👤 David McKenna

2 articles tracked

About this journalist

Articles
2
2026-08-06 – 2026-10-05
Claims per article
38
77 extracted in total
Hedged claims
5%
corpus average 9%
Typical length
4,858
characters
Writes for BBC News.
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

Crime & Law
50%
Sports
50%
Most-tagged topics
EnglandEnglishHullHull Crown CourtLegacy Independent Funeral DirectorsLincolnLincoln Citythe Football Black List

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 -0.15 (centre).

More from this journalist

Ordered by how many newsrooms covered the same event.
2026-10-05 · BBC News · Sports
How Keith Alexander blazed a trail for black football managers
no other outlet in the corpus covered this
2026-08-06 · BBC News · Crime & Law
Families' anger at jailed funeral boss's apology letter
no other outlet in the corpus covered this · leans right

What they said would happen

2026-08-06 · BBC News
Families' anger at jailed funeral boss's apology letter
🔮 This story contains details some might find distressing. assertive
2026-10-05 · BBC News
How Keith Alexander blazed a trail for black football managers
🔮 "When we see a number of black British or black managers in the Premier League, we should pause and remember Keith's contribution, because it would have played its part, one hundred per cent. 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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