Deseret News reporter Tad Walch's contemporary report, published 5 April 2020, on the Sunday morning session of general conference held to an empty twenty-one thousand seat Conference Center because of the coronavirus pandemic, and on President Nelson's reading of the bicentennial proclamation from the Sacred Grove near Palmyra, New York.
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Citation
AuthorTad Walch
PublisherDeseret News
Publication Year2020
URLhttps://www.deseret.com/faith/2020/4/5/21207280/bicentennial-proclamation-april-general-conference-sunday-morning-session-mormon-lds-temple-square/
Source Typenews
Assessment
Reliability Tier2
A separately bylined Deseret News report on the same session, tier 2, used here to cross check the pandemic setting of the broadcast and the proclamation's own text. NotesUsed to cross check the empty Conference Center setting and quoted language from the proclamation itself.
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This source names Palmyra directly: "from the Sacred Grove near Palmyra, New York."
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This source backs 10 claims across the atlas. As facts: 8 well-attested. As cited relationships: 1 holds. Plus 1 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.
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- Sources, 9 claims: 8 well-attested, 1 holds.
- Spread Events, 1 claims: 1 general references.
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