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.
3 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 -0.26
(leans left).
More from this journalist
Ordered by how many newsrooms covered the same event.
🔮 The planning calendar for the mayoral campaign is officially getting crowded: Today, Toronto Star publisher Jordan Bitove will address the Empire Club of Canada (and I’ll host a round-table discussion) on the state of the city and the election at noon. assertive
🔮 I was at City Hall in December 2024 when Mayor Olivia Chow casually mentioned to reporters that she had a group chat with the other big-city Ontario mayors. assertive
🔮 Some of us — including me, some panelists at a recent Empire Club discussion, and Matt Elliott in a recent column — have wondered where the grand ideas are in this mayoral campaign. mixed
🔮 This lack of a power base in his home ward will make him exceptional in the city’s history if he wins the mayoral election Monday, as polls suggest he could. 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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