Katu
Most of what it hosts is reposted from other outlets: 7 stories from 5 outlets, credited to them. 14 stories are credited to it.Most of what it hosts is reposted from other outlets and credited to them.
- CREDIBILITY
- —3 of 10 stories
- LEAN
- —7 of 10 stories
- ORIGINALITY
- 7%
- STORIES
- 14none this week
- REPRINTED
- 4times
Originality 88 hosted stories · updated Oct 12, 2026
Katu at a glance
SCORECARD
Ticks mark the local news average; on the lean bar, its own lean.STORIES · 12 MONTHS
14Busiest month: March, 5 stories, 4 of them on Elections/Campaigns and 1 on Defense/Military.
Hatched: Nov, when ChamberLight collected few or no stories from any outlet, so a gap there is not the outlet’s.
LATEST ACTIVITY
- SCOREOriginality 8% → 7% Oct 12 · 82 stories
- BLINDSPOTSkipped: Thomas Massie Files Impeachment Articles Against Pete Hegseth 77 outlets covered it
Katu’s scores: credibility, lean and originality
CREDIBILITY
Not enough stories yet: 3 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: 7 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
The share of stories it hosts that are not confirmed copies of another outlet’s article. A copy counts here once its original publisher is known.
SCORE HISTORY · 12 MONTHSHISTORY · 12 MO
Challenges to these scores
No one has challenged a score on this page yet. Anyone can; editors publish every outcome here.
What Katu covers: topics and people
TOP TOPICS · SHARE OF ITS STORIESTOP TOPICS
TICK = ALL OUTLETSTICK = ALL- Immigration21%+16 PTS against 5% of all outlets’ stories
- Congress/Members7%−3 PTS against 11% of all outlets’ stories
- Elections/Campaigns7%−31 PTS against 39% of all outlets’ stories
- Ethics/Corruption7%−3 PTS against 10% of all outlets’ stories
- Foreign Policy7%0 PTS against 7% of all outlets’ stories
- Taxes7%+6 PTS against 1% of all outlets’ stories
WHO THEY COVER · 12 STORY–PERSON PAIRS · 12 PAIRS
- 1Jeff Merkley (Democrat)2 stories
- 2Maxine Dexter (Democrat)2 stories
- 3Clay Fuller (Republican)1 stories
- 4Ed Markey (Democrat)1 stories
- 5Jacky Rosen (Democrat)1 stories
- 6Janelle S. Bynum (Democrat)1 stories
- 7Jeanne Shaheen (Democrat)1 stories
- 8Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (Democrat)1 stories
How Katu 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 Katu did not.
Katu’s owner, reprints and similar outlets
OWNERSHIP
WHO REPRINTS IT
4WHOSE STORIES IT CARRIES
7SIMILAR OUTLETS
Compare Katu with other outlets
Tone is the share of stories that portray a party’s member favorably minus the share that portray them critically, from −100 to +100; in brackets, the stories read. Add outlets to line them up with this one.
- KatuTHIS SOURCE
CREDIBILITY
LEAN (50 = CENTER)
ORIGINALITY
STORIES
IMMIGRATION COVERAGE
TONE TOWARD GOP
TONE TOWARD DEMS
Tone is the share of stories that portray a party’s member favorably minus the share that portray them critically, from −100 to +100; in brackets, the stories read. Add outlets to line them up with this one.
- Mainly about Janelle S. BynumCRED 65REPRINTS 1×
- Mainly about Nancy MaceCRED 73REPRINTS —
- Mainly about Juliana StrattonCRED 73REPRINTS —
- Mainly about John CornynCRED 73REPRINTS —
- Mainly about Evan TurnageCRED 73REPRINTS —
- Mainly about Shawn HarrisCRED 80REPRINTS —
- Mainly about Maxine DexterCRED 75REPRINTS —
- Mainly about Jeanne ShaheenCRED 90REPRINTS —
- Mainly about Jacky RosenCRED 75REPRINTS —
- Mainly about Maxine DexterCRED 70REPRINTS —
- Mainly about Jeff MerkleyCRED 75REPRINTS —
- Mainly about Jeff MerkleyCRED 70REPRINTS 1×
- Mainly about Patty MurrayCRED 65REPRINTS 1×
- Mainly about Ron WydenCRED 70REPRINTS 1×
