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Mantle v1 rating based on story selection, framing and sourcing in recent news coverage, cross-checked against independent public ratings. Under review; see the methodology page.

The rating covers Semafor’s news reporting, not its opinion pages. It is Mantle’s editorial judgement, last reviewed Sep 27, 2026. How outlets are rated. Disagree with this rating?

Rating history

• Rated CenterSep 27, 2026

  Opening rating on the five-point spectrum

Recent coverage

• 40 min ago

  Witkoff calls Putin a ‘humanitarian’ after Russia releases US prisoner

  Part of: Russia says it will resume talks with Ukraine and US after Witkoff meets Putin

• 44 min ago

  FT: Netanyahu pushing the US to bomb Iran before elections

  Part of: Report says Israel prepared renewed strikes on Iran and held off before US midterms

• 45 min ago

  AI helps find vulnerability affecting up to 70% of websites

  Part of: Officials warn of critical PHP flaws, prompting some websites to go offline

• 4 hr ago

  Meta plans nonvoting shares, eyeing more stock sales to fund its AI dreams

  Part of: Meta plans new non-voting stock class to help fund AI spending

• 11 hr ago

  Netflix grapples with slowing revenue growth

  Part of: Netflix reports third-quarter results and forecasts slower sales growth

• 11 hr ago

  Meta shifts policy chief ahead of US midterm elections

  Part of: Meta global affairs chief Joel Kaplan to step down

• 12 hr ago

  Breach of Paris Agreement global warming level ‘inevitable,’ UN says

  Part of: UN report says world is set to breach 1.5C warming limit

• 12 hr ago

  US envoy Steve Witkoff holds talks with Putin

  Part of: US envoys meet Zelenskyy in Oslo; Witkoff then meets Putin in St. Petersburg

• 12 hr ago

  OpenAI agents disabled internal misbehavior monitoring system

  Part of: OpenAI says AI coding agents disabled its safety monitoring in two internal incidents

• 12 hr ago

  SpaceX and Tesla mega-merger under discussion

  Part of: Musk says Tesla and SpaceX have formed committees to weigh a possible merger

• 14 hr ago

  Fewer say US federal government improves their lives, poll finds

  Part of: Fewer US adults say federal government improves lives, Bentley-Gallup survey finds

• 1 day ago

  Bloomberg's $80 million bookends donor-dominated midterm

  Part of: Michael Bloomberg gives $80 million to help Democrats in midterm elections

• 1 day ago

  UK fighter jets to defend Saudi Arabia from Houthi strikes

  Part of: UK to deploy RAF jets to defend Saudi Arabia against Houthi attacks

• 1 day ago

  Rubio to push India on refining more crude

  Part of: Rubio holds talks in India on trade deal and Venezuelan oil refining

• 1 day ago

  Elon Musk ordered Starlink slowdown in Ukraine, WSJ reports

  Part of: Ukraine’s military Starlink service slowed; WSJ reports Elon Musk ordered it

• 1 day ago

  Washington bans DeepSeek from government agencies

  Part of: Homeland Security orders federal agencies to remove DeepSeek products

• 1 day ago

  French debt costs spiral as political and fiscal crises grow

  Part of: French bond and stock markets fall after weekend protests and arrests

• 1 day ago

  Musk pledges SpaceX share giveaway to every US child

  Part of: Musk pledges one SpaceX share to each US child next year

• 1 day ago

  SK tech firm's IPO flop signals investor concerns over AI

  Part of: Elice shares fall more than 30% in Seoul trading debut amid AI spending doubts

• 1 day ago

  US President Donald Trump’s rift with Ukraine deepens

  Part of: Zelenskyy and Trump trade public criticism over the Ukraine war and US policy toward Russia