Middle East Eye

Where the score comes from

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

• Leaves out what sanctions do to peopleContext, not scored: are sanctions framed as a clean policy response, or is their impact on Iranian civilians acknowledged?10.0n=35
• Labels the dead as military targetsAre the Iranian dead, or the institution they belonged to, filed under a military or regime affiliation in the outlet's own voice, with no equivalent label on the attackers?6.0n=9
• Misleading headlineDoes the headline editorialise, hide agency, leave out deaths the article itself reports, or claim more than the article shows?5.9n=61
• Leaves out the lawHow the article treats international law: sovereign attack, the UN Charter, the NPT and IAEA standards.4.0n=67
• Hides who attackedWho is shown as initiating strikes, sabotage and escalation across Israel, the US and Iran, or does passive voice hide it?1.0n=65
• Doubts one side’s death tollAre Iranian deaths attributed and tagged while Israeli or US deaths are stated as fact, in the same article?0.8n=6
• Calls the government ‘the regime’Is Iran's government delegitimised as 'the regime' in the journalist's own voice, or described in neutral terms?0.0n=27
• Assumes a nuclear weapons programmeIs the nuclear programme presupposed to be a weapons programme, or described neutrally with context?0.0n=14
• Who it blames for the ceasefireWho is blamed for obstructing or breaching a ceasefire, and are Iranian violations foregrounded over US or Israeli ones?0.0n=13
• Calls allied groups proxiesAre Iran-aligned groups reduced to 'proxies', or treated as actors with their own local political context?0.0n=6
• Takes the attackers’ claims on trustAre Israeli or US claims that those killed or sites struck were military targets carried without the verification caveat applied to Iranian sources?Not yetn=0
• Turns the dead into numbersAre Iranian deaths treated as human losses (named, aged, with a profession or family) as much as Israeli or US deaths?Not yetn=0

Its most framed articles

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

1. 7.7US army secretary resigns amid signs of Pentagon unease with Iran warPassive voice hides who attacked, the headline editorialises, and the legal stakes go unmentioned.
2. 6.3Iraqi Kurds suggest peace process between Iran and Iranian Kurdish oppositionPassive voice hides who attacked, the headline editorialises, and the dead are labelled, the other side is not.
3. 6.1Trump labels Strait of Hormuz ‘US territory’ as Iran says Israel is biggest obstacle to negotiationsPassive voice hides who attacked, the headline editorialises, and the legal stakes go unmentioned.
4. 5.9Sanctions didn't break Iran. They hardened itPassive voice hides who attacked, the headline editorialises, and the legal stakes go unmentioned.