👤 John Silvester

7 articles tracked

About this journalist

Articles
7
2026-09-18 – 2026-11-03
Claims per article
74
516 extracted in total
Hedged claims
6%
corpus average 9%
Typical length
8,385
characters
Writes for The Sydney Morning Herald.
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
57%
Politics
29%
Science
14%
Most-tagged topics
AustraliaMelbourneQueenslandASIOBrisbaneFIGGFairlaneFord

Leaning

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).

More from this journalist

Ordered by how many newsrooms covered the same event.
2026-11-03 · The Sydney Morning Herald · Politics
Ex-cops join election security flying squad in major crackdown
no other outlet in the corpus covered this
2026-10-26 · The Sydney Morning Herald · Crime & Law
‘Peddling misery’: Police chief Mike Bush unveils secret plan to attack organised crime
no other outlet in the corpus covered this
2026-10-21 · The Sydney Morning Herald · Politics
The nearly impossible job of picking up when the peculiar become pathological
no other outlet in the corpus covered this · leans left
2026-10-16 · The Sydney Morning Herald · Crime & Law
The secret confession that unravelled Melbourne’s deadly underworld web
no other outlet in the corpus covered this
2026-10-02 · The Sydney Morning Herald · Crime & Law
‘You’re right, I’m a cop. Now kill me’: The undercover officer who bluffed his way past a shotgun
no other outlet in the corpus covered this
2026-09-25 · The Sydney Morning Herald · Science
‘Everyone deserves a name’: How forensic scientists solved the 22-year mystery of ‘Alcove Man’
no other outlet in the corpus covered this

What they said would happen

2026-09-18 · The Sydney Morning Herald
Ron Crawford hired a hitman to kill his wife – and got away with it
🔮 By the time he became a parent, and as a qualified lawyer, he began asking questions his father couldn’t answer. assertive
2026-09-25 · The Sydney Morning Herald
‘Everyone deserves a name’: How forensic scientists solved the 22-year mystery of ‘Alcove Man’
🔮 The man, who for years would sweep the driveway and hang his few possessions on hooks in a small alcove protected from the street, was found dead on May 23, 2004. assertive
2026-10-02 · The Sydney Morning Herald
‘You’re right, I’m a cop. Now kill me’: The undercover officer who bluffed his way past a shotgun
🔮 A less convincing response would have led him to be searched and the discovery of the secret body wire that would confirm the truth and seal his fate. assertive
2026-10-16 · The Sydney Morning Herald
The secret confession that unravelled Melbourne’s deadly underworld web
🔮 Cox tried to book his mate into a local motel, saying the escapee couldn’t stay at his safe house because he was looking after a wounded associate. assertive
2026-10-21 · The Sydney Morning Herald
The nearly impossible job of picking up when the peculiar become pathological
🔮 Fellow swimmers respected his privacy and wouldn’t intrude with political questions. After former prime minister John Howard delivered the keynote speech at an innovation conference in the Hunter Valley he was happy to jump on the bus, grabbing any seat with his fellow guests to head back to the accommodation. assertive
2026-10-26 · The Sydney Morning Herald
‘Peddling misery’: Police chief Mike Bush unveils secret plan to attack organised crime
🔮 Chief Commissioner Mike Bush will today unveil a fresh attack on organised crime groups that he says are “peddling misery” throughout Victoria. assertive
2026-11-03 · The Sydney Morning Herald
Ex-cops join election security flying squad in major crackdown
🔮 The officers will call out intimidatory behaviour, disinformation tactics, possible dirty tricks, breaches of voters’ privacy and honest mistakes as part of a major security crackdown. The commission is concerned that with large numbers of new candidates, inexperienced polling day volunteers may accidentally breach election laws. With One Nation fielding more than 100 candidates, it is recruiting volunteers on the run, many with no election day experience. 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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