The arithmetic for one report

What was read

1384 words in the outlet's own voice, plus 11 in the headline. 2% of the text is in quotes. 3 attribution markers (such as "said" or "according to") found.

Scare quotes (a phrase of one to three words in quotation marks with no speaker in the same sentence): standing ., special solicitude. Since method 3.1.0 their words count as the outlet's own.

Words found

• Word choice: bragged 2 points Loaded word for "said"
  attorney general, Ken Paxton, once bragged that he sued the Biden administration
  ridiculous 2 points Editorializing
  that most judges would find ridiculous . In 2022, for example, anti-abortion activists
  notably 1 point Editorializing
  11 months before finally intervening. Notably , both of these lawsuits were brought
  of course 2 points Editorializing
  role as Texas attorney general. Of course , now that Texas will no longer
  actually 1 point Editorializing
  find objectionable, but that doesn’t actually impose any special obligations upon them.
  of course 2 points Editorializing
  these immigrants driver’s licenses . Of course , Texas is only one of three
  far-right 3 points Contentious label
  that Republicans did, because Texas’s far-right federal courts aren’t going to start
• Raises the temperature: very 1 point Raises the temperature
  legal strategy was dealt a very serious blow during Tuesday’s electoral landslide
  very 1 point Raises the temperature
  Republican administration. These strivers launched very successful careers in the Texas AG’s
  very 1 point Raises the temperature
  do so. But, at the very least, Democrats just neutralized one of
• Softens what happened: neutralized 2 points Softens what happened
  the very least, Democrats just neutralized one of the most powerful weapons

Layer scores

Rates are counted points per 1,000 words of the story's own text. For a story longer than 200 words, the rate used is the average of the whole-story rate and the rate in its densest 200-word stretch, so neutral filler cannot dilute a loaded passage away. Score = 100 × (loaded end − rate used) ÷ loaded end, kept between 0 and 100. Headline words count only in the headline layer.

Densest stretch: Word choice, words 651 to 850 of 1384, with notably, of course, actually; Temperature, words 1185 to 1384 of 1384, with very, very, neutralized.

Shown, not scored: the headline's rate minus the rate of the story's first 80 words is 0.0 points per 1,000 words. Experimental: 1 of 1 names and figures in the headline also appear in the text read.

Overall

Weighted geometric mean of the layers that are established, with 10 added to each layer first and taken away at the end: (Word choice 63 + 10)^0.4 × (Temperature 70 + 10)^0.3 × (Flagged attribution phrases 100 + 10)^0.2 × (Headline wording 100 + 10)^0.1 − 10 = 75. Adding 10 means one layer at 0 lowers the total steeply without collapsing it. A weak layer pulls the total down.

Lowered the score most: Word choice.

Name-swap test: with party, politician and institution names swapped, this report's score moves by 0.0 points.

What a reader could check

What a reader could check, counted by published patterns. Shown beside the score, never part of it. How each count works

Checked against the official record

No vote count or bill number found in the text read.

Record of this measurement

Method 3.1.0, word-list fingerprint 807a17189402a416, read Wed, Nov 4, 4:41 PM ET by text extractor version 4. Fingerprint of the text read: aca44644cf7368bb. Internet Archive copy nearest the time it was read. The text read was not kept (read before method 3.1.0, or from the feed only), so a later rule change can be applied only while the report is still in the outlet's feed.

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