👤 James Massola

15 articles tracked

About this journalist

Articles
15
2026-09-17 – 2026-10-28
Claims per article
35
523 extracted in total
Hedged claims
7%
corpus average 9%
Typical length
5,800
characters
Writes for The Sydney Morning Herald.
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
93%
Economy/Business
7%
Most-tagged topics
LaborAlbaneseGreensAustraliaOne NationShoebridgeSteele-JohnUkraine

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 -0.27 (leans left).

More from this journalist

Ordered by how many newsrooms covered the same event.
2026-10-19 · The Sydney Morning Herald · Politics
Helen Haines attack must be a turning point for Australia
15 outlets covered this event · leans left
2026-09-17 · The Sydney Morning Herald · Politics
Burke’s immigration plans are solid, but they’re not the antidote to Hansonism that Labor needs
10 outlets covered this event · leans left
2026-10-19 · The Sydney Morning Herald · Politics
‘A bad call’: Greens rift deepens over Steele-John allegations
5 outlets covered this event
2026-10-18 · The Sydney Morning Herald · Politics
Greens insiders break cover to demand public findings in Steele-John inquiry
5 outlets covered this event
2026-09-21 · The Sydney Morning Herald · Economy/Business
Chalmers can try to predict 40 years into the future, but he’s really talking 2028
5 outlets covered this event · leans left
2026-10-22 · The Sydney Morning Herald · Politics
Time for the truth about Jordon Steele-John, rather than conspiracy theories
4 outlets covered this event · leans left

What they said would happen

2026-09-17 · The Sydney Morning Herald
Burke’s immigration plans are solid, but they’re not the antidote to Hansonism that Labor needs
🔮 He was, he said, unable to do so because the government could not strike a deal with the opposition on changes that would need legislation. assertive
2026-09-21 · The Sydney Morning Herald
Chalmers can try to predict 40 years into the future, but he’s really talking 2028
🔮 The only thing you can take to the bank for sure from Treasury’s latest attempt to predict the next four decades is that some of the forecasts will be dead wrong. assertive
2026-09-24 · The Sydney Morning Herald
Albanese once criticised rivals for abusing this power. Just look at him now
🔮 In June 1984, Bob Hawke’s government created the MOPS Act to set out rules governing how many advisers MPs could have. assertive
2026-09-27 · The Sydney Morning Herald
Labor senator’s extra staffer told to pay back $12,000 hire car bill
🔮 Amos was based in Canberra during the period that was investigated, and would regularly travel to northern Tasmania where senators Tyrrell and Lambie were based. assertive
2026-10-09 · The Sydney Morning Herald
Albanese talked up cheaper coffee, but Chalmers has to swallow his pride
🔮 It was the Reserve Bank that announced back in March that it would ban credit and debit card surcharges from October this year. assertive
2026-10-11 · The Sydney Morning Herald
Voters cool on Hanson as Albanese wears the blame for cost of living
🔮 The poll recorded a significant movement in people’s expectations of who will win the next election. assertive
2026-10-11 · The Sydney Morning Herald
Chalmers can’t shift any blame on to Trump or Bullock – even if they deserve it
🔮 The gloss might be starting to come off One Nation, but the government shouldn’t get too excited yet because voters clearly believe that Anthony Albanese and Labor are to blame for the cost of living crisis affecting Australians. assertive
2026-10-15 · The Sydney Morning Herald
Yes, Albanese threw Chalmers under the bus, but it was a very small bus
🔮 It sounds like a boring but sensible budget decision by the tax office because taxpayers would be on the hook to cover the additional costs. assertive
2026-10-16 · The Sydney Morning Herald
How to kill a story: The secret dossier the Greens used to protect Steele-John
🔮 On Friday morning, Shoebridge confirmed Steele-John would take a leave of absence from parliament during the investigation. assertive
2026-10-18 · The Sydney Morning Herald
Greens insiders break cover to demand public findings in Steele-John inquiry
🔮 I will, of course, participate in any investigation that follows a specific allegation” but alleges that the motive for pushing for an inquiry now is to influence forthcoming party preselections. assertive
2026-10-19 · The Sydney Morning Herald
‘A bad call’: Greens rift deepens over Steele-John allegations
🔮 The senator criticised Shoebridge for saying he had requested time off “because I knew it would be read as validating a story where there isn’t one”. assertive
2026-10-19 · The Sydney Morning Herald
Helen Haines attack must be a turning point for Australia
🔮 Crucially, the prime minister said the motive of the suspect was not yet known and refused to speculate on what it might have been, but the presence of Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke alongside Albanese spoke volumes about what the government seems to believe has occurred. assertive
2026-10-22 · The Sydney Morning Herald
Time for the truth about Jordon Steele-John, rather than conspiracy theories
🔮 First and foremost, whether the women who experienced the alleged misconduct will actually come forward and speak to the inquiry. assertive
2026-10-23 · The Sydney Morning Herald
Landry bows out, setting up Canavan showdown with One Nation in Capricornia
🔮 Canavan’s potential move to the lower house has been long mooted, but the seat is expected to be hotly contested by One Nation, potentially by the party’s national director James Ashby. assertive
2026-10-28 · The Sydney Morning Herald
Shoebridge says Steele-John’s social media posts ‘obviously not the way to resolve’ issue
🔮 On Tuesday, a woman cited in the letter came forward expressing dismay the WA senator went public with details about their relationship. assertive
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