👤 John Leicester

9 articles tracked

About this journalist

Articles
9
2026-09-26 – 2026-10-25
Claims per article
32
289 extracted in total
Hedged claims
8%
corpus average 9%
Typical length
4,588
characters
Writes for The Independent, Toronto Star.
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

Education
44%
Politics
33%
Economy/Business
11%
Entertainment
11%
Most-tagged topics
FranceFrenchPARISParisAlbaniaCNEWSTiranathe French Revolution

Leaning

Not enough articles to place this byline.
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 -0.23 (leans left).

More from this journalist

Ordered by how many newsrooms covered the same event.
2026-10-16 · Toronto Star · Politics
Policing of France's school protests clouds Macron's final months and sparks uproar
29 outlets covered this event · leans left
2026-10-04 · Toronto Star · Education
What to expect this week from school protests rattling France's government
20 outlets covered this event · leans left
2026-10-02 · Toronto Star · Education
What to know as France school protests morph into unrest and the streets are seething
20 outlets covered this event · leans left
2026-10-08 · Toronto Star · Education
Gruesome injuries throw spotlight on France's policing of high school protests
12 outlets covered this event · leans strongly left
2026-10-14 · The Independent · Education
Greta Thunberg joins French teens protesting over run-down schools: ‘Whole world watching with awe’
5 outlets covered this event · leans left
2026-10-25 · Toronto Star · Politics
French TV channels scramble to apologize after airing Albanian protests as Paris and Lyon
2 outlets covered this event

What they said would happen

2026-09-26 · The Independent
Chicago-born Pope Leo offers wry response on whether he’s behind ‘miracle’ White Sox playoff return
🔮 Could divine intervention from Pope Leo XIV have played a role in the Chicago White Sox’s unexpected postseason return? assertive
2026-09-27 · Toronto Star
Crunch time: Fuel price spike squeezes French baguette bakers as heating oil costs soar
🔮 France’s government is trying to help, but it may not be enough assertive
2026-10-02 · Toronto Star
What to know as France school protests morph into unrest and the streets are seething
🔮 When the summer vacation ended and the new term started just a month ago, few could have imagined that the academic year would so quickly descend into nationwide student protests — and turmoil. assertive
2026-10-04 · Toronto Star
What to expect this week from school protests rattling France's government
🔮 A key question is whether violence on the margins of the demonstrations will worsen, blurring the lines between protest and rioting, and whether Macron’s government will ratchet up the already muscular response by police. assertive
2026-10-08 · Toronto Star
Gruesome injuries throw spotlight on France's policing of high school protests
🔮 Lawyers and researchers who study French policing caution that the muscular response could spawn disillusioned young adults soured on the Republic and its promises of “ Liberty, Equality, Fraternity. ” assertive
2026-10-14 · The Independent
Greta Thunberg joins French teens protesting over run-down schools: ‘Whole world watching with awe’
🔮 “Even though these local issues are different and may vary, we have the same enemy and I definitely think that these movements are inspiring each other.” assertive
2026-10-16 · Toronto Star
Policing of France's school protests clouds Macron's final months and sparks uproar
🔮 The mayhem of recent weeks — with mass arrests and hundreds of injured — has sparked an uproar in a country steeped in a centuries-old culture of protest. assertive
2026-10-25 · The Independent
French TV channels scramble to apologize after airing Albanian protests as Paris and Lyon
🔮 A commentator speaking over the CNEWS broadcast alleged they were “behaving like future vandals, like future rioters," suggesting that the Paris demonstration could turn violent, even though the images were from Albania. assertive
2026-10-25 · Toronto Star
French TV channels scramble to apologize after airing Albanian protests as Paris and Lyon
🔮 A commentator speaking over the CNEWS broadcast alleged they were “behaving like future vandals, like future rioters,” suggesting that the Paris demonstration could turn violent, even though the images were from Albania. assertive
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