The Intercept
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The Intercept is an online news publication known for its investigative journalism, focus on national security and civil liberties, and adversarial reporting on government and corporate power.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Intercept canonical | 13 |
| The Intercept Brasil | 2 |
| https://theintercept.com | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4579137 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Intercept Context triple: [Glenn Greenwald, employer, The Intercept]
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A.
The Fifth Estate
The Fifth Estate is a long-running Canadian investigative journalism television program known for its in-depth reporting and exposés on major public-interest issues.
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B.
The Fifth Estate
The Fifth Estate is a 2013 biographical thriller film that dramatizes the rise of WikiLeaks and its controversial founder Julian Assange.
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C.
Fourth Estate
The Fourth Estate is a term for the free press and news media, highlighting their crucial role in holding power accountable and safeguarding democracy.
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D.
We Steal Secrets: The Story of WikiLeaks
We Steal Secrets: The Story of WikiLeaks is a documentary film that examines the rise of WikiLeaks, its controversial disclosures, and the roles of Julian Assange and Chelsea Manning in reshaping debates over secrecy and transparency.
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E.
Inside WikiLeaks: My Time with Julian Assange at the World’s Most Dangerous Website
"Inside WikiLeaks: My Time with Julian Assange at the World’s Most Dangerous Website" is a 2011 memoir by former WikiLeaks spokesperson Daniel Domscheit-Berg recounting his experiences working with Julian Assange and the internal conflicts within the whistleblowing organization.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Intercept Target entity description: The Intercept is an online news publication known for its investigative journalism, focus on national security and civil liberties, and adversarial reporting on government and corporate power.
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A.
The Fifth Estate
The Fifth Estate is a long-running Canadian investigative journalism television program known for its in-depth reporting and exposés on major public-interest issues.
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B.
The Fifth Estate
The Fifth Estate is a 2013 biographical thriller film that dramatizes the rise of WikiLeaks and its controversial founder Julian Assange.
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C.
Fourth Estate
The Fourth Estate is a term for the free press and news media, highlighting their crucial role in holding power accountable and safeguarding democracy.
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D.
We Steal Secrets: The Story of WikiLeaks
We Steal Secrets: The Story of WikiLeaks is a documentary film that examines the rise of WikiLeaks, its controversial disclosures, and the roles of Julian Assange and Chelsea Manning in reshaping debates over secrecy and transparency.
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E.
Inside WikiLeaks: My Time with Julian Assange at the World’s Most Dangerous Website
"Inside WikiLeaks: My Time with Julian Assange at the World’s Most Dangerous Website" is a 2011 memoir by former WikiLeaks spokesperson Daniel Domscheit-Berg recounting his experiences working with Julian Assange and the internal conflicts within the whistleblowing organization.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
investigative journalism outlet
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news website ⓘ online news publication ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
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| coverageArea |
Latin America
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Middle East ⓘ United States politics ⓘ international ⓘ |
| employs |
investigative journalists
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national security reporters ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
civil rights impacts of security policy
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classified programs ⓘ leaked documents ⓘ |
| foundedBy |
Glenn Greenwald
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Jeremy Scahill ⓘ Laura Poitras ⓘ Pierre Omidyar ⓘ |
| fundedBy | Pierre Omidyar ⓘ |
| genre |
adversarial journalism
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civil liberties journalism ⓘ investigative journalism ⓘ national security journalism ⓘ political journalism ⓘ |
| hasEditor | Betsy Reed ⓘ |
| hasFormerEditor |
Glenn Greenwald
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Jeremy Scahill ⓘ |
| hasHeadquartersLocation | New York City ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Intercepted podcast
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linked to:
Intercepted
The Intercept Brasil ⓘ
linked to:
The Intercept
video journalism unit ⓘ |
| inception | 2014 ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
civil liberties
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corporate power ⓘ government accountability ⓘ national security ⓘ surveillance ⓘ |
| mediaType | digital-only publication ⓘ |
| notableWork |
coverage of NSA mass surveillance programs
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investigations into U.S. drone program ⓘ reporting based on Edward Snowden leaks ⓘ reporting on FBI and domestic counterterrorism operations ⓘ |
| operatesOnPrinciple |
government transparency
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press freedom ⓘ protection of whistleblowers ⓘ |
| ownedBy | First Look Media ⓘ |
| politicalAlignment |
left-leaning
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progressive ⓘ |
| publisher | First Look Media ⓘ |
| publishingPlatform | online ⓘ |
| website |
https://theintercept.com
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linked to:
The Intercept
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How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: The Intercept Description of subject: The Intercept is an online news publication known for its investigative journalism, focus on national security and civil liberties, and adversarial reporting on government and corporate power.
Referenced by (16)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: The Intercept
linked to: The Intercept
linked to: The Intercept