👤 Barry O'Connor

5 articles tracked

About this journalist

Articles
5
2026-10-07 – 2026-10-30
Claims per article
28
142 extracted in total
Hedged claims
6%
corpus average 9%
Typical length
4,343
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%
Entertainment
20%
Most-tagged topics
DUPNorthern IrelandOrange OrderSinn FéinBBC Radio Ulster'sDublinGazaGlasgow

Leaning

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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.
2026-10-26 · BBC News · Entertainment
Macklemore begins Free Palestine tour after Ed Sheeran fallout
5 outlets covered this event · leans left
2026-10-29 · BBC News · Politics
Michelle O'Neill says DUP has blocked her from PM meeting in Glasgow
2 outlets covered this event
2026-10-12 · BBC News · Politics
Sinn Féin ministers facing no-confidence vote after Drumcree dispute
2 outlets covered this event
2026-10-30 · BBC News · Politics
DUP leader 'hopes' Carla Lockhart will not leave party
no other outlet in the corpus covered this
2026-10-07 · BBC News · Politics
Noel Gallagher and Susan Sarandon among celebrities to sign Drumcree march letter
no other outlet in the corpus covered this

What they said would happen

2026-10-07 · BBC News
Noel Gallagher and Susan Sarandon among celebrities to sign Drumcree march letter
🔮 We would only wish to amplify their voices." assertive
2026-10-12 · BBC News
Sinn Féin ministers facing no-confidence vote after Drumcree dispute
🔮 - Published The first minister will face a no-confidence vote at Stormont on Monday over her handling of the Drumcree parading dispute. assertive
2026-10-26 · BBC News
Macklemore begins Free Palestine tour after Ed Sheeran fallout
🔮 Macklemore has said that proceeds from his Free Palestine tour will go to organisations supporting Palestinians. assertive
2026-10-29 · BBC News
Michelle O'Neill says DUP has blocked her from PM meeting in Glasgow
🔮 O'Neill described the move as "reckless and irresponsible" and meant people in Northern Ireland "will not be represented". " assertive
2026-10-30 · BBC News
DUP leader 'hopes' Carla Lockhart will not leave party
🔮 However on Thursday, the DUP confirmed that Little-Pengelly will not participate in joint engagements with O'Neill and permission will not be granted for the first minister to operate on a solo basis. assertive
Forward-looking sentences extracted from their articles, oldest first. Nothing here checks whether any of it turned out to be right.
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