Claims extracted
19
sentences that state something as happening or true
Uncertain
21%
4 of 19 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
Leaning
not political
takes no side on a contested political question
Publisher signals
66/100
New York Post's corrections and
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1
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1
articles that frame the event the way this one does
A shipment of gourmet cured meats meant for a trendy Upper East Side butcher shop was plundered by rats on its trip through the US mail — leaving the store owner and the meat seller complaining that the post office has refused to made good on $800 in loses.
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office → cure → loses
The boxes of purloined provisions — which included fancy meats that sell for as much as $240 per pound — arrived in foul, poop-filled boxes at Six60One on Amsterdam Avenue this summer with a “huge chunk” ripped from the corner.
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that → include → corner
“It’s disgusting!
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It → ’ → ?
You can see the hole from the outside and it stinks — inside there’s rat poop and whatever else,” said Jason Felix, the kosher store’s assistant manager.
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Felix → see → outside
“I took a picture and sent it to my distributor and said, ‘I can’t sell it like this’ …
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I → take → this
And I chucked it in the garbage.
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I → chuck → garbage
The nasty pictures show that animals, likely rats, scurried inside the box and helped themselves to the variety of gourmet cured meats.
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animals → show → meats
The various vacuum-sealed packages of prosciutto and cured beef — some of which retail for $30 for a 2-ounce package — were torn into and nibbled.
Some packages survived, but were covered in animal feces and risked contamination by being in the same box.
In total, $808 worth of Ben’s Best Charcuterie meat ended up in the trash — and left lots of hungry Upper East Siders unsatisfied.
“The product is so high-end, I cannot keep an inventory.
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I → seal → inventory
Now we don’t have that inventory, so people were looking for it and I didn’t make money out of it,” explained Felix.
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Felix → have → it
Fortunately for Felix, Ben’s Best refunded their client the total, but were then forced to absorb the losses when USPS declined the company’s insurance claim, CEO Doug Lapin said.
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Lapin → refund → claim
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Report → start → news
“USPS rejecting a claim is very frustrating.
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rejecting → reject → claim
They have not given any valid reason.
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They → give → reason
They are part of the government so cannot be sued …
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They → sue → government
They should pay the claim,” the CEO said.
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CEO → pay → claim
“On a number of occasions, we have had product stolen out of the boxes, but rats feasting on our meat is a first …
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rats → have → meat
The rats have good taste!
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rats → have → taste
It’s not clear when the animals would have scurried into the package, but tracking data shows that it was passed off to five different USPS locations across its four-day journey from Miami to the Upper East Side — including a night at a Midtown distribution center after the mail carrier pushed back its delivery day.
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carrier → ’ → day
A USPS rep only told The Post it could not find a claim from Ben’s Best Charcuterie regarding the issue.
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it → tell → issue
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