For discussion of the claim that assertion is normative, see Pagin 2014 [i.e. the SEP article on assertion -- hyperlink here?].
The associate managing editor for standards, Philip B. Corbett, puts it this way: "I think editors and reporters are more willing now than in the past to drill down into claims and assertions, in politics and other areas, and really try to help readers sort out conflicting claims".
"We've simply got claims and assertions".
How do they investigate claims or assertions for their articles?
As for her Christmas holiday, Ms. Alliot-Marie told reporters there were was no question of her resigning "over false claims, mere assertions".
But after Judge Berman allowed Ms. Siddiqui to testify last week, she claimed that assertions that she had fired a weapon at officers was "the biggest lie".
"The vast bulk of what you present constitutes claims and assertions that have never been upheld or proven to be true," he wrote.
It concluded: "The documentary made a litany of claims and assertions that are problematic in a number of ways and which we consider to violate Rwandan law, the BBC's own ethical guidelines and limitations to press freedom.
The website is a series of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland claims and assertions full of cliches and hyperbole, but it is not clear who is the Mad Hatter or the Queen of Hearts.
The court said the classified evidence supporting the Pentagon's claims included assertions that events had "reportedly" occurred and that the connections were "said to" exist, without providing information about the source of such information.
