https://betweenthenews.com The truth behind every headline — media criticism of how major outlets cover the news. en Thu, 09 Jul 2026 20:06:18 GMT https://betweenthenews.com/analysis/141/one-minister-got-the-headline-38-000-disabled-people-got-a-f/ https://betweenthenews.com/analysis/141/one-minister-got-the-headline-38-000-disabled-people-got-a-f/ Thu, 09 Jul 2026 17:35:43 GMT BBC News A government review just spent ten weeks asking disabled people what it's like to apply for Personal Independence Payment. More than 38,000 wrote back. Ninety percent had nothing good to say. The review's own verdict on the process: "stressful, dehumanising and hard to navigate." BBC's headline: "Di... https://betweenthenews.com/analysis/142/rt-counted-two-tankers-the-other-nineteen-were-busy-burning/ https://betweenthenews.com/analysis/142/rt-counted-two-tankers-the-other-nineteen-were-busy-burning/ Thu, 09 Jul 2026 17:35:43 GMT Russia Today (RT) Ukraine has been busy this week, setting Russian oil tankers on fire like it's got a quota to hit. Kyiv's own count: 21 vessels struck in 72 hours, 19 of them tankers, all feeding fuel to occupied Crimea. RT's headline: "Ukraine attacks Russian oil tankers." So far, accurate. Then you get to the num... https://betweenthenews.com/analysis/140/the-reflecting-pools-real-repeat-offender-is-a-14-6-million-/ https://betweenthenews.com/analysis/140/the-reflecting-pools-real-repeat-offender-is-a-14-6-million-/ Thu, 09 Jul 2026 17:35:43 GMT AP David Hearn is 67. He canoed in three Olympics. On Thursday he stood in D.C. Superior Court and pleaded not guilty to a felony for allegedly pulling loose about two square feet of pool liner. Two square feet. That's a bath mat. AP's headline: "Former Olympic canoe racer pleads not guilty in Reflecti... https://betweenthenews.com/analysis/139/it-took-nbc-two-headlines-to-never-say-his-name/ https://betweenthenews.com/analysis/139/it-took-nbc-two-headlines-to-never-say-his-name/ Thu, 09 Jul 2026 17:35:43 GMT NBC News Tuesday morning, Lorenzo Salgado Araujo was driving to pick up his construction crew when an ICE "targeted operation" ended with him dead. He was 52, a father, someone running late for a job site. NBC's headline on it: "Man fatally shot by ICE officer during traffic stop in Houston." Man. Not Lorenz... https://betweenthenews.com/analysis/137/bloombergs-headline-led-with-the-stock-price-the-actual-news/ https://betweenthenews.com/analysis/137/bloombergs-headline-led-with-the-stock-price-the-actual-news/ Thu, 09 Jul 2026 15:21:05 GMT Bloomberg AstraZeneca's Wainua — a once-a-month injection for a rare, usually fatal heart condition called ATTR-CM — just failed its big trial. Investors reacted like it was an asteroid strike: the stock dropped nearly 10% and wiped out roughly £19 billion before most of London had finished its coffee. Bloomb... https://betweenthenews.com/analysis/136/france24-already-had-the-moving-van-outside-number-10/ https://betweenthenews.com/analysis/136/france24-already-had-the-moving-van-outside-number-10/ Thu, 09 Jul 2026 12:19:53 GMT France 24 Nominations to replace Keir Starmer as Labour leader — and therefore as UK Prime Minister — opened Thursday. Andy Burnham, the Greater Manchester mayor they call the "King of the North" after three straight mayoral wins, is the only declared candidate. His last plausible rival dropped out and endors... https://betweenthenews.com/analysis/134/fox-said-openai-needed-trumps-blessing-the-white-house-says-/ https://betweenthenews.com/analysis/134/fox-said-openai-needed-trumps-blessing-the-white-house-says-/ Thu, 09 Jul 2026 12:10:13 GMT Fox News GPT-5.6 — OpenAI's newest, sharpest model — went live to everyone Thursday. For two weeks before that, only a short list of "trusted partners" could touch it, while government reviewers poked around its cybersecurity teeth. Fox's headline: "OpenAI limits GPT-5.6 Sol access to Trump administration pa... https://betweenthenews.com/analysis/135/one-verb-got-her-a-felony-headline-the-other-got-her-a-halo/ https://betweenthenews.com/analysis/135/one-verb-got-her-a-felony-headline-the-other-got-her-a-halo/ Thu, 09 Jul 2026 12:10:13 GMT The Washington Post Hannah Dugan used to be a judge. Last April, ICE agents showed up at her Milwaukee courthouse to grab a defendant, Eduardo Flores-Ruiz, mid-hearing. Dugan walked him out a side door instead. Wednesday, a federal judge fined her $5,000 and sent her home — no prison. Fox's headline: "Former Wisconsin... https://betweenthenews.com/analysis/71/how-fox-cnn-npr-and-the-washington-post-each-told-you-the-ir/ https://betweenthenews.com/analysis/71/how-fox-cnn-npr-and-the-washington-post-each-told-you-the-ir/ Wed, 08 Jul 2026 23:17:23 GMT Fox News A three-week-old ceasefire died on Wednesday. Trump, at the NATO summit in Ankara, pronounced it "over" — after Iran hit at least three commercial ships in the Strait of Hormuz and the US answered with strikes on more than 80 targets. That's the event, and that's all you're getting of it. The intere... https://betweenthenews.com/analysis/73/trump-lost-his-name-fight-again-in-foxs-headline-he-wasnt-ev/ https://betweenthenews.com/analysis/73/trump-lost-his-name-fight-again-in-foxs-headline-he-wasnt-ev/ Wed, 08 Jul 2026 23:17:23 GMT CNN Quick recap, one sentence: Trump's handpicked Kennedy Center board renamed the building "The Donald J. Trump and The John F. Kennedy Memorial Center for the Performing Arts," a judge ordered the name scraped off in May, and on Wednesday a federal appeals court told Trump no for the second time. That... https://betweenthenews.com/analysis/72/russia-is-back-in-the-olympics-rts-version-rewrote-why-it-wa/ https://betweenthenews.com/analysis/72/russia-is-back-in-the-olympics-rts-version-rewrote-why-it-wa/ Wed, 08 Jul 2026 23:17:23 GMT Russia Today (RT) The International Olympic Committee let Russia back into the Olympic family this week, provisionally lifting the suspension it slapped on the Russian Olympic Committee in 2023 and opening the road to Los Angeles 2028. Genuinely big, genuinely contested news — Ukraine's foreign ministry called it a "... https://betweenthenews.com/analysis/68/fox-says-turkey-was-once-a-headache-the-russian-missiles-hav/ https://betweenthenews.com/analysis/68/fox-says-turkey-was-once-a-headache-the-russian-missiles-hav/ Wed, 08 Jul 2026 18:23:01 GMT Fox News Trump, standing next to Erdogan in Ankara on Tuesday, announced the sanctions on Turkey are coming off — "We're going to be taking the sanctions off, OK?" — and said selling Ankara the F-35 stealth jet is "certainly something we will consider." Fox's headline: Trump could hand the "prized stealth je... https://betweenthenews.com/analysis/69/the-doj-gave-election-officials-five-days-nbc-called-it-a-wa/ https://betweenthenews.com/analysis/69/the-doj-gave-election-officials-five-days-nbc-called-it-a-wa/ Wed, 08 Jul 2026 18:23:01 GMT NBC News The Justice Department sent letters to election officials in all 50 states plus DC saying they "could be criminally prosecuted for aiding and abetting" noncitizen voting — and gave them five days to respond. NBC's headline: "DOJ warns of criminal charges for state election officials if noncitizens v... https://betweenthenews.com/analysis/65/foxs-headline-about-mcconnells-hospitalization-was-about-his/ https://betweenthenews.com/analysis/65/foxs-headline-about-mcconnells-hospitalization-was-about-his/ Wed, 08 Jul 2026 13:13:06 GMT Fox News Mitch McConnell has been hospitalized for more than three weeks. The 911 call that sent him there described an "unconscious" 84-year-old, with a dispatcher noting "cardiac arrest" and a paramedic saying "CPR in progress." His office still hasn't said what's actually wrong. He's missed Senate votes o... https://betweenthenews.com/analysis/67/npr-read-the-actual-plan-fox-read-the-politics-of-the-plan/ https://betweenthenews.com/analysis/67/npr-read-the-actual-plan-fox-read-the-politics-of-the-plan/ Wed, 08 Jul 2026 13:13:06 GMT NPR Democratic policy veterans are quietly building "Project 2029" — a governing blueprint for whoever the party nominates next, modeled on the conservative Heritage Foundation's Project 2025. One piece of it takes aim at what they call the "annoyance economy." NPR's headline: "Meet 'Project 2029' — and... https://betweenthenews.com/analysis/66/nbc-called-it-history-al-jazeera-explained-why-an-allys-arre/ https://betweenthenews.com/analysis/66/nbc-called-it-history-al-jazeera-explained-why-an-allys-arre/ Wed, 08 Jul 2026 13:13:06 GMT Al Jazeera For the first time ever, a sitting Philippine vice president is on trial for impeachment. Sara Duterte faces charges including unexplained wealth, misuse of state funds, and a threat to have President Marcos, his wife, and a former House speaker killed. The Senate is hearing witnesses this week. It... https://betweenthenews.com/analysis/59/fox-picked-which-punch-started-the-iran-fight-it-wasnt-the-f/ https://betweenthenews.com/analysis/59/fox-picked-which-punch-started-the-iran-fight-it-wasnt-the-f/ Wed, 08 Jul 2026 12:49:17 GMT Fox News Iran struck three commercial ships in the Strait of Hormuz this week. The US responded with strikes on more than 80 targets inside Iran and reimposed oil sanctions. Iran then hit US bases in Bahrain and Kuwait. Trump told reporters at the NATO summit the ceasefire is "over" — Iran's leaders are "scu... https://betweenthenews.com/analysis/61/egypt-called-the-world-cup-rigged-al-jazeera-just-asked-if-t/ https://betweenthenews.com/analysis/61/egypt-called-the-world-cup-rigged-al-jazeera-just-asked-if-t/ Wed, 08 Jul 2026 12:49:17 GMT Al Jazeera Argentina beat Egypt 3-2 in Monday's World Cup Round of 16 thriller, coming back from 2-0 down after Egypt had a goal disallowed by VAR for a marginal shirt-tug in the buildup. Egypt's coach Hossam Hassan didn't hold back: "Perhaps they wanted Messi to stay in the running." Striker Mostafa Ziko went... https://betweenthenews.com/analysis/60/the-mirror-called-it-a-targeted-strike-israel-says-thats-not/ https://betweenthenews.com/analysis/60/the-mirror-called-it-a-targeted-strike-israel-says-thats-not/ Wed, 08 Jul 2026 12:49:17 GMT The Mirror Hours before Tuesday's Egypt-Argentina World Cup match, an Israeli strike hit a car in Gaza City. It killed Mohamed al-Wahidi, the Egyptian aid official who had spent the tournament organizing public screenings so people in Gaza could watch it, along with two brothers, 10 and 8 years old, and the dr... https://betweenthenews.com/analysis/56/fox-made-it-sound-like-macron-barely-escaped-a-bomb-he-was-n/ https://betweenthenews.com/analysis/56/fox-made-it-sound-like-macron-barely-escaped-a-bomb-he-was-n/ Wed, 08 Jul 2026 08:57:12 GMT BBC News Two bombs went off in Damascus on Tuesday, wounding 18 people, while Emmanuel Macron was in town for the first EU head-of-state visit to Syria since Assad fell. Fox's headline: "Video shows bomb rock Damascus hotel where French President Macron is staying during Syrian state visit." Read it again. I... https://betweenthenews.com/analysis/58/russian-state-tv-described-trumps-nato-meltdown-more-bluntly/ https://betweenthenews.com/analysis/58/russian-state-tv-described-trumps-nato-meltdown-more-bluntly/ Wed, 08 Jul 2026 08:57:12 GMT RT (Russia Today) Trump landed in Ankara on Tuesday for the NATO summit and immediately let allies have it: called European countries disloyal for not backing his Iran operation, floated pulling a third of US troops out of Europe, and said Turkey "frankly has been more helpful to the United States than many other mor... https://betweenthenews.com/analysis/57/american-networks-turned-an-iranian-funeral-into-a-story-abo/ https://betweenthenews.com/analysis/57/american-networks-turned-an-iranian-funeral-into-a-story-abo/ Wed, 08 Jul 2026 08:57:12 GMT NBC News Millions of mourners have filled Tehran's streets for days for the funeral of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, killed in the February airstrikes that opened the US-Israel war on Iran. NBC's headline: "Supreme leader's coffin creeps through crowds in Tehran as Trump effigy is hanged." CNN's: "Iran sends defia... https://betweenthenews.com/analysis/54/his-lawyer-says-hes-beaten-daily-in-an-underground-cell-the-/ https://betweenthenews.com/analysis/54/his-lawyer-says-hes-beaten-daily-in-an-underground-cell-the-/ Tue, 07 Jul 2026 19:39:22 GMT BBC News Dr Hussam Abu Safiya ran Kamal Adwan Hospital in northern Gaza until Israeli forces raided it in December 2024 and took him. He has been held for over eighteen months. No charge. No trial. On Tuesday the BBC put him on its front page. His lawyer, who visited him in early July, says his client had be... https://betweenthenews.com/analysis/55/a-french-court-upheld-le-pens-embezzlement-conviction-rts-he/ https://betweenthenews.com/analysis/55/a-french-court-upheld-le-pens-embezzlement-conviction-rts-he/ Tue, 07 Jul 2026 19:39:22 GMT RT (Russia Today) Marine Le Pen walked out of a Paris appeals court on Tuesday with her embezzlement conviction fully upheld -- and a sentence that includes a year under an electronic tag. RT's headline: "French court clears Marine Le Pen to run for president." Clears! Like airport security. No conviction in sight. N... https://betweenthenews.com/analysis/53/farage-quit-parliament-under-a-5m-cloud-the-suns-headline-wa/ https://betweenthenews.com/analysis/53/farage-quit-parliament-under-a-5m-cloud-the-suns-headline-wa/ Tue, 07 Jul 2026 19:39:22 GMT The Sun Nigel Farage resigned from Parliament on Tuesday. The reason sits in the Guardian's front page: a £5 million gift to Farage has been reported to the UK's National Crime Agency over money-laundering concerns. The Sun's headline on the same day: "Labour & Tories will NOT contest by-election against Ni... https://betweenthenews.com/analysis/52/a-lawsuit-says-the-us-hand-delivered-asylum-seekers-files-to/ https://betweenthenews.com/analysis/52/a-lawsuit-says-the-us-hand-delivered-asylum-seekers-files-to/ Tue, 07 Jul 2026 19:39:22 GMT Fox News Here's a story with everything Fox News normally loves: Iran, immigration, persecuted Christians. A lawsuit filed Tuesday in Washington says the US government has been quietly handing Iran's regime the asylum files of the very people who fled it. The details read like a spy novel with the heroes rem... https://betweenthenews.com/analysis/50/daily-mail-called-its-own-court-win-magnificent-cnn-just-cal/ https://betweenthenews.com/analysis/50/daily-mail-called-its-own-court-win-magnificent-cnn-just-cal/ Tue, 07 Jul 2026 15:44:35 GMT Daily Mail Associated Newspapers, publisher of the Daily Mail, won its court case today. Its own quote on the verdict: "a magnificent vindication of the Daily Mail's journalism." Magnificent. Not "we won." Not even "the judge agreed with us." Magnificent. That's a word you reach for after climbing a mountain,... https://betweenthenews.com/analysis/49/the-washington-post-wrote-trump-a-headline-with-his-alibi-al/ https://betweenthenews.com/analysis/49/the-washington-post-wrote-trump-a-headline-with-his-alibi-al/ Tue, 07 Jul 2026 15:44:35 GMT The Washington Post The Washington Post's headline: "Trump says he asked FIFA head to review red card but 'didn't tell him what to do.'" Read that structure. It's not just reporting what Trump did. It's reporting what Trump did, followed immediately by Trump's own explanation for why that's fine. The denial isn't in pa... https://betweenthenews.com/analysis/51/france-24-let-trump-call-the-war-settled-al-jazeeras-headlin/ https://betweenthenews.com/analysis/51/france-24-let-trump-call-the-war-settled-al-jazeeras-headlin/ Tue, 07 Jul 2026 15:44:35 GMT France 24 France 24's headline, live from the NATO summit: "Putin and Zelensky both want war 'settled', Trump says." Both. As in, evenly split. As in, two sides equally leaning toward the exit. Here's what that headline is standing next to, chronologically: Al Jazeera's headline from the day before -- "Russia... https://betweenthenews.com/analysis/43/nbc-used-platners-own-words-for-the-headline-npr-used-the-gr/ https://betweenthenews.com/analysis/43/nbc-used-platners-own-words-for-the-headline-npr-used-the-gr/ Tue, 07 Jul 2026 12:19:51 GMT NBC News A woman named Jenny Racicot says her ex-boyfriend forced himself on her in 2021. That ex-boyfriend is Graham Platner, currently running for US Senate in Maine, currently backed by a chunk of the progressive movement. He denies it flatly. Calls it "categorically untrue." Here's where the coverage spl...