👤 Peter Smith

3 articles tracked

About this journalist

Articles
3
2026-09-18 – 2026-10-30
Claims per article
33
98 extracted in total
Hedged claims
8%
corpus average 9%
Typical length
4,247
characters
Writes for Al Jazeera, The Independent, 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
67%
World
33%
Most-tagged topics
Al JazeeraAmishCeutaChristianJehovah’s WitnessesLancaster CountyMoroccoNew York State

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 -0.23 (leans left).

More from this journalist

Ordered by how many newsrooms covered the same event.
2026-09-18 · Toronto Star · Health
Jehovah’s Witnesses allow blood-derived products but keep ban on whole-blood transfusions
2 outlets covered this event · leans left
2026-10-30 · The Independent · Health
'No one should feel safe': 5 dead as Amish country measles horror explodes past 1,350 cases
no other outlet in the corpus covered this · leans left
2026-09-25 · Al Jazeera · World
Humanitarian crisis worsens in Ceuta as thousands remain stranded
no other outlet in the corpus covered this · leans left

What they said would happen

2026-09-18 · Toronto Star
Jehovah’s Witnesses allow blood-derived products but keep ban on whole-blood transfusions
🔮 Critics, including former church members, say that the teaching has led to deaths that could have been prevented. assertive
2026-09-25 · Al Jazeera
Humanitarian crisis worsens in Ceuta as thousands remain stranded
🔮 When the wind blows, these makeshift shelters offer little protection, and soon the temperature will dip. assertive
2026-10-30 · The Independent
'No one should feel safe': 5 dead as Amish country measles horror explodes past 1,350 cases
🔮 “There were lines of people in the Plain community that would come and get vaccinated,” she said. 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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