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Which sources back which section of this article, and what its evidence base looks like.
Which sources back which section
| Section | Sources behind it |
|---|---|
| What It Is | Prime Minister’s Office of Canada; NBC News; NPR (22 Aug); ABC News; Al Jazeera (23 and 24 Aug); CNBC (24 Aug, 8 Sep); CNN (25 Aug); Bloomberg; The Globe and Mail (4 and 8 Sep); CBC News (7 and 15 Sep); Associated Press (9 Sep); KPMG |
| Timeline | Prime Minister’s Office of Canada; NBC News; NPR (22 Aug); Associated Press (22 Aug); CNBC (24 Aug, 8 Sep); Al Jazeera (24 Aug, 16 Sep); CNN (25 Aug); Bloomberg; The Globe and Mail (4 and 8 Sep); CBC News (7 and 15 Sep); KPMG; BNN Bloomberg; Wikipedia’s timeline and account of the trade war |
| The Argument | BBC News 中文; Prime Minister’s Office of Canada; CNN (21 and 25 Aug); NBC News; Al Jazeera (22, 23 and 24 Aug); CNBC (3 Sep); The Globe and Mail (8 Sep); Associated Press (9 Sep) |
| What Others Add | BBC News 中文; Associated Press (22 Aug, 9 Sep, 16 Sep); CNN (25 Aug); CNBC (8 Sep); The Globe and Mail (4 and 8 Sep); Al Jazeera (16 Sep); Wikipedia’s timeline of the trade war and its account of the Canadian boycott |
| Conclusion | BBC News 中文; NBC News; Al Jazeera (24 Aug, 16 Sep); CNN (25 Aug); CBC News (7 and 15 Sep); The Globe and Mail (8 Sep); Associated Press (9 Sep); BNN Bloomberg; Wikipedia’s account of the trade war |
What the evidence base looks like
- 27Sources behind this article
- 27Read in full
- 22News reports, from 12 publishers and wire services
- 3Claims graded as unverified on the page
| What the source is | How many | How they were read |
|---|---|---|
| A government’s own statement — one of the two parties | 1 | In full; used for what Ottawa says, and set against Washington’s account wherever the two differ |
| News reporting | 22 | All in full, five of them as a syndicated or wire copy; each side’s statements are attributed to the person who made them, and claims carried only by unnamed sources are graded |
| Reference — an adviser’s summary of the proclamations, and three encyclopedia articles | 4 | All in full; the encyclopedia articles used for dates and published figures they cite, each checked against the news reporting where one exists |
Reliable
Reliable, but with an interestWorth believing and reliableWeak on both, and used with careHonest, but thin
Worth believing