1 | ID | Source | Story | Note | URL | Headline | Flesch index | Fog index | Flesch-Kincaid index | Average Fog & Flesch-Kincaid | Number of characters | Number of words | Percent complex words | Number of sentences | Number of syllables per word | Number of words per sentence |
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2 | 1 | Vox | Ebola | 11 things you need to know about Ebola. | 44.81 | 14.95 | 11.97 | 13.46 | 41,636 | 6,828 | 17.40 | 342 | 1.68 | 19.96 | ||
3 | 2 | Vox | Ebola | Ebola: the basics. | 54.49 | 12.73 | 10.21 | 11.47 | 6,452 | 1,081 | 13.51 | 59 | 1.58 | 18.32 | ||
4 | 3 | Vox | Islamic State | 17 things about ISIS and Iraq you need to know. | 37.82 | 15.60 | 13.12 | 14.36 | 35,200 | 5,721 | 18.34 | 277 | 1.75 | 20.65 | ||
5 | 4 | Vox | MH17 | The MH17 plane crash in 2014, explained. | 34.28 | 16.11 | 13.44 | 14.77 | 9,894 | 1,519 | 20.28 | 76 | 1.80 | 19.99 | ||
6 | 5 | Vox | Ukraine crisis | Everything you need to know about the Ukraine crisis. | 33.51 | 16.74 | 14.42 | 15.58 | 42,064 | 6,689 | 18.39 | 285 | 1.77 | 23.47 | ||
7 | 6 | Vox | Ferugson | The 2014 Ferguson protests over the Michael Brown shooting, explained. | 37.74 | 16.02 | 13.16 | 14.59 | 25,878 | 4,031 | 19.28 | 194 | 1.75 | 20.78 | ||
8 | 8 | Huffington Post | Ebola | 9 Must-Know Facts About The Ebola Virus Spreading Across West Africa. | 38.74 | 16.12 | 12.93 | 14.52 | 4,425 | 694 | 19.88 | 34 | 1.74 | 20.41 | ||
9 | 9 | Huffington Post | Islamic State | Why Is ISIS So Awful? Evolution, Ideology, Culture, and Sex. | 47.66 | 13.17 | 10.64 | 11.90 | 6,354 | 1,054 | 16.70 | 65 | 1.69 | 16.22 | ||
10 | 10 | Huffington Post | MH17 | MH17: Cold War Replay? | 41.16 | 15.12 | 12.47 | 13.80 | 9,003 | 1,456 | 17.86 | 73 | 1.72 | 19.95 | ||
11 | 11 | Huffington Post | Ukraine crisis | Russian-Ukrainian Conflict Explained. | 25.86 | 18.44 | 15.38 | 16.91 | 10,061 | 1,544 | 23.06 | 67 | 1.86 | 23.04 | ||
12 | 12 | Huffington Post | Ferugson | Best summary was interactive timeline and a pain to analyse | Ferguson: What Is All of This About? | 65.44 | 10.51 | 7.83 | 9.17 | 6,313 | 1,130 | 11.42 | 76 | 1.49 | 14.87 | |
13 | 14 | The Daily Mail | Ebola | Associated Press article | Ebola: How it spreads. | 58.51 | 11.02 | 8.27 | 9.65 | 2,058 | 345 | 14.78 | 27 | 1.60 | 12.78 | |
14 | 15 | The Daily Mail | Islamic State | Butchers by any other name . . . . Why it doesn't matter whether you call them the Islamic State, ISIS or ISIL. | 36.01 | 17.28 | 14.41 | 15.84 | 8,271 | 1,343 | 18.32 | 54 | 1.72 | 24.87 | ||
15 | 16 | The Daily Mail | Ukraine crisis | Associated Press article | Ukraine crisis: turning points. | 39.34 | 14.15 | 12.16 | 13.15 | 6,161 | 953 | 17.73 | 54 | 1.77 | 17.65 | |
16 | 18 | The Guardian | Ebola | Ebola virus: answering the 10 questions you were afraid to ask. | 49.96 | 13.04 | 10.23 | 11.63 | 4,794 | 777 | 16.73 | 49 | 1.66 | 15.86 | ||
17 | 19 | The Guardian | Ebola | Guinea's Ebola outbreak: what is the virus and what's being done? | 41.11 | 16.34 | 12.98 | 14.66 | 5,765 | 900 | 18.89 | 41 | 1.70 | 21.95 | ||
18 | 20 | The Guardian | Islamic State | Over a year old | Who are Isis? A terror group too extreme even for al-Qaida. | 28.18 | 17.26 | 15.40 | 16.33 | 4,194 | 684 | 18.71 | 28 | 1.82 | 24.43 | |
19 | 21 | The Guardian | MH17 | Downed Malaysia Airlines plane: how did it go wrong for flight MH17? | 37.13 | 17.16 | 14.51 | 15.84 | 6,896 | 1,087 | 17.02 | 42 | 1.70 | 25.88 | ||
20 | 22 | The Guardian | Ukraine crisis | Over a year old | Ukraine crisis: an essential guide to everything that's happened so far. | 22.71 | 19.19 | 16.78 | 17.99 | 13,065 | 1,965 | 21.07 | 73 | 1.85 | 26.92 | |
21 | 23 | The Guardian | Ferugson | Doesn't really explain, more of hand wringing | The Guardian view on the Ferguson riots. | 43.34 | 15.77 | 12.80 | 14.28 | 4,223 | 697 | 16.93 | 31 | 1.66 | 22.48 | |
22 | 25 | BBC | Ebola | Ebola basics: What you need to know. | 54.50 | 12.25 | 9.44 | 10.84 | 5,758 | 974 | 15.40 | 64 | 1.62 | 15.22 | ||
23 | 26 | BBC | Ebola | CBBC version | Guide: What is Ebola? | 58.66 | 12.44 | 9.42 | 10.93 | 5,473 | 962 | 13.62 | 55 | 1.54 | 17.49 | |
24 | 27 | BBC | Islamic State | What is Islamic State? | 37.74 | 14.89 | 12.73 | 13.81 | 6,494 | 1,030 | 18.16 | 54 | 1.77 | 19.07 | ||
25 | 28 | BBC | MH17 | MH17 Malaysia plane crash in Ukraine: What we know. | 35.39 | 16.80 | 13.55 | 15.17 | 7,393 | 1,137 | 20.93 | 54 | 1.77 | 21.06 | ||
26 | 29 | BBC | Ukraine crisis | Why is Ukraine in turmoil? | 39.47 | 15.02 | 12.35 | 13.69 | 9,289 | 1,444 | 19.04 | 78 | 1.76 | 18.51 | ||
27 | 30 | BBC | Ferugson | Ferguson unrest: From shooting to nationwide protests. | 48.92 | 13.28 | 10.22 | 11.75 | 8,291 | 1,341 | 17.97 | 88 | 1.68 | 15.24 | ||
28 | 32 | The Economist | Ebola | To win it requires a much larger effort in west Africa than the outside world has so far pledged. | 57.72 | 11.02 | 8.66 | 9.84 | 6,340 | 1,071 | 13.63 | 77 | 1.60 | 13.91 | ||
29 | 33 | The Economist | Islamic State | Engaging the enemy. | 37.99 | 16.29 | 13.74 | 15.01 | 13,416 | 2,162 | 17.48 | 93 | 1.72 | 23.25 | ||
30 | 34 | The Economist | MH17 | Why was MH17, a civilian airliner, flying over a war zone? | 42.54 | 14.64 | 12.51 | 13.58 | 2,711 | 438 | 15.75 | 21 | 1.69 | 20.86 | ||
31 | 35 | The Economist | MH17 | Flight MH17 The evidence. | 33.41 | 18.61 | 15.89 | 17.25 | 4,194 | 675 | 17.19 | 23 | 1.70 | 29.35 | ||
32 | 36 | The Economist | Ukraine crisis | What Russia is up to in Ukraine. | 37.98 | 15.21 | 12.71 | 13.96 | 3,174 | 497 | 18.91 | 26 | 1.77 | 19.12 | ||
33 | 37 | The Economist | Ukraine crisis | The fire that did not cease. | 41.31 | 14.79 | 11.91 | 13.35 | 3,900 | 604 | 19.21 | 34 | 1.74 | 17.76 | ||
34 | 38 | The Economist | Ferugson | Guns, police and the people. | 34.65 | 18.46 | 15.09 | 16.77 | 7,432 | 1,180 | 19.32 | 44 | 1.71 | 26.82 | ||
35 | 39 | The Economist | Ferugson | The Michael Brown shooting. St Louis blues. | 53.87 | 12.08 | 9.61 | 10.84 | 3,425 | 560 | 14.64 | 36 | 1.62 | 15.56 | ||
36 | 41 | Ebola | We've been hearing about ebola for years. Why is it spreading internationally now? | 48.66 | 14.55 | 11.60 | 13.07 | 2,896 | 495 | 15.76 | 24 | 1.62 | 20.63 | |||
37 | 42 | Islamic State | Not really about IS | The Taliban just killed 130 people in a school, mostly children. Why is that somehow part of a rational strategy for them? How do they justify that to themselves? | 50.50 | 13.51 | 10.57 | 12.04 | 4,859 | 806 | 16.25 | 46 | 1.64 | 17.52 | ||
38 | 43 | Ukraine crisis | Why are people protesting in Ukraine? | 31.80 | 19.28 | 16.55 | 17.91 | 4,179 | 684 | 17.11 | 22 | 1.70 | 31.09 | |||
39 | 44 | Ferugson | Not highly upvoted | Ferguson 2.0 [OFFICIAL THREAD] | 53.35 | 12.42 | 10.52 | 11.47 | 1,889 | 322 | 12.11 | 17 | 1.59 | 18.94 | ||
40 | 46 | BuzzFeed | Ebola | 11 Things You Need To Know About The Ebola Epidemic That’s Killing Thousands. | 47.63 | 12.53 | 9.49 | 11.01 | 11,147 | 1,773 | 19.74 | 153 | 1.74 | 11.59 | ||
41 | 47 | BuzzFeed | Islamic State | A 26-Step Guide To Understanding Why The U.S. Is Bombing Iraq, Again. | 46.32 | 11.54 | 9.30 | 10.42 | 10,088 | 1,583 | 18.76 | 157 | 1.78 | 10.08 | ||
42 | 48 | BuzzFeed | MH17 | Everything We Know So Far About What Happened To Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17. | 36.08 | 15.73 | 12.38 | 14.06 | 8,681 | 1,305 | 22.61 | 78 | 1.82 | 16.73 | ||
43 | 49 | BuzzFeed | Ukraine crisis | 4 Major Reasons Why People Are Protesting In Ukraine. | 26.72 | 18.44 | 15.74 | 17.09 | 5,500 | 825 | 21.09 | 33 | 1.83 | 25.00 | ||
44 | 50 | BuzzFeed | Ferugson | Ferguson Just Ousted A Bunch Of Officials, So Why Are People Still Protesting? | 41.90 | 16.48 | 12.83 | 14.66 | 4,777 | 763 | 19.40 | 35 | 1.69 | 21.80 |