Middle East Eye

Where the score comes from

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

• 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.38%3 of 8
• 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.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
• Uses a loaded wordA word in the outlet's own voice that carries a verdict the facts in the article do not.13%1 of 8

Its most framed articles

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

1. 3.0Gulf states have downplayed damage caused by Iranian strikes: ReportMiddle East Eye summarises a Reuters investigation finding that Gulf states played down the damage Iranian and Houthi strikes did to their infrastructure.
2. 3.0US weighs lifting sanctions on Iran's 'shadow fleet' to address surging costsMiddle East Eye reports that the US is considering easing sanctions on shadow fleet tankers to bring down diesel prices and freight costs.
3. 3.0Iran warns of ‘unimaginable’ response to US aggression as tensions rise over HormuzMiddle East Eye reports Iranian parliament speaker Qalibaf's warning to the US and Foreign Minister Araghchi's remarks on Hormuz, and attributes Iranian claims to named sources and agencies.
4. 3.0Mecca alliance visits Tehran in push to end Israeli-US war and build regional securityMiddle East Eye reports the Mecca alliance's visit to Tehran and quotes Saudi, Iranian, Turkish and Israeli voices.