The Hayride
Not rated yet: ChamberLight has 5 of the 10 stories a score needs. 9 stories are credited to it so far.Not rated yet: ChamberLight has 5 of the 10 stories a score needs.
- CREDIBILITY
- —5 of 10 stories
- LEAN
- —5 of 10 stories
- ORIGINALITY
- —9 of 10 stories
- STORIES
- 9▲ 2 this week
- REPRINTED
- 0times
The Hayride at a glance
SCORECARD
Ticks mark the blog average; on the lean bar, its own lean.STORIES · 12 MONTHS
9June spike: 7 stories, 6 of them on Elections/Campaigns and 2 on Voting Rights.
Hatched: Nov–Jan and May, when ChamberLight collected few or no stories from any outlet, so a gap there is not the outlet’s.
LATEST ACTIVITY
- STORY2 new stories in the last 7 days · 2 on Elections/Campaigns
- BLINDSPOTSkipped: Thomas Massie Files Impeachment Articles Against Pete Hegseth 80 outlets covered it
The Hayride’s scores: credibility, lean and originality
CREDIBILITY
Not enough stories yet: 5 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: 5 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: 9 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 The Hayride covers: topics and people
TOP TOPICS · SHARE OF ITS STORIESTOP TOPICS
TICK = ALL OUTLETSTICK = ALL- Elections/Campaigns67%+27 PTS against 40% of all outlets’ stories
- Voting Rights22%+17 PTS against 5% of all outlets’ stories
- Environment/Climate11%+9 PTS against 2% of all outlets’ stories
WHO THEY COVER · 11 STORY–PERSON PAIRS · 11 PAIRS
- 1Julia Letlow (Republican)6 stories
- 2Jamie Davis (Democrat)2 stories
- 3John Cornyn (Republican)1 stories
- 4John Thune (Republican)1 stories
- 5Rick Scott (Republican)1 stories
How The Hayride 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 The Hayride did not.
The Hayride’s owner, reprints and similar outlets
OWNERSHIP
WHO REPRINTS IT
SIMILAR OUTLETS
Compare The Hayride 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.
- The HayrideTHIS SOURCE
CREDIBILITY
LEAN (50 = CENTER)
ORIGINALITY
STORIES
ELECTIONS/CAMPAIGNS 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.

