Method / Indicator
Niral Score
Every indicator below in one number, with adjectives weighted heaviest. 0 is a plain report.
0 mundane loaded 100
What raises it
- Adjectives that judge rather than report, which weigh most
- Loaded verbs and nouns ("slammed", "regime")
- Coded political vocabulary
- Claims with nobody’s name on them
- Sensational wording
What is never counted
- Anything inside a quotation
- How serious the events are
- Whether the article is correct
Highest in the last week
- Two of rock's biggest albums are 60, but what else happened in music in 1966? Niral Score 33.5
- Review: Resident Evil might just be the best gaming adaptation yet Niral Score 32.8
- Hubble Spots Chaotic Secret in Galaxy Niral Score 31.2
Lowest in the last week
- Senator confirms ‘eight suicide attempts’ by US navy personnel assigned to USS Abraham Lincoln carrier group – as it happened Niral Score 1.7
- Treehouse illustrator Terry Denton dies aged 76 Niral Score 2
- Donald Duck's uncle was partly based on Wernher von Braun Niral Score 2.2
Every reading is of the writing, not of whether the article is correct. The full method, including how the Niral Score is built, is on the Method page. Anything here can be checked against the API, which returns the same numbers with the words that produced them.
The other indicators
AdjectivesRepeated wordsSentimentPolitical dictionGenerationalGenderJingoisticReligiousSourcingMood