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 +0.05
(centre).
More from this journalist
Ordered by how many newsrooms covered the same event.
2026-10-09 · Washington Examiner
· Economy/Business
🔮 The Surface Transportation Board accepted the companies’ revised application for consideration in May and, on Aug. 18, adopted a schedule for reviewing its merits. assertive
Forward-looking sentences extracted from their articles, oldest first.
Nothing here checks whether any of it turned out to be right.