The Aporia · Tobi Loftus

Articles

1

2026-08-18 – 2026-08-18

Claims per article

33

33 extracted in total

Hedged claims

6%

corpus average 9%

Typical length

3,918

characters

Writes for ABC News (AU).

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.

Crime & Law

100%

Most-tagged topics

BMDBrisbaneCFMEUComancherosMelbourne

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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 -0.23 (leans left).

Ordered by how many newsrooms covered the same event.

2026-08-18 · ABC News (AU) · Crime & Law

Construction worker confronted by men linked to bikie gang, CFMEU inquiry hears

no other outlet in the corpus covered this · leans left

2026-08-18 · ABC News (AU)

Construction worker confronted by men linked to bikie gang, CFMEU inquiry hears

🔮 Mr Pickard said he couldn't remember what he discussed with Mr Samuel in an early-morning phone call that day, nor could he recall seeing Mr Samuel at BMD's head office later that morning, before Mr Samuel travelled towards Brisbane Airport and then returned to the Centenary Bridge site. assertive

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