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Covered by 3 outlets, mostly center (67%).

5 articles in total. The spectrum counts each outlet once and leaves opinion out. How we measure bias

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Bloomberg, CNBC and the Financial Times report a sell-off in global technology hardware stocks on Thursday, with Asian chipmakers following Wall Street losses. Bloomberg and CNBC both report that Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix, the South Korean memory chipmakers, each fell more than 6%. Bloomberg reports that South Korea's Kospi fell as much as 6.5% and Japan's Nikkei 225 more than 3%. Bloomberg and CNBC report that investors were worried about further Federal Reserve interest rate hikes and about funding for AI investment. The Financial Times attributes the Wall Street decline to hot US inflation.

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What happened

Key points

Each point shows who reports it, from Far Left to Far Right.

  1. Global technology hardware stocks fell sharply on Thursday, with Asian chipmakers following Wall Street losses.

    Reported byLeft1Center2See the outletsHide the outlets
    Left
    Bloomberg
    Center
    CNBC, Financial Times

  2. Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix each fell more than 6% in South Korean trading.

    Reported byLeft1Center1See the outletsHide the outlets
    Left
    Bloomberg
    Center
    CNBC

  3. Investors were worried about further Federal Reserve interest rate hikes and about funding for AI investment.

    Reported byLeft1Center1See the outletsHide the outlets
    Left
    Bloomberg
    Center
    CNBC

  4. South Korea's Kospi index fell as much as 6.5% during the sell-off.

    One outletBloomberg· Left

  5. The Financial Times attributes the Wall Street decline to hot US inflation.

    One outletFinancial Times· Center

How each side tells it

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All three outlets report a sell-off in technology hardware stocks that spread from Wall Street to Asian chipmakers on Thursday. The left-rated Bloomberg piece stresses rate fears and AI funding woes, while the center-rated CNBC piece gives exact stock moves and the FT adds hot US inflation.

  • the left

    1 outlet

    Headline stresses a deepening rout and ties it to Fed rate fears and AI funding woes, with no mention of inflation.

    Chip Rout Deepens as Rate Fears Collide With AI Funding Woes
    BloombergLeftAll left-leaning headlines

  • the center

    2 outlets

    Headlines give specific stock drops and link the sell-off to Fed rate hike fears and AI funding worries, while the FT points to hot US inflation.

    SK Hynix plunges 8% amid Asia tech rout as Fed rate hike fears, AI funding worries mount
    CNBCCenterAll center headlines

  • the right

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    No right-leaning outlet that Mantle follows has covered this story yet. That absence is part of the picture.

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Side by side

What each side leads with and what it leaves out. Open a side to read its headlines.

From the left

1 outlet

Leads with

  • rate fears
  • AI funding woes
  • deepening rout

Leaves out

  • hot US inflation cited by the FT as the cause of the Wall Street decline

Reported by other sides, not found in this side’s coverage.

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From the center

2 outlets

Leads with

  • SK Hynix 8% plunge
  • Fed rate hike fears
  • hot US inflation
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From the right

0 outlets

No right-leaning outlet that Mantle follows has covered this story yet. That absence is part of the picture.

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The left is Far Left and Left together. The right is Right and Far Right together. Every outlet keeps its own five-point rating.

Who reported it when

How the coverage built up

  • Left

    First to report

    Bloomberg, Oct 14, 8:08 PM EDT

  • Center

    34 min later

    Its first report, Oct 14, 8:42 PM EDT

  • Right

    No report yet

    From the outlets Mantle follows

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  1. BloombergLeftOct 14, 8:08 PM EDT
  2. CNBCCenterOct 14, 8:42 PM EDT
  3. Financial TimesCenterOct 14, 9:44 PM EDT

Times are the ones the outlets published in their own feeds, in Eastern time. Opinion is left out.

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