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Trump: US Controls Hormuz Strait, 'I Think We Will Keep It'
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Extra Extra has grouped 11 reports on this story from 11 news outlets across the political spectrum. By political lean, that breaks down as 2 left-leaning, 6 center, and 3 right-leaning sources.
With a coverage-diversity score of 91 out of 100, this is one of the more evenly reported stories in our index right now — left, center, and right outlets are all giving it attention.
On reliability, 7 of the 11 rated outlets carry a high or mostly-factual reliability rating (A or B) and 4 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.
Coverage of this story has developed over roughly 17 hours, so the perspectives below capture how the framing shifted as the story matured.
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: MSNBC, New York Times, NewsNation, Al Jazeera, Straight Arrow News, CNBC, UPI, Deutsche Welle, Just the News, ZeroHedge, Washington Examiner.
Left(2)
MSNBCCAug 12, 4:51 PM
On the Strait of Hormuz, Trump increasingly prefers made-up boasts to reality
There’s a difference between the president’s routine dishonesty and claims that border on delusion. His claims about the Strait of Hormuz are the latter. The post On the Strait of Hormuz, Trump increa
New York TimesAAug 12, 3:34 PM
Gulf Oil Giants Are Spending Billions to Build Ways Around Strait of Hormuz
Even if a cease-fire materializes, Gulf exporters recognize that relying strictly on the Strait of Hormuz is a risk they can no longer take.
Center(6)
NewsNationBAug 12, 11:52 AM
Trump says US has 'total control' over Strait of Hormuz
Trump says the U.S. naval blockade is being called “a wall of steel," and Iran can't do anything about it.
Al JazeeraBAug 12, 3:07 PM
As Strait of Hormuz transit drops, Trump again says US has ‘control’
Just eight vessels crossed strait on Tuesday, down from 130 to 140 prior to the war as peace talks stall.
Straight Arrow NewsBAug 12, 12:00 PM
Pakistan says US and Iran close to a peace deal as both claim control over Strait of Hormuz
Pakistan says the U.S. and Iran are close to "some sort of an arrangement" for a peace deal as both claim control of the Strait of Hormuz.
CNBCBAug 12, 4:33 PM
Strait of Hormuz ship traffic near three-month low as U.S.-Iran deal in doubt
Traffic is about 90% lower than the daily average of 130 ships that transited Hormuz before the U.S. and Israel attacked Iran on Feb. 28.
UPIBAug 12, 4:41 PM
IEA warns of sharp drop in global oil stocks due to Hormuz Strait closure
The International Energy Agency warned of sharp drop in oil stocks amid renewed disruption to exports from Gulf producers with "lower volumes" at sea.
Deutsche WelleAAug 12, 1:35 PM
Gulf states scramble for Strait of Hormuz alternative
Saudi Arabia has redirected oil exports away from the Strait of Hormuz, but most Gulf producers still lack a reliable backup option to the world's most important energy choke point.
Right(3)
Just the NewsCAug 12, 12:00 AM
Trump: U.S. has 'total control' over Strait of Hormuz
Reopening the critical waterway to commercial traffic has become a priority war goal for the United States and was a focal point for negotiations with Iran.
ZeroHedgeDAug 12, 2:45 PM
Trump: US Controls Hormuz Strait, 'I Think We Will Keep It' - Confirms Economic Siege Strategy
Trump: US Controls Hormuz Strait, 'I Think We Will Keep It' - Confirms Economic Siege Strategy Summary Trump claims "total control" of Hormuz, signals strategy of continued economic pres
Washington ExaminerCAug 12, 4:46 PM
Trump claims ‘total control’ of Strait of Hormuz as war drags on
President Donald Trump declared once again on Wednesday that the U.S. military had “total control” over the Strait of Hormuz and floated the possibility the United States could retain control of the k
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