY COVER · 15 STORY–PERSON PAIRS · 15 PAIRS
- 1John B. Larson (Democrat)6 stories
- 2Andrew Rice (Independent)2 stories
- 3Luke Bronin (Democrat)2 stories
- 4Rosa L. DeLauro (Democrat)2 stories
- 5Jahana Hayes (Democrat)1 stories
- 6Joe Courtney (Democrat)1 stories
- 7Richard Blumenthal (Democrat)1 stories
How Hartford Courant 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 Hartford Courant did not.
Hartford Courant’s owner, reprints and similar outlets
OWNERSHIP
WHO REPRINTS IT
1WHOSE STORIES IT CARRIES
5MOST SIMILAR OUTLETS
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Compare Hartford Courant with other outlets
Best value in each row is highlighted. Tone is the share of stories positive toward a party minus the share negative, from −100 to +100. No story in the last 90 days was covered by all four.
- Hartford CourantTHIS SOURCE
- ArcaMax
- The Forward
- Nola
CREDIBILITY
LEAN (50 = CENTER)
ORIGINALITY
STORIES
ELECTIONS/CAMPAIGNS COVERAGE
TONE TOWARD GOP
TONE TOWARD DEMS
Best value in each row is highlighted. Tone is the share of stories positive toward a party minus the share negative, from −100 to +100. No story in the last 90 days was covered by all four.
- Mainly about Richard BlumenthalCRED 75REPRINTS —
- Mainly about Joe CourtneyCRED 75REPRINTS —
- Mainly about Jillian GilchrestCRED 80REPRINTS 1×
- Mainly about John B. LarsonCRED 80REPRINTS —
- Mainly about Jahana HayesCRED 80REPRINTS —
- Mainly about John B. LarsonCRED 80REPRINTS —
- Mainly about John B. LarsonCRED 80REPRINTS —
- Mainly about Ruth FortuneCRED 75REPRINTS —
- Mainly about John B. LarsonCRED 80REPRINTS —
- Mainly about Rosa L. DeLauroCRED 80REPRINTS —
- Mainly about Ruth FortuneCRED 80REPRINTS —
- Mainly about John B. LarsonCRED 75REPRINTS —
- Mainly about Andrew RiceCRED 75REPRINTS —
- Mainly about John B. LarsonCRED 75REPRINTS —
- Mainly about Graham PlatnerCRED 85REPRINTS —
- Mainly about John B. LarsonCRED 80REPRINTS —
- Mainly about Jillian GilchrestCRED 75REPRINTS —
