PUBLIC STATEMENTS, SOURCED
Did he really
say that?
See the original context and every source we’ve checked. When more outlets cover the same moment, they’re added to one record.
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THE METHOD
The joke is in the masthead.
The record stays serious.
Deterministic rules screen the speaker, wording, source quality and duplicate match. Candidates that do not clear publication stay in the private Review Desk.
Screen
Speaker rules reject other family members, associates, organizations and stories that merely mention Trump. Quote and transcript signals are recorded separately.
Publish
Exact official or first-party wording can publish as Verified. Without primary evidence, an unchanged quotation found in two independent qualified sources can publish as Corroborated. Everything else waits for owner review.
Merge
The same words, event and time window become one incident. New reporting expands its source ledger without creating duplicate cards.
Assess
Verified and Corroborated establish wording and attribution, not whether a claim is true. Factual status requires separate, corroborated claim-level sources.
This tracker is selective. It may not be complete or minute-by-minute. “Stupid” is editorial judgment. Verification establishes wording and attribution; “source published” means the event time has not been independently established.
SOURCE MAP
What the monitor can reach
These are public RSS feeds with no account login. A failed feed stays visible here instead of quietly disappearing from the coverage count.
White House video and actions, YouTube, and GovInfo presidential documents
National, international, public-media and opinion-diverse publisher feeds
FactCheck.org, PolitiFact and Lead Stories claim assessments
CORRECTIONS
Spot an error?
Send the source.
Include the incident ID, what is wrong, and a direct link to the primary record. A public corrections log belongs here before the site opens to a wider audience.
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