New poll gives Graham a one-point lead over Andrews

WSPA is an established regional television news outlet with an attributed reporter and named sources. The article offers limited detail about the poll’s methodology, which makes it harder to assess the underlying results.

• ▸Source type — Regional television news outlet; the article is local election reporting.
• ▸Author attribution — A reporter is named.
• ▸Transparency — The pollster, sample size and likely-voter population are identified, but field dates and methodology are not provided.
• ▸Source diversity — The article includes an academic expert and a Democratic Party official, and notes that the state GOP had not responded.

The story identifies the pollster and sample size, includes an expert’s caution about polling and records a party official’s reaction. It does not provide the poll’s field dates, margin of error or fuller methodology, and the Republican Party had not responded.

The article presents the poll’s result and a caution about polling, but the reactions quoted are an academic’s and a Democratic Party official’s; the GOP is represented only by the note that it had not responded.

• ▸Source diversity — The story quotes a professor and a Democratic Party official but no Republican source.
• ▸Counterarguments presented — The professor cautions that polling does not always predict election outcomes.
• ▸Omitted context — The article does not provide field dates, margin of error or fuller poll methodology.
• ▸Loaded language — The wording is generally factual and restrained.

The report uses neutral language to describe the poll and attributes its interpretation to a professor and a Democratic Party official. It also notes that the Republican Party had not responded.

• ▸Language tone — The story describes the poll and candidates in straightforward, non-loaded terms.
• ▸Source selection — It includes an academic source and a Democratic Party official, and notes the GOP did not respond.
• ▸Framing — The article presents the poll as a close race and includes a caution about polling’s predictive limits.