The Gap.
What podcasts, video shows and newsletters are talking about, set against what the news is covering.
Bars are drawn to the same scale within each list.
The first measurement runs with the next edition, at 6 a.m. or 6 p.m. Eastern.
How this is measured
Long-form means the podcasts, video channels, newsletters and independent outlets on our list of who we follow, from the left, the right and neither. Each source counts for at most eight items, so a channel that posts all day cannot outweigh a weekly podcast. The news means the headlines from the U.S. news desks of ABC, CBS, CNBC, Fox, The Guardian, The Hill, NBC, NPR, The New York Times, PBS and The Wall Street Journal, and Google News’ top U.S. stories.
A topic is matched by its words in titles and episode descriptions, with sponsor reads and links removed. Its share is the part of all long-form items, or of all headlines, that mention it. Underreported means at least three sources, at least 2% of long-form, and at least two and a half times the news share. Louder in the news means at least eight headlines and 2% of the news, with long-form under four tenths of that. Raised on both sides means at least four sources, including some on the left and some on the right; it says nothing about whether they agree.
These are counts of attention, not judgments of what is true or important. A topic can be underreported because the news has good reasons to leave it alone. We show titles and links only, in the creators’ and publishers’ own words; an editor’s note is marked as one. Posts under Spotted are picked by an editor from social media and are not counted. Following or showing someone is not an endorsement.