Misinfo Radar
Signals worth a closer look: weak sources, fact-checks, state media, copy-paste campaigns.
John Turturro on Nearly Robbing Someone to Practice for ‘The Only Living Pickpocket in New York,’ Fighting to Save His 2005 Musical ‘Romance & Cigarettes’ and the Knicks Championship
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Attention level: Low (1 source)
- Headline mismatch 1 of 1 confidence: low
Articles whose headline says something its own description does not.
- Variety: John Turturro on Nearly Robbing Someone to Practice for ‘The Only Living Pickpocket in New York,’ Fighting to Save His 2005 Musical ‘Romance & Cigarettes’ and the Knicks Championship
John Turturro never actually picked a pocket on the subway, but he came close. “I had my hand, like, right, sort of almost in the bag,” he tells Variety. “But then I felt like, well, then I would…
- Variety: John Turturro on Nearly Robbing Someone to Practice for ‘The Only Living Pickpocket in New York,’ Fighting to Save His 2005 Musical ‘Romance & Cigarettes’ and the Knicks Championship
Every outlet on this story
| Outlet | Lean | Reliability | Country | Articles |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Variety | Leans left | 78 High | US | 1 |
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