👤 James FitzGerald

5 articles tracked

About this journalist

Articles
5
2026-10-06 – 2026-10-29
Claims per article
33
167 extracted in total
Hedged claims
10%
corpus average 9%
Typical length
4,520
characters
Writes for BBC News.
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
80%
Crime & Law
20%
Most-tagged topics
AlbertaAlbertansCanadaOttawaSenateAlaskaAmericansBBC

Leaning

Not enough articles to place this byline.
1 scored article; 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 -0.17 (centre).

More from this journalist

Ordered by how many newsrooms covered the same event.
2026-10-13 · BBC News · Crime & Law
US emergency call records reveal confusion after failed execution of Christa Pike
31 outlets covered this event
2026-10-29 · BBC News · Politics
Alaska governor orders probe into Democratic campaign's alleged links to same-name candidate
22 outlets covered this event
2026-10-20 · BBC News · Politics
Alberta votes overwhelmingly to remain part of Canada
19 outlets covered this event
2026-10-19 · BBC News · Politics
Alberta heads to polls to decide whether to hold vote on separation from Canada
19 outlets covered this event
2026-10-06 · BBC News · Politics
A simple guide to the US midterms
no other outlet in the corpus covered this · leans right

What they said would happen

2026-10-06 · BBC News
A simple guide to the US midterms
🔮 - Published There are four weeks to go until the US midterm elections, when voters take part in a ballot that could have a major impact on the rest of Donald Trump's presidency. assertive
2026-10-13 · BBC News
US emergency call records reveal confusion after failed execution of Christa Pike
🔮 The confusion appears to have been compounded by other prison staff, from the institution's central command, who said at 21:07 that they "would have been the ones to call in" and that they "did not make that call". assertive
2026-10-19 · BBC News
Alberta heads to polls to decide whether to hold vote on separation from Canada
🔮 Polls have suggested that the majority of Albertans would vote to remain in Canada, though the pre-vote debate alone has proven divisive. assertive
2026-10-20 · BBC News
Alberta votes overwhelmingly to remain part of Canada
🔮 Smith herself opposed the separatist push but said the public will for a vote was undeniable. assertive
2026-10-29 · BBC News
Alaska governor orders probe into Democratic campaign's alleged links to same-name candidate
🔮 The ballot paper is set to list the two men as Dan S Sullivan, who will be described as the incumbent Republican senator, and Daniel J Sullivan Jr. Senator assertive
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