👤 Sheila Flynn

6 articles tracked

About this journalist

Articles
6
2026-09-05 – 2026-10-11
Claims per article
56
333 extracted in total
Hedged claims
8%
corpus average 9%
Typical length
7,042
characters
Writes for BBC News.
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%
Economy/Business
17%
Entertainment
17%
Politics
17%
Most-tagged topics
AmericaAmericansBBC NewsChicagoColoradoCounty ClareHaitianHaitians

Leaning

Not enough articles to place this byline.
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 -0.15 (centre).

More from this journalist

Ordered by how many newsrooms covered the same event.
2026-10-02 · BBC News · Crime & Law
I've seen nearly 500 executions - but never one like Christa Pike's
31 outlets covered this event
2026-09-05 · BBC News · Crime & Law
Lindsay Clancy murder trial has divided US on whether she's victim or criminal
28 outlets covered this event · leans right
2026-10-11 · BBC News · Economy/Business
American ranchers wrestle with soaring costs - and their loyalty to Trump
no other outlet in the corpus covered this
2026-10-10 · BBC News · Politics
Public executions in the US stopped nearly a century ago - why are they resuming now?
no other outlet in the corpus covered this · leans left
2026-09-18 · BBC News · Entertainment
I found love at an Irish matchmaking festival - and I want others to do the same
no other outlet in the corpus covered this
2026-09-06 · BBC News · Crime & Law
'He was a lifeline' - Families at a loss after Haitian caregivers let go in US
no other outlet in the corpus covered this · leans right

What they said would happen

2026-09-05 · BBC News
Lindsay Clancy murder trial has divided US on whether she's victim or criminal
🔮 The 36-year-old nurse's defence team argued she had been suffering from postpartum psychosis when she strangled her young children and so could not be held criminally responsible. assertive
2026-09-06 · BBC News
'He was a lifeline' - Families at a loss after Haitian caregivers let go in US
🔮 - Published Long Island mother-of-two Linda Mancuso has been "praying on a daily basis" that her disabled son's Haitian caregiver will be able to come back to work. assertive
2026-09-18 · BBC News
I found love at an Irish matchmaking festival - and I want others to do the same
🔮 That's changed since the festival's origins 170 years ago, when bachelor farmers and moneyed visitors would flock to the spa town of Lisdoonvarna to bathe in its mineral-rich waters and socialise. assertive
2026-10-02 · BBC News
I've seen nearly 500 executions - but never one like Christa Pike's
🔮 In at least seven of those cases, the executions were halted because the IV line could not be set. assertive
2026-10-10 · BBC News
Public executions in the US stopped nearly a century ago - why are they resuming now?
🔮 A little more than 90 years after Bethea's killing, US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth announced that the military would publicly execute Nidal Hasan, who killed 13 unarmed fellow soldiers in 2009 at the Fort Hood military base in Texas. assertive
2026-10-11 · BBC News
American ranchers wrestle with soaring costs - and their loyalty to Trump
🔮 Then in August, the Trump administration announced it would import 300,000 metric tons of duty-free foreign beef in a bid to lower consumer prices. assertive
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