👤 Tom Perkins

8 articles tracked

About this journalist

Articles
8
2026-09-18 – 2026-11-03
Claims per article
40
324 extracted in total
Hedged claims
7%
corpus average 9%
Typical length
6,385
characters
Writes for The Guardian.
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

Environment
25%
Health
25%
Politics
25%
Economy/Business
12%
Technology
12%
Most-tagged topics
EPAPfasAmazonAnn ArborBayerBrown UniversityBrown’s School of Public HealthCitizens United

Leaning

Not enough articles to place this byline.
7 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 -0.32 (leans left).

More from this journalist

Ordered by how many newsrooms covered the same event.
2026-11-03 · The Guardian · Politics
Citizen-led ballot initiatives seek to limit electricity firms’ political donations in Michigan
no other outlet in the corpus covered this · leans strongly left
2026-10-29 · The Guardian · Politics
Minnesota officials surveilled activists urging closure of waste incinerator, emails show
no other outlet in the corpus covered this · leans left
2026-10-25 · The Guardian · Technology
US military gives Elon Musk’s SpaceX access to sensitive tracking data
no other outlet in the corpus covered this · leans strongly left
2026-10-18 · The Guardian · Environment
EPA quietly backtracks on claims US has phased out toxic Pfas compounds
no other outlet in the corpus covered this · leans strongly left
2026-09-27 · The Guardian · Environment
Datacenter developers accused of skirting key US pollution rules
no other outlet in the corpus covered this · leans strongly left
2026-09-26 · The Guardian · Health
New research finds 485 chemicals in US pesticide products linked to breast cancer
no other outlet in the corpus covered this · leans strongly left

What they said would happen

2026-09-18 · The Guardian
US veterans have greater levels of Pfas in their blood than civilians, new study finds
🔮 “There is some amount of urgency here, and my hope is that this might accelerate the conversations that the government might have about providing [Pfas health monitoring] to all veterans,” said Christian Hoover , a study co-author and a pre-doctoral fellow in epidemiology at Brown’s School of Public Health. assertive
2026-09-20 · The Guardian
US environment agency let Bayer pick regulations for destructive weedkiller, documents show
🔮 “[Companies] are permitted to submit mitigation ideas that preserve their product’s utility, and EPA also will independently develop its own proposed mitigations. assertive
2026-09-26 · The Guardian
New research finds 485 chemicals in US pesticide products linked to breast cancer
🔮 The study identified 16 pesticides that are not listed under Prop 65, and the authors say adding these chemicals could discourage companies from using them. assertive
2026-09-27 · The Guardian
Datacenter developers accused of skirting key US pollution rules
🔮 The overall project would have released enough pollution to trigger a major review. assertive
2026-10-18 · The Guardian
EPA quietly backtracks on claims US has phased out toxic Pfas compounds
🔮 It now reads: “Quantities of Pfoa may be produced, imported, and used by companies … assertive
2026-10-25 · The Guardian
US military gives Elon Musk’s SpaceX access to sensitive tracking data
🔮 The defense department has now granted SpaceX access to its most precise data on potential collisions among satellites and other space objects, which will give Musk’s companies an advantage over competition that offers a similar service. assertive
2026-10-29 · The Guardian
Minnesota officials surveilled activists urging closure of waste incinerator, emails show
🔮 He said the environmental groups screen for potential county or industry employees, and greet people who they do not know, so they would have noticed Vital’s name had it been displayed. assertive
2026-11-03 · The Guardian
Citizen-led ballot initiatives seek to limit electricity firms’ political donations in Michigan
🔮 On Tuesday, voters statewide will consider a nation-leading ban on political donations by the state’s deeply unpopular regulated utilities. assertive
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