Claims extracted
17
sentences that state something as happening or true
Uncertain
6%
1 of 17 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
Sports
Same framing elsewhere
1
articles that frame the event the way this one does
Regarding the overnight Test action, Don Bain of Port Macquarie isn’t sure “whether the sports reporter was being intentionally punny when he opined that crowd commentary at Newlands, home of sandpapergate, might be ‘abrasive’.”
uncertain
commentary → regard → sandpapergate
Such wordsmithery can occur in all codes.
asserted
wordsmithery → occur → codes
Granny just heard noted rugby league intellect Denan Kemp accuse the management of NRL halfback Sam Walker of “Playing chicken with the Roosters.”
asserted
Kemp → hear → Roosters
Still (kinda) in Cape Town, Richard Ansoul of Tanunda (SA) recalls that “as an impecunious student, our daughter, Claire Ansoul, won a Herald competition to name a themed dream team of Australian cricketers (all left-handers, Masons etc) in season 1987-88.
asserted
daughter → recall → season
As winner, she received a double pass to the Tests.
asserted
she → receive → Tests
Her motley team consisted of men who had all been filmed on the field, picking their nose.
asserted
who → consist → nose
David Baird of Burradoo is feeling pretty ticked-off right now: “I’d like to see a downtick in the word ‘uptick’.
asserted
I → feel → word
Ironically, I’d like to see an uptick in the word ‘increase’.”
asserted
I → like → word
“Gail Grogan (C8) brought back fond memories of reading the Herald aboard the train,” writes Lawford Steele of Scarborough.
asserted
Steele → bring → Scarborough
“Gail said ‘It was awkward folding the pages’ and I remembered being complimented on my skill at being able to flick, turn and fold the broadsheet Herald to the required size without upsetting adjacent commuters.”
asserted
I → say → commuters
Merran Loewenthal of Vienna, Austria, has more on the Halloween alternative (Martin Luther Day) for David Morrison (C8):
asserted
Loewenthal → have → Morrison
“In Germany and Austria and most Catholic European countries, November 1, All Saints’ Day, is a national holiday, if you happen to be of the Lutheran faith, you are also entitled to enjoy a holiday on Reformationstag, October 31!”
asserted
you → happen → Reformationstag
“Say it ain’t so,” laments Ted Richards of Batemans Bay.
asserted
Richards → say → Bay
“Dorset Sutton’s sad tale (C8) brings to mind the time many years ago when I was studying solicitor’s bookkeeping at the end of my law course,” says Dave Clark of Springside.
asserted
Clark → bring → Springside
“The prescribed text, written by a member of an esteemed legal family, dispensed with the usual accountant’s terms of ‘debits’ and ‘credits’ and replaced them with ‘devours’ and ‘conveys’ – a move which converted what was already an arcane subject into something almost completely incomprehensible.
asserted
what → write → something
Despite that, I managed to struggle through the exam.”
asserted
I → manage → exam
Well, we know that Dave can at least count to five.
asserted
Dave → know → five
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