The Guardian
Plain average 90; adjusted 90Few flagged expressions, 90% range 89 to 91, from 373 news reports read in full (full).
Headline and summary only: 6 reports, average 99. Listed apart from the ranking.
Half of this outlet's scored news reports fall between 86 and 98; the lowest is 28 and the highest 100.
502 reports saved · 98% read in full · 66 labeled opinion · 0 wire copy · Sections: Politics 364, Other or unlabeled 102, World 21, Business and economy 11, Science, health and climate 3, Courts and crime 1 · Outlet's website · Feed this site reads
Average by layer
Word choice 88Temperature 92Flagged attribution phrases 92Headline wording 98 A weak layer pulls the total down.
Score over time
One snapshot a day from the archive. A change of method version is marked.
| Day | Plain average | Adjusted | Reports | Method |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-23 | 89 | 89 | 29 | 3.1.0 |
| 2026-10-24 | 89 | 89 | 49 | 3.1.0 |
| 2026-10-25 | 89 | 89 | 59 | 3.1.0 |
| 2026-10-26 | 89 | 89 | 75 | 3.1.0 |
| 2026-10-27 | 90 | 90 | 88 | 3.1.0 |
| 2026-10-28 | 90 | 90 | 106 | 3.1.0 |
| 2026-10-29 | 90 | 90 | 121 | 3.1.0 |
| 2026-10-30 | 90 | 90 | 142 | 3.1.0 |
| 2026-10-31 | 90 | 90 | 155 | 3.1.0 |
| 2026-11-01 | 90 | 90 | 172 | 3.1.0 |
| 2026-11-02 | 90 | 90 | 184 | 3.1.0 |
| 2026-11-03 | 90 | 90 | 207 | 3.1.0 |
| 2026-11-04 | 90 | 90 | 228 | 3.1.0 |
| 2026-11-05 | 90 | 90 | 280 | 3.1.0 |
| 2026-11-06 | 90 | 90 | 312 | 3.1.0 |
| 2026-11-08 | 90 | 90 | 347 | 3.1.0 |
| 2026-11-09 | 90 | 90 | 358 | 3.1.0 |
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
| Measure | Democratic side | Republican side | Asymmetry |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sentences mentioning only this side | 1132 | 2753 | |
| Passive voice | 113 | 313 | -0.06 |
| Passive voice with no one named as doing it | 92 | 197 | +0.07 |
| Loaded attribution verbs (claimed, admitted, insisted) | 13 | 123 | -0.57 |
| Hedges (reportedly, allegedly, so-called) | 8 | 38 | -0.28 |
| Scare quotes | 70 | 223 | -0.13 |
| Titles used (Sen., Gov., President) | 18 | 49 | -0.04 |
| Share of quoted words in these sentences | 23% | 77% | |
| Reports whose first quoted speaker is on this side | 55 | 176 | |
| Reports whose last quoted speaker is on this side | 59 | 172 |
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 373 reports.
What its reports give readers to check
Averages across 373 full-text news reports. Shown beside the score, never part of it.
- Named sources per report: 1.3
- Unnamed sources per report: 0.2
- Primary-record links per report: 0.7
- Documents cited per report: 0.5
- Reports that cite no one: 19
- Reports noting a correction: 0
Words counted most often
claimed
91very
80reportedly
51sweeping
39deeply
39massive
36controversial
35war on
34actually
31stunning
31backlash
30far-right
29so-called
27insisted
27
Steering signals
- Repeated framing:
midterm elections
31 of 436,pete hegseth
7 of 436,james talarico
6 of 436,midterms podcast
4 of 436,early voting
4 of 436,politics weekly america
3 of 436 - Front page: 1. Time to fight back: five leading thinkers on what Democrats should do post-midterms; 2. Hardline Trump aide Stephen Miller takes over as White House chief of staff; 3. Stephen Miller, immigration hardliner, in his own words
- Coverage choices: 21 of 72 widely covered stories in the last 14 days were not in this outlet's feed.
- Numbers: 67 sentences framed a figure as a gain and 58 as a loss in the last 30 days.
- Sponsor labels: 6 reports labeled as paid content.
These describe presentation and do not change the score. What each signal means and the research behind it.
Recent reports
- Progressives head to US House in record numbers after winning red districts 98
- Republican Thomas Massie moves to force vote to impeach Pete Hegseth 100 short
- Former RFK Jr adviser accuses Trump officials of prioritizing special interest groups over voters 88
- John Fetterman to be challenged for Senate seat by democratic socialist born in Gaza 94
- Senate votes on bill to speed up projects from gas pipelines to clean energy 98
- Stephen Miller is in. Is Pete Hegseth out? With Ben Rhodes – Stateside with Kai and Carter 100 short
- Obama granted me clemency after 23 years in prison. What will it take for Trump to do similar? | Letter 82
- John Oliver on Pete Hegseth’s military plans: ‘Dr Seuss for concussed bigots’ 79
- Elon Musk and the tech bros banked on Trump and lost. Humbled, humiliated: what will they do next? | Jonathan Liew 74 Opinion
- Dolores Huerta obituary 98
- Hardline Trump aide Stephen Miller takes over as White House chief of staff 86
- Joe Biden to limit White House memoir promotion due to advancing cancer 92
- Time to fight back: five leading thinkers on what Democrats should do post-midterms 65 Opinion
- Trump is humiliated and angry – and Europe is where he’s free to lash out | Nathalie Tocci 94 Opinion
- Diversity, decency and a new south: who were the real winners in the US midterms? | 84 Opinion
- Donald Trump 'kidding' about making UFC boss Dana White US press secretary – video 100 short
- ‘A complete repudiation’: public health won big in US midterm elections 90
- Anti-AI populism is the future of American politics | Garrison Lovely 86 Opinion
- Economic relief is on the way, Democrats say. But what, how and when? 79
- We can’t just ‘move on’: Democrats must hold Trump accountable | Jan-Werner Müller 70 Opinion
- Deportation policy ‘might have been too tough’, says Trump, as Miller starts chief-of-staff role – US politics live 80
- Michael Lewis on the ‘blockers’ who stood up to Elon Musk’s Doge - video 100 short
- Stephen Miller, immigration hardliner, in his own words 77 short
- Democrats to attend Cop31 climate talks boosted by midterms and eager to make up for Trump-era setbacks 90
- Trump tells 60 Minutes that deportation policy was ‘too tough’ 77
- Trump says he was ‘only kidding’ about making UFC’s Dana White next press secretary 81
- ‘Seismic shift’: Native American women made significant gains in US midterms 100
- Hakeem Jeffries supports impeachment of Pete Hegseth: ‘He has got to go’ 100
- Saturday Night Live: Druski hosts and James Talarico cameos, but where’s the post-election comedy? 93
- Trump set to lurch further right, claiming US took ‘giant step back’ in elections 90
- Challenging the politics that brought Donald Trump to power | Letters 63
- Abdul El-Sayed’s Oxford years: PhD, political awakening and sporting distinction 97
- The political playbook that unraveled US transgender rights in the past decade 81
- ‘The light of dawn is on the horizon’: the best moments from US midterm victory speeches | Ted Widmer 79 Opinion
- How CrossFit helped shape the macho fitness culture of Trump’s America 94
- Centrism did not win the Democratic party the election 93
- Healthcare, tariffs – but not Trump impeachment: Democrats chart next two years of power 98
- Trump’s shattered ‘mirror world’: American voters roundly reject president’s alternate reality 92
- Wisconsin state patrol trooper detained by ICE released from custody 91
- Trump says he asked Dana White, UFC boss, to be his new White House press secretary 85