The Independent

Where the score comes from

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

• Who it blames for the ceasefireWho is blamed for breaching the ceasefire, and are Hezbollah violations foregrounded while Israeli ones are downplayed?6.7n=6
• 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=7
• 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=3
• Calls Hezbollah an Iranian proxyIs Hezbollah reduced to an 'Iranian proxy', or treated as a Lebanese political actor with proper context?5.0n=8
• Misleading headlineDoes the headline editorialise, hide agency, leave out deaths the article itself reports, or claim more than the article shows?4.4n=9
• Leaves out the lawHow the article treats sovereignty, international law, war crimes and the UN Charter.4.0n=10
• Hides who attackedIs it clear who carried out strikes and killings, or does passive voice hide the actor?0.0n=11
• How it labels HezbollahHow the journalist's own voice labels Hezbollah, from delegitimising 'terrorists' to legitimising 'resistance'.0.0n=10
• Calls everyone a militantDoes casualty reporting separate civilians from fighters, or lump everyone together as 'militants'?0.0n=10
• Gives one side the spaceDo Israeli and Lebanese voices get materially unequal column inches?0.0n=10
• Turns the dead into numbersAre Lebanese deaths reported as human lives, with names and stories, or as abstract numbers?Not yetn=0
• Doubts one side’s death tollAre Lebanese deaths attributed and tagged while Israeli deaths are stated as fact, in the same article?Not yetn=0

Its most framed articles

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

1. 4.3Israeli airstrikes on a village in southern Lebanon kill 9 people, wound 13Passive voice hides who attacked, and the legal stakes go unmentioned.
2. 3.7Hezbollah to compensate owners of homes destroyed in Lebanon during war with IsraelThe headline editorialises, the ceasefire blame is one-sided, and Hezbollah is reduced to an Iranian proxy.
3. 3.6School starts soon in Lebanon but thousands still shelter in them during warThe headline editorialises, the ceasefire blame is one-sided, and the dead are labelled, the other side is not.
4. 3.3Israeli airstrikes hit southern Lebanon village, killing 9, and other Mideast newsThe dead are labelled, the other side is not, Hezbollah is reduced to an Iranian proxy, and the legal stakes go unmentioned.