The i Paper

Where the score comes from

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

• Headline goes beyond the articleThe headline states what the body does not support, drops the attribution the body gives, or puts in quotation marks words nobody in the article said.26%6 of 23
• Uses figures that misleadA number presented so it misleads: the wrong base, a cherry-picked period, a share passed off as a total, or a figure the article's own source contradicts.17%4 of 23
• Other techniquesWays of misleading the reading found that our list does not name yet. Each one is named in plain words on its article's page.9%2 of 23
• Drops what it reported beforeThe outlet or the reporter reported a fact or a description of the same event earlier and now leaves it out or softens it, so a reader of this article believes something the outlet's own reporting contradicts. Not repeating background totals is not this technique.4%1 of 23
• 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.4%1 of 23
• Makes a false claimA claim of fact that the article's own evidence, a stored source or the documented record contradicts.4%1 of 23
• 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.4%1 of 23
• Uses a loaded wordA word in the outlet's own voice that carries a verdict the facts in the article do not.4%1 of 23

Its most framed articles

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

1. 6.0'It only boosts Farage': Red Wall MPs fear return of EU freedom of movementThe i Paper gives a fair spread of Labour voices for and against Andy Burnham's call to discuss EU free movement.
2. 6.0How much benefit payments will rise by after the BudgetThe i Paper's explainer on benefit uprating is mostly careful sourcing of think-tank figures, but its opening sentence gives a cost of up to £5.5bn that its own IFS source puts at around £3.5bn and calls a possible overestimate.
3. 6.0Inside the homeless capital of the UK, where 1 in 18 have no housingThe i Paper reports on homelessness in Newham, with residents, charities and the council's deputy mayor responding to new government funding for rough sleeping.
4. 3.0Burnham's promise to pensioners shows a shocking lack of courageGuto Harri argues that the Budget's promises to pensioners put spending today ahead of long-term investment, and that argument is his to make.