Contemporary wire-service news report on Oral Roberts's death on December 15, 2009, at age 91, from pneumonia following a fall.
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Assessment
Reliability Tier1
The Associated Press wire report on Oral Roberts's death, carried by WBUR and NPR, the top tier reflecting contemporary wire-service journalism, the standard news source for a reported death and its stated cause, filed close to the event by a national news agency with standard editorial fact checking. NotesContemporary wire-service reporting filed at the time of death, carried by a public radio newsroom with named editorial standards. This is a primary account of the event itself, not a retrospective.
Citation
AuthorAssociated Press
PublisherWBUR / NPR
Publication Year2009
URLhttps://www.wbur.org/news/2009/12/15/obit-oral-roberts
Source Typenews
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- Sources, 8 claims: 8 well-attested.
- Historical Figures, 5 claims: 4 well-attested, 1 general references.
- Articles, 1 claims: 1 general references.
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