Josh Payne
Byline seen at The Independent.
person
5 reports under this byline
1 outlet
8 bias readings
3 claims checked
15 Sep 2026 → 17 Sep 2026
Roles
| Outlet | Role | From | To | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
The Independent
Centre-left
estimate · not a score
The Independent
🇬🇧UK ·
digital · independent
What we have measured
Accused party response Russia's side is reported as no comment. ×1A company statement about itself, taken as a "reveals" rather than "says", for a company's account of its own product ×1A count stated flat four crimes is given as a settled number in the headline, with no court, charge or jurisdiction attached ×1Actor named No actor named for the cut-short or for the clashes ×1
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Bias we have measured on this byline
Asserted vs attributed calls the killings a fact and makes them the inquiry's subject, when the inquiry's chair says her remit excludes guilt ×1Guilt stated or attributed the court is named as the source: the body says 'convictions', not 'murders' ×1Harmed named babies are identified by letter only, because a court order bars their names; the chair says two deaths were avoidable ×1Headline vs body the headline label 'killer nurse' is flat, while the body ties the killings to her 'convictions' ×1
Claims we checked that rest on their reporting:
1 unverified2 true
From 5 reports we hold under this byline, at
The Independent.
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
