👤 Nick Thorpe

5 articles tracked

About this journalist

Articles
5
2026-10-17 – 2026-11-04
Claims per article
35
174 extracted in total
Hedged claims
6%
corpus average 9%
Typical length
4,783
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
100%
Most-tagged topics
HungarianHungarySerbiaSerbianTiranaAlbaniaAlbanianBBC

Leaning

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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 -0.17 (centre).

More from this journalist

Ordered by how many newsrooms covered the same event.
2026-10-25 · BBC News · Politics
Early reports suggest record high turnout in Serbia elections
21 outlets covered this event · leans left
2026-10-20 · BBC News · Politics
Seventh day of violent clashes between Albanian protesters and police
13 outlets covered this event
2026-10-17 · BBC News · Politics
Anti-government protesters battle with police in Albania
13 outlets covered this event · leans left
2026-11-04 · BBC News · Politics
Secret police files released in Hungary, 47 years after fall of communism
4 outlets covered this event
2026-11-01 · BBC News · Politics
How the downfall of Serbia's Vučiċ mirrored that of Hungary's Orbán
no other outlet in the corpus covered this · leans left

What they said would happen

2026-10-17 · BBC News
Anti-government protesters battle with police in Albania
🔮 The constant boom of petrol bombs could be heard exploding on Saturday. assertive
2026-10-20 · BBC News
Seventh day of violent clashes between Albanian protesters and police
🔮 At the weekend, the prime minister asked rhetorically what would happen if he stepped down. assertive
2026-10-25 · BBC News
Early reports suggest record high turnout in Serbia elections
🔮 Most commentators suggest that a high final turnout, 65% or above, would favour the students. assertive
2026-11-01 · BBC News
How the downfall of Serbia's Vučiċ mirrored that of Hungary's Orbán
🔮 - Published When they met in northern Serbia last November, Serbian President Aleksandar Vučiċ and Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán could hardly have guessed they would both be out of power within a year. assertive
2026-11-04 · BBC News
Secret police files released in Hungary, 47 years after fall of communism
🔮 - Published Hungary has opened communist-era secret police files to the public, in a controversial move the government says will help Hungarian society heal itself from the traumas of 45 years of communist rule. assertive
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