The Aporia · Alexander Mallin

Articles

9

2026-09-05 – 2026-10-21

Claims per article

13

120 extracted in total

Hedged claims

15%

corpus average 9%

Typical length

2,343

characters

Writes for ABC News (US).

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

78%

Crime & Law

22%

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DOJU.S.CaliforniaFBISenateThe Justice Department'sAfghanDemocrat

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3 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 -0.13 (centre).

Ordered by how many newsrooms covered the same event.

2026-09-29 · ABC News (US) · Politics

Former special counsel Jack Smith to testify before Senate on Trump investigations

16 outlets covered this event

2026-10-21 · ABC News (US) · Politics

'High percentage' of DOJ's noncitizen voters list was born in US: LA County analysis

10 outlets covered this event

2026-10-17 · ABC News (US) · Politics

Trump administration threatens to prosecute local California election workers

10 outlets covered this event

2026-09-15 · ABC News (US) · Politics

DOJ charges Russians for allegedly financing terrorism, murder-for-hire plots

7 outlets covered this event

2026-09-16 · ABC News (US) · Crime & Law

Afghan man tied to Abbey Gate bombing sentenced to 20 years for supporting ISIS

5 outlets covered this event

2026-10-01 · ABC News (US) · Politics

Judge reinstates Washington state US attorney fired by Trump

4 outlets covered this event · leans strongly left

2026-09-05 · ABC News (US)

Judge indicates Trump pressure campaign could permanently sink Reflecting Pool case

🔮 Judge indicates Trump's pressure campaign could permanently sink Reflecting Pool vandalism case Asked whether prosecutors were investigating Hearn, they said they weren't. assertive

2026-09-16 · ABC News (US)

Afghan man tied to Abbey Gate bombing sentenced to 20 years for supporting ISIS

🔮 The 2 1/2-hour hearing was heart wrenching as family members of the 13 service members killed in the 2021 attack took to the podium to tearfully plead for Judge Trenga to sentence Sharifullah to the maximum prison time of 20 years behind bars. "No justice will be enough to mend my broken heart," said Paula Knauss, the mother of U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Ryan Knauss. assertive

2026-09-29 · ABC News (US)

Former special counsel Jack Smith to testify before Senate on Trump investigations

🔮 Former special counsel Jack Smith is set to appear before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday to defend his two criminal investigations of President Donald Trump amid growing calls from Republicans that Smith himself face prosecution by Trump's Justice Department. assertive

2026-10-17 · ABC News (US)

Trump administration threatens to prosecute local California election workers

🔮 In a follow-up post resharing the letter, Trump wrote "They will all go to jail for a long period of time!!!" assertive

2026-10-21 · ABC News (US)

'High percentage' of DOJ's noncitizen voters list was born in US: LA County analysis

🔮 During a press conference on Monday, Deputy Attorney General Trent McCotter attracted some scrutiny when he acknowledged that the administration's list likely included errors, and that "there may be some names on there who it turns out ultimately are citizens. assertive

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