5 sourcesFirst reported Sat 24 Oct at 23:07, updated 3 h ago
UK PM Burnham says he wants to discuss a return to EU freedom of movement
Photo: Al Jazeera English
Article analysis
Band BLocalised faults
Al Jazeera EnglishNeutral
Headline accurately reports Burnham's stated wish; narration is largely descriptive with attributed quotes, ONS data and an opposition reaction, marred only by a slightly loaded 'even touted'.
Three of the five 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.
Neutral 3 of 5
UK PM Burnham says he wants to discuss a return to EU freedom of movement
Al Jazeera English
In quotation marks 2 of 5
Andy Burnham says he wants ‘honest discussion’ about freedom of movement with EU
The Guardian
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 11
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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
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G5
Loaded quotesSome evaluative words in quotes, in proportion to the event. Evidence 31
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G6
Unattributed claimsEvery disputable claim is attributed.0
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G7
Missing contextNecessary background is present.0
Evidence
1Word choiceReporter voice
who has even touted the possibility
'even touted' adds an evaluative, faintly incredulous framing where 'raised' would be neutral.
2Word choiceReporter voice· not scored
anti-immigration Reform UK party
Labels Reform UK with a characterising descriptor in the paper's voice, though commonly used.
3Ad hominemAttributed quote voice
total betrayal of Brexit Britain
Farage's charged rhetoric is quoted, proportionate as a single opposing reaction.
4ProjectionReporter voice· not scored
who is trying to find ways to speed up the UK economy
Attributes a motive in narration, though a mild and widely stated policy aim.
Show the calculation
S = G2 + … + G7 = 0 + 0 + 0 + 1 + 0 + 0 = 1 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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The Guardian
Europe
First to report
In quotes
Andy Burnham says he wants ‘honest discussion’ about freedom of movement with EU
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Al Jazeera English
Middle East
Analysed above
Neutral
UK PM Burnham says he wants to discuss a return to EU freedom of movement
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New Age
Bangladesh
Neutral
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Ada Derana
South Asia
Neutral
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.