Hedged claims are ones written with attribution or uncertainty
(“reportedly”, “according to”). A higher rate is
not a fault: it is often careful sourcing.
How these are measured.
4 scored articles;
a leaning average needs at least 8 before it says more
about the writer than about which stories they happened to be assigned.
Their outlet averages -0.13
(centre).
More from this journalist
Ordered by how many newsrooms covered the same event.
🔮 Senior officials in a number of Ontario municipalities are pulling back the curtain on their working relationship with the Ford government, accusing the province of employing a “divide and conquer” strategy, using municipalities as a political “shield” and forcing mayors to walk a fine line. assertive
🔮 The effort, however, was immediately dismissed by Premier Doug Ford, who suggested that type of government intervention would be considered “socialism.” assertive
🔮 While those criticisms have mainly been aired in news coverage of the Ford government, direct questions will have to wait until the autumn. assertive
🔮 The Ford government would need to dramatically increase health care resources and build stand-alone treatment centres if the province wants to involuntarily enter drug addicts to rehabilitation programs, according to mental health and addiction experts. assertive
🔮 “I will commit, and I’ll talk to our friend the boss there (Finance Minister Peter Bethlenfalvy) to see if we can put money into revitalize Taste of the Danforth.” assertive
🔮 Days before a prominent Hamilton steelmaker announced it would lay off more than 350 employees due to the trade war with the United States, the company informed the Ford government of the upcoming job losses. assertive
🔮 “Since the launch of the program, 36 applications have been received totaling just under $100 million,” said Deputy Minister of Finance Gadi Mayman told the committee. assertive
🔮 The key decision maker behind the mass layoffs at a century-old steel mill in Hamilton says “no amount of money” from the federal government would have convinced Stelco to continue manufacturing product with low demand in Canada. assertive
🔮 While six institutions were suspended by the ministry, the government said it would take a broad approach to the entire sector in order the “support the integrity of the OSAP system” by pausing their eligibility altogether. assertive
🔮 In early October, the government said it had suspended six private career colleges from their OSAP eligibility and launched a sector-wide audit into the potential misuse of taxpayer dollars, after internal investigations found the actions of some colleges may have involved criminality. assertive
Forward-looking sentences extracted from their articles, oldest first.
Nothing here checks whether any of it turned out to be right.
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