Claims extracted
19
sentences that state something as happening or true
Uncertain
21%
4 of 19 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
Leaning
not political
takes no side on a contested political question
Publisher signals
63/100
Global News's corrections and
hedging, across everything collected from it. Not a measure of accuracy.
Outlets on this story
19
Crime & Law
Same framing elsewhere
1
articles that frame the event the way this one does
A 17-year-old who went missing on a camping trip was found alive Thursday after six days lost in eastern Australian woodlands.
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who → go → woodlands
The boy, who police identified only as William, was camping with a teenage friend when he disappeared last Friday east of Melbourne, Victoria Police said in a news release.
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Police → identify → release
William was dropped off by his mother for the purposes of camping for the weekend when he walked a short distance to the drop-off location to retrieve further camping equipment, police said.
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police → drop → equipment
When William failed to return shortly after, his friend searched the area but found no trace of him, according to police.
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friend → fail → police
“An extensive search of the area was conducted by Victoria Police uniform officers, specialist units and other agencies over the past six days,” police said.
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police → conduct → days
A police helicopter crew found William lying asleep on a flat rock beside a creek, wearing shorts and boots and using towels as blankets.
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William → find → blankets
Police said that he was in good spirits and mostly in good health.
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he → say → health
William was later taken to a hospital for his health to be monitored, police said.
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police → take → hospital
After becoming lost, William trekked for days up and down “some very steep terrain,” Acting Police Inspector Jason Benbow said.
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Benbow → become → terrain
He spent the last two days where he was found at the creek, trapped by the steepness of his surrounds two kilometres from the his camp site, Benbow said.
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Benbow → spend → site
“He woke up to the sound of the helicopter, gave them a thumbs up and they winched him to safety,” Benbow told reporters.
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Benbow → wake → reporters
William’s mother told The Associated Press that she’s “over the moon that he’s alive.”
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he → tell → moon
“And he’s never leaving the house again.
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he → leave → house
He’s grounded for life.
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He → ground → life
He’s not going anywhere ever again,” Elizabeth joked.
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Elizabeth → go → ?
William’s family said he has Level 2 autism.
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he → say → autism
That requires “substantial support,” according to Autism Speaks.
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That → require → Speaks
Someone with Level 2 autism may have deficits in verbal and nonverbal social communication skills, social impairments apparent even with supports in place, limited initiation of social interactions, reduced or abnormal responses to social overtures from others, according to the organization.
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Someone → have → organization
The organization says that a person with Level 2 autism may also experience inflexibility of behaviour, difficulty coping with change, or other restricted/repetitive behaviours appear frequently enough to be obvious to the casual observer and interfere with functioning in a variety of contexts.
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person → say → contexts
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