Symmetry Report
Q3 2026
A method that only ever looked one way would not be a method. Each quarter we publish the ideological balance of Lane A and an audit of how cases were selected.
§01Current quarter
The target is parity, with a tolerance of twenty percent on either side. This quarter's funded caseload fell within that band.
Target band · 40–60% each side
Left-of-center
51%
Right-of-center
49%
0%Parity100%
§02Case-selection audit
Cases enter through the gates, not through the newsroom's preferences. The audit reviews every closed case against the intake criteria and reports deviations. This quarter, selection tracked materiality and reach within expected bounds, and no case was admitted outside the published gates.
- Cases opened
- 24
- Cases published
- 18
- Declined at gate
- 06
- Lane A share
- 38%
- Lane B share
- 62%
- Within target band
- YES
§03Historical ratios
Q1 202652 / 48
Q2 202647 / 53
Q3 202651 / 49
Figures are placeholder data pending publication of each quarter's report.