Method / Indicator

Sentiment

How favourably the writing treats its subject. Not how cheerful the events are.

-10 hostile favourable 10

What raises it

• Favourable or hostile wording about the subject
• Sensational words, which count as hostile
• Words about the events themselves, at a fifth of the weight of words about the subject

What is never counted

• Quoted opinion
• Whether the subject deserves it

Highest in the last week

• 21 Sept, 10:41 · New South Wales The Voice grand finalists said: Ronan Keating, Melanie C, Richard Marx and Kate Miller-Heidke make their final pick Sentiment +2.15
• 25 Sept, 15:36 Xero shares have crashed 64%. Here's why I'm buying Sentiment +1.86
• 20 Sept, 08:24 · Melbourne, VIC John Farnham to miss tribute concert due to poor health Sentiment +1.52

Lowest in the last week

• 26 Sept, 01:54 Hubble Spots Chaotic Secret in Galaxy Sentiment -3.24
• 22 Sept, 12:01 · Perth, WA ‘He wanted to kill himself’: Damien Shaw’s friend details last conversation before Bali murder suicide Sentiment -2.56
• 25 Sept, 15:10 · Tasmania Port Arthur memories 'came back' on seeing jumping castle body-cam: officer Sentiment -2.5

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 wordsPolitical dictionGenerationalGenderJingoisticReligiousSourcingMood