👤 Barry Appleton

3 articles tracked

About this journalist

Articles
3
2026-09-24 – 2026-10-30
Claims per article
43
130 extracted in total
Hedged claims
5%
corpus average 9%
Typical length
4,182
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
CanadaAmericanCanadianWashingtonCanadiansEuropeanEuropeansMalaysia

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 -0.25 (leans left).

More from this journalist

Ordered by how many newsrooms covered the same event.
2026-10-30 · Toronto Star · Politics
Mark Carney is right to seek closer ties to the EU. But these should be Canada's red lines
13 outlets covered this event · leans left
2026-10-02 · Toronto Star · Politics
Canadian workers are feeling the pain of the trade war. I went to New York to stand up for them
no other outlet in the corpus covered this · leans left
2026-09-24 · Toronto Star · Politics
Canadians feel powerless, but we are not. This is one way we can stand up for ourselves
no other outlet in the corpus covered this · leans left

What they said would happen

2026-09-24 · Toronto Star
Canadians feel powerless, but we are not. This is one way we can stand up for ourselves
🔮 On Sept. 30, three judges of the United States Court of International Trade will hear arguments on whether the Section 301 tariffs now applied to 60 economies, Canada among them, were lawfully imposed. assertive
2026-10-02 · Toronto Star
Canadian workers are feeling the pain of the trade war. I went to New York to stand up for them
🔮 What the court does with it now is theirs alone, and I will not pretend to know what it will do. assertive
2026-10-30 · Toronto Star
Mark Carney is right to seek closer ties to the EU. But these should be Canada's red lines
🔮 But a red line has an object; it protects a decision Canada will not hand to anyone. assertive
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