Claims extracted
24
sentences that state something as happening or true
Uncertain
25%
6 of 24 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
1
Entertainment
Same framing elsewhere
1
articles that frame the event the way this one does
A news article about a little girl who would possibly lose her eyesight due to a rare condition had a ripple effect in the community she lived in — and beyond — after her parents created
Seven years ago, Lizzy Myers, who was 5 years old at the time, met a reporter at an observatory near her hometown of Mansfield, Ohio, where her parents had set up a private star viewing.
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parents → lose → viewing
Lizzy said stars have dazzled her for as long as she could remember, but she had never seen the night sky through a high-powered telescope.
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she → say → telescope
An astronomer at the observatory found out about her story and tipped off local news reporter Kaitlin Durbin.
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astronomer → find → Durbin
Durbin, who was working as a crime reporter for the Mansfield News Journal at the time, recalls that she initially didn't want to do the story because she was exhausted.
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she → work → story
I was doing midnight drug raids with the police department," Durbin said.
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Durbin → do → department
But she went anyway and met Lizzy along with her parents, Steve and Christine Myers.
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she → go → parents
They explained how their daughter had just been diagnosed with a condition called Usher Syndrome type 2A and that she could permanently lose her eyesight from it.
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she → explain → it
"I mean it's just absolutely devastating.
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it → mean → ?
We didn't know what to do," Steve Myers said.
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Myers → know → what
The parents said they couldn't just let their daughter's future disappear into the darkness.
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future → say → darkness
Steve and Christine Myers drew up what they would call a "visual bucket list" - awe-inspiring sights for Lizzy to see.
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Lizzy → draw → what
It included the Smoky Mountains, the Grand Canyon, sunrises and more.
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It → include → Mountains
"You could actually see a little bit of the details of the craters," Lizzy said.
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Lizzy → see → craters
Durbin's story on the girl's exclusive stargazing experience was put on the front page.
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story → put → page
And people responded, calling the reporter to inquire about Lizzy Myers' visual bucket list and ask how they could help make her dreams come true.
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dreams → respond → list
"I started getting a lot of phone calls from the community, just who fell in love with Lizzy," Durbin said.
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Durbin → start → Lizzy
One person even paid for the Myers to go to Rome to have
."We received something that was beyond anything that money can buy," Steve Myers said.
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Myers → pay → that
The outpouring also
— the founding of the Visual Bucket List Foundation by the Myers family as a way to pass on kindness to others.Laylah Gonzales, a 9-year-old who has already lost vision in one eye, wanted to see a cheetah up close, so the Visual Bucket List Foundation
."To be that close to a cheetah, her favorite animal - was just amazing to see her expression on her face," said her father, Jose Gonzales.
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father → pass → face
Christine Myers said that the organization made sure the entire Gonzales family got to see the cheetah so that they could memorialize the experience and help support their child once she loses her sight.
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she → say → sight
Her eyesight hasn't worsened but she's learning to read Braille.
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she → worsen → Braille
She said she's taking in all the butterflies, flowers, bees and any other wonders that remain to be seen.
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that → say → butterflies
"Christine and I know that we can never pay back the gift that was given to us, but we've decided that we're gonna spend the rest of our lives trying," her father said.
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father → know → lives
Lizzy said if there is one thing she feels she can see forever, it would be her family.
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it → say → ?
"No matter what had happened, they've always stood by my side," she said.
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she → happen → side
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