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The Kuhner ReportOct 24, 2026The Kuhner ReportFalse PollsWhole episode, 11:37
What it claims
Claims
- 1TrueThe National Symphony Orchestra is performing Tchaikovsky's The Nutcracker and Prokofiev's Cinderella on November 20, 2026, at Rachel Schlesinger Hall and November 21-22, 2026, at Listener Auditorium.The sources support the claim that the NSO performs The Nutcracker and Cinderella on Nov. 20, 2026 at Rachel M. Schlesinger Concert Hall and on Nov. 21-22 at Lisner Auditorium. The post's "Listener Auditorium" is a misspelling of the same George Washington University venue, Lisner Auditorium, and the extraction faithfully follows the post. The schedule was consistent as of the 2026-10-24 post date, and later listings (Oct 30-Nov 1) show no change.8 sources →
- 2TrueXfinity Shield offers a guarantee to lock in one Wi-Fi price for five years with select plans.Official Xfinity material and a 2026 review both describe a 5-Year Price Guarantee on select internet plans, which the post linked to Xfinity Shield. The sources do not explicitly say the guarantee is a feature of Shield itself rather than of internet plans, so the claim holds on a standard reading but leans on that linkage. The xfinity.com page is dated after the post, but it describes an ongoing offer and nothing contradicts it as of 2026-10-07.4 sources →
- 3TrueBig Noon Kickoff Live on FOX begins at 10:00 AM Eastern time on Saturdays.Multiple sources state Big Noon Kickoff airs every Saturday at 10 AM ET on FOX, with TV listings showing 10:00 AM Eastern for upcoming Saturdays, so the claim holds as of 2026-10-24. The extraction faithfully matches the post's 'It all starts at ten Eastern with Big Noon Kickoff Live' line; some specials run at 9 AM ET on select weeks, which is a minor exception to the regular schedule.5 sources →
- 4TrueKelly Kelly is the co-founder, CEO, and president of Kelly Financial Services.An SEC Form 13F filing signed by Kelly Kelly as Chief Executive Officer of Kelly Financial Services LLC, and a SmartAsset profile describing Kelly Kelly as CEO and president, support the CEO and president roles. No source addresses the co-founder element, and none contradicts it, so the claim is graded true on the supported core. The Kelly Services leadership page concerns a different company and was not used.4 sources →
- 5TrueWilliam Kelly Jr. is the author of the book Only the Good Invest Young.Multiple sources state that William Kelly Jr. wrote Only the Good Invest Young, describing it as his book and him as a first-time author, and none contradict this. All of them come from Kelly Financial or its radio show, so the support is not independent, and the claim matches the post's own wording.6 sources →
- 6FalseSusan Collins is leading by five to ten points in the Maine election.The claim that Collins led by five to ten points in the Maine Senate race is contradicted by polling around October 24, 2026. The Marist poll (Oct 22-25) had Jackson up 2 points, and Bangor Daily News reported that Collins had not led any public poll since late September and that most October polls had Jackson ahead or tied. Later polls showing Jackson ahead by 4 to 9 points do not change the verdict as of the claim date.7 sources →
- 7MixedWedgwood Polling admits that they deliberately falsify poll results to boost far-left Democrats.The sources strongly support that Wedgewood Polling admitted its polls were fabricated and deliberately so, but they do not establish the claimed purpose of boosting far-left Democrats. Wedgewood described its stated aim as a 'social experiment' to test poll oversight, and Politico lists whether it was meant to boost progressives as an open speculative question.7 sources →
- 8MixedNew Hampshire has been a solid Republican state for many decades.Sources support the historical reading: New Hampshire was a reliably Republican presidential state from 1856 to 1988, with only a few exceptions, and was dominated by Republicans for much of the 20th century. Read as an ongoing condition ('has been... for many decades' up to now), the claim is contradicted, since sources describe the state as a purple or swing state since the 1990s and as of 2026. The post itself says it was solid Republican for many years and then changed.8 sources →
- 9MixedChris Pappas was sleeping with a lobbyist from Amazon while voting on bills that provided giveaways to Amazon.Sources confirm Pappas dated Amazon lobbyist Vann Bentley in 2019, while Bentley was lobbying Amazon, and that Pappas cast votes on bills Amazon lobbied on. But fact-checkers say the ads' framing that the relationship drove those votes as Amazon 'giveaways' omits context and misrepresents his position on one measure, so that framing is not supported.6 sources →
- 10TrueChris Pappas married a lobbyist from Amazon.Multiple reliable sources confirm that Chris Pappas married Vann Bentley in 2023 (FactCheck.org, IBTimes), and that Bentley was a registered Amazon lobbyist who left the company in 2019. The claim's wording is loose because Bentley was no longer a registered lobbyist when they married, but the core assertion holds. The extracted claim matches the passage, which refers to Pappas by the post's own 'he'.3 sources →
- 11TrueTed Kennedy caused the death of a woman at a bridge.Multiple reliable sources report that Ted Kennedy drove his car off a bridge on Chappaquiddick Island on July 18, 1969, and that his passenger, Mary Jo Kopechne, drowned, so the claim that he caused her death at a bridge is supported. The post's word "murderer" is rhetoric and is not graded; the claim itself only asserts causing the death.6 sources →
- 12TruePolls show Ed Markey is up by 30 points over John Deaton.Polls published before the post's October 24 date put Markey roughly 27 to 29 points ahead of Deaton, including a UMass Lowell poll at +29 (55-26) and a Suffolk/Globe poll at +28 (60-32), so 'up by 30' is a close rounding of the record. The claim does not depart from the passage, and the later UNH poll showing a +21 lead (Oct 27-31) postdates the claim and does not change the October 24 assessment.7 sources →
- 13TrueThe National Symphony Orchestra is performing Tchaikovsky's The Nutcracker and Prokofiev's Cinderella on November 20, 21, and 22.Multiple sources list The Nutcracker & Cinderella by the National Symphony Orchestra on November 20, 21, and 22, 2026, matching the claim as of the October 24 post. Venues differ (November 20 at Schlesinger Hall per WETA and Consequence; November 21-22 at Lisner Auditorium), but the claim does not name venues, so this does not affect the verdict.9 sources →
Sources
Fact-checkers 13Primary records 4Most reliable outlets 2Reliable outlets 4Unrated 51
- reuters.comFact-checker · 5 pages · claims 2, 3, 6, 7, 11
- apnews.comFact-checker · 3 pages · claims 1, 3, 11, 13
- factcheck.orgFact-checker · 2 pages · claims 5, 9, 10
- politifact.comFact-checker · 2 pages · claims 5, 9, 10
- leadstories.comFact-checker · claim 5
- cip.uw.eduPrimary record · claim 7
- maristpoll.marist.eduPrimary record · claim 6
- scholarship.claremont.eduPrimary record · claim 8
- sec.govPrimary record · claim 4
- bbc.comMost reliable · claim 11
- thehill.comMost reliable · claim 6
- nytimes.comReliable · claim 9
- pbs.orgReliable · claim 7
- politico.comReliable · claim 7
- washingtonpost.comReliable · claim 11
- bostonglobe.comUnrated · 2 pages · claims 8, 12
- iheart.comUnrated · 2 pages · claims 4, 5
- 9to5mac.comUnrated · claim 2
- aljazeera.comUnrated · claim 7
- americamagazine.orgUnrated · claim 8
- azcentral.comUnrated · claim 8
- bangordailynews.comUnrated · claim 6
- britannica.comUnrated · claim 11
- bura.brunel.ac.ukUnrated · claim 8
- concerts.consequence.netUnrated · claims 1, 13
- concerts50.comUnrated · claim 13
- en.wikipedia.orgUnrated · claim 8
- foxsports.comUnrated · claim 3
- hindustantimes.comUnrated · claim 9
- ibtimes.sgUnrated · claim 10
- kellyfinancial.orgUnrated · claim 5
- kellyservices.comUnrated · claim 4
- kennedy-center.orgUnrated · claims 1, 13
- kutv.comUnrated · claim 6
- masslive.comUnrated · claim 12
- michiganpublic.orgUnrated · claim 7
- midcoastvillager.comUnrated · claim 6
- music.amazon.comUnrated · claim 5
- newbostonpost.comUnrated · claim 12
- nhjournal.comUnrated · claim 9
- nhpr.orgUnrated · claim 8
- nightout.comUnrated · claim 1
- operabase.comUnrated · claim 13
- pressherald.comUnrated · claim 6
- seatgeek.comUnrated · claim 1
- sevendaysvt.comUnrated · claim 8
- shophighspeed.comUnrated · claim 2
- slate.substack.comUnrated · claim 7
- smartasset.comUnrated · claim 4
- southcoasttoday.comUnrated · claim 12
- sports.yahoo.comUnrated · claim 3
- thewashingtonlobbyist.comUnrated · claim 1
- ticketdata.comUnrated · claim 13
- tvpassport.comUnrated · claim 3
- usatoday.comUnrated · claim 11
- votesee.orgUnrated · claim 12
- washington-theater.comUnrated · claim 13
- washington.orgUnrated · claim 13
- washingtonexaminer.comUnrated · claim 9
- wcvb.comUnrated · claim 12
- weta.orgUnrated · claims 1, 13
- whdh.comUnrated · claim 12
- wmgso.orgUnrated · claim 1
- xfinity.comUnrated · claim 2
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