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Our analyses measure compliance with 47 U.S.C. §396(g)(1)(A) (Public Broadcasting Act) — whether PBS and NPR fulfill their legal mandate for «strict adherence to objectivity and balance in all programs». Regulatory authority: CPB / FCC. |
~2.0 MioItems
6Programmes
1974–2026Period
15Quality Criteria
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Note: SVFAB does not make its own political assessments. The analysis follows a standardised, reproducible procedure. |
NPR (8) —
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PBS NewsHour (18) —
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Other Sources (10) —
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FRONTLINE (PBS) (4) —
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Congressional Hearings (2) —
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Washington Today (C-SPAN) (2) —
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These analyses document minute-by-minute source selection, speaking time, framing and contextualisation. |
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Methodology: SVFAB Detailed Analysis v1.0 (15 criteria, CHES 2024). Model: Claude Sonnet.
Legal Disclaimer
- No factual determination
- The results presented do not constitute factual determinations about individual persons, editorial teams, or broadcasts. They are the product of a standardized operationalization, not a finding of individual responsibility.
- No legal judgment
- The aggregated deviation index does not replace a legal assessment under 47 U.S.C. §396. The determination of whether a specific broadcast violates legal requirements is exclusively the responsibility of the competent authorities (in particular FCC).
- No proof of causation
- Statistical correlations are not to be interpreted as proof of causal relationships or editorial intent. Deviation values may be influenced by topic selection, news environment, political controversy, or format logic.
- No judgment of intent
- The analysis measures observable structural characteristics of broadcasts. A score of 7 means a significant imbalance was detected — not that the editorial team intended it. The methodology makes no claims about motives or strategic objectives.
- Heuristic comparison tool
- The index serves comparative pattern recognition across thousands of broadcasts, not precise metric measurement of individual segments. Threshold values serve heuristic orientation, not sharp legal qualification.
- AI-Assisted Analysis
- This analysis was produced with the assistance of a large language model (LLM) and systematically cross-checked against original sources (transcripts, subtitles). The procedure is near-deterministic (temperature ≈ 0) but not fully reproducible. Criteria K10–K15 (soft facts) contain interpretive assessments that should be understood as analytical hypotheses.
- Speaking Times Are Approximations
- All speaking time indications are based on word count in the transcript (approx. 150 words/min.) and do not constitute second-precise measurements. They serve comparability across broadcasts, not as an exact metric.