👤 Tom Hals

2 articles tracked

About this journalist

Articles
2
2026-09-04 – 2026-09-15
Claims per article
31
62 extracted in total
Hedged claims
18%
corpus average 9%
Typical length
4,808
characters
Writes for The Independent.
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

Crime & Law
50%
Politics
50%
Most-tagged topics
BostonCongressDuxburyMadisonMassachusettsMiamiPennsylvaniaPhiladelphia

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 -0.12 (centre).

More from this journalist

Ordered by how many newsrooms covered the same event.
2026-09-04 · The Independent · Crime & Law
Lindsay Clancy jurors offered counseling to address ‘mental burden’ of traumatic trial
26 outlets covered this event
2026-09-15 · The Independent · Politics
Defendants fight back against Trump deportations as federal noncitizen voting law faces major threat
2 outlets covered this event · leans left

What they said would happen

2026-09-04 · The Independent World
Lindsay Clancy jurors offered counseling to address ‘mental burden’ of traumatic trial
🔮 The Lindsay Clancy case has ended in mistrial but for the jury, it could be the start of the emotional fallout. assertive
2026-09-15 · The Independent World
Defendants fight back against Trump deportations as federal noncitizen voting law faces major threat
🔮 A favorable ruling for the defense, which could arrive before the November 3 midterm elections, would raise serious questions about the federal government's authority to prosecute noncitizen voting cases. mixed
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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