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The Independent says 'anti-migrant protests', Novara Media says 'militia': four reports, four words for one Portsmouth crowd

Two lifeboat volunteers were named online and their home addresses posted after Sunday night in Portsmouth. One report of the four gives a crowd size. None names a volunteer.

Tommy Robinson’s Right-Hand Man Is Turning Online Hate Into an Anti-Migrant Militia
Tommy Robinson’s Right-Hand Man Is Turning Online Hate Into an Anti-Migrant Militia as published by Novara Media · seen at Novara Media
Anglosphere United Kingdom

Sunday night, Portsmouth. A lifeboat crew brought 120 people ashore from a single dinghy that had crossed the Channel. The Independent reports that two RNLI volunteers were then branded “traitors” online and had their photographs, full names and home addresses posted, and that Sussex Police are reviewing the material. It quotes Chief Inspector Adam McCaig warning that hindering rescue crews could have “serious consequences”. No other report we hold names a force, the addresses or a review.

Four reports, four words.

Report What it calls the crowd How many
The Independent “anti-migrant protests” in the headline, “violent far-right demonstrations” in its own voice “Around 200 protesters”, in a picture caption
The Guardian a cartoon, filed under far right and immigration and asylum no text at all
Novara Media “an anti-migrant militia” being built by a named man none
The Independent, on the cricket team “blundering Portsmouth protesters” headline only, no body

Migrants, asylum seekers, illegal migration. The Independent's headline says the crowd mistook Pakistan's touring cricket team for “migrants”. In its other report the RNLI's chief executive, Peter Sparkes, denies rumours the charity houses “asylum seekers” and calls the crossings “illegal migration”. Three words, three different statuses, one outlet.

Not settled. How many people were on the seafront. Who posted the addresses. Whether anyone has been arrested — nothing we hold says. The two volunteers are named nowhere, and neither is anyone among the 120.

What this is about: the volunteer lifeboat crews who rescue people crossing the English Channel in small boats, and the anger some protesters have turned on them.

How it got here. Since about 2018, people have tried to reach England from northern France in inflatable dinghies. It is one of the busiest shipping lanes in the world, and many of the boats are overloaded and not built for the sea. Most of the people on board go on to claim asylum. Under the 1951 Refugee Convention, a person may claim asylum however they arrived. Under the Nationality and Borders Act 2022, arriving in the UK without permission is a criminal offence. Both rules are in force, and that is why outlets describe the same people as "migrants", "asylum seekers" or "illegal" arrivals.

Opposition to the crossings has spread from Parliament to the street. In summer 2024, after three girls were killed in a stabbing in Southport, riots broke out in English towns, and hotels housing asylum seekers were attacked. Since then, activists linked to Tommy Robinson have organised protests on the south coast. Robinson, whose legal name is Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, founded the English Defence League in 2009. Novara Media reports that a man in his circle referred to "what we did in Dover" when he spoke to police in Portsmouth.

The actors. - The RNLI is a charity founded in 1824. Its crews are mostly unpaid volunteers. Under maritime law, anyone in distress at sea must be rescued, whoever they are. - Protesters accuse the rescuers of helping the crossings. - The police decide whether posting a person's address online is a crime. - The Labour government, elected in July 2024, has promised to cut the crossings.

What is at stake. Whether volunteers keep turning out when doing so puts their homes online. Whether the anger over the crossings stays within protest law.

Where it stands. The Independent reports that Sussex Police are reviewing what was posted. None of the reports we hold mentions an arrest.

What is being argued about

  • What to call the people who gathered on the Portsmouth seafront on Sunday night
  • The naming, photographing and address-posting of two RNLI volunteers, and the police review of it
  • Whether the crowd is counted at all, and by whom
  • The gap between “migrants”, “asylum seekers” and “illegal migration” in one outlet's own copy
One crowd, four namesSide by side
outletwhat it saidhedged?
The Independent“anti-migrant protests” in the headline; “violent far-right demonstrations” in the body; “Around 200 protesters tried to block migrants being driven away for processing” in a picture captionstated — no attribution for either word
The Guardian“the abuse of RNLI volunteers in Portsmouth” — a cartoon, filed under “Far right” and “Immigration and asylum”, with no textno sentence to hedge; the label sits in the filing
Novara Media“Turning Online Hate Into an Anti-Migrant Militia”, and a named man saying “I'm calling 1,000 men to come to this place”stated in the headline; the threat is quoted in his own words
The Independent (cricket team)“Blundering Portsmouth protesters mistake Pakistani cricket team for migrants”stated — and we hold no body text to check it against
Every cell is quoted from the report itself. “Stated” means the report says it in its own voice; “hedged” means it is attributed to someone.
Sources The Independent
Centre-left estimate · not a score
The Independent 🇬🇧UK · digital · independent Police launch probe after RNLI volunteers called ‘traitors’ and addresses leaked online in wake of anti-migrant protests Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at The 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 from 20313 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → The Guardian
Centre-left estimate · not a score
The Guardian 🇬🇧UK · newspaper · independent Ella Baron on the abuse of RNLI volunteers in Portsmouth – cartoon Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at The Guardian → 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 from 10552 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → N Novara Media
Left estimate · not a score
Novara Media 🇬🇧UK · digital · Tommy Robinson’s Right-Hand Man Is Turning Online Hate Into an Anti-Migrant Militia Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Novara Media → What we have measured Asserted versus attributed States the 'first' claim as fact, with no source given ×1Crowd size Gives a specific number, 'almost 200'. ×1Crowd size almost 200 ×1"first" claim stated flat the claim to be first is not attributed to anyone ×1 from 196 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → The Independent
Centre-left estimate · not a score
The Independent 🇬🇧UK · digital · independent Blundering Portsmouth protesters mistake Pakistani cricket team for migrants Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at The 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 from 20313 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times →
What the four reports do and do not doChart
A count of what was measured in the reports this desk holds on the Portsmouth weekend, with the quotes behind it. Not a judgement of any outlet.
Sources The Independent
Centre-left estimate · not a score
The Independent 🇬🇧UK · digital · independent Police launch probe after RNLI volunteers called ‘traitors’ and addresses leaked online in wake of anti-migrant protests Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at The 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 from 20313 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → The Guardian
Centre-left estimate · not a score
The Guardian 🇬🇧UK · newspaper · independent Ella Baron on the abuse of RNLI volunteers in Portsmouth – cartoon Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at The Guardian → 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 from 10552 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → N Novara Media
Left estimate · not a score
Novara Media 🇬🇧UK · digital · Tommy Robinson’s Right-Hand Man Is Turning Online Hate Into an Anti-Migrant Militia Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Novara Media → What we have measured Asserted versus attributed States the 'first' claim as fact, with no source given ×1Crowd size Gives a specific number, 'almost 200'. ×1Crowd size almost 200 ×1"first" claim stated flat the claim to be first is not attributed to anyone ×1 from 196 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → The Independent
Centre-left estimate · not a score
The Independent 🇬🇧UK · digital · independent Blundering Portsmouth protesters mistake Pakistani cricket team for migrants Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at The 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 from 20313 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times →
The bias in this coverageBias

Four reports, four words for the same crowd

One calls them anti-migrant protesters in the headline and far-right demonstrators in the body. One calls the same weekend a militia being built by a named man. One calls them blundering protesters; we hold only that headline and no text under it.

4 reports we hold on this event 1 reports naming an organiser 1 reports we hold as headline only

Who speaks and who is spoken about

The one report with a full text quotes a police inspector and the charity's chief executive at length. The 120 people brought ashore are a number in that report and are quoted nowhere. The only person on the protest side who speaks in any report we hold is the man who identified himself to a police officer.

0 reports quoting a rescued person 1 reports quoting police or the charity 120 people brought ashore, as counted
Scored without the mastheads. Where the two passes differ, both are kept.
Sources The Independent
Centre-left estimate · not a score
The Independent 🇬🇧UK · digital · independent Police launch probe after RNLI volunteers called ‘traitors’ and addresses leaked online in wake of anti-migrant protests Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at The 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 from 20313 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → The Guardian
Centre-left estimate · not a score
The Guardian 🇬🇧UK · newspaper · independent Ella Baron on the abuse of RNLI volunteers in Portsmouth – cartoon Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at The Guardian → 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 from 10552 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → N Novara Media
Left estimate · not a score
Novara Media 🇬🇧UK · digital · Tommy Robinson’s Right-Hand Man Is Turning Online Hate Into an Anti-Migrant Militia Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Novara Media → What we have measured Asserted versus attributed States the 'first' claim as fact, with no source given ×1Crowd size Gives a specific number, 'almost 200'. ×1Crowd size almost 200 ×1"first" claim stated flat the claim to be first is not attributed to anyone ×1 from 196 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → The Independent
Centre-left estimate · not a score
The Independent 🇬🇧UK · digital · independent Blundering Portsmouth protesters mistake Pakistani cricket team for migrants Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at The 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 from 20313 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times →

Claims and verdicts

unverified Two RNLI volunteers were named, photographed and had their home addresses published online after the Portsmouth protests, and police are reviewing the material.
Only The Independent carries this, quoting Sussex Police's Chief Inspector Adam McCaig; the Guardian cartoon and Novara Media refer to abuse of volunteers without naming the force, the addresses or a police review. No report we hold contradicts it, but no second account confirms it.
Checked against 3 sources:
The Independent
Centre-left estimate · not a score
The Independent 🇬🇧UK · digital · independent Police launch probe after RNLI volunteers called ‘traitors’ and addresses leaked online in wake of anti-migrant protests Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at The 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 from 20313 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → The Guardian
Centre-left estimate · not a score
The Guardian 🇬🇧UK · newspaper · independent Ella Baron on the abuse of RNLI volunteers in Portsmouth – cartoon Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at The Guardian → 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 from 10552 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → N Novara Media
Left estimate · not a score
Novara Media 🇬🇧UK · digital · Tommy Robinson’s Right-Hand Man Is Turning Online Hate Into an Anti-Migrant Militia Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Novara Media → What we have measured Asserted versus attributed States the 'first' claim as fact, with no source given ×1Crowd size Gives a specific number, 'almost 200'. ×1Crowd size almost 200 ×1"first" claim stated flat the claim to be first is not attributed to anyone ×1 from 196 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times →
unverified About 200 protesters tried to block migrants being driven away for processing in Portsmouth on Sunday.
The figure appears in one picture caption in The Independent and in no other report we hold. Novara Media describes the same night without giving a crowd size.
Checked against 2 sources:
The Independent
Centre-left estimate · not a score
The Independent 🇬🇧UK · digital · independent Police launch probe after RNLI volunteers called ‘traitors’ and addresses leaked online in wake of anti-migrant protests Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at The 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 from 20313 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → N Novara Media
Left estimate · not a score
Novara Media 🇬🇧UK · digital · Tommy Robinson’s Right-Hand Man Is Turning Online Hate Into an Anti-Migrant Militia Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Novara Media → What we have measured Asserted versus attributed States the 'first' claim as fact, with no source given ×1Crowd size Gives a specific number, 'almost 200'. ×1Crowd size almost 200 ×1"first" claim stated flat the claim to be first is not attributed to anyone ×1 from 196 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times →
unverified Protesters in Portsmouth mistook the Pakistani cricket team for migrants.
We hold only The Independent's headline on this, with no body text and no second outlet. Nothing we hold contradicts it either.
Checked against 1 source:
The Independent
Centre-left estimate · not a score
The Independent 🇬🇧UK · digital · independent Blundering Portsmouth protesters mistake Pakistani cricket team for migrants Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at The 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 from 20313 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times →

Who wrote it

E Ella Baron The Guardian
No independent reading has coded a report under this byline yet. We do not infer a journalist's views from the outlet that employs them.
Claims we checked that rest on their reporting
1 unverified
From 12 reports we hold under this byline, at The Guardian. Two independent readings, each made without the masthead, a quote attached to every tag. A record, never a rating. Their full record →
A Anahita Hossein-Pour The Independent
What the bias passes found in their reporting
Headline frame 'Chaos', with no actor named and no one named as its target.×1
Headline frame 'Protests': a neutral word, no actor named, no one named as targeted.×1
Measure chosen Calls the events 'protests', with no verdict on them×1
What the headline claims the crowd is characterised in the headline itself×1
Claims we checked that rest on their reporting
2 unverified1 true
From 25 reports we hold under this byline, at The Independent. Two independent readings, each made without the masthead, a quote attached to every tag. A record, never a rating. Their full record →
S Suha Kidwai The Independent
What the bias passes found in their reporting
Measure chosen the crowd is given a number×1
Named or counted the rescued are counted, none named×1
Named or counted the 120 rescued are a number; the two volunteers are a number too — nobody is named on either side×1
Stated flat the weekend crowds are called far-right in the report's own voice, unattributed×1
Claims we checked that rest on their reporting
2 unverified
From 137 reports we hold under this byline, at The Independent. Two independent readings, each made without the masthead, a quote attached to every tag. A record, never a rating. Their full record →
S Simon Childs Novara Media
What the bias passes found in their reporting
Intent asserted, not attributed the protesters' purpose stated as known×1
Who is named as acting the only report that names a person in the crowd and quotes him threatening police×1
Whose intent is asserted protesters' purpose stated flat, no source attached×1
Whose voice is quoted a named organiser speaks in his own words×1
Claims we checked that rest on their reporting
3 unverified
From 8 reports we hold under this byline, at Novara Media. Two independent readings, each made without the masthead, a quote attached to every tag. A record, never a rating. Their full record →
The bylines on the reports this story is built from. Hover one for what our passes have measured on their reporting.

Coverage, outlet by outlet

The Guardian
Centre-left estimate · not a score
The Guardian 🇬🇧UK · newspaper · independent Ella Baron on the abuse of RNLI volunteers in Portsmouth – cartoon Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at The Guardian → 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 from 10552 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → — independent
A cartoon, and the only entry that gives the crowd no name of its own in any sentence: the Guardian's filing does the labelling instead, under far right and immigration and asylum.
Guardian Opinion cartoonImmigration and asylum Ella Baron on the abuse of RNLI volunteers in Portsmouth – cartoon Illustration: Ella Baron/The Guardian View image in fullscreen Illustration: Ella Baron/The Guardian Ella Baron Wed 9 Sep 2026 12.50 EDTLast modified on Wed 9 Sep 2026 12.52 EDT Share Explore more on these topics Immigration and asylum Guardian Opinion cartoon Far right Portsmouth England
Read it at The Guardian → https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/picture/2026/sep/09/ella-baro…
The Independent
Centre-left estimate · not a score
The Independent 🇬🇧UK · digital · independent Blundering Portsmouth protesters mistake Pakistani cricket team for migrants Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at The 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 from 20313 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → — independent
The only report of the cricket team being confronted, and it makes the crowd's mistake the story. We hold the headline and nothing under it.
What the headline claims: the crowd is characterised in the headline itself — “Blundering Portsmouth protesters mistake Pakistani cricket team for migrants”
Word chosen for the crowd: headline calls them protesters and makes the story their mistake — “Blundering Portsmouth protesters mistake Pakistani cricket team for migrants”
Read it at The Independent → https://www.independent.co.uk/bulletin/news/portsmouth-hotel-protesters…
The Independent
Centre-left estimate · not a score
The Independent 🇬🇧UK · digital · independent Police launch probe after RNLI volunteers called ‘traitors’ and addresses leaked online in wake of anti-migrant protests Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at The 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 from 20313 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → — independent
The only report that carries a police investigation: Sussex Police reviewing abusive posts, Chief Inspector Adam McCaig quoted, and RNLI chief executive Peter Sparkes calling rumours that the charity houses asylum
News UK Home News Police launch probe after RNLI volunteers called ‘traitors’ and addresses leaked online in wake of anti-migrant protests Members of a lifeboat operation rescuing people crossing the English Channel on Sunday have been targeted in a vicious online hate campaign Suha Kidwai Wednesday 09 September 2026 17:10 BST Bookmark Bookmark popover Removed from bookmarks Close popover Close Riot Police Clash With Protestors In Portsmouth After Small Boat Arrival SOCIAL Your support helps us to tell the story Read more Support Now From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The
Who is named as acting: the volunteers are acted upon; nobody is named as doing it — “two Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) volunteers were branded “traitors” online and had their photos, full names and home addresses leaked”
Word chosen for the crowd: far-right demonstrations, stated flat — “both Dover and Portsmouth were rocked by violent far-right demonstrations over the weekend”
Measure chosen: the crowd is given a number — “Around 200 protesters tried to block migrants being driven away for processing in Portsmouth on Sunday”
Named or counted: the rescued are counted, none named — “who were part of a lifeboat operation bringing 120 people to safety after they were rescued from a single dinghy that had crossed the English Channel from France”
Who is named as acting: the harassers are left unnamed; the sentence has no actor — “A police investigation has been launched after two Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) volunteers were branded “traitors” online”
Named or counted: the 120 rescued are a number; the two volunteers are a number too — nobody is named on either side — “bringing 120 people to safety after they were rescued from a single dinghy that had crossed the English Channel from France”
Stated flat: the weekend crowds are called far-right in the report's own voice, unattributed — “where both Dover and Portsmouth were rocked by violent far-right demonstrations over the weekend.”
Whose words are carried: the charity chief's phrase for the crossings is quoted without a countering voice — ““Illegal migration is a polarising subject that generates strong views, locally and nationally.”
Read it at The Independent → https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/rnli-volunteers-targete…
N Novara Media
Left estimate · not a score
Novara Media 🇬🇧UK · digital · Tommy Robinson’s Right-Hand Man Is Turning Online Hate Into an Anti-Migrant Militia Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Novara Media → What we have measured Asserted versus attributed States the 'first' claim as fact, with no source given ×1Crowd size Gives a specific number, 'almost 200'. ×1Crowd size almost 200 ×1"first" claim stated flat the claim to be first is not attributed to anyone ×1 from 196 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → —
The only report that names a person in the crowd and quotes him: a man who told a police officer “My name's Danny Tommo… if you don't stop right now, I'm calling 1,000 men to come to this place”. It is also the only one
In Portsmouth on Sunday, a man accosted a police officer, saying: “You know who I am? My name’s Danny Tommo. You saw what we did in Dover, and if you don’t stop right now, I’m calling 1,000 men to come to this place.” He then started to vomit, having run (by his own reckoning) about […]
Whose voice is quoted: a named organiser speaks in his own words — “You know who I am? My name’s Danny Tommo. You saw what we did in Dover, and if you don’t stop right now, I’m calling 1,000 men to come to this place.”
Who is named as acting: the only report that names a person in the crowd and quotes him threatening police — “a man accosted a police officer, saying: “You know who I am? My name’s Danny Tommo. You saw what we did in Dover, and if you don’t stop right now, I’m calling 1,000 men to come to this place.””
Read it at Novara Media → https://novaramedia.com/2026/09/09/tommy-robinsons-right-hand-man-is-tu…
Checked, didn’t cover
T The Irish Times
Centre estimate · not a score
The Irish Times 🇮🇪IE · digital · No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Actor framing The release is framed as a joint agreement, with no pressure mentioned ×1Actor named Names the residents as the ones who blocked the road ×1Actor named killers named as 'loyalist gunmen'; verb 'shot dead' ×1With no actor named construction no actor named for the theft or the driving in the standfirst ×1 from 1358 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → R RNZ
Centre estimate · not a score
RNZ 🇳🇿NZ · digital · PUBLIC No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Headline against body headline claims a 20-year decline reversed; the first line of the body reports a new low in reading ×1Headline against body headline claims a turnaround; the text carries a record low and puts it on boys ×1 from 2328 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → R RTÉ News
Centre estimate · not a score
RTÉ News 🇮🇪IE · digital · PUBLIC No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Abstraction as the actor the dispute acts and no one in it is named ×1Account taken as default the police description of the crowd as 'hostile' is carried with no other account ×1Accuracy the Slovenia entry in the country list repeats Austria's name ×1Active voice offender Donaldson is named as the one who did the abuse, in the active voice. ×1 from 2361 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → ABC News (Australia)
Centre estimate · not a score
ABC News (Australia) 🇦🇺AU · public broadcaster · public-service No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Actor label and hedge The same man is called 'far-right' and named by his legal name. The act is hedged with 'allegedly', where the longer report states it flat. ×1A different count, stated flat one dead and 140 missing, unattributed, earliest of the four ×1Affected counted The only report to count the local people affected ×1Are the dead named one of the dead named, through a relative at the hospital ×1 from 4667 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → C CBC News
Centre-left estimate · not a score
CBC News 🇨🇦CA · public broadcaster · public-service No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Asserted vs attributed the measure is attributed to the three governments; the territory is called occupied in the outlet's own voice ×1Attribution kept in the headline the sourcing travels with the claim into the headline ×1Figure rounded in the headline more than 600 in the headline; the body sources it to a flight-tracking site ×1How the sourcing is hedged the claim is hedged to an unnamed newspaper in both headline and body; the reporting is not held by this report ×1 from 2730 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times →
Silence is recorded, not inferred — each of these was read when we built this story and carried nothing on this event.
We could not read these
BBC News
Centre estimate · not a score
BBC News 🇬🇧UK · public broadcaster · public-service No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Dating and attribution 'It was not until Tuesday' is a judgement about delay, not a date. No other report we hold comments on how long the German finding took. ×1How hard the claim is stated Headline says the UN voted to adopt and replace; the last sentence of the report says the vote is non-binding ×1How hard the claim is stated The qualification arrives in the last sentence and is immediately overridden by an effect the report gives no source for. ×1Which figure is used States the replacement as done — the Assembly voted to replace the map — where the resolution urges states to use a different projection. ×1 from 473 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → The Daily Telegraph
Right estimate · not a score
The Daily Telegraph 🇬🇧UK · newspaper · independent No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Nothing scored yet. We do not carry a rating for any outlet — only what we have measured from published text. Outlet profile in The AI Times → The Times
Centre-right estimate · not a score
The Times 🇬🇧UK · newspaper · independent No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Nothing scored yet. We do not carry a rating for any outlet — only what we have measured from published text. Outlet profile in The AI Times →
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