👤 Robert Mackey

13 articles tracked

About this journalist

Articles
13
2026-08-19 – 2026-10-10
Claims per article
50
646 extracted in total
Hedged claims
12%
corpus average 9%
Typical length
8,815
characters
Writes for The Guardian.
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
100%
Most-tagged topics
RepublicanRepublicansWhite HouseAmericansCBS NewsIranThe White Housethe United States

Leaning

Not enough articles to place this byline.
6 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 -0.34 (leans left).

More from this journalist

Ordered by how many newsrooms covered the same event.
2026-09-18 · The Guardian · Politics
US and Denmark reach security deal after Trump’s threats to take island
31 outlets covered this event
2026-10-10 · The Guardian · Politics
Trump fumes over Nobel peace prize snub and criticizes Norway
28 outlets covered this event
2026-09-27 · The Guardian · Politics
Republican senator criticizes White House for taxpayer-funded Trump ads
19 outlets covered this event
2026-09-25 · The Guardian · Politics
White House claims pro-Trump ad it paid Fox to air was ‘public service announcement’
19 outlets covered this event
2026-10-07 · The Guardian · Politics
Democrats sue to stop Trump from using taxpayer funds for self-promoting ads
10 outlets covered this event · leans strongly left
2026-08-26 · The Guardian · Politics
Democratic states sue to block postal service from carrying out Trump’s mail-in voting order – as it happened
9 outlets covered this event · leans strongly left

What they said would happen

2026-08-19 · The Guardian
Republicans reportedly fear datacenter backlash could cost them Ohio Senate seat – as it happened
🔮 Republicans reportedly fear datacenter backlash could cost them Ohio Senate seat assertive
2026-08-20 · The Guardian
Trump shows off White House renovations and ornate new helipad
🔮 But I see it because I was very good at real estate, like maybe the best in a lot of ways.” assertive
2026-08-25 · The Guardian
Gavin Newsom says California will sue Trump administration again to block ‘Orwellian rules’ meant to curb mail-in voting – as it happened
🔮 California plans to sue again to stop Trump from restricting mail voting and could make blocking delivery a felony assertive
2026-08-26 · The Guardian
Democratic states sue to block postal service from carrying out Trump’s mail-in voting order – as it happened
🔮 Radunzel, the complaint says, “relayed a verbal order that professors could no longer teach about anthropogenic (human-caused) climate change and that professors must remove all mention of human causes of climate change from their courses.” assertive
2026-09-15 · The Guardian
NHL star Alex Ovechkin appears in campaign ad for pro-Putin United Russia party
🔮 In 2017, he launched Putin Team, a social movement that he hoped would unite “people who are proud of their country and want to make Russia stronger.” assertive
2026-09-18 · The Guardian
US and Denmark reach security deal after Trump’s threats to take island
🔮 “We will immediately begin the process of developing a large Military presence in the appropriate part of Greenland,” Trump added. assertive
2026-09-25 · The Guardian
White House claims pro-Trump ad it paid Fox to air was ‘public service announcement’
🔮 The White House on Friday defended its decision to use taxpayer funds to buy airtime on Fox News for a White House-produced, pro-Trump ad that some Democrats said could be illegal government propaganda aimed at influencing voters in the upcoming midterm elections. assertive
2026-09-27 · The Guardian
Trump tells female MS Now reporter to ‘be quiet’ amid questions on press pool ban
🔮 “Today, yes, it happens to be CNN, but tomorrow it could be any other news outlet.” assertive
2026-09-27 · The Guardian
Republican senator criticizes White House for taxpayer-funded Trump ads
🔮 Kennedy, a lawyer with degrees from both the University of Virginia and University of Oxford, appeared to be tacitly acknowledging the argument made by Jamie Raskin, a Democratic congressman and legal scholar, that any government employees who worked on the first pro-Trump ad – “or used government resources to make it” – may have committed a felony violation of the Hatch act, a law that bars government workers from partisan campaign activities. assertive
2026-10-05 · The Guardian
White House defends new press aide who posed with rifle in ‘Fuck Joe Biden’ shirt
🔮 “She will be an outstanding addition to President Trump’s communications team as an Assistant Press Secretary – we look forward to having her on board!” assertive
2026-10-07 · The Guardian
Democrats sue to stop Trump from using taxpayer funds for self-promoting ads
🔮 After a bipartisan backlash to the use of public money to promote himself during the final month of the midterm campaign season, Trump claimed on Monday that he would direct the Maga Inc Super Pac he controls to pay for the ads instead. assertive
2026-10-10 · The Guardian
Trump fumes over Nobel peace prize snub and criticizes Norway
🔮 “We will not forget, Norway, that you didn’t give this prize.” assertive
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