The Aporia · Marissa Birnie

Articles

4

2026-09-04 – 2026-10-20

Claims per article

30

122 extracted in total

Hedged claims

11%

corpus average 9%

Typical length

4,566

characters · 1 tagged analysis

Writes for The Globe and Mail, Toronto Star.

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

50%

Health

25%

Other

25%

Most-tagged topics

British ColumbiaABC VancouverAlta.B.C.BC Children’sBritish ColumbiansCanadian Armed ForcesCity Hall

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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 -0.24 (leans left).

Ordered by how many newsrooms covered the same event.

2026-10-20 · Toronto Star · Other

Fact File: Misinformation spreads after deadly fire at CFB Wainwright

22 outlets covered this event

2026-10-15 · Toronto Star · Politics

Fry and Sim face off in Vancouver, but other mayoral candidates reject spoiler label

4 outlets covered this event

2026-10-10 · Toronto Star · Politics

Overlapping local, provincial elections in B.C. causing confusion: candidates

2 outlets covered this event · leans strongly left

2026-09-04 · The Globe and Mail · Health

B.C. school districts crack down on e-scooters, e-bikes as emergency room visits grow

no other outlet in the corpus covered this · leans right

2026-09-04 · The Globe and Mail

B.C. school districts crack down on e-scooters, e-bikes as emergency room visits grow

🔮 “If an e-bike or scooter does come to school we will call parents to come and pick up the e-bike or e-scooter,” the Nanaimo-Ladysmith school district’s communications director Gillian Robinson said. assertive

2026-10-10 · Toronto Star

Overlapping local, provincial elections in B.C. causing confusion: candidates

🔮 The local elections on Oct. 17 will see voters elect mayors, councillors, school board trustees and other local officials, while a provincial vote will be held Oct. 24 to elect 93 members of the legislature, which will determine B.C.‘s next premier. assertive

2026-10-15 · Toronto Star

Fry and Sim face off in Vancouver, but other mayoral candidates reject spoiler label

🔮 VANCOUVER - Vancouver mayoral candidates Ken Sim and Pete Fry view each other as their main rival in the battle for City Hall. assertive

2026-10-20 · Toronto Star

Fact File: Misinformation spreads after deadly fire at CFB Wainwright

🔮 Early news reports in the immediate aftermath of the fire did suggest a gas well could have been involved. mixed

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