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  "standard": "FactUnion Standard v1",
  "checkedAt": "2026-10-19T07:05:54.594Z",
  "title": "Whose Eye Was It? The Fight Over Napalm Girl's Credit",
  "date": "2026-10-19",
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    {
      "n": 1,
      "claim": "'The Terror of War' was taken on 8 June 1972, credited to AP Saigon staffer 'Nick' Huynh Cong Ut, and shows children, including 9-year-old Kim Phuc, fleeing a 'friendly fire' napalm attack by a South Vietnamese aircraft.",
      "sources": [
        {
          "url": "https://www.ap.org/about/ap-report-terror-of-war/",
          "title": "AP Report: Investigating claims around ‘The Terror of War’ photograph"
        },
        {
          "url": "https://grokipedia.com/page/the_stringer",
          "title": "The Stringer"
        },
        {
          "url": "https://vietnam-aujourdhui.info/2025/01/28/controversial-doc-the-stringer-investigates-famous-vietnam-war-photo/",
          "title": "Controversial doc ‘The Stringer’ investigates famous Vietnam War photo"
        }
      ],
      "verdict": "verified",
      "quote": false,
      "usedInEpisode": true
    },
    {
      "n": 2,
      "claim": "The documentary 'The Stringer', directed by Bao Nguyen and produced by the VII Foundation, has been on Netflix since 28 November 2025 and claims the photo was taken by Nguyen Thanh Nghe, a local stringer who reportedly sold his film to AP's Saigon bureau for 20 dollars.",
      "sources": [
        {
          "url": "https://index.ngo/en/investigations/who-took-the-napalm-girl-photograph-analysis-and-3d-reconstruction",
          "title": "Who took the “Napalm Girl” photograph? Analysis and 3D reconstruction"
        }
      ],
      "verdict": "verified",
      "note": "Kept on a lower-weight source (index.ngo); nothing we found says otherwise.",
      "quote": false,
      "usedInEpisode": true
    },
    {
      "n": 3,
      "claim": "At the film's Sundance premiere, Nghe said: \"I took the photo.\"",
      "sources": [
        {
          "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Stringer",
          "title": "The Stringer"
        },
        {
          "url": "https://www.nbcnews.com/news/asian-america/sundance-documentary-stringer-disputes-took-napalm-girl-photo-vietnam-rcna189410",
          "title": "Sundance documentary disputes who took 'napalm girl' photo in Vietnam"
        },
        {
          "url": "https://www.the-independent.com/arts-entertainment/films/news/napalm-girl-photo-vietnam-sundance-the-stringer-b2687523.html",
          "title": "Who took the ‘napalm girl’ photo? New Sundance documentary questions original credit | The Independent"
        }
      ],
      "verdict": "verified",
      "quote": true,
      "usedInEpisode": true
    },
    {
      "n": 4,
      "claim": "Nghe says he was driving for an NBC crew that day, and his daughter Jannie Nguyen says his wife tore up the print he had been given.",
      "sources": [
        {
          "url": "https://www.bbc.com/vietnamese/articles/c8r5vxy0357o",
          "title": "Em bé Napalm: Tranh cãi về tác giả bức ảnh lịch sử"
        }
      ],
      "verdict": "verified",
      "quote": false,
      "usedInEpisode": true
    },
    {
      "n": 5,
      "claim": "Nghe's brother-in-law Tran Van Than corroborated that he went to the AP office with Nghe that day, and Nghe recalls selling the photograph to the AP for $20 and a print.",
      "sources": [
        {
          "url": "https://vietnam-aujourdhui.info/2025/01/28/controversial-doc-the-stringer-investigates-famous-vietnam-war-photo/",
          "title": "Controversial doc ‘The Stringer’ investigates famous Vietnam War photo"
        }
      ],
      "verdict": "corrected",
      "note": "The evidence does not support that Nghe never saw the negatives or received \"only\" a print. It states he sold the photo to AP for $20 and a print. Kept on a lower-weight source; nothing we found says otherwise.",
      "quote": false,
      "usedInEpisode": true
    },
    {
      "n": 6,
      "claim": "Robinson told Time: \"I'm going to be 80 years old. Something I really want to do before I pass away is find the real photographer and just say sorry.\"",
      "sources": [
        {
          "url": "https://time.com/7336830/the-stringer-documentary-true-story/",
          "title": "The Story Behind the Controversial Documentary The Stringer"
        },
        {
          "url": "https://www.aol.com/articles/story-behind-controversial-documentary-stringer-183931121.html",
          "title": "The Story Behind the Controversial Documentary 'The Stringer'"
        }
      ],
      "verdict": "verified",
      "quote": true,
      "usedInEpisode": true
    },
    {
      "n": 7,
      "claim": "Burnett, who admits he did not actually see Ut take the photo, says he saw Ut sprint toward the children and that Faas told Ut, \"You do good work today, Nick Ut.\"",
      "sources": [
        {
          "url": "https://petapixel.com/2025/12/10/photographer-who-was-at-the-scene-of-napalm-girl-says-nick-ut-took-the-photo/",
          "title": "Photographer Who Was at the Scene of ‘Napalm Girl’ Says Nick Ut Took the Photo"
        },
        {
          "url": "https://snepp.substack.com/p/in-defense-of-nick-ut-and-the-integrity",
          "title": "In Defense of Nick Ut"
        }
      ],
      "verdict": "verified",
      "quote": true,
      "usedInEpisode": true
    },
    {
      "n": 8,
      "claim": "According to AP's January 2025 reporting, Burnett said he witnessed Ut and Alexander Shimkin, a freelance photographer working primarily for Newsweek, taking photos as Kim Phuc and other children emerged from the smoke.",
      "sources": [
        {
          "url": "https://ny1.com/nyc/bronx/ap-top-news/2025/01/16/he-is-credited-with-one-of-historys-most-indelible-photos-a-new-documentary-questions-who-took-it",
          "title": "He is credited with one of history's most indelible photos. A new documentary questions who took it"
        },
        {
          "url": "https://apnews.com/article/vietnam-napalm-photo-stringer-film-0789694bd7cb37331d1e5c6a325f387e",
          "title": "Documentary 'The Stringer' questions who took AP's 'napalm girl' photo | AP News"
        },
        {
          "url": "https://www.ap.org/media-center/ap-in-the-news/2025/he-is-credited-with-one-of-historys-most-indelible-photos-a-new-documentary-questions-who-took-it/",
          "title": "He is credited with one of history’s most indelible photos. A new documentary questions who took it"
        }
      ],
      "verdict": "verified",
      "quote": false,
      "usedInEpisode": true
    },
    {
      "n": 9,
      "claim": "When AP approached Robinson during its January 2025 probe, he said he had signed an NDA with Knight and the VII Foundation, and Knight said Robinson would only speak off the record.",
      "sources": [
        {
          "url": "https://ny1.com/nyc/bronx/ap-top-news/2025/01/16/he-is-credited-with-one-of-historys-most-indelible-photos-a-new-documentary-questions-who-took-it",
          "title": "He is credited with one of history's most indelible photos. A new documentary questions who took it"
        },
        {
          "url": "https://apnews.com/article/vietnam-napalm-photo-stringer-film-0789694bd7cb37331d1e5c6a325f387e",
          "title": "Documentary 'The Stringer' questions who took AP's 'napalm girl' photo | AP News"
        },
        {
          "url": "https://fox40.com/news/international/ap-international/ap-he-is-credited-with-one-of-historys-most-indelible-photos-a-new-documentary-questions-who-took-it/",
          "title": "He is credited with one of history’s most indelible photos. A new documentary questions who took it"
        }
      ],
      "verdict": "verified",
      "quote": false,
      "usedInEpisode": true
    },
    {
      "n": 10,
      "claim": "AP's January 2025 report concluded: \"In the absence of new, convincing evidence to the contrary, the AP has no reason to believe anyone other than Ut took the photo.\"",
      "sources": [
        {
          "url": "https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/story/napalm-girl-photograph",
          "title": "Who Really Took the Famous “Napalm Girl” Photograph?"
        },
        {
          "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/film/2025/jan/26/the-stringer-documentary-napalm-girl-photo",
          "title": "‘Uncomfortable truths’: controversial film challenges authorship of famous photo"
        },
        {
          "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Stringer",
          "title": "The Stringer"
        }
      ],
      "verdict": "verified",
      "quote": true,
      "usedInEpisode": true
    },
    {
      "n": 11,
      "claim": "AP says Faas, who died in 2012, \"would frequently discuss the image publicly and in writings and never doubted that it was Ut's.\"",
      "sources": [
        {
          "url": "https://time.com/7336830/the-stringer-documentary-true-story/",
          "title": "The Story Behind the Controversial Documentary The Stringer"
        },
        {
          "url": "https://www.aol.com/articles/story-behind-controversial-documentary-stringer-183931121.html",
          "title": "The Story Behind the Controversial Documentary 'The Stringer'"
        }
      ],
      "verdict": "verified",
      "quote": true,
      "usedInEpisode": true
    },
    {
      "n": 12,
      "claim": "In April 2026 Michael Ebert, who oversees Faas's estate, said Faas and Robinson \"did not always have the best relationship\" and that \"Horst was too upright and too intelligent for that.\"",
      "sources": [
        {
          "url": "https://petapixel.com/2026/04/08/did-horst-faas-really-switch-the-credit-on-napalm-girl-his-archivist-says-not/",
          "title": "Did Horst Faas Really Switch the Credit on ‘Napalm Girl’? His Archivist Says Not"
        }
      ],
      "verdict": "verified",
      "quote": true,
      "usedInEpisode": true
    },
    {
      "n": 13,
      "claim": "AP's May 2025 report says that of 10 people on the scene that day whom AP reached, Nghe is the only one who believes Ut didn't take the picture.",
      "sources": [
        {
          "url": "https://amateurphotographer.com/latest/photo-news/nick-ut-did-take-napalm-girl-image-report/",
          "title": "Nick Ut DID take ‘Napalm Girl’ says report, but maybe not on a Leica"
        },
        {
          "url": "https://apnews.com/article/vietnam-war-napalm-girl-photograph-credit-f56690ac24205985c67fb79c688e94e9",
          "title": "Associated Press finds 'no definitive evidence' to change credit for famous Vietnam War photo"
        },
        {
          "url": "https://ny1.com/nyc/all-boroughs/ap-top-news/2025/05/06/associated-press-finds-no-definitive-evidence-to-change-credit-for-famous-vietnam-war-photo",
          "title": "Associated Press finds 'no definitive evidence' to change credit for famous Vietnam War photo"
        }
      ],
      "verdict": "verified",
      "quote": false,
      "usedInEpisode": true
    },
    {
      "n": 14,
      "claim": "AP concluded after a nearly year-long investigation that it lacked \"the definitive evidence required by AP's standards to change the credit\" of the photograph.",
      "sources": [
        {
          "url": "https://www.ap.org/about/ap-report-terror-of-war/",
          "title": "AP Report: Investigating claims around ‘The Terror of War’ photograph"
        },
        {
          "url": "https://www.cbc.ca/news/the-terror-of-war-napalm-girl-world-press-photo-1.7537482",
          "title": "World Press Photo suspends credit for historic 'Napalm Girl' photo | CBC News"
        }
      ],
      "verdict": "verified",
      "quote": true,
      "usedInEpisode": true
    },
    {
      "n": 15,
      "claim": "AP's 6 May 2025 report found: \"It is unlikely the famous photo was taken by a Leica M2\" and \"It is likely the famous photo was taken using a Pentax camera.\"",
      "sources": [
        {
          "url": "https://www.pentaxforums.com/forums/16-pentax-news-rumors/479110-pulitzer-prize-winning-vietnam-war-photo-likely-taken-pentax-says-ap.html",
          "title": "Pulitzer Prize winning Vietnam war photo \"likely\" taken on a Pentax, says AP - PentaxForums.com"
        },
        {
          "url": "https://pentaxrumors.com/2025/05/08/the-famous-napalm-girl-photo-by-nick-ut-could-have-been-taken-with-a-pentax-camera/",
          "title": "The famous “Napalm Girl” photo by Nick Ut could have been taken with a Pentax camera"
        }
      ],
      "verdict": "verified",
      "quote": false,
      "usedInEpisode": true
    },
    {
      "n": 16,
      "claim": "In early 2024 the film's team asked INDEX for an analysis, and INDEX built a 3D model from \"dozens of pictures taken that day by the various photographers present at the scene, as well as film footage and historical satellite imagery of the site\", concluding it is \"highly unlikely\" Ut took the photo.",
      "sources": [
        {
          "url": "https://index.ngo/en/investigations/who-took-the-napalm-girl-photograph-analysis-and-3d-reconstruction",
          "title": "Who took the “Napalm Girl” photograph? Analysis and 3D reconstruction"
        }
      ],
      "verdict": "verified",
      "note": "Kept on a lower-weight source (index.ngo); nothing we found says otherwise.",
      "quote": true,
      "usedInEpisode": true
    },
    {
      "n": 17,
      "claim": "World Press Photo suspended the attribution of 'The Terror of War' to Nick Ut on 16 May 2025 without reassigning authorship, and the 1973 World Press Photo of the Year award stands.",
      "sources": [
        {
          "url": "https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-05-17/the-terror-of-war-vietnam-photograph-authorship-suspended/105304854",
          "title": "Historic Vietnam War photograph attribution suspended amid authorship doubts"
        },
        {
          "url": "https://cde.news/controversy-over-napalm-girl-photo/",
          "title": "Controversy over ‘Napalm Girl’ photo"
        },
        {
          "url": "https://philstarlife.com/news-and-views/272525-world-press-photo-suspends-attribution-terror-of-war-nick-ut",
          "title": "World Press Photo suspends attribution of award-winning 'The Terror of War' to Nick Út"
        }
      ],
      "verdict": "verified",
      "quote": false,
      "usedInEpisode": true
    },
    {
      "n": 18,
      "claim": "World Press Photo executive director Joumana El Zein Khoury wrote: \"We conclude that the level of doubt is too significant to maintain the existing attribution. At the same time, lacking conclusive evidence pointing definitively to another photographer, we cannot reassign authorship either.\"",
      "sources": [
        {
          "url": "https://nypost.com/2025/05/17/world-news/photo-group-says-it-has-suspended-attribution-of-historic-vietnam-picture-because-of-doubts/",
          "title": "Historic Vietnam War photo has 'suspended attribution' after doubts of photographer's ownership"
        },
        {
          "url": "https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-05-17/the-terror-of-war-vietnam-photograph-authorship-suspended/105304854",
          "title": "Historic Vietnam War photograph attribution suspended amid authorship doubts"
        },
        {
          "url": "https://www.cnn.com/2025/05/19/style/napalm-girl-world-press-photo-nick-ut-hnk-intl",
          "title": "Who took ‘Napalm Girl’? World Press Photo ‘suspends’ attribution of historic Vietnam War image"
        }
      ],
      "verdict": "corrected",
      "note": "Source corrected: the page first cited was read and is about something else; the sources listed state this.",
      "quote": false,
      "usedInEpisode": true
    },
    {
      "n": 19,
      "claim": "World Press Photo says Nguyễn Thành Nghệ or Huỳnh Công Phúc, a Vietnamese military photographer who sometimes sold images to news agencies, may have been in a better position to take the photograph, based on location, distance and the likely camera used.",
      "sources": [
        {
          "url": "https://www.worldpressphoto.org/education/research/the-terror-of-war-authorship-attribution-suspension",
          "title": "Authorship attribution suspended for ‘The Terror of War’"
        },
        {
          "url": "https://www.cbc.ca/news/the-terror-of-war-napalm-girl-world-press-photo-1.7537482",
          "title": "World Press Photo suspends credit for historic 'Napalm Girl' photo | CBC News"
        },
        {
          "url": "https://www.diyphotography.net/world-press-photo-suspends-nick-uts-authorship-napalm-girl-photo/",
          "title": "World Press Photo Suspends Nick Ut’s Authorship of Iconic “Napalm Girl” Photo"
        }
      ],
      "verdict": "verified",
      "quote": false,
      "usedInEpisode": true
    },
    {
      "n": 20,
      "claim": "On 26 June 2025 Khoury admitted World Press Photo \"should have published the full report rather than only the executive summary\" and released the full report.",
      "sources": [
        {
          "url": "https://www.worldpressphoto.org/news/2025/authorship-attribution-suspended-for-the-terror-of-war",
          "title": "Authorship attribution suspended for ‘The Terror of War’ photograph"
        }
      ],
      "verdict": "verified",
      "quote": true,
      "usedInEpisode": true
    },
    {
      "n": 21,
      "claim": "In France, Ut's lawyers filed a public defamation action under the Press Law of 1881 against Gary Knight of the VII Foundation and Netflix France.",
      "sources": [
        {
          "url": "https://petapixel.com/2026/03/02/nick-ut-files-lawsuit-the-stringer-vii-foundation-defamation/",
          "title": "Nick Ut Files Defamation Lawsuit Against Netflix Over ‘The Stringer’ Documentary"
        },
        {
          "url": "https://www.australianphotography.com/news/napalm-girl-photographer-nick-ut-files-defamation-lawsuit",
          "title": "'Napalm girl' photographer Nick Ut files defamation lawsuit"
        }
      ],
      "verdict": "corrected",
      "note": "Suit against Knight and Netflix France is supported; the March 2026 date and €20,000 costs are not in evidence, and The Independent reports different figures.",
      "quote": false,
      "usedInEpisode": true
    },
    {
      "n": 22,
      "claim": "The French filing alleges the film defames Ut by saying he is not the author and that he misrepresented his role in getting Kim Phuc to medical care, and his lawyers say it portrays him as a \"shameless liar.\"",
      "sources": [
        {
          "url": "https://petapixel.com/2026/03/02/nick-ut-files-lawsuit-the-stringer-vii-foundation-defamation/",
          "title": "Nick Ut Files Defamation Lawsuit Against Netflix Over ‘The Stringer’ Documentary"
        },
        {
          "url": "https://www.australianphotography.com/news/napalm-girl-photographer-nick-ut-files-defamation-lawsuit",
          "title": "'Napalm girl' photographer Nick Ut files defamation lawsuit"
        },
        {
          "url": "https://www.capturemag.com.au/news/napalm-girl-photographer-nick-ut-files-defamation-lawsuit",
          "title": "'Napalm girl' photographer Nick Ut files defamation lawsuit"
        }
      ],
      "verdict": "verified",
      "quote": true,
      "usedInEpisode": true
    },
    {
      "n": 23,
      "claim": "The filing quotes Knight's opening line in the film: \"When you're photographing with film, there's always some mystery. But what you do know is what you didn't take.\"",
      "sources": [
        {
          "url": "https://petapixel.com/2026/03/02/nick-ut-files-lawsuit-the-stringer-vii-foundation-defamation/",
          "title": "Nick Ut Files Defamation Lawsuit Against Netflix Over ‘The Stringer’ Documentary"
        }
      ],
      "verdict": "verified",
      "quote": true,
      "usedInEpisode": true
    },
    {
      "n": 24,
      "claim": "Phototrend reported that the complaint identifies fifteen defamatory sequences, that a hearing was set for 15 May 2026 before the tribunal de Tarascon (Bouches-du-Rhône), that Ut's lawyer is James Hornstein, and that Ut says any award would go to charity.",
      "sources": [
        {
          "url": "https://phototrend.fr/2026/03/nick-ut-netflix-diffamation-france/",
          "title": "Le photographe Nick Ut poursuit Netflix en diffamation devant les tribunaux français"
        }
      ],
      "verdict": "verified",
      "note": "Kept on a lower-weight source (phototrend.fr); nothing we found says otherwise.",
      "quote": false,
      "usedInEpisode": true
    },
    {
      "n": 25,
      "claim": "Ut explained his choice of France by saying: \"It feels only natural to seek justice there…\"",
      "sources": [
        {
          "url": "https://www.australianphotography.com/news/napalm-girl-photographer-nick-ut-files-defamation-lawsuit",
          "title": "'Napalm girl' photographer Nick Ut files defamation lawsuit"
        },
        {
          "url": "https://petapixel.com/2026/03/02/nick-ut-files-lawsuit-the-stringer-vii-foundation-defamation/",
          "title": "Nick Ut Files Defamation Lawsuit Against Netflix Over ‘The Stringer’ Documentary"
        },
        {
          "url": "https://www.gofundme.com/f/justice-for-nick-ut-help-fund-legal-battle/topdonations",
          "title": "Nick Ut Files Defamation Suit Against VII Foundation"
        }
      ],
      "verdict": "verified",
      "quote": true,
      "usedInEpisode": true
    },
    {
      "n": 26,
      "claim": "Ut told AP the controversy \"has been very difficult for me and has caused great pain.\"",
      "sources": [
        {
          "url": "https://indianexpress.com/article/world/napalm-girl-world-press-photo-suspended-associated-press-claims-10010983/",
          "title": "Authorship of iconic ‘Napalm Girl’ photo suspended amid new claims"
        },
        {
          "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2025/may/16/napalm-girl-world-press-photo",
          "title": "‘Napalm Girl’ may be work of different photographer, World Press Photo says"
        },
        {
          "url": "https://www.diyphotography.net/world-press-photo-suspends-nick-uts-authorship-napalm-girl-photo/",
          "title": "World Press Photo Suspends Nick Ut’s Authorship of Iconic “Napalm Girl” Photo"
        }
      ],
      "verdict": "corrected",
      "note": "Source corrected: the page first cited was read and is about something else; the sources listed state this.",
      "quote": false,
      "usedInEpisode": true
    },
    {
      "n": 27,
      "claim": "Kim Phuc did not take part in the film, and through a representative she called it an \"outrageous and false attack\" on Ut.",
      "sources": [
        {
          "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Stringer",
          "title": "The Stringer"
        },
        {
          "url": "https://uk.news.yahoo.com/napalm-girl-rips-documentary-questions-233737774.html",
          "title": "‘Napalm Girl’ Rips Documentary That Questions Truth of Iconic Photograph"
        }
      ],
      "verdict": "corrected",
      "note": "Original wrongly said the statement came via Ut's lawyers in early 2025 and that she stayed out because it was false. Sources show a representative for Phuc called it an outrageous, false attack on Ut.",
      "quote": false,
      "usedInEpisode": true
    },
    {
      "n": 28,
      "claim": "Malcolm Browne's Saigon AP bureau handbook says the bureau kept no stringers on regular retainer and paid \"$5 U.S. or its equivalent in Vietnamese piastres per picture, on acceptance\"; the negative normally became AP property and went to Tokyo, and the Tokyo photo desk decided which photos were accepted.",
      "sources": [
        {
          "url": "https://www.pbs.org/weta/reportingamericaatwar/reporters/browne/ap_01.html",
          "title": "Reporting America at War . Malcolm W. Browne . Saigon AP Bureau Handbook"
        }
      ],
      "verdict": "verified",
      "quote": false,
      "usedInEpisode": true
    },
    {
      "n": 29,
      "claim": "The handbook says a stringer on a day assignment got \"a flat $10 U.S. (or its piastre equivalent) for whatever he produces for the day,\" and that \"In rare instances, higher rates can be paid for pictures of exceptional interest.\"",
      "sources": [
        {
          "url": "https://www.pbs.org/weta/reportingamericaatwar/reporters/browne/ap_01.html",
          "title": "Reporting America at War . Malcolm W. Browne . Saigon AP Bureau Handbook"
        }
      ],
      "verdict": "verified",
      "quote": true,
      "usedInEpisode": true
    },
    {
      "n": 30,
      "claim": "Peter Arnett, writing in March 1972, said Browne wrote the guide in 1962 and \"What Mal wrote in 1962 applied up to the day I left late last year.\"",
      "sources": [
        {
          "url": "https://niemanreports.org/1972-reflections-on-vietnam-the-press-and-america/",
          "title": "1972: Reflections on Vietnam, the Press And America"
        }
      ],
      "verdict": "verified",
      "note": "Kept on a lower-weight source (niemanreports.org); nothing we found says otherwise.",
      "quote": true,
      "usedInEpisode": true
    },
    {
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      "claim": "AP says Faas, its Saigon photo chief for a decade from 1962, recruited and trained foreign and Vietnamese freelancers, known as \"Horst's army\", who went out with cameras and film he supplied, and he and his editors picked the best of their pictures.",
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      "claim": "Vanity Fair reports that in the film, Nghe's brother-in-law says he returned to the bureau the next day and was given a $20 stringer fee for the single frame \"(as was common practice)\" along with a print.",
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      "claim": "In Ut's French court submissions, AP office secretary Tu Pease (Miss Tu) says she was the only person at AP who paid local stringers, that she recorded every payment and sent the records to New York, and that Faas would never have paid so little for such a photo.",
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      "claim": "Tim Page wrote: \"Horst Faas bought my first freelance pictures.\"",
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          "title": "'Em bé Napalm' có thể đã chết nếu không được chụp ảnh"
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      "claim": "AP's May 2025 position was that \"to overrule a photo credit given at the time would require clear evidence the decision made by those at the scene was incorrect. Such certainty is simply not possible to have here.\"",
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          "claim": "In the Saigon bureau in 1972, a photo credit did not record who pressed the shutter.",
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          "claim": "Jenny says her mother, Nghe's wife, tore up the print.",
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          "claim": "With Shotbreak's Magic Gallery, a user drags a whole shoot in once and presses start.",
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          "claim": "David Burnett says he saw Nick Ut and Alexander Shimpkin taking pictures as the children came out of the smoke.",
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          "claim": "David Burnett admits he did not see Nick Ut take that frame.",
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          "claim": "Carl Robinson is nearly 80 years old.",
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          "claim": "Malcolm Brown, a correspondent, wrote a handbook for AP's Saigon bureau in 1962.",
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          "claim": "Vanity Fair reports that in the film a $20 stringer fee for the single frame was paid the next day, as was common practice.",
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          "claim": "World Press Photo says Nguyen Thanh Nghe may have been in a better position to take the photograph.",
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          "claim": "Index says its reconstruction was built from dozens of pictures taken that day, film footage and historical satellite imagery of the site.",
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          "k": 86,
          "claim": "The filmmakers commissioned Index's analysis of the road in early 2024.",
          "reasonText": "Only one source states this: Instagram."
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          "claim": "In a 2015 interview, Nick Ut said he carried two Nikon cameras and two Leica cameras.",
          "reasonText": "Sources only partly back this: PetaPixel."
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          "claim": "Nick Ut said he started photographing the running people with a Nikon and a 300 millimeter lens.",
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          "claim": "Nick Ut said he switched to a Leica M2 with a 35 millimeter f/2 lens as the people came closer.",
          "reasonText": "Only one source states this: Steve Hoffman Music Forums."
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          "claim": "The Science Museum in London displays Nick Ut's Leica M2 camera, made in 1965, with a 35 millimeter Summicron lens.",
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          "claim": "AP's May 2025 report said it is unlikely the famous photograph was taken by a Leica M2.",
          "reasonText": "Sources only partly back this: Amateur Photographer."
        },
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          "k": 99,
          "claim": "World Press Photo's analysis added Thanh Kang Phuc as another candidate, a South Vietnamese military photographer who sometimes sold pictures to news agencies.",
          "reasonText": "Sources only partly back this: news.artnet.com."
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          "claim": "Gary Knight of The Seven Foundation said: when you're photographing with film, there's always some mystery, but what you do know is what you didn't take.",
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          "claim": "Carl Robinson told AP in January 2025 that he had signed a non-disclosure agreement with a foundation.",
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          "claim": "Gary Knight said he would only speak off the record.",
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          "k": 124,
          "claim": "Kim Phuc did not take part in the film.",
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          "k": 126,
          "claim": "An unnamed account says Kim Phuc does not remember who took the photograph.",
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