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Undercovered High-Damage

Week 43: Oct 19 – Oct 25, 2025 · 🔒 FROZEN

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These are events where constitutional damage (A-score) far exceeds the media attention they receive (B-score). An Attention Budget below −15 means the event is getting less coverage than its real-world impact warrants — the public should know more about these.

Undercovered (1)
Pentagon Announces Conservative-Only Press Corps After Departures
Personnel Capturefederal · broad
4 sources
A
58.9
B
32.0
-27 BALANCED
IF YOU ONLY DO ONE THING

PRIORITY CONSTITUTIONAL THREAT: Monitor Pentagon press access policies for expansion/reversal. Track which outlets gain/lose access. Document information asymmetries in defense reporting. Assess whether other agencies adopt similar ideological screening. Verify departure circumstances of non-conservative outlets. This represents testable institutional capture with measurable information control effects.

All List A Events (1)
University of Virginia Strikes Deal to Pause Trump Administration Investigations
Enforcement Actionsingle state · narrow
2 sources
A
30.6
B
22.9
-8 BALANCED