👤 Meagan O'Rourke

12 articles tracked

About this journalist

Articles
12
2026-09-04 – 2026-10-30
Claims per article
29
343 extracted in total
Hedged claims
16%
corpus average 9%
Typical length
4,439
characters
Writes for Reason.
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
58%
Education
17%
Entertainment
17%
Technology
8%
Most-tagged topics
New York CityAmericansDemocraticNew York1X Technologies'AMCAmericanAsian

Leaning

Not enough articles to place this byline.
3 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 -0.13 (centre).

More from this journalist

Ordered by how many newsrooms covered the same event.
2026-10-01 · Reason · Politics
Mamdani's Plan To Fight Antisemitism Will Fuel the NYC Nonprofit Complex
8 outlets covered this event
2026-09-17 · Reason · Education
New York Wants To Scrap Testing Requirements While School Spending Soars
3 outlets covered this event
2026-10-07 · Reason · Politics
NYC Officials Bizarrely Want To 'Save' an AMC Movie Theater From a Hospital Expansion
2 outlets covered this event · leans strongly right
2026-10-30 · Reason · Politics
NYC Looks To Scale Up Mamdani's Office of Community Safety. Minneapolis Leaders Just Voted To End Theirs.
no other outlet in the corpus covered this
2026-10-30 · Reason · Entertainment
The Devils Was Censored 55 Years Ago. Now It's Back, and Its Political Warning Still Holds.
no other outlet in the corpus covered this · leans left
2026-10-21 · Reason · Education
A Free Speech Group at Columbia Canceled an Event About Free Speech Over 'Cornell 7' Article Controversy
no other outlet in the corpus covered this

What they said would happen

2026-09-04 · Reason
Review: Outsider Art on Display at a New York City Museum
🔮 These outsider artists likely never imagined that their artworks would be displayed in a New York City museum. assertive
2026-09-12 · Reason
This California Social Media Law is a Privacy and Free Speech 'Nightmare'
🔮 The laws will impose stricter regulations on AI chatbots, a moratorium on certain AI-enabled toys, and pricey penalties on social media companies that knowingly cause harm to children. assertive
2026-09-17 · Reason
New York Wants To Scrap Testing Requirements While School Spending Soars
🔮 The Board of Regents will vote on the final changes in June. mixed
2026-09-18 · Reason
Congress Doesn't Agree on Much. Except That Your Car Needs AM Radio.
🔮 On Tuesday, the House passed the AM Radio for Every Vehicle Act, which would require the Transportation Department to issue a rule "requiring AM radio capabilities to be standard in all new passenger vehicles." assertive
2026-09-20 · Reason
AI Companies Promise Humanoid Assistants. How Will the Robots Know What To Do?
🔮 In a May post on X, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman mused that "in the long term, we imagine everyone having a personal robot doing anything they need." mixed
2026-10-01 · Reason
Mamdani's Plan To Fight Antisemitism Will Fuel the NYC Nonprofit Complex
🔮 New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani, who has faced accusations of antisemitism since his mayoral campaign, was never going to please everyone with his plan to "combat antisemitism." assertive
2026-10-07 · Reason
NYC Officials Bizarrely Want To 'Save' an AMC Movie Theater From a Hospital Expansion
🔮 Given elected officials' passion for saving this AMC, one would think the movie theater is being replaced by a drone factory or a slaughterhouse. assertive
2026-10-11 · Reason
New York's Controversial Anti-Swastika Law Turns Prosecutors Into Speech Police
🔮 The term hate crime may evoke an image of an antisemite punching a Jewish person or a racist pushing an Asian woman onto the subway tracks. assertive
2026-10-16 · Reason
Nobody Wants To Be the Pro-Tech Candidate in This New York Race That Could Flip the House
🔮 The Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) candidates running for the House of Representatives and endorsed by NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani are all but guaranteed to win their general elections this November, but that does not mean the midterm drama is over in New York. assertive
2026-10-21 · Reason
A Free Speech Group at Columbia Canceled an Event About Free Speech Over 'Cornell 7' Article Controversy
🔮 The piece argued that the discourse surrounding the alleged rape at Cornell University infantilizes women by omitting the possibility that in a post–sexual revolution, liberal society, women may make regrettable but consensual choices. assertive
2026-10-30 · Reason
The Devils Was Censored 55 Years Ago. Now It's Back, and Its Political Warning Still Holds.
🔮 Based on the film's trailer alone, one might believe that The Devils is truly about demonic forces possessing a convent of nuns. assertive
2026-10-30 · Reason
NYC Looks To Scale Up Mamdani's Office of Community Safety. Minneapolis Leaders Just Voted To End Theirs.
🔮 Another New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani campaign promise could be closer to becoming reality. mixed
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