Claims extracted
17
sentences that state something as happening or true
Uncertain
12%
2 of 17 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
Leaning
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no quote in the article backed the model's score
Publisher signals
63/100
Global News's corrections and
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Outlets on this story
20
Politics
Same framing elsewhere
1
articles that frame the event the way this one does
A legal expert says a lawsuit by the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) doesn’t hold up and threatens to delegitimize the results if Republican incumbent Dan S. Sullivan loses November’s Senate race in Alaska.
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Sullivan → say → Alaska
“I see no possibility of any literate voter being unable to distinguish the two Daniel Sullivans on the ballot,” Emily L. Waters, a professor at the University of Alaska Anchorage, told Global News.
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Waters → see → News
On Thursday, the DOJ filed a lawsuit to block Alaska from certifying its Senate election results if Sullivan, the incumbent, doesn’t win.
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Sullivan → file → results
President Donald Trump said he ordered the lawsuit because there will be two Dan Sullivans on the ballot.
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he → say → ballot
Both identify themselves as Republicans.
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Both → identify → Republicans
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“They have two guys named Dan Sullivan running,” Trump said.
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Trump → get → news
“So the Democrats put up a guy, I don’t think he ever voted before.
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he → put → guy
All of a sudden he decides to run for the Senate and his name is Dan Sullivan.
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name → decide → Senate
In the court filings, the DOJ claims the second candidate, Daniel J. Sullivan, is running with the intention of misleading and confusing voters to benefit Democratic rival Mary Peltola.
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candidate → claim → Peltola
The documents further argue that, should the incumbent Sullivan lose, certifying the results would compromise the integrity of the election.
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certifying → argue → election
The Alaska Supreme Court previously ruled that both names could stay on the ballot.
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names → rule → ballot
Even if the second Sullivan was running to misdirect voters, Waters said that does not justify a legal battle.
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that → run → battle
“Judge Zeman addressed this previously in state court and said there’s no problem if somebody enters a race to harass or distract, as long as they follow procedures, their motivations for being on the ballot are irrelevant.”
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motivations → address → ballot
She added that credit needs to be given to the voter to be able to distinguish between the candidates.
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credit → add → candidates
“Sullivan has enriched himself at our expense for 12 years,” she said.
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she → enrich → years
“Now he’s using his DC allies to try to keep himself in power and put his own interests ahead of Alaskans.”
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he → use → Alaskans
If Peltola wins the race in Alaska, it will give Democrats one out of four seats needed to gain control of the Senate.
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it → win → Senate
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