Distraction🔒 v1
Noise: State and Local Elections
2026-03-08 · 2 sources · 95% confidence
single state · narrow
A
—
Constitutional Damage
B
2.8
Media Hype
Low
+3 BALANCED
Summary
Coverage of state-level Senate races and local political contests not directly involving federal administration actions.
IF YOU ONLY DO ONE THING
Ignore this coverage and focus attention on the week's substantive federal actions: illegal VOA dismantling, Haitian TPS ruling, $1.6T tariff borrowing impact, and mail ballot executive order.
Why This Score
State-level Senate race coverage with no federal administration action, mechanism, or constitutional implications. Routine electoral journalism about a North Carolina race involving no federal governance levers. Correctly pre-flagged as noise with null mechanism and single-state scope.
A-Score Drivers
Election Integrity & Transfer of Power×0.22
0.0/5
Rule of Law / Due Process×0.18
0.0/5
Separation of Powers×0.16
0.0/5
Civil Rights / Equal Protection×0.14
0.0/5
Institutional Capture×0.14
0.0/5
Corruption / Self-Dealing×0.1
B-Score: Layer 1 — Hype (55%)
Outrage-bait
0.0/5
Meme-ability
0.0/5
Novelty Spike
0.0/5
Media Friendliness
1.0/5
Layer 2 — Strategic (45%)
Media-Volume Mismatch
0.0/5
Timing Overlap
Score History
v1 Mar 9: A=— B=6.0 (auto) — Initial automated scoring
v1 Mar 9: A=— B=2.8 (auto) — Deferred scoring (caught up)
v1 Mar 9: A=— B=5.5 (auto) — Deferred scoring (caught up)
v1 Mar 9: A=— B=5.5 (auto) — Deferred scoring (caught up)
v1 Mar 9: A=— B=6.0 (auto) — Deferred scoring (caught up)
v1 Mar 10: A=— B=2.8 (auto) — Deferred scoring (caught up)
v1 Mar 10: A=— B=2.8 (auto) — Deferred scoring (caught up)
v1 Mar 10: A=— B=5.5 (auto) — Deferred scoring (caught up)
v1 Mar 10: A=— B=2.8 (auto) — Deferred scoring (caught up)
v1 Mar 10: A=— B=2.8 (auto) — Deferred scoring (caught up)
v1 Mar 10: A=— B=2.8 (auto) — Deferred scoring (caught up)
v1 Mar 11: A=— B=2.8 (auto) — Deferred scoring (caught up)
v1 Mar 11: A=— B=2.8 (auto) — Deferred scoring (caught up)
v1 Mar 11: A=— B=2.8 (system:48h_auto) — 48-hour auto-freeze
Factual Claims
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Coverage involves North Carolina Senate race with Roy Cooper— Article titles provided
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No federal administration mechanism involved— Event metadata shows mechanism: null
Sources (2)