👤 David A. Lieb

12 articles tracked

About this journalist

Articles
12
2026-09-05 – 2026-11-04
Claims per article
39
473 extracted in total
Hedged claims
11%
corpus average 9%
Typical length
5,833
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

Politics
75%
Education
17%
Environment
8%
Most-tagged topics
MissouriRepublicanRepublicansNew Yorkthe U.S. Supreme CourtCornellCornell UniversityDemocratic

Leaning

-0.30 average ± 0.19 · -0.35 median · 8 scored articles
Indistinguishable from their outlet, which averages -0.23. 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.
2026-11-04 · The Independent · Politics
Voters deliver fresh abortion wins and deal sharp blow to Trump agenda across 145 state ballot measures
39 outlets covered this event · leans left
2026-11-03 · Toronto Star · Politics
Trump’s agenda meets the ballot box as states vote on abortion, redistricting and voter ID mandates
39 outlets covered this event · leans left
2026-09-30 · The Independent · Education
How an outdated New York rape loophole blocked charges in a Cornell fraternity assault case
30 outlets covered this event · leans left
2026-09-30 · Toronto Star · Education
Cornell rape allegations lead to renewed scrutiny of laws on intoxication and consent
30 outlets covered this event
2026-09-27 · The Independent · Environment
One dead as nor’easter hammers East Coast with more flooding and wind
20 outlets covered this event
2026-09-25 · Toronto Star · Politics
Supreme Court rejects a Trump-backed Missouri congressional map for the third time
15 outlets covered this event · leans left

What they said would happen

2026-09-05 · Toronto Star
Missouri asks US Supreme Court to allow use of new Trump-backed congressional districts in midterms
🔮 Backers of the referendum have said a statewide vote would give the state’s residents a voice in the process. assertive
2026-09-22 · Toronto Star
Appeals court favors Trump-backed Missouri congressional map, but Supreme Court will have final say
🔮 To revert to its prior districts for the general election would violate the U.S. Constitution, the appeals judges said. assertive
2026-09-22 · Toronto Star
A third US Supreme Court showdown looms over Missouri’s shifting congressional map
🔮 A third decision from the nation’s top court could finally put the dispute to rest and provide some certainty for more than a million potential voters who have been shuffled back and forth between districts, causing confusion about which candidates will be on their ballots. assertive
2026-09-25 · Toronto Star
Supreme Court rejects a Trump-backed Missouri congressional map for the third time
🔮 The justices halted a federal appeals court ruling that would have revived the Republican-friendly map for the November elections, which will determine control of Congress. assertive
2026-09-27 · The Independent
One dead as nor’easter hammers East Coast with more flooding and wind
🔮 Meteorologists warned that conditions would not improve immediately. assertive
2026-09-30 · Toronto Star
Cornell rape allegations lead to renewed scrutiny of laws on intoxication and consent
🔮 Van Houten said that in her sworn statement to campus police in 2024, the woman didn’t allege that she became intoxicated against her will, or was physically forced into sex or was unconscious when it happened. assertive
2026-09-30 · The Independent
How an outdated New York rape loophole blocked charges in a Cornell fraternity assault case
🔮 Because the victim voluntarily drank alcohol before the assault and was conscious, the prosecutor stated that criminal charges could not be supported. assertive
2026-10-01 · Toronto Star
A high-stakes fight for state political power heats up, with Trump's agenda on the line
🔮 Political power in legislatures and governors’ offices is at stake in the November elections in more than one-third of the states, creating down-ballot drama in the midterms that could have significant implications for President Donald Trump’s agenda. mixed
2026-10-06 · Toronto Star
Tennessee Republicans consider more execution options after Christa Pike lethal injection fails
🔮 He said Saturday the commissioner of the Department of Correction will step down. assertive
2026-10-25 · Toronto Star
Massachusetts and Idaho put guns on the ballot. One seeks to restrict them, the other to honor them
🔮 Parked in his truck along a rural Idaho highway on his way to an elk hunt, Neill Goodfellow pondered a question that will appear on his November ballot: which of six historic firearms to choose as the official state gun? Goodfellow is going to vote for the M1 Garand, a semiautomatic rifle widely carried by U.S. troops in World War II. assertive
2026-11-03 · Toronto Star
Trump’s agenda meets the ballot box as states vote on abortion, redistricting and voter ID mandates
🔮 A battle over abortion rights is playing out in several states Tuesday as voters decide 145 proposed laws and constitutional amendments, including some that could affect voting for future elections. assertive
2026-11-04 · The Independent
Voters deliver fresh abortion wins and deal sharp blow to Trump agenda across 145 state ballot measures
🔮 Voters in Missouri stand by abortion rights, defeating a GOP-backed amendment to reinstate restrictions Missouri voters have rejected a constitutional amendment that would have tightened abortion rules across most of the state. The result on Tuesday reaffirms the choice the state's voters made two years ago, when they became the first in the nation to undo an existing abortion ban by approving an abortion-rights amendment. assertive
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