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Lean: UnratedType: Russian newsLanguage: RussianBased in: Tel Aviv

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Cursorinfo is a russian news outlet based in Tel Aviv, publishing in Russian. On baba News’s left–center–right scale it is rated Unrated (Community). We translate Cursorinfo's Russian coverage into clear English and compare it against other Israeli newsrooms across the spectrum.

Stories
1454
Translated coverage in the last 30 days.
Bylined
100%
Share of stories with a named author.
Originals
25%
Share of stories this newsroom reported first.
Opinion
0%
Share of opinion and analysis.
Press releases
0%
Share of press-release copy.
Median lag
621 min
Median minutes behind the first report on the same story.

Why not a score? These are rates we can recompute. A single number would hide whether a newsroom is slow, unnamed, or mostly reprints.

How Cursorinfo writes

Neutralover 1490 pieces this month · Russian press mean: 1.34 against 1.44

  • Netanyahuin step with the wire on
  • the IDFin step with the wire on
  • Hamasin step with the wire on
  • the United Statesin step with the wire on
  • Iranin step with the wire on

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