Reason Magazine
•Business
Business & Economics
The media loves negative trends, but America keeps moving in the right direction
Summary
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72% Informative
According to the most recent Census of Agriculture , the number of bee colonies is up 31 percent since 2007 .
After a few years of decline, life expectancy in the U.S. is once more on the rise, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported in 2024 .
The reversal of that downward trend is primarily due to the ebbing of the COVID-19 pandemic.
VR Score
82
Informative language
85
Neutral language
37
Article tone
informal
Language
English
Language complexity
41
Offensive language
not offensive
Hate speech
not hateful
Attention-grabbing headline
not detected
Known propaganda techniques
not detected
Time-value
short-lived
External references
5
Source diversity
5