The Federalist

Average by layer

Word choice 69Temperature 92Flagged attribution phrases 95Headline 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.

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

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 180 reports.

What its reports give readers to check

Averages across 180 full-text news reports. Shown beside the score, never part of it.

• Named sources per report: 0.7
• Unnamed sources per report: 0.2
• Primary-record links per report: 1.6
• Documents cited per report: 0.3
• Reports that cite no one: 9
• Reports noting a correction: 0

Words counted most often

• very 62
• claimed 41
• illegal aliens 33
• reportedly 32
• actually 29
• of course 25
• so-called 24
• massive 19
• propaganda 18
• terrorist 17
• admitted 16
• leftists 15
• notably 14
• regime 14

Steering signals

• Repeated framing: cleta mitchell 3 of 180, mass immigration 3 of 180, election integrity 3 of 180, blue tsunami 3 of 180, decoy dan 3 of 180
• Front page: 1. Freedom Caucus Demands GOP Leadership Pass ‘Unfinished’ Agenda Before Dems Take Congress; 2. Florida Offers Blueprint For Other States To Shutter Islamist Terrorist Orgs Like CAIR; 3. Electing John Thune Senate Minority Leader Would Be ‘Rewarding Failure’
• Coverage choices: 48 of 64 widely covered stories in the last 14 days were not in this outlet's feed.
• Numbers: 24 sentences framed a figure as a gain and 12 as a loss in the last 30 days.
• Sponsor labels: none found.

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

Recent reports

• GOP Lost Gen Z In The Midterms. These Young Voters Say Amnesty Deal Would Lose Even More 88 Tue, Nov 10, 5:03 PM ET
• Republicans Elect Freedom Caucus Founder Jim Jordan As House Leader 94 Tue, Nov 10, 4:40 PM ET
• Senate Committee Advances Trump Judicial Noms To Floor For Final Vote 96 Tue, Nov 10, 12:48 PM ET
• Trump Learned The Wrong Lesson On Immigration From The Midterm Wipeout 73 Tue, Nov 10, 7:48 AM ET
• Texas Democrats Pre-File A Flood Of Hard-Left Bills For The Upcoming Session 95 Tue, Nov 10, 7:47 AM ET
• Here Are The Top 10 Things (Arguably) Worse Than Dems Controlling Congress 45 Tue, Nov 10, 7:45 AM ET
• The Media Burns The Witch, But The Crops Are Still Dead 86 Tue, Nov 10, 7:42 AM ET
• CEO Of Sensitive U.S. Tech Company Admits To Affair With Alleged Chinese Spy 84 Tue, Nov 10, 7:41 AM ET
• How Republicans Can Take Back The ‘Affordability’ Issue 98 Tue, Nov 10, 7:40 AM ET
• Democrats Try To Ruin John Eastman’s Life And Career While Promising To Do The Same To You 75 Tue, Nov 10, 7:40 AM ET
• SCOTUS Nukes Blockade On Trump’s Border Wall Construction 93 Mon, Nov 9, 3:47 PM ET
• A Trump Amnesty Deal Would Betray Not Just His Voters But All Americans 31 Mon, Nov 9, 2:22 PM ET
• Freedom Caucus Demands GOP Leadership Pass ‘Unfinished’ Agenda Before Dems Take Congress 95 Mon, Nov 9, 2:00 PM ET
• Florida Offers Blueprint For Other States To Shutter Islamist Terrorist Orgs Like CAIR 52 Mon, Nov 9, 12:43 PM ET
• Electing John Thune Senate Minority Leader Would Be ‘Rewarding Failure’ 75 Mon, Nov 9, 7:38 AM ET
• House Race Separated By 99 Votes Shows Why ‘Rare’ Noncitizen Voting Does Matter 71 Mon, Nov 9, 7:38 AM ET
• Why Vibes Now Matter More Than Ideas In Recent Elections 85 Mon, Nov 9, 7:37 AM ET
• Blue Wave Enshrines Child Butchery In Five State Constitutions 94 Mon, Nov 9, 7:37 AM ET
• Blue Wave Enshrines Child Butchery In State Constitutions 94 Mon, Nov 9, 7:37 AM ET
• Left-Wing Academia’s Newest Phobia Is The Western Canon 75 Mon, Nov 9, 7:36 AM ET
• Here’s What Democratic Socialism Would Really Cost Americans 91 Mon, Nov 9, 7:36 AM ET
• Stephen Miller To Take Over As White House Chief Of Staff 97 Fri, Nov 6, 4:28 PM ET
• Neocon Marc Thiessen Denies Reality And Lies About J.D. Vance 84 Fri, Nov 6, 2:18 PM ET
• DOJ Initiates Criminal Probe Into Supreme Court Dobbs Leak: Report 94 Fri, Nov 6, 12:10 PM ET
• Neocons Are Desperate To Blame The GOP Midterm Wipeout On Everything But Iran 69 Fri, Nov 6, 7:41 AM ET
• Christian Conservatives Can’t Import A New Electorate Like Democrats, But We Can Have Lots Of Babies 98 Fri, Nov 6, 7:41 AM ET
• Mississippi’s Midterm Upset Proves That Demographics Matter Now More Than Ever 69 Fri, Nov 6, 7:40 AM ET
• Democrats’ War Against The Supreme Court Is About To Get Even Worse 73 Fri, Nov 6, 7:37 AM ET
• GOP Believes Mississippi Will ‘Break Our Way’ In Tight Senate Race 97 Fri, Nov 6, 7:37 AM ET
• In Midterms Full Of Defeat, Colorado Parents Teach A Powerful Lesson About Political Victory 90 Fri, Nov 6, 7:36 AM ET
• Hey, John Cornyn: I’m So Glad You’re Going 98 Fri, Nov 6, 7:35 AM ET
• Rediscovering The Declaration And America’s Founding Principles 85 Fri, Nov 6, 7:35 AM ET
• Exclusive: DOJ Stops Race-Based Funding For Federal Student Aid 100 Thu, Nov 5, 4:00 PM ET
• The Wall Street Journal Pretends To Not Understand J.D. Vance Or Iran 87 Thu, Nov 5, 3:33 PM ET
• Turns Out, Dangling Amnesty In Front Of Illegals Won’t Win Over Minorities To The Republican Party 31 Thu, Nov 5, 2:17 PM ET
• Post-Election Data: Immigration Is A Winning Issue For Republicans 89 Thu, Nov 5, 11:52 AM ET
• Muslim Candidates Ride Democrats’ ‘Blue Tsunami’ Into Power As The Red-Green Alliance Rises 54 Thu, Nov 5, 7:27 AM ET
• After Deeply Unpleasant Campaign Season, Dems Promise To Soothe Economically Anxious Americans With Screeching Lawfare Jihad 81 Thu, Nov 5, 7:27 AM ET
• Newsom’s Dirty Medicaid Trick Sticks Californians With Pricier Premiums Or A Budget Shortfall 100 Thu, Nov 5, 7:25 AM ET
• Cormac McCarthy Was A Great Author Who Doesn’t Deserve A Bad Biography 81 Thu, Nov 5, 7:25 AM ET