Claims extracted
15
sentences that state something as happening or true
Uncertain
20%
3 of 15 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
Leaning
withheld
no quote in the article backed the model's score
Publisher signals
59/100
Times of India's corrections and
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Outlets on this story
13
Crime & Law
Same framing elsewhere
1
articles that frame the event the way this one does
19-year-old Alexandros Paporakis was a Taco Bell cashier from Palatine, Illinois, who was arrested for an alleged plot for a potential mass shooting targeting a Hindu place of worship.
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who → arrest → worship
It is not yet known which Hindu temple was the target.
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temple → know → ?
Paporakis' co-workers told police they had received digital communications from Paporakis that included a document outlining the planned attack.
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that → tell → attack
It also had photos of tactical gear.
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It → have → gear
Paporakis openly identified as a white supremacist at work and told them he couldn’t wait to kill Indian people, according to prosecutors from the Cook County State’s Attorney’s Office.
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he → identify → Office
Paporakis was arrested when he was leaving his home on Sunday afternoon, the same day the attack was possibly planned.
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attack → arrest → afternoon
'Why I fought: AKA': An eight-page manifesto
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I → fight → manifesto
Paporakis told his Taco Bell co-workers that Sunday was going to be a special day.
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Sunday → tell → workers
He called a coworker saying that he reached the target location, attempted to fire his gun at a man but the gun had jammed and he left “super fast” without being seen.
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he → call → man
The co-worker called the police
He sent the co-worker an eight-page manifesto titled 'Why I fought: AKA ( Aurora Shooter's Manifesto)which described Indian, Jewish and African American people as “subhumans” and outlined a plot to kill as many of them as possible, according to a court document obtained by The Associated Press.
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I → call → Press
Detectives recovered an AR style rifle without a serial number,loaded magazines and ammunition, a gas canister labeled with a slur aimed at South Asians, and a several items depicting Nazi symbolism, police and prosecutors said.
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police → recover → symbolism
In his words, as mentioned in the manifesto, he is a "sociopathic white supremacist Neo Nazi filled with hatred, fantasizing about mass murder nearly every day.”
He pledged he would die himself, but not before killing as many minorities as possible.
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he → mention → minorities
The planning had been going on for two years, the prosecutors said.
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prosecutors → go → years
Prosecutors said Paporakis suffers from mental health issues and lived with his mother who they say failed to prevent him from making violent plans and purchasing a firearm.
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they → say → firearm
"We need to do a better job educating the public on what to look for and what to report, and we need to do a better job and provide more resources to localities so that they can rapidly take steps to prevent the shooting from occurring," Former DHS Intel chief John Cohen said.
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Cohen → need → shooting