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Findings may include language the outlet is quoting rather than asserting. We flag manipulation techniques wherever they appear, including inside quotations — so check each quote against the original before drawing a conclusion about the outlet.
Emotionally charged words chosen to trigger a reaction rather than convey facts.
The phrase 'increasingly dire midterms outlook' creates anxiety about electoral consequences to frame the political situation as deteriorating — for example: 'increasingly dire midterms outlook'
“increasingly dire midterms outlook”
The word 'increasingly' is used twice in the same sentence to rhetorically amplify the sense of escalating crisis and corruption — for example: 'increasingly dire' and 'increasingly conspicuous'
“increasingly dire”
“increasingly conspicuous”
Analyzed automatically with Biasly's fine-tuned model. These are manipulation techniques, not political tilt — and finding one is not a claim that the article is false. The model has known false positives on strong-but-legitimate language, so treat each finding as a prompt to read closely, not a verdict. How articles are chosen →