👤 James West

2 articles tracked

About this journalist

Articles
2
2026-08-27 – 2026-08-31
Claims per article
24
48 extracted in total
Hedged claims
17%
corpus average 9%
Typical length
3,594
characters · 1 tagged analysis
Writes for Mother Jones.
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

Entertainment
50%
Politics
50%
Most-tagged topics
AmericaArkansasAustraliaChicagoDefenseImagination LibraryIranNavy

Leaning

Not enough articles to place this byline.
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 -0.35 (leans left).

More from this journalist

Ordered by how many newsrooms covered the same event.
2026-08-31 · Mother Jones · Politics
New Report: Hegseth’s Own Military Brass Warn the Iran War Is Unsustainable
20 outlets covered this event · leans strongly left
2026-08-27 · Mother Jones · Entertainment
Here’s to Dolly: Union Member, Vaccine Hero, Literacy Giant, Staunch Gay Ally
14 outlets covered this event · leans left

What they said would happen

2026-08-27 · Mother Jones
Here’s to Dolly: Union Member, Vaccine Hero, Literacy Giant, Staunch Gay Ally
🔮 For the country superstar, who died yesterday at 80, the wisecrack could have been a creed for her own life, one defined by extraordinary generosity and a fierce loyalty to the underdog. 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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