👤 Mark Simpson

2 articles tracked

About this journalist

Articles
2
2026-09-27 – 2026-09-28
Claims per article
47
94 extracted in total
Hedged claims
6%
corpus average 9%
Typical length
6,848
characters
Writes for BBC 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.

What they cover

Politics
100%
Most-tagged topics
PortadownSinn FéinDUPNorthern IrelandNorthern Ireland'sOrange OrderStormontThe Orange Order

Leaning

Not enough articles to place this byline.
1 scored article; 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 -0.13 (centre).

More from this journalist

Ordered by how many newsrooms covered the same event.
2026-09-28 · BBC News · Politics
Protesters disperse after blocking contentious Orange Order parade
10 outlets covered this event
2026-09-27 · BBC News · Politics
Orange Order march row goes to heart of ongoing divisions in Northern Ireland
10 outlets covered this event · leans left

What they said would happen

2026-09-27 · BBC News
Orange Order march row goes to heart of ongoing divisions in Northern Ireland
🔮 They may be partners in the devolved government at Stormont, but when it comes to Drumcree they could not be further apart. assertive
2026-09-28 · BBC News
Protesters disperse after blocking contentious Orange Order parade
🔮 'We aren't going back', says residents' coalition Addressing protesters as they cleared the area on Sunday night, Breandán Mac Cionnaith from the Garvaghy Road Residents' Coalition said he would be meeting the chief constable and Northern Ireland Secretary on Monday. "The last 48 have been a long 48 hours for everybody," he 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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