Where we are most likely to be wrong
Deterministic lists as of snapshot 27790 under ledger-default@0.3.0. Each entry shows what would most change it.
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low coverage scored (695 of 500 kept)
provisional (1071 of 500 kept)
| Claim | State | Detail | What would most change this |
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| The Mercer family financially supported Trump's presidential rise from the beginning. | Supported | {"provisional":true} | One independent, direct measurement that contradicts this claim would move it from Supported to Supported. |
| Steve Bannon once described Breitbart as the platform for the alt-right. | Supported | {"provisional":true} | One independent, direct measurement that contradicts this claim would move it from Supported to Leans supported. |
| Trump made his remark praising Breitbart in response to being asked which outlets cover him fairly. | Contradicted | {"provisional":true} | One independent, direct measurement that supports this claim would move it from Contradicted to Leans contradicted. |
| AFP's Danny Kemp asked Trump what signal the ban sent given Xi Jinping's White House visit in the coming weeks and China's record on journalists. | Supported | {"provisional":true} | One independent, direct measurement that contradicts this claim would move it from Supported to Leans contradicted. |
| Trump replied that he did not know about that, that he thinks the United States is repressive also, that the country gets fake news, and that it does not repress but they write fake news. | Supported | {"provisional":true} | One independent, direct measurement that contradicts this claim would move it from Supported to Unresolved. |
| Trump compared the United States' treatment of the press to China's. | Supported | {"provisional":true} | One independent, direct measurement that contradicts this claim would move it from Supported to Supported. |
| In China the Communist Party controls all media, there is no independent press, and the Chinese people have no access to information about their own country unless the government has approved it. | Supported | {"provisional":true} | One independent, direct measurement that contradicts this claim would move it from Supported to Supported. |
| Sarah Huckabee Sanders, who served as Trump's press secretary in his first term and is now governor of Arkansas, was present in the Oval Office on September 18, 2026 and defended the press ban. | Supported | {"provisional":true} | One independent, direct measurement that contradicts this claim would move it from Supported to Leans supported. |
| Sanders jumped in on her own initiative to defend the president and his press ban. | Contradicted | {"provisional":true} | One independent, direct measurement that supports this claim would move it from Contradicted to Unresolved. |
| Jacqui Heinrich is president of the White House Correspondents' Association and a Fox News reporter. | Supported | {"provisional":true} | One independent, direct measurement that contradicts this claim would move it from Supported to Supported. |
| Heinrich's statement said Trump described his own planned action in the Oval Office as a ban on the free press, and that press protection does not depend on whether the president likes an outlet's coverage, agrees with its reporting, or approves of its questions. | Supported | {"provisional":true} | One independent, direct measurement that contradicts this claim would move it from Supported to Supported. |
| Representative Jim McGovern said fascist and communist governments limit press access to favorable outlets, persecute journalists and suppress truthful reporting, and that Trump's administration is doing all of that. | Supported | {"provisional":true} | One independent, direct measurement that contradicts this claim would move it from Supported to Unresolved. |
| The Freedom of the Press Foundation said it is difficult to imagine a more blatant violation of the First Amendment than banning news outlets from the People's House for criticizing the government, and that the attacks show how scared Trump is of an informed public. | Supported | {"provisional":true} | One independent, direct measurement that contradicts this claim would move it from Supported to Supported. |
| Senator Chuck Schumer wrote that Donald Trump just did what dictators throughout history have done. | Supported | {"provisional":true} | One independent, direct measurement that contradicts this claim would move it from Supported to Supported. |
| Reporters Without Borders said press access is not a privilege for journalists but a right. | Supported | {"provisional":true} | One independent, direct measurement that contradicts this claim would move it from Supported to Supported. |
| Nicolle Wallace said Trump wants people to be afraid to cover him aggressively and that this seems to be the intent of the ban. | Supported | {"provisional":true} | One independent, direct measurement that contradicts this claim would move it from Supported to Supported. |
| Trump is polling terribly ahead of the 2026 midterm elections. | Supported | {"provisional":true} | One independent, direct measurement that contradicts this claim would move it from Supported to Supported. |
| Trump announced the press ban because he knows the only way to hide his poor polling and his presidential failures is to stop the media from reporting the truth. | Unresolved | {"provisional":true} | One independent, direct measurement that supports this claim would move it from Unresolved to Supported. |
| Trump will most likely lose in court over the September 2026 press ban. | Not assessed | {"provisional":true} | |
| France deliberately fed Donald Trump false intelligence as a test of whether he would leak it to Vladimir Putin. | Insufficient evidence | {"provisional":true} | One independent, direct measurement that supports this claim would move it from Insufficient evidence to Supported. |
| Ukraine deliberately fed Donald Trump false intelligence as a test of whether he would leak it to Vladimir Putin. | Contradicted | {"provisional":true} | One independent, direct measurement that supports this claim would move it from Contradicted to Unresolved. |
| Donald Trump leaked the planted false intelligence from France and Ukraine to Vladimir Putin. | Contradicted | {"provisional":true} | One independent, direct measurement that supports this claim would move it from Contradicted to Unresolved. |
| European high-speed trains operate at up to 200 mph (320 km/h) in commercial service. | Supported | {"provisional":true} | One independent, direct measurement that contradicts this claim would move it from Supported to Unresolved. |
| Passenger trains through the Alps top out at 250 km/h (155 mph). | Supported | {"provisional":true} | One independent, direct measurement that contradicts this claim would move it from Supported to Unresolved. |
| The most congested road corridor in the US is a stretch of I-95 in Connecticut. | Supported | {"provisional":true} | One independent, direct measurement that contradicts this claim would move it from Supported to Unresolved. |
independence unreviewed (1069 of 500 kept)
| Claim | State | Detail | What would most change this |
|---|---|---|---|
| Trump made his remark praising Breitbart in response to being asked which outlets cover him fairly. | Contradicted | {"independence_unreviewed":5} | One independent, direct measurement that supports this claim would move it from Contradicted to Leans contradicted. |
| AFP's Danny Kemp asked Trump what signal the ban sent given Xi Jinping's White House visit in the coming weeks and China's record on journalists. | Supported | {"independence_unreviewed":6} | One independent, direct measurement that contradicts this claim would move it from Supported to Leans contradicted. |
| Trump replied that he did not know about that, that he thinks the United States is repressive also, that the country gets fake news, and that it does not repress but they write fake news. | Supported | {"independence_unreviewed":2} | One independent, direct measurement that contradicts this claim would move it from Supported to Unresolved. |
| Trump compared the United States' treatment of the press to China's. | Supported | {"independence_unreviewed":5} | One independent, direct measurement that contradicts this claim would move it from Supported to Supported. |
| In China the Communist Party controls all media, there is no independent press, and the Chinese people have no access to information about their own country unless the government has approved it. | Supported | {"independence_unreviewed":5} | One independent, direct measurement that contradicts this claim would move it from Supported to Supported. |
| Sarah Huckabee Sanders, who served as Trump's press secretary in his first term and is now governor of Arkansas, was present in the Oval Office on September 18, 2026 and defended the press ban. | Supported | {"independence_unreviewed":3} | One independent, direct measurement that contradicts this claim would move it from Supported to Leans supported. |
| Sanders jumped in on her own initiative to defend the president and his press ban. | Contradicted | {"independence_unreviewed":3} | One independent, direct measurement that supports this claim would move it from Contradicted to Unresolved. |
| Jacqui Heinrich is president of the White House Correspondents' Association and a Fox News reporter. | Supported | {"independence_unreviewed":3} | One independent, direct measurement that contradicts this claim would move it from Supported to Supported. |
| Heinrich's statement said Trump described his own planned action in the Oval Office as a ban on the free press, and that press protection does not depend on whether the president likes an outlet's coverage, agrees with its reporting, or approves of its questions. | Supported | {"independence_unreviewed":7} | One independent, direct measurement that contradicts this claim would move it from Supported to Supported. |
| Representative Jim McGovern said fascist and communist governments limit press access to favorable outlets, persecute journalists and suppress truthful reporting, and that Trump's administration is doing all of that. | Supported | {"independence_unreviewed":2} | One independent, direct measurement that contradicts this claim would move it from Supported to Unresolved. |
| The Freedom of the Press Foundation said it is difficult to imagine a more blatant violation of the First Amendment than banning news outlets from the People's House for criticizing the government, and that the attacks show how scared Trump is of an informed public. | Supported | {"independence_unreviewed":6} | One independent, direct measurement that contradicts this claim would move it from Supported to Supported. |
| Senator Chuck Schumer wrote that Donald Trump just did what dictators throughout history have done. | Supported | {"independence_unreviewed":2} | One independent, direct measurement that contradicts this claim would move it from Supported to Supported. |
| Reporters Without Borders said press access is not a privilege for journalists but a right. | Supported | {"independence_unreviewed":2} | One independent, direct measurement that contradicts this claim would move it from Supported to Supported. |
| Nicolle Wallace said Trump wants people to be afraid to cover him aggressively and that this seems to be the intent of the ban. | Supported | {"independence_unreviewed":2} | One independent, direct measurement that contradicts this claim would move it from Supported to Supported. |
| Trump is polling terribly ahead of the 2026 midterm elections. | Supported | {"independence_unreviewed":9} | One independent, direct measurement that contradicts this claim would move it from Supported to Supported. |
| Trump announced the press ban because he knows the only way to hide his poor polling and his presidential failures is to stop the media from reporting the truth. | Unresolved | {"independence_unreviewed":8} | One independent, direct measurement that supports this claim would move it from Unresolved to Supported. |
| Trump will most likely lose in court over the September 2026 press ban. | Not assessed | {"independence_unreviewed":2} | |
| France deliberately fed Donald Trump false intelligence as a test of whether he would leak it to Vladimir Putin. | Insufficient evidence | {"independence_unreviewed":3} | One independent, direct measurement that supports this claim would move it from Insufficient evidence to Supported. |
| Ukraine deliberately fed Donald Trump false intelligence as a test of whether he would leak it to Vladimir Putin. | Contradicted | {"independence_unreviewed":6} | One independent, direct measurement that supports this claim would move it from Contradicted to Unresolved. |
| Donald Trump leaked the planted false intelligence from France and Ukraine to Vladimir Putin. | Contradicted | {"independence_unreviewed":4} | One independent, direct measurement that supports this claim would move it from Contradicted to Unresolved. |
| European high-speed trains operate at up to 200 mph (320 km/h) in commercial service. | Supported | {"independence_unreviewed":3} | One independent, direct measurement that contradicts this claim would move it from Supported to Unresolved. |
| Passenger trains through the Alps top out at 250 km/h (155 mph). | Supported | {"independence_unreviewed":2} | One independent, direct measurement that contradicts this claim would move it from Supported to Unresolved. |
| The most congested road corridor in the US is a stretch of I-95 in Connecticut. | Supported | {"independence_unreviewed":5} | One independent, direct measurement that contradicts this claim would move it from Supported to Unresolved. |
| As of early September 2026, publicly downloadable open-weight AI model checkpoints had no vendor-operated remote kill switch built into the weights themselves. | Supported | {"independence_unreviewed":3} | One independent, direct measurement that contradicts this claim would move it from Supported to Unresolved. |
| OpenAI said no specific user data was accessed to solve the Navier–Stokes problem, while it could not rule out de-identified product-usage data helping improve its models. | Supported | {"independence_unreviewed":2} | One independent, direct measurement that contradicts this claim would move it from Supported to Unresolved. |
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