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Ebola Outbreak In Congob

14 items · 9 aliases · peaked week of 17 May 2026 · first seen 18 May 2026

A podcast discussing travel finance, UK political instability, Trump's foreign policy moves, leadership crises in Britain, and a Congo Ebola outbreak, framed through a mix of economic, geopolitical, and social concerns.

Volume by source orientation Methodology →

Stacked weekly counts; colour by lean. “n/a” covers government and iwi-Māori sources where lean isn't applicable.

Alias drift

How this topic has been named, week by week. A new alias winning out is usually a framing shift.

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In the press Methodology →

How the news corpus has covered this same topic over the last 12 weeks. 13 articles from RNZ, Stuff, NZ Herald, ODT, 1News, Newsroom and The Spinoff. Click through to the press view for the full panel.

12-week press volume 13 articles
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Heard on radio

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.

  • Mike Hosking mike-hosking-breakfast Full Show Podcast: 18 May 2026 17 May · 60s
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Sample framings

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mike-hosking-breakfast Government / N-A

misinformation fuels public health crisis

Full Show Podcast: 18 May 2026
17 May
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