👤 Eric Schmitt

2 articles tracked

About this journalist

Articles
2
2026-09-05 – 2026-09-24
Claims per article
23
46 extracted in total
Hedged claims
9%
corpus average 9%
Typical length
3,857
characters
Writes for The Sydney Morning Herald.
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
IranWashingtonJoint StaffLincolnPentagonUSS Abraham Lincolnthe Joint Staffthe US Navy

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.
2026-09-05 · The Sydney Morning Herald · Crime & Law
‘Treasonous’: Pentagon forces staff to take polygraphs in hunt for leaks to journalists
8 outlets covered this event
2026-09-24 · The Sydney Morning Herald · Politics
Eight sailors in USS Lincoln strike group attempted suicide, US Navy says
5 outlets covered this event · leans left

What they said would happen

2026-09-05 · The Sydney Morning Herald
‘Treasonous’: Pentagon forces staff to take polygraphs in hunt for leaks to journalists
🔮 The show of force appeared aimed at not just ferreting out anyone who may have shared information, but intimidating others who might do so in the future, according to people with knowledge of the effort. 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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