👤 Barbara Yaffe

1 articles tracked

About this journalist

Articles
1
2026-10-17 – 2026-10-17
Claims per article
32
32 extracted in total
Hedged claims
12%
corpus average 9%
Typical length
4,633
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
AlbertaAlbertansB.C.CanadaQuebec

Leaning

Not enough articles to place this byline.
1 scored article; 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).

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2026-10-17 · Toronto Star · Politics
Why a booming Alberta's discontent mostly confounds the rest of Canada
no other outlet in the corpus covered this · leans strongly left

What they said would happen

2026-10-17 · Toronto Star
Why a booming Alberta's discontent mostly confounds the rest of Canada
🔮 Ontario is well positioned to insulate itself from potential geographical problems that would result from Alberta or Quebec opting to quit the federation; Canada’s most populous province does not have to fret about getting cut off from the rest of the country. assertive
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