From the Left · Read · October 22, 2026
Oct 22 · Judge orders Meta to pay New Mexico $25 billion in privacy case
The Guardian: Meta ordered to pay $25bn to New Mexico in Cambridge Analytica data-privacy case
Grade D (64/100). Leads with the size of the penalty; no response from Meta
Lehrer score 64/100 (−18 omission: no response from Meta to the ruling (Daily Wire quotes Meta lawyer Mahoney's statement); −18 unnamed source/unsourced figure: being referred to as a big tobacco moment). Fixed scale: 90+ A, 80s B, 70s C, 60s D, under 60 F → D.
no response from Meta to the ruling (Daily Wire quotes Meta lawyer Mahoney's statement); being referred to as a big tobacco moment
Splits: Leads with the size of the penalty; no response from Meta
- Broken. Rule: omission (no response from Meta to the ruling (Daily Wire quotes Meta lawyer Mahoney's statement))
- Broken. Rule: unnamed source/unsourced figure (being referred to as a big tobacco moment)
Same story: DW News, Daily Wire