Claims extracted
20
sentences that state something as happening or true
Uncertain
5%
1 of 20 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
Leaning
not political
takes no side on a contested political question
Publisher signals
66/100
The Straits Times's corrections and
hedging, across everything collected from it. Not a measure of accuracy.
Outlets on this story
20
Crime & Law
Same framing elsewhere
1
articles that frame the event the way this one does
Bomb threats warning ‘the clock is ticking’ disrupt TV channels across Europe
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clock → warn → Europe
DUBLIN/LONDON - Bomb threats warning “the clock is ticking” were sent to TV stations across Europe on Nov 6, prompting evacuations and programming to be suspended.
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programming → warn → evacuations
Warnings were sent to Irish broadcaster RTE, Britain’s Sky, Bulgarian private station Nova TV and others, the companies said.
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companies → send → RTE
No bombs were found at any affected site.
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bombs → find → site
RTE programmes were replaced by music and a pre-recorded message, some for as long as three hours.
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programmes → replace → hours
The alerts follow a string of hoax bomb threats that has disrupted passenger flights from Serbia to Finland to Spain and beyond in recent days, forcing diversions, emergency landings and security sweeps, though no explosives have been found so far.
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explosives → follow → diversions
They also come amid a growing sense of unease about hacking scams in recent weeks, including cyberattacks on supermarkets.
“We want the whole world to know about us, which is why one of our operatives has planted an explosive device in your building,” read one email received by Nova and RTE on Nov 6.
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email → come → Nov
“It will detonate in 45 minutes.
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It → detonate → minutes
The clock is ticking.”
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clock → tick → ?
The e-mails to RTE and Nova were signed off with the name Mikhail Andropov, with a message saying the author was one of the leaders of a group responsible for this week’s plane hoaxes.
“But this is only the beginning.
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this → sign → hoaxes
What happened this week is just a small part of what awaits Europe in the near future,” the message added.
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message → happen → future
The purported author shared a surname with Yuri Andropov, a former General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.
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author → purport → Union
The title of the e-mail “MESSAGE TO THE WEST,” echoed the title of a biography of Andropov called “New Challenge to the West”.
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title → echo → West
It was unclear if this was a sign of Russian involvement, or an attempt to point the finger at Moscow.
uncertain
this → point → Moscow
Police came to the Nova newsroom in Sofia, which was evacuated, checked and deemed safe.
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which → come → Sofia
Broadcasting was not interrupted and employees returned to their desks, broadcasters said.
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broadcasters → interrupt → desks
Staff returned to RTE’s campus after police completed a more than three-hour sweep of the buildings.
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police → return → buildings
Irish Prime Minister Micheal Martin said security agencies in Europe had not yet determined whether the threats to air travel and media organisations were being made by individuals or as part of a coordinated attack.
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threats → say → attack
“It just illustrates how relatively simple it can be to cause disruption and to undermine the normal operation of society through unconventional activities of this kind, which are designed to cause disruption, designed to cause fear and anxiety,” Martin told RTE radio shortly after news programming went back on air from an outside broadcasting unit.
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programming → illustrate → unit
“We have to remain calm,” he added.
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he → have → ?
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