Transparency Observatory
(782 of 782 stories measured)
Any disclosure
67%
Author identified
66%
Conflicts disclosed
18%
Funding disclosed
34%
Each rate is the share of stories where that field was measured and true.
Avg TD score: 0.46.
54% high (≥ 0.5) · 0% low (≤ −0.3).
Content Accessibility
(782 of 782 stories measured)
Jargon Density
Plain language
216
Some jargon
405
Heavy jargon
161
Assumed Knowledge
Self-contained
60
General audience
370
Domain knowledge
343
Expert only
9
1% of stories assume expert-level knowledge. 27% are plain-language + self-contained (fully accessible). Article 26 →
Temporal Framing
(781 of 782 stories measured)
Retrospective
10%
Present
70%
Prospective
8%
Mixed
12%
Time Horizon
Immediate
262
Short-term
150
Medium-term
113
Long-term
34
Historical
79
Unspecified
131
Tech coverage looks backward 1.3× more than forward.
Temporal framing shapes how rights issues are understood: retrospective analysis vs prospective advocacy signal different relationships to change.
Fair WitnessEvidence transparency layer — observable facts vs inferences.details →
Evaluation ModesFull evaluation vs ~lite — cost/quality trade-offs.details →
build 1ad9551+j7zs · deployed 2026-03-02 09:09 UTC · evaluated 2026-03-02 11:31:12 UTC
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