The Aporia · Benjamin Siegel

Articles

7

2026-08-28 – 2026-10-06

Claims per article

23

160 extracted in total

Hedged claims

9%

corpus average 9%

Typical length

3,622

characters

Writes for ABC News (US).

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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GOPAmericaRepublicansAmericanDemocratsRepublicanSenateWhite House

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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 -0.12 (centre).

Ordered by how many newsrooms covered the same event.

2026-09-10 · ABC News (US) · Politics

Key takeaways from Trump's GOP midterm convention speech

26 outlets covered this event

2026-08-28 · ABC News (US) · Politics

Trump signs proclamation to pause some beef tariffs despite backlash from base

21 outlets covered this event

2026-09-28 · ABC News (US) · Politics

White House airs more taxpayer-funded ads promoting Trump

19 outlets covered this event · leans left

2026-09-24 · ABC News (US) · Politics

Is the Trump administration's campaign-style ad on Fox News taxpayer-funded?

19 outlets covered this event

2026-10-06 · ABC News (US) · Politics

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez outlines stakes for progressives at NYC fundraiser

3 outlets covered this event

2026-09-23 · ABC News (US) · Politics

Rep. Donalds downplays Trump connection on his governor campaign website

3 outlets covered this event · leans right

2026-08-28 · ABC News (US)

Trump signs proclamation to pause some beef tariffs despite backlash from base

🔮 “If the action taken in this proclamation does not result in a lower sale price of imported ground beef, I may end the action taken in this proclamation in order to, among other things, prevent a windfall to foreign producers,” he wrote in the proclamation. assertive

2026-09-10 · ABC News (US)

Key takeaways from Trump's GOP midterm convention speech

🔮 "The Democrats' extreme candidates will rip that heart out of our chest. assertive

2026-09-22 · ABC News (US)

Bush and Cornyn hold fundraiser for battleground Senate candidates -- without Paxton

🔮 Cornyn hosted a fundraiser in Dallas on Monday evening for six Republican Senate candidates running in races this cycle that will decide control of Congress. assertive

2026-09-24 · ABC News (US)

Is the Trump administration's campaign-style ad on Fox News taxpayer-funded?

🔮 Rep. Jamie Raskin, the top Democrat on the House Judiciary Committee who would help lead congressional oversight efforts if his party retakes the House this fall, condemned the ad on X. "This may be felony criminal theft and conversion of government property for political campaign purposes," Raskin wrote. assertive

2026-09-28 · ABC News (US)

White House airs more taxpayer-funded ads promoting Trump

🔮 Critics say the ads could violate federal propaganda law. assertive

2026-10-06 · ABC News (US)

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez outlines stakes for progressives at NYC fundraiser

🔮 Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez outlined the stakes of the Michigan Senate race for progressives at a fundraiser for Abdul El-Sayed, arguing that his victory could "break open the entire political calculus of America. assertive

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