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Themes and arguments.

The arguments put forward or contested in the videos, grouped by theme and by period. Our local model draws them from a sample of political sentences, then they are checked against the sentences; each quote links back to its video.

The theme

Technology

Political sentences about technology, technique or innovation, or about tech companies and their leaders.

Reliability of the classifier 0.95F1 0.63checked precision The method
Period

The last seven days are read again every day. * provisional: part of the period’s videos are still to be transcribed. Greyed out: reading pending.

281
political sentences on the theme
63
sentences read
Gemma 4 31B
read on 5 October 2026
The theme in a typical video
  1. Far right 8.5% 16 videos
  2. Manosphere 6.1% 1 videos
  3. Conspiracism 29.2% 3 videos
  4. Culture 9.9% 1 videos

Mean share, per video, of the political sentences on the theme; each video counts once, from 20 political sentences.

Where the theme’s sentences come from
  1. Far right 84% 235 sentences
  2. Manosphere 1% 2 sentences
  3. Conspiracism 13% 36 sentences
  4. Culture 3% 8 sentences

This split follows the size of each orientation’s corpus: it describes the channel selection, not the weight each side gives the theme.

Arguments come from a sample shared by the territories. Only excerpts from channels in the selected country and their associated arguments are kept here; counts are recalculated.

The arguments

What is put forward, and by whom.

Each card opens on all its sentences; each quote links back to its video.

  1. Carried by Far right 3

    « It will create thousands of new jobs. It will connect low-cost, low-carbon Canadian energy to global market for phase two of the coastal housing jobs. »

    « En ce moment, je rappellerai qu'on ne devrait pas parler d'austérité, on devrait parler aux Québécois et aux Québécoises et leur dire « L'avenir, il va être prospère, on va créer de l'emploi, on va créer de l'innovation, on va faire des manufactures, on va faire de la haute […] »

The videos

Where the theme weighs most.

Videos of the last four months, ranked by the share of their political sentences the classifier assigns to the theme; each record opens in a side panel.

  1. Analysis of Existential Risks and Political Stakes of Artificial Intelligence Daniel Pilon Chroniqueur Libre-Penseur · 30 September 2026 · record
  2. Ce soir Bill Gates et L’I.A. 09 septembre 2026. Président De L'Association De L’Union-Nationale · 10 September 2026
  3. Analysis of Technological, Economic, and Political Issues in North America NLB - FreedomNews · 30 September 2026 · record
  4. Patricia Tardif Coach et nos 5 valeurs fondamentales Daniel Pilon Chroniqueur Libre-Penseur · 24 September 2026
  5. Sommes-nous trop surveillés ou pas assez protégés au Québec ? Président De L'Association De L’Union-Nationale · 26 September 2026
  6. Presentation of Québec solidaire's proposals for families and the economy Actualité Politique Du Québec · 2 October 2026 · record
  7. Technological, Economic, and Political News in the United States and Canada NLB - FreedomNews · 30 September 2026 · record
  8. Climat: Quand la peur devient un instrument politique | LE PANEL 30 sept. 2026 Theovox tv · 1 October 2026
  9. Discussion on spiritual hypnosis and the 2026 fuel price crisis Daniel Pilon Chroniqueur Libre-Penseur · 30 September 2026 · record
  10. 24 septembre 2026. Président De L'Association De L’Union-Nationale · 25 September 2026

The percentage is the share of the video’s political sentences assigned to the theme (at least 20 political sentences and 5 on the theme).

The periods

The theme, year by year.

Political sentences on the theme by period; click a period to show it. The number also depends on the share of videos transcribed, which varies a lot from year to year.

How the arguments are drawn

The theme’s political sentences are drawn at random by period, with quotas per orientation and a cap per channel and per video. Our local model reads the sentences without knowing their channel or orientation, groups those making the same argument, separates those reporting it in order to contest it and sets aside those off the theme. Orientation shares and quotes come from the sentences, never from the model. The last seven days are read again every day.

The detail in the method
Project paper