Claims extracted
31
sentences that state something as happening or true
Uncertain
10%
3 of 31 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
Leaning
not political
takes no side on a contested political question
Publisher signals
69/100
Washington Examiner's corrections and
hedging, across everything collected from it. Not a measure of accuracy.
Outlets on this story
1
Other
Same framing elsewhere
1
articles that frame the event the way this one does
What happens when you are 50, 60, or 70 years old and the career you spent a lifetime building suddenly disappears?
asserted
you → happen → lifetime
Maybe your company downsizes.
asserted
company → downsize → ?
Maybe technology makes your job obsolete.
asserted
job → make → ?
Artificial intelligence may change your profession.
uncertain
intelligence → change → profession
Or, as happened to me and thousands of others, a pandemic comes along and turns a successful business upside down.
asserted
pandemic → happen → business
You have two choices.
asserted
You → have → choices
You can spend the rest of your life mourning the first act — or you can start writing the second.
asserted
you → spend → second
I wish I always chose the second.
asserted
I → wish → second
I don’t.
asserted
I → do → ?
Some mornings I wake up with a pit of unease in my stomach, mourning what was and wondering what comes next.
asserted
what → wake → stomach
But most days, I choose to keep moving.
asserted
I → choose → ?
For over 40 years, I owned and operated radio and television stations and movie theaters.
asserted
I → own → stations
I still have my foot in those industries and have never lost interest in their importance to the markets they serve.
asserted
they → have → markets
There were good years and bad years, but I always thought there’d be another deal, another way forward.
asserted
I → be → ?
It was a thrill to have the only eight-screen movie theater in town, or one of the most-watched TV stations or most-listened-to radio stations.
asserted
It → have → stations
No one could predict when life would return to normal.
uncertain
life → predict → ?
In many ways, it never did.
asserted
it → do → ways
When we emerged from the worst of the pandemic, the world had altered, and new technology was advancing ahead.
asserted
technology → emerge → pandemic
Flipping on the TV, tuning in to your favorite radio station, or having dinner and a movie on Saturday night was no longer the only way to get information and entertainment.
asserted
Flipping → flip → information
My industries — and many others — had changed.
asserted
industries → change → ?
So what is one to do?
asserted
one → do → what
In my case, writing turned into therapy.
asserted
writing → turn → therapy
It is something I always enjoyed doing but never considered a profession.
asserted
I → enjoy → ?
One published column led to another.
asserted
column → publish → another
At the same time, I began asking myself whether four decades of business experience might still have value to someone else.
uncertain
decades → begin → someone
I am finding out it does.
asserted
it → find → ?
I don’t know where the road will lead.
asserted
road → know → ?
But there is one guarantee: if you stop trying, there won’t be a second act at all.
asserted
you → be → ?
I haven’t completed my comeback, so I am not writing from the finish line.
asserted
I → complete → line
I am writing from the middle of it.
asserted
I → write → it
William Pollack has spent four decades owning and operating local radio stations, television stations, and movie theaters.
asserted
Pollack → spend → stations
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