Claims extracted
11
sentences that state something as happening or true
Uncertain
18%
2 of 11 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
Leaning
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no quote in the article backed the model's score
Publisher signals
64/100
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Outlets on this story
10
Politics
Same framing elsewhere
1
articles that frame the event the way this one does
Women in the media industry join Government minister in voicing NDA concerns
Allegations made against author and TV personality David Walliams were reported by The Guardian and ITV News on Tuesday after he launched an unsuccessful bid to obtain an injunction to prevent their publication.
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he → join → publication
One woman described her alleged encounter with Walliams, when she was 15, as a “sexual assault”, while multiple women accused him of “grooming” them when they were teenagers.
Walliams, 55, denies any wrongdoing.
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Walliams → describe → wrongdoing
The allegations – together with the sentencing of rapist comedian Russell Brand, who was jailed for 10 and a half years at Southwark Crown Court on Monday – have prompted a wider discussion around abuses of power by high-profile figures in the media industry.
Make-up artist Lou Teasdale said it is “open and standard protocol for girls to sign NDAs and and have their phones taken from them before they’re left alone with a famous man”.
In an Instagram post shared on Wednesday, the stylist – whose celebrity clients have included the likes of boyband One Direction – said: “I’m not accusing any of those I worked with of any wrongdoing.
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I → jail → wrongdoing
“I’m talking about a culture that exists and is completely legal that treats a celebrity man’s privacy as more important than a woman’s safety.
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that → talk → safety
“How can a man be expected to behave with any accountability when there is an agreement in place beforehand to remove the woman’s voice and the device that would keep her safe?”
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that → expect → her
Comedian Lucy Beaumont, who has alleged that a young person working in the TV industry once shared concerns with her about Walliams’s conduct, said she did as much “as I could do privately”.
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I → allege → much
She told Sky News: “Whenever I’ve heard a rumour about anyone, I’ve done everything I can.
“There’s only so much I can do, I’m not the police… but I was one of the whisteblowers, and I was one of the people to let The Guardian know.”
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Guardian → tell → people
Beaumont added: “The reason high-profile people are not saying anything is because they’ll lose work, because you’re seen as you might be a trouble-causer, and it does need to be said that there needs to be some intervention.
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it → add → work
“How can there be an NDA taken against someone who feels that she was groomed as a child and is not allowed to speak to even a therapist or a friend?”
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she → take → therapist
Giving evidence to the Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee on Wednesday, media minister Ian Murray said he was “deeply saddened and also angry” to see the prevalence of abuse by men in the media industry.
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he → give → industry
NDAs, he added, are “a major part of the problem”.
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he → add → problem
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