The arithmetic for one report
GOP Lost Gen Z In The Midterms. These Young Voters Say Amnesty Deal Would Lose Even More
88Few flagged expressions
What was read
920 words in the outlet's own voice, plus 17 in the headline. 35% of the text is in quotes, with 5 listed words inside quotes. 18 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): obviously
, sweeping
, very
, very
, outrage
.
Scare quotes (a phrase of one to three words in quotation marks with no speaker in the same sentence): too tough,
, deal
, no amnesty
. Since method 3.1.0 their words count as the outlet's own.
Words found
- Word choice:
illegal aliens
attributed to a speaker, not counted Contentious label
too tough, and that some illegal aliens who have been in the Unitedactually
attributed to a speaker, not counted Editorializing
to exit polls, immigration is actually the only major political issue onactually
negated, not counted Editorializing
that the statement did not actually foreclose amnesty for those who didclearly
attributed to a speaker, not counted Editorializing
despite the fact that Trump clearly described amnesty, that concern was Theillegal aliens
3 points Contentious label
to vote Republican by allowing illegal aliens amnesty, polling suggests that voting bloc - Raises the temperature:
massive
attributed to a speaker, not counted Raises the temperature
movement for generations. Soon after massive Republican losses in the midterms, Trumpdramatically
1 point Raises the temperature
By 2026, the vote swung dramatically , with the same demographic supporting Democratbacklash
attributed to a speaker, not counted Raises the temperature
press briefing Monday, after major backlash from conservatives, Trump said , Butbacklash
attributed to a speaker, not counted Raises the temperature
House’s immediate response to the backlash on floating amnesty seemed callous to
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 | 3 | 920 | 3.3 | 15.0 (words 601 to 800) | 9.1 | 0 to 40 | 77 |
| Temperature | 1 | 920 | 1.1 | 5.0 (words 151 to 350) | 3.0 | 0 to 40 | 92 |
| Flagged attribution phrases | 0 | 920 | 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 601 to 800 of 920, with illegal aliens
; Temperature, words 151 to 350 of 920, with dramatically
.
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 4 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 77 + 10)0.4 × (Temperature 92 + 10)0.3 × (Flagged attribution phrases 100 + 10)0.2 × (Headline wording 100 + 10)0.1 − 10 = 88. 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 | 1 (Secretary Markwayne Mullin) |
|---|---|
| Unnamed sources | 0 (0% of all sources found) |
| Links to primary records (government, court, filings, PDFs) | 1 www.uscis.gov |
| Documents cited in the text (a report, bill, ruling, filing) | 0 |
| Checkable specifics (numbers and dates) | 41 |
| 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
- 18-29: not checked (no chamber named in the sentence).
Senate vote counts are checked against the Senate's roll-call list for four days before to one day after publication. Bills are looked up on Congress.gov. House counts are not checked yet. Shown beside the score, never part of it.
Record of this measurement
Method 3.1.0, word-list fingerprint 807a17189402a416, read by text extractor version 4. Fingerprint of the text read: 08acee5bf40e304a. 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.