medium conflictVERIFIED🔥 VIRAL
Australian Lawmaker Loses Both Legs in Car Attack
📍 Melbourne, AU·🕐 6d ago·42 outlets
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✓ Verified · 42 outletsin its last 2 days · 70 since Oct 19
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.
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cross checkconfirmed90%
[Claude] All three other reports cover the same attack on the Australian MP, with consistent facts about her losing both legs after a vehicle attack.
6d agocross checkwarning60%
[Claude] The outlets differ: Report 2 says the lawmaker lost one leg while Report 1 says both, so they conflict on the injury, but Reports 3 and 4 describe the same attack and are consistent with Report 1 (a second leg lost after
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Reliability
Reliability ScoreVery high
98%Independent outlets14
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%.
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Risk Score
medium risk