Claims extracted
30
sentences that state something as happening or true
Uncertain
7%
2 of 30 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
Leaning
not political
takes no side on a contested political question
Publisher signals
69/100
Fox 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
Where do you go when you're looking for answers to certain conspiracy theories?
asserted
you → go → theories
He's not going to leave you hanging.
asserted
He → go → you
He's going to tell you exactly what he thinks.
asserted
he → go → what
According to the former MLB star, professional sports aren't scripted and tanking is not a thing.
uncertain
tanking → accord → star
But Bigfoot is absolutely real in the form of "some species out there unknown to man that the government is hiding."
asserted
government → hide → that
Canseco shared his thoughts on various conspiracies, from Bigfoot and aliens to the moon landing and celebrity body doubles as part of an appearance on the All the Smoke podcast a couple of weeks ago.
asserted
Canseco → share → weeks
In addition to the conspiracies, he also talked about dating Madonna, beating Rickey Henderson in a footrace, and how the home run off of his head happened with his future second wife, who he met at a Hooters, in attendance.
asserted
he → talk → attendance
He was asked to rate them from one to ten.
asserted
He → ask → ten
Bigfoot was up first and without hesitation he gave it a ten.
asserted
he → give → ten
He believes in an unknown species being hidden by the government.
asserted
species → believe → government
Next up was the moon landing being faked.
asserted
landing → fake → ?
He's not as sold on that one.
asserted
He → sell → one
He gave it a five and said, "I don't know much about that science area, moon landing and outer space, so I'll say five."
asserted
I → give → five
You don't have to agree with him, but at least you can follow his line of thinking.
asserted
you → have → thinking
He knows the government is hiding Bigfoot, but doesn't know the science behind the moon landing.
asserted
government → know → landing
As the rundown of conspiracies continues, he reveals that he's surprisingly not a flat-earther, and that he doesn't believe professional sports teams tank either.
asserted
teams → continue → conspiracies
He doesn't rank it, but says: "I would say some do for security reasons, that can walk around or distract other people.
asserted
that → rank → people
I'd argue with that if there was any way to argue with it.
asserted
I → argue → it
You can try to trip him up with questions about the Loch Ness Monster, but he's not falling for that one.
asserted
he → try → one
He's also not falling for Area 51 currently being used to hide things.
asserted
He → fall → things
In the past it was, but not today, according to Canseco.
uncertain
it → accord → Canseco
The same goes for Atlantis.
asserted
same → go → Atlantis
He said of the legendary island nation, "It was real at one point.
asserted
It → say → point
"
"100% times infinity," Canseco said when asked if aliens have visited Earth.
asserted
aliens → say → Earth
"As a matter of fact, I believe we have some type of agreements with aliens."
asserted
we → believe → aliens
He wrapped up the Q&A with this nugget about pro sports being scripted: "That’s impossible.
asserted
That → wrap → nugget
There’s no way something physical that happens so fast it can be scripted.
asserted
it → ’ → ?
When you're going as high as 100% times infinity on something, I don't care what it is or whether I agree with you.
asserted
I → go → you
I believe that you believe what you're saying.
asserted
you → believe → what
At the end of the day, that's all that can be expected.
asserted
that → expect → day
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