The Consensus
How much of the „independent" news consensus is really one source, copied.
22 June 2026
Today's most independently reported sentence
„Radar deal done : Canada spends big on Aussie technology"
— word-for-word across 18 separate news outlets.
First surfaced 08:45 UTC via batemansbaypost.com.au; within 0.8h, 17 more ran the identical sentence.
Classified: chain syndication — one publishing group, one push (TLD share 100%).
The „independent" outlets
- batemansbaypost.com.au
- begadistrictnews.com.au
- bendigoadvertiser.com.au
- bordermail.com.au
- centralwesterndaily.com.au
- dailyadvertiser.com.au
- easternriverinachronicle.com.au
- edenmagnet.com.au
- goulburnpost.com.au
- illawarramercury.com.au
- juneesoutherncross.com.au
- macleayargus.com.au
- mandurahmail.com.au
- moreechampion.com.au
- muswellbrookchronicle.com.au
- oberonreview.com.au
- southcoastregister.com.au
- standard.net.au
22.2%
of today's scanned news stream was echo — copied verbatim by at least three outlets, not original reporting.
Also in chorus today
„Nationals ape Hanson liar slogan as tax debate flares"
17 outlets, word-for-word