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.
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 -0.19
(centre).
More from this journalist
Ordered by how many newsrooms covered the same event.
🔮 Mining for critical minerals in the Congo could help protect Africa’s great rainforest by creating new economic opportunities and giving countries in the region greater power over the value of their natural resources, the former environment minister of Gabon – a country 90 per cent covered by the rainforest - has told The Independent. mixed
🔮 A month on from Nepal’s devastating floods, the disaster looks set to pile billions of pounds onto the country’s national debt burden – as experts warn it could become the latest country to face a huge debt bill from a climate crisis it has done little to cause. assertive
🔮 She assumed her symptoms would soon ease, but she instead developed a blood clot in her right leg due to the prolonged period of dehydration and physical exhaustion. assertive
🔮 Fires are surging across Africa’s tropical forests – raising fears that the Congo’s forests could suffer the same fate as the Amazon and Indonesia, where deforestation and fires are driving up carbon emissions. mixed
🔮 Environmental and human rights abuses in supply chains are costing the UK billions each year, a new report from the Fabian Society has found – as pressure grows on the government to introduce legislation that would both bolster supply chain security and boost the UK’s impact on the world in the wake of foreign aid cuts. 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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