8 sourcesFirst reported yesterday at 07:04, updated 18 h ago
Hasina and 33 others indicted
Photo: Amar Desh
Article analysis
Band BLocalised faults
Amar DeshNeutral
Factually reports the framing of charges in a murder case, attributing allegations to the case record, with one charged descriptor and defence arguments mentioned only in passing.
Eight 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, one framing
The earliest headline of each kind. Marked words are judgements in the headline itself: stated as fact or in quotation marks.
Neutral 8 of 8
Truck driver murder case: Trial begins for Hasina, 33 others
The Daily Observer
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 missingThe other side is present, but only as a token line. Evidence 21
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G4
Weight of the unanswered allegationNo allegation against an identifiable party.0
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G5
Loaded quotesQuotes are informational.0
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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
পলাতক প্রধানমন্ত্রী শেখ হাসিনাসহ
Describes Hasina as fugitive in reporter voice; legally descriptive but somewhat charged, and calls her prime minister without 'former'.
2CoverageReporter voice
আসামিপক্ষের আইনজীবী এহসানুল হক সমাজী
Defence lawyers are named but their arguments are not reported, only that they sought discharge; prosecution is the sole quoted source.
Show the calculation
S = G2 + … + G7 = 0 + 1 + 0 + 0 + 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 Daily Observer
Bangladesh
First to report
Neutral
Truck driver murder case: Trial begins for Hasina, 33 others
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New Age
Bangladesh
Neutral
Trial begins in Hossain murder case against Hasina, 33 others
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Amar Desh
Bangladesh
Analysed above
Neutral
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bdnews24.com
Bangladesh
Neutral
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The Financial Express
Bangladesh
Probably a different story
Neutral
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Protidiner Sangbad
Bangladesh
Neutral
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The Daily Waadaa
Bangladesh
Neutral
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The Daily Star
Bangladesh
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.