👤 James McCarthy

3 articles tracked

About this journalist

Articles
3
2026-09-15 – 2026-09-23
Claims per article
18
55 extracted in total
Hedged claims
4%
corpus average 9%
Typical length
2,185
characters
Writes for BBC News.
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

World
67%
Entertainment
33%
Most-tagged topics
ChicagoConservativeDoverFrenchGosportHampshireHollywoodITV

Leaning

Not enough articles to place this byline.
1 scored article; 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 -0.16 (centre).

More from this journalist

Ordered by how many newsrooms covered the same event.
2026-09-23 · BBC News · World
Dozens of migrants taken to Dover after more than 30 hours at sea
3 outlets covered this event · leans right
2026-09-19 · BBC News · Entertainment
Nepo baby is a horrific term, says Zeta-Jones
no other outlet in the corpus covered this
2026-09-15 · BBC News · World
Iceland to open first store in the Falklands
no other outlet in the corpus covered this

What they said would happen

2026-09-15 · BBC News
Iceland to open first store in the Falklands
🔮 He said the store would be opening in December, adding on LinkedIn it would be the the first UK high street brand to open there. assertive
2026-09-19 · BBC News
Nepo baby is a horrific term, says Zeta-Jones
🔮 "Otherwise, Michael and I would be the first to go, 'you know what? Maybe law school looks really good'. assertive
2026-09-23 · BBC News
Dozens of migrants taken to Dover after more than 30 hours at sea
🔮 It comes after an earlier report that the boat would be brought to Gosport, prompting a gathering of protesters in the Hampshire town. 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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