Claims extracted
20
sentences that state something as happening or true
Uncertain
15%
3 of 20 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
Leaning
withheld
no quote in the article backed the model's score
Publisher signals
78/100
NBC News's corrections and
hedging, across everything collected from it. Not a measure of accuracy.
Outlets on this story
2
Politics
Same framing elsewhere
1
articles that frame the event the way this one does
Police and the El Paso, Texas, branch of the NAACP are condemning a group of people, possibly including youths, who were shown wearing Ku Klux Klan-style white robes and hoods in viral social media videos.
uncertain
who → condemn → videos
The videos show the group walking on a neighborhood street, which police indicated is in El Paso.
asserted
police → show → Paso
In one video, the person recording can be heard laughing and telling the group, “Y’all gotta yell something, güey.”
asserted
Y’all → record → something
(“Güey” is Spanish slang, most commonly used in Mexico, akin to “dude” in English.)
asserted
Güey → use → English
Carl B. Dwyer Jr., the NAACP’s El Paso branch president, denounced the display at a news conference Monday morning as deeply hurtful to Black Americans, for whom the KKK has been a real-life terror since the Civil War.
asserted
KKK → denounce → War
“Many believe that it’s just a joke,” he said after supporters joined in to sing “Lift Every Voice and Sing,” the hymn often referred to as the Black national anthem.
asserted
hymn → believe → anthem
“It hurts,” Dwyer said.
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Dwyer → hurt → ?
“It hurts.”
asserted
It → hurt → ?
El Paso Police Chief Peter Pacillas said in a statement that the department was looking into whether the group, “reportedly including young people,” violated any laws, including disorderly conduct “or other applicable offenses.”
uncertain
group → say → conduct
“Symbols and language associated with the Ku Klux Klan represent a history of terror, violence, and racial hatred,” he said.
asserted
he → associate → terror
“They have no place in our community.
asserted
They → have → community
Treating that history as a costume or a joke is unacceptable and contrary to the values of respect and safety that define El Paso.”
asserted
that → treat → Paso
Artie C. Maxwell Jr., pastor of El Paso’s Mount Zion Baptist Church, also spoke at Monday’s news conference and provided historical context for a city that briefly sympathized with the Confederacy.
asserted
that → speak → Confederacy
“We may think that it is a joke, but it’s not a joke when it comes to the lives that have come before us,” he said.
uncertain
he → think → us
“God, that many have died at the hands of those who have worn those costumes.”
asserted
who → die → costumes
Pacillas invited those with information about the incident to step forward.
asserted
Pacillas → invite → incident
“Free expression has limits when it crosses into conduct that threatens public order or the safety of others,” he said.
asserted
he → have → others
Dwyer urged local educators to remind students of history and its influence on the present.
asserted
Dwyer → urge → present
“We’re calling on all of the superintendents, all of the school districts, please, speak up.
asserted
We → call → districts
Please, do something about this,” he said.
asserted
he → do → this
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