Yakima Herald-Republic
Not rated yet: ChamberLight has 7 of the 10 stories a score needs. 11 stories are credited to it so far.Not rated yet: ChamberLight has 7 of the 10 stories a score needs.
- CREDIBILITY
- —7 of 10 stories
- LEAN
- —7 of 10 stories
- ORIGINALITY
- 73%
- STORIES
- 11▲ 5 this week
- REPRINTED
- 0times
Originality 15 hosted stories · updated Oct 5, 2026
Yakima Herald-Republic at a glance
SCORECARD
Ticks mark the local news average; on the lean bar, its own lean.STORIES · 12 MONTHS
11Busiest month: September, 4 stories, 3 of them on Elections/Campaigns and 1 on Civil Rights/Liberties.
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
- SCOREOriginality 79% → 73% Oct 5 · 15 stories
- STORY5 new stories in the last 7 days · 5 on Elections/Campaigns
- BLINDSPOTSkipped: Thomas Massie Files Impeachment Articles Against Pete Hegseth 80 outlets covered it
Yakima Herald-Republic’s scores: credibility, lean and originality
CREDIBILITY
Not enough stories yet: 7 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.
SCORE HISTORY · 12 MONTHSHISTORY · 12 MO
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What Yakima Herald-Republic covers: topics and people
TOP TOPICS · SHARE OF ITS STORIESTOP TOPICS
TICK = ALL OUTLETSTICK = ALL- Elections/Campaigns73%+33 PTS against 40% of all outlets’ stories
- Civil Rights/Liberties9%+7 PTS against 2% of all outlets’ stories
- Economy9%+3 PTS against 6% of all outlets’ stories
- Technology/Privacy9%+5 PTS against 4% of all outlets’ stories
WHO THEY COVER · 11 STORY–PERSON PAIRS · 11 PAIRS
- 1John Duresky (Democrat)4 stories
- 2Amanda McKinney (Republican)2 stories
- 3Bernie Sanders (Independent)1 stories
- 4Carmela Conroy (Democrat)1 stories
- 5Ken Paxton (Republican)1 stories
- 6Michael Baumgartner (Republican)1 stories
- 7Mike Johnson (Republican)1 stories
How Yakima Herald-Republic 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 Yakima Herald-Republic did not.
Yakima Herald-Republic’s owner, reprints and similar outlets
OWNERSHIP
WHO REPRINTS IT
WHOSE STORIES IT CARRIES
4OUTLETS ON THE SAME STORIES
- The Seattle TimesCredibility 81Lean 49
- ArcaMaxCredibility 42Lean 47
- Los Angeles TimesCredibility 85Lean 45
Compare Yakima Herald-Republic 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. No story in the last 90 days was covered by all four.
- Yakima Herald-RepublicTHIS SOURCE
- The Seattle Times
- ArcaMax
- Los Angeles Times
CREDIBILITY
LEAN (50 = CENTER)
ORIGINALITY
STORIES
ELECTIONS/CAMPAIGNS COVERAGE
TONE TOWARD GOP
TONE TOWARD DEMS
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. No story in the last 90 days was covered by all four.
- Mainly about Michael BaumgartnerCRED 75REPRINTS —
- Mainly about John DureskyCRED 75REPRINTS —
- Mainly about John DureskyCRED 75REPRINTS —
- Mainly about Amanda McKinneyCRED 75REPRINTS —
- Mainly about John DureskyCRED 75REPRINTS —
- Mainly about Mike JohnsonCRED 70REPRINTS —
- Mainly about Ken PaxtonCRED 80REPRINTS —
- Mainly about Bernie SandersCRED 70REPRINTS —
- Mainly about Amanda McKinneyCRED 75REPRINTS —
- Mainly about Graham PlatnerCRED 75REPRINTS —
- Mainly about John DureskyCRED 75REPRINTS —
