Coded departures from the record, Seattle Times I-638 news coverage
Every item flagged in review, including neutral and excluded items. Own-voice departures are the rows whose category is factual-firm, factual-arguable or framing.
Unit of observation: One coded statement or headline in one news story
seattle-times-i638-departures.csv
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11 field definitions
| Field | Type | Meaning | Units | Value type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
id |
string | Stable item id. B = found by the blind second coder; P = found in the primary audit, the symmetry test or the red-team review. | — | observed |
date |
date | Publication date of the story (YYYY-MM-DD). | — | observed |
url |
string | The story's URL. For row B7 the section page is given instead, because the story URL contains a minor's name. | — | observed |
quote |
string | The coded wording, quoted or closely described from the story. Headlines and omissions are marked as such; ellipses mark cuts. | — | observed |
whats_true |
string | What the record shows, with the record named (measure text section, official statistic, study, or the paper's own later reporting). | — | derived |
category |
string | factual-firm: false in the paper's own voice on a plain reading of the record. factual-arguable: unsupported or materially imprecise in the paper's voice, with a defensible alternative reading. framing: the paper's wording overstates, hedges or contradicts what the record plainly shows. unchecked: a quote from a source that the story printed without checking a claim the record contradicts (not the paper's own words). neutral: an error that favors neither side. excluded: reviewed and not counted, with the reason in note. | — | derived |
favors |
string | Which side of the I-638 debate the item's error or framing helps: No (opponents of the measure), Yes (supporters) or Neutral. | — | derived |
severity |
string | major or minor: whether the item bears on a central argument of either campaign. | — | derived |
correction |
string | Whether the Times corrected the item as of October 30, 2026: Yes, No (with any correction note that covers something else), or n/a. | — | observed |
found_by |
string | Which review step found the item: blind coder, primary audit, symmetry test or red team. | — | observed |
note |
string | Adjudication notes, including the reason for each excluded item; empty when none. | — | derived |