👤 Julie Watts

4 articles tracked

About this journalist

Articles
4
2026-08-18 – 2026-10-23
Claims per article
115
459 extracted in total
Hedged claims
7%
corpus average 9%
Typical length
15,216
characters
Writes for CBS News.
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
50%
Crime & Law
25%
Economy/Business
25%
Most-tagged topics
CaliforniaCBS CaliforniaCBS California InvestigatesKPMGAssembly Bill 1608California High-Speed RailFolsomHigh-Speed Rail

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 -0.13 (centre).

More from this journalist

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2026-10-09 · CBS News · Politics
California high-speed rail consultants billed taxpayers for late-night rides
2 outlets covered this event
2026-10-23 · CBS News · Economy/Business
Did High-Speed Rail help consultants "manipulate" a bid to win a lucrative contract?
no other outlet in the corpus covered this · leans left
2026-08-21 · CBS News · Crime & Law
She was a California comeback story, serving juvenile probation in a UC Davis dorm for killing a teen, when arrested again
no other outlet in the corpus covered this
2026-08-18 · CBS News · Politics
Newsom may veto bill giving California high-speed rail watchdog more power, sources say
no other outlet in the corpus covered this · leans left

What they said would happen

2026-08-18 · CBS News
Newsom may veto bill giving California high-speed rail watchdog more power, sources say
🔮 That's the part that would give the inspector general the purchase authority and job classifications he says he needs to hold the High-Speed Rail Authority accountable. assertive
2026-08-21 · CBS News
She was a California comeback story, serving juvenile probation in a UC Davis dorm for killing a teen, when arrested again
🔮 This is the first story to publish from that reporting; more will follow as records are received. assertive
2026-10-09 · CBS News
California high-speed rail consultants billed taxpayers for late-night rides
🔮 The inspector general also found that the High-Speed Rail Authority often couldn't show it had evaluated the business need or cost of trips before approving expenses. But the inspector general found that the High-Speed Rail Authority frequently couldn't demonstrate that it had evaluated the business need or cost of the trips before approving the expenses. assertive
2026-10-23 · CBS News
Did High-Speed Rail help consultants "manipulate" a bid to win a lucrative contract?
🔮 "KPMG's bid in December 2024 detailed the people who would work on the engagement, their job classifications aligned to the state's definitions, and the associated billing rate for each person. 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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