The serial candidates standing against Farage in the Clacton by-election

BBC News · center 3 techniques found 10.5% of sentences flagged

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What the model flagged

Analyzed 2026-08-09 04:02 UTC. Articles are sometimes updated after publication — if a quote below isn't in the current version, the piece has changed since.

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.

Loaded Language 75%

Emotionally charged words chosen to trigger a reaction rather than convey facts.

Repetition 45%

Repeats key words or phrases to hammer ideas into the audience and make them seem more credible through familiarity — for example: "leader" ×3.

“"leader" ×3”

Name Calling 99%

Derogatory labels used to discredit a person or group rather than address their arguments.

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 →

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