👤 Sam McNeil

3 articles tracked

About this journalist

Articles
3
2026-10-08 – 2026-10-14
Claims per article
50
150 extracted in total
Hedged claims
7%
corpus average 9%
Typical length
7,005
characters
Writes for The Independent.
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
100%
Most-tagged topics
AmericanHouthisSaudiSaudi ArabiaYemenBeijingChinaChinese

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 -0.20 (leans left).

More from this journalist

Ordered by how many newsrooms covered the same event.
2026-10-14 · The Independent · Politics
Why Saudi Arabia has struggled to defend its airport against recent Houthi attacks
27 outlets covered this event · leans right
2026-10-13 · The Independent · Politics
Why Saudi Arabia has struggled to defend itself against the Houthis' recent attacks
27 outlets covered this event · leans right
2026-10-08 · The Independent · Politics
EU sends envoy to Beijing as rising exports from China raise economic anxiety
11 outlets covered this event · leans right

What they said would happen

2026-10-08 · The Independent
EU sends envoy to Beijing as rising exports from China raise economic anxiety
🔮 Despite the seeming European unity this week, it remains unclear what the EU can or is willing to do. assertive
2026-10-13 · The Independent
Why Saudi Arabia has struggled to defend itself against the Houthis' recent attacks
🔮 As Saudi Arabia investigates how its air defenses failed to stop the Houthis' attacks, it must also consider how to respond and what the rebels might do next. assertive
2026-10-14 · The Independent
Why Saudi Arabia has struggled to defend its airport against recent Houthi attacks
🔮 As Saudi Arabia investigates how its air defences failed to stop the Houthis' attacks, it must also consider how to respond and what the rebels might do next. 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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