Thomas Watkins

Writing for The National, West Asian.

10 scored articles in the last 180 days, each topic set against The National'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 24 Oct, 05:43 UTC.

Iran

1.0Byline score, out of 10

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

The National median
2.6
Below The National's median
1.6
Desk headline score
6.5

1.6 below The National'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. 22 Oct 2026Will the Iran war resume before the US and Israeli elections?Scored 2.3
  2. 06 Oct 2026US senator accuses Pentagon of blocking Qatar base visitScored 4.5
  3. 04 Oct 2026US refuses to rule out further military action against IranScored 4.3
  4. 30 Sept 2026IRGC letter to American voters is desperate smokescreen, US says Scored 2.8
  5. 23 Sept 2026Trump holds 'all the cards' in Iran conflict, US saysScored 2.6
  6. 17 Sept 2026Iran delegates allowed to attend UN General Assembly in New York - but can't shop for luxury goodsScored 0.0
  7. 16 Sept 2026Americans overwhelmingly think US has failed to achieve its Iran war goalsScored 5.8
  8. 21 Jul 2026Iran war will cost US taxpayers at least $37.5bn, Pentagon chief saysScored 2.8
  9. 20 Jul 2026Cuba helps Iran expand influence in Americas, State Department claimsScored 4.3
  10. 18 Jul 2026Two US troops killed and one missing following Iranian attack on JordanScored 1.8

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