David Smith
person
· Author page
55 reports under this byline
1 outlet
2 bias readings
0 claims checked
6 Sep 2026 → 28 Oct 2026
The Guardian's Washington bureau chief.
Roles
| Outlet | Role | From | To | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
The Guardian
Centre-left
estimate · not a score
The Guardian
🇬🇧UK ·
newspaper · independent
What we have measured
Actor named Denial in the passive voice, with no one named as the person who dismissed it ×1Actor named names Israel as acting and states the death toll flat, with no source ×1Actor named Ireland named as the side that ended the conference ×1Allegation omitted the police statement is cut with an ellipsis where the other two reports carry the controlling or coercive behaviour allegation ×1
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Washington bureau chief | — | present | link |
Bias we have measured on this byline
Evaluative language unattributed characterisation of both leaders in the reporter's voice ×1Loaded language describes both leaders in evaluative terms without attributing them to anyone ×1
From 55 reports we hold under this byline, at
The Guardian.
Two independent readings, each made without the masthead, with the quote attached to every tag. We do not carry a rating for any
journalist — only what we have measured from published text, and a verdict on a
claim is a verdict on that sentence, not on the person who filed it.
Headlines they wrote
