👤 Safiyah Riddle

8 articles tracked

About this journalist

Articles
8
2026-08-20 – 2026-10-14
Claims per article
18
143 extracted in total
Hedged claims
12%
corpus average 9%
Typical length
3,106
characters
Writes for The Independent, Toronto Star.
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

Crime & Law
62%
Politics
25%
Sports
12%
Most-tagged topics
U.S.FBINashvilleRepublicanTennesseeAUSTINCHEYENNECalifornia

Leaning

Not enough articles to place this byline.
3 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 -0.22 (leans left).

More from this journalist

Ordered by how many newsrooms covered the same event.
2026-10-03 · The Independent · Crime & Law
Two failed executions in Tennessee have left experts questioning the death penalty
31 outlets covered this event · leans left
2026-10-03 · Toronto Star · Crime & Law
Tennessee's handling of the death penalty is again questioned after failed execution
31 outlets covered this event · leans left
2026-09-29 · Toronto Star · Crime & Law
Federal prosecutors charge Venezuelan man shot by ICE agent in Texas with assaulting an officer
11 outlets covered this event
2026-10-14 · Toronto Star · Politics
Justice Department threatens California with legal action over claim of noncitizens on voter rolls
6 outlets covered this event
2026-10-13 · Toronto Star · Crime & Law
A Wyoming grad student who allegedly poisoned a colleague has been arrested fleeing to China
5 outlets covered this event
2026-10-14 · Toronto Star · Sports
Fixer in lucrative NCAA basketball betting scheme sentenced to 6 years in prison
2 outlets covered this event

What they said would happen

2026-08-20 · The Independent
Trump officials worked with Iran on deportation lists as tensions exploded, emails reveal
🔮 An ICE employee warned that removals would be difficult during the fighting because Iran was not providing necessary travel documents and its airspace was closed. assertive
2026-09-06 · The Independent
Parents of San Diego mosque gunman allege mental health facility ignored FBI warning
🔮 The FBI called Vazquez’s mother on the evening of May 14, and she said she immediately left a message with the treatment facility to notify its staff, according to the lawsuit, filed in a San Diego court on August 31. mixed
2026-10-03 · Toronto Star
Tennessee's handling of the death penalty is again questioned after failed execution
🔮 Earlier this year, Tennessee stopped the execution of Tony Carruthers after medical workers placed an IV into his right arm but couldn’t get a secondary IV line, proceeding to attempt to place one into his other arm, his left hand and his left foot, then finally failing to establish a central line. assertive
2026-10-03 · The Independent
Two failed executions in Tennessee have left experts questioning the death penalty
🔮 Across the nation, Lain identified only roughly ten licensed medical physicians willing to assist authorities with executions. assertive
2026-10-14 · Toronto Star
Fixer in lucrative NCAA basketball betting scheme sentenced to 6 years in prison
🔮 Bettors would then wager against the players’ teams in those games, defrauding sportsbooks and other gamblers, authorities said. 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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