The Aporia · Hannah Fingerhut

Articles

7

2026-09-16 – 2026-11-03

Claims per article

29

204 extracted in total

Hedged claims

7%

corpus average 9%

Typical length

4,600

characters

Writes for The Independent, Toronto Star.

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.

Politics

71%

Crime & Law

14%

Other

14%

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IowaDES MOINESIowansRepublicanRepublicansU.S.CaliforniaDefense

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6 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 -0.23 (leans left).

Ordered by how many newsrooms covered the same event.

2026-10-02 · Toronto Star · Politics

Iowa lawmakers to vote on raising tax incentive cap for a $15B steel plant

11 outlets covered this event · leans right

2026-09-18 · Toronto Star · Other

Parents awarded $40 million after Uber found liable for passenger who was fatally struck on highway

7 outlets covered this event · leans left

2026-11-03 · Toronto Star · Politics

Iowa governor's race between Rob Sand and Zach Lahn tests Republicans' grip on state government

6 outlets covered this event

2026-09-16 · Toronto Star · Politics

Iowa Republicans in battleground House races vote to halt the Iran war

4 outlets covered this event · leans left

2026-11-02 · Toronto Star · Crime & Law

Federal judge orders Iowa to allow Satanic Temple to hold one-day holiday event in the state Capitol

3 outlets covered this event · leans right

2026-10-14 · Toronto Star · Politics

Iowa faces a reckoning over water quality and cancer rates in midterm campaigns

3 outlets covered this event · leans left

2026-09-18 · Toronto Star

Parents awarded $40 million after Uber found liable for passenger who was fatally struck on highway

🔮 Carol Normandin and Ken Parker said Friday that they hope the amount will put a spotlight on the 2023 death of their daughter, Emily Normandin-Parker and to use the money to advocate for strengthening safety standards and transparency in the ride-hailing industry. “I want to do good with it,” Parker said of the money, but “I never wanted it. assertive

2026-10-02 · Toronto Star

Iowa lawmakers to vote on raising tax incentive cap for a $15B steel plant

🔮 Iowa lawmakers will return to the Statehouse Friday to consider expanding the ceiling on state tax incentives in an effort to secure a $15 billion steel plant project for the state. assertive

2026-10-14 · The Independent

Iowa faces a reckoning over water quality and cancer rates in midterm campaigns

🔮 Last year, Central Iowa Water Works issued its first-ever ban on lawn watering to reduce demand on its nitrate removal facilities, and state politicians rejected any suggestion of a “blame game” that would implicate farmers. assertive

2026-10-14 · Toronto Star

Iowa faces a reckoning over water quality and cancer rates in midterm campaigns

🔮 Last year, Central Iowa Water Works issued its first-ever ban on lawn watering to reduce demand on its nitrate removal facilities, and state politicians rejected any suggestion of a “blame game” that would implicate farmers. assertive

2026-11-03 · Toronto Star

Iowa governor's race between Rob Sand and Zach Lahn tests Republicans' grip on state government

🔮 Iowa voters will choose their next governor in Tuesday’s midterm elections, deciding between Democrat Rob Sand and Republican Zach Lahn in a race that could end conservative dominance across state government. assertive

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