The Aporia · David Smith in Dallas

Articles

3

2026-09-10 – 2026-09-11

Claims per article

57

172 extracted in total

Hedged claims

6%

corpus average 9%

Typical length

6,833

characters

Writes for The Guardian.

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.

Politics

100%

Most-tagged topics

DallasDemocratsRepublicansAmericaChinaIranNorth KoreaRepublican

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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 -0.12 (centre).

Ordered by how many newsrooms covered the same event.

2026-09-11 · The Guardian · Politics

‘I’m on the ticket’: Trump implores Republicans to vote in November at unusual midterm convention

26 outlets covered this event · leans strongly right

2026-09-10 · The Guardian · Politics

As the midterms loom, Trump returns to his happy place: on stage in the theatre of the absurd

26 outlets covered this event · leans left

2026-09-11 · The Guardian · Politics

James Talarico accuses Ken Paxton of ‘ignoring’ Epstein survivors

no other outlet in the corpus covered this

2026-09-10 · US news | The Guardian

As the midterms loom, Trump returns to his happy place: on stage in the theatre of the absurd

🔮 Kim Il-sung of North Korea reportedly sought transfusions of blood from young men; Mao Zedong of China believed sex with young women could prolong his life; Muammar Gaddafi underwent fat injections and hair transplantation to make himself look younger. assertive

2026-09-11 · US news | The Guardian

‘I’m on the ticket’: Trump implores Republicans to vote in November at unusual midterm convention

🔮 Sweeping losses for the Republican party could effectively turn Trump into a lame duck for his final two years in the White House. assertive

2026-09-11 · US news | The Guardian

James Talarico accuses Ken Paxton of ‘ignoring’ Epstein survivors

🔮 Democrats have made it clear in recent days that highlighting Trump’s longtime friendship with Epstein, a convicted sex offender, will be part of their strategy ahead of the midterms, and Talarico sought to loop Paxton into the attack. assertive

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