👤 Steve Paikin

2 articles tracked

About this journalist

Articles
2
2026-09-19 – 2026-10-10
Claims per article
94
188 extracted in total
Hedged claims
4%
corpus average 9%
Typical length
8,754
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

Health
50%
Politics
50%
Most-tagged topics
AmericanAmericansBostonCBC RadioCanadaKingstonOntarioPrescott

Leaning

Not enough articles to place this byline.
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 -0.25 (leans left).

More from this journalist

Ordered by how many newsrooms covered the same event.
2026-10-10 · Toronto Star · Politics
Carol Off on ideas vs. identity, and why she's only recently discovered the depth of her patriotism
no other outlet in the corpus covered this · leans strongly left
2026-09-19 · Toronto Star · Health
Charles MacDonald worked at Queen's Park. He still wasn't equipped to deal with Ontario's health care system
no other outlet in the corpus covered this

What they said would happen

2026-09-19 · www.thestar.com - RSS Results of type article
Charles MacDonald worked at Queen's Park. He still wasn't equipped to deal with Ontario's health care system
🔮 Now, at 54, MacDonald is in the midst of a bureaucratic foofaraw with the Ontario health care system which, if it persists, could result in the amputation of one of his feet. assertive
2026-10-10 · www.thestar.com - RSS Results of type article
Carol Off on ideas vs. identity, and why she's only recently discovered the depth of her patriotism
🔮 And I say, “Well, if you were told that you were going to possibly be invaded, you wouldn’t say, ‘That’s just Donald talking.’” 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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