Claims extracted
28
sentences that state something as happening or true
Uncertain
7%
2 of 28 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
Leaning
not political
takes no side on a contested political question
Publisher signals
67/100
ABC News (AU)'s corrections and
hedging, across everything collected from it. Not a measure of accuracy.
Outlets on this story
28
World
Same framing elsewhere
1
articles that frame the event the way this one does
In short:
Teenager William has recounted his ordeal of being lost in bushland in Victoria's east.
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William → recount → east
William says he sang John Denver songs to keep his spirits up and ate chips.
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he → say → chips
He is recovering in hospital.
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He → recover → hospital
A teenager who survived six days lost in bushland in Victoria's east has recounted how he sang John Denver songs to keep his spirits up while he desperately hoped to be found.
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he → survive → spirits
William, 17, is recovering from his ordeal in hospital after he was found by emergency services yesterday in a riverbed at Walhalla East.
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he → recover → East
He disappeared a week ago while camping with a friend, sparking an intense search involving hundreds of people, including police divers, the dog squad and helicopters.
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He → disappear → divers
William told Channel Seven from his hospital bed in Traralgon that there were times during his ordeal that he didn't think he'd be found.
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he → tell → ordeal
A couple of times it was raining.
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it → rain → times
I got sunburnt and pretty treacherous surroundings, rocks and sticks, yeah," he said.
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he → get → ?
"I didn't think I'd make it six days.'
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I → think → days
William said he sang John Denver's Country Roads, Take Me Home to keep his spirits up during the cold nights in the bush.
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he → say → bush
I started doing it one night and it made me feel ace so I just kept doing it."
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I → start → it
His only food for six days was a packet of chicken-flavoured chips, which he rationed, and said he was happy to finally have a proper meal.
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he → flavour → meal
"I had a great sleep last night.
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I → have → sleep
Comfy bed, finally got some food into me and over the moon to be happy and safe with family," he said.
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he → get → family
Latrobe Regional Hospital CEO Don McRae said William was "in good spirits" overnight, with his mother by his side.
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William → say → side
"William has been cared for by our team overnight and is in a stable condition," he said.
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he → care → condition
"He'll be transferred to The Alfred in Melbourne this morning for further testing and specialist review.
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He → transfer → testing
"Our team will continue to ensure he receives the care he needs as he moves to the next stage of his treatment."
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he → continue → treatment
William's mother Elizabeth Barkley told Sunrise she had an out-of-body experience when reunited with her son.
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she → tell → son
"Can I believe that they found him and they found him alive?"
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they → believe → him
"It was just wonderful that I happened to be up there when they found him.
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they → happen → him
I told him that he's never going camping again and he's getting locked up in his room."
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he → tell → room
She said he was "a bit grumpy" because he was required to fast and could not have his morning coffee or McDonald's for breakfast.
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he → say → breakfast
His condition was stable "but it's one of those things that could turn serious quite quickly if not treated and looked after properly", Elizabeth said.
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Elizabeth → turn → things
William had been transferred to the intensive care unit overnight after his blood pressure dropped due to dehydration.
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pressure → transfer → dehydration
Elizabeth said he had moved on from the John Denver songs he had sung to keep his spirits up.
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he → say → spirits
"Today he's been singing AC/DC songs," she said.
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she → sing → songs
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