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Where the score comes from

Each check on its own, out of 10. Tap one to see the sentences that scored.

• Labels the dead as militantsAre the Lebanese dead, or the institution they belonged to, filed under a militant affiliation in the outlet's own voice, with no equivalent label on the other party?6.0n=6
• Gives one side the spaceDo Israeli and Lebanese voices get materially unequal column inches?5.7n=56
• Takes army claims on trustAre military claims that the dead were Hezbollah members or legitimate targets carried without the verification caveat applied to Lebanese sources?5.0n=12
• Misleading headlineDoes the headline editorialise, hide agency, leave out deaths the article itself reports, or claim more than the article shows?3.7n=54
• Hides who attackedIs it clear who carried out strikes and killings, or does passive voice hide the actor?3.3n=52
• How it labels HezbollahHow the journalist's own voice labels Hezbollah, from delegitimising 'terrorists' to legitimising 'resistance'.0.0n=25
• Leaves out the lawHow the article treats sovereignty, international law, war crimes and the UN Charter.0.0n=57
• Who it blames for the ceasefireWho is blamed for breaching the ceasefire, and are Hezbollah violations foregrounded while Israeli ones are downplayed?0.0n=20
• Calls everyone a militantDoes casualty reporting separate civilians from fighters, or lump everyone together as 'militants'?0.0n=50
• Calls Hezbollah an Iranian proxyIs Hezbollah reduced to an 'Iranian proxy', or treated as a Lebanese political actor with proper context?0.0n=17
• Doubts one side’s death tollAre Lebanese deaths attributed and tagged while Israeli deaths are stated as fact, in the same article?0.0n=8
• Turns the dead into numbersAre Lebanese deaths reported as human lives, with names and stories, or as abstract numbers?Not yetn=0

Its most framed articles

From the last 90 days. Open one to read it with every flagged sentence marked.

1. 5.1Phosphorus Munitions Fired by Israel Burn Groves, Orchards in Southern LebanonPassive voice hides who attacked, the headline editorialises, and the legal stakes go unmentioned.
2. 4.9Strong Support for Extending UNIFIL Mandate in Lebanon, US Remains the HoldoutThe headline editorialises, and one side gets far more space.
3. 4.7Israeli Drone Strikes Wounds Six, Mostly Syrians, in Northeast LebanonThe headline editorialises, one side gets far more space, and the legal stakes go unmentioned.
4. 4.1Flurry of Israeli Strikes in Southern, Eastern Lebanon Kill 5, Wound 24Passive voice hides who attacked, the headline editorialises, and one side gets far more space.