Full coverage and Related Coverage

Full coverage is a button on a result card. It searches the whole 4Search index for other reports whose headline means the same as this one, so you see how different outlets covered the same story. Related Coverage searches by what the story is about: its people, places, organizations and keywords.

#Compare reports on a story

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The match menu reads Title (Meaning) on this page, because the search compares the meaning of headlines. See Meaning, text or both.

#Narrow it to a topic

Some headlines are broad ("Update on talks") and the whole index returns too much. The arrow beside Full coverage opens a menu to narrow the search.

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• Entire index is the same as selecting the button itself.
• The lines below it are the card's topic path, from broad to narrow, such as Home and Garden and Home and Garden › Home. Choose one to search only inside that topic.

A card without a topic path has no arrow. See Read a result card for the topic path and Topics for what the topics are.

#Follow the people, places and tags

Related Coverage opens a menu. Each line searches for other articles that carry the same tags as this one.

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The search box fills with the tags that were searched. You can edit them and search again to widen or narrow the list. When an article has no tags of one kind, that line has nothing to search for and returns an unrelated list. Try another line.

#Pictures, videos and Web results

• On Images and Videos, Full coverage stays on the tab and shows more pictures or videos for the same story.
• On a Web result, Full coverage searches the 4Search index for articles with a headline like that page's title. See The Web column.

#What to expect

• Full coverage compares headlines, not whole articles. A similar headline is usually the same story, but not always: a general headline finds general articles.
• It finds only what is in the 4Search index.
• It runs on Auto. The date menu shows how far back it looked, for example Auto (60 days). Set a range yourself to look further back or to keep only recent coverage. See Choose a time window.
• Time words inside a headline, such as today, do not change the window.

#Common questions

Does Full coverage always find the same story from other outlets?

It lists the reports in the index whose headlines are closest in meaning. When other outlets covered the story they usually appear. When none did, you see articles on similar subjects. Use the topic menu to narrow the list.

Why is the article I started from first?

Its headline matches itself best. Read past it for other outlets' reports.

Why did Related Coverage show something unrelated?

The article may have no tags of that kind. Choose a line that has tags, such as by Places or by Keywords.

How do I get back to my original search?

Use the Back button in your browser. A Full coverage search is a new search, so your earlier filters are not carried into it.