Claims extracted
27
sentences that state something as happening or true
Uncertain
15%
4 of 27 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
Leaning
not political
takes no side on a contested political question
Publisher signals
66/100
New York Post's corrections and
hedging, across everything collected from it. Not a measure of accuracy.
Outlets on this story
24
Sports
Same framing elsewhere
1
articles that frame the event the way this one does
The way everyone around the Raiders was talking about Kirk Cousins in the past tense Wednesday, leave it to his 22-year-old successor to remind everybody that Cousins got traded to Minnesota.
asserted
Cousins → talk → Minnesota
He didn’t, you know, die.
asserted
you → know → ?
“Well, he’s not gone.
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he → go → ?
He’s not gone forever,” Fernando Mendoza said.
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Mendoza → go → ?
Presumably, the phone still works in Minneapolis.
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phone → work → Minneapolis
And the way Mendoza figures it, he’ll have occasion to use it, maybe as soon as Sunday, after he makes his first NFL start against the Seahawks.
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he → figure → Seahawks
Still, there’s a difference between being able to call somebody and knowing he’ll be sitting a few feet away when you get to work in the morning.
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you → ’ → morning
Mendoza spent the first nine games of his NFL career with that luxury.
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Mendoza → spend → luxury
He wanted to make sure Wednesday that a few people understood what it meant to him.
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it → want → him
“As a family, they’ve done so much for me,” Mendoza said.
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Mendoza → do → me
“They’ve essentially taken me into their household when they were here, and they welcomed me with open arms.”
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they → take → arms
Consider who was doing the welcoming.
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who → consider → welcoming
Cousins came to Las Vegas to play quarterback.
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Cousins → come → quarterback
The Raiders used the first pick in the draft on the guy everybody understood would eventually take his job.
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everybody → use → job
Nobody would have begrudged Cousins a little professional distance.
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Nobody → begrudge → distance
He could have answered the kid’s questions, wished him well and gone home to his family.
uncertain
He → answer → family
Instead, he made room for Mendoza there, too.
asserted
he → make → Mendoza
In the quarterback room, Mendoza got to see how Cousins studied film, how he prepared for a start and just how many hours went into making either of those things look routine.
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either → get → things
There was plenty a veteran could have kept to himself, particularly with his replacement sitting right there taking notes.
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replacement → be → notes
“He has shared with no restrictions or no constraints,” Mendoza said.
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Mendoza → share → restrictions
Come Sunday, Mendoza gets to find out how much of that education he can put to use against Seattle.
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he → get → Seattle
Come Monday, he’s liable to find something on the film he wishes he could lean over and ask Cousins about.
uncertain
he → Come → Cousins
That’s probably when Minnesota will feel a little farther away than it did Wednesday.
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it → ’ → ?
“I’m going to miss him, and I really appreciate and am deeply thankful for everything that the Cousins family has offered to me.
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family → go → me
”
As for when the two quarterbacks might talk again?
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quarterbacks → talk → ?
He’s got a game to play Sunday.
asserted
He → get → game
And, as he reminded everybody, he’s still got Kirk’s number.
asserted
he → remind → number
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