👤 Matt Calkins

19 articles tracked

About this journalist

Articles
19
2026-09-23 – 2026-11-04
Claims per article
40
760 extracted in total
Hedged claims
6%
corpus average 9%
Typical length
4,630
characters · 2 tagged analysis
Writes for Fox News.
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

Sports
68%
Politics
16%
Economy/Business
5%
Education
5%
Other
5%
Most-tagged topics
WashingtonSeattleWNBACamasFeverInitiative 638Wash.CAMAS

Leaning

-0.04 average ± 0.31 · -0.35 median · 11 scored articles
Indistinguishable from their outlet, which averages +0.14. 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.
2026-10-03 · Fox News · Sports
Media sinks to new low by digging up tweets that got announcer fired by cowardly Blazers
3 outlets covered this event
2026-10-05 · Fox News · Economy/Business
Nike CEO may have just admitted the company went too woke as stock hits 12-year low
2 outlets covered this event · leans strongly right
2026-09-23 · Fox News · Sports
Super Bowl-winning coach reveals 'Cold War' with Broncos' Sean Payton over alleged spying | Matt Calkins
2 outlets covered this event · leans left
2026-11-04 · Fox News · Sports
Washington state voters appear to pass first-ever ballot measure separating boys and girls sports
no other outlet in the corpus covered this · leans strongly right
2026-11-03 · Fox News · Politics
Four states vote Tuesday on ballot measures that could reshape girls' and women's sports nationwide
no other outlet in the corpus covered this · leans left
2026-11-01 · Fox News · Sports
Biological male competing in girls' cross-country race denies another runner and her team a trip to state
no other outlet in the corpus covered this · leans left

What they said would happen

2026-09-23 · Fox News
Super Bowl-winning coach reveals 'Cold War' with Broncos' Sean Payton over alleged spying | Matt Calkins
🔮 He took what appeared to be a swipe at his former quarterback Russell Wilson after Jaxson Dart replaced him as the Giants' quarterback, saying "I was talking to (Giants co-owner) John Mara not too long ago I said 'we were hoping that change would've happened long after our game." Now there seems to be a petty attempt to call out cheating when no cheating took place. assertive
2026-09-24 · Fox News
Caleb Williams' repost dismissed antisemitic incident involving Dave Portnoy – and almost no one cares
🔮 Most people — including Bears quarterback Caleb Williams — probably didn't think much of it. assertive
2026-09-26 · Fox News
Record WNBA viewership proves the league's drama is driving fans to screens, not away from them | Matt Calkins
🔮 You jot down that teams regularly ban media (see: OutKick) they suspect will ask unflattering questions. assertive
2026-09-29 · Fox News
Be like Sophie Cunningham, not Chris Simms — never give in to the outrage mob
🔮 In July, Sandy Brondello, coach of the WNBA's Toronto Tempo, wanted a foul to be called on Atlanta's Angel Reese, and could be heard telling refs that Reese was a "protected species." assertive
2026-10-01 · Fox News
Players and media hate Fever fans for one simple reason: They think they're conservative
🔮 A myriad of White fans have supported the WNBA since the league's inception, and they've backed Black players like Maya Moore, Lisa Leslie and Sheryl Swoopes with the same enthusiasm as they have White players like Sue Bird, Diana Taurasi, and Lauren Jackson. assertive
2026-10-03 · Fox News
Media sinks to new low by digging up tweets that got announcer fired by cowardly Blazers
🔮 And if Bell was shamed by peers for his words at the time, it would have been justified. assertive
2026-10-05 · Fox News
Nike CEO may have just admitted the company went too woke as stock hits 12-year low
🔮 Now, it wouldn't be fair to say that any one of these campaigns sunk the swoosh's stock on their own. assertive
2026-10-09 · Fox News
New poll shows Washington state voters are ready to end boys competing in girls' sports
🔮 The people of Washington state haven't officially spoken yet, but new polling revealed what they might actually say. mixed
2026-10-16 · Fox News
WA schools chief dismisses girls' sports fairness concerns, says athletes' brains aren't fully developed
🔮 The issue at hand was Initiative 638, a Nov. 3 ballot measure in Washington that, if passed, would keep biological males out of K-12 sports. assertive
2026-10-17 · Fox News
NBA Commissioner Adam Silver blindsides Sonics faithful by floating surprise expansion alternative
🔮 This page may contain affiliate links to legal sports betting partners. assertive
2026-10-22 · Fox News
Washington high school girl walks off starting line alone in protest of trans runner, ending her season
🔮 She was the second-fastest female cross country runner on her team, and almost certainly would have advanced to regionals had she participated Wednesday. assertive
2026-10-23 · Fox News
Washington parents find their courage as girls walk off cross country course in protest of trans runner
🔮 At the heart of the rally was Initiative 638 — a Nov. 3 ballot measure in Washington state that would enforce such separation in K-12 athletics. assertive
2026-10-24 · Fox News
'Save Women’s Sports' activists ejected from NWSL match after being struck, confronted by pro-trans crowd
🔮 Sousa hoped the group could avoid ejection because soccer has no official breaks in play. assertive
2026-10-27 · Fox News
WNBA's bizarre national anthem controversy shows just how much the league needs Caitlin Clark
🔮 This page may contain affiliate links to legal sports betting partners. assertive
2026-10-28 · Fox News
MATT CALKINS: Why are flagpoles allowed at Portland Thorns games? Alleged attacks raise serious questions
🔮 The guide also says that a flagpole "cannot be used as a projectile, and must not be constructed of wood, metal or other materials that may cause harm to others." assertive
2026-10-30 · Fox News
MATT CALKINS: Megan Rapinoe defends biological males in women's sports saying sports were not meant to be fair
🔮 One could just as easily argue — or better yet, more convincingly argue — that she lacks empathy toward the women and girls who are losing competitions or sharing locker rooms with biological males. assertive
2026-11-01 · Fox News
Biological male competing in girls' cross-country race denies another runner and her team a trip to state
🔮 Camas coach Matt LeGrand — who's in an impossible position — would not comment on why. assertive
2026-11-03 · Fox News
Four states vote Tuesday on ballot measures that could reshape girls' and women's sports nationwide
🔮 Four states have measures on Tuesday's ballot that could change who gets to compete in girls' and women's sports — and, in some cases, who gets to use their locker rooms. assertive
2026-11-04 · Fox News
Washington state voters appear to pass first-ever ballot measure separating boys and girls sports
🔮 Washington state's Initiative 638, which would require K-12 athletes to compete on teams aligned with their biological sex, held a substantial lead in unofficial election returns. assertive
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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