The Aporia · Michael Goodier

Articles

2

2026-09-30 – 2026-10-10

Claims per article

43

86 extracted in total

Hedged claims

5%

corpus average 9%

Typical length

6,456

characters

Writes for The Guardian.

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.

Economy/Business

50%

Politics

50%

Most-tagged topics

BekkerEnglandEnglishGuardianHaltonLabourNewtSomerset

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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 -0.26 (leans left).

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2026-10-10 · The Guardian · Economy/Business

How a South African billionaire is turning a corner of Somerset into ‘one man’s estate’

no other outlet in the corpus covered this · leans strongly left

2026-09-30 · The Guardian · Politics

Sixteen English councils spend more than 80% of core funding on social care

no other outlet in the corpus covered this · leans left

2026-09-30 · World news | The Guardian

Sixteen English councils spend more than 80% of core funding on social care

🔮 Speaking at the Labour conference on Tuesday, the prime minister announced that the government would begin laying the groundwork for a National Care Service to be introduced after the next election, paid for in part by changing the earnings element of the triple lock. assertive

2026-10-10 · World news | The Guardian

How a South African billionaire is turning a corner of Somerset into ‘one man’s estate’

🔮 When South African billionaire Koos Bekker bought an old country estate in a sleepy corner of Somerset to turn it into a luxury hotel, residents thought it was a sign their area was on the up. assertive

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