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.
6 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 -0.19
(centre).
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Ordered by how many newsrooms covered the same event.
🔮 After months of covert attacks and sabotage across the continent, leaders are warning that Moscow may be about to grow bolder as it seeks to sow chaos and intimidate allies of Ukraine. assertive
🔮 On Friday, Maksim Modin, mayor of the Shelekhov municipal district near the border with Mongolia, said that the inpatient facility where the worker is said to have been treated had been closed for quarantine. assertive
🔮 Facing pressure from President Donald Trump to halt strikes on Russia’s energy industry, Kyiv and its backers have worried Washington could cut off battlefield support to try and force it into concessions at the negotiating table. assertive
🔮 Ukrainian military officials were told by their U.S. counterparts that “if you will not stop [the energy strikes], we will block intelligence,” Zelenskyy said, according to FT, although it was subsequently presented to Kyiv as a technical glitch. assertive
🔮 President Donald Trump has labeled Ukraine’s resumption of strikes on Russian oil refineries a “disgrace,” the latest salvo in his campaign to pressure the U.S. ally over rising gas prices that could cost Republicans in next month’s Midterm elections. assertive
🔮 U.S. envoys were expected to meet with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Norway on Tuesday, as Kyiv scrambles to respond to an American pressure campaign that has been allied with moves aimed at courting the Kremlin. assertive
🔮 Washington has courted the Kremlin for weeks, and the release of Hubbard — a retired schoolteacher detained in Ukraine in 2022 — will give President Donald Trump a victory to tout after backlash at home and abroad for his tilt away from Ukraine. assertive
🔮 Witkoff thanked Putin for freeing Hubbard during their on-camera talks, and Putin said the American was at St. Petersburg’s Pulkovo Airport, suggesting his return to the U.S. could be imminent. assertive
🔮 The agreement between Ukraine and Russia would “temporarily stop all military action in Oleshky to allow for humanitarian aid to enter and to prepare a civilian evacuation through a designated safe passageway,” according to a statement released Friday. assertive
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