Method / Indicator
Political diction
Which side’s vocabulary the writer chose where a choice existed. Not whether the article is correct.
-10 left-coded right-coded 10
What raises it
- Choosing one side’s term where a neutral one exists: "death tax" for inheritance tax, "climate crisis" for climate change
- Terms are matched to the market, so Australian copy is read with the Australian pack
What is never counted
- Which party the article favours
- Quoted speech
Highest in the last week
- Less tax for many investors after CGT, negative gearing changes, study finds Political diction +0.73
- Victoria's crime crisis is turning, but a looming election means everything Political diction +0.69
- As Albanese warned the UN about world's 'greatest powers' Trump was elsewhere Political diction +0.69
Lowest in the last week
- Poorer nations will be among the last to benefit if global emissions cut to net zero Political diction -0.95
- World leaders address climate change before UN meet amid record El Niño Political diction -0.72
- ‘Negligent’ to talk about long term risks to Australia without examining cost of climate change, experts say Political diction -0.52
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
Niral ScoreAdjectivesRepeated wordsSentimentGenerationalGenderJingoisticReligiousSourcingMood