Poll: Roy Cooper Takes 11-Point Lead over Michael Whatley in North Carolina Senate Race

Breitbart is an opinion-oriented outlet, which lowers the institutional score. The article names polling sources and provides some methodology, but it also relies on its own earlier reporting and presents no response from Cooper to the criticism it reprises.

• ▸Source type — Opinion-oriented publisher; lower institutional confidence than a general-interest newsroom.
• ▸Transparency — The principal poll's sponsor, sample size, field dates and margin of error are stated.
• ▸Source selection — The article cites other surveys and external findings, but leans partly on the publisher's own prior reporting.
• ▸Author attribution — A named author is credited.

The polling figures include useful field dates, sample size and margin of error, and the article compares several surveys. The added criticism of Cooper is attributed, but is not accompanied by a response from him and is only loosely connected to the new poll.

The article gives polling details and cites surveys with different margins, but its concluding criticism of Cooper is not paired with his response or further context.

• ▸Counterarguments presented — The criticism of Cooper is presented without a response from him.
• ▸Source diversity — Several poll results are cited, with identifiable polling organizations.
• ▸Omitted context — The recidivism and criminal-charge claims receive little context in this polling story.
• ▸Framing — The final passages add one-sided criticism of Cooper to a report centered on polling.

The poll results are reported in largely straightforward language, but the article closes by emphasizing critical claims about Cooper and quoting Whatley’s attack without a response from Cooper.

• ▸Source selection — The article adds allegations and a criticism from Whatley, without presenting Cooper's response.
• ▸Language tone — The polling description is mostly matter-of-fact, while the closing material uses a critical frame toward Cooper.
• ▸Framing — The article moves from the poll result to a negative account of Cooper's record as governor.