a reference to past political arrangements where parties secretly encouraged voters to support one vote type over another to gain advantage
Up to 12 framings across outlets and orientations — each a short phrase the extractor generated to characterise the piece's editorial angle (not a quote). Filter by lean to see how each bloc is spinning the story; click through to read the original.
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How this topic has been named, week by week. A new alias winning out is usually a framing shift.
Verbatim segments from politicians speaking on podcasts and radio shows about this topic. Sourced via the voice-reference library — each speaker has been confirmed manually from their voice clip. Click play to stream the original audio from the publisher, pre-seeked to the moment the quote starts.
There's always been some gameplaying around the edges to various degrees, but it falls upon a spectrum. And this is, I think, anyway, substantively different from those cups of teas …
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