https://www.weau.com
A local outlet rated high on credibility, with a lean close to the center. None of the stories it hosts is a confirmed repost.A local outlet rated high on credibility, with a lean close to center. None of its stories here are confirmed reposts.
- CREDIBILITY
- 73High
- LEAN
- 49Center
- ORIGINALITY
- 100%
- STORIES
- 15none this week
- REPRINTED
- 0times
Credibility 11 stories · 95% range 71–75 · updated Oct 10, 2026Lean 11 stories · 95% range 45–53 · updated Oct 10, 2026Originality 15 hosted stories · updated Oct 9, 2026
https://www.weau.com at a glance
SCORECARD
Ticks mark the local news average; on the lean bar, its own lean.STORIES · 12 MONTHS
15Busiest month: March, 5 stories, 2 of them on Healthcare and 1 on Civil Rights/Liberties.
Hatched: Nov–Jan, when ChamberLight collected few or no stories from any outlet, so a gap there is not the outlet’s.
LATEST ACTIVITY
- FRAMINGRebecca Cooke Sends Van Orden Cease-and-Desist Over AI Videos its headline: neutral · 14 outlets · Sep 30
- BLINDSPOTSkipped: Thomas Massie Files Impeachment Articles Against Pete Hegseth 77 outlets covered it
https://www.weau.com’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. The same as the local news average (73).
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. A copy counts here once its original publisher is known.
SCORE HISTORY · 12 MONTHSHISTORY · 12 MO
Dotted where ChamberLight collected few or no stories (Nov–Jan). The dashed line is the local news average (73). 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 https://www.weau.com covers: topics and people
TOP TOPICS · SHARE OF ITS STORIESTOP TOPICS
TICK = ALL OUTLETSTICK = ALL- Elections/Campaigns27%−13 PTS against 40% of all outlets’ stories
- Healthcare13%+11 PTS against 3% of all outlets’ stories
- Congress/Members7%−3 PTS against 10% of all outlets’ stories
- Foreign Policy7%−1 PTS against 8% of all outlets’ stories
- Infrastructure7%+5 PTS against 1% of all outlets’ stories
- Taxes7%+6 PTS against 1% of all outlets’ stories
- Technology/Privacy7%+4 PTS against 3% of all outlets’ stories
WHO THEY COVER · 15 STORY–PERSON PAIRS · 15 PAIRS
- 1Derrick Van Orden (Republican)4 stories
- 2Tammy Baldwin (Democrat)3 stories
- 3Rebecca Cooke (Democrat)2 stories
- 4Anna Paulina Luna (Republican)1 stories
- 5Gwen Moore (Democrat)1 stories
- 6Jason Crow (Democrat)1 stories
- 7Jeff Merkley (Democrat)1 stories
- 8Joe Neguse (Democrat)1 stories
How https://www.weau.com framed shared stories, and what it skipped
SAME STORY, DIFFERENT HEADLINES
- https://www.weau.com (this source)Rebecca Cooke sends Derrick Van Orden cease and desist over AI deepfake videosNEUTRAL
- JezebelWhy Not Just Release Deepfake Videos of Your Political Opponent, If the Law Won't Stop You?NEGATIVE TOWARD VAN ORDEN
- Daily KosDemocrat Rebecca Cooke Challenges GOP Wisconsin U.S. Representative Derrick Van Orden in Campaign 2026NEGATIVE TOWARD VAN ORDEN
- TruthoutDem Candidate Sends "Cease and Desist" Order to Republican Over Deepfake AdsNEGATIVE TOWARD VAN ORDEN
- Urban MilwaukeeCooke Campaign Demands Van Orden Stop Using AI Deepfake Attack AdsNEGATIVE TOWARD VAN ORDEN
- Journal SentinelCooke sends cease and desist to Van Orden over AI deepfake videosNEGATIVE TOWARD VAN ORDEN
- WXOWWisconsin Fraternal Order of Police endorses Rep. Van Orden in La CrosseNEUTRAL
- Montclair, NJ PatchRebecca Cooke's Team Sends GOP Opponent Cease-And-Desist Over AI VideosNEGATIVE TOWARD VAN ORDEN
WHAT IT SKIPPED · BLINDSPOTS
Stories that 8 or more news outlets covered in the last 30 days and https://www.weau.com did not.
https://www.weau.com’s owner, reprints and similar outlets
OWNERSHIP
WHO REPRINTS IT
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Compare https://www.weau.com 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. All four covered 1 story in common in the last 90 days.
- https://www.weau.comTHIS SOURCE
- Journal Sentinel
- Daily Kos
- WXOW
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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. All four covered 1 story in common in the last 90 days.
- Mainly about Rebecca CookeCRED 70REPRINTS —
- Mainly about Anna Paulina LunaCRED 75REPRINTS —
- Mainly about Tammy BaldwinCRED 75REPRINTS —
- Mainly about Emily BergeCRED 75REPRINTS —
- Mainly about Derrick Van OrdenCRED 75REPRINTS —
- Mainly about Jeff MerkleyCRED 70REPRINTS —
- Mainly about Derrick Van OrdenCRED 70REPRINTS —
- Mainly about Rebecca CookeCRED 75REPRINTS —
- Mainly about Derrick Van OrdenCRED 70REPRINTS —
- Mainly about Tammy BaldwinCRED 70REPRINTS —
- Mainly about Jason CrowCRED 75REPRINTS —
- Mainly about Derrick Van OrdenCRED 75REPRINTS —
- Mainly about Derrick Van OrdenCRED 75REPRINTS —
- Mainly about Tammy BaldwinCRED 40REPRINTS —
- Mainly about Derrick Van OrdenCRED 65REPRINTS —
