👤 Will Weissert

12 articles tracked

About this journalist

Articles
12
2026-07-31 – 2026-10-14
Claims per article
32
380 extracted in total
Hedged claims
9%
corpus average 9%
Typical length
4,955
characters
Writes for CBC News, The Independent, Toronto Star.
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.

What they cover

Politics
67%
Economy/Business
25%
Sports
8%
Most-tagged topics
RepublicanWASHINGTONDemocratsRepublicansAmericanCanadaChinaDemocratic

Leaning

Not enough articles to place this byline.
7 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 -0.22 (leans left).

More from this journalist

Ordered by how many newsrooms covered the same event.
2026-09-25 · Toronto Star · Economy/Business
Takeaways from Trump-Xi summit: Lots of pomp and even more punting on tensions in US-China relations
31 outlets covered this event · leans right
2026-09-21 · The Independent · Economy/Business
Trump rails against ‘communist’ Democrats as he rolls out red carpet for Xi
31 outlets covered this event
2026-09-21 · Toronto Star · Economy/Business
Trump decries Democrats as 'communists,' even as he looks to impress China's communist leader
31 outlets covered this event · leans left
2026-09-18 · Toronto Star · Politics
Trump says his son’s wedding party being bankrolled by a Russian oligarch is ‘totally allowed’
21 outlets covered this event
2026-10-06 · Toronto Star · Politics
Trump says his super PAC will pay for taxpayer-funded ads that sparked backlash for glorifying him
15 outlets covered this event · leans right
2026-10-14 · Toronto Star · Politics
Trump campaigns in Arizona and Montana on 2nd day of Western swing to help boost GOP candidates
12 outlets covered this event · leans right

What they said would happen

2026-07-31 · CBC News
Trump touts tariffs while in Michigan despite rising costs. Even some supporters are worried
🔮 It was a message the Republican president repeated while touring a collection of new vehicles, predicting that "it's amazing what tariffs will do for General Motors" before autographing a white Corvette commemorating America's 250th anniversary. assertive
2026-09-18 · Toronto Star
Trump says his son’s wedding party being bankrolled by a Russian oligarch is ‘totally allowed’
🔮 WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Friday defended his son’s recent wedding party being partially bankrolled by a Russian oligarch, but also said he’d been told the money would be paid back. assertive
2026-09-21 · Toronto Star
Trump decries Democrats as 'communists,' even as he looks to impress China's communist leader
🔮 “In state after state, the Democrat establishment has been overthrown and replaced by crazed lunatics and radicals,” he said, adding, “America has beaten communism before, and we will beat it again.” assertive
2026-09-21 · The Independent
Trump rails against ‘communist’ Democrats as he rolls out red carpet for Xi
🔮 He added: "In state after state, the Democrat establishment has been overthrown and replaced by crazed lunatics and radicals," before asserting, "America has beaten communism before, and we will beat it again." Those comments referred to candidates aligned with democratic socialists who won Democratic primaries in Michigan, Colorado, New York, Florida, and Pennsylvania. assertive
2026-09-25 · Toronto Star
Takeaways from Trump-Xi summit: Lots of pomp and even more punting on tensions in US-China relations
🔮 The biggest policy announcement of the visit was modest: an agreement to extend by two months a trade truce that had been set to expire in November. assertive
2026-10-04 · Toronto Star
A replica Oval Office near the White House just got a new Trump makeover. Gold flourishes abound
🔮 When asked by Time magazine last week what he would miss most about the White House after he leaves, Trump said, “This beautiful room that nobody should be allowed to rip down. assertive
2026-10-04 · The Independent
A replica Oval Office has had a very golden Trump makeover
🔮 When asked by Time magazine last week what he would miss most about the White House after he leaves, Trump said, “This beautiful room that nobody should be allowed to rip down. assertive
2026-10-06 · Toronto Star
Trump says his super PAC will pay for taxpayer-funded ads that sparked backlash for glorifying him
🔮 WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said Monday that he will stop using taxpayer funds for television advertisements glorifying himself that sparked a major backlash, and instead tap his super PAC to cover costs going forward. assertive
2026-10-08 · Toronto Star
The midterm elections won't keep Trump from college football on Saturday. A hurricane might
🔮 It’d be awfully hard,” Trump said Wednesday, when asked if Hurricane Isaias — and a forecast track which has parts of Alabama, Mississippi and Florida bracing for significant impacts — might alter his plans. assertive
2026-10-08 · Toronto Star
Trump says he'll award fireballer Roger Clemens the Presidential Medal of Freedom
🔮 SAN ANTONIO (AP) — President Donald Trump announced Wednesday night that he would award the Presidential Medal of Freedom to fireballer Roger Clemens, calling the seven-time Cy Young winner “maybe the greatest pitcher of all time.” assertive
2026-10-08 · Toronto Star
As Democrats eye big midterm wins, Republicans look to turn the tables in some House districts
🔮 WASHINGTON (AP) — The midterm elections might look ominous for President Donald Trump, but there are places where his Republican Party could turn the tables on Democrats if it can peel off a few key wins in key congressional races. assertive
2026-10-14 · Toronto Star
Trump campaigns in Arizona and Montana on 2nd day of Western swing to help boost GOP candidates
🔮 The visits come as the Republican president works to bolster his party in Nov. 3 elections that will determine control of Congress, and they follow stops earlier this week in Ohio and Alaska. assertive
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