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Social Security's third October payment round goes out Wednesday, October 28

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Covered by 3 outlets, mostly right-leaning (67%).

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

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The Washington Examiner, The Washington Times and Newsweek report that Social Security's third and final regular October payment round is scheduled for Wednesday, October 28. The Examiner says retirees born on or after the 21st of a month receive that round, after first-round payments on October 14 to those born on or before the 10th and a second round to those born from the 11th to the 20th. The Examiner also says the maximum monthly payment is $5,181, a figure the Social Security Administration gives for a retiree who claims at age 70. Newsweek reports that some recipients get two payments this week.

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  1. The third and final regular October Social Security payment round goes out Wednesday, October 28.

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    Center
    Newsweek
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    Washington Examiner, The Washington Times

  2. Retirees born on or after the 21st of a month receive the third round; those born on or before the 10th were paid October 14 and those born from the 11th to the 20th in a second round.

    One outletWashington Examiner· Right

  3. The maximum monthly Social Security payment is $5,181, which the Social Security Administration gives for a retiree who claims at age 70.

    One outletWashington Examiner· Right

  4. Citizens are eligible for Social Security payments beginning at age 62.

    One outletWashington Examiner· Right

  5. Some recipients get two Social Security payments in the same week.

    One outletNewsweek· Center

How each side tells it

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All sides report that the third and final regular October Social Security payment goes out Wednesday, October 28, in rounds by birth date. The right-side outlets focus on timing and the $5,181 cap, while the center outlet focuses on recipients who get two payments in one week.

  • the left

    No coverage yet

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

  • the center

    1 outlet

    Newsweek frames the October schedule around recipients who receive two payments in one week and who is affected.

    Some Social Security Recipients Get Two Payments This Week: Who's Affected
    NewsweekCenterAll center headlines

  • the right

    2 outlets

    Washington Examiner headlines count down the days to the third October payment round, and the Washington Times headline gives the day of the last regular payment, presenting it as schedule news.

    Third round of October Social Security payments goes out in three days
    Washington ExaminerRightAll right-leaning headlines

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From the left

0 outlets

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

From the center

1 outlet

Leads with

  • two payments in one week
  • who is affected
  • final round on Wednesday, October 28
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From the right

2 outlets

Leads with

  • payment timing and countdown to Wednesday
  • the $5,181 monthly cap
  • round-by-birth-date schedule
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Who reported it when

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  • Left

    No report yet

    From the outlets Mantle follows

  • Center

    3 days 11 hr later

    Its first report, Oct 27, 5:36 PM EDT

  • Right

    First to report

    Washington Examiner, Oct 24, 6:00 AM EDT

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  1. Washington ExaminerRightOct 24, 6:00 AM EDT
  2. The Washington TimesRightOct 26, 8:20 AM EDT
  3. NewsweekCenterOct 27, 5:36 PM EDT

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