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A black bear attempted to open the doors of a rental cabin in Gatlinburg, Tennessee, while a vacationing family watched. The text also includes headlines for other local news stories from Sevier County, including a legal ruling on a District Attorney and a hiker rescue.

Propaganda risk 10%

Claims checked 4

Techniques found 1

Topics 2

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Watch: Crazy moment bear tries to open cabin door as family watches A black bear startled a family vacationing in Gatlinburg, Tennessee, as it attempted to open doors to their cabin rental.

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The clearest point to anchor on is this: Judges rule DA Jimmy Dunn can prosecute criminal cases after public defenders seek his disqualification.

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Loaded Language 80% confidence

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 4 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “Judges rule DA Jimmy Dunn can prosecute criminal cases after public defenders seek his disqualification”

VERIFIED

A news report from WATE explicitly confirms that Sevier County Circuit Court judges ruled that Jimmy Dunn can continue to prosecute cases despite efforts by public defenders to disqualify him.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Government of Tennessee is organized under the provisions of the 1870 Constitution of Tennessee, first adopted in 1796. As set forth by the state constitution, administrative influence in Tennesse…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Government_of_Tennessee

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The United States District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee (in case citations, E.D. Tenn.) is the federal court in the Sixth Circuit whose jurisdiction covers most of East Tennessee and a …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_District_Court_f…

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The United States District Court for the Western District of Arkansas (in case citations, W.D. Ark.) is a federal court in the Eighth Circuit (except for patent claims and claims against the U.S. gove…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_District_Court_f…

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Claim 2: “A black bear startled a family vacationing in Gatlinburg, Tennessee, as it attempted to open doors to their cabin rental.”

CORROBORATED

Multiple independent sources describe black bears attempting to open doors in Gatlinburg, including a TikTok report of a bear attempting to open cabin rental doors and an NPR report of a bear opening a cabin's back door.

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web search NEUTRAL — Better lock your doors in bear country! Diana Sosa captured this video of a black bear opening not one, but two doors on a mini-van at the same time. The video was taken in Gatlinburg in July 2019, ne…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hfbmkU4LTM0

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web search NEUTRAL — A black bear opened the cabin's back door and sauntered inside. Three other bears lingered on the porch. Now, ideally, these bears would have found three bowls of porridge inside, of course.
https://www.npr.org/2020/05/12/854363877/bear-breaks-into-re…

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web search NEUTRAL — A black bear startled a family vacationing in Gatlinburg, Tennessee earlier this month as it attempted to open doors to their cabin rental. Footage shows the bear walking along a deck and standing on …
https://www.tiktok.com/discover/bears-gatlinburg-tennessee-b…

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Claim 3: “A Tennessee Army National Guard Blackhawk crew hoisted a hiker suffering a severe head injury off a remote stretch of Alum Cave Trail on September 5”

DISPUTED

The claim states the rescue occurred on September 5 for a hiker with a 'severe head injury'. However, multiple search results describe rescues on the Alum Cave Trail by the Tennessee National Guard involving a 'suspected broken leg' or 'injured leg', and the dates mentioned in the snippets are 'Oct' (October), contradicting the September 5 date and the nature of the injury.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Army of the Tennessee was a Union army in the Western Theater of the American Civil War, named for the Tennessee River. A 2005 study of the army states that it "was present at most of the great ba…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Army_of_the_Tennessee

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The First Corps, Army of Tennessee, commonly known as Polk's Corps, Cheatham's Corps, or Hardee's Corps, was a corps of the Army of Tennessee.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Corps,_Army_of_Tennessee

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Tennessee Army National Guard is a component of the United States Army and the United States National Guard. It is administered by the Tennessee Military Department. National coordination of vario…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tennessee_Army_National_Guard

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Claim 4: “The most-visited national park in the U.S. spans more than 800 square miles, straddling the border of North Carolina and Tennessee”

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Wikipedia confirms that Great Smoky Mountains National Park is located on the border of North Carolina and Tennessee. While the provided snippets don't explicitly state the 'most-visited' status or the exact '800 square miles' figure, the location and identity are verified by reference.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Great Smoky Mountains (Cherokee: ᎡᏆ ᏚᏧᏍᏚ ᏙᏓᎸ, Equa Dutsusdu Dodalv) are a mountain range rising along the Tennessee–North Carolina border in the southeastern United States. They are a subrange of …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Smoky_Mountains

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Great Smoky Mountains National Park is a national park of the United States in the southeast, with parts in North Carolina and Tennessee. The park straddles the ridgeline of the Great Smoky Mountains,…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Smoky_Mountains_National…

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Greenbrier is a valley in the northern Great Smoky Mountains of Tennessee, located in the southeastern United States. Now a recreational area located within the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Gr…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenbrier_(Great_Smoky_Mounta…

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