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2 sourcesFirst reported Sun 25 Oct at 07:49, updated 1 d ago

বুলগেরিয়ায় প্রেসিডেন্ট নির্বাচন শুরু, ভোট গড়াতে পারে দ্বিতীয় দফায়

Bulgaria begins presidential election, vote may go to second round

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Article analysis

3out of 10

Band BLocalised faults

Descriptive election preview with a factual headline. Both leading candidates are quoted, though vaguely sourced analyst views link Yotova to Kremlin positions.

Two of the two 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, one framing

The earliest headline of each kind. Marked words are judgements in the headline itself: stated as fact or in quotation marks.

Neutral 2 of 2

বুলগেরিয়ায় প্রেসিডেন্ট নির্বাচন শুরু, ভোট গড়াতে পারে দ্বিতীয় দফায়

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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.

  1. G1
    Reporter's own voiceOne isolated evaluative word in the reporter's voice. Evidence 3
    1
  2. G2
    HeadlineReports the event or the speech act; contested claims are attributed.
    0
  3. G3
    Other side missingEvery party involved responds substantively.
    0
  4. G4
    Weight of the unanswered allegationNo allegation against an identifiable party.
    0
  5. G5
    Loaded quotesSome evaluative words in quotes, in proportion to the event. Evidence 4
    1
  6. G6
    Unattributed claimsOne or two disputable claims are unattributed. Evidence 1
    1
  7. G7
    Missing contextNecessary background is present.
    0

Evidence

1Unsubstantiated claimReporter voice

রাজনৈতিক বিশ্লেষকদের অনেকে তার রাজনৈতিক অবস্থানকে ক্রেমলিনের প্রতি সহানুভূতিশীল বলে মনে করেন।

Characterisation attributed to unnamed analysts without a specific source.

2Unsubstantiated claimReporter voice· not scored

প্রায় দুই ডজন আন্তর্জাতিক নাবিকের মৃত্যু হয়ে থাকতে পারে বলে ধারণা করা হচ্ছে

Casualty estimate given with an agentless 'it is believed' and no named source.

3Word choiceReporter voice

লাগামহীন মূল্যস্ফীতি

Intensifying adjective 'unbridled' for inflation in narration without figures.

4Ad hominemAttributed quote voice

প্রায়ই তাদের মুখে ক্রেমলিনের বক্তব্য ও প্রচারণা থেকে সরাসরি নেওয়া শব্দচয়ন শোনা যায়।

Pollster's quoted claim that one camp parrots Kremlin propaganda, with no response from Yotova's side.

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

  1. Dainik Bangla Bangladesh Probably a different story Neutral

    ব্রাজিলে চলছে দ্বিতীয় দফার ভোট

  2. The Guardian Europe Probably a different story Neutral

    Brazil election 2026: Live second round results

    Headline changed; now Brazil election 2026: Full second round results as Lula wins comeback against Flávio Bolsonaro 26 Oct, 06:50

  3. Toronto Star US & Canada Probably a different story Neutral

    Live Q&A: The results of Toronto's municipal election

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.

The full method