👤 Matt Brown

4 articles tracked

About this journalist

Articles
4
2026-09-13 – 2026-09-24
Claims per article
37
148 extracted in total
Hedged claims
9%
corpus average 9%
Typical length
6,019
characters
Writes for Toronto Star.
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

Politics
100%
Most-tagged topics
WASHINGTONBlackRepublicanAfrican AmericanAmerica VotesCongressDemocratDemocratic

Leaning

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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 -0.25 (leans left).

More from this journalist

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2026-09-24 · Toronto Star · Politics
At 10 years old, Smithsonian's Black museum is undaunted amid pressure from Trump administration
2 outlets covered this event
2026-09-19 · Toronto Star · Politics
Voting groups sound alarm on funding shortfalls that they say could affect midterm turnout
no other outlet in the corpus covered this · leans left
2026-09-15 · Toronto Star · Politics
Black Caucus launches effort to boost voting among Black, rural and young voters in midterms
no other outlet in the corpus covered this · leans left
2026-09-13 · Toronto Star · Politics
Inside a Philadelphia barbershop, Black men debate their political past and future
no other outlet in the corpus covered this · leans left

What they said would happen

2026-09-13 · Toronto Star
Inside a Philadelphia barbershop, Black men debate their political past and future
🔮 I have no idea what the various day-in-the-life needs would be of the brother who goes to the Bill Pickett rodeo in Houston, the brother that may work on a peanut farmer in Albany, Georgia, versus the brother that lives in Oakland or one who lives in Detroit and goes to work at a car factory plant,” Thompson later told The Associated Press. assertive
2026-09-15 · Toronto Star
Black Caucus launches effort to boost voting among Black, rural and young voters in midterms
🔮 The Congressional Black Caucus Institute’s “SO VOTE” campaign will seek to register and mobilize young voters, as well as voters in majority-Black and rural communities, across the South, Midwest and West. assertive
2026-09-19 · Toronto Star
Voting groups sound alarm on funding shortfalls that they say could affect midterm turnout
🔮 Several of the nation’s largest left-leaning voter engagement and racial justice organizations are facing steep funding shortfalls and staffing cutbacks just as voting is getting underway in an election that will determine control of Congress for the final two years of President Donald Trump’s term. assertive
2026-09-24 · Toronto Star
At 10 years old, Smithsonian's Black museum is undaunted amid pressure from Trump administration
🔮 But at the National Museum of African American History and Culture, which marks the 10-year anniversary of its opening on Thursday, the singing of Stevie Wonder’s “Happy Birthday” will give the event the flavor of a down-home family reunion. assertive
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