arXiv Computation and Language By Yi Liu

Recognizing Is Not Reversing: A Controlled Inversion Test of Fact-Preserving News Framing

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The paper introduces a controlled inversion test to evaluate whether large language models can reverse known framing transformations in news articles while preserving facts. Using 60 articles and three framing types—evaluative lexis, agency realization, and information salience—the study generates 540 paired variants. Results show high factual preservation (~0.84) but low reversal success (0.044–0.068), indicating that recognizing a framing does not guarantee its undoing.

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