New LA fundraising totals give surprising look at who’s on top in heated mayoral race

New York Post · right 3 techniques found 17.6% of sentences flagged

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What the model flagged

Analyzed 2026-09-27 04:20 UTC. Articles are sometimes updated after publication — if a quote below isn't in the current version, the piece has changed since.

Findings may include language the outlet is quoting rather than asserting. We flag manipulation techniques wherever they appear, including inside quotations — so check each quote against the original before drawing a conclusion about the outlet.

Name Calling 95%

The phrase 'far-left socialist' is a derogatory label applied to Raman to discredit her rather than describe her policy positions — for example: 'far-left socialist'

“far-left socialist”

Loaded Language 90%

The term 'far-left socialist' uses emotionally charged political labels designed to trigger a negative reaction in readers rather than convey neutral factual information — for example: 'far-left socialist'

“far-left socialist”

False Urgency 70%

The phrase 'with only weeks to go before the election' introduces artificial time pressure to heighten the stakes and urgency of the fundraising revelation — for example: 'with only weeks to go before the election'

“with only weeks to go before the election”

Analyzed automatically with Semblen's fine-tuned model. These are manipulation techniques, not political tilt — and finding one is not a claim that the article is false. The model has known false positives on strong-but-legitimate language, so treat each finding as a prompt to read closely, not a verdict. How articles are chosen →

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