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Blindspot wire
0/27Israeli outlets: zero coverage of Sudan's 12 million displaced by civil war
2/29Gulf state media: minimal reporting on Iranian resistance to execution surge
1/38Iranian outlets: single story on Syria-Jordan-Lebanon energy integration
3/47Turkish media: sparse attention to Egypt-Ethiopia Nile confrontation
4/41Pan-Arab channels: limited coverage of Turkey PKK peace process bill
5/49Emirati private outlets: quiet on Saudi-Qatar-Turkey axis formation
0/36Local Levant media: no reporting on cross-regional water infrastructure attacks
8/54Western wires: minimal Jordan emergency meeting coverage on al-Aqsa threat
0/27Israeli outlets: zero coverage of Sudan's 12 million displaced by civil war
2/29Gulf state media: minimal reporting on Iranian resistance to execution surge
1/38Iranian outlets: single story on Syria-Jordan-Lebanon energy integration
3/47Turkish media: sparse attention to Egypt-Ethiopia Nile confrontation
4/41Pan-Arab channels: limited coverage of Turkey PKK peace process bill
5/49Emirati private outlets: quiet on Saudi-Qatar-Turkey axis formation
0/36Local Levant media: no reporting on cross-regional water infrastructure attacks
8/54Western wires: minimal Jordan emergency meeting coverage on al-Aqsa threat
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Coverage Lab

Coverage Lab

The instruments behind every Spread on the site: who owns the outlets we track, which stories one bloc is covering while another goes quiet, and where framing diverges on the same facts.

Blindspot index →

8 open blindspots, filterable by bloc and region.

Ownership register →

40 tracked outlets, 20% with a state shareholder.

Framing tracker →

Every event we've run through the three-front-pages comparison.

Source directory →

The full outlet list, with funding and correction records.

Coverage Lab

Today, across 40 tracked outlets
Ownership of today's front
State-owned44%
Private31%
Public-service14%
Diaspora11%

Nearly half of what reached the front page today came from an outlet with a state shareholder. We label every one.

Single-source stories
23%

Almost a quarter of today's regional stories trace back to one filing, no matter how many outlets ran them.

Blindspots open now
8

Stories one bloc is covering heavily and another is not covering at all.

Outlets tracked
40

Across seven alignment bands and five ownership types, reviewed quarterly by an external panel.