Claims extracted
22
sentences that state something as happening or true
Uncertain
14%
3 of 22 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
Leaning
not political
takes no side on a contested political question
Publisher signals
61/100
The Sydney Morning Herald's corrections and
hedging, across everything collected from it. Not a measure of accuracy.
Outlets on this story
1
Entertainment
Same framing elsewhere
1
articles that frame the event the way this one does
“Trump’s patriotic re-naming of parts of the world is intriguing,” thinks George Manojlovic of Mangerton.
asserted
Manojlovic → think → Mangerton
“I’m waiting for something more imaginative than Gulf of America or Lake America.
asserted
I → wait → America
American Mayan Yucatán rolls off the tongue, as does Unclesamoa and Unclesamistan.
asserted
Unclesamoa → roll → tongue
How about Yankee Chewing Guam or Southern Fried Türkiye?
asserted
Yankee → chew → Guam
Londonald has a familiar ring to it, too.”
asserted
Londonald → have → it
The Bee Gees’ Easter Show gig (C8), has notoriety, according to Andrew Cohen of Glebe: “I remember when a handsome young man about 17, brought my 15-year-old sister home to Pymble about 6pm from the Easter Show with his two young brothers in the back of his yellow FC Holden.
uncertain
man → have → Holden
He politely apologised to my scary fuming father, ‘My brothers and I had commitments’.
asserted
brothers → apologise → commitments
Dad: ‘I know who you are Mr Gibb.
asserted
you → know → ?
You’re one of those singers on Bandstand.
asserted
You → ’re → Bandstand
How dare you bring my daughter home after dark.
asserted
you → bring → dark
Maurice and Robin saw me watching from a window and their eyes were messaging me their alarm.
asserted
eyes → see → alarm
My sister remains none too pleased about this.”
asserted
sister → remain → this
Marjie Williamson’s pill-popping enquiry (C8) has flooded our mailbox to the extent that it’s challenging to find material on any other subject.
asserted
it → pop → subject
It led Nola Scott of Wagga Wagga to say, “I’m right-handed, so I open tablets in a foil pack from the left, just as I write from the left.
asserted
I → lead → left
I don’t think I could do it going backwards.”
uncertain
I → think → it
Michael Johnston of Corlette starts “each of my four foil sheets of tablets in a random spot and congratulate myself when they all finish on the same day.
asserted
they → start → day
Being right-handed I open them with my left hand as an anti-dementia strategy.”
asserted
I → open → strategy
All very instructive, but maybe it’s worth heeding Col Burns of Lugarno: “I may be ambidextrous or just disorganised, but if I noticed that I was selecting tablets other than at random, I’d assume that those tablets were treatment for my OCD.”
uncertain
tablets → ’ → OCD
“Lyndall Dawson succinctly and incisively describes the genius of Cathy Wilcox (C8),” says Robyn Cashman of Fernhill.
asserted
Cashman → describe → Fernhill
It would make a great addition to every school’s modern history reading list.
asserted
It → make → list
“A crime reporter recently referred to an investigating police squad as ‘infamous’,” notes Lea Grant of Lyneham (ACT).
asserted
Grant → refer → Lyneham
“Does he know something we don’t or does he need a dictionary?
asserted
he → know → dictionary
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