why aren't all 7 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:
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Assertion Contradicted
Ben Conniff: Right whale entanglements are not happening in Maine waters
“All the data and evidence shows that any issues with right whales are not, really not happening in Maine waters based on their migratory patterns and where their food is”
Opinion
Ben Conniff: Seafood certification bodies lack specificity when evaluating individual fisheries
“A lot of these certification bodies, they just aren't specific enough in looking at what fishery you're talking about and what issues are or aren't posed by that fishery”
Disclosure
Whole Foods approached Luke's Lobster to absorb surplus restaurant inventory
“They were actually eager to help us move more seafood, and they came to us and asked how they could actually buy more lobster, and how they could, you know, put inventory we would have sent to our restaurants into their seafood case, or into an innovative prod…”
Disclosure
Luke's Lobster started selling scallops to support their lobster fishermen
“I mean, in, in some ways, like for the example of this spring, we started selling Debo's scallops. We'd never sold them before, but the guys that catch our lobster at that time of year, Also go out and catch scallops, and they didn't have a home for a lot of t…”
Disclosure
Founders Reinvested All Earnings From First Six Locations Into Processing Plant
“We're going to take every penny of earnings that we've accumulated from six plus locations over a couple of years. We're going to put that next to some debt that we're going to raise, and we're going to push all of those chips in on an extremely difficult to m…”
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Luke's Lobster Sold 500 Lobster Rolls on Opening Day
“It was 500. The first day.”
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Ben Conniff Got Zero Restaurant Job Interviews After Graduating From Yale
“I didn't get interviews.”