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.
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 -0.27
(leans left).
More from this journalist
Ordered by how many newsrooms covered the same event.
2026-10-18 · The Sydney Morning Herald
· Economy/Business
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Forward-looking sentences extracted from their articles, oldest first.
Nothing here checks whether any of it turned out to be right.