👤 Connor Sheets

1 articles tracked

About this journalist

Articles
1
2026-09-06 – 2026-09-06
Claims per article
17
17 extracted in total
Hedged claims
6%
corpus average 9%
Typical length
3,923
characters
Writes for Los Angeles Times.
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
100%
Most-tagged topics
DOJLos Angeles CountyThe Sheriff’s DepartmentThe U.S. Department of Justicethe Second Amendment

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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).

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2026-09-06 · Los Angeles Times · Crime & Law
Feds settle lawsuit with L.A. County Sheriff's Department over concealed firearm permits
no other outlet in the corpus covered this · leans right

What they said would happen

2026-09-06 · Los Angeles Times
Feds settle lawsuit with L.A. County Sheriff's Department over concealed firearm permits
🔮 The Sheriff’s Department will “bring its procedures in line with the Supreme Court’s landmark Bruen decision,” the DOJ said in a statement Thursday, referring to a 2022 high court decision affirming a constitutional right to carry a handgun in public for self-defense. Excessively delaying applications for concealed carry permits, the DOJ had alleged, effectively violated the applicants’ constitutional rights. In response to its lawsuit, the DOJ’s statement said, the Sheriff’s Department “drastically cut those waiting times and is now in compliance with statutory deadlines.” assertive
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