👤 John Besley

8 articles tracked

About this journalist

Articles
8
2026-09-19 – 2026-11-01
Claims per article
20
160 extracted in total
Hedged claims
18%
corpus average 9%
Typical length
2,785
characters · 1 tagged analysis
Writes for Evening Standard.
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

Entertainment
50%
Crime & Law
25%
Politics
25%
Most-tagged topics
BBCFBIJessie MayLondonMet PolicePhilippinesThe Sunthe Mail on Sunday

Leaning

None of these articles has a leaning score yet.

More from this journalist

Ordered by how many newsrooms covered the same event.
2026-10-25 · Evening Standard · Crime & Law
Thomas Markle Sr says he has paid for sex but denies child abuse allegations
16 outlets covered this event
2026-10-25 · Evening Standard · Crime & Law
Thomas Markle Sr says he has paid for sex but denies child abuse allegations
16 outlets covered this event
2026-09-20 · Evening Standard · Politics
Earl Spencer says press treatment of the Sussexes ‘echoes’ Diana
8 outlets covered this event
2026-11-01 · Evening Standard · Politics
Former chancellor Rachel Reeves says Brexit made UK ‘poorer, weaker’
4 outlets covered this event
2026-09-19 · Evening Standard · Entertainment
John Torode says MasterChef dismissal left him ‘devastated’
2 outlets covered this event
2026-10-03 · Evening Standard · Entertainment
Tom Cruise surprises British man who raised money with extreme challenges
no other outlet in the corpus covered this

What they said would happen

2026-09-19 · Evening Standard
Craig Revel Horwood: I spoke to Ann Widdecombe days before her ‘terrible’ death
🔮 “I literally spoke to her six days before she died, because she asked me to do a charity gig for her because she couldn’t make it, and I said, ‘Yeah, that’s absolutely fine’,” he told the paper. assertive
2026-09-19 · Evening Standard
John Torode says MasterChef dismissal left him ‘devastated’
🔮 “To get embroiled in further conflict would only do damage,” he said. assertive
2026-09-20 · Evening Standard
Earl Spencer says press treatment of the Sussexes ‘echoes’ Diana
🔮 In an interview with the BBC, set to be aired on Sunday evening, the earl described the press’s coverage of Harry and Meghan as having a “cancerous influence”, adding it would be “beholden on people to learn from Diana’s example”. assertive
2026-10-03 · Evening Standard
Tom Cruise surprises British man who raised money with extreme challenges
🔮 Lloyd Kembrey, a facilities manager at the University of Bristol, took on the challenges to fundraise for children’s hospice charity Jessie May. mixed
2026-10-03 · Evening Standard
Tom Cruise surprises British man who raised money with extreme challenges
🔮 Lloyd Kembrey, a facilities manager at the University of Bristol, took on the challenges to fundraise for children’s hospice charity Jessie May. assertive
2026-10-25 · Evening Standard
Thomas Markle Sr says he has paid for sex but denies child abuse allegations
🔮 I am not well enough to go to the Philippines but I will speak to anyone who wants to talk to me. mixed
2026-10-25 · Evening Standard
Thomas Markle Sr says he has paid for sex but denies child abuse allegations
🔮 I am not well enough to go to the Philippines but I will speak to anyone who wants to talk to me. mixed
2026-11-01 · Evening Standard
Former chancellor Rachel Reeves says Brexit made UK ‘poorer, weaker’
🔮 Mr Burnham wants to lock in deals on food and drink, emissions trading and a youth mobility scheme at a summit with the bloc next month, but told ministers that the period beyond that would be to “explore options” for the long-term relationship. assertive
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