👤 Benjamin Swasey

3 articles tracked

About this journalist

Articles
3
2026-09-14 – 2026-11-04
Claims per article
21
63 extracted in total
Hedged claims
25%
corpus average 9%
Typical length
3,109
characters
Writes for NPR.
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

Politics
100%
Most-tagged topics
DemocraticAlaskaDHSDemocracy Defenders FundJustice DepartmentMissouriNPR Politics PodcastRepublican

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 -0.30 (leans left).

More from this journalist

Ordered by how many newsrooms covered the same event.
2026-10-29 · NPR · Politics
Alaska's all-important Senate race is roiled by a report on alleged spoiler candidate
22 outlets covered this event
2026-09-14 · NPR · Politics
Federal agents may have broken state laws in voter fraud hunt, whistleblower claims
5 outlets covered this event · leans left
2026-11-04 · NPR · Politics
Missouri voters turn down a Republican-backed congressional map
2 outlets covered this event · leans left

What they said would happen

2026-09-14 · NPR
Federal agents may have broken state laws in voter fraud hunt, whistleblower claims
🔮 Federal agents may have broken state laws in voter fraud hunt, whistleblower claims Federal agents may have broken state laws in a wide-ranging hunt for unlawfully registered voters, a federal whistleblower alleges. mixed
2026-10-29 · NPR
Alaska's all-important Senate race is roiled by a report on alleged spoiler candidate
🔮 Alaska's all-important Senate race is roiled by a report on alleged spoiler candidate Alaska's governor is ordering an investigation after a New York Times report on the state's toss-up U.S. Senate race, which could determine which party controls the chamber next year. mixed
2026-11-04 · NPR
Missouri voters turn down a Republican-backed congressional map
🔮 Missouri's top court ruled that the Republican-backed map could not be in effect for the midterms, and instead voters would get to decide on it. mixed
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