👤 James LaPorta

8 articles tracked

About this journalist

Articles
8
2026-08-26 – 2026-11-03
Claims per article
21
167 extracted in total
Hedged claims
14%
corpus average 9%
Typical length
3,461
characters
Writes for CBS 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

Politics
88%
Crime & Law
12%
Most-tagged topics
U.S.CBS NewsIranIranianMoscowPentagonRussiaRussian

Leaning

Not enough articles to place this byline.
4 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 -0.13 (centre).

More from this journalist

Ordered by how many newsrooms covered the same event.
2026-09-10 · CBS News · Politics
Multiple U.S. military aircraft damaged in Iranian strikes on base in Jordan, sources say
32 outlets covered this event
2026-11-03 · CBS News · Politics
U.S. strikes Iranian targets
18 outlets covered this event · centre
2026-10-30 · CBS News · Politics
Disclosure of fired general's polygraph may have violated privacy laws
14 outlets covered this event
2026-09-05 · CBS News · Crime & Law
Top military officials faced polygraphs over leaks on munitions, sources say
8 outlets covered this event · leans right
2026-08-27 · CBS News · Politics
During secretive trip, CIA chief warned Russia not to attack NATO
6 outlets covered this event · leans right
2026-08-26 · CBS News · Politics
Russia says CIA chief met intel counterparts on secretive Moscow visit
6 outlets covered this event · leans left

What they said would happen

2026-08-26 · CBS News
Russia says CIA chief met intel counterparts on secretive Moscow visit
🔮 Peskov told reporters Putin was briefed on the talks, but he said it was too soon to predict whether the intelligence officials' meeting might help get bilateral U.S.-Russian relations out of what he called a "deep crisis" more than four and a half years into Russia's war on Ukraine. assertive
2026-08-27 · CBS News
During secretive trip, CIA chief warned Russia not to attack NATO
🔮 The purpose of CIA Director John Ratcliffe's visit to Moscow this week was to warn Russia not to attack NATO member states, according to multiple people familiar with the matter, amid U.S. intelligence assessments that Russia could try to test NATO. assertive
2026-09-05 · CBS News
Top military officials faced polygraphs over leaks on munitions, sources say
🔮 A very small set of people had access to the classified details on the munitions, and there was concern about whether anyone could potentially be acting as a foreign intelligence asset, one of the sources said. assertive
2026-09-10 · CBS News
Multiple U.S. military aircraft damaged in Iranian strikes on base in Jordan, sources say
🔮 President Trump said Wednesday that Iran is desperate to affect the midterm elections and mused that the war would end right afterward. assertive
2026-09-17 · CBS News
Iran downed at least 2 American drones in recent days, U.S. officials say
🔮 If the aircraft were the Air Force's older MQ-1 Predators that have largely been retired, the loss of two would equate to roughly $8 million total. mixed
2026-10-20 · CBS News
Hegseth meets Netanyahu ahead of elections, possible Iran war restart
🔮 Last month, Trump envoy Jared Kushner the upcoming Israeli elections may have delayed progress in Gaza, saying at a conference in Kyiv: "They just have a crazy election, and that makes them a little irrational in certain regards." assertive
2026-10-30 · CBS News
Disclosure of fired general's polygraph may have violated privacy laws
🔮 Some attorneys say the disclosure could run afoul of the Privacy Act of 1974, which generally prohibits federal agencies from releasing personal information maintained in certain government records without the individual's consent or other legal authorization. assertive
2026-11-03 · CBS News
U.S. strikes Iranian targets
🔮 This is a breaking story; it will be updated. assertive
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