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Australian MP Helen Haines Loses Both Legs After Vehicle Attack
📍 Australia, AU·🕐 7d ago·42 outlets
Haines, 65, was taken to hospital following the incident on Monday, with surgeons later amputating both legs, according to reports from Australian media.
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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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[Claude] The outlets differ: Reports 2 and 3 describe the same vehicle attack on Helen Haines, and report 4 is the same event too, but it says she lost one leg where report 1 says both legs, which is a conflict on the same fact.
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Reliability ScoreVery high
98%Independent outlets14
Statusverified
AI checknone yet
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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%
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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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