9 sourcesFirst reported yesterday at 13:32, updated 3 h ago

অতি প্রবল ঘূর্ণিঝড়ে রূপ নিয়েছে ‘অর্ণব’, চার সমুদ্রবন্দরে ৩ নম্বর সতর্ক সংকেত

cyclone Arnab intensifies, Level three warning issued at four seaports

Neutral summary

from 3 outlets' reporting

Cyclone Arnab, which the Bangladesh Meteorological Department said had intensified into a very severe cyclone, was located in the west-central Bay of Bengal at 3am on Tuesday, 27 October, 990 km south-west of Chittagong port, 945 km south-west of Cox's Bazar, and 865 km south of Mongla and Payra ports. The department said it could cross the Andhra Pradesh coast in India on Wednesday, 28 October, with sustained winds of up to 118 km/h within 64 km of the centre and gusts up to 150 km/h. Chittagong, Cox's Bazar, Mongla and Payra ports were told to hoist local danger signal No. 3, and fishing boats and trawlers in the north Bay of Bengal were advised to stay near the coast. Indian authorities said shelters were ready and evacuations arranged if needed. Bangladesh forecasters said the cyclone was unlikely to have much impact on Bangladesh, though rain was forecast in coastal areas and parts of several divisions.

Where accounts differ. Amar Desh says the cyclone could hit land with sustained winds of 115-125 km/h and gusts up to 140 km/h, while Bangla Edition and ETV give only the 118 km/h and 150 km/h figures, and only ETV mentions the lowering of signal No. 2.

Ekushey Television (ETV)Amar DeshBangla Edition

Written by AI from these outlets' articles: facts they report, claims attributed, numbers checked against the sources. It may still contain errors; read the originals.

Article analysis

1out of 10

Band AStraight reporting

Amar Desh04:24Neutral

Reports the cyclone's track, wind speeds and port warning signals descriptively, attributing forecasts to the Bangladeshi and Indian meteorological departments and a named meteorologist, with no evaluative language.

Nine of the nine outlets that covered this event headlined it neutrally.

Nothing in the headline, sourcing or narration pushes the reader.

Read the original See the working

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 9 of 9

অতি প্রবল ঘূর্ণিঝড়ে পরিণত ‘অর্ণব’, বন্দরে ৩ নম্বর সতর্ক সংকেত

Jago News 2413:32

How the 1 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
Reporter's own voiceNarration is descriptive throughout.
0
G2
HeadlineReports the event or the speech act; contested claims are attributed.
0
G3
Other side missingEvery party involved responds substantively.
0
G4
Weight of the unanswered allegationNo allegation against an identifiable party.
0
G5
Loaded quotesQuotes are informational.
0
G6
Unattributed claimsEvery disputable claim is attributed.
0
G7
Missing contextNecessary background is present.
0

Evidence

Show the calculation

S = G2 + … + G7 = 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 = 0
G1 = 0, below 2: not band D
G1 = 0 and S ≤ 1: band A
Band A: S = 0 gives 1, S = 1 gives 2. Score 1

Every headline, in order

13:32

Jago News 24 Bangladesh First to report Neutral

অতি প্রবল ঘূর্ণিঝড়ে পরিণত ‘অর্ণব’, বন্দরে ৩ নম্বর সতর্ক সংকেত
02:53

Desh Rupantor Bangladesh Neutral

প্রবল ঘূর্ণিঝড়ে রূপ নিয়েছে ‘অর্ণব’, বন্দরে ৩ নম্বর সংকেত
02:58

The Daily Ittefaq Bangladesh Neutral

অতি প্রবল ঘূর্ণিঝড়ে রূপ নিয়েছে ‘অর্ণব’, চার সমুদ্রবন্দরে ৩ নম্বর সতর্ক সংকেত
03:18

RTV Bangladesh Neutral

অতি প্রবল ঘূর্ণিঝড়ে রূপ নিয়েছে ‘অর্ণব’, ৩ নম্বর সতর্কসংকেত
03:26

Ekushey Television (ETV) Bangladesh Neutral

অতি প্রবল ঘূর্ণিঝড়ে পরিণত ‘অর্ণব’, বন্দরে ৩ নম্বর সংকেত
04:24

Amar Desh Bangladesh Analysed above Neutral

অতি প্রবল ঘূর্ণিঝড় ‘অর্ণব’, সমুদ্রবন্দরে ৩ নম্বর সংকেত
05:00

Bangla Edition Bangladesh Neutral

অতি প্রবল ঘূর্ণিঝড়ে রূপ নিয়েছে অর্ণব, বন্দরে তিন নম্বর সংকেত
05:30

Shomoyer Alo Bangladesh Neutral

ঘূর্ণিঝড় ‘অর্ণব’, চার সমুদ্রবন্দরে ৩ নম্বর সতর্কসংকেত
06:00

Protidiner Sangbad Bangladesh Neutral

অতি প্রবল ঘূর্ণিঝড় ‘অর্ণব’, সমুদ্রবন্দরে তিন নম্বর সংকেত

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