Claims extracted
12
sentences that state something as happening or true
Uncertain
8%
1 of 12 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
Leaning
not political
takes no side on a contested political question
Publisher signals
60/100
NBC News's corrections and
hedging, across everything collected from it. Not a measure of accuracy.
Outlets on this story
3
Entertainment
Same framing elsewhere
1
articles that frame the event the way this one does
Oscar-nominated actor Barbara Barrie died at her New York City home with medical assistance.
asserted
Barrie → nominate → assistance
Her agent, Gary Gersh, confirmed to NBC News in a statement Thursday that Barrie’s death was “medically assisted in accordance with the New York State Medical Aid in Dying law, of which she was a proponent and advocate.”
asserted
she → confirm → which
The law took effect on Aug. 5 and allows terminally ill adults with less than six months to live to obtain a self-administered prescription medication to end their lives.
asserted
adults → take → lives
Barrie’s daughter, Jane Harnick, told the New York Times that her mother had been diagnosed with terminal cancer and died Wednesday.
asserted
mother → tell → cancer
According to The Times, she had also been living with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, a type of interstitial lung disease that causes breathing issues, fatigue and weight loss.
uncertain
that → accord → issues
“I have a very full, active life, but what lies ahead is unknown and yet known at the same time,” Barrie told Playbill in a 2014 interview about her lung disease diagnosis.
asserted
Barrie → have → diagnosis
“I am living full steam ahead and am now trying to help other people do the same.”
asserted
people → live → same
Barrie was best known for her role as Evelyn Stohler in the 1979 movie “Breaking Away,” which earned her a best supporting actress Oscar nomination.
asserted
which → know → nomination
In 1971, Barrie was nominated for a Tony Award for best featured actress in a musical for “Company,” Broadway.com reported.
asserted
Broadway.com → nominate → Company
Her other stage credits included “The Selling of the President” and “The Prisoner of Second Avenue.
asserted
credits → include → Avenue
She also received Emmy nominations for her roles in “Law & Order” and “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit” and “Breaking Away,” a television series based on the movie.
asserted
She → receive → movie
Other notable films included “Private Benjamin” and the television series “Double Trouble” and “Suddenly Susan.”
asserted
films → include → Benjamin
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