The Aporia · Kate Connolly in Berlin

Articles

7

2026-09-06 – 2026-10-14

Claims per article

34

236 extracted in total

Hedged claims

8%

corpus average 9%

Typical length

5,063

characters · 1 tagged analysis

Writes for The Guardian.

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.

Politics

86%

Sports

14%

Most-tagged topics

GermanyAfDGermanCDUBerlinSaxony-AnhaltAlternative für DeutschlandBSW

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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 -0.26 (leans left).

Ordered by how many newsrooms covered the same event.

2026-09-06 · The Guardian · Politics

Far-right AfD wins key German state election but falls just short of majority

31 outlets covered this event

2026-09-06 · The Guardian · Politics

Far-right AfD predicted to win big in crucial German state election

31 outlets covered this event · leans left

2026-09-21 · The Guardian · Politics

German chancellor meets CDU leaders to shore up support after more defeats

20 outlets covered this event · leans left

2026-10-14 · The Guardian · Politics

Ukrainian soldier to go on trial over sabotage of Nord Stream gas pipelines

8 outlets covered this event

2026-10-06 · The Guardian · Politics

State parliament elects Germany’s first far-right speaker since second world war

4 outlets covered this event · leans right

2026-10-01 · The Guardian · Sports

Jürgen Klopp disgusted by claims his Germany team are ‘not white enough’

no other outlet in the corpus covered this · leans strongly left

2026-09-06 · The Guardian

Far-right AfD predicted to win big in crucial German state election

🔮 Polls have opened in the east German state of Saxony-Anhalt, where the populist, far-right, anti-immigration Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) is predicted to emerge on top in an election that could have a groundbreaking effect on Germany’s political landscape. assertive

2026-09-06 · The Guardian

Far-right AfD wins key German state election but falls just short of majority

🔮 Siegmund, 35, said it would not engage in “games” such as a minority government. assertive

2026-09-21 · The Guardian

German chancellor meets CDU leaders to shore up support after more defeats

🔮 Merz, who has vowed his fractious coalition government will plough ahead with an unpopular reform agenda, held an early meeting in Berlin with the Christian Democratic Union (CDU)’s leadership on Monday. assertive

2026-09-24 · The Guardian

Elif Eralp: ‘Germany’s Zohran Mamdani’ who vows to be a mayor for all Berliners

🔮 Elif Eralp launched her election bid last autumn with the blunt statement: “People like me are actually not supposed to become mayor in this country.” assertive

2026-10-01 · The Guardian

Jürgen Klopp disgusted by claims his Germany team are ‘not white enough’

🔮 “The world could learn a thing or two from a sports changing room … assertive

2026-10-06 · The Guardian

State parliament elects Germany’s first far-right speaker since second world war

🔮 Five politicians from the BSW, a small leftwing party that echoes the AfD’s stances on Russia and immigration, had already said they would vote for Rausch. assertive

2026-10-14 · The Guardian

Ukrainian soldier to go on trial over sabotage of Nord Stream gas pipelines

🔮 Kuznetsov, who will be identified in the trial opening on Wednesday just as Serhii K due to German privacy laws, was referenced by his full name in an extradition order. assertive

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👤 Kate Connolly in Berlin

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