Claims extracted
14
sentences that state something as happening or true
Uncertain
29%
4 of 14 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
Leaning
withheld
no quote in the article backed the model's score
Publisher signals
64/100
Daily Mail's corrections and
hedging, across everything collected from it. Not a measure of accuracy.
Outlets on this story
4
Politics
Same framing elsewhere
1
articles that frame the event the way this one does
Reform UK has suffered a fresh blow after a string of its councillors and candidates were caught making violent, racist and sexist remarks by an undercover investigation.
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string → suffer → investigation
Three councillors have left the party after ITV obtained covert recordings of them expressing offensive views.
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ITV → leave → views
In one clip, a councillor told undercover reporters the West Midlands area he was canvassing was 'infested' with Asian families, called them 'absolute parasites' and said they should be deported.
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they → tell → them
Cllr Alan Feeney, appointed deputy mayor of Solihull Borough Council in May, said: 'I'd be saying no more than 1 per cent of British population can be non-white... like literally drag them out of their homes, stick them on planes and f*** them off to Pakistan.
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cent → appoint → Pakistan
I mean you're getting to a point where you ban Muslims from standing from public office.'
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you → mean → office
He has now 'mutually agreed' to resign from Reform UK, citing 'personal reasons', and will sit as an independent.
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He → agree → independent
A Reform councillor in the same area used racist terms as well as making sexual comments about women standing for the party.
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councillor → use → party
Cllr Chris Whelan said of a female Reform candidate: 'I'd have been sniffing that seat as soon as she got up.'
Cllr Alan Feeney (pictured), appointed deputy mayor of Solihull Borough Council in May, said: 'I'd be saying no more than 1 per cent of British population can be non-white... like literally drag them out of their homes, stick them on planes and f*** them off to Pakistan'
Cllr Chris Whelan said of a female Reform candidate: 'I'd have been sniffing that seat as soon as she got up'
Cllr Dean Miller, elected to Bromley Council in May, told an undercover reporter: 'Apparently King Charles is a f****** Muslim... cut the c***'s head off'
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Charles → say → head
Cllr Whelan said following the investigation he had resigned from Reform 'on personal and health grounds'.
And Cllr Dean Miller, elected to Bromley Council in May, told an undercover reporter while leafleting voters in the Makerfield by-election: 'Apparently King Charles is a f****** Muslim... cut the c***'s head off.'
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Charles → say → head
He also said that migrants crossing the Channel 'have come to rape and pillage and f****** kill us', adding that 'we've been ethnically cleansed out of London', and described black children vandalising shops as 'animals'.
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we → say → animals
Cllr Miller told ITV he is disabled and was heavily medicated at the time, and has resigned from Reform.
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he → tell → Reform
Cllr Raymond Dunning, elected to Tameside council in May, complained his colleagues were being 'schmoozed' by Labour councillors and independents, saying: 'They should be shot against the wall.'
He described himself as 'so far-Right, it's unbelievable'.
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it → elect → himself
He did not respond to ITV's request for comment and remains in Reform.
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He → respond → Reform
Last night Reform accused ITV Exposure of 'extreme methods of deception' but added: 'In some cases, there have been suspensions and due process must be followed.'
Deputy leader Richard Tice claimed that one of the Reform figures caught up in the investigation was a 'Tory plant' who was 'deliberately saying some things to make us look bad'.
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us → accuse → things
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