The Aporia · Julie Tsirkin

Articles

2

2026-09-22 – 2026-10-03

Claims per article

56

112 extracted in total

Hedged claims

9%

corpus average 9%

Typical length

7,700

characters

Writes for NBC News.

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.

Politics

100%

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AmericansCongressMedicareNBC NewsRepublicanU.S.WASHINGTONthe Medicare Improvement Fund

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2 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 -0.16 (centre).

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2026-10-03 · NBC News · Politics

Trump pledges to send $90 checks to millions of seniors on Medicare

11 outlets covered this event · leans right

2026-09-22 · NBC News · Politics

Trump’s focus on the press distracts Republicans from pocketbook issues ahead of Election Day

no other outlet in the corpus covered this · leans left

2026-09-22 · NBC News

Trump’s focus on the press distracts Republicans from pocketbook issues ahead of Election Day

🔮 But Trump has at times veered off pocketbook issues and made moves that are peripheral to the top-of-mind concerns of voters who will soon decide which party controls Congress. assertive

2026-10-03 · NBC News

Trump pledges to send $90 checks to millions of seniors on Medicare

🔮 “I am pleased to announce that my Administration will, immediately, begin sending ‘Checks’ of nearly $100 to over 20 MILLION wonderful Seniors to help pay for their Medicare Part B premiums, which we have already reduced by significant amounts,” the president wrote in a Truth Social post. assertive

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