The Aporia · Matthew Brown

Articles

6

2026-09-17 – 2026-10-27

Claims per article

17

103 extracted in total

Hedged claims

7%

corpus average 9%

Typical length

2,674

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.

Crime & Law

33%

Environment

33%

Other

17%

Politics

17%

Most-tagged topics

Supreme Courtthe Endangered Species Actthe Fish and Wildlife ServiceBILLINGSBlackCHEYENNEChinaCongress

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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 -0.23 (leans left).

Ordered by how many newsrooms covered the same event.

2026-10-27 · The Independent · Politics

Trump plans to loosen restrictions on methane emissions from oil drilling

10 outlets covered this event · leans left

2026-09-28 · Toronto Star · Crime & Law

Man ordered released on bail after decades on Utah’s death row after DNA tests show no match to him

6 outlets covered this event

2026-09-18 · The Independent · Environment

Trump opens loophole allowing companies to kill endangered animals

6 outlets covered this event

2026-09-17 · Toronto Star · Environment

Trump administration allows inadvertent killing of endangered species

6 outlets covered this event

2026-10-13 · Toronto Star · Crime & Law

A Wyoming grad student who allegedly poisoned a colleague has been arrested fleeing to China

5 outlets covered this event

2026-10-03 · Toronto Star · Other

Mormon leader decries explosion in sports gambling, prediction markets

no other outlet in the corpus covered this

2026-09-17 · Toronto Star

Trump administration allows inadvertent killing of endangered species

🔮 BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Inadvertently killing endangered animals while logging a forest or building a dam would no longer be considered illegal under a new interpretation of the Endangered Species Act by federal officials, marking a sea change by President Donald Trump’s administration in how the landmark environmental law is enforced. assertive

2026-09-18 · The Independent

Trump opens loophole allowing companies to kill endangered animals

🔮 Unintentionally killing protected animals during logging or dam construction will no longer be considered illegal under a revised federal interpretation of the Endangered Species Act, marking a major policy shift under President Donald Trump’s administration. assertive

2026-09-28 · Toronto Star

Man ordered released on bail after decades on Utah’s death row after DNA tests show no match to him

🔮 Defense attorney Neal Hamilton said Carter will be placed in an extended stay accommodation near the family of his son, who was adopted by another family as an infant and didn’t learn about the conviction until years later. assertive

2026-10-27 · The Independent

Trump plans to loosen restrictions on methane emissions from oil drilling

🔮 President Donald Trump is expected to announce plans Tuesday to loosen a Biden-era rule that aimed to reduce planet-warming emissions of methane from oil and gas drilling. assertive

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