Culture & Entertainment · 9 outlets (L 2 · C 5 · R 2)
SS United States, once the world's fastest ocean liner, is being sunk to become an artificial reef
The SS United States, once the world's fastest ocean liner, is being intentionally sunk off the coast of the Florida panhandle to become the world's largest artificial reef.[4, 6, 8] CBS News described the liner's history as a midcentury marvel and said it will have a future as an ecotourism site.[4]
Why it matters The sinking ends efforts to save the ship and creates what outlets describe as the world's largest artificial reef, which CBS News says will serve as an ecotourism site.[2, 4]
Covered by The New York Times, CBS News, Fox News and 6 more
Read first The sinking of the SS United States, the world's fastest ocean liner
How balanced is this coverage?
Of the 9 rated outlets that covered it, 2 are left of center, 5 are center and 2 are right of center (2 of them in the Right group).
Too few left- or right-leaning outlets to compare: 2 of 42 left-leaning, 5 of 33 center and 2 of 38 right-leaning outlets covered it.
- Left: none.
- Leans left: The New York Times (−0.70), The Guardian (−0.70).
- Center: PBS NewsHour (−0.48), ABC News (−0.19), CBS News (−0.14), UPI (+0.17), Forbes (+0.19).
- Leans right: none.
- Right: The Washington Times (+1.27), Fox News (+1.52).
Each dot is an outlet that covered it, placed by its audience-lean score (Eady et al. 2025), which measures who shares its links, not how accurate it is. The ticks under the line are all 113 rated outlets Tare reads.