👤 Dan Barker

8 articles tracked

About this journalist

Articles
8
2026-09-22 – 2026-10-16
Claims per article
22
180 extracted in total
Hedged claims
7%
corpus average 9%
Typical length
3,648
characters
Writes for Daily Mail.
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
38%
Crime & Law
12%
Entertainment
12%
Environment
12%
Health
12%
Technology
12%
Most-tagged topics
ScotlandGlasgowNHSPolice ScotlandSNPAmericanBBCBanffshire

Leaning

Not enough articles to place this byline.
2 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 +0.01 (centre).

More from this journalist

Ordered by how many newsrooms covered the same event.
2026-10-15 · Daily Mail · Environment
Search called off for two missing fishermen after tragedy off Isle of Lewis
3 outlets covered this event
2026-10-16 · Daily Mail · Crime & Law
Rapist police sergeant jailed for 12 years after preying on two women
2 outlets covered this event
2026-09-28 · Daily Mail · Politics
Nurses 'abandoned' by union bosses, Sandie Peggie trans row tribunal told
2 outlets covered this event
2026-09-22 · Daily Mail · Technology
Google Maps blunder causes a traffic jam - in a single-track country lane
2 outlets covered this event
2026-10-14 · Daily Mail · Politics
Burnham pledge to help young Scots back into work
no other outlet in the corpus covered this · leans left
2026-10-08 · Daily Mail · Politics
Stephen Flynn WAS told of ferry gas leak before shambolic
denials to MSPs
no other outlet in the corpus covered this · leans right

What they said would happen

2026-09-22 · Daily Mail
Google Maps blunder causes a traffic jam - in a single-track country lane
🔮 The influx of traffic turned journeys that would normally take only a few minutes into ordeals lasting almost an hour. assertive
2026-09-28 · Daily Mail
Nurses 'abandoned' by union bosses, Sandie Peggie trans row tribunal told
🔮 It came after in May 2024 she called the paedophile patient ‘mister’, for which she was given a written warning for. assertive
2026-10-02 · Daily Mail
Master of horror Stephen King digs deep to ease small Scottish football club's cash nightmare
🔮 We don’t want to disclose the sum but it is a nice little figure that will keep us going.’ assertive
2026-10-08 · Daily Mail
Scots face delays getting flu jabs after problems hit paid-for vaccine supplies
🔮 However, thousands of Scots ineligible for the taxpayer-funded inoculation, and willing to spend anywhere from £20 for the shot, are likely to be affected. assertive
2026-10-08 · Daily Mail
Stephen Flynn WAS told of ferry gas leak before shambolic
denials to MSPs
🔮 The Transport Secretary was quizzed by the transport committee about a potentially explosive incident on board MV Glen Sannox – but denied any knowledge. However, emails released on Thursday under freedom of information revealed Mr Flynn was sent updates in advance by officials, who warned he may be asked about the leak. The SNP minister found himself the subject of ridicule over his performance before the committee last month. assertive
2026-10-14 · Daily Mail
Burnham pledge to help young Scots back into work
🔮 Andy Burnham will pledge to help the army of young people on the jobs scrapheap in his first speech in Scotland as Prime Minister – while signalling a ‘more pragmatic’ approach to North Sea drilling. assertive
2026-10-15 · Daily Mail
Search called off for two missing fishermen after tragedy off Isle of Lewis
🔮 Douglas Craigie's body was found near Port Ness after failing to return to port Norman Murray, 40, is still missing at sea Murdo Morrison, 23, has yet to be found Mr Craigie, 49, who was the skipper of the boat, died just days before his 50th birthday, which he would have celebrated on Thursday. assertive
2026-10-16 · Daily Mail
Rapist police sergeant jailed for 12 years after preying on two women
🔮 He said they had shown ‘remarkable courage’ during court proceedings, and added: ‘I hope that the resolution of these proceedings today may close a chapter in their lives and allow each of them to move on in the process of the recovery.’ assertive
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