👤 Matthew Perrone

8 articles tracked

About this journalist

Articles
8
2026-09-18 – 2026-10-28
Claims per article
29
231 extracted in total
Hedged claims
10%
corpus average 9%
Typical length
4,796
characters
Writes for The Independent, Toronto Star.
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

Health
50%
Politics
50%
Most-tagged topics
WASHINGTONFDADefenseHealthPentagonThe Food and Drug AdministrationU.S.Americans

Leaning

Not enough articles to place this byline.
5 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 -0.23 (leans left).

More from this journalist

Ordered by how many newsrooms covered the same event.
2026-10-28 · Toronto Star · Politics
FDA scientists opposed the Trump administration's move to ease peptides access
11 outlets covered this event · leans left
2026-09-18 · Toronto Star · Politics
The Pentagon is moving forward with mandatory testosterone testing for most male troops
8 outlets covered this event
2026-09-18 · The Independent · Politics
Pentagon reissues testosterone guidance for troops after pulling it and removing female hormone tips
8 outlets covered this event · leans right
2026-10-02 · Toronto Star · Health
Cyclospora found at Mexican farm linked to lettuce outbreak, FDA says
4 outlets covered this event
2026-09-24 · Toronto Star · Politics
Senators to question FDA nominee about her views on abortion pill and vaccines
4 outlets covered this event · leans right
2026-10-08 · Toronto Star · Health
FDA says its safety review of abortion pill will continue into next year
3 outlets covered this event

What they said would happen

2026-09-18 · The Independent
Pentagon reissues testosterone guidance for troops after pulling it and removing female hormone tips
🔮 The new clinical guidance, released late Thursday, outlines how this program will function. assertive
2026-09-18 · Toronto Star
The Pentagon is moving forward with mandatory testosterone testing for most male troops
🔮 The new clinical guidance, released late Thursday, outlines how the program would work. assertive
2026-09-19 · Toronto Star
Telehealth companies keep exposing their customers' medical data. What should they do?
🔮 Your data may be shared with advertisers, social media companies and others Americans often assume that any personal health information they share is protected by HIPAA, the federal privacy law that governs the handling of medical information. assertive
2026-09-24 · Toronto Star
Senators to question FDA nominee about her views on abortion pill and vaccines
🔮 WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s nominee to take over the Food and Drug Administration is set to answer questions Thursday, with Senate lawmakers likely to focus on her plans for vaccines, the abortion pill and other products that have come under new scrutiny at the regulatory agency. assertive
2026-10-06 · The Independent
RFK Jr.'s embrace of AI confounds some MAHA allies and medical experts
🔮 At a MAHA summit featuring AI and Silicon Valley executives, Kennedy declared that the technology would free Americans from “medical tyranny” by allowing them to “fact check their own medical advice.” assertive
2026-10-08 · Toronto Star
FDA says its safety review of abortion pill will continue into next year
🔮 The Food and Drug Administration says its ongoing safety review of the nation’s main abortion pill will continue into next year, a timeline that was quickly condemned by abortion opponents hoping to see the drug’s use curtailed. assertive
2026-10-28 · Toronto Star
FDA scientists opposed the Trump administration's move to ease peptides access
🔮 The effort on peptides, driven by Kennedy’s Department of Health and Human Services, faced overwhelming pushback among FDA drug staffers who warned it could undermine the agency’s longstanding mission of keeping unproven health products off the U.S. market, according to the people familiar with its development. assertive
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