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A longtime Newsmax contributor, #1 rated morning radio host for over 20 years, and throat-cancer survivor, Gerry Callahan calls it like he sees it and offers sharp commentary on the news of the day. With an emphasis on politics, Gerry also brings his unique takes on major sports stories and cultural issues. He has covered The Olympics for Sports Illustrated, numerous World Series and Super Bowls and he offers conservative political opinions from Boston, the belly of the liberal beast.
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False60% confidence6 sourcesAug 17, 2026The Iranian government killed 42,000 protesters in the streets.Said by BThe claim that Iran killed 42,000 protesters is a figure Trump cited without a source, and it exceeds every estimate in the sources. AP says a toll that high has not been verified, HRANA confirmed about 7,000 deaths, and the highest estimate cited (Iran International, via Wikipedia) is about 36,500, so the magnitude is not supported. The post's claim is graded as stated, without the 'in the streets' scope, since no source addresses that detail separately.False60% confidence5 sourcesAug 17, 2026Democrats are favored to take both houses of Congress according to Calshi and Polymarket.Said by BAs of the claim date (2026-08-17), the CNBC source says Democrats had less than a 50% prediction-market chance of sweeping both chambers before early September, so the claim that they were favored then is contradicted. Later sources from late October and November show Democrats favored to take both chambers, so the situation changed after the claim was made; the claim is not accurate for August 17 itself.Reported in the post, not stated as its own.False70% confidence6 sourcesAug 17, 2026The average price for a place to live in New York City is $6,655 a month.Said by BThe $6,655 figure is Corcoran's average rent for Manhattan, not New York City as a whole, and citywide rent measures in the sources are far lower (for example, a citywide median of $2,598 and a citywide median asking rent of $3,785). The claim as written, that the NYC average is $6,655, is contradicted by the sources' geography, and the post's own NYC framing does not change what the figure measures.Reported in the post, not stated as its own.False70% confidence6 sourcesAug 17, 2026The average rent for a one-bedroom apartment in New York City is $5,486.Said by BThe $5,486 one-bedroom figure comes from Corcoran data for Manhattan, not New York City as a whole. Citywide one-bedroom averages and medians in the sources run roughly $2,500 to $4,400, so the claim's scope is wrong and its magnitude is far too high.Reported in the post, not stated as its own.False70% confidence5 sourcesAug 17, 2026The average rent for a three-bedroom apartment in New York City is $12,228, which is a 12% increase over the past year.Said by BThe $12,228 figure and 12% rise come from Corcoran's July data for Manhattan only, not New York City as a whole. NYC-wide three-bedroom figures are far lower (about $5,089 median asking rent, up 2.9%, per Realtor.com), and a Manhattan Borough President page reports Manhattan three-bedroom rents unchanged at $7,161.Reported in the post, not stated as its own.False85% confidence3 sourcesAug 17, 202632% of Democrats have a negative view of capitalism.Said by BThe claim reverses the poll result. The CBS News poll found 32% of Democrats hold a positive view of capitalism, while 50% hold a negative view, so the claimed 32% negative figure is contradicted as of 2026-08-17. The claim faithfully reflects the passage's wording ('Capitalism, 32% negative'), so the error is in the poster's figure, not in the extraction.False68% confidence7 sourcesAug 17, 2026Minnesota officials are threatening to put journalists in jail for exposing the state's voter-vouching system.Said by BThe sources do not show Minnesota officials threatening jail for journalists over exposing the vouching system. Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty charged conservative activists James O'Keefe and Cam Higby with felony unlawful voting and identity theft for allegedly giving false names to poll workers in the Aug. 11 primary, and the Secretary of State's August response was condemnation with a law-enforcement review. The only 'threat' language comes from Higby, who called Simon's statement 'veiled threats'.False85% confidence5 sourcesAug 17, 2026Minnesota law allows someone who lives in a building to vouch for everybody else in the building to vote.Said by BMinnesota law does not let a building resident vouch for everyone else in the building. A registered precinct voter may vouch for up to eight people, and identification is still required; the only unlimited vouching is by staff of residential facilities, and Reuters and the Secretary of State both rejected the broader 'no ID, anyone in the building' reading the claim repeats. The claim is a faithful paraphrase of the post, and the later charges against O'Keefe and Higby do not change the August 17 assessment.False70% confidence8 sourcesAug 17, 2026Ilhan Omar received 80% of the vote from unregistered illegal immigrants.Said by BThe 80% figure matches Omar's August 2026 Democratic primary result, which CBS and MinneapoliMedia report as ordinary votes. The claim that illegal, unregistered immigrants cast those votes is an allegation of voter fraud that fact-checkers have examined and rejected in the closely related Somali-voter form, so it is false. The sources do not address the specific 80%-from-illegals assertion directly, and the claim's reading of 'for their friends' is the poster's own gloss.Mixed50% confidence11 sourcesAug 17, 2026There is a direct back-channel communication between Washington and IRGC officials in Tehran.Said by AAs of 2026-08-17, Axios-sourced reporting (carried by Reuters and others) and Trump's own Fox News confirmation support the existence of a back channel with IRGC officials, though it ran through Iraqi Kurdistan intermediaries rather than purely direct contact. The IRGC and Iran's Foreign Ministry denied any such channel, and on 2026-08-18 Trump himself said no talks were underway, so the sources conflict on the central fact. The later Trump denial concerns talks going forward and does not by itself establish the channel did not exist on the claim date.Mixed60% confidence5 sourcesAug 17, 2026If convicted of the charges related to the synagogue disruption, Larry Montez faces 15 years in prison.Said by BThe sources give a range rather than a single figure: the Manhattan DA's state charges carry five to 15 years, and the federal charges carry up to 10 years each for two hate crime counts plus up to 20 years for religious property damage, or up to 40 years total. The claim's 15-year figure is the top of the state range and falls within the reported exposure, but it is not the only figure reported. The post's name spelling (Montez) matches the passage, and sources spell it Montes, which is the same person. The claim departs from none of the passage's wording.Reported in the post, not stated as its own.Mixed50% confidence7 sourcesAug 17, 2026Rents in New York City increased by 10% over the past year.Direction is supported: asking rents rose year over year in NYC. The 10% magnitude falls inside a wide spread of measured figures, from about 3.8% (Apartment List, September 2026) and 4.5% (Realtor.com, Q3 2026) to 19% (Zillow ZORI, August 2026, cited by the Comptroller), so the result depends on which measure is used. The 10% figure traces to a New York Post average price, which none of the provided sources reports.