Claims extracted
24
sentences that state something as happening or true
Uncertain
8%
2 of 24 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
Leaning
not political
takes no side on a contested political question
Publisher signals
64/100
Evening Standard's corrections and
hedging, across everything collected from it. Not a measure of accuracy.
Outlets on this story
1
Health
Same framing elsewhere
2
articles that frame the event the way this one does
Just a week before, he appeared on BBC Breakfast to discuss his health, having been diagnosed with prostate cancer in 2013.
asserted
he → appear → 2013
Kay said: "You've spoken very honestly about your experience with prostate cancer, the effect on you mentally and physically of the treatment you had and on our programme, on BBC Breakfast, we've heard from a lot of people who have been through this too.
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who → say → this
I say to anybody listening - go to your doctor and check your PSA [Prostate Specific Antigen],” he urged.
asserted
he → say → PSA
“There are too many stupid men who say, 'Oh no, I'm a macho guy, I don't do that sort of thing, I won't be checking my PSA'.
asserted
I → be → PSA
Archer was diagnosed with prostate cancer after a routine blood test revealed he had a slightly high PSA level.
asserted
he → diagnose → level
When asked how he is doing at the moment, he said he is “fine” and demonstrated his good health by swiftly getting up from his chair and sitting back down again.
asserted
he → ask → chair
Telling Kay he is 86, he joked that the movement is one of his “big exercises of the day”.
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movement → tell → day
Kay chuckled at the quip, prompting Archer to joked: "Don't laugh, Jon, it'll come to you!"
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it → chuckle → you
The author had a biopsy after his PSA, which confirmed that he had cancer.
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he → have → cancer
He went on to have a four-hour operation to remove the whole prostate and the cancer.
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He → go → prostate
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Writing in The Mail on Sunday about his recovery, Archer recalled having to wear “large nappies” and feeling like he had “become a baby again”.
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he → read → nappies
Elsewhere in his interview with Kay, he was asked what retirement will look like now that he has written his final novel.
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he → ask → novel
Archer joked: "I shall not be retiring, you clearly haven't been listening to a word that's said to you, Jon!”
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that → joke → you
When Kay pointed out that he was “semi-retiring”, especially from writing, the author admitted: "I suppose it is.
asserted
it → point → ?
I hadn't thought of it that way.
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I → think → it
You've caught me, Jon.
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You → catch → me
Kay then suggested that Adam And Eve won’t be the last novel he writes, to which Archer replied: "No, sir.
uncertain
Archer → suggest → which
But you can interview me when I do."
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I → interview → me
The Second World War epic love story is still scheduled for release this month, according to his publisher Harper Collins.
uncertain
story → schedule → publisher
Archer is survived by his wife, Dame Mary Archer, and their two sons.
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Archer → survive → wife
He and Mary had celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary this year.
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He → celebrate → anniversary
Writing on X, Brandreth said: “Just yesterday I did a show with Jeffrey Archer to celebrate his new novel – he said it was to be his last.
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it → write → novel
“He was in the most wonderful, ebullient form and had such a great reception from a packed house.
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He → have → house
Archer was due to be at the Cheltenham Festival on Saturday to discuss Adam And Eve.
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Archer → discuss → Adam
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