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Strategic Petroleum Reserve hits lowest level since January 1983
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Extra Extra has grouped 4 reports on this story from 4 news outlets across the political spectrum. By political lean, that breaks down as 2 center and 2 right-leaning sources.
Its coverage-diversity score of 63 out of 100 means the story is being reported across multiple parts of the spectrum, though the volume leans toward one side. Notably, no left-leaning outlet in our index has picked the story up yet — a left-side blind spot that often signals a topic resonating more with conservative audiences.
On reliability, 2 of the 4 rated outlets carry a high or mostly-factual reliability rating (A or B) and 2 outlets fall into our mixed or lower-reliability tier (C or D). Ratings are drawn from independent assessments and are meant to help you weigh each report, not to tell you which to trust.
The reports clustered here landed within about 2 hours of each other, suggesting a fast-moving, breaking story.
Below, the same story is laid out side by side as left, center, and right outlets reported it. Read across the columns and watch what changes: the headline emphasis, which facts lead, the adjectives, and what each side leaves out. The story itself rarely changes — the framing almost always does.
Outlets covering this story: CNBC, The Hill, Fox Business, Washington Examiner.
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Center(2)
CNBCBAug 10, 6:43 PM
Oil in U.S. Strategic Petroleum Reserve falls below 300 million barrels, lowest since 1983
U.S. presidents have increasingly ordered massive releases from the SPR in recent years.
The HillBAug 10, 5:07 PM
US emergency oil reserve falls below 300M barrels for first time since 1980s
The U.S.’s emergency oil reserve has fallen below 300 million barrels of oil for the first time since it was being filled decades ago. New Energy Department data shows that the Strategic Petroleum Res
Right(2)
Fox BusinessCAug 10, 6:30 PM
Oil in US Strategic Petroleum Reserve falls to lowest level since 1983
U.S. Strategic Petroleum Reserve stocks dropped by 6.1 million barrels to 298.7 million, reaching their lowest point since January 1983 amid Middle East supply strains.
Washington ExaminerCAug 10, 6:16 PM
Strategic Petroleum Reserve hits lowest level since January 1983
The United States’s emergency stockpile of oil reserves has hit its lowest level since early 1983, as the Trump administration releases crude oil to prevent costs from skyrocketing as the war in Iran
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