Claims extracted
22
sentences that state something as happening or true
Uncertain
9%
2 of 22 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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articles that frame the event the way this one does
An Atlanta television station is feeling some heat from college football fans after interrupting the Georgia-Alabama game on Saturday night over a tornado.
asserted
station → feel → tornado
During the second quarter of the top-10 matchup, WSB-TV broke into the programming to provide information to those living in Butts and Jasper counties where a tornado warning was issued.
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warning → break → counties
As Alabama trailed by a field goal with 40 seconds left in the half, meteorologist Ashley Kramlich appeared in a split screen view with a radar behind her.
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Kramlich → trail → her
She apologized for interrupting the game, but she deemed the information to be for a “life-threatening situation.”
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information → apologize → situation
While fans could still see the action, many were left frustrated and unhappy.
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many → see → action
So much so that Kramlich gave a statement while on screen on Sunday
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Kramlich → give → Sunday
“Trust me, that’s the last thing I wanted to do last night was to break into the game,” Kramlich said.
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Kramlich → trust → game
“I’m a football fan myself.
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I → ’m → ?
So, I understand the frustration when a game get interrupted but when a tornado warning is issued, your safety has to come first.
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safety → understand → frustration
“We have a responsibility to interrupt programming to bring you potentially life-saving information when severe weather threatens our communities.
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weather → have → communities
That’s why we stay on the air during life-threating weather and use a split screen so you can keep watching the game while still getting the information you need to protect your family.
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you → ’ → family
We really appreciate you for understanding.”
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We → appreciate → understanding
Kramlich shared the video of her statement on X and added, “We don’t make these decisions lightly, and we won’t apologize for putting lives first.”
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we → share → lives
Viewers heard Kramlich’s updates while watching the game rather than the booth audio from Chris Fowler and Kirk Herbstreit.
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Viewers → hear → Fowler
The tornado warning coverage went on for more than 16 minutes when the Crimson Tide scored a touchdown to take a 14-10 lead into halftime and during the on-field interviews with Georgia coach Kirby Smark and Alabama’s Kalen DeBoer.
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Tide → go → Smark
“The dumbest person you have ever heard in your entire life has taken over the Alabama Georgia game to explain how a tornado works,” an irate fan posted on X with a picture of the split screen, showing the game and the Kramlich’s weather report.
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fan → hear → game
“Don’t worry, half the Alabama/Georgia home television counties (if not more) are currently taken over by a WSB-TV tornado warning coverage about a storm the meteorologist herself reports is not showing debris on radar,” another posted on Saturday.
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another → worry → Saturday
A third said fans only needed warning, not “a 30 minute lecture on relative wind velocity and barometric pressure.”
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fans → say → velocity
It was hardly the only bizarre moment to come out of Georgia’s 20-17 win at Bryant-Denny Stadium.
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It → come → Stadium
As the Bulldogs left the field in victory, Alabama fans threw bottles and cans at them and onto the field in frustration after two calls by officials didn’t go in their favor to decide the game.
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calls → leave → game
An Alabama fan also slapped Georgia’s Raylen Wilson’s helmet repeatedly while yelling “Let’s go boy” twice.
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’s → slap → helmet
Georgia gave Alabama its first loss of the season and made a claim for the No.1 ranking.
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Georgia → give → ranking
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