Claims extracted
21
sentences that state something as happening or true
Uncertain
0%
0 of 21 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.
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Entertainment
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articles that frame the event the way this one does
The screams that greet Louis Tomlinson give me a contact high.
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that → greet → high
Die-hard fans have legged it to the barrier and thrust stage.
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fans → legge → stage
The word “Lemonade” flashes on-screen, towering over Tomlinson and his five-piece band.
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word → flash → Tomlinson
He cuts an amiable, Gallagher-type figure in a puffy red jacket and jeans.
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He → cut → jacket
Until he’s briefly engulfed in a confetti explosion.
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he → engulf → explosion
Music videos are composed live, faces projected dystopia-large with film effects, high-contrast overlays or psychedelic sunflowers, with colour-saturated stage lights and even a synth-laser show for Broken Bones.
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faces → compose → Bones
It’s a leap from the opening act, Rum Jungle, the kind of Aussie indie group you play driving to the beach on P-plates with your mates.
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you → ’ → mates
Tomlinson gets somewhat swallowed in the production.
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Tomlinson → swallow → production
The mixing does no favours, his piping, Arctic Monkeys-style vocals no match for thundering drums in songs like The Spark.
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vocals → do → Spark
He’s often lost in backing harmonies and the word-faithful crowd, unless it’s the pared-back cover of the Foo Fighters’ My Hero.
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it → lose → Hero
But Tomlinson’s impeccable band shines.
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band → shin → ?
Oozing rock, they unify eclectic leaps from funk pop and acoustic ballads to nostalgic indie/Britpop like the Oasis-esque Saturdays and Franz Ferdinand-style dance riffs in Out of my System.
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they → ooze → System
Keyboard skips between plinking piano and glimmering synth as the guitarists and bassist pace like tigers to tumbling, chest-shaking beats and rip blistering solos.
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guitarists → skip → solos
Tomlinson performs a pop persona perfectly.
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Tomlinson → perform → persona
His grinning, Yorkshire-accented commentary is lightly peppered with profanities: “Loud as you fooken’ can!”
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you → grin → profanities
In return, the One Direction is utterly adored.
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Direction → adore → return
For One Direction’s Night Changes, a sea of phones rise, recording intently.
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sea → rise → phones
Tomlinson’s grim-faced guards have to pull him back from the barrier when ladies get grabby in the encore.
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ladies → have → encore
I only wonder if he regretted the jacket in the fervent, feminine body heat filling John Cain Arena.
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he → wonder → Arena
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Booklist → review → Steger
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it → get → ?
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