The Telegraph

Where the score comes from

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

• Gives one side the spaceDo Israeli official and settler voices get materially more column inches than Palestinian voices?10.0n=10
• Labels the dead or detained as militantsAre the Palestinian dead or detained filed under a militant or 'wanted' label in the outlet's own voice, with no equivalent label on the other party?6.0n=3
• Repeats the permit excuse for demolitionsDo home demolitions carry Israel's 'lacked permits' justification without the permit regime or displacement context that tests it?Only 2 articles so far.5.0n=2
• Doubts one side’s death tollAre Palestinian deaths attributed and tagged while Israeli deaths are stated as fact, in the same article?Only 1 article so far.5.0n=1
• Takes army claims on trustAre Israeli claims that those killed or detained were militants carried without the verification caveat applied to Palestinian accounts?Only 2 articles so far.4.2n=2
• Hides who did itIs it clear who carried out raids, killings and demolitions, or does passive voice hide the actor?3.3n=7
• Misleading headlineDoes the headline editorialise, hide agency, leave out deaths the article itself reports, or claim more than the article shows?3.2n=4
• Turns settler attacks into clashesAre settler attacks reported with settlers as the named agents, or dissolved into 'clashes' and 'confrontations' that mutualise a one-directional attack?1.8n=9
• Turns the dead into numbersAre Palestinian deaths reported as human lives, with names and stories, or as abstract numbers?Only 1 article so far.0.0n=1
• Uses the language of annexationDoes the outlet, in its own voice, adopt annexationist terms ('Judea and Samaria', 'disputed territories') or render settlements as ordinary 'neighbourhoods'?0.0n=10
• Leaves out the lawHow the article treats the occupation's illegality, the ICJ advisory opinion, settlement illegality and annexation.0.0n=10

Its most framed articles

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

1. 4.8Burnham’s settler sanctions trigger fears of wider Israel boycottPassive voice hides who attacked, and one side gets far more space.
2. 4.2Israel closes West Bank after shoot-out days before election'lacked permits' is the whole story, the dead are labelled, the other side is not, and the headline editorialises.
3. 4.1Israel believes Miliband had ulterior motives for sanctionsPassive voice hides who attacked, a settler attack becomes a 'clash', and one side gets far more space.
4. 3.9Chief Rabbi: Miliband’s sanctions will endanger JewsA settler attack becomes a 'clash', and one side gets far more space.