Claims extracted
20
sentences that state something as happening or true
Uncertain
5%
1 of 20 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
Leaning
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no quote in the article backed the model's score
Publisher signals
68/100
Daily Mail's corrections and
hedging, across everything collected from it. Not a measure of accuracy.
Outlets on this story
146
Politics
Same framing elsewhere
1
articles that frame the event the way this one does
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The US government will broadcast the execution of a terrorist convicted of murdering over a dozen US soldiers in 2009, Secretary of War Pete Hegseth announced on Thursday.
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Hegseth → sign → Thursday
Former Army Major Nidal Hasan claimed he launched the terror attack at Fort Hood over anger about being deployed to Afghanistan and a desire to protect Islamic and Taliban leaders from US troops.
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he → claim → troops
Hasan walked into a Fort Hood medical readiness building in November 2009 carrying two guns and several magazines of ammunition.
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Hasan → walk → ammunition
He shouted 'Allahu Akbar!' – Arabic for 'God is great!' – and opened fire on soldiers awaiting medical tests and vaccines.
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God → shout → tests
The mass shooting, which killed 13 and left 32 wounded, was the deadliest attack on a domestic military installation in US history.
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which → kill → history
Hasan was shot and paralyzed from the waist down in the resulting gunfire and was sentenced to death in 2013.
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Hasan → shoot → 2013
Earlier this week, President Donald Trump ordered that Hasan be put to death with a firing squad.
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Hasan → order → squad
His execution is scheduled for December 3.
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execution → schedule → December
'And we'll make sure that people are able to watch it, that it's public, because people need to understand that this is there's serious consequences for these types of things,' Hegseth said of the planned execution on Thursday.
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Hegseth → make → Thursday
'It's going to be soldiers with rifles executing the firing squad,' Hegseth added, noting how US troops will execute Hasan for targeting service members.
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troops → go → members
Secretary of War Pete Hegseth said that he will make public the scheduled firing squad execution of a former Army major
Nidal Hasan (pictured), the former Army psychiatrist who killed 13 people hand wounded over 30 in a mass shooting at Fort Hood is set to face death by firing squad in December
Sgt Fanuaee Vea embraces Pvt Savannah Green while trying to reach friends and family outside Fort Hood on November 5, 2009 in Killeen, Texas
It is unclear whether the Pentagon will broadcast or stream the firing squad execution live or if members of the public will be invited to witness the event.
The Daily Mail contacted the Pentagon for comment.
He said it will be the first firing squad execution of a US service member since WWII.
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it → say → WWII
Hegseth called the firing squad decision a 'no brainer' given that Hasan himself committed murder with a firearm.
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Hasan → call → firearm
'It was a radical Islamist attack in uniform inside the ranks, and so he's going to get a firing squad of soldiers, as it should be.
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it → go → soldiers
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Hasan is expected to be put to death on Thursday, December 3 at 1:00pm, the same day of the week and time that he carried out his massacre.
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he → expect → massacre
During his trial, Hasan told jurors he had 'switched sides' in what he called America's war with Islam.
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he → tell → Islam
He admitted beginning the rampage and said he wanted to stop American soldiers from being deployed to kill fellow Muslims.
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he → admit → Muslims
During his trial, Hasan told jurors he had 'switched sides' in what he called America's war with Islam
Since 1608, at least 144 civilian prisoners have been executed by shooting in America, nearly all in Utah.
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prisoners → tell → Utah
Only four have occurred since 1977, when the use of capital punishment resumed after a ten-year pause
Government lawyers also said Hasan did not want to go on an impending deployment to Afghanistan.
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Hasan → occur → Afghanistan
The Department of Defense called the attack an act of workplace violence, not terrorism.
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Department → call → violence
The Justice Department announced earlier this year it would adopt firing squads as a permitted method of execution as the Trump administration moves to ramp up and expedite capital punishment cases.
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administration → announce → cases
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