👤 Phil Helsel

12 articles tracked

About this journalist

Articles
12
2026-08-18 – 2026-10-31
Claims per article
25
296 extracted in total
Hedged claims
9%
corpus average 9%
Typical length
3,102
characters
Writes for NBC 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

Crime & Law
33%
Entertainment
33%
Politics
17%
Education
8%
Health
8%
Most-tagged topics
FloridaLas VegasMassachusettsU.S.AlaskaAmericaArmyBend

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 -0.19 (centre).

More from this journalist

Ordered by how many newsrooms covered the same event.
2026-09-21 · NBC News · Entertainment
Patrick Clancy talks about grief, forgiveness and the future with ‘60 Minutes’ after Lindsay Clancy mistrial
14 outlets covered this event
2026-10-06 · NBC News · Crime & Law
U.S. resident charged with helping Canadian school shooter in rampage that killed 8
12 outlets covered this event
2026-10-29 · NBC News · Crime & Law
Manhunt grows for escaped murderer who may have left area where truck was ditched
10 outlets covered this event
2026-09-22 · NBC News · Crime & Law
‘Looksmaxxing’ influencer Clavicular charged with rape in Massachusetts
10 outlets covered this event
2026-10-15 · NBC News · Crime & Law
Four years after discovery, remains found in a barrel in Lake Mead identified as those of 1980s murder victim
6 outlets covered this event
2026-10-31 · NBC News · Education
‘It all happened so fast,’ Oregon educator who confronted school shooter says
4 outlets covered this event

What they said would happen

2026-08-18 · NBC News
Newborn with heart condition at center of surrogacy legal fight has surgery
🔮 He alleged that the biological parents might refuse to provide the baby with lifesaving care — which the parents have denied. mixed
2026-09-17 · NBC News
Here’s who will be on ‘SNL’ when Season 52 starts next week
🔮 Saidah Belo-Osagie and Grace Reiter will join the sketch comedy show as featured players when it resumes next weekend, “SNL” announced Wednesday. assertive
2026-09-20 · NBC News
New Found Glory founder and guitarist Chad Gilbert dead at 45
🔮 The pop punk band is behind hits such as “My Friends Over You,” “Vicious Love,” “Stay Awhile” and “Ready and Willing.” assertive
2026-09-21 · NBC News
Patrick Clancy talks about grief, forgiveness and the future with ‘60 Minutes’ after Lindsay Clancy mistrial
🔮 “I think I did the best I could with what I had at the time,” he said in an interview with CBS’ “60 Minutes” that aired Sunday. assertive
2026-09-22 · NBC News
‘Looksmaxxing’ influencer Clavicular charged with rape in Massachusetts
🔮 The charges were filed Sept. 8, and the alleged offenses occurred May 23, 2025, the records indicate. mixed
2026-10-06 · NBC News
U.S. resident charged with helping Canadian school shooter in rampage that killed 8
🔮 At another point, Bryant tells Van Rootselaar, “if you are uncertain, maybe take it as a sign.” assertive
2026-10-16 · NBC News
Four years after discovery, remains found in a barrel in Lake Mead identified as those of 1980s murder victim
🔮 The discovery of the body, and Las Vegas’ history, prompted speculation that organized crime may have been involved. “At this point in our investigation, we don’t have any information to support those theories,” Las Vegas Metropolitan Police homicide Lt. Robert Price said at a news conference. assertive
2026-10-29 · NBC News
Manhunt grows for escaped murderer who may have left area where truck was ditched
🔮 “There’s really nowhere for him to go here where he wouldn’t be recognized. assertive
2026-10-31 · NBC News
‘It all happened so fast,’ Oregon educator who confronted school shooter says
🔮 The educator as a hero for throwing a cell phone at a teenage gunman in a deadly attack on a Bend, Oregon, elementary school said Friday that “the pain of this loss I will carry with me forever.” assertive
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