Morgan Phillips

Writing for Fox News, Tabloids.

14 scored articles in the last 180 days, each topic set against Fox News's own median on the same topic. A topic appears here once 10 of their articles have been scored under the weights now in use.

Updated 22 Oct, 18:41 UTC.

Iran

2.6Byline score, out of 10

14 articles scored. The band shows the middle half of their article scores, and the tick is the median.

Fox News median
2.7
Below Fox News's median
0.1
Desk headline score
6.5

0.1 below Fox News's own median on this topic. Measures anti-Iran framing in Iran coverage. 0 means none detected, 10 means severe. Headline framing is left out of the byline score and shown separately, because subeditors write headlines, not reporters.

The articles behind the number

Every scored Iran article under this byline in the window, newest first. The score on each row is that article's full composite, headline included, which is the number its own page shows; the median above excludes headline framing.

  1. 14 Oct 2026The Iran war's unexpected impact on US defenses against China threat downplayed by top Army leaderScored 5.8
  2. 07 Oct 2026Cost of Iran war explodes as toll on US air fleet nearly doublesScored 5.1
  3. 04 Oct 2026Iran could move shadow war in a dangerous direction, experts warn on back of two possible terror attacksScored 3.2
  4. 01 Oct 2026Iranian negotiators kicked out of US as talks stall, Trump lays out 'possible' timeline for more strikesScored 2.8
  5. 27 Sept 2026Iran ‘miscalculating’ by betting on midterms after 3-hour talks, Trump officials warnScored 0.0
  6. 31 Aug 2026Inside the dangerous US mission that cleared Iran’s mines from Hormuz shipping lanesScored 4.9
  7. 27 Aug 2026White House silent on Iran-Oman Hormuz plan Tehran says would ban US warshipsScored 0.0
  8. 26 Aug 2026Millions of barrels of Iranian oil sit beyond Trump blockade as he vows ‘zero leakage’Scored 5.9
  9. 19 Aug 2026Iran loses key economic lifeline in Middle East that Trump's sanctions couldn't reach as deadlock persistsScored 3.5
  10. 18 Aug 2026Iran fails to strike deal with US as deadline passes and Trump calls for ‘white flag of surrender'Scored 3.3
  11. 04 Aug 2026Is this Trump’s last ‘last chance’? Ceaseless string of broken ceasefires fuels doubt over Iran dealScored 2.9
  12. 29 Jul 2026Iran mines US troops' social media as military considers seizing cellphonesScored 2.5
  13. 27 Jul 2026Why Trump is suddenly threatening Iran's last untouched nuclear siteScored 3.0
  14. 24 Jul 2026Trump says Iran will pay — what it takes to end the war remains unclearScored 3.4

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