The arithmetic for one report
A Trump Amnesty Deal Would Betray Not Just His Voters But All Americans
31High density of flagged expressions
What was read
1015 words in the outlet's own voice, plus 13 in the headline. 7% of the text is in quotes, with 1 listed word inside quotes. 7 attribution markers (such as "said" or "according to") found.
Listed words inside quotes (not scored; quoting is reporting, but which quotes to use is an editorial choice): actually
.
Scare quotes (a phrase of one to three words in quotation marks with no speaker in the same sentence): Mass Deportations Now.
, too tough.
, ICE
, fascist,
, Hitler,
, threat to democracy.
. Since method 3.1.0 their words count as the outlet's own.
Words found
- Word choice:
illegal aliens
3 points Contentious label
have because they believe that illegal aliens working in hotels, landscaping, and otherillegal aliens
3 points Contentious label
create a seven-year program for illegal aliens who evaded our laws before Dec.illegal aliens
3 points Contentious label
convictions could stay, while other illegal aliens can have their deportation proceedings haltedillegal aliens
3 points Contentious label
halted while applications are pending. Illegal aliens already deported can apply to returnof course
2 points Editorializing
it’s going to a recount. Of course the other question that arises isfascist
attributed to a speaker, not counted Contentious label
left still calls him a fascist , Hitler, and a threat to democracy.absolutely
1 point Editorializing
contributed to his assassination attempts absolutely nothing — least of which isillegal aliens
3 points Contentious label
efforts. But the notion that illegal aliens who violated our sovereignty and socialillegal aliens
3 points Contentious label
give amnesty to 3 million illegal aliens in exchange for long-lasting border security.admitted
2 points Loaded word for "said"
their way. In fact, Salazar admitted her legislation is the launchpad ofillegal aliens
3 points Contentious label
clear their priorities involve giving illegal aliens a pathway to citizenship. Trump himself - Raises the temperature:
very
1 point Raises the temperature
to democracy. Trump owes the very party that has contributed to his
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.
| Layer | Points | Words | Whole-story rate | Densest 200 words | Rate used | Scale | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Word choice | 26 | 1015 | 25.6 | 55.0 (words 401 to 600) | 40.3 | 0 to 40 | 0 |
| Temperature | 1 | 1015 | 1.0 | 5.0 (words 451 to 650) | 3.0 | 0 to 40 | 93 |
| Flagged attribution phrases | 0 | 1015 | 0.0 | 0.0 (words 1 to 200) | 0.0 | 0 to 20 | 100 |
| Headline wording | 0 | 25 | 0.0 | headline only | 0.0 | 0 to 240 | 100 |
Densest stretch: Word choice, words 401 to 600 of 1015, with illegal aliens
, illegal aliens
, illegal aliens
, of course
; Temperature, words 451 to 650 of 1015, with very
.
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: 0 of 3 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 0 + 10)0.4 × (Temperature 93 + 10)0.3 × (Flagged attribution phrases 100 + 10)0.2 × (Headline wording 100 + 10)0.1 − 10 = 31. 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
| People named as sources | 2 (Donald Trump, Ross Douthat) |
|---|---|
| Unnamed sources | 0 (0% of all sources found) |
| Links to primary records (government, court, filings, PDFs) | 1 problemsolverscaucus.house.gov |
| Documents cited in the text (a report, bill, ruling, filing) | 0 |
| Checkable specifics (numbers and dates) | 22 |
| Data shown (a table or chart) | no |
| Correction or clarification noted | no |
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 by text extractor version 4. Fingerprint of the text read: b426f5951832a1e7. 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.