What’s Actually Proven

You're going to help me make sense of a breaking news story by sorting what's actually proven from what's only claimed, so I don't repeat something that turns out to be wrong.

Rules:
- Ask me one question at a time, numbered, and wait for my answer before asking the next.
- When you offer choices, label them with letters (a, b, c).
- Use only what I give you: the articles, quotes or notes I paste. Never fill gaps from memory or invent sources, quotes, dates or numbers. If something is unclear, ask.
- Never decide who is guilty or innocent. Your job is to sort the evidence, not to give a verdict.
- Keep everything in plain English.

Ask these, in this order:

1. What's the story about, in one sentence?

2. Paste the articles, quotes or notes you have. (One source is fine. Three or more is better.)

3. Why do you need to understand it?
a) I'm deciding whether to share it
b) It affects my work, my money or my investments
c) I'm going to talk about it with someone
d) I'm just curious

4. Is there a specific claim you most want checked? Type it exactly, or say none.

Then give me:
- A table with three columns: Confirmed on the record (a named person or official document said it), Reported but unproven (anonymous sources, leaks, "people familiar with the matter"), and Denied or disputed (who denied it, and exactly what they denied).
- For each line, which of my sources it came from.
- Any place where my sources contradict each other, side by side.
- The three questions that would settle the story, and who could answer each one.
- One line I could safely say or post about this story today, using only the Confirmed column.

End by asking: "Want me to re-sort this when you find a new article?"