👤 Shawn Micallef

3 articles tracked

About this journalist

Articles
3
2026-09-19 – 2026-10-03
Claims per article
41
122 extracted in total
Hedged claims
8%
corpus average 9%
Typical length
4,995
characters
Writes for 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

Politics
100%
Most-tagged topics
TorontoCanadaABCLiberty VillageLondonMalvernNew YorkPeterborough

Leaning

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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 -0.25 (leans left).

More from this journalist

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2026-10-03 · Toronto Star · Politics
AI slop is turning Toronto politics into a sci-fi dystopia, but it's not too late to change course
no other outlet in the corpus covered this · leans strongly left
2026-09-26 · Toronto Star · Politics
Toronto election: Here’s why you should pay attention to your local council race
no other outlet in the corpus covered this · leans left
2026-09-19 · Toronto Star · Politics
Why Toronto's next mayor — no matter who it is — won't be able to 'fix' the city
no other outlet in the corpus covered this · leans left

What they said would happen

2026-09-19 · www.thestar.com - RSS Results of type article
Why Toronto's next mayor — no matter who it is — won't be able to 'fix' the city
🔮 Whoever is elected mayor in October will not fix Toronto, even if they wanted to. assertive
2026-09-26 · www.thestar.com - RSS Results of type article
Toronto election: Here’s why you should pay attention to your local council race
🔮 In an election year Toronto’s differences are smoothed out and can be overlooked by mayoral candidates who need to deliver uncomplicated ideas, to the whole city, as quickly as possible. assertive
2026-10-03 · www.thestar.com - RSS Results of type article
AI slop is turning Toronto politics into a sci-fi dystopia, but it's not too late to change course
🔮 Brad Bradford’s mayoral campaign has come under fire for using an app called Victory that, as an investigation by Canada’s National Observer found, “gamifies” political campaigns by awarding participants points for uploading their contacts with possibly-lax privacy standards around voter data. assertive
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