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Automated assessment. Scores measure selected wording patterns in the outlet's own words. They do not assess factual accuracy, completeness, or which stories an outlet covers. What the score measures

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Breitbart

Plain average 86; adjusted 86Few flagged expressions, 90% range 86 to 87, from 1078 news reports read in full (full).

Half of this outlet's scored news reports fall between 80 and 100; the lowest is 12 and the highest 100.

1320 reports saved · 100% read in full · 0 labeled opinion · 46 wire copy · Sections: Other or unlabeled 639, Politics 349, World 168, Business and economy 101, Courts and crime 40, Science, health and climate 23 · Outlet's website · Feed this site reads

Average by layer

Word choice 81Temperature 96Flagged attribution phrases 90Headline wording 97 A weak layer pulls the total down.

Score over time

One snapshot a day from the archive. A change of method version is marked.

DayPlain averageAdjustedReportsMethod
2026-10-238584863.1.0
2026-10-2484841703.1.0
2026-10-2586862103.1.0
2026-10-2686862383.1.0
2026-10-2785862953.1.0
2026-10-2885853473.1.0
2026-10-2986864113.1.0
2026-10-3086864633.1.0
2026-10-3186865293.1.0
2026-11-0186865793.1.0
2026-11-0286866143.1.0
2026-11-0386866663.1.0
2026-11-0486867153.1.0
2026-11-0586868023.1.0
2026-11-0686868803.1.0
2026-11-08868710073.1.0
2026-11-09878710323.1.0

How each party is described

Sentences that mention only one side's party or politicians, counted for each side. Democratic side: Democratic Party, Democrats, Democratic, Democrat, Schumer, Jeffries, Pelosi, Newsom, Sanders, Ocasio-Cortez, Walz, Harris. Republican side: Republican Party, Republicans, Republican, Thune, Johnson, McConnell, DeSantis, Cruz, Greene, Vance, Trump. Asymmetry runs from −1 to +1; positive means the Democratic side gets more of that treatment, given how often each side is mentioned. Shown beside the score, never part of it. How it works

MeasureDemocratic sideRepublican sideAsymmetry
Sentences mentioning only this side10511877
Passive voice84154-0.01
Passive voice with no one named as doing it58111-0.03
Loaded attribution verbs (claimed, admitted, insisted)3070-0.12
Hedges (reportedly, allegedly, so-called)1830+0.04
Scare quotes75143-0.03
Titles used (Sen., Gov., President)44456-0.70
Share of quoted words in these sentences30%70%
Reports whose first quoted speaker is on this side117251
Reports whose last quoted speaker is on this side110258

Asymmetry = (pD − pR) ÷ (pD + pR), where p = (count + 1) ÷ (sentences + 2) for each side. Shown when the two sides together have 3 or more cases. From 1078 reports.

What its reports give readers to check

Averages across 1078 full-text news reports. Shown beside the score, never part of it.

Words counted most often

Steering signals

These describe presentation and do not change the score. What each signal means and the research behind it.

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