👤 Sam Mcneil

6 articles tracked

About this journalist

Articles
6
2026-09-22 – 2026-10-13
Claims per article
29
173 extracted in total
Hedged claims
9%
corpus average 9%
Typical length
4,496
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
67%
Economy/Business
33%
Most-tagged topics
BRUSSELSEuropeanChinaAmericanBeijingCeutaChineseEuropean Union

Leaning

Not enough articles to place this byline.
5 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

Ordered by how many newsrooms covered the same event.
2026-10-13 · Toronto Star · Politics
Why Saudi Arabia has struggled to defend itself against the Houthis' recent attacks
27 outlets covered this event · leans left
2026-10-08 · Toronto Star · Politics
EU sends envoy to Beijing as rising exports from China raise economic anxiety
11 outlets covered this event · leans right
2026-10-01 · Toronto Star · Politics
EU officials meet to strengthen border agency as activists sue over alleged migrant abuses
4 outlets covered this event · leans right
2026-09-22 · Toronto Star · Economy/Business
European Union strikes a new free trade deal with the Philippines
2 outlets covered this event
2026-09-29 · Toronto Star · Politics
EU nations seek energy alternatives after spending over $113 billion extra since Iran war began
no other outlet in the corpus covered this · leans left
2026-09-25 · Toronto Star · Economy/Business
Europe uses subsidies, taxes and policy pauses to offset pain of high fuel prices
no other outlet in the corpus covered this · leans left

What they said would happen

2026-09-25 · Toronto Star
Europe uses subsidies, taxes and policy pauses to offset pain of high fuel prices
🔮 BRUSSELS (AP) — Wars in the Middle East and Ukraine are driving governments across Europe to craft subsidies, taxes and policy revisions that might shield their economies, companies and increasingly aggrieved citizens from record gasoline and diesel prices. assertive
2026-10-01 · Toronto Star
EU officials meet to strengthen border agency as activists sue over alleged migrant abuses
🔮 Magnus Brunner said he would call for a vast expansion of Frontex, including new powers, more funding and a larger workforce. assertive
2026-10-08 · Toronto Star
EU sends envoy to Beijing as rising exports from China raise economic anxiety
🔮 Despite the seeming European unity this week, it remains unclear what the EU can or is willing to do. assertive
2026-10-13 · Toronto Star
Why Saudi Arabia has struggled to defend itself against the Houthis' recent attacks
🔮 As Saudi Arabia investigates how its air defenses failed to stop the Houthis’ attacks, it must also consider how to respond and what the rebels might do next. 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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