👤 Michael Ruffles

4 articles tracked

About this journalist

Articles
4
2026-09-24 – 2026-10-31
Claims per article
44
175 extracted in total
Hedged claims
4%
corpus average 9%
Typical length
5,745
characters
Writes for The Sydney Morning Herald.
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

Entertainment
50%
Environment
25%
Politics
25%
Most-tagged topics
SydneyBeachwatchFranceIllawarraItalyMSC Yacht ClubMaltaMyanmar

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 -0.27 (leans left).

More from this journalist

Ordered by how many newsrooms covered the same event.
2026-09-24 · The Sydney Morning Herald · Environment
Take the plunge in Avalon, keep your mouth closed in Coogee: The quality of Sydney’s beaches mapped
2 outlets covered this event
2026-10-31 · The Sydney Morning Herald · Entertainment
When it came to my first cruise, I started at the top
no other outlet in the corpus covered this
2026-10-24 · The Sydney Morning Herald · Entertainment
Billionaires, immortality and barbecues: Sci-fi author ready for arrival at Powerhouse
no other outlet in the corpus covered this · leans left
2026-09-26 · The Sydney Morning Herald · Politics
Meet the beauty queen turned freedom fighter who made her home in Australia
no other outlet in the corpus covered this · leans left

What they said would happen

2026-09-24 · The Sydney Morning Herald
Take the plunge in Avalon, keep your mouth closed in Coogee: The quality of Sydney’s beaches mapped
🔮 This will come as no surprise to those who venture to such places to walk their dogs but keep their toes dry. assertive
2026-09-26 · The Sydney Morning Herald
Meet the beauty queen turned freedom fighter who made her home in Australia
🔮 While she was stunned by the coup, what she couldn’t stomach most was the army’s “bullying”. assertive
2026-10-24 · The Sydney Morning Herald
Billionaires, immortality and barbecues: Sci-fi author ready for arrival at Powerhouse
🔮 Chiang will give a keynote address on November 8 about billionaires and capitalism and whether immortality can be pursued ethically. assertive
2026-10-31 · The Sydney Morning Herald
When it came to my first cruise, I started at the top
🔮 The giant cruise terminal is dwarfed by one of the world’s largest passenger ships, which, for the next week, will be my luxury home as we drift around the Mediterranean via France, Italy and Malta. 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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