I've just done a bit of code that grabs the Fletch score for each of the newest stories on the BBC News site.
90.0β100.0easily understandable by an average 11-year-old student60.0β70.0easily understandable by 13- to 15-year-old students0.0β30.0best understood by university graduates 60.6 Oprah Winfrey's announcement 55.7 Weather update 52.2 River Severn flood alert remains 50.7 Officer jailed for Pc sex assault 47.0 Tributes paid to flood death Pc 47.0 Wife 'organised contract killing' 45.8 Father believes Tulay 'is alive' 44.5 Men in court over armed burglary 44.4 Man guilty of ice-scrape carjack 43.2 Floods body is missing policeman 42.4 Oprah announces end of talk show 42.1 Police seek man over sex attack 41.9 Pledge Watch: Cutting hedges 41.4 Pay-out for asbestos death family 41.1 Have you tried out Google Chrome? 40.6 ECB slows emergency cash support 40.5 Nigeria's returning entrepreneurs 40.4 Muggers admit killing old woman 40.2 Housing project may change hands 38.9 Is the new EU President a good choice? 37.4 Police officer fails in legal bid 36.7 UK navy fires on 'Spanish flag' 35.1 Body found in flood is missing Pc 34.9 Vaccine offered for under-fives 34.3 Filling stations in north closed 34.2 Pride appeal as boss steps down 33.6 Hammer pair's sentences increased 33.3 Villa seeks cash for conservation 33.2 'Gang asbos' extended to children 32.8 Carjacker was known crack addict 31.0 Mussolini 'brain for sale on web' 30.4 Drug resistant swine flu hits UK 30.3 Iran criticised over nuclear deal 30.2 Universities 'face tougher times' 30.1 Riot over Egypt football defeat 29.1 University academic posts to go 28.5 Lib Dems can keep -ΓΊ2.4m donation 27.4 Priest denies abusing three girls 26.6 Megrahi 'should return to prison' 26.5 Arrests during anti-social sting 24.6 Woman charged over child images 22.6 Whisky body backs safe drinking 21.5 New nuclear sub arrives on Clyde 19.3 Sani Abacha son 'must pay $350m' 18.3 Match-fix probe targets 200 games 17.1 Tory donor probe 'could drag on' 15.0 Sri Lanka minorities hold talks http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flesch-Kincaid_Readability_Test for details. 2009/11/20 Peter Bowyer <[email protected]> > 2009/11/20 Paul Webster <[email protected]>: > > On Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:18:31 -0000, you wrote: > > > > <snip> > > > >>As an example, I think for this story: > >>http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/8369764.stm > >> > >>"Procter & Gamble recalls 120,000 Vicks nasal sprays" > >> > >>...is much clearer than... > >> > >>"Thousands of Vicks spray recalled" > >> > >>Especially if you don't know what Vicks is. > > > > How about > > P&G recall 120,000 Vicks sprays!! > > or > > Vicks nasal spray in health alert > > (that is how PA tell it) > > or > > Health worry with P&G Vicks Sinex > > or > > Nation saved by Vicks recall !!!! > > Or from the Daily Express: > > "Diana: Did she use the lethal nasal spray?" > > > -- > Peter Bowyer > Email: [email protected] > Follow me on Twitter: twitter.com/peeebeee > - > Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please > visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. > Unofficial list archive: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > -- Brian Butterworth follow me on twitter: http://twitter.com/briantist web: http://www.ukfree.tv - independent digital television and switchover advice, since 2002
