The Aporia · Karen McVeigh

Articles

2

2026-09-11 – 2026-10-19

Claims per article

26

52 extracted in total

Hedged claims

4%

corpus average 9%

Typical length

4,377

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.

Environment

50%

Health

50%

Most-tagged topics

GambiaLongyearbyenNorwaySomaliaSvalbardThe United NationsUNFPAUnicef

Not enough articles to place this byline.

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).

Ordered by how many newsrooms covered the same event.

2026-10-19 · The Guardian · Environment

Tap water no longer drinkable in Norwegian town as climate-related thawing releases heavy metals

no other outlet in the corpus covered this · leans left

2026-09-11 · The Guardian · Health

$15m fund launched to create ‘unstoppable momentum’ to end FGM worldwide

no other outlet in the corpus covered this

2026-09-11 · The Guardian

$15m fund launched to create ‘unstoppable momentum’ to end FGM worldwide

🔮 Ifrah Ahmed, a Somali-Irish activist and survivor of FGM who set up the Ifrah Foundation to end practice in Somalia, where it is nearly universal, said: “By giving $14m, the global fund will ensure activists can continue their work in this area.” assertive

2026-10-19 · The Guardian

Tap water no longer drinkable in Norwegian town as climate-related thawing releases heavy metals

🔮 The mayor of Longyearbyen, Terje Aunevik, said that while drinking water quality had never been good, due to sediment, the manganese levels had “gone ballistic”. assertive

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