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Topic

Iranian Control Of Straits

2 items · 2 aliases · peaked week of 3 May 2026 · first seen 7 May 2026

The piece warns of a worsening global oil crisis driven by geopolitical tensions over the Strait of Hormuz, highlighting that rising oil prices are causing deflationary effects on industry and agriculture, while criticizing mainstream financial media and radio coverage for being肤

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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Heard on radio

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  • Mike Hosking mike-hosking-breakfast Full Show Podcast: 08 May 2026 7 May · 31s
    And the other one to watch this afternoon particularly, they've been at the Bella Boxes overnight, of course, in the UK. Government's going to get a pasting. The Greens should do well in places like inner London. A lot of interest in whether the reform surge translates into council control. How many councils? So far today, visually, we've seen Farage beaming and posing, Badenock smiling, Ed Davey looking happy. Kia, not so much. So the rules around Election Day commentary basically the same as this country. You don't say anything, which left the PM saying nothing as this was shouted out to him.
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Sample framings

Up to 12 framings spread across orientations. Each framing is a short phrase the topic extractor generated to characterise the piece's stance — not a quote from the source. Click through to read the original.

long-term strategic threat to global trade

“Interest rates, oil and gold”
7 May
mike-hosking-breakfast Government / N-A

geopolitical threat to regional stability

Full Show Podcast: 08 May 2026
7 May
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