Claims extracted
15
sentences that state something as happening or true
Uncertain
7%
1 of 15 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
Leaning
not political
takes no side on a contested political question
Publisher signals
61/100
The Sydney Morning Herald's corrections and
hedging, across everything collected from it. Not a measure of accuracy.
Outlets on this story
1
Entertainment
Same framing elsewhere
1
articles that frame the event the way this one does
This Halloween (C8), David Morrison of Springwood can do no other: “Years ago, I started calling 31st October ‘Martin Luther Day’ honouring the momentous historical event that occurred at that date in 1517.
asserted
that → do → 1517
At Halloween, I put on an academic hat and provide chocolate for our young visitors.
asserted
I → put → visitors
I get repeat customers every year, and they all seem to love the little printed summary of Martin Luther’s deeds, or the chocolate, or both.”
asserted
they → get → deeds
Speaking of chocolate, Coral Button of North Epping is “relieved to learn that bad weather in the cocoa bean producing countries, Ivory Coast et al, is the cause in the astronomical rise in chocolate prices.
asserted
weather → speak → prices
And here I’ve been thinking it was just the usual bastardry of the supermarket cartel.”
asserted
it → think → cartel
“Following on from Meri Will (C8), it sounds like Moses may have invented the protein shake,” posits Nick Walker of Suffolk Park.
uncertain
Walker → follow → Park
“I just purchased a packet of two tap washers,” announces Don Leayr of Albury.
asserted
Leayr → purchase → Albury
I can’t imagine the fun that all-age families would have with this item!”
asserted
families → imagine → item
For Warren Howlett of Blackheath, Friday morning’s online reportage of Australia’s defeat in South Africa and in particular “a cricket journalist’s vibrant reporting, would probably fit well into John Howard’s idea of a citizenship test for migrants:
asserted
reportage → fit → migrants
‘But finally, in the second over after tea, Boland’s marathon vigil was over, with Wiaan Mulder … producing a jagging peach to have the brave nightwatchman bowled through the gate … for a new Test best of 40’.
asserted
nightwatchman → produce → 40
“I still have my father’s pocket-sized ‘Concise Circular Slide Rule’ (C8) with the instructions,” says Lynne Haylock of East Killara.
asserted
Haylock → have → Killara
“It’s only about 8cm in diameter and was made in Japan and probably bought in the 1950s or ’60s.
asserted
It → ’ → 1950s
“I empathise with Pasquale Vartuli’s experience in the exam room (C8),” offers Dorset Sutton of Neutral Bay.
asserted
Sutton → empathise → Bay
“When studying Accounting 1, I struggled with debits and credits.
asserted
I → study → debits
Alas, the exam room didn’t have windows, and I failed Accounting 1.”
Column8@smh.com.au
No attachments, please.
asserted
I → have → attachments
The Aporia
