Polygraph

On AirNo. 1Election fraud

Checks

What Polygraph found when it checked 107 episodes from this report: how each one scored, and every claim in them by verdict.

Key takeaways

  1. 107podcast episodes that talked about election fraud were checked by Polygraph, from 58 shows. 78 hold up.
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  2. 8%of the claims Polygraph checked on right-leaning podcast episodes about election fraud were rated False. On left-leaning episodes, 4%.
    See how ↓
  3. 4times Polygraph checked the claim that the 2020 election was won by fraud in these podcast episodes. It rated it False all 4 times.

Episode scores

How the checked episodes scored, from 0 to 100, on the right and on the left. A score covers everything an episode said, not only what it said about fraud.

Episode scores

107 podcast episodes that talked about election fraud were checked by Polygraph, from 58 shows.

Each dot is one episode, placed at its Polygraph score, on the row of its show’s lean. Every claim in the episode was checked, not only what it said about fraud: 4,816 claims in all. Click or tap a dot to open its check.

73% of the episodes hold up: a score of 75 or more. None fell apart; the lowest score was 42.

The top of the scale has both sides: The Rubin Report on Oct 20 (100) on the right and Your World Tonight on Oct 28 (100) on the left.

55% of right-leaning episodes hold up: 26 hold up, 19 mostly hold and 2 mostly fail.

The 2 right-leaning episodes that scored lowest: The Rob Carson Show on Sep 7 (42) and Ask Dr. Drew on Oct 21 (43).

87% of left-leaning episodes hold up: 52 hold up, 7 mostly hold and 1 mostly fails.

The left-leaning episode that scored lowest: The Jimmy Dore Show on Aug 3 (47).

Episode scores

Polygraph scores, by the show’s lean

Each dot is one checked episode, at its score from 0 to 100 · 75 or more holds up

Polygraph scores, by the show’s lean

Each dot is one checked episode, at its score from 0 to 100 · 75 or more holds up

Polygraph scores, by the show’s lean

Each dot is one checked episode, at its score from 0 to 100 · 75 or more holds up

Polygraph scores, by the show’s lean

Each dot is one checked episode, at its score from 0 to 100 · 75 or more holds up

Right-leaning ↑47 episodes · 55% hold up

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Mostly failsMostly holdsHolds up

Left-leaning ↓60 episodes · 87% hold up

Polygraph score, 0–100 · the lowest was 42, so none fell apart (under 25)

Source: Polygraph; lean ratings, Particle

Claims by verdict

What Polygraph found for each claim in the checked episodes, split by the show’s lean.

Claims by verdict

4,816 claims were checked in these episodes: 3,071 True, 539 Mixed and 289 False.

The other 917 are claims the record can’t settle yet, and Polygraph says so rather than guess.

8% of claims on right-leaning episodes were rated False, and 4% on left-leaning ones.

Right-leaning episodes also made more claims the record can’t settle yet: 24% of theirs, against 13% on the left.

Claims by verdict

Claims by verdict, by the show’s lean

Every claim checked in the episodes · a claim counts once in each episode it was checked in

Claims by verdict, by the show’s lean

Every claim checked in the episodes · a claim counts once in each episode it was checked in

Right-leaning episodes2,492 claims

  • False2048%
  • Mixed28712%
  • True1,39156%
  • Can’t tell61024%

Left-leaning episodes2,324 claims

  • False854%
  • Mixed25211%
  • True1,68072%
  • Can’t tell30713%

Source: Polygraph; lean ratings, Particle

Every checked episode

Each episode Polygraph checked, newest first, with its score and a link to the check.

Every checked episode (107)

Right-leaning

  1. Bannon`s War Room81 Holds up →
  2. Bongino Report Early Edition with Evita83 Holds up →
  3. REAL AF with Andy Frisella68 Mostly holds →
  4. The Benny Show75 Holds up →
  5. unDivided with Brandi Kruse96 Holds up →
  6. The Benny Show80 Holds up →
  7. The Kuhner Report80 Holds up →
  8. The Kuhner Report79 Holds up →
  9. Philip Teresi70 Mostly holds →
  10. The Fox News Rundown83 Holds up →
  11. The Health Ranger Report78 Holds up →
  12. Ask Dr. Drew43 Mostly fails →
  13. Badlands Media80 Holds up →
  14. The Rubin Report100 Holds up →
  15. The Dan Bongino Show63 Mostly holds →
  16. The John Phillips Show94 Holds up →
  17. Philip Teresi93 Holds up →
  18. The Dan Bongino Show71 Mostly holds →
  19. Badlands Media59 Mostly holds →
  20. Bannon`s War Room94 Holds up →
  21. The Kuhner Report74 Mostly holds →
  22. Louder with Crowder54 Mostly holds →
  23. The Rob Carson Show59 Mostly holds →
  24. The Michael Berry Show90 Holds up →
  25. Kevin Kietzman Has Issues89 Holds up →
  26. Badlands Media87 Holds up →
  27. Bongino Report Early Edition with Evita76 Holds up →
  28. The Dan Bongino Show70 Mostly holds →
  29. The Pour Over Today100 Holds up →
  30. The Michael Berry Show69 Mostly holds →
  31. Unsubscribe Podcast77 Holds up →
  32. The Pete Quiñones Show80 Holds up →
  33. The Rob Carson Show42 Mostly fails →
  34. Bongino Report Early Edition with Evita85 Holds up →
  35. The Rob Carson Show56 Mostly holds →
  36. Louder with Crowder82 Holds up →
  37. Bongino Report Early Edition with Evita87 Holds up →
  38. The Michael Berry Show76 Holds up →
  39. Bannon`s War Room73 Mostly holds →
  40. The Gerry Callahan Show62 Mostly holds →
  41. The Health Ranger Report53 Mostly holds →
  42. Badlands Media64 Mostly holds →
  43. The Charlie Kirk Show69 Mostly holds →
  44. The Gerry Callahan Show63 Mostly holds →
  45. Bill O’Reilly’s No Spin News and Analysis98 Holds up →
  46. The Charlie Kirk Show55 Mostly holds →
  47. Bannon`s War Room66 Mostly holds →

Left-leaning

  1. Deadline: White House85 Holds up →
  2. Your World Tonight100 Holds up →
  3. Breaking Points with Krystal and Saagar92 Holds up →
  4. Letters from an American86 Holds up →
  5. Raging Moderates with Scott Galloway and Jessica Tarlov62 Mostly holds →
  6. The DSR Network80 Holds up →
  7. The MeidasTouch Podcast57 Mostly holds →
  8. The Headlines94 Holds up →
  9. The NPR Politics Podcast97 Holds up →
  10. The Parnas Perspective82 Holds up →
  11. Real Time with Bill Maher80 Holds up →
  12. Inside with Jen Psaki97 Holds up →
  13. Deadline: White House85 Holds up →
  14. The MeidasTouch Podcast85 Holds up →
  15. What A Day88 Holds up →
  16. Apple News Today96 Holds up →
  17. Power & Politics92 Holds up →
  18. Deadline: White House93 Holds up →
  19. The Global Story95 Holds up →
  20. Up First from NPR100 Holds up →
  21. IHIP News75 Holds up →
  22. The Lawfare Podcast97 Holds up →
  23. The Parnas Perspective84 Holds up →
  24. Behind the Bastards94 Holds up →
  25. Raging Moderates with Scott Galloway and Jessica Tarlov71 Mostly holds →
  26. The Bulwark Podcast90 Holds up →
  27. The NPR Politics Podcast95 Holds up →
  28. Inside with Jen Psaki99 Holds up →
  29. Robinson's Podcast85 Holds up →
  30. IHIP News93 Holds up →
  31. All In with Chris Hayes81 Holds up →
  32. Americast68 Mostly holds →
  33. The Headlines92 Holds up →
  34. Bulwark Takes92 Holds up →
  35. Letters from an American62 Mostly holds →
  36. Strict Scrutiny96 Holds up →
  37. The MeidasTouch Podcast51 Mostly holds →
  38. The Lawfare Podcast98 Holds up →
  39. Letters from an American85 Holds up →
  40. The Ebro, Laura, Rosenberg Show93 Holds up →
  41. Think Like An Economist77 Holds up →
  42. Deadline: White House90 Holds up →
  43. The Daily Beast Podcast82 Holds up →
  44. The Daily Beast Podcast80 Holds up →
  45. Bulwark Takes92 Holds up →
  46. Pivot85 Holds up →
  47. The Headlines98 Holds up →
  48. Bulwark Takes93 Holds up →
  49. Consider This from NPR100 Holds up →
  50. The Daily Show: Ears Edition84 Holds up →
  51. The DSR Network93 Holds up →
  52. The NPR Politics Podcast100 Holds up →
  53. Think Like An Economist93 Holds up →
  54. IHIP News54 Mostly holds →
  55. Up First from NPR97 Holds up →
  56. Bulwark Takes86 Holds up →
  57. IHIP News89 Holds up →
  58. On with Kara Swisher86 Holds up →
  59. The Jimmy Dore Show47 Mostly fails →
  60. Letters from an American94 Holds up →

Lean is the show’s rating. Source: Polygraph; lean ratings, Particle

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About these checks

Polygraph checked whole episodes from this report: every claim in an episode, against the record, not only what it said about fraud. An episode’s score runs from 0 to 100: 75 or more holds up, 50 to 74 mostly holds, 25 to 49 mostly fails, under 25 falls apart. A claim is counted once in each episode it was checked in.

Where a checked claim clearly says the same thing as one of the report’s 8 claims, it is listed under that claim on the Claims tab. Lean is the show’s rating. Source: Particle.

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