Claims extracted
20
sentences that state something as happening or true
Uncertain
5%
1 of 20 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
Leaning
not political
takes no side on a contested political question
Publisher signals
67/100
New York Post's corrections and
hedging, across everything collected from it. Not a measure of accuracy.
Outlets on this story
3
Health
Same framing elsewhere
1
articles that frame the event the way this one does
A Texas thief stole nearly $2,000 worth of emergency medication from the wheelchair of a terminally ill boy at the State Fair — before a good Samaritan stepped in to help replace the life-saving meds.
asserted
Samaritan → steal → meds
Single mom Kayla Price, whose son Devin Cervantes, 3, has terminal brain cancer, said her purse containing two doses of medication used to stop his seizures and $1,500 in cash was stolen while she visited the Dallas fair with her children on Oct. 6.
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she → have → Oct.
“The potential of my son having a seizure and me not having that medication … it sucks,” Price told Fox 4 on Oct. 8.
asserted
Price → have → Oct.
“I could lose everything because of someone’s careless act.
uncertain
I → lose → act
It really hurts because I would do anything for my baby.”
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I → hurt → baby
Price had taken her children to the fair — a week before the annual event closed for the year — for a rare outing after Devin had been feeling particularly well.
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Devin → take → outing
However, Prices’ purse was stolen from her son’s wheelchair when she briefly turned her attention to her older son.
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she → steal → son
She said the prescription nasal spray inside her purse was vital to stopping Devin’s seizures, and insurance would not cover a replacement.
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insurance → say → replacement
Price reported the theft to Dallas police and pleaded for the thief to return her belongings.
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thief → report → belongings
“I hope, I really wish you had it in your heart to return everything,” she told Fox 4.
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she → hope → Fox
“You don’t know the pain that you’re causing me or my kids who you’re hurting.
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you → know → who
Devin is battling stage 4 terminal brain cancer and has been placed in hospice care.
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Devin → battle → care
His mom said he has endured six rounds of chemotherapy and 45 radiation treatments, but his tumor continued to grow.
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tumor → say → chemotherapy
Price has described her son as a cheerful boy who loves dancing, Spider-Man and SpongeBob SquarePants.
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who → describe → dancing
“Despite everything he’s going through, Devin is still the happiest little boy,” she wrote in a GoFundMe appeal.
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she → go → appeal
Price’s nightmare escalated when Devin suffered a prolonged seizure on Oct. 9, leaving Price desperate to replace the medication, NBC 5 reported.
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NBC → escalate → medication
But help arrived when Dallas man Chris Bailey, who runs the Everybody Love Everybody Facebook group, heard about the theft and donated $2,000 to help the family cover the cost of the medicine.
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family → arrive → medicine
“I sent her the money yesterday, and she immediately went to the pharmacy and filled it,” Bailey told the outlet.
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Bailey → send → outlet
“That medicine gave me a couple more days, a couple of more weeks, hopefully, and I am so glad,” Price added.
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Price → give → days
Bailey said he hoped to meet Devin and had another gift planned for the youngster.
“A little early Christmas surprise,” he told NBC 5.
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he → say → youngster
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