Claims extracted
20
sentences that state something as happening or true
Uncertain
15%
3 of 20 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
Leaning
not political
takes no side on a contested political question
Publisher signals
68/100
Daily Mail's corrections and
hedging, across everything collected from it. Not a measure of accuracy.
Outlets on this story
8
Crime & Law
Same framing elsewhere
1
articles that frame the event the way this one does
A prominent athlete is adamant he was kissed by Alan Jones, telling the talkback titan's trial he cannot erase it from his memory.
asserted
he → kiss → memory
He faced the 85-year-old from across a Sydney courtroom for a third day as he described being kissed without his consent at a sporting event attended by a large crowd.
asserted
he → face → crowd
Under cross-examination by Jones's barrister, the sportsman, who cannot be identified for legal reasons, accepted there were discrepancies between his multiple statements to police and his evidence in court.
asserted
who → identify → court
He agreed he had previously testified he 'froze' when Jones had kissed him on the side of his lips, but hadn't mentioned either freezing or lips in police statements.
asserted
Jones → agree → statements
But, the sportsman said he had gestured towards his lips when making a police statement, but it was not recorded by officers.
asserted
it → say → officers
Gabrielle Bashir SC painstakingly questioned him about where he and her client had been positioned at the function before suggesting the kiss between the pair didn't happen.
asserted
kiss → question → pair
'I know the kiss happened because I can't get it out of my memory,' the athlete insisted.
asserted
athlete → know → memory
'What I've been able to say very clearly, I know.
asserted
I → say → What
Alan Jones (right) watched on in court on Thursday as a prominent athlete alleged the former broadcaster kissed him without his consent at a sporting event
'
asserted
broadcaster → watch → event
What I may not be able to give is who was sitting at my table and at which direction something may have happened.'
uncertain
something → give → table
He said Ms Bashir was wrong to suggest the kiss couldn't have occurred in any of the ways he described.
asserted
he → say → ways
The sportsman told the court he had agonised over how to respond to a glowing message Jones sent after the function, telling him he was 'beautiful tonight' and asking to catch up.
asserted
he → tell → him
He agreed with Ms Bashir that he could have easily not responded but said he felt apprehensive about the situation.
uncertain
he → agree → situation
'I wanted the kiss that happened to have never happened,' he told the court.
asserted
he → want → court
'I wanted things to go back to normal.'
The well-known athlete responded twice, telling Jones: 'Let me know when we can catch up.
asserted
we → want → Jones
He alleged Jones kissed him without consent for a second time when they were at the broadcaster's Circular Quay apartment years later.
asserted
they → allege → apartment
Alan Jones (pictured on Thursday) has pleaded not guilty to 22 charges related to six men
The longtime shock jock allegedly pressed his genitals against the younger man, who told the court he pushed him away and told him, 'OK mate', in a defiant tone.
uncertain
he → picture → tone
The allegations are among the 22 charges of indecent assault and sexual touching without consent that have been denied by Jones, who maintains the incidents never occurred.
asserted
incidents → deny → Jones
The charges relate to six complainants and date from 2003 to the end of Jones's successful and influential 35-year broadcasting career.
asserted
charges → relate → career
In addition to topping the radio breakfast slot a record number of times, he also broadcast to a national audience for years as a regular commentator on Nine's Today show and a host of a political discussion show on Sky News.
That followed a coaching career that included stints for the Wallabies and the Balmain Tigers.
asserted
that → top → Wallabies
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