Michael D. Shear
Byline seen at The New York Times.
person
23 reports under this byline
1 outlet
6 bias readings
3 claims checked
21 Sep 2026 → 27 Oct 2026
Roles
| Outlet | Role | From | To | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
The New York Times
Centre-left
estimate · not a score
The New York Times
🇺🇸US ·
newspaper · independent
What we have measured
Active and passive voice the ship is 'targeted' with no actor, one sentence before a named actor is given for the Saudi attack ×1Active vs passive voice Pike is named as the killer in the active voice; the botched execution has no actor named ×1Actor label Names the shooter by its backer, not by its own name. ×1Actor named Names the official and what the process did to Pike. ×1
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Bias we have measured on this byline
'actor', not 'state' This headline says 'a foreign actor' where another report on the same interview says 'a foreign state'. ×1Gap named This is the only report that says Rubio gave no evidence. ×1Hedged versus flat keeps the police hedge on where the vehicles were heading ×1Notes that no evidence was given This is the only report that says Rubio gave no details to support his claim. ×1
Claims we checked that rest on their reporting:
1 misleading1 unverified1 true
From 23 reports we hold under this byline, at
The New York Times.
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
