Claims extracted
16
sentences that state something as happening or true
Uncertain
6%
1 of 16 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
“It is a small world,” reckons Graham Lum of North Rocks.
asserted
Lum → reckon → Rocks
“I did my National Service with an Edmund Loong (C8) from Parramatta back in 1959.
asserted
I → do → 1959
I assume he is the Edward Loong of Herald fame.
asserted
he → assume → fame
He was well-behaved at age seven.
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He → behave → age
And for more trivia, Hogan’s sister, Wendy, married John Devitt.”
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sister → marry → Devitt
“Is the prolific Edward Loong of Column 8 fame the younger brother of the lovely Nancy Loong who attended Parramatta Public Primary School with me in the early 1950s?”
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who → attend → 1950s
There we have it, two items on the one person, both containing the word ‘fame’.
asserted
both → have → fame
And the world remains small for Ian Rewell of Longueville, too: “I thought you might be interested to know that there are four of us who have been published in Column 8 (thank you!) who were all in the same year at university, the Sydney Uni Faculty of Medicine, final year 1977: Tim Ingall of Scottsdale Arizona, James Wall of Sutton Forest, Malcolm Robilliard of Darling Point and myself
uncertain
who → remain → Point
“You know that you are getting old when you misunderstand advertising,” laments Jo Rainbow of Orange.
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Rainbow → know → Orange
“Apparently, ‘Brazilian blowout nanoplasty’ is nothing to do with getting your bikini line in readiness for summer.
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nanoplasty → do → summer
Richard Hale of Paddington thinks “Janice Creenaune’s daughter should end her Mothpocalypse Now party (C8) with the show MothBusters and let bogongs be bogongs.”
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bogongs → think → show
Still winging it, George Manojlovic of Mangerton writes: “An entomologist recently informed me that the bogong moth throng navigates by singing the Bogong Moth Migratory Throng Song: ‘I’ve been to Gulgong Cooranbong Ettalong Kurrajong Wollongong Bong Bong Binalong and Grong Grong Bedgerebong Matong Yarramalong and Dandenong so bogongs everywhere flap your wings and sing along!’”
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bogongs → wing → wings
“My first response in reading George Zivkovic’s revelation of Mitchell Moses’ cowardly assault upon a calf (C8) was udder disbelief,” declares Paul Taylor of Winston Hills.
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Taylor → read → Hills
“On reflection though, with so much at steak in the modern game, I can only conclude that such actions, previously unherd of, are now stock standard.
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actions → conclude → game
League officials must be on the horns of a dilemma in deciding the appropriate punishment, but I would have no beef with repeat offenders being banned for heifer and heifer.”
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offenders → decide → heifer
Readers are welcome to steer this discussion elsewhere.
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Readers → steer → discussion
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