37 stories credited to NPR (31 on npr.org, 6 reproduced by other sites)
Latest story Sep 21, 2026 · on ChamberLight since Apr 2026
A story can appear as several articles (copies of the same piece), so counts of stories and of articles differ.
Scores for NPR
Political lean
18 stories · 95% range 43–49 · updated Sep 25, 2026
Originality
1 of those 31 carry an unconfirmed copying flag, which is not evidence either way.
31 stories · updated Sep 24, 2026
Writing quality 90 of 100: the average rating of 12 stories, each rated on its own (separate from credibility). How it is measured
Scores last checked Sep 25, 2026.
Stories ChamberLight collected, by month
Stories credited to NPR, by publication date. ChamberLight collects articles that mention the officials it tracks, so this shows its own coverage of this source, not how much the source publishes.
- Stories from NPR
- Shaded: ChamberLight collected no stories, or almost none, from any outlet (a gap in its collection, not in the outlet’s publishing)
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| Month | Stories | All outlets |
|---|---|---|
| October 2025 | 1 | 28 |
| November 2025 | 0 | 79 |
| December 2025 | 0 | 27 |
| January 2026 | 2 | 87 |
| February 2026 | 2 | 180 |
| March 2026 | 7 | 1,094 |
| April 2026 | 23 | 4,537 |
| May 2026 | 0 | none collected |
| June 2026 | 0 | none collected |
| July 2026 | 0 | none collected |
| August 2026 | 0 | 1 (collection gap) |
| September 2026 | 0 | 598 |
Top topics
Share of this source’s stories tagged with each topic. A story can carry several topics, so the shares do not add up to 100%.
- Budget/Spending20
54% of 37 stories · 30% across all outlets
- Ethics/Corruption19
51% of 37 stories · 56% across all outlets
- Defense/Military15
41% of 37 stories · 24% across all outlets
- Foreign Policy15
41% of 37 stories · 28% across all outlets
- Economy8
22% of 37 stories · 24% across all outlets
- Criminal Justice7
19% of 37 stories · 18% across all outlets
- Immigration5
14% of 37 stories · 12% across all outlets
- Infrastructure4
11% of 37 stories · 7% across all outlets
The thin mark on each bar is the topic’s share across all outlets.
Who they cover
Party of the officials these stories are mainly about, across all 28 officials named. A story counts once for each official it is mainly about, so the split is over 57 story–official pairs, from 37 stories.
- Republican63% · 36 pairs
- Democrat26% · 15 pairs
- Party not recorded11% · 6 pairs
Most covered
Stories mainly about each official, and their share of the source’s 37 stories.
- 1Donald TrumpR18 stories · 49%
- 2Christopher A. Coons–3 stories · 8%
- 3Eric SwalwellD3 stories · 8%
- 4J. VanceR3 stories · 8%
- 5Elizabeth WarrenD2 stories · 5%
- 6Hakeem JeffriesD2 stories · 5%
- 7Katie BrittR2 stories · 5%
- 8Ron JohnsonR2 stories · 5%
- 9Sheila Cherfilus-McCormickD2 stories · 5%
- 10Thomas TillisR2 stories · 5%
+ 18 other officials (18 story–official pairs)
Article tone
ChamberLight’s article analysis assigns each story a tone toward the official it covers. It describes the coverage of that official, not NPR’s stance, and reader votes do not change it. 37 stories.
- Good Look
- 1 (3%)
- Mixed
- 26 (70%)
- Informational
- 0 (0%)
- Bad Look
- 10 (27%)
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