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.
+0.61
average ± 0.36·
+0.85 median·
8 scored articles
Sits to the right of their own outlet, which
averages +0.04 — the whole interval
clears it.
Leaning rates the writing, not the subject.
How it is scored.
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Ordered by how many newsrooms covered the same event.
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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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