Fact Extraction and VERification

In a letter to Steve Jobs, Sean Connery refused to appear in an apple commercial.

Details

ID: 0
Claim Date: 31-10-2020
Speaker: None
Original Claim URL: N/A
Fact Checking Article: https://web.archive.org/web/20201130144023/https://checkyourfact.com/2020/11/03/fact-check-sean-connery-letter-steve-jobs-apple-1998/
Reporting Source: Facebook
Location ISO Code: None
Claim Types: Event/Property Claim
Fact Checking Strategies: Written Evidence

Verdict + Justification

Label: Refuted
Justification: The answer and sources show that the claim was published in a fake news site so the claim is refuted.

Questions

Answer 1:

Answer: It was first published on Sccopertino

Answer Type: Abstractive

Source URL: https://web.archive.org/web/20201129141238/https://scoopertino.com/exposed-the-imac-disaster-that-almost-was/

Source Medium: Web text

Cached Source URL: https://web.archive.org/web/20201129141238/https://scoopertino.com/exposed-the-imac-disaster-that-almost-was/

Answer 1:

Answer: Scoopertino is an imaginary news organization devoted to ferreting out the most relevant stories in the world of Apple, whether or not they actually occurred - says their about page

Answer Type: Extractive

Source URL: https://web.archive.org/web/20201202085933/https://scoopertino.com/about-scoopertino/

Source Medium: Web text

Cached Source URL: https://web.archive.org/web/20201202085933/https://scoopertino.com/about-scoopertino/

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Verdict + Justification

Questions

Q1. Where was the claim first published

Q2. What kind of website is Scoopertino