Semantics module

Who is repeating the IRGC, word for word?

We take an open letter from Iran’s Revolutionary Guard and score how closely Western commentators’ posts match it, then test whether that could happen by chance. Short answer: it couldn’t. Every technical term has an explainer tab on the right, so the page stays short.

Chance this is a coincidence

That’s like winning the Powerball jackpot draws in a row: every single draw for weeks straight.

Powerball jackpot odds are 1 in 292.2 million per ticket.
How closely each text matches the IRGC letter · 0 to 1
Hamlet, anthems, pop songs
Top commentatorsJake Shields, Candace Owens, Cenk Uygur, Tucker Carlson0.63–0.71
Text that can’t be copying the IRGC barely registers. The top commentators score more than 30 times higher.
1

Read the letter

Every phrase someone in the West echoed is marked, with how many accounts echo it. Open Text Annotator ›

2

See who echoes it most

accounts ranked by a from 0 to 1, grouped into classes S to D. Open Ranking ›

3

Check the machine translation

Khamenei posts compared three ways: Farsi, Google Translate, and the official English. Open Process Audit ›

4

Check the math

The scores, the curve, and why count for more. Open Damning Analysis ›

Download the data (.xlsx)
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Where the numbers come from, and the math the IRGC thinks you won’t understand, is in here.
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