The Aporia · Beth Rose

Articles

2

2026-08-19 – 2026-09-15

Claims per article

22

43 extracted in total

Hedged claims

16%

corpus average 9%

Typical length

3,510

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.

Health

50%

Politics

50%

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BritishCovidDWPEnglandLabourNHSPHSOPip

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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 -0.16 (centre).

Ordered by how many newsrooms covered the same event.

2026-09-15 · BBC News · Politics

Number of people claiming key disability benefit hits record high

3 outlets covered this event · leans right

2026-08-19 · BBC News · Health

Deaf patient given wrong jab due to sign language error, report says

no other outlet in the corpus covered this

2026-08-19 · BBC News

Deaf patient given wrong jab due to sign language error, report says

🔮 It said the patient, Samantha, had booked a flu jab but was instead given a Covid vaccine after staff failed to show her a BSL video which would have highlighted the error. assertive

2026-09-15 · BBC News

Number of people claiming key disability benefit hits record high

🔮 The DWP said the increase in the Pip caseload had actually "slowed", falling from a rise of 400,000 in the 12 months to July 2024, to 260,000 in the 12 months to July 2026. But they agreed the system was "no longer fit for purpose", adding that the Timms review's recommendations would "lay the foundation for sustainable reform". mixed

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