Claims extracted
18
sentences that state something as happening or true
Uncertain
6%
1 of 18 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
Leaning
withheld
no quote in the article backed the model's score
Publisher signals
66/100
New York Post's corrections and
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Outlets on this story
2
Politics
Same framing elsewhere
1
articles that frame the event the way this one does
Abdul El-Sayed tried to shut down Bret Baier Friday as the Fox News host attempted to ask the Michigan Senate hopeful a question about the Muslim Brotherhood.
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host → try → Brotherhood
The polarizing Democrat immediately got defensive and repeatedly interrupted Baier during an interview on “Special Report” as the newsman pressed him on a 2012 letter addressed to the leader of the extremist group in Egypt that was signed by El-Sayed.
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that → polarize → Sayed
“Bret, Bret … no, no, no … let me just stop there,” El-Sayed interjected, cutting off Baier before he could finish the question.
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he → let → question
“You are asking this question to raise the question about whether or not I have dual loyalty,” the former public health official assumed.
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official → ask → loyalty
Baier shot back: “I’m not, this is specific.”
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this → shoot → ?
“My loyalty will be to the Constitution of the United States, and as as every senator who’s ever served, I will swear an oath to that Constitution,” El-Sayed said, interrupting the host again.
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Sayed → serve → host
Undeterred, Baier attempted to ask the question once more, but El-Sayed, again, started talking over the journalist.
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Sayed → attempt → journalist
“I’m not interested in anything you’re going to pull out from a 2012 statement, a letter, you’re going to pull that out of context, you’re going to ask questions about my allegiance,” he said.
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he → ’m → allegiance
Be a journalist,” El-Sayed snapped.
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Sayed → snap → ?
“So as a journalist,” he told Baier condescendingly, “if you’re asking the question about my allegiance to the Constitution: I have never been a member of the Muslim Brotherhood.
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I → tell → Brotherhood
I am interested in serving the United States.
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I → serve → States
I’m interested in swearing an oath to the Constitution that every senator has sworn oath to.
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senator → ’m → oath
The 2012 letter, signed by El-Sayed and more than 30 others, urged Mohamed Morsi, the then-newly crowned president of Egypt and a leader in the Muslim Brotherhood, to “purge” the media and police, the Washington Free Beacon first reported last month.
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Beacon → sign → media
The letter was published on Egyptian news site Al-Ahram Gate and was followed by a cruel crackdown on journalists in Egypt by Morsi’s government.
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letter → publish → government
In a separate interview with Republican Senate candidate Mike Rogers, the former congressman argued that El-Sayed didn’t “disavow” the Muslim Brotherhood in his contentious conversation with Baier.
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Sayed → argue → Baier
“He’s been dancing around this issue for a while,” Rogers said.
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Rogers → dance → while
“When you support an organization and say you’re going to purge the press and purge the police, not to say it, encourage them to do it … he has adopted the ideology of the Muslim Brotherhood,” the Republican argued.
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Republican → support → Brotherhood
The Muslim Brotherhood is a designated terrorist organization by Egypt, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates — but not the US.
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Brotherhood → designate → Egypt
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