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‘She-Hulk’ Actor Tatiana Maslany on Israel’s Genocide, AI in Hollywood, and… Canada

67 claims checked · Published September 2026 · Checked September 2026

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  1. Claim 1
    Misleading50% confidence▶ 0:29
    “There's a man named David Ellison. Owns Paramount Sky Dance, wants it to merge with Warner Brothers Discovery.”

    David Ellison is associated with Paramount Skydance and was seeking a merger or acquisition involving Warner Bros. Discovery.

    The merger pursuit is accurate, and David Ellison is Paramount’s CEO and a member of the controlling Ellison family. However, saying that he personally “owns” Paramount Skydance omits the company’s disclosed family and investor ownership structure and creates the impression of sole ownership.

    Omits: Paramount’s filings identify the Ellison family—not David Ellison alone—as the controlling stockholder, and RedBird Capital Partners is also part of the ownership structure.

    Checked twice, independently: the first pass returned Accurate and the second Misleading. Recorded as Misleading.

    Sources

    • 1Form 10-Q for Paramount Skydance Corp.

      RefutesAccordingly, entities controlled by the Ellison Family indirectly hold approximately 77.5% of the Paramount Skydance Corporation Class A Common Stock through their collective approximate 77.5% ownership interest in Harbor Lights Entertainment, Inc., and as a result the Ellison Family is the controlling stockholder of Paramount.

    • 2Paramount to acquire Warner Bros. Discovery

      SupportsDavid Ellison, Chairman and CEO of Paramount, a Skydance Corporation, said: "From the very beginning, our pursuit of Warner Bros. Discovery has been about bringing together two iconic companies."

  2. Claim 2
    Accurate95% confidence▶ 1:27
    “Is an award-winning actress from Canada, now in the US.”

    Tatiana Maslany is an award-winning Canadian actress who was living in the United States at the time described.

    The Television Academy identifies Maslany as a Canadian actress and lists multiple awards, including a Primetime Emmy. A contemporaneous profile reported that she was living in Los Angeles.

    Sources

  3. Claim 3
    Accurate50% confidence▶ 1:31
    “star of Orphan Black, star of She-Hulk, which we're going to talk about and most recently Maximum Pleasure Guaranteed on Apple TV.”

    Tatiana Maslany starred in Orphan Black and She-Hulk, and most recently appeared in Maximum Pleasure Guaranteed on Apple TV.

    The Television Academy identifies Maslany with Orphan Black, Marvel identifies her as the star of She-Hulk, and Apple lists her as the lead of Maximum Pleasure Guaranteed on Apple TV.

    Sources

    • 1Tatiana Maslany | Television Academy

      SupportsShe is known for portraying multiple characters in the science fiction television series Orphan Black (2013–2017), which aired on BBC America in the US.

    • 2‘She-Hulk: Attorney at Law’: First Trailer Introduces Jennifer Walters

      SupportsDuring The Walt Disney Company’s 2022 Upfront presentation today, executive producer Kevin Feige, president of Marvel Studios and chief creative officer of Marvel, welcomed star Tatiana Maslany to the Marvel Cinematic Universe, as the pair shared details about the upcoming series — including the August 17 launch date exclusively on Disney+!

    • 3Maximum Pleasure Guaranteed - Apple TV Press

      Supports“Maximum Pleasure Guaranteed” follows newly divorced mom Paula (Maslany) as she falls down a dangerous rabbit hole of blackmail, murder and youth soccer.

  4. Claim 4
    Accurate100% confidence▶ 1:44
    “Regina.”

    Tatiana Maslany is from Regina.

    The Television Academy lists Maslany's birthplace as Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada.

    Sources

  5. Claim 5
    Accurate94% confidence▶ 2:31
    “Since I was nine.”

    Tatiana Maslany has been an actor since she was nine.

    The Television Academy reports that Maslany began appearing in local musicals and on television when she was nine, consistent with her statement.

    Sources

  6. Claim 6
    Accurate50% confidence▶ 2:47
    “And there was community theater in Regina where I grew up.”

    There was community theater in Regina where Tatiana Maslany grew up.

    Biographical sources describe Maslany's early participation in community theater and musicals and identify Regina as her birthplace and hometown.

    Sources

    • 1Tatiana Maslany - Golden Globes

      SupportsTatiana Maslany (born September 22, 1985 in Regina, Canada) has danced since age four and started community theatre and musicals at the age of nine.

    • 2Welcome to Her Worlds: Tatiana Maslany

      SupportsMaslany first took the stage in the Canadian heartland. Born in Regina, Saskatchewan, where her father was a woodworker and her mother a translator, she remembers being hooked early on.

  7. Claim 7
    Unverifiable88% confidence▶ 3:03
    “We had a really good tax break. So lots of Hollywood stuff came there.”

    A tax break led to many Hollywood productions coming to Saskatchewan.

    Saskatchewan did have a film-employment tax credit, and government sources reported increased production associated with it. However, “lots of Hollywood stuff” is undefined, so the claim cannot be judged precisely as stated; the available sources do not establish that many Hollywood productions came specifically to Saskatchewan or Regina.

    Sources

  8. Claim 8
    Accurate99% confidence▶ 3:19
    “You won an Emmy for that.”

    The speaker won an Emmy for Orphan Black.

    The Television Academy records Tatiana Maslany as the 2016 winner of Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series for Orphan Black, and BBC Studios describes the award as her first Primetime Emmy win.

    Sources

  9. Claim 9
    Accurate50% confidence▶ 3:28
    “Because you were in She-Hulk Attorney at Law,”

    The speaker appeared in She-Hulk: Attorney at Law.

    Marvel identifies Tatiana Maslany as Jennifer Walters/She-Hulk in She-Hulk: Attorney at Law, confirming that the speaker appeared in the series.

    Sources

    • 1She Hulk Season 1 | Synopsis, Cast, Credits, Latest News

      SupportsIn She-Hulk: Attorney at Law, Jennifer Walters (Tatiana Maslany)—an attorney specializing in superhuman-oriented legal cases—must navigate the complicated life of a single, 30-something who also happens to be a green 6-foot-7-inch superpowered hulk.

  10. Claim 10
    Accurate99% confidence▶ 4:09
    “Lou Furigma who I watched in King of Queens.”

    Lou Ferrigno appeared in The King of Queens.

    A Los Angeles City Council resolution states that Lou Ferrigno had guest-star and cameo roles on the sitcom The King of Queens.

    Sources

    • 1Resolution: Lou Ferrigno

      SupportsLou also had guest star and cameo roles on the sitcom The King of Queens, the movie Hulk, and I Love You, Man;

  11. Claim 11
    Accurate99% confidence▶ 4:33
    “You're playing with Mark Ruffalo. Yes. He was in the series with you.”

    Mark Ruffalo appeared in the same She-Hulk series as the speaker.

    Marvel lists Mark Ruffalo among the cast of She-Hulk: Attorney at Law, alongside Tatiana Maslany, confirming that he appeared in the series with her.

    Sources

  12. Claim 12
    Accurate99% confidence▶ 6:53
    “the Odyssey, it's a big movie that's out right now.”

    Christopher Nolan's film The Odyssey was in theaters at the time of the statement.

    Universal lists The Odyssey as in theaters beginning July 17, 2026, and the current date is September 22, 2026. Thus the film was out when this statement was made.

    Sources

  13. Claim 13
    Misleading50% confidence▶ 6:57
    “Christopher went out of his way not to have CGI in there.”

    Christopher Nolan went out of his way to avoid using CGI in The Odyssey.

    Nolan's production strongly emphasized practical and in-camera effects, but the claim implies that CGI was avoided altogether. AP reported that the film used computer graphics for elements that could not be found in the natural world.

    Omits: The film used computer graphics and other visual effects for elements such as the Cyclops and Scylla, even though it emphasized practical and in-camera effects.

    Checked twice, independently: the first pass returned Misleading and the second Accurate. Recorded as Misleading.

    Sources

  14. Claim 14
    Accurate98% confidence▶ 8:27
    “that he wants to remake the Odyssey purely in AI,”

    Elon Musk said he wanted to remake The Odyssey entirely using AI.

    Musk publicly said that his AI system, Grok Imagine, would make a full-length movie of The Odyssey. The reported plan was for an AI-generated adaptation, matching the substance of the transcript's claim.

    Sources

  15. Claim 15
    Accurate95% confidence▶ 8:30
    “And he wants to make it accurate even though it's fiction, right?”

    Musk wanted the AI version of The Odyssey to be accurate despite The Odyssey being a fictional epic poem.

    Musk described his proposed AI film as “historically accurate and true to the art of Homer.” The Odyssey is an epic literary work rather than a documented historical account, so the transcript accurately reports both the proposed goal and the fictional nature of the source story.

    Sources

  16. Claim 16
    Accurate98% confidence▶ 8:54
    “It's taking up land. It's sucking our water.”

    Data centers are taking up land and using substantial amounts of water.

    Data-center expansion affects land use, and facilities consume water for cooling. The scale varies by facility and location, but the underlying claim is supported.

    Sources

  17. Claim 17
    Accurate99% confidence▶ 10:20
    “it looks people are putting out videos of Tom Cruz and Brad Pitt fighting on a rooftop.”

    People have circulated AI-generated videos depicting Tom Cruise and Brad Pitt fighting on a rooftop.

    A widely circulated AI-generated clip showed digital representations of Tom Cruise and Brad Pitt fighting on a rooftop. The actors did not actually fight; the claim concerns videos being made and circulated.

    Sources

    • 1AI video of Tom Cruise vs. Brad Pitt rattles Hollywood

      SupportsA hyperrealistic video showing Tom Cruise trading blows with Brad Pitt on a rooftop — created, its maker said, with artificial intelligence — jolted Hollywood this week and prompted one of its most successful screenwriters to issue a blunt warning.

  18. Claim 18
    Unverifiable93% confidence▶ 11:37
    “On the data centers, we just had a bunch of primary elections where leftist candidates here in the US are winning Democratic primaries.”

    A number of left-wing or “leftist” candidates in the United States have recently won Democratic primaries.

    The statement does not identify the elections, candidates, or dates, and “leftist” has no agreed operational definition. Available reporting documents Democratic candidates campaigning on data-center restrictions, but it does not establish the broader claim as stated.

    Sources

  19. Claim 19
    Accurate91% confidence▶ 11:48
    “a lot of these local candidates are running against data centers.”

    Many local candidates are campaigning against data centers.

    Reporting indicates that data-center opposition has become an issue in local races across the United States, with candidates and communities campaigning against proposed projects.

    Sources

  20. Claim 20
    Misleading50% confidence▶ 11:55
    “missed out how pissed off local communities are about these big centers being built, jacking up their electricity bills,”

    Local communities are angry because large data centers raise their electricity bills.

    Local opposition over electricity costs is well documented, but the wording presents higher household bills as an established general effect. Available evidence indicates the impact is location-specific and not uniformly an increase.

    Omits: The evidence shows that electricity costs are a major concern and that some communities have paused projects, but the effect on household bills varies by location; one recent study estimated that data centers modestly reduced average U.S. retail electricity rates from 2015 to 2024.

    Sources

  21. Claim 21
    Misleading50% confidence▶ 12:06
    “active like um resistance to a protest has actually stopped the creation of so many of these data centers. I mean, there's I've seen it happen across Canada. I've seen it happen in the states and it is possible to stop it.”

    Community resistance and protests have stopped many data-center projects in Canada and the United States.

    There are documented U.S. examples of communities blocking or pausing data-center development, so the general possibility is real. However, the transcript overstates the evidence by attributing a large cross-border set of stopped projects specifically to protests without identifying the projects or causal records.

    Omits: The cited evidence documents U.S. moratoriums and blocked or paused projects, but does not establish that protests stopped 'so many' projects across Canada, nor that protest itself was the decisive cause in each case.

    The intensifier 'so many' is judged as a broad quantitative claim rather than merely meaning that at least a few projects have been stopped.

    Checked twice, independently: the first pass returned Misleading and the second Accurate. Recorded as Misleading.

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  22. Claim 22
    Misleading50% confidence▶ 13:33
    “There's a man named David Ellison one of the richest men in the world uh owns Paramount Sky Dance wants it to merge with Warner Brothers discover recovery acquire.”

    David Ellison is the chairman and CEO of Paramount Skydance and is pursuing the acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery.

    The acquisition assertion is substantially correct: Paramount Skydance pursued and reached a settlement clearing a path toward acquiring Warner Bros. Discovery. The wording is misleading because it treats David Ellison personally as the owner of Paramount Skydance.

    Omits: David Ellison is Paramount Skydance's chairman and CEO, but the company is publicly held and its controlling voting stake is held by the Ellison family rather than owned personally by David Ellison.

    Checked twice, independently: the first pass returned Misleading and the second Accurate. Recorded as Misleading.

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  23. Claim 23
    Unverifiable88% confidence▶ 16:11
    “100% but also people who have been working for 40 40 years who are now without their health care because our quotes have gone down and and pay has gone down and the the amount of stuff that's made is like shrinking”

    Some people who have worked in the entertainment industry for 40 years have lost health-care coverage because rates and pay have declined and less content is being produced.

    The claim does not identify the people, define “quotes,” or provide evidence linking particular losses of health coverage to falling pay and production. SAG-AFTRA coverage does depend on meeting earnings or days-based eligibility requirements, and independent reporting documents a contraction in production, but those sources do not verify this specific population-level and causal assertion.

    Sources

    • 1Earned Eligibility

      BackgroundTo qualify for Earned Eligibility coverage under the SAG-AFTRA Health Plan, you must meet the minimum earnings requirements or the Alternative Days requirement during your Base Earnings Period.

    • 2The Deal

      BackgroundAfter a few years of work stoppages and industry upheaval, film and TV production in Hollywood has entered a marked period of stagnation and contraction.

  24. Claim 24
    Accurate99% confidence▶ 16:56
    “That was 2023.”

    The strike being discussed occurred in 2023.

    The SAG-AFTRA strike began in July 2023 and was suspended on November 9, 2023; the WGA strike also occurred in 2023.

    Sources

    • 12023 TV/Theatrical Contracts

      SupportsFollowing a unanimous vote of the TV/Theatrical Negotiating Committee on November 8, 2023, the strike is suspended as of 12:01 a.m. on November 9, 2023.

  25. Claim 25
    False50% confidence▶ 17:30
    “David Edison wrote this piece in the New York Times saying you know oh people accuse me of being a conservative I'm I'm in the middle I I'm liberal and some things conservative.”

    A person named David Edison wrote a New York Times piece arguing that he has both liberal and conservative views.

    The described New York Times op-ed and political statement are attributable to David Ellison. The transcript identifies the author as “David Edison,” which is incorrect.

    Sources

    • 1Paramount's David Ellison says critics don't get his politics

      Refutes“I believe this fight is not really about market share,” Ellison wrote in a Tuesday op-ed in the New York Times, noting that regulators around the world, including the U.S. Justice Department, have approved the deal that has been temporarily blocked by an antitrust lawsuit brought by California Atty. Gen. Rob Bonta and his coalition of Democratic state attorneys general.

    • 2Paramount's David Ellison says critics don't get his politics

      SupportsUnfortunately, I can’t give anyone a view into my heart and mind, but I can share this: I have regularly voted for candidates of both parties; I hold some views that would be called conservative and others that would be called liberal, just like most Americans,” Ellison said.

  26. Claim 26
    Unverifiable94% confidence▶ 18:07
    “I believe you first spoke out uh in publicly in June of 2024 in your hometown of Regina uh honoring your addition to Canada's Walk of Fame.”

    The speaker believes the guest first spoke publicly on Palestine in June 2024 in Regina while being honored by Canada's Walk of Fame.

    The June 26, 2024 Walk of Fame event in Regina is documented, but the claim that this was the guest's first public statement on Palestine cannot be established from the available evidence.

    Sources

  27. Claim 27
    Contested50% confidence▶ 18:22
    “we are witnessing um the genocide of the Palestinian people at the hands of the Israeli settler colonial state.”

    Israel was committing genocide against the Palestinian people in Gaza at the time of the statement.

    This is a live legal and institutional dispute rather than an absence of evidence. Amnesty International concluded that Israel was committing genocide, while Israel rejected that characterization; the ICJ found that some claimed rights under the Genocide Convention were plausible but expressly said its provisional-measures ruling was not a final determination of genocidal intent.

    Concluded by Amnesty International concluded that Israel had committed and was continuing to commit genocide against Palestinians in Gaza.Rejected or unresolved by The Government of Israel rejected the genocide allegation as false; the International Court of Justice had not yet made a final merits determination.

    Sources

  28. Claim 28
    Misleading84% confidence▶ 19:33
    “I know that I'm standing in front of Scotia Bank, which is a, you know, very complicit in the genocide.”

    Scotiabank was highly complicit in genocide through its involvement with Israel-related investments.

    Scotiabank's asset-management arm did hold a substantial stake in Israeli defense contractor Elbit Systems, which prompted protests. But the available evidence does not establish that Scotiabank was legally complicit in genocide, and the ICJ had not made a final determination of genocide or complicity; presenting the investment as established complicity overstates what the evidence showed.

    Omits: The statement omits that the documented connection was an investment by Scotiabank's asset-management arm in Elbit Systems, and that no court had determined Scotiabank to be legally complicit in genocide.

    Sources

  29. Claim 29
    Unverifiable50% confidence▶ 20:18
    “how do we watch this happening without feeling the deep grief and rage that we are complicit in it? That we are actively creating this mass murder and supporting it ideologically and financially and militarily. Like all of it.”

    The speaker says that an undefined group is actively creating mass murder and supporting it ideologically, financially, and militarily.

    The claim cannot be judged as stated because “we” is undefined and could refer to Canadians, governments, institutions, or humanity generally, while “actively creating” and “supporting” do not specify the conduct or actors at issue.

    Sources: none found for this claim.

  30. Claim 30
    Accurate99% confidence▶ 21:01
    “Tom Celich uh the legendary TV actor Magnum PI.”

    Tom Selleck is a television actor known for starring in Magnum, P.I.

    Tom Selleck is an actor who starred as Thomas Magnum in Magnum, P.I. The transcript misspells his surname, but the underlying identification is correct.

    Sources

  31. Claim 31
    Unverifiable50% confidence▶ 21:22
    “then Michael Jordan used to say like remember when you say Republicans buy shoes too.”

    Michael Jordan said or was reported to have said, “Republicans buy shoes, too.”

    The saying is widely attributed to Jordan, and journalist Sam Smith reported hearing him say it, but the quote’s origin and attribution remain unclear. The available evidence does not establish that Jordan repeatedly “used to say” it as stated.

    Checked twice, independently: the first pass returned Unverifiable and the second Accurate. Recorded as Unverifiable.

    Sources

  32. Claim 32
    Accurate98% confidence▶ 22:53
    “the International Association of Genocide Scholars, UN Commission, Human Rights Groups, etc., etc. are saying the G-word.”

    The International Association of Genocide Scholars, a UN commission, and human-rights organizations have described Israel’s actions in Gaza as genocide.

    The International Association of Genocide Scholars adopted a 2025 resolution declaring that Israel’s policies and actions in Gaza meet the legal definition of genocide. A UN Human Rights Council commission likewise concluded that Israel was committing genocide in Gaza, and the IAGS resolution identifies multiple human-rights organizations that reached the same conclusion.

    Sources

    • 1IAGS Resolution on the Situation in Gaza

      SupportsDeclares that Israel’s policies and actions in Gaza meet the legal definition of genocide in Article II of the United Nations Convention for the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (1948);

    • 2UN commission of inquiry accuses Israel of genocide in Gaza and urges global action

      SupportsA team of independent experts commissioned by the United Nations’ Human Rights Council has concluded that Israel is committing genocide in Gaza, issuing a report Tuesday that calls on the international community to end the genocide and act to punish those responsible for it.

    • 3IAGS Resolution on the Situation in Gaza

      SupportsAcknowledging that leading global international law organizations and UN bodies, including Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, Forensic Architecture, DAWN, B’Tselem and Physicians for Human Rights, and the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Occupied Palestinian Territories, have conducted extensive investigations and issued reports concluding that Israel is committing genocide in Gaza;

  33. Claim 33
    Unverifiable50% confidence▶ 23:49
    “Before October 7th, you were not campaigning on Palestinian.”

    The interviewee had not campaigned on Palestinian issues before October 7.

    The claim cannot be reliably judged from the transcript because the interviewee is not identified and “campaigning on Palestinian” has no clear operational definition. It is therefore unclear what activities would count as campaigning or what period and evidence should be examined.

    Sources: none found for this claim.

  34. Claim 34
    Contested50% confidence▶ 24:47
    “like featuring Palestinian voices. who were saying this is what's happening to us. It is a genocation”

    The situation in Gaza was a genocide campaign.

    The transcript records a genocide characterization of the Gaza campaign. Credible institutions have reached opposing conclusions: Amnesty International has concluded that genocide occurred, while the Israeli government rejects that conclusion; the classification remains disputed rather than simply unverifiable.

    Concluded by Amnesty International concluded that Israel had committed and was continuing to commit genocide against Palestinians in Gaza.Rejected or unresolved by The Government of Israel rejected the genocide characterization and said the accusation was legally and factually incoherent.

    Sources

  35. Claim 35
    Accurate98% confidence▶ 26:19
    “Well, they they've seen people get punished for it. You know, they've seen people lose their agent or uh lose jobs from it.”

    John Legend said that people in Hollywood had lost agents or jobs for speaking about Gaza.

    The quoted statement accurately reflects John Legend’s remarks in the Zeteo interview referenced in the transcript. The source verifies that he said people had lost agents or jobs over speaking out on Gaza, though it does not independently establish every underlying case.

    Sources

  36. Claim 36
    Accurate99% confidence▶ 27:22
    “I've done Marvel.”

    The speaker has worked on a Marvel production.

    Tatiana Maslany starred as Jennifer Walters/She-Hulk in Marvel Studios’ She-Hulk: Attorney at Law, so her statement that she has done Marvel is accurate.

    Sources

    • 1‘She-Hulk: Attorney at Law’: First Trailer Introduces Jennifer Walters

      SupportsDuring The Walt Disney Company’s 2022 Upfront presentation today, executive producer Kevin Feige, president of Marvel Studios and chief creative officer of Marvel, welcomed star Tatiana Maslany to the Marvel Cinematic Universe, as the pair shared details about the upcoming series — including the August 17 launch date exclusively on Disney+!

  37. Claim 37
    Accurate98% confidence▶ 27:33
    “2020. Uh we shot in 2021. So 202.”

    She-Hulk was filmed in 2021.

    Production on She-Hulk: Attorney at Law began in April 2021 and continued through that year, confirming the speaker’s correction that it was shot in 2021.

    Sources

  38. Claim 38
    Accurate50% confidence▶ 27:37
    “Mark has a long history of speaking on Palestine.”

    Mark Ruffalo has a long history of speaking publicly on Palestine.

    Ruffalo has repeatedly made public statements and joined film-industry actions concerning Palestinians and Gaza over several years, so the characterization of a long history is supported.

    Sources

  39. Claim 39
    Misleading50% confidence▶ 28:40
    “There is no ceasefire in Gaza. There is no ceasefire in Palestine.”

    There was no ceasefire in Gaza or Palestine at the time of the statement.

    Contemporaneous reporting described an October ceasefire as still in place but fragile, while Israeli strikes and military operations continued. Thus, saying there was no ceasefire creates a misleading impression unless it means no effective cessation of hostilities.

    Omits: A formal but fragile October 2025 ceasefire was in place, although Israeli military operations and strikes continued.

    The intensifier is the absolute phrase "no ceasefire." Judged literally, the claim is misleading because reporting described a ceasefire as still formally in place despite repeated violations and continued attacks.

    Checked twice, independently: the first pass returned False and the second Misleading. Recorded as Misleading.

    Sources

  40. Claim 40
    Accurate98% confidence▶ 28:44
    “Israel is continuing to bombard it with bombings”

    Israel was continuing to carry out bombardments or strikes in Gaza.

    Contemporary reporting described near-daily Israeli strikes in Gaza despite the ceasefire agreement, supporting the claim that bombardment was continuing.

    Sources

  41. Claim 41
    Unverifiable50% confidence▶ 28:47
    “and the states and Canada and the UK are all complicit.”

    The United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom were all complicit in the situation in Gaza.

    ‘Complicit’ is not defined here: it could refer to legal responsibility, military support, diplomatic support, or moral responsibility. The transcript does not specify an operational standard by which the claim can be judged.

    Sources

  42. Claim 42
    Unverifiable50% confidence▶ 30:04
    “A lot of people went crazy right-wing because of the pandemic.”

    Many people became strongly right-wing because of the pandemic.

    The claim is not well-posed enough to verify because “a lot,” “crazy right-wing,” and the causal link “because of” have no defined thresholds. Research documents partisan polarization around COVID-19, but that does not establish the speaker’s broader claim that many people became strongly right-wing because of the pandemic.

    Sources

  43. Claim 43
    Accurate100% confidence▶ 30:25
    “this freaking pandemic that messed up the world killed so many people”

    The COVID-19 pandemic killed many people.

    The claim uses the qualitative phrase “so many people,” which is supported by the scale of documented pandemic mortality. WHO estimated approximately 14.9 million excess deaths associated directly or indirectly with COVID-19 worldwide during 2020 and 2021 alone.

    Sources

  44. Claim 44
    Accurate98% confidence▶ 30:37
    “All wearing masks to protect each other.”

    Wearing masks can protect other people from respiratory-virus transmission.

    The CDC says masks can reduce respiratory-virus transmission and, when worn by an infected person, reduce spread to others. The statement is broadly accurate, although protection varies by mask type, fit, and consistent use.

    Sources

  45. Claim 45
    Misleading98% confidence▶ 31:34
    “during the pandemic, I don't know if you saw the scenes out of the UK where people like banging on pots every night to support health service workers, frontline workers in the national health service”

    People in the UK banged pots to support NHS and frontline workers every night during the pandemic.

    UK sources confirm that people clapped and sometimes banged pots and pans to support NHS and other frontline workers. However, the organized UK observance occurred weekly on Thursday evenings, so describing it as happening every night creates a misleading impression.

    Omits: The UK’s Clap for Carers event was a weekly Thursday-at-8-p.m. observance, not an every-night event; pot-banging was one of several ways people participated.

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  46. Claim 46
    False99% confidence▶ 33:08
    “only the old people are going to die. Only people who already have pre-existing conditions are going to die.”

    The only people who will die are older people or people with pre-existing conditions.

    Older age and underlying conditions substantially increase COVID-19 risk, but they are not exclusive categories: people younger than 65 also died, and severe outcomes can occur at any age.

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  47. Claim 47
    Unverifiable50% confidence▶ 34:31
    “Guys, actually like our country was like built on a genocide and on like a a land grab.”

    Canada was built on genocide and the seizure of Indigenous land.

    Canadian inquiries and commissions have documented colonial dispossession and have characterized particular policies or patterns of violence as cultural genocide or genocide. However, the broader formulation “built on” and the scope of “a genocide” are undefined, so the claim as stated cannot be conclusively judged.

    Checked twice, independently: the first pass returned Accurate and the second Unverifiable. Recorded as Unverifiable.

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  48. Claim 48
    Unverifiable50% confidence▶ 34:42
    “And Mark Carney is actively investing more in militarization than he is in housing or in what anything like healthcare.”

    Mark Carney is investing more in militarization than in housing or healthcare.

    The comparison cannot be judged as stated because it defines neither the time period nor what counts as Carney's personal investments, federal departmental spending, transfers to provinces, or total public spending. Official figures show substantial defence, housing, and healthcare spending, but they are reported under different programs and accounting categories.

    Checked twice, independently: the first pass returned Unverifiable and the second Accurate. Recorded as Unverifiable.

    Sources

  49. Claim 49
    Accurate50% confidence▶ 35:18
    “There's moves to privatize it. There's this whole thing now where they're like”

    There are moves toward privatizing Canada's healthcare system.

    There have been concrete moves allowing or expanding private delivery and patient payment for some medically necessary services, including private-pay MRI and CT scans in Saskatchewan and private surgical and diagnostic clinics in British Columbia. The claim says there are moves, not that the entire system has already been privatized.

    Sources

    • 1Canada Health Act Annual Report 2024–2025

      SupportsThe Patient Choice Medical Imaging Act and the Medical Imaging Facilities Licensing Regulations authorize private Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) and Computed Tomography (CT) facilities in Saskatchewan to accept payment directly from patients in exchange for MRI and CT services.

    • 2Canada Health Act Annual Report 2024–2025

      SupportsBritish Columbia has made positive strides to implement components of its RAP to improve access and eliminate patient charges for medically necessary diagnostic services, including the expansion of public diagnostic capacity by adding scanners, extending operating hours, and purchasing several private clinics.

  50. Claim 50
    Accurate99% confidence▶ 35:49
    “We have we have healthcare.”

    Canada has a publicly funded universal health-care system.

    Canada has a universal health-care system funded through taxes, with publicly funded coverage for medically necessary hospital and physician services. The statement is broad but substantively accurate.

    Sources

  51. Claim 51
    Accurate94% confidence▶ 35:53
    “Carney is investing in so many data centers. He's investing in pipelines.”

    Mark Carney is investing in data centres and pipelines in Canada.

    The Canadian government under Prime Minister Mark Carney announced support for building data-centre capacity and advanced a west-coast pipeline project proposal. The transcript does not specify particular amounts or projects, but its general assertion is supported.

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  52. Claim 52
    Unverifiable96% confidence▶ 36:00
    “he's said that now our like climate um uh what is it? Climate objectives have to be rolled back to even preconservative sort of uh estimates.”

    Canada's climate objectives have been rolled back to levels predating conservative estimates.

    The claim cannot be judged as stated because “preconservative estimates” is undefined, and the transcript does not identify which climate objective or estimate is meant. Official Canadian documents instead specify measurable targets, such as reducing emissions 40% to 45% below 2005 levels by 2030.

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  53. Claim 53
    Accurate90% confidence▶ 36:34
    “Justin Trudeau, this very handsome, striking Canadian prime minister who now can be seen dancing in uh, Katy Perry music videos.”

    Justin Trudeau appeared dancing in a Katy Perry music video.

    Justin Trudeau was reported to have made a surprise appearance in a Katy Perry music video. The available evidence establishes at least one such appearance, not necessarily multiple videos.

    The plural “music videos” was not independently established; the verdict concerns the underlying assertion that Trudeau appeared dancing in a Katy Perry music video.

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  54. Claim 54
    Accurate99% confidence▶ 36:50
    “And now you have Mark Carney, who you mentioned, former central banker, right? Who is now Prime Minister of Canada.”

    Mark Carney was a former central banker and is now Prime Minister of Canada.

    Carney previously led the Bank of Canada and the Bank of England, and official Canadian government sources identify him as Prime Minister of Canada.

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  55. Claim 55
    Accurate96% confidence▶ 36:59
    “He went to Davos and gave this speech about how middlesized countries should stick together and we should get past imperial delusions and we haven't really had a, you know, rules-based order that works for everyone.”

    Mark Carney gave a Davos speech arguing that middle-sized countries should cooperate and that the rules-based order was not working equally for everyone.

    Carney's Davos speech discussed the role of middle powers and criticized the unequal application of the international rules-based order. “Middlesized countries” is a loose paraphrase of his reference to middle powers, but the substantive description is accurate.

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  56. Claim 56
    Unverifiable50% confidence▶ 37:44
    “Meanwhile, we are actively funding the genocide, funding your funding ICE ve we send vehicles to to the states for ICE.”

    Canada is actively funding a genocide.

    The claim does not specify what Canadian funding is alleged to constitute the funding, or identify the legal or factual basis for calling the underlying conduct genocide. Canada's government says it has not approved new permits for controlled goods that could be used in Gaza since January 2024, but that does not by itself resolve every possible meaning of "funding."

    Checked twice, independently: the first pass returned Contested and the second Unverifiable. Recorded as Unverifiable.

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  57. Claim 57
    Misleading93% confidence▶ 37:53
    “We do. Armored vehicles.”

    Canada sends armored vehicles to the United States for ICE.

    A Canadian company was involved in an ICE purchase of armored vehicles, so the statement has a factual basis if “Canada” means a Canadian company. It is misleading in context because the wording implies a governmental Canadian transfer and omits both the private-company role and ICE's statement that production originated in the United States.

    Omits: The vehicles were procured by ICE from the private Canadian defence company Roshel, and ICE said the vehicles' production originates in the United States; the evidence does not show that the Canadian government sent them.

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  58. Claim 58
    Unverifiable50% confidence▶ 38:20
    “I interviewed Avi Lewis recently who's the new leader of the NDP, the Progressive Party in Canada, smaller party.”

    Avi Lewis is the new leader of Canada's NDP, which is the Progressive Party in Canada.

    Avi Lewis was elected leader of Canada's NDP, but NDP stands for New Democratic Party. “Progressive Party” is not the official name of the NDP, so the combined assertion is false even though its statement about Lewis's leadership is true.

    Checked twice, independently: the first pass returned False and the second Accurate. Recorded as Unverifiable.

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    • 1Avi Lewis elected Leader of NDP

      RefutesCanada’s New Democrats are happy to welcome Avi Lewis as our new leader, having received 56% of the votes on the first ballot in the party's leadership race.

  59. Claim 59
    Accurate50% confidence▶ 38:42
    “It's very hard to break the two-party system in the US because of the way of the electoral college is set up, the way the parties are registered.”

    The U.S. two-party system is difficult to break because of the Electoral College and state-controlled party and ballot-access rules.

    The claim identifies real institutional barriers: nearly all states use winner-take-all Electoral College rules, while ballot access is governed by state law. These rules are widely recognized as making national third-party competition difficult, although they are not the only factors sustaining the two-party system.

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  60. Claim 60
    Accurate99% confidence▶ 38:48
    “but in the Canada is a parliamentary system.”

    Canada has a parliamentary system of government.

    Canada is officially described as a constitutional monarchy and parliamentary democracy, with the government requiring the confidence of the elected House of Commons.

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    • 1Democracy in Canada

      SupportsOur system of government is a constitutional monarchy and a parliamentary democracy.

  61. Claim 61
    Accurate88% confidence▶ 39:18
    “In fact, it's how Carney won.”

    Trump's tariffs and annexation rhetoric were a major factor in Mark Carney's 2025 Canadian election victory.

    Contemporary reporting indicates that the Liberals had been headed toward a major defeat before Trump's tariffs and annexation threats sharply improved their prospects and helped reverse the campaign narrative. Those actions were an important factor, though the election also involved domestic issues and other political factors.

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  62. Claim 62
    Accurate99% confidence▶ 39:25
    “Trump came in with his tariffs and with his annexation and 51st state and governor”

    Donald Trump imposed tariffs on Canada and promoted or threatened the idea of making Canada the 51st U.S. state.

    Trump imposed tariffs on Canadian goods and repeatedly discussed making Canada the 51st state, alongside annexation-related rhetoric and references to a Canadian governor.

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  63. Claim 63
    Accurate50% confidence▶ 42:44
    “Mark Ruffalo chose snap. Surviving the snap and I chose blip.”

    Mark Ruffalo chose to survive the snap rather than be blipped away.

    A report on the interview says Ruffalo was asked whether he would rather be blipped or survive the Snap and replied, “Survive the snap,” matching the speaker’s characterization.

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  64. Claim 64
    Accurate100% confidence▶ 43:26
    “No. The Phantom Thread is a Paul Thomas Anderson movie.”

    Phantom Thread is a film directed by Paul Thomas Anderson.

    Focus Features’ official film page identifies Paul Thomas Anderson as the director of Phantom Thread.

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  65. Claim 65
    Accurate98% confidence▶ 44:01
    “He's not so rich, but he's a billionaire”

    Batman’s alter ego, Bruce Wayne, is a billionaire.

    DC’s official character profile describes Bruce Wayne as a playboy billionaire, so the transcript’s assertion matches the character’s established depiction.

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    • 1Batman | Official DC Character

      SupportsA playboy billionaire by day, Bruce Wayne’s double life affords him the comfort of a life without financial worry, a loyal butler-turned-guardian and the perfect base of operations in the ancient network of caves beneath his family’s sprawling estate.

  66. Claim 66
    Misleading50% confidence▶ 44:44
    “you can see me at in Boston at the art doing a play called Rhinoceros with John Turo and Paul Giamati.”

    Tatiana Maslany said she was performing in A.R.T.'s Boston-area production of Rhinoceros with John Turturro and Paul Giamatti.

    The production and its association with John Turturro and Paul Giamatti are confirmed. However, the Loeb Drama Center venue is in Cambridge, so describing it as being in Boston is geographically imprecise and may mislead viewers about the location.

    Omits: The production was staged at the Loeb Drama Center in Cambridge, Massachusetts, not in the city of Boston proper.

    Checked twice, independently: the first pass returned Accurate and the second Misleading. Recorded as Misleading.

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  67. Claim 67
    Unverifiable50% confidence▶ 45:13
    “it's one of our biggest states.”

    Massachusetts is one of the program's largest states by subscriber or audience size.

    The statement does not define what “biggest” measures—subscribers, viewers, revenue, or something else—and no publicly available ranking or figure establishes the comparison.

    Sources: none found for this claim.