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
69/100
Fox News's corrections and
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Outlets on this story
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Entertainment
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The show, which features some of college football's most prominent personalities traveling to different campuses across the country, has been a fan favorite for well over three decades now.
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which → feature → decades
One of the best parts about "GameDay" is the students and fans piling into a small area on campus to express themselves and cheer on their team, and one way they've done that since the show started was to bring handmade signs.
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show → pile → signs
They've featured everything from clever jokes to insults to opposing mascots, but last weekend in Tuscaloosa, the "GameDay" executives took a stand and introduced a "no religious signs" ban ahead of the Crimson Tide's top-ten showdown with Georgia.
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executives → feature → Georgia
This took pretty much everyone by surprise, including 40 Days For Life CEO Shawn Carney.
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This → take → Carney
Carney's company focuses on holding peaceful vigils outside of abortion facilities, offering pregnant women alternatives as well as a last chance to "choose life."
To say faith is near and dear to his heart is an understatement, and when he first heard the news about the religious sign ban, he was perplexed.
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he → focus → ban
"We've done this and it doesn't work," Carney said when discussing the ban.
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Carney → do → ban
"It's called 2020 and all of the companies that decided to go in that direction, it just backfired.
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it → call → direction
Carney reveals that he's a huge fan of "College GameDay" and a diehard Texas A&M Aggie, and ESPN trying to muzzle what he calls their largest demographic of fans doesn't make sense in his eyes.
"Football is religion in the South," he explains.
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he → reveal → South
"You look at the SEC and you can throw in the Big 10, these are religious people that follow college football.
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that → look → football
Coaches and players alike are very faith-based and give credit to Christianity with helping guide them through trying times.
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Coaches → base → times
It's a clear case of Disney and ESPN not understanding who they're appealing to with these decisions.
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they → understand → decisions
For the ban to take place at the University of Alabama, of all places, was even more stupefying to Carney.
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take → take → Carney
"It's shocking that (Alabama) would be the location," he admits.
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he → admit → ?
"It's the heart of the Bible Belt unapologetically, and Nick Saban definitely had a theme of his faith and faith in God when he was a coach."
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he → have → God
"Bear Bryant is definitely rolling over in his grave."
Make no mistake about it either, the rule may have said "no religious signs," but as Carney points out, the only religion ESPN - or any big corporation - cares about is Christianity.
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ESPN → roll → signs
They're not going after Muslims, they're not going after Hindus...
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they → go → Hindus
It's dumb corporate America doing what they often do all the time, which is decide that they just want to ban a group, and it's almost always Christians."
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it → do → group
The amount of backlash that Disney and ESPN have received in the wake of their decision is a sign that things are trending in the right direction, though.
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things → receive → direction
Nobody likes it," Carney says.
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Carney → like → it
"Do you think atheists watching "GameDay" are offended that somebody has a sign that says John 3:16?
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that → think → John
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