Trump ‘holds all the cards’ in war against Iran’s regime, White House says

What was read

958 words in the outlet's own voice, plus 9 in the headline. 39% of the text is in quotes, with 6 listed words inside quotes; the headline quotes someone. 26 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): regime, regime, regime, regime, regime, very.

Scare quotes (a phrase of one to three words in quotation marks with no speaker in the same sentence): collapse, finish the job, needs to end, finish the job, Fox & Friends First, COLLAPSE HAS ACCELERATED, SOFT WAR,. Since method 3.1.0 their words count as the outlet's own.

Words found

In the headline: regime attributed to a speaker, not counted Contentious label
Trump in war against Iran’s regime , White House says
Word choice: regime 3 points Contentious label
job against Iran if the regime doesn't behave. Former NSC Chief of
regime 3 points Contentious label
the remnants of the rogue regime . The remaining two years of Trump’s
regime attributed to a speaker, not counted Contentious label
military actions to dislodge Khamenei’s regime , according to experts. Khamenei, who has
boasted 2 points Loaded word for "said"
and members of his family, boasted on X following the Republican defeat
regime attributed to a speaker, not counted Contentious label
News Digital, TRUMP REVIVES IRAN REGIME CHANGE SPECULATION WITH CRYPTIC CALL FOR
regime 3 points Contentious label
Trump to coincide with the regime ’s anniversary of its illegal seizure of
insists 2 points Loaded word for "said"
IRAN CONFLICT A SOFT WAR, INSISTS US HOLDS THE CARDS AHEAD OF
regime 3 points Contentious label
of the Islamic Republic. IRAN’S REGIME WON’T NEGOTIATE IN GOOD FAITH. TRUMP
regime attributed to a speaker, not counted Contentious label
needs to end and the regime will never change its behavior. She
regime 3 points Contentious label
actions to Israel against Iran’s regime . President Donald Trump monitors U.S. military
regime attributed to a speaker, not counted Contentious label
Feb. 28, 2026. (@WhiteHouse/X) IRAN REGIME CHANGE TALK RESURFACES AS TRUMP SAYS
regime 3 points Contentious label
said. Soghom, who tracks Iranian regime media, added the Iranian state radio
Raises the temperature: stunning attributed to a speaker, not counted Raises the temperature
TAKES A VICTORY LAP OVER STUNNING US ELECTION RESULTS, CLAIMS COLLAPSE HAS
epic attributed to a speaker, not counted Raises the temperature
Shapiro. Shapiro termed Trump’s Operation Epic Fury campaign against Iran Shapiro told
fury attributed to a speaker, not counted Raises the temperature
Shapiro termed Trump’s Operation Epic Fury campaign against Iran Shapiro told Lara
epic attributed to a speaker, not counted Raises the temperature
Trump administration for launching Operation Epic Fury. Brodsky said, adding that at
fury attributed to a speaker, not counted Raises the temperature
administration for launching Operation Epic Fury . Brodsky said, adding that at the

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	22	958	23.0	40.0 (words 1 to 200)	31.5	0 to 40	21
Temperature	0	958	0.0	0.0 (words 1 to 200)	0.0	0 to 40	100
Flagged attribution phrases	0	958	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 1 to 200 of 958, with regime, regime, boasted.

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 21 + 10)^0.4 × (Temperature 100 + 10)^0.3 × (Flagged attribution phrases 100 + 10)^0.2 × (Headline wording 100 + 10)^0.1 − 10 = 56. 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	5 (Simone Ledeen, Mardo Soghom, Jason Brodsky, Fox News Digital, Lara Trump)
Unnamed sources	0 (0% of all sources found)
Links to primary records (government, court, filings, PDFs)	0
Documents cited in the text (a report, bill, ruling, filing)	0
Checkable specifics (numbers and dates)	17
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 Sun, Nov 8, 12:20 PM ET by text extractor version 4. Fingerprint of the text read: 101daa847ad65a76. 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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