The Spectator

Where the score comes from

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

• Misleading headlineDoes the headline claim more than its own article shows: an allegation stated as fact, words in quotation marks nobody in the article said, or a past fact put in the present?7.0n=19
• Vilifies a communityIn its own words, does the outlet frame a named community (Muslims, migrants, trans people, Travellers, Jewish or Black people) as a threat, a criminal group, a burden or an invasion? Reporting what someone else said does not count. A community is who people are, never what they did, and never a state body or a job.0.0n=12
• How it treats politiciansContext, not scored: which politicians the outlet defers to and which it scrutinises, in its own voice. Not checked on opinion pieces.Not yetn=0
• Extreme labels for one side onlyContext, not scored: are extremity labels ('populist', 'hard-right', 'far-left') applied to one bloc and withheld from another?Not yetn=0
• Quotes one party far moreContext, not scored: is direct-quote space materially unbalanced across the parties?Not yetn=0
• Violence justification (retired)Retired on 20 October 2026: most of its findings were wrong when checked by hand. Shown only on articles scored before then.Not yetn=0
• Source attribution balance (retired)Retired on 20 October 2026: most of its findings were wrong when checked by hand. Shown only on articles scored before then.Not yetn=0

Its most framed articles

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

1. 10.0Why was Mohammed Yaseen treated better than our SAS?A community is framed as a threat or a criminal group.
2. 9.0What Labour should actually do to help entrepreneursThe headline editorialises.
3. 8.6Home Office spend thousands on ‘don’t rape women’ guideA community is framed as a threat or a criminal group, and the headline editorialises.
4. 7.0Lucy Powell’s ‘oracy’ plans are meaninglessThe headline editorialises.