5 sourcesFirst reported yesterday at 08:30, updated 17 h ago
বিপাকে খাড়গে ভারত জুড়ে বিজেপির বিক্ষোভ
bjp protests across india against kharge
Photo: The Times of India
Article analysis
Band DEditorialising in its own voice
Manab ZaminNeutral
Headline declares Kharge in trouble in the paper's voice, and narration adds combative verbs and unattributed characterisations of his temper, though both BJP and Congress responses are reported.
Four of the five outlets that covered this event headlined it neutrally.
The paper's own narration evaluates, which places it in the top band.
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 4 of 5
BJP Holds Protests Across Country, Seeks M Kharge's Apology Over "Baap" Jibe
NDTV
Stated as fact 1 of 5
খাড়গের আপত্তিকর মন্তব্যে ভারতজুড়ে বিজেপির বিক্ষোভ!
Ekattor TV
How the 8 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.
- G1 2
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G2
HeadlineAsserts a contested claim in the paper's voice. Evidence 12
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G3
Other side missingThe other side is present, but only as a token line. Evidence 51
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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 81
- G6 1
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G7
Missing contextMinor context is missing. Evidence 91
Evidence
1Headline-body attribution mismatchHeadline voice
বিপাকে খাড়গে
Headline asserts in the paper's voice that Kharge is in trouble, an evaluative judgment not established by the body.
2OpinionatedReporter voice
নম্র ও মৃদুভাষী খাড়গে মেজাজ হারিয়ে উত্তেজিত হয়ে
Reporter characterises Kharge's temperament and emotional state without attribution.
3Word choiceReporter voice
তোপ দেগেছেন
Charged verb used where 'said' would suffice.
4Word choiceReporter voice
প্রতি-আক্রমণ শানিয়েছেন
Combative framing verb in narration.
5Unsubstantiated claimReporter voice
অভিযোগ, তাকে মারধরও করা হয়েছে।
Assault allegation given with no identified accuser and no Congress response.
6MagnitudeReporter voice
নিন্দায় সরব হয়েছেন বিজেপির প্রথম সারির সব নেতা
Sweeping 'all top leaders' claim without specifics.
7Word choiceReporter voice· not scored
কংগ্রসকে একহাত নিয়ে
Colloquial combative framing in narration.
8Ad hominemParaphrased source voice
শালীনতার সব সীমা ছাড়িয়ে গেছেন খাড়গে
Shah's attack on Kharge's character, attributed.
9Selection (unscored)Reporter voice· not scored
২০১৮ সালে অমিত শাহকে নিয়ে করা মন্তব্যের জেরে মানহানির মামলায়
Tangential item appended without connection to the story.
Show the calculation
S = G2 + … + G7 = 2 + 1 + 0 + 1 + 1 + 1 = 6 G1 = 2, at least 2: band D Band D: set by G1 and S. Score 8
Every headline, in order
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NDTV
South Asia
First to report
Neutral
BJP Holds Protests Across Country, Seeks M Kharge's Apology Over "Baap" Jibe
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Bangla Edition
Bangladesh
Neutral
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Ekattor TV
Bangladesh
Stated as fact
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The Times of India
South Asia
Neutral
BJP protests across states over Kharge's 'baap' remark at PM Modi; demands apology
Headline changed; now
BJP launches protests across India over Kharge's 'baap' remark, demands apology
26 Oct, 12:00 -
Manab Zamin
Bangladesh
Analysed above
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.