The Ledger

Every statement that passed quotation and attribution checks. Mix any filter with any other: certainty 1/5, debate potential 5/5, or both at once.

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why aren't all 3 resolved? a statement only gets an assessment when the public record can support or contradict it. opinions and what-ifs never can, and 0 checkable ones are still open, waiting for their date. predictions held up or didn't; assertions are supported or contradicted. on every card: ▮▮▮▮▮ certainty · ▮▮▮▮▮ debate potential. speakers are clickable

Assertion Partly supported
Hurlbut: $250B of $370B in clean tech investment goes to red states
“Axios this morning cited three hundred and seventy billion dollars to boost green energy and technology sectors. Two hundred and fifty billion dollars of that is going to red states.”
Brandon Hurlbut Apr 26, 2024 ▶ 6:13 Political Climate: Is the IRA under political threat?
Disclosure
Friedman: Axios directed its newsroom to avoid joyful heatwave imagery
“I shouted out newsroom wide and said, hey, we need to avoid any imagery that says, or conveys that this heat event, ah, is joyful.”
Andrew Friedman Jul 27, 2022 ▶ 22:48 A heat limit ‘no meteorologist thought we would cross’
Assertion Supported
Lacey: Over 2,000 died from heat in Spain and Portugal alone
“Axios reported over 2000 dead in Spain and Portugal alone.”
Stephen Lacey Jul 27, 2022 ▶ 7:53 A heat limit ‘no meteorologist thought we would cross’
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