Colby Smith
Byline seen at The New York Times.
person
35 reports under this byline
1 outlet
4 bias readings
4 claims checked
11 Sep 2026 → 29 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
Figure not sourced Gives a 90 percent chance of a rate rise without saying where the odds come from. ×1Figure unsourced a 90 percent probability with no source for the odds ×1Lead frame legal outcome first: the lede leads with the absence of a criminal referral, not with the cost ×1Which measure Rounded headline cost of about $2.5 billion, with no base year or starting estimate ×1
Claims we checked that rest on their reporting:
2 unverified2 true
From 35 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
