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.
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 +0.02
(centre).
More from this journalist
Ordered by how many newsrooms covered the same event.
🔮 Few outside this small corner of Hertfordshire, however, will be aware of the drama – reminiscent of a scene from a film – involving Ms Johnson-Marshall and her race against the clock to serve the injunction. assertive
🔮 The RGS in South Kensington is filled with memorabilia from his derring-do exploits that could have come straight from the pages of a Boy’s Own annual. assertive
🔮 Presumably to cover the missing tips of his frostbitten fingers (sawn off by Sir Ranulph at home shortly after his failed 2000 North Pole expedition because he could not cope with the constant pain), which could conceivably have identified him. assertive
🔮 Describing the draconian instructions issued by Sir Ranulph's wife, last week the owner of the Welsh care home told us: 'I wouldn't do that to an animal. 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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