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%
Health
17%
Politics
17%
World
17%
Most-tagged topics
JapanJapaneseNHKTokyoBBCChibaHealthKumamoto
Leaning
Not enough articles to place this byline.
2 scored articles;
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.
🔮 The deluge comes after a series of storms swept through Japan and neighbouring countries this week, in what meteorologists forecast to be an unusually active typhoon season. assertive
🔮 - Published
Shoko Kawata, Japan's first mayor to take maternity leave, has been named one of the 100 most influential rising stars by TIME Magazine. assertive
🔮 "I am deeply disappointed by the same kinds of government comments we have been hearing for decades -- that they will protest or that they take the matter seriously. assertive
Forward-looking sentences extracted from their articles, oldest first.
Nothing here checks whether any of it turned out to be right.