The Guardian

Where the score comes from

Each technique the reading found, as a share of its articles. Tap one to read the passages.

• Uses a loaded wordA word in the outlet's own voice that carries a verdict the facts in the article do not.38%3 of 8
• Leaves out what changes the pictureThe article leaves out a fact about the event it reports, which the outlet had or other outlets reported about the same event, and without it a reader believes something false about that event. Background the article is not about (overall tolls, the wider crisis) is not this technique.25%2 of 8
• States one side's claim as factA party's contested claim is written in the outlet's own voice with no attribution, so the reader takes it as established.25%2 of 8
• Hides who did itThe actor of a killing or a harm is taken out of the sentence (were killed in a strike, an explosion hit, a building collapsed) when the article itself, the coverage or the record shows who did it.13%1 of 8
• Makes a false claimA claim of fact that the article's own evidence, a stored source or the documented record contradicts.13%1 of 8
• One side gets the spaceOne side's voices fill the article when the story concerns both, and the other side appears only as numbers or not at all.13%1 of 8

Its most framed articles

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

1. 3.0Troubled waters: life during wartime for Iranians on the strait of HormuzThe Guardian's picture essay names the US-Israeli war on Iran and gives Iranian residents the space to describe their lives.
2. 3.0Iran threatens to strike oil and AI facilities across Gulf if US and Israel renew attacksThe Guardian reports Iranian threats to hit Gulf oil, cable and AI infrastructure if the US and Israel attack again, and attributes each threat to a named Iranian source.
3. 3.0Tell us: do you live near the Strait of Hormuz? How is the US-Iran conflict affecting your life?The Guardian's callout about life near the Strait of Hormuz never says that the war began when the United States and Israel attacked Iran in late February.
4. 3.0Revealed: billionaire Reform donor was in business with foundation linked to Iranian regimeThe Guardian reports a French arbitration decision showing that Reform UK donor Hossein Ghandehari co-owned a telecoms venture with Astan Quds Razavi, a foundation under Iran's supreme leader.