Claims extracted
15
sentences that state something as happening or true
Uncertain
20%
3 of 15 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
Leaning
not political
takes no side on a contested political question
Publisher signals
61/100
The Sydney Morning Herald'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
The latest brushes with fame (C8) involve air travel.
asserted
brushes → involve → travel
Here’s Mark Berg of Caringbah South: “While having lunch in 1994 with friends in a Bondi Beach hotel, an elderly American gentleman wearing loafers, accompanied by an aged but glamorous lady, stood at the top of the stairs and called to me in an American accent, ‘Young man, can you please help me down these stairs?’, which I did.
asserted
I → ’ → which
His feet were swollen after the long flight, and he was struggling to walk.
asserted
he → struggle → flight
On a flight from Delhi to Kashmir I sat next to Ben Kingsley not long after Gandhi was released,” claims Joe Veness of Ingleburn.
uncertain
Veness → sit → Ingleburn
“On arrival our luggage was mislaid so Ben and I searched the terminal together.
asserted
Ben → mislay → terminal
I carried a camera but was too polite to use it.
asserted
I → carry → it
Nobody believed me when I told them I’d been to India and met Ben Kingsley.
asserted
I → believe → Kingsley
”
Recent talk of the Jumbo jet reminds me of when I worked for a government department and my phone extension was 747,” says Natasha Lee of Alexandria.
asserted
Lee → remind → Alexandria
“After a few work trips on 747s one of my work colleagues suggested my nickname should be ‘Jumbo’.
uncertain
nickname → suggest → colleagues
“As a young teacher in the 1970s, fresh from city life, not only did I encounter bogong moths (C8) in the wonderful country town of Tumut, but also observed that the high school magazine was called Bogong,″ recalls Lyn Langtry of East Ryde.
asserted
Langtry → encounter → Ryde
Marie and Tim Slack-Smith’s anniversary cruise (C8), reminded Colin Campbell of Coogee of the time “years ago, when my wife and I were planning a European holiday and were trying to decide whether to finish up in Prague or Berlin.
asserted
wife → remind → Prague
That weekend the DS cryptic crossword included ‘Put Berlin off the plan’.
asserted
crossword → include → plan
“I planted a bunya pine (C8) seed as a bonsai some 15 years ago and have kept it nicely dwarfed,” reports Nedra Orme of North Sydney.
asserted
Orme → plant → Sydney
I’m wondering how much a nut will weigh when one forms and if I need to take precautions.”
asserted
I → wonder → precautions
“This may be spreading the group Labelle (C8) a bit thin, but, the song Lady Marmalade would have gone well in an early 1970s jam session!”
uncertain
song → spread → session
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