high conflictVERIFIEDSecond read agrees
Explosion rocks Christmas market as people burned and emergency crews swarm
Verified: 2 outlets have reported this story since Nov 15.
📍 Belgium, BE·🕐 1h ago·2 outlets
How sure are we
✓ Verified · 2 outlets
Two or more outlets reported this story and its reliability score reached 65%, so WorldPulse marks it verified. That means more than one outlet says so, not that it is proven true.
Who reported it
The story so far · 2 reports · ✓ Verified Nov 15, 1:56 PM UTC
- Nov 15, 1:56 PM UTCFirst report· you’re reading thisExplosion rocks Christmas market as people burned and emergency crews swarmmirror.co.uk ↗
- Nov 15, 1:56 PM UTC+0 minExplosion rocks Christmas market in Belgium as people burned and emergency crews swarmaol.co.uk ↗
- Verified: a second independent outlet reported itNov 15, 1:56 PM UTC · +0 min
Location
Verification Log2
second readconfirmed80%
[Claude, second read] Agrees: HIGH, a new event. Same explosion incident at a Christmas market with burned people and emergency response; likely duplicate of report 2.
1h agocross checkconfirmed90%
[Claude] Report 2 is the same headline with the location dropped, describing the same explosion and emergency response, with no conflicting facts.
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Reliability
Reliability ScoreHigh
75%Independent outlets2
Statusverified
AI checknone yet
Community flags0
Score bands
Very high80–100%
A highly rated outlet, or several independent outletsHigh60–79%
One well-rated outlet so farModerate40–59%
A lower-rated or state-run outlet, or one report of something seriousLow20–39%
A low-rated outlet on a serious or sensitive storyVery low0–19%
Treat it as unconfirmedWhat moves the score
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Outlet ratingThe outlet’s rating in WorldPulse’s list of sources starts the score
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Independent outletsEach further outlet that reports the story closes 40% of the gap to 98%
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Report detailsA few points either way: a summary and a place add a little; state-run outlets on conflict, politics or security, and single reports marked high or critical, lose some
Not in the score: AI checks and reader flags. Verified is separate: two or more independent outlets and a score of at least 65%.
High · How we score this
Risk Score
high risk