Washington Examiner
Plain average 93; adjusted 93Few flagged expressions, 90% range 93 to 94, from 914 news reports read in full (full).
Headline and summary only: 3 reports, average 91. Listed apart from the ranking.
Half of this outlet's scored news reports fall between 91 and 100; the lowest is 24 and the highest 100.
1396 reports saved · 100% read in full · 421 labeled opinion · 11 wire copy · Sections: Other or unlabeled 972, Politics 208, Courts and crime 131, World 65, Business and economy 20 · Outlet's website · Feed this site reads
Average by layer
Word choice 91Temperature 95Flagged attribution phrases 95Headline wording 99 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 | 91 | 91 | 60 | 3.1.0 |
| 2026-10-24 | 91 | 91 | 115 | 3.1.0 |
| 2026-10-25 | 91 | 91 | 141 | 3.1.0 |
| 2026-10-26 | 92 | 92 | 164 | 3.1.0 |
| 2026-10-27 | 92 | 92 | 203 | 3.1.0 |
| 2026-10-28 | 92 | 92 | 258 | 3.1.0 |
| 2026-10-29 | 92 | 92 | 307 | 3.1.0 |
| 2026-10-30 | 92 | 92 | 368 | 3.1.0 |
| 2026-10-31 | 92 | 92 | 416 | 3.1.0 |
| 2026-11-01 | 92 | 92 | 438 | 3.1.0 |
| 2026-11-02 | 92 | 92 | 460 | 3.1.0 |
| 2026-11-03 | 92 | 92 | 504 | 3.1.0 |
| 2026-11-04 | 92 | 92 | 549 | 3.1.0 |
| 2026-11-05 | 93 | 93 | 710 | 3.1.0 |
| 2026-11-06 | 93 | 93 | 767 | 3.1.0 |
| 2026-11-08 | 93 | 93 | 841 | 3.1.0 |
| 2026-11-09 | 93 | 93 | 865 | 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 | 2396 | 3988 | |
| Passive voice | 202 | 363 | -0.04 |
| Passive voice with no one named as doing it | 139 | 259 | -0.05 |
| Loaded attribution verbs (claimed, admitted, insisted) | 58 | 113 | -0.07 |
| Hedges (reportedly, allegedly, so-called) | 16 | 28 | -0.01 |
| Scare quotes | 123 | 267 | -0.13 |
| Titles used (Sen., Gov., President) | 130 | 643 | -0.49 |
| Share of quoted words in these sentences | 33% | 67% | |
| Reports whose first quoted speaker is on this side | 160 | 326 | |
| Reports whose last quoted speaker is on this side | 162 | 324 |
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 914 reports.
What its reports give readers to check
Averages across 914 full-text news reports. Shown beside the score, never part of it.
- Named sources per report: 0.6
- Unnamed sources per report: 0.1
- Primary-record links per report: 0.5
- Documents cited per report: 0.3
- Reports that cite no one: 40
- Reports noting a correction: 1
Words counted most often
very
225claimed
192regime
181terrorist
126actually
95reportedly
87massive
86of course
83sweeping
60admitted
59controversial
53deeply
52backlash
51notably
49
Steering signals
- Repeated framing:
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17 of 975,social security
17 of 975,social security payments
8 of 975,security payments goes
8 of 975,november social security
8 of 975,social security direct
8 of 975 - Front page: not read (timeout).
- Coverage choices: 4 of 72 widely covered stories in the last 14 days were not in this outlet's feed.
- Numbers: 156 sentences framed a figure as a gain and 67 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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