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Tanker slams into docked New Orleans river cruiser carrying 129 passengers, sparking rescue
Verified: 21 outlets in 12 countries have reported this story since Nov 13, 5 of them from the United States.
📍 New Orleans, US·🕐 16m ago·21 outlets
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✓ Verified · 21 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 · 20 reports · · 12 countries✓ Verified Nov 13, 8:37 PM UTC
5 outlets from the United States, where the story is: CBS News, Fox News, FreightWaves and 2 more · how we count
- Nov 13, 8:12 PM UTCFirst reportTanker collides with cruise ship on Mississippi River in New Orleanstheguardian.com ↗
- Nov 13, 8:19 PM UTC+7 minTanker collides with river cruise ship carrying more than 130 people in New Orleans – latest updatestheguardian.com (again) ↗
- Verified: a second independent outlet reported itNov 13, 8:37 PM UTC · +24 min
- Nov 13, 8:49 PM UTC+36 min129 people aboard cruise ship struck by tanker in New Orleans, officials sayglobalnews.ca ↗
- Nov 13, 10:13 PM UTC+2 hTanker collides with cruise ship on Mississippi River near New Orleansdw.com ↗
- Nov 13, 10:18 PM UTC+2 hNew Orleans rescue operations underway after tanker strikes docked cruise shipthenationalnews.com ↗
- Nov 13, 10:21 PM UTC+2 hTanker hits docked river cruise ship in New Orleansrte.ie ↗
- Nov 13, 10:29 PM UTC+2 h· you’re reading thisTanker slams into docked New Orleans river cruiser carrying 129 passengers, sparking rescuefoxnews.com ↗
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Reliability
Reliability ScoreVery high
91%Independent outlets4
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%.
Very high · How we score this
Risk Score
medium risk