👤 Mark Hertling

14 articles tracked

About this journalist

Articles
14
2026-08-27 – 2026-11-02
Claims per article
50
694 extracted in total
Hedged claims
8%
corpus average 9%
Typical length
7,343
characters
Writes for The Bulwark.
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
71%
World
14%
Economy/Business
7%
Technology
7%
Most-tagged topics
IranAmericanSaudi ArabiaUkraineHouthisRussiaSaudiBulwark

Leaning

-0.24 average ± 0.23 · -0.35 median · 10 scored articles
Indistinguishable from their outlet, which averages -0.38. 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.
2026-10-20 · The Bulwark · Politics
Siding With Russia Is a Double Betrayal
27 outlets covered this event · leans strongly left
2026-09-12 · The Bulwark · Politics
Command Post: Saudi Arabia’s Oil Pipeline Hit With Multiple Attacks
22 outlets covered this event · leans right
2026-09-19 · The Bulwark · Technology
America Nearly Made a Catastrophic Mistake With China | Command Post
7 outlets covered this event · leans left
2026-11-02 · The Bulwark · Politics
Command Post: Tucker Carlson Says Trump is Considering a Nuclear Attack on Iran
6 outlets covered this event · leans left
2026-09-17 · The Bulwark · Economy/Business
The True Costs of the Iran War
6 outlets covered this event
2026-08-27 · The Bulwark · Politics
Inside Ukraine’s Breakthrough Missile Deal
6 outlets covered this event

What they said would happen

2026-08-27 · The Bulwark
Inside Ukraine’s Breakthrough Missile Deal
🔮 He also brought a remarkable announcement: Britain will share classified technical information that Ukraine needs to eventually assemble the Storm Shadow long-range stealthy cruise missile (called SCALP in the French version). assertive
2026-09-12 · The Bulwark
Command Post: Saudi Arabia’s Oil Pipeline Hit With Multiple Attacks
🔮 Mark explains why Iran and the Houthis appear to have the initiative, why the U.S. is increasingly responding rather than setting the terms of the conflict, and how Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Pakistan and NATO could become entangled as the war continues to expand. assertive
2026-09-16 · The Bulwark
The Iran War Is Moving Too Fast for Washington to Keep Up
🔮 FOR DECADES, THE SECURITY architecture of the Persian Gulf rested on an assumption: When the gravest regional threats emerged, the United States would be the power around which its partners organized. assertive
2026-09-19 · The Bulwark
America Nearly Made a Catastrophic Mistake With China | Command Post
🔮 They also examine reports that the Pentagon may be undercounting U.S. military deaths in the Middle East, as well as the growing cost of the Iran war. assertive
2026-09-23 · The Bulwark
Why Saudi Arabia’s Houthi Problem Is Our Problem, Too
🔮 Saudi Arabia also has a separate National Guard that itself represents a substantial ground force, also equipped with some of the best military equipment America and Europe would sell them. assertive
2026-10-09 · The Bulwark
If You Think You Know How the Iran War Ends, Think Again
🔮 The unequivocalness of the president’s prediction—made months into a war he repeatedly said would last only days—set off alarm bells in my head. assertive
2026-10-14 · The Bulwark
America Is Making Its Own Problems Worse
🔮 It might be good to look at the overlap of these issues. assertive
2026-10-19 · The Bulwark
George Washington’s Legacy of Religious Freedom Is Under Threat in the Military
🔮 They offered something orders, operational plans, and military briefings could never provide: compassion in the face of unbearable loss. assertive
2026-10-20 · The Bulwark
Siding With Russia Is a Double Betrayal
🔮 He repeated his argument: “I am in the process of negotiating Peace in the war between Russia and Ukraine, and don’t want to do anything that will drive, foolishly, Russia away from the bargaining table. assertive
2026-10-28 · The Bulwark
America’s Other Middle East War
🔮 That is true, but nothing close to the whole truth, and so misleading that I worry it may cause some Americans—including policymakers—to arrive at unrealistic and dangerous conclusions about what kind of threat the Houthis pose to American interests and what American policy toward them should be. assertive
2026-11-02 · The Bulwark
The Trump Administration Wanted to Remake American Culture. Now Americans Get Their Say.
🔮 After a disconcerting soliloquy about prison rape and child abuse, Miller promised that “children will be taught to love America, children will be taught to be patriots. assertive
2026-11-02 · The Bulwark
Command Post: Tucker Carlson Says Trump is Considering a Nuclear Attack on Iran
🔮 A recording from The Bulwark’s live video Ben Parker and Lt. Gen. Mark Hertling (Ret.) break down Tucker Carlson’s alarming claims that the Trump administration could be preparing a nuclear strike on Iran. mixed
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