Claims extracted
21
sentences that state something as happening or true
Uncertain
10%
2 of 21 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
Leaning
not political
takes no side on a contested political question
Publisher signals
66/100
CBS News's corrections and
hedging, across everything collected from it. Not a measure of accuracy.
Outlets on this story
25
Environment
Same framing elsewhere
1
articles that frame the event the way this one does
A man was killed by a shark as he swam off a Western Australian city beach Friday while beachgoers watched in horror.
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beachgoers → kill → horror
Boats and helicopters searched the ocean off Sorrento Beach in Perth's northern suburbs after the late-morning attack, a police statement said.
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statement → search → attack
Police would not say whether potential remains had been found.
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remains → say → ?
But police were confident the "swimmer died as a result of the attack," the statement said.
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statement → die → attack
A witness to the attack, identified only as Darrel, told Nine Network television that the victim had been swimming with a now traumatized friend.
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victim → identify → friend
"I was just shocked.
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I → shock → ?
I mean, I feel for his mate.
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I → mean → mate
He's apologized and said 'I didn't save my mate,'" Darrel told Nine.
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Darrel → apologize → Nine
"I said 'You couldn't have done anything,'" Darrel added.
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Darrel → say → anything
Witness Ingrid Mitchell, who swims at the beach daily, said to Nine: "How do you just watch someone be mauled to pieces in front of you, basically?
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someone → swim → you
Witnesses reported seeing blood in the water.
"
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Witnesses → report → water
My friend said, 'Jac, I think there's been a shark attack,' and I looked out to the ocean and I could see a pool of blood," beach walker Jacqui Rapaic told Australian Broadcasting Corp.
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Rapaic → say → Corp.
Local Ryan Rowe told The West Australian newspaper that he reached the beach soon afterward and was told by an onlooker "someone had been bitten by a shark."
"I couldn't believe there was that much blood (that had) come out of a human body," Rowe said.
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Rowe → tell → body
Authorities closed the beach to swimmers.
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Authorities → close → swimmers
Witnesses described the swimmer as a man in his 60s but police did not identify him further.
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police → describe → him
A
after he was bitten by a shark while swimming in Sydney Harbour in January.
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he → bite → January
The attack that killed the boy was one of , which prompted officials to close dozens of the city's beaches.
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which → kill → beaches
The woman — a schoolteacher — last month recalled swinging a "left hook" at the predator before it dragged her underwater.
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it → recall → her
Australia has averaged between two and three fatal shark attacks a year since 2000, according to the Australian Shark Incident Database, a partnership including Taronga Conservation Society Australia, Flinders University and the New South Wales state government.
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Australia → average → Society
The International Shark Attack File, a database of global shark attacks maintained by the University of Florida, has recorded more than 1,280 shark incidents around Australia since 1791, including more than 250 fatal incidents.
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File → maintain → incidents
Such incidents have become more common as the population has grown and activities such as surfing and scuba diving have gained popularity.
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activities → become → popularity
The Aporia
