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.
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 +0.03
(centre).
More from this journalist
Ordered by how many newsrooms covered the same event.
🔮 Police are urgently investigating whether the incidents could be linked to wider organised crime but have not yet established whether they are all connected. assertive
🔮 Since the Home Office proposals in June, locals have warned the male migrants would outnumber the 350 villagers by nearly four to one and increase the risk of crime. assertive
🔮 According to local media, the victims would take the cash and gold to their homes before a courier would come to them with a codeword and take the delivery away. assertive
🔮 Another tactic police are aware of is thieves putting mayonnaise on their victims' clothes, pretending it is bird poo as a distraction while another criminal steals their luggage. assertive
🔮 Criminologists have today warned that Dexter – which has produced three spin-off shows – could be providing a 'how-to script' for copycat killers. 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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