The Aporia · James Waterhouse

Articles

3

2026-07-30 – 2026-10-18

Claims per article

36

109 extracted in total

Hedged claims

6%

corpus average 9%

Typical length

4,311

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.

Environment

33%

Politics

33%

World

33%

Most-tagged topics

FranceParisArèsBBCBaliBordeauxCanadairFrench

None of these articles has a leaning score yet.

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2026-10-18 · BBC News · Politics

Burnt out cars and shattered glass on Paris streets after protests turn to riots and looting

29 outlets covered this event

2026-07-30 · BBC News · Environment

'It's our home, it's our forest': BBC speaks to locals fighting France wildfire

3 outlets covered this event

2026-08-11 · BBC News · World

Hundreds arrested over French wildfires, but who is to blame?

no other outlet in the corpus covered this

2026-07-30 · BBC News

'It's our home, it's our forest': BBC speaks to locals fighting France wildfire

🔮 "I told him: 'Be careful because in front of us is a nightmare, we don't know what will happen,'" explained Pierre Alexandre. assertive

2026-08-11 · BBC News

Hundreds arrested over French wildfires, but who is to blame?

🔮 She doubts many will lead to a conviction. assertive

2026-10-18 · BBC News

Burnt out cars and shattered glass on Paris streets after protests turn to riots and looting

🔮 In the city of Lyon, Mayor Grégory Doucet said the burning of the city's tourist office was "a tragedy", telling French outlet BFMTV that "it breaks our hearts because it's a very iconic, well-known historic building". assertive

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