🎙️ What a show tells
Today in Focus (Guardian)
- LEFTour grouping of the show
- 11claims in our motif index
- 14motifs they came up in
⚠️ Stories told, not claims that they're true.
What the show's hosts, guests, callers and the clips they play said, as claims in our words, filed by the shape of the story. "Came up on" the show: told, reported or argued against. We don't yet mark which.
✍️ Its signature
the motifs it tells far more than the other shows we follow do
👯 Tells the most alike
the shows whose stories overlap most with its own, whatever their lean
- 🎙️ Fox News Rundown 19% alike · right
- 🎙️ The Jesse Kelly Show 18% alike · right
- 🎙️ The Brian Lehrer Show (WNYC) 18% alike · center
- 🎙️ BBC Global News Podcast 18% alike · center
- 🎙️ Reuters World News 17% alike · center
🧩 Its repertoire
every motif its claims came up in, the most first
🧩 The Lorax ×2 🧩 Targeting minorities ×1 🧩 Kleptocracy ×1 🧩 Political retaliation ×1 🧩 Radical left ×1 🧩 Losing the base ×1 🧩 Fall of the Republic ×1 🧩 Lawfare ×1 🧩 Silent majority ×1 🧩 Sore loser ×1 🧩 You are how you voted ×1 🧩 Brahmin left ×1 🧩 Mr. Security ×1 🧩 Battle for the soul ×1
🎙️ Lately on the show
its latest claims, in our words, with their motifs
- 2026-10-27 “Benjamin Netanyahu claims he has devoted his life to protecting the security of Israel.”
🧩 Mr. Security - 2026-10-27 “The Israeli election is an existential battle for the soul of the nation.”
🧩 Battle for the soul - 2026-10-26 “Flavio Bolsonaro has not conceded defeat and is trying to annul the election.”
🧩 Sore loser - 2026-10-25 “The Labour Party is moving toward urban, university-educated people and losing its connection to its traditional communities.”
🧩 Losing the base 🧩 Brahmin left - 2026-10-25 “Political choices like Brexit or strike participation have replaced traditional class identities.”
🧩 You are how you voted - 2026-10-23 “A Bolsonaro presidency would cause absolute disaster for indigenous peoples across the Amazon.”
🧩 Targeting minorities 🧩 The Lorax - 2026-10-23 “Deforestation in the Amazon skyrocketed due to Jair Bolsonaro's election.”
🧩 The Lorax - 2026-10-21 “Vucic's rule in Serbia was defined by authoritarianism and corruption.”
🧩 Kleptocracy 🧩 Fall of the Republic - 2026-10-19 “The radical left party, La France Insoumise, is accused by the government of encouraging violence.”
🧩 Radical left - 2026-10-19 “Marine Le Pen's far-right party stands to benefit from the violence as the party of law and order.”
🧩 Silent majority - 2026-10-13 “Trump is weaponizing the Justice Department and the federal government against his political enemies.”
🧩 Political retaliation 🧩 Lawfare