11 stories credited to The Seattle Times
2 stories on seattletimes.com credited to other publishers
Latest story Sep 22, 2026 · on ChamberLight since Apr 2026
A story can appear as several articles (copies of the same piece), so counts of stories and of articles differ.
Scores for The Seattle Times
Political lean
11 stories · 95% range 44–52 · updated Sep 25, 2026
Originality
4 of those 11 carry an unconfirmed copying flag, which is not evidence either way.
13 stories · updated Sep 25, 2026
Writing quality not enough rated stories yet: 6 of 10. How it is measured
Scores last checked Sep 25, 2026.
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Stories ChamberLight collected, by month
Stories credited to The Seattle Times, by publication date. ChamberLight collects articles that mention the officials it tracks, so this shows its own coverage of this source, not how much the source publishes.
- Stories from The Seattle Times
- Shaded: ChamberLight collected no stories, or almost none, from any outlet (a gap in its collection, not in the outlet’s publishing)
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| Month | Stories | All outlets |
|---|---|---|
| October 2025 | 1 | 19 |
| November 2025 | 1 | 79 |
| December 2025 | 0 | 27 |
| January 2026 | 0 | 87 |
| February 2026 | 2 | 180 |
| March 2026 | 1 | 1,094 |
| April 2026 | 3 | 4,538 |
| May 2026 | 0 | none collected |
| June 2026 | 0 | none collected |
| July 2026 | 0 | none collected |
| August 2026 | 0 | 1 (collection gap) |
| September 2026 | 3 | 1,320 |
Top topics
Share of this source’s stories tagged with each topic. A story can carry several topics, so the shares do not add up to 100%.
- Ethics/Corruption7
64% of 11 stories · 58% across all outlets
- Foreign Policy4
36% of 11 stories · 29% across all outlets
- Budget/Spending3
27% of 11 stories · 31% across all outlets
- Criminal Justice3
27% of 11 stories · 19% across all outlets
- Voting Rights3
27% of 11 stories · 19% across all outlets
- Defense/Military2
18% of 11 stories · 25% across all outlets
- Economy2
18% of 11 stories · 26% across all outlets
- Taxes2
18% of 11 stories · 5% across all outlets
The thin mark on each bar is the topic’s share across all outlets.
Who they cover
Party of the officials these stories are mainly about, across all 18 officials named. A story counts once for each official it is mainly about, so the split is over 20 story–official pairs, from 11 stories.
- Republican45% · 9 pairs
- Democrat30% · 6 pairs
- Party not recorded20% · 4 pairs
- Independent5% · 1 pair
Most covered
Stories mainly about each official, and their share of the source’s 11 stories.
- 1James JusticeR2 stories · 18%
- 2Marie PerezD2 stories · 18%
- 3Analilia Mejia–1 story · 9%
- 4Bernard SandersI1 story · 9%
- 5Charles SchumerD1 story · 9%
- 6Christopher A. Coons–1 story · 9%
- 7Donald TrumpR1 story · 9%
- 8James ComerR1 story · 9%
- 9James RischR1 story · 9%
- 10Joe Hathaway–1 story · 9%
+ 8 other officials (8 story–official pairs)
Article tone
ChamberLight’s article analysis assigns each story a tone toward the official it covers. It describes the coverage of that official, not The Seattle Times’s stance, and reader votes do not change it. 11 stories.
- Good Look
- 1 (9%)
- Mixed
- 6 (55%)
- Informational
- 2 (18%)
- Bad Look
- 2 (18%)
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AP Decision Notes: What to expect in New Jersey’s special congressional election
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Hillary Clinton’s deposition on Epstein disrupted by leak of photo of her testifying
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