The media monitor is designed to measure attention, not approval or disapproval. An article can be positive, negative or neutral and still count as coverage.
How coverage is collected
HasanWatch searches monitored media sources for relevant coverage and stores the headline, outlet, source URL, publication time where available, discovery time and the search query that surfaced it.
Duplicates and syndicated stories
Multiple outlets sometimes publish the same wire story or near-identical copy. HasanWatch groups highly similar headlines into story clusters so visitors can see when one story is travelling across many outlets without pretending every copy is a wholly separate editorial event.
Time windows
The live dashboard uses rolling windows such as the last 24 hours and seven days. Publication time is used where available; discovery time is retained separately so newly found older stories can still be audited.
Attention Index
The Attention Index is an internal indicator intended to summarize recent coverage intensity. It reflects a combination of mention volume, outlet spread and repetition of the same story across multiple publishers.
It is not a scientific measure of public opinion, sentiment, reach or audience size, and it should not be interpreted as one.
Context pages
Claims are assessed against available primary footage and reputable secondary reporting. Verdict labels are descriptive rather than ideological: for example, “deceptive cut”, “missing context”, “disputed interpretation” or “substantially accurate”.