The New York Times
Plain average 88; adjusted 89Few flagged expressions, 90% range 86 to 92, from 8 news reports read in full (provisional).
Headline and summary only: 414 reports, average 95. Listed apart from the ranking.
Half of this outlet's scored news reports fall between 81 and 100; the lowest is 80 and the highest 100.
422 reports saved · 2% read in full · 0 labeled opinion · 0 wire copy · Sections: Politics 334, Other or unlabeled 45, Business and economy 27, World 9, Science, health and climate 7 · Outlet's website · Feed this site reads
Average by layer
Word choice 87Temperature 91Flagged attribution phrases 81Headline wording 100 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-11-05 | 91 | 91 | 6 | 3.1.0 |
| 2026-11-06 | 89 | 90 | 7 | 3.1.0 |
| 2026-11-08 | 88 | 89 | 8 | 3.1.0 |
| 2026-11-09 | 88 | 89 | 8 | 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 | 75 | 162 | |
| Passive voice | 7 | 8 | +0.31 |
| Passive voice with no one named as doing it | 6 | 3 | +0.58 |
| Loaded attribution verbs (claimed, admitted, insisted) | 0 | 1 | too few |
| Hedges (reportedly, allegedly, so-called) | 0 | 0 | too few |
| Scare quotes | 0 | 5 | -0.48 |
| Titles used (Sen., Gov., President) | 16 | 35 | +0.00 |
| Share of quoted words in these sentences | 18% | 82% | |
| Reports whose first quoted speaker is on this side | 0 | 4 | |
| Reports whose last quoted speaker is on this side | 1 | 3 |
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 8 reports.
What its reports give readers to check
Averages across 8 full-text news reports. Shown beside the score, never part of it.
- Named sources per report: 2.3
- Unnamed sources per report: 0.5
- Primary-record links per report: 1.4
- Documents cited per report: 1.0
- Reports that cite no one: 0
- Reports noting a correction: 1
Words counted most often
stunning
7claimed
6sweeping
6very
5actually
4backlash
4people familiar
3experts say
3huge
3deeply
2chaotic
2so-called
2controversial
2missteps
2
Steering signals
- Repeated framing:
justice dept
12 of 422,york times
6 of 422,trump officials
6 of 422,immigration crackdown
4 of 422,trump election
4 of 422,chinese spy
4 of 422 - Front page: not read (http 403).
- Coverage choices: 29 of 72 widely covered stories in the last 14 days were not in this outlet's feed.
- Numbers: 5 sentences framed a figure as a gain and 0 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.
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