Claims extracted
18
sentences that state something as happening or true
Uncertain
0%
0 of 18 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
Leaning
not political
takes no side on a contested political question
Publisher signals
67/100
Fox News's corrections and
hedging, across everything collected from it. Not a measure of accuracy.
Outlets on this story
2
Other
Same framing elsewhere
1
articles that frame the event the way this one does
Sometimes, home run hitters blast the baseball out of the park even when they're past their prime, and Al Michaels did exactly that on the Thursday Night Football telecast on Prime.
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Michaels → blast → Prime
Michaels, calling the Washington Commanders victory over the New York Giants, was his usual adept and seasoned self, delivering the play-by-play of the game that actually kept our attention because it was entertaining.
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it → call → attention
Then in the fourth quarter, he delivered a eulogy on behalf of Prime for NBC broadcaster Dan Hicks, who died unexpectedly Thursday of an undetermined acute illness.
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who → deliver → illness
"The sports broadcasting business was shocked to learn this morning of the passing of Dan Hicks," Michaels began.
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Michaels → shock → Hicks
"Dan joined NBC Sports in 1992, provided captions to so many iconic moments in golf, tennis, and Notre Dame football.
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Dan → join → golf
And he and Rowdy Gaines turned the calling of swimming in multiple Olympics into an art form.
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he → turn → form
"On this very rough day for so many of us we send ..."
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we → send → us
That is the point where Michaels began to choke up on air.
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Michaels → begin → air
It wasn't him bursting out in tears.
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him → burst → tears
It was him pausing for a beat, his voice cracking just slightly, as his compassion and sympathy for what he was about to say next obviously was on his mind.
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he → pause → mind
Dan Hicks left behind his wife Hannah Storm and three daughters.
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Hicks → leave → wife
The last part, where Michaels realized the tragedy of the death leaves behind a family broken by the loss was moving.
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tragedy → realize → loss
The fact Michaels somehow recovered and finished the tribute was professionalism at its height.
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Michaels → recover → height
The audience felt his pain and the pain of the family left behind and saw the recovery in real time.
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audience → feel → time
It was humanity and emotion pouring from Michaels and anyone who watched felt it.
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who → pour → it
Moments later, Michaels continued his football play-by-play duties.
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Michaels → continue → duties
And this: Michaels celebrated his 82nd birthday on Thursday.
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Michaels → celebrate → Thursday
It is possible, perhaps even likely, that as he was delivering those sad words about Dan Hicks and his family, Al Michaels had a moment where he realized his own mortality.
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he → deliver → mortality
The Aporia
