WDSU
60% of the stories it hosts are confirmed reposts of other outlets’ articles. 37 stories are credited to it.60% of the stories it hosts are confirmed reposts of other outlets’ articles.
- CREDIBILITY
- —6 of 10 stories
- LEAN
- —6 of 10 stories
- ORIGINALITY
- 40%
- STORIES
- 37none this week
- REPRINTED
- 0times
Originality 15 hosted stories · updated Oct 12, 2026
WDSU at a glance
SCORECARD
Ticks mark the local news average; on the lean bar, its own lean.STORIES · 12 MONTHS
37March spike: 24 stories, 8 of them on Immigration and 7 on Elections/Campaigns.
Hatched: Nov, when ChamberLight collected few or no stories from any outlet, so a gap there is not the outlet’s.
LATEST ACTIVITY
- SCOREOriginality 43% → 40% Oct 12 · 15 stories
- BLINDSPOTSkipped: Thomas Massie Files Impeachment Articles Against Pete Hegseth 77 outlets covered it
WDSU’s scores: credibility, lean and originality
CREDIBILITY
Not enough stories yet: 6 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: 6 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
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What WDSU covers: topics and people
TOP TOPICS · SHARE OF ITS STORIESTOP TOPICS
TICK = ALL OUTLETSTICK = ALL- Elections/Campaigns5%−34 PTS against 39% of all outlets’ stories
- Budget/Spending3%0 PTS against 3% of all outlets’ stories
- Economy3%−1 PTS against 3% of all outlets’ stories
- Immigration3%−2 PTS against 5% of all outlets’ stories
WHO THEY COVER · 5 STORY–PERSON PAIRS · 5 PAIRS
- 1Julia Letlow (Republican)2 stories
- 2Mike Johnson (Republican)1 stories
- 3Steve Scalise (Republican)1 stories
- 4Troy A. Carter (Democrat)1 stories
How WDSU 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 WDSU did not.
WDSU’s owner, reprints and similar outlets
OWNERSHIP
WHO REPRINTS IT
SIMILAR OUTLETS
Compare WDSU 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.
- WDSUTHIS SOURCE
CREDIBILITY
LEAN (50 = CENTER)
ORIGINALITY
STORIES
ELECTIONS/CAMPAIGNS 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 Steve ScaliseCRED 75REPRINTS —
- Mainly about Eric SwalwellCRED 73REPRINTS —
- Mainly about John ThuneCRED 73REPRINTS —
- Mainly about Joyce BeattyCRED 73REPRINTS —
- Mainly about Markwayne MullinCRED 73REPRINTS —
- Mainly about John ThuneCRED 73REPRINTS —
- Mainly about Markwayne MullinCRED 73REPRINTS —
- Mainly about Markwayne MullinCRED 73REPRINTS —
- Mainly about Rand PaulCRED 73REPRINTS —
- Mainly about Ruben GallegoCRED 73REPRINTS —
- Mainly about Dixon McMakinCRED 75REPRINTS —
- Mainly about John ThuneCRED 73REPRINTS —
- Mainly about Evan TurnageCRED 73REPRINTS —
- Mainly about Kevin KileyCRED 73REPRINTS —
- Mainly about Tony GonzalesCRED 73REPRINTS —
- Mainly about Donald TrumpCRED 73REPRINTS —
- Mainly about Markwayne MullinCRED 73REPRINTS —
- Mainly about Donald TrumpCRED 73REPRINTS —
- Mainly about Nancy MaceCRED 73REPRINTS —
- Mainly about James ComerCRED 73REPRINTS —
