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 -0.26
(leans left).
More from this journalist
Ordered by how many newsrooms covered the same event.
🔮 Former IDF reserve colonel Nochi Mendel has said he would do “exactly the same thing” again and that those killed in the World Central Kitchen (WCK) humanitarian convoy in Gaza were “not innocent”. assertive
🔮 Announced in June, Bandiana base in Wodonga will be the site of tens of millions of dollars worth of pre-positioned US weapons, munitions, fuel and vehicles, stationed for rapid deployment in the event of conflict in the Pacific. assertive
🔮 Aukus critic Paul Keating has said the submarine deal is locking Australia in to any future US conflict with China – “a war America would certainly lose” – and making Australia a target for retribution. assertive
🔮 And it is something that should never have been said.”
Bell made the remarks before question time on Tuesday as part of an opposition attack on the government over the Australian Tax Office’s decision to ban credit card payments used to pay tax bills.
Bell said millions of Australians were employed by small businesses, and would be harmed by the decision. 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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