NPR: U.S. and Israel are planning for a possible attack on Iran, source tells NPR

Lehrer score 43/100 (−45 central lapse: the strike-planning report rests on one unnamed source ([0:06] 'A person briefed on the matter told NPR'); −12 loaded wording: [2:36] 'issued a boilerplate statement' (correspondent)). Fixed scale: 90+ A, 80s B, 70s C, 60s D, under 60 F → F.

the strike-planning report rests on one unnamed source ([0:06] 'A person briefed on the matter told NPR'); [2:36] 'issued a boilerplate statement' (correspondent)

Splits: Morning Edition two-way from Jerusalem: an anonymous source on post-midterm strike planning, then West Bank detentions of Americans

• Broken. Rule: central lapse (the strike-planning report rests on one unnamed source ([0:06] 'A person briefed on the matter told NPR'))
• Broken. Rule: loaded wording ([2:36] 'issued a boilerplate statement' (correspondent))

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