👤 Meg Whitfield

4 articles tracked

About this journalist

Articles
4
2026-09-05 – 2026-10-16
Claims per article
21
83 extracted in total
Hedged claims
6%
corpus average 9%
Typical length
3,151
characters
Writes for ABC News (AU).
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

Sports
50%
Economy/Business
25%
Politics
25%
Most-tagged topics
TassieATMDevonportEssendonGlenorchyHobartLiquor and Gaming CommissionNorth Hobart

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 -0.24 (leans left).

More from this journalist

Ordered by how many newsrooms covered the same event.
2026-10-16 · ABC News (AU) · Politics
Gambling reforms defended amid criticism of 'cowardly' outcome
no other outlet in the corpus covered this · leans right
2026-10-03 · ABC News (AU) · Sports
Olympic star takes on challengers at pool's grand reopening
no other outlet in the corpus covered this
2026-09-07 · ABC News (AU) · Economy/Business
Spirit of Tasmania ferry operator to be in debt until 2052, inquiry hears
no other outlet in the corpus covered this
2026-09-05 · ABC News (AU) · Sports
Tassie cheers on 'fantastic' Devils in first ever home finals clash
no other outlet in the corpus covered this

What they said would happen

2026-09-05 · ABC News (AU)
Tassie cheers on 'fantastic' Devils in first ever home finals clash
🔮 The finals dream ends for the Tasmania Devils, while Essendon will progress to the preliminary final. assertive
2026-09-07 · ABC News (AU)
Spirit of Tasmania ferry operator to be in debt until 2052, inquiry hears
🔮 In short: TT-Line, which operates the Spirit of Tasmania ferries, is expected to remain in debt until 2052, a parliamentary committee has heard. assertive
2026-10-03 · ABC News (AU)
Olympic star takes on challengers at pool's grand reopening
🔮 Glenorchy Mayor Sue Hickey said it had been a long time coming. assertive
2026-10-16 · ABC News (AU)
Gambling reforms defended amid criticism of 'cowardly' outcome
🔮 The government previously committed to implementing a "nation-leading" mandatory pre-commitment card, which would have capped losses at $100 a day, or $5000 a year. But, that policy was dropped in favour of different measures, including a 'ticket in, ticket out' system, facial recognition technology to identify people on the self-exclusion list, and limits on ATM withdrawals. 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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