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.
4 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 +0.02
(centre).
More from this journalist
Ordered by how many newsrooms covered the same event.
🔮 While there were initial claims the blockade could last for days, the crowd dispersed at around midday, with officers escorting people to a railway station. assertive
🔮 Yet knowing the obliging former Manchester mayor as we do, it is possible to imagine he was more effusive in his gratitude than Downing Street’s pedestrian account of the call suggests. assertive
🔮 Nobody will be too surprised to learn that Sir Nick Clegg, tech multi-millionaire, found himself standing alone at a party in Madrid last weekend. 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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