👤 Charles Oliver

34 articles tracked

About this journalist

Articles
34
2026-08-24 – 2026-11-03
Claims per article
6
200 extracted in total
Hedged claims
18%
corpus average 9%
Typical length
913
characters
Writes for Reason.
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

Crime & Law
50%
Politics
35%
Education
9%
Economy/Business
3%
Environment
3%
Most-tagged topics
CaliforniaFlockPennsylvaniaAlabamaAmericanAssemblyAustraliaBerlin

Leaning

-0.04 average ± 0.17 · -0.25 median · 19 scored articles
Indistinguishable from their outlet, which averages -0.12. On this many articles the difference between the two is inside the margin. Leaning rates the writing, not the subject. How it is scored.

More from this journalist

Ordered by how many newsrooms covered the same event.
2026-11-03 · Reason · Politics
Giorgia-Meloni-Italy-money
no other outlet in the corpus covered this · leans right
2026-11-02 · Reason · Politics
Brickbat: Redeverbot
no other outlet in the corpus covered this
2026-10-30 · Reason · Politics
Brickbat: Home Sweet Chicago
no other outlet in the corpus covered this
2026-10-29 · Reason · Crime & Law
Brickbats: November 2026
no other outlet in the corpus covered this
2026-10-29 · Reason · Politics
Brickbat: Turkish Banned
no other outlet in the corpus covered this · leans right
2026-10-28 · Reason · Politics
Brickbat: The Perils of Posting
no other outlet in the corpus covered this · leans right

What they said would happen

2026-08-26 · Reason
Brickbat: Swing and a Miss
🔮 The man, who wasn't named, was later released with no further action because investigators could not prove he intended to use the bat as a weapon. mixed
2026-08-27 · Reason
Brickbat: The Streets of San Francisco
🔮 They also impounded his vehicle and later auctioned it off when he could not afford the fines to recover it. mixed
2026-08-31 · Reason
Brickbat: Burning Rubber
🔮 The California Energy Commission (CEC) unanimously approved new tire-efficiency rules that are expected to ban about 70 percent of the replacement tires currently sold in California by 2033. mixed
2026-09-04 · Reason
Brickbat: Duck and Cover
🔮 A member of the Comanchero outlaw motorcycle gang from Port Willunga, South Australia, has been arrested and charged with breaching a firearms prohibition order and being unlawfully present at a shooting gallery. assertive
2026-09-10 · Reason
Brickbat: Clean Break
🔮 Officials from the Department of Labor and Industries received a complaint claiming the volunteers are not handling the dangerous items safely and could be exposed to blood-borne diseases or other risks. mixed
2026-09-14 · Reason
Brickbat: Keeping the Peace
🔮 Immigrant-owned small businesses in East Harlem that spoke out against Mayor Zohran Mamdani's plan for city-owned supermarkets say they are suddenly receiving more New York City sanitation fines than normal, and some believe it is retaliation. mixed
2026-09-15 · Reason
Brickbat: E.U. Blues
🔮 The companies will face greater transparency requirements and government oversight. assertive
2026-09-17 · Reason
Brickbat: Swing, Swing
🔮 The girls, along with several other children, twisted the swing's chains so it would spin them around, and the swing eventually broke. assertive
2026-09-18 · Reason
Brickbat: Testing Our Patience
🔮 Education Department officials say they withheld the test results to protect student privacy and prevent the release of information that could identify individual students, but critics argue that the privacy explanation is a cover for hiding how poorly many public schools are performing. mixed
2026-09-22 · Reason
Brickbat: Unclipped
🔮 The bureaucrats suggested that full hearing videos and transcripts should instead be made available, potentially with comments disabled, so the public could see the complete context. mixed
2026-09-29 · Reason
Brickbat: Evidence Is Overrated
🔮 Stephens replied that he would have sued, to which Bell replied that qualified immunity would have protected him. assertive
2026-09-30 · Reason
Brickbat: Bad Dog
🔮 Body camera footage shows that officers apparently did not consider that Page might be experiencing a medical emergency, despite his confused behavior and difficulty following commands. assertive
2026-10-13 · Reason
Brickbat: Paying the Piper
🔮 Supporters say the program will help struggling newsrooms survive. mixed
2026-10-16 · Reason
Brickbat: Penalty for Posting
🔮 Four police officers woke and arrested Will Fraser, a 15-year-old Reform U.K. activist, at his Walsall home. assertive
2026-10-29 · Reason
Brickbat: Turkish Banned
🔮 The seizure came as Halk TV was covering corruption allegations involving figures linked to President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's ruling party and the trial of imprisoned Istanbul Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu. assertive
2026-10-29 · Reason
Brickbats: November 2026
🔮 Opponents in the restaurant industry argued the plan would hurt businesses, since most fast-food sales come through drive-thrus, while disadvantaging large families, the elderly, and people with disabilities. mixed
2026-10-30 · Reason
Brickbat: Home Sweet Chicago
🔮 Chicago taxpayers will pay at least $472.8 million to defend and settle lawsuits connected to former Chicago Police detective Reynaldo Guevara, who has been accused of falsifying police reports, framing suspects, and forcing witnesses to identify innocent people as criminals. assertive
2026-11-02 · Reason
Brickbat: Redeverbot
🔮 Speaking at an event in Berlin, Merz was asked about whether informants and journalistic sources may sometimes need to remain anonymous. mixed
2026-11-03 · Reason
Giorgia-Meloni-Italy-money
🔮 The tax would apply to investment gains that have accumulated but have not yet been realized through a sale, provided the individual lived in Italy for at least six of the previous 10 years. mixed
Forward-looking sentences extracted from their articles, oldest first. Nothing here checks whether any of it turned out to be right.
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