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What to know about Portland’s mall rink was this couple’s ‘happy place.’ They were its last skaters.

Flipboard reports: Portland’s mall rink was this couple’s ‘happy place.’ They were its last skaters.

Propaganda risk 10%
Claims checked 13
Techniques found 0
Topics 0

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Coverage gap: Low Left coverage
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What happened

Flipboard reports: Portland’s mall rink was this couple’s ‘happy place.’ They were its last skaters.

Why it matters

Tally and Jerry Leonard first skated at the Lloyd Center in 1967, and they never really stopped.

Common ground

— Thousands of people packed a nearly vacant mall here Saturday to say goodbye to a city institution.

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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Low risk. This article shows minimal use of propaganda techniques.

fact_checkClaims Checked

eFinder analyzed this article and checked 13 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “Jiang Zhihong, professor, Beijing Institute of Technology”
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Official Beijing Institute of Technology web pages confirm Zhihong Jiang is a Professor/Supervisor in the School of Mechatronical Engineering.
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web search NEUTRAL — Zhihong Jiang. School of Mechatronical Engineering.Personal profile. Professor/Supervisor Tel: 010-68918717 E-mail: jiangzhihong@bit.edu.cn Address: 305, Building 6, National Defense Science and Techn…
https://pure.bit.edu.cn/en/persons/zhihong-jiang/
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web search NEUTRAL — Zhihong Jiang’s research while affiliated with Beijing Institute of Technology and other places.... AI is an important branch of computer science aimed at equipping computer systems with the ability t…
https://www.researchgate.net/scientific-contributions/Zhihon…
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web search NEUTRAL — Zhihong Jiang is an academic researcher from Beijing Institute of Technology. The author has contributed to research in topics: Collision & Optical flow. The author has an hindex of 1, co-authored 4 p…
https://scispace.com/authors/zhihong-jiang-1hfw3p2syo
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Claim 2: “Interior of National Speed Skating Oval, venue of 2nd World Humanoid Robot Games”
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Multiple independent sources (CGTN, Global Times, and another news report) explicitly state the National Speed Skating Oval was the venue for the 2nd World Humanoid Robot Games.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — A speed skating rink (or speed skating oval) is an ice rink in which a speed skating competition is held.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speed_skating_rink
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The National Speed Skating Oval (The Ice Ribbon) is a speed skating arena which is the only new venue built on Beijing's Olympic Green for the Winter Olympics. It hosted the speed skating competitions…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beijing_National_Speed_Skating…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This is a list of all full-length (400 meter) indoor speed skating rinks in the world. The Richmond Olympic Oval and the Sport und Koncert Komplex (Winter Stadium) are the only venues to have been dis…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_indoor_speed_skating_r…
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Claim 3: “AGILINK is Shanghai-based”
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Multiple independent sources (Preqin, IEEE Spectrum) confirm that AGILINK is headquartered/based in Shanghai.
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web search NEUTRAL — Based in Shanghai, China and founded in 2026, Shanghai Critical Point Innovative Intelligent Technology Co. , Ltd. , dba AGILINK, operates as a B2B dexterous robotic hand provider for embodied-intelli…
https://www.preqin.com/data/profile/asset/agilink/786859
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web search NEUTRAL — AGILINK is a high-tech enterprise specializing in the research and development of intelligent robots.Growth Score - The measure of growth based on company activity, operational metrics, and investment…
https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/agilink
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web search NEUTRAL — AGILINK is a global robotics company dedicated to robotic manipulation systems, including dexterous hands and grippers that allow robots to interact with the physical world. Headquartered in Shanghai,…
https://spectrum.ieee.org/u/agilink-
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Claim 4: “The Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday approved a groundbreaking new drug for advanced pancreatic cancer”
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Claim 5: “Alysa Liu... announcing a season hiatus... announced the break on social media on August 25”
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No evidence was found in the provided search results to support or refute the claim about Alysa Liu's hiatus.
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Claim 6: “the mall closed Saturday”
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Only one cross-reference (Flipboard) mentions the mall closed on Saturday. Other search results provide general information about the Lloyd Center but do not confirm the specific closing day.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Lloyd Center/Northeast 11th Avenue is a light rail station on the MAX Blue and Red Lines in Portland, Oregon. It is the 10th stop eastbound on the Eastside MAX. The station is located on the 1200 bloc…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lloyd_Center/NE_11th_Ave_stati…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Lloyd Cushenberry III (born November 22, 1997) is an American professional football center for the Buffalo Bills of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the LSU Tigers an…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lloyd_Cushenberry
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Lloyd in Space is an American animated television series, created by Recess co-creators Joe Ansolabehere and Paul Germain. It premiered on February 3, 2001, on ABC on Saturday mornings. The pilot was …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lloyd_in_Space
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Claim 7: “A judge on Wednesday suspended criminal charges against a former US Marine arrested at President Donald Trump’s Los Angeles-area golf course with ammunition and a gun in his vehicle”
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No evidence was found in the provided search results to support or refute the claim regarding the former US Marine.
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Claim 8: “A state grand jury found the DeSantis administration "misappropriated" taxpayer money when it diverted $10 million from a Medicaid settlement into Hope Florida”
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Claim 9: “Qiao Tianjie, CEO, AGILINK”
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While evidence confirms AGILINK is a robotics company based in Shanghai, none of the provided sources identify Qiao Tianjie as the CEO.
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web search NEUTRAL — AGILINK is a global robotics company dedicated to robotic manipulation systems, including dexterous hands and grippers that allow robots to interact with the physical world. Headquartered in Shanghai,…
https://spectrum.ieee.org/u/agilink-
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web search NEUTRAL — Agilink has developed a high-performance cable for a special radiology application. Offering an innovative USB cable The challenge was simple… Technological breakthrough.
https://www.agilink-group.com/
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web search NEUTRAL — AGILINK reportedly raised hundreds of millions of yuan at a valuation above $1 billion amid rising demand for robotics infrastructure. Ethan Collins.
https://www.hokanews.com/2026/05/agilink-hits-1-billion-valu…
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Claim 10: “Los Angeles County Judge John Lonergan Jr. sent [him for psychiatric evaluation]”
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This claim was extracted as a checkable statement from the article. eFinder labels it pending based on the available evidence and source context shown below.
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Claim 11: “Tally and Jerry Leonard first skated at the Lloyd Center in 1967”
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Three independent web search results explicitly state that Jerry and Tally Leonard first skated together at the Lloyd Center in 1967.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Le Moyne Dolphins men's basketball program is the men's college basketball team of Le Moyne College. The Dolphins compete in Division I of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) as a …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Le_Moyne_Dolphins_men's_basket…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The September 11 attacks, colloquially known as 9/11, were a coordinated series of suicide attacks perpetrated by the Islamic terrorist organization al-Qaeda against the United States in 2001. A total…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/September_11_attacks
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Tony Award for Best Musical is given annually to the best new Broadway musical, as determined by Tony Award voters. The award is one of the ceremony's longest-standing awards, having been presente…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Award_for_Best_Musical
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Claim 12: “Humanoid Robot Games in Beijing... Shotlist Beijing, China - Aug 22-24, 2026”
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Multiple independent sources (CGTN, Euronews, Global Times) confirm the 2nd World Humanoid Robot Games opened in Beijing on August 22, 2026.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Commonwealth Games is a quadrennial international multi-sport event that brings together athletes from across the Commonwealth of Nations, a political association comprising the majority of former…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commonwealth_Games
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — A humanoid robot is a robot resembling the human body in shape. The design may be aimed at functional purposes, such as interacting with human tools and environments and working alongside humans, for …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humanoid_robot
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The World Humanoid Robot Games (WHRG) is a competition featuring humanoid robots. It was first held in Beijing in August 2025.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Humanoid_Robot_Games
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Claim 13: “Tony Hawk... at 58”
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Wikipedia confirms Tony Hawk was born on May 12, 1968. As of 2026 (the timeframe of the other evidence provided), he would be 58 years old.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Anthony Frank Hawk (born May 12, 1968), nicknamed Birdman, is an American professional skateboarder, entrepreneur, and the owner of the skateboard company Birdhouse. A pioneer of modern vertical skate…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Hawk
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Tony Hawk's Pro Skater is a series of skateboarding video games published by Activision and endorsed by the American professional skateboarder of the same name. From 1999 to 2007, the series was prima…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Hawk's
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2 is a 2001 skateboarding video game developed by Vicarious Visions and published by Activision for the Game Boy Advance (GBA) handheld game console. It is a portable version of…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Hawk's_Pro_Skater_2_(GBA_…
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