8 sourcesFirst reported yesterday at 12:22, updated 3 h ago
UN probe accuses Israel of ‘extermination’ in West Bank
Photo: Hindustan Times
Article analysis
Band BLocalised faults
The Straits TimesIn quotes
Attributes the extermination finding to UN investigators in the headline and body, includes Israel's rejection and the PA findings, with one loosely attributed line on PA legitimacy.
Zero of the eight outlets that covered this event headlined it neutrally.
The faults are local; the reporter's narration stays descriptive.
1 Straight reporting10 Campaigning
The same event, two framings
The earliest headline of each kind. Marked words are judgements in the headline itself: stated as fact or in quotation marks.
Stated as fact 1 of 8
UN probe accuses Israel of extermination in West Bank as Gaza genocide allegations persist
Malay Mail
In quotation marks 7 of 8
UN probe accuses Israel of 'extermination' in West Bank
Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha (BSS)
How the 3 was worked out
The model answers seven fixed questions from 0 to 3 and cites evidence for each. The score is calculated from the answers in code, so any disagreement points to one question.
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G1
Reporter's own voiceOne isolated evaluative word in the reporter's voice. Evidence 21
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G2
HeadlineReports the event or the speech act; contested claims are attributed.0
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G3
Other side missingEvery party involved responds substantively.0
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G4
Weight of the unanswered allegationNo allegation against an identifiable party.0
- G5 1
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G6
Unattributed claimsOne or two disputable claims are unattributed. Evidence 21
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G7
Missing contextNecessary background is present.0
Evidence
1Word choiceAttributed quote voice
misinformation campaign to demonise the State of Israel
Israel's mission's rhetoric is quoted and attributed, not adopted by the paper.
2Unsubstantiated claimReporter voice
The Palestinian Authority struggles with credibility and legitimacy
Ambiguously placed before the attribution, so this evaluative claim may read as the paper's own narration.
3CoverageReporter voice· not scored
There was no immediate reaction from the Palestinian Authority.
The PA is absent, but the absence is signposted; Israel is given a substantive response.
4Word choiceAttributed quote voice
a broader strategy to exterminate and displace Palestinians
Grave charges are carried in attributed quotes from the commission, proportionate to the report being covered.
Show the calculation
S = G2 + … + G7 = 0 + 0 + 0 + 1 + 1 + 0 = 2 G1 = 1, below 2: not band D Not band C or A: band B Band B: S ≤ 3 gives 3, 4 to 6 gives 4, 7 or more gives 5. Score 3
Every headline, in order
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Hindustan Times
South Asia
Probably a different story
Neutral
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Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha (BSS)
Bangladesh
First to report
In quotes
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Dhaka Tribune
Bangladesh
In quotes
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The Straits Times
Asia Pacific
Analysed above
In quotes
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The Daily Observer
Bangladesh
In quotes
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Malay Mail
Asia Pacific
Stated as fact
UN probe accuses Israel of extermination in West Bank as Gaza genocide allegations persist
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Dawn
South Asia
In quotes
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The Korea Herald
Asia Pacific
In quotes
About this method
Method. Bias types follow the Table of Media Bias Elements and the Media Bias Taxonomy (both CC BY 4.0). The impartiality rules follow the BBC Editorial Guidelines and the Ofcom Broadcasting Code. This analysis was made by claude-opus-5-5 on rubric 1.0.0. The score is calculated from the seven answers, never generated.
What this is not. No outlet gets a standing bias rating, and there is no left/right axis, because that axis does not describe Bangladeshi politics. Each analysis covers one article about one event. Members' analytics count how each outlet's headlines were labelled over a chosen period, with the number of headlines behind every share, and also show the average score of an outlet's scored articles: that average describes those articles (mostly each story's lead), not the outlet, and outlets are never ranked by it or by any share.
Known limits. Headlines are grouped into stories automatically, so an unrelated headline sometimes slips in; it is shown faded rather than hidden. Where outlets carry the same wire copy, the comparison has little to show. Human annotators agree on bias in Bangla news only moderately (κ = 0.574 at best), which limits what any automated score can claim.