A news feature by Danielle Hyams, published 12 January 2020 by The Haitian Times, a Haitian-American news outlet, marking the tenth anniversary of the 2010 Haiti earthquake. Reliable for American televangelist Pat Robertson publicly attributing the earthquake, which killed more than 200,000 people, to a supposed Vodou "pact with the devil" in Haiti's founding; for Vodouisants in Haiti facing attacks and being denied emergency medical assistance in the disaster's aftermath; and for a further wave of blame and violence when a cholera epidemic struck Haiti later that year, in which the article states dozens of Vodou priests were lynched. The article gives no month, location or victim count more precise than "dozens" for the lynchings, and this atlas carries that hedge rather than sharpening it.
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Citation
AuthorDanielle Hyams
PublisherThe Haitian Times
Publication Year2020
URLhttps://haitiantimes.com/2020/01/12/vodou-was-once-blamed-for-the-haiti-earthquake-10-years-later-its-seeing-a-slow-revival/
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Assessment
Reliability Tier2
Named journalist, byline-attributed news feature in a dedicated Haitian-American publication, tier 2. Used for the post-earthquake and post-cholera violence against Vodou practitioners exactly as the article states it, with its own imprecise counts and dates carried as such rather than sharpened. NotesUsed for the 2010 earthquake and cholera-era violence against Vodou practitioners.
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This source names Pat Robertson directly: "Reliable for American televangelist Pat Robertson publicly attributing the earthquake, which killed more than 200,000 people, to a supposed Vodou "pact with the devil" in Haiti's founding; for..."
Claims Backed By This Source (21 claims)
This source backs 21 claims across the atlas. As facts: 15 well-attested. As cited relationships: 3 holds, 1 connected. Plus 2 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.
- Articles, 6 claims: 4 well-attested, 1 connected, 1 general references.
- Spread Events, 6 claims: 3 well-attested, 2 holds, 1 general references.
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