Unattributed Quote
manipulation
Summary: Presents a quote without naming the source.
Statements are framed as quotations but the speaker or publication is omitted, making it hard to verify accuracy, context, or credibility.
Pattern prevalence
- Authors: top 17.5%, bottom 1.1%, overall 2.1%
- Publications: top 2.6%, bottom 1.3%, overall 2.1%
- Articles: top 8.2%, bottom 3.2%, overall 5.7%
Recent example
putting that on hold for now. And tonight, a colleague says that the infected American doctor Peter Stafford is, quote, doing really well, but remains weak as he undergoes treatment in Berlin. All of this is unfolding as
Recent articles
Deadly Ebola outbreak spreading 0%
ABC News - 5/31/2026, 3:00 AM
Negativity Bias 44.1% - Appeal to Emotion 26.1% - Framing Effect 19.9%
Overseas now to the deadly Ebola outbreak. The number of cases and fatalities surging tonight. The head of the World Health Organization traveling to the epicenter of the outbreak. ABC's Marcus Moore is joining us now and Marcus medical workers are facing an uphill battle. >> Well, with this deadly outbreak is spreading rapidly. Reported... more
Immigrant detainees sue over 'horrific' conditions at Texas ICE facility 0%
NPR - By Kristin Wright - 5/31/2026, 12:55 AM
Negativity Bias 57.2% - Anecdotal 28.7% - Framing Effect 13.8%
Four detainees at the largest Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention center in the U.S. filed a federal lawsuit on Saturday alleging human rights abuses, "horrific" conditions and "severe medical neglect" at the facility. The complaint, filed in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas, details "inhumane"... more
Lefty Senate candidate Graham Platner seen in shocking topless, towel-wearing selfie from hook up app Kik 0%
New York Post - By David Spector - 5/30/2026, 9:57 PM
Negativity Bias 31.7% - Appeal to Emotion 24.5% - Biased Writer Voice 20.2%
Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner can be seen in a shocking new topless, towel-wearing selfie from his account on an app widely used for hookups – as it emerged the Nazi-tattoo-wearing Democrat sexted with numerous women outside his marriage. In the image obtained by The Post from his Kik account, the left-leaning Platner is clad... more
Mets induct Bobby Valentine, Lee Mazzilli to club Hall of Fame 0%
New York Daily News - By Abbey Mastracco - 5/30/2026, 9:29 PM
Biased Writer Voice 56.3% - Halo Effect 23.8% - Hasty Generalization 18.4%
From Mr. and Mrs. Met to Sidd Finch, from Keith Hernandez and the entire 1986 World Series roster to a Latin pop star called "Candelita" and a slugger called the "Polar Bear," the Mets have had quite a few characters come through Queens. Bobby Valentine may be the biggest one of them all. Best known as the manager who once donned a... more
In Bunia’s Ebola fight, women are on the front lines often without protective gear 0%
Associated Press - 5/30/2026, 12:53 PM
Hasty Generalization 99.4% - Biased Writer Voice 99.4% - Representativeness Heuristic 86.6%
Lorsque une personne est malade, un membre de famille quelconque est malade bien dans la communauté, si la personne est malade, la personne de si une m donc une membre de communauté est malade, la personne qui va venir aider cette personne malade, c'est la femme. C'est la femme qui viendra faire les baai. C'est la femme qui viendra... more
‘Insane,’ ‘gross,’ ‘unsafe’: Emails reveal how ICE really feels about Manhattan’s overcrowded lockup 0%
The Independent - By Alex Woodward - 5/30/2026, 12:22 PM
Negativity Bias 36.4% - Anecdotal 32.6% - Appeal to Authority 26.2%
Last summer, as federal agents were grabbing immigrants moments after they left their court hearings, officers crammed as many as 100 people at a time into a makeshift detention facility on the 10th floor of a Manhattan skyscraper. After covertly recorded video footage showed detainees lying on cement floors with nothing but emergency... more
Some Black New Yorkers demand cash payments as only 'true form of justice' 0%
Fox News - By Joshua Q. Nelson - 5/30/2026, 11:00 AM
Appeal to Authority 17.9% - In-Group Bias 17.8% - Ambiguity (Equivocation) 14.3%
Some Black New Yorkers are demanding cash reparations from the government as state officials consider some form of compensation for slavery or other past racial injustices. "We need $800,000 for each foundation of Black Americans. That's simple," Aubrey Muhammud told Fox News Digital. "That's — in New York — that's about the cost of... more
2 children among 5 people killed in bus crash on I-95 in Virginia 0%
NBC News - 5/30/2026, 5:01 AM
Appeal to Authority 67.6% - Negativity Bias 65.8% - Appeal to Emotion 65.8%
Five people are dead and dozens more hospitalized after a bus crash in Virginia. >> Multiple people jumping out of windows, multiple [clears throat] vehicles on fire. >> New video shows the harrowing moment passengers escape the wreckage as first responders desperately trying to help those still inside the bus. According to state police,... more
Bus crash on I-95 kills 5, including children, injures over 40 0%
ABC News - 5/30/2026, 12:29 AM
Negativity Bias 52.5% - Availability Heuristic 33.4% - Appeal to Emotion 30.7%
But we begin tonight with breaking news. A horrific and deadly bus crash on Interstate 95 in Virginia, south of Washington DC. It happened in the middle of the night. Five people are dead, including a 7-year-old boy. And four of those fatalities were in one vehicle. More than 40 people injured, dozens rushed to the hospital. Police say... more
Viral bodycam captures Florida deputy's traffic stop unravel as he accuses one-handed driver of holding phone 0%
Fox News - By Sarah Rumpf-Whitten - 5/29/2026, 9:42 PM
Biased Writer Voice 30.5% - Negativity Bias 28.4% - Framing Effect 17.5%
A Florida sheriff's deputy is facing intense internet backlash after viral body camera video captured him doubling down and ticketing a woman for using a phone in her right hand — even after she revealed her right arm stops at the elbow. The roadside hiccup went down in Lake Worth Beach, Florida, in February, when a Palm Beach County... more