Claims extracted
19
sentences that state something as happening or true
Uncertain
11%
2 of 19 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
Leaning
withheld
no quote in the article backed the model's score
Publisher signals
68/100
BBC News's corrections and
hedging, across everything collected from it. Not a measure of accuracy.
Outlets on this story
2
Politics
Same framing elsewhere
1
articles that frame the event the way this one does
- Published
Ryanair chief executive Michael O'Leary has refused to apologise to a rape crisis centre which criticised him for describing rival airlines as "high-fare rapists".
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which → publish → rapists
Speaking to journalists, O'Leary said some people were "desperate to get to Ryanair's low fares because they can't afford to fly with the high-fare rapists around Europe".
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they → speak → Europe
O'Leary doubled-down on his choice of words when asked about them at the time, and later refused to apologise when the Dublin Rape Crisis Centre (DRCC) wrote to him asking for apology, in a letter seen by the BBC.
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Centre → double → BBC
Ireland's deputy premier Simon Harris said it was "clearly an inappropriate use of language" and that O'Leary "should have moved to rectify it".
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O'Leary → say → it
Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander told UK radio outlet LBC that victims of rape are "not going to be rushing to book tickets with him, let's be honest".
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's → tell → him
O'Leary made the comments on Thursday while talking to journalists ahead of Ryanair's yearly meeting with shareholders.
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O'Leary → make → shareholders
Asked by a reporter from the Press Association whether the language was appropriate, he said: "Absolutely."
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he → ask → Association
"British Airways, Lufthansa, and everybody else's high fares, I'll happily offend them on a regular basis," he added.
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he → offend → basis
Asked whether it would offend sexual assault victims, he said rape was "a terrible crime".
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rape → ask → victims
Following O'Leary's comments, the DRCC's chief executive Rachel Morrogh wrote to O'Leary accusing him of trying to get a headline with his comments.
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executive → follow → comments
She said the DRCC had received calls from rape victims who were "upset and distressed because of what you said".
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you → say → what
She offered O'Leary training on the impact of sexual violence and urged him to apologise.
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She → offer → him
"I can't imagine you would ever use the term so flippantly again if you truly understood [what] it was like to survive rape," she wrote.
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she → imagine → rape
In response, O'Leary said: "I am quite clear that no remarks of mine could possibly trivialise the heinous crime of rape."
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remarks → say → rape
He added that as he had not "trivialised the heinous crime of rape" he would "not be issuing any apology or accepting your offer of training".
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he → add → training
It is not the first time O'Leary has offended people while talking about his business.
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O'Leary → offend → business
In 2004, he reportedly called the owners of Stansted Airport "a bunch of overcharging rapists", external in a row over airport charges.
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he → call → charges
He has also previously called some of his own staff "lazy bastards" and once said to passengers looking for a refund "we don't want to hear your sob stories".
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we → call → stories
In June, he said the airline would "reluctantly" stop charging parents to sit next to children after a watchdog investigation was opened, but insisted its previous policy complied with laws.
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policy → say → laws
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