News in Review: Thursday, February 9, 2023

What does the news landscape look like?

President Biden’s State of the Union address has been the top story over the past few days, followed by speculation over the 2024 presidential race. The Chinese spy balloon story has started to fade.

This is how the top stories were covered on each side of the media yesterday:

• State of the Union / Biden (13% more on the right)

• 2024 presidential race (40% more on the left)

• China / balloons (107% more on the right)

Media bias ratings from @AllSidesNow.

This is how articles from liberal and conservative outlets were distributed over the past five days amongst the top stories.

Liberal outlets used these words more than conservative outlets:

• syria (1.2x)

• officers (1.1x)

• desantis (1.1x)

Conservative outlets used these words more than liberal outlets:

• laptop (6.6x)

• hunter (3.2x)

• abortion (2.8x)