👤 Ben Wieder

5 articles tracked

About this journalist

Articles
5
2026-09-03 – 2026-10-01
Claims per article
33
164 extracted in total
Hedged claims
9%
corpus average 9%
Typical length
5,897
characters
Writes for Los Angeles Times.
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
60%
Crime & Law
40%
Most-tagged topics
CaliforniaDemocraticLos AngelesMichiganConoverDemocratsFair Political Practices CommissionHouse

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 -0.27 (leans left).

More from this journalist

Ordered by how many newsrooms covered the same event.
2026-10-01 · Los Angeles Times · Politics
Influencers filed ethics complaint against Raman campaign — with help from Bass lawyers
2 outlets covered this event
2026-09-28 · Los Angeles Times · Politics
California donors have funded both sides of Democrats' primary battles
no other outlet in the corpus covered this
2026-09-06 · Los Angeles Times · Crime & Law
House Ethics Committee announces sexual misconduct investigation into Rep. Jimmy Gomez
no other outlet in the corpus covered this
2026-09-06 · Los Angeles Times · Politics
The fake L.A. mayor poll adds to challenges facing the public opinion industry
no other outlet in the corpus covered this
2026-09-03 · Los Angeles Times · Crime & Law
Convicted Trump Media-linked fraudster funded pro-Trump film in hopes of pardon, lawsuit says
no other outlet in the corpus covered this · leans left

What they said would happen

2026-09-03 · Los Angeles Times
Convicted Trump Media-linked fraudster funded pro-Trump film in hopes of pardon, lawsuit says
🔮 Convicted Trump Media-linked fraudster funded pro-Trump film in hopes of pardon, lawsuit says - Click here to listen to this article - - A Miami investor convicted in a Trump Media insider trading case bankrolled a pro-Trump documentary in hopes that the flattering film would buy him a presidential pardon, a lawsuit alleges. assertive
2026-09-06 · Los Angeles Times
The fake L.A. mayor poll adds to challenges facing the public opinion industry
🔮 The fake L.A. mayor poll adds to challenges facing the public opinion industry assertive
2026-09-06 · Los Angeles Times
House Ethics Committee announces sexual misconduct investigation into Rep. Jimmy Gomez
🔮 Gomez said he is “confident that a full and impartial review of the facts will bear that out” and that he is “ready to cooperate with the Ethics Committee inquiry and provide it with whatever information it might need.” assertive
2026-09-28 · Los Angeles Times
California donors have funded both sides of Democrats' primary battles
🔮 It did not include contributions to party committees or independent committees that could also be spending in these races. assertive
2026-10-01 · Los Angeles Times
Influencers filed ethics complaint against Raman campaign — with help from Bass lawyers
🔮 Influencers filed ethics complaint against Raman campaign — with help from Bass lawyers - Click here to listen to this article - - Two influencers have accused Nithya Raman’s mayoral campaign of paying social media influencers who improperly disclosed the payments. assertive
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