👤 Simon Speakman Cordall

10 articles tracked

About this journalist

Articles
10
2026-08-21 – 2026-10-16
Claims per article
34
335 extracted in total
Hedged claims
12%
corpus average 9%
Typical length
5,890
characters
Writes for Al Jazeera.
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
90%
Crime & Law
10%
Most-tagged topics
IsraelIsraeliGazaHamasIsraelisNew YorkPalestinian4Israel

Leaning

-0.55 average ± 0.08 · -0.57 median · 8 scored articles
Sits to the left of their own outlet, which averages -0.23 — the whole interval clears it. Leaning rates the writing, not the subject. How it is scored.

More from this journalist

Ordered by how many newsrooms covered the same event.
2026-09-25 · Al Jazeera · Politics
Netanyahu’s UN belligerence wins cheers at home as world walks out
24 outlets covered this event · leans strongly left
2026-09-24 · Al Jazeera · Politics
Netanyahu takes UN stage with one eye on Israel’s election
24 outlets covered this event · leans left
2026-10-07 · Al Jazeera · Politics
Fear and a far-right lurch: How October 7 reshaped Israel
23 outlets covered this event · leans strongly left
2026-09-19 · Al Jazeera · Politics
NAZA: Why are old Gaza allegations causing new fury in Israel?
12 outlets covered this event · leans left
2026-09-05 · Al Jazeera · Politics
Israel claims control of Lebanon’s key Ali al-Taher ridge: What that means
2 outlets covered this event
2026-10-16 · Al Jazeera · Politics
In Israel, Netanyahu’s ultimate legacy is the opposition he has forged
no other outlet in the corpus covered this · leans left

What they said would happen

2026-08-21 · Al Jazeera
‘Very unusual’: UK Palestine activists could be sentenced as terrorists
🔮 Five Palestine Action activists in the United Kingdom are set to hear whether terrorism-linked offences could be included in their sentencing. assertive
2026-09-05 · Al Jazeera
Israel claims control of Lebanon’s key Ali al-Taher ridge: What that means
🔮 Recommended Stories list of 4 items- list 1 of 4Israel releases five detainees to Lebanon after US-mediated negotiations - list 2 of 4October 7 attack shapes Israel’s elections and fuels political blame - list 3 of 4Israeli strike kills three in southern Lebanon amid ongoing escalation - list 4 of 4Israeli drones drop bombs on southern Lebanon’s Mansouri “Prime Minister Netanyahu and I are leading a clear and uncompromising policy, reinforced every day by the [Israeli military]: Israel will not withdraw from the security zone in Lebanon until Hezbollah is disarmed throughout Lebanon and the threats to the residents of the Galilee are removed,” he was quoted as saying by Israeli media. mixed
2026-09-18 · Al Jazeera
‘Outrageous lies’: How Israeli voters are shrugging off Western sanctions
🔮 Recommended Stories list of 4 items- list 1 of 4How Israel systematically dismantles Palestinian life in occupied West Bank - list 2 of 4UK trade unions back motion to boycott and sanction Israel - list 3 of 4Pernicious states: Towards a new grammar of international relations - list 4 of 4UK charities, protest groups: Israeli ban threat ‘will not intimidate us’ Israeli President Isaac Herzog also condemned the measures, branding them a “gross interference in the democratic elections” of Israel. assertive
2026-09-19 · Al Jazeera
NAZA: Why are old Gaza allegations causing new fury in Israel?
🔮 Israelis protest outside ‘NAZA’ filmmaker’s home - list 4 of 4Israel would rather not watch NAZA Other accusations against Israel, such as committing genocide, deliberately causing a famine, and unlawfully killing children, have also not received much attention in Israel. assertive
2026-09-24 · Al Jazeera
Netanyahu takes UN stage with one eye on Israel’s election
🔮 Recommended Stories list of 4 items- list 1 of 4Do Israelis feel any safer now than they did on October 6, 2023? - list 2 of 4Why United Nations says US boat strikes may be ‘crimes against humanity’ - list 3 of assertive
2026-09-25 · Al Jazeera
Netanyahu’s UN belligerence wins cheers at home as world walks out
🔮 Recommended Stories list of 4 items- list 1 of 4Israel’s Netanyahu set to address UN General Assembly - list 2 of 4Benjamin Netanyahu attacks Israel’s enemies and allies in UN speech - list 3 of 4NYC police arrest Susan Sarandon, other celebrities protesting Netanyahu - list 4 of assertive
2026-09-30 · Al Jazeera
The October 7 warnings threatening Netanyahu’s Israeli election campaign
🔮 Netanyahu has attempted to shift the blame for not being alerted to the attack onto the former head of Israel’s internal security service, Ronen Bar, who announced on Monday that he would sue the prime minister, a longtime political nemesis, for defamation as a result. mixed
2026-10-07 · Al Jazeera
Fear and a far-right lurch: How October 7 reshaped Israel
🔮 The Israeli public had been generally isolated from the consequences of the military’s violent actions in Gaza and the occupied West Bank, and Bar-Tal said many were shocked that Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu might have had prior intelligence about Hamas’s plans. assertive
2026-10-08 · Al Jazeera
How October 7 redrew the map of the Middle East
🔮 Recommended Stories list of 4 items- list 1 of 4Trump launches midterms campaign blitz amid record low approval ratings - list 2 of 4New aircraft carrier, 10,000 US troops: Is the Iran war about to escalate? - list 3 of 4Trump vs Europe as US presses for release of emergency diesel stocks - list 4 of 4G7 nations to release oil and diesel stocks, will it bring down the prices? assertive
2026-10-16 · Al Jazeera
In Israel, Netanyahu’s ultimate legacy is the opposition he has forged
🔮 Dogged by corruption cases dating back to 2019, which could see him serve time in prison if convicted, he has been locked in a confrontation with the same legal establishment attempting to hold him to account. assertive
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