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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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Fox News

Plain average 92; adjusted 92Few flagged expressions, 90% range 91 to 93, from 499 news reports read in full (full).

Headline and summary only: 1 report, average 100. Listed apart from the ranking.

Half of this outlet's scored news reports fall between 88 and 100; the lowest is 30 and the highest 100.

506 reports saved · 100% read in full · 0 labeled opinion · 0 wire copy · Sections: Politics 506 · Outlet's website · Feed this site reads

Average by layer

Word choice 90Temperature 93Flagged attribution phrases 95Headline wording 96 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
2026-10-239191513.1.0
2026-10-249191703.1.0
2026-10-259292833.1.0
2026-10-269292943.1.0
2026-10-2792921223.1.0
2026-10-2892921493.1.0
2026-10-2992921853.1.0
2026-10-3092922123.1.0
2026-10-3192922343.1.0
2026-11-0192922493.1.0
2026-11-0292922623.1.0
2026-11-0392922873.1.0
2026-11-0492923103.1.0
2026-11-0592923913.1.0
2026-11-0692924223.1.0
2026-11-0892924643.1.0
2026-11-0992924743.1.0

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 side17072519
Passive voice149201+0.05
Passive voice with no one named as doing it109144+0.06
Loaded attribution verbs (claimed, admitted, insisted)4374-0.07
Hedges (reportedly, allegedly, so-called)1416+0.13
Scare quotes117201-0.07
Titles used (Sen., Gov., President)155654-0.48
Share of quoted words in these sentences37%63%
Reports whose first quoted speaker is on this side115190
Reports whose last quoted speaker is on this side118187

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 499 reports.

What its reports give readers to check

Averages across 499 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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