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Federal officials announce water cuts as Colorado River supplies continue to plunge | Flipboard

Flipboard · 🇺🇸 public United States · · 296 words · By PBS News; Associated Press; Wufei Yu
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What to know about Federal officials announce water cuts as Colorado River supplies continue to plunge

Federal officials announce water cuts as Colorado River supplies continue to plunge Federal officials announced sharp water cuts for the next two years on Friday for three Western states that rely on the imperiled Colorado …

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Claims checked 5
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What happened

Federal officials announce water cuts as Colorado River supplies continue to plunge Federal officials announced sharp water cuts for the next two years on Friday for three Western states that rely on the imperiled Colorado …

Why it matters

The stakes turn on whether readers accept that Federal officials announced sharp water cuts for the next two years on Friday for three Western states that rely on the imperiled Colorado. That point shapes the political meaning of the story.

Common ground

The clearest point to anchor on is this: Federal officials announced sharp water cuts for the next two years on Friday for three Western states that rely on the imperiled Colorado.

Perspective signals

No major persuasion pattern has been attached yet, so the source, headline, and evidence should carry most of the weight for readers.

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 5 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “Federal officials announced sharp water cuts for the next two years on Friday for three Western states that rely on the imperiled Colorado”
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The claim is reported by both Flipboard and ABC11 Raleigh-Durham with identical wording, and further supported by an AOL/AP report regarding water cuts for California, Arizona, and Nevada.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Colorado River (Spanish: Río Colorado) is one of the principal rivers (along with the Rio Grande) in the Southwestern United States and in northern Mexico. The 1,450-mile-long (2,330 km) river, th…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colorado_River
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Colorado River Compact is a 1922 agreement that regulates water distribution among seven states in the Southwestern United States. The compact is about the area within the drainage basin of the Co…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colorado_River_Compact
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Green River is a 730 mi (1,170 km) long river located in the western U.S. states of Wyoming, Utah, and Colorado. The chief tributary of the Colorado River, its watershed, the Green River Basin, be…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_River_(Colorado_River_tr…
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Claim 2: “This stair hike in Sequoia National Park is literally a National Register staircase”
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The claim is only present in the Flipboard cross-reference. The web search results are irrelevant/spam, and the Wikipedia entries for National Parks and Sequoia National Forest do not mention a specific National Register staircase.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The United States has 63 national parks, which are congressionally designated protected areas operated by the National Park Service, an agency of the Department of the Interior. National parks are des…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_national_parks_of_the_…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Sequoia National Forest is a U.S. national forest located in the southern Sierra Nevada mountains of California. It is named for the majestic Giant Sequoia (Sequoiadendron giganteum) trees which popul…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sequoia_National_Forest
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Sequoia National Park is a national park of the United States in the southern Sierra Nevada east of Visalia, California. The park was established on September 25, 1890, and today protects 404,064 acre…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sequoia_National_Park
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Claim 3: “Toxoplasma gondii has one heckin' reputation. This single-celled parasite has gone down in infamy for its putative ability to subtly influence the”
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Only the Flipboard cross-reference contains the claim. The web search results provided are irrelevant/spam and do not provide evidence for or against the biological nature of Toxoplasma gondii.
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web search NEUTRAL — Streaming Video Bokep Terbaru Cindo Jaksel Nurutin Kemauan Ayang Di Parkiran Mall
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web search NEUTRAL — Watch Bokep Indonesia porn videos for free, here on Pornhub.com. Discover the growing collection of high quality Most Relevant XXX movies and clips. No other sex tube is more popular and features more…
https://www.pornhub.com/video/search?search=bokep+indonesia
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web search NEUTRAL — XVIDEOS bokep videos, free Bokep Indonesia - Remaja Lokal 18 Tahun Kamile Vixen Pamer Tits Montok Perky Puting Pink, Terus Colmek Memek Berbulu Sampai Basah Kuyup Banjir! 17 min Kamilevixen - 460.3k V…
https://www.xvideos.com/tags/bokep
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Claim 4: “Seven out of 10 American women will have osteopenia or osteoporosis in their lifetime”
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The specific statistic that 7 out of 10 American women will have osteopenia or osteoporosis is reported by both Flipboard and CBS News.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — African Americans or Black Americans, also formerly called Afro-Americans, are an American racial and ethnic group. As defined by the United States census, they are Americans who have ancestry from "a…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/African_Americans
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — American(s) most often refers to: American, something of, from, or related to the United States of America, commonly known as the "United States" or "America" Americans, citizens and nationals of the…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — American football, referred to simply as football in the United States and Canada and also known as gridiron football, is a team sport played by two teams of eleven players on a rectangular field with…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_football
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Claim 5: “Amazon pledges $100 million for Colorado River conservation”
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The provided evidence includes general information about Amazon as a company and general information about rivers, but contains no mention of a $100 million pledge for Colorado River conservation.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This is a list of the longest rivers on Earth. It includes river systems over 1,000 kilometres (620 mi) in length.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_river_systems_by_lengt…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Amazon.com, Inc. (doing business as Amazon) is an American multinational technology conglomerate engaged in e-commerce, cloud computing, online advertising, digital streaming, entertainment, and artif…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Guaporé River (Portuguese: Rio Guaporé, Spanish: Río Iténez) is a river in western Brazil and northeastern Bolivia. It is 1,260 km (780 mi) long; 920 km (570 mi) of the river forms the border between …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guaporé_River
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