Iran, Putin’s mafia state: How despotic leaders are buying power across the globe.

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Report Overview: The article contains several manipulations, including biased language, unbalanced reporting, and appeal to emotion. While it provides a detailed account of modern autocracies, it often uses charged language and lacks a balanced perspective.

Sides Objectivity Scores

Autocracies (60)

Democracies (70)

Sides Representation Balance

Favored Side

Democracies

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Detected Manipulations & Suggested Changes

Biased language

Use of charged or loaded words to influence the reader's perception.

Phrases like 'mafia state,' 'kleptocratic financial structures,' and 'ruthless, single-minded determination' are examples of biased language that paint autocracies in a highly negative light.

Use more neutral terms such as 'authoritarian state' instead of 'mafia state.'

Describe financial structures without using the term 'kleptocratic.'

Avoid using 'ruthless' and 'single-minded determination' and instead describe the actions factually.

Unbalanced reporting

Presenting one side more favorably than the other without providing a balanced view.

The article extensively criticizes autocracies without providing any counterarguments or perspectives from those regimes.

Include perspectives or statements from representatives of the criticized regimes.

Provide a more balanced view by discussing any positive aspects or achievements of the regimes in question.

Appeal to emotion

Using emotional language to elicit an emotional response from the reader.

The article uses emotionally charged events like 'brutal attack on Israel' and 'drive out 100,000 Armenians' to evoke strong emotional reactions.

Present the events in a more neutral tone, focusing on the facts rather than the emotional impact.

Avoid using terms like 'brutal' and 'drive out' and instead describe the events in a straightforward manner.

Cherry-picking data

Selecting data that supports a particular viewpoint while ignoring data that contradicts it.

The article cites data from the V-Dem Institute about the prevalence of authoritarian regimes but does not provide any data on the state of democracies or improvements in certain regions.

Include data on the state of democracies and any positive trends in governance.

Provide a more comprehensive view by discussing both the rise of autocracies and the resilience or progress of democracies.

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