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Pollster admits fabricated data as 'social experiment'

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A polling organization revealed that most of its data was fabricated, calling it an experiment to expose vulnerabilities in political polling. Major US outlets had published the fake surveys, prompting criticism from pollster Nate Silver.

AI summary · Original reporting is linked alongside
Pollster admits fabricated data as 'social experiment'
Photo: Reason

How the outlets frame it

6 outlets, each read from its own headline and opening
  • Stands outZeroHedge (tabloid, loaded, one-sided).
  • PlainestNewsweek.
Sensational
Measured
Across: does the report cast the development as bad news or good news. Up: does the report play the story up to grab attention. A thin line joins a logo nudged aside to its exact point. 2 outlets could not be placed on both measures.

Tap a logo to see the outlet, the headline it was read from, and where it sits on every measure.

FramingOne outlier

Does the report cast the development as bad news or good news?

PBS NewsHour stands apart as neutral; the other 3 read as negative.

NegativeNeutralPositive

2 outlets not placed: the reading was split between distant levels.

SensationalismSpread out

Does the report play the story up to grab attention?

From measured (Newsweek) to tabloid (ZeroHedge), with others in between.

MeasuredSensational
Loaded languageOne outlier

Do the words judge rather than describe?

ZeroHedge stands apart as loaded; the other 5 read as some charged words.

NeutralLoaded
SlantSplit

Does the report give room to one side only?

Split: Newsweek, RT and The Hill read as straight; Reason and ZeroHedge as one-sided.

StraightOne-sided

1 outlet not placed: the reading was split between distant levels.

All 6 outlets and the headlines they were read from

Each outlet is read blind: a classifier sees its headline and opening next to the story's own headline, without the outlet's name, and scores how the report presents the story. A logo sits at the classifier's average reading, so it can fall between two levels. These readings compare coverage of this story only; they are not ratings of the outlets.

Where the outlets diverge

Two headlines from opposite ends

  1. Slant · Straight → One-sided

    StraightFake polls send shock waves through the political world ahead of midtermsThe Hill One-sidedFCC Chair Brendan Carr Echoes Trump, Threatens Broadcasters Over 'Fake Polls'Reason

  2. Loaded language · Neutral → Loaded

    Some charged wordsFCC Chair Brendan Carr Echoes Trump, Threatens Broadcasters Over 'Fake Polls'Reason LoadedNate Silver Explodes In Foul-Mouthed Tirade After Fake Polling Firm Pulls Off Humiliating HoaxZeroHedge

  3. Framing · Negative → Positive

    NegativeFake polls send shock waves through the political world ahead of midtermsThe Hill NeutralAn alleged national pollster says it faked its data as a 'social experiment.' Here's what to knowPBS NewsHour

The story as a whole

Read from all the reports together
Story lifespan3 of 5

Single event

SettledDeveloping
Time pressure2 of 4

No time pressure

SettledBreaking
Are the claims disputed2 of 4

Not disputed in the text

ConsistentContradictory
Evidence behind it6 of 8

Official statement or press release

None citedPrimary document
Violence reported1 of 5

No violence reported

No violenceDeaths

Other signals

2 found · 19 not present
  • What a reader getsNew facts
  • ToneNeutral and factual
  • Article typenot present
  • Topicnot present
  • Policy areanot present
  • Government levelnot present
  • Where it happensnot present
  • Main political actornot present
  • Civil liberties questionnot present
  • Market relevancenot present
  • Which marketunclear
  • Market horizonnot present
  • Who is economically affectednot present
  • Corporate dimensionnot present
  • Conflict dimensionnot present
  • Conflict direction reportednot present
  • Humanitarian impactnot present
  • Public safetynot present
  • Public healthnot present
  • Scientific evidencenot present
  • Legal risk in the reportingnot present

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