👤 Aaron MacLean

24 articles tracked

About this journalist

Articles
24
2026-08-25 – 2026-11-03
Claims per article
7
170 extracted in total
Hedged claims
9%
corpus average 9%
Typical length
1,077
characters · 2 tagged analysis
Writes for The Free Press.
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
83%
World
8%
Health
4%
Technology
4%
Most-tagged topics
AmericaRussiaThe Free PressIranChinaIsraelPentagonUkraine

Leaning

+0.20 average ± 0.26 · +0.35 median · 11 scored articles
Indistinguishable from their outlet, which averages -0.04. 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.
2026-09-11 · The Free Press · Politics
‘We Are Going to War’: H.R. McMaster Remembers 9/11
35 outlets covered this event
2026-10-08 · The Free Press · Health
What Happened Inside Russia’s Plague Lab?
28 outlets covered this event
2026-08-26 · The Free Press · Politics
The Tantric War
12 outlets covered this event · leans strongly right
2026-11-03 · The Free Press · Politics
Israel’s Fight in the North
no other outlet in the corpus covered this
2026-10-30 · The Free Press · Politics
How Trump Can Fight Iran After the Midterms
no other outlet in the corpus covered this · leans right
2026-10-29 · The Free Press · Politics
Why Another Iran Strike Looks Inevitable
no other outlet in the corpus covered this · leans right

What they said would happen

2026-08-26 · The Free Press
The Tantric War
🔮 From “a whole civilization will die tonight” in April to “economic D-Day” this week, strategic climaxes are promised, but ever deferred. mixed
2026-09-08 · The Free Press
Ten-Minute Warning: The Hypersonic Threat
🔮 A Chinese hypersonic missile targeting either U.S. coast would leave room for “about 10 minutes of warning time.” assertive
2026-09-22 · The Free Press
The Middle East After America?
🔮 Could Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, and Turkey form a “Muslim NATO?” assertive
2026-09-23 · The Free Press
Drones, Sensors, and Satellite Imagery: The Baltics Prepare for War with Russia
🔮 VILNIUS, Lithuania—I’m sitting on a park bench with the commander of the Lithuanian army, Nerijus Stankevičius, talking about the day Russia will attack his country. assertive
2026-09-30 · The Free Press
The Strait of Hormuz Is Open
🔮 While much could still happen to disrupt America’s progress in the war, the Iran strategy being pursued by the Donald Trump administration has given it the upper hand over Tehran. assertive
2026-10-06 · The Free Press
Michael Oren: October 7 and the Cost of Defending Israel
🔮 Today, Oren joins School of War to discuss Israel’s “80 perce… Preview Michael Oren: October 7 and the Cost of Defending Israel The former Israeli ambassador on Israel’s deepening domestic divide, and why no Israeli government will bring the troops home from Gaza, Lebanon, or Syria. Continue Reading The Free Press To support our journalism, and unlock all of our investigative stories and provocative commentary about the world as it actually is, subscribe below. assertive
2026-10-08 · The Free Press
What Happened Inside Russia’s Plague Lab?
🔮 After a mysterious plague death in Siberia, former arms control envoy Marshall Billingslea explains what Russia could be building, how it might use it, and why China is following suit. assertive
2026-10-13 · The Free Press
When, Not If: The Baltics Prepare for War
🔮 Putin could take Lithuania’s capital if he achieved surprise, the nation’s army commander told Aaron MacLean. mixed
2026-10-14 · The Free Press
Trump’s Disastrous Diesel Deal
🔮 At times, the president has shown leadership and political resolve in the face of these increases, making the case that they are a price worth paying if it means Iran will never have a nuclear weapon. And then there are moments like the present. assertive
2026-10-20 · The Free Press
Is Trump Getting Ready to Trade Ukraine for Iran?
🔮 The immediate goals of this alignment certainly look like they are to lower prices by allowing the purchase of Russian fuel (or at least look like every effort to reduce prices is being made before the midterms) and to pressure the Ukrainians into a peace deal—on terms that Kyiv would consider a surrender. assertive
2026-10-27 · The Free Press
What Israel’s Election Is Really About, with Haviv Rettig Gur
🔮 From Zionism’s origins as a rescue project… Preview What Israel’s Election Is Really About, with Haviv Rettig Gur Would a new prime minister change Israel’s approach to its enemies? assertive
2026-10-29 · The Free Press
Why Another Iran Strike Looks Inevitable
🔮 Will Iran cost Republicans the midterms? assertive
2026-10-30 · The Free Press
How Trump Can Fight Iran After the Midterms
🔮 By my count, he will have five, which is more than he has now, given the risk that a significant military escalation today would spook the financial markets and harm Republican candidates next Tuesday. assertive
Forward-looking sentences extracted from their articles, oldest first. Nothing here checks whether any of it turned out to be right.
💬Give feedback · no sign-in needed

No sign-in needed for now. Your note is sent without a name, so it cannot be answered.

🕘History 🎫Support