👤 Patrick Whittle

10 articles tracked

About this journalist

Articles
10
2026-09-18 – 2026-10-22
Claims per article
28
285 extracted in total
Hedged claims
6%
corpus average 9%
Typical length
4,191
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

Politics
80%
Environment
20%
Most-tagged topics
MaineRepublicanSenatePORTLANDAlaskaCaliforniaCanadaDemocratic

Leaning

Not enough articles to place this byline.
6 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.
2026-10-16 · Toronto Star · Politics
Troy Jackson tells Susan Collins to 'shut up' during heated Maine Senate debate
7 outlets covered this event
2026-10-21 · Toronto Star · Politics
Maine Sen. Collins enlists ex-Democratic colleague Manchin in effort to highlight her independence
4 outlets covered this event · leans left
2026-09-19 · The Independent · Environment
Humpback whale spotted in California river, traveling 60 miles from Pacific Ocean
4 outlets covered this event
2026-09-18 · Toronto Star · Environment
A humpback whale was spotted in a California river, 60 miles from its Pacific Ocean home
4 outlets covered this event
2026-10-14 · Toronto Star · Politics
Supreme Court declines to hear the case of a lobster fisherman who opposes boat tracking
2 outlets covered this event · leans right
2026-10-02 · The Independent · Politics
Trump tried to make an ally out of fishermen. Some have started to turn on him
2 outlets covered this event · leans left

What they said would happen

2026-09-27 · Toronto Star
Supreme Court vote shadows Maine Sen. Susan Collins in her first bid after abortion rights decision
🔮 For years, Planned Parenthood’s endorsement of Susan Collins was enough to persuade Erin Evans to vote for Maine’s longtime U.S. senator, believing that the moderate Republican would protect abortion access. assertive
2026-10-02 · Toronto Star
Trump tried to make an ally out of fishermen. Some have started to turn on him
🔮 John Evich, a commercial fisherman in Washington and Alaska, has voted for President Donald Trump three times, viewing him as someone who would fight for his industry. assertive
2026-10-02 · Toronto Star
How Jon Ossoff and Susan Collins are turning a mundane part of their jobs into a reelection pitch
🔮 “Just about every week, I dial up Georgia mayors and pastors and farmers to find out how I can help,” Ossoff said at a recent campaign rally for his reelection bid against Republican Rep. Mike Collins. assertive
2026-10-02 · The Independent
Trump tried to make an ally out of fishermen. Some have started to turn on him
🔮 John Evich, a commercial fisherman in Washington and Alaska, has voted for President Donald Trump three times, viewing him as someone who would fight for his industry. But these days, Evich is weary of the high cost of doing business at sea, with fuel prices rising and trade hostilities with Canada jeopardizing markets for the crabs that he pulls off the ocean floor. “If somebody came along that was going to do a better job, I would vote for them in a heartbeat,” he said. assertive
2026-10-14 · Toronto Star
Supreme Court declines to hear the case of a lobster fisherman who opposes boat tracking
🔮 Maine lobster fisherman Frank Thompson sued after his state began requiring all federally permitted lobstermen to install GPS trackers on their boats to collect data that will help manage the industry. assertive
2026-10-21 · Toronto Star
Maine Sen. Collins enlists ex-Democratic colleague Manchin in effort to highlight her independence
🔮 Manchin said to lose Collins would be “to lose the soul of the Senate.” assertive
2026-10-22 · The Independent
Susan Collins condemns ‘freak’ ad attacking Troy Jackson family in Maine Senate battle
🔮 Writing in an op-ed Wednesday, Lana Pelletier, Jackson's partner, criticized the ad and wider family attacks by Collins and her supporters, saying she never expected they "would stoop this low." "Sen. Collins has been quick to demand respect and decency for herself. assertive
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