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The John Phillips Show
790 KABC Radio | Cumulus Los Angeles
OC Native John Phillips brings wit, political connections and insight to “The John Phillips Show”. Phillips began his radio career as the youngest major-market radio talk show host in the country. He is also CNN political commentator, a columnist for The Orange County Register and makes regular appearances on cable news. John was formerly a sports anchor and executive producer for “McIntyre in the Morning”, producer for “The Al Rantel Show”, news writer for the KNX Morning News with Frank Mottek and Gail Eichenthal, and a guest host on virtually every show ever cancelled by KABC. Though in his mid-thirties he is a ten-year veteran of KABC John’s interests: The Angels, Palm Springs, movies, cruises, home Improvement and airline travel.
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True60% confidence7 sourcesOct 17, 2026Dean Logan's office was tasked with counting the petitions to recall George Gascon amid crooked consultants.Said by BSources confirm that Dean Logan's Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder office examined and verified the roughly 715,833 signatures submitted to recall DA George Gascón, and later flagged fraud-like irregularities such as dead signers. No source mentions consultants, so the 'crooked consultants' element is unaddressed rather than contradicted; the claim departs from the passage only in its paraphrase, which the post itself supports. The check is about 2022 events, and the 2022 recall failed, a later development that does not affect the claim as of 2026-10-17.Can’t tell30% confidence2 sourcesOct 17, 202694% of respondents in the show's official poll believe there is widespread voter fraud in California.Said by BNo source covers the show's own online poll, so the 94% figure cannot be checked. The surrounding polls (UC Berkeley IGS, a 2026 California poll) measure different questions and populations, and the claimant's own post is not evidence.Can’t tell30% confidence5 sourcesOct 17, 2026In a 2025 special election, a ballot was sent to a woman in Reseda who had died in 1994.Said by BThe post says a woman in "Receta" was sent a ballot in the 2025 special election and died in 1994; the extracted claim names "Reseda" instead, which the passage never says, so the claim departs from the passage. None of the sources mention this woman, Receta, or Reseda, so the specific incident cannot be confirmed or refuted.Can’t tell20% confidence5 sourcesOct 17, 2026The Benny Show has 9,235 subscribers.Said by BThe claim departs from the passage: the post was by The John Phillips Show and said "We are at 9235 subscribers" about its own show, not The Benny Show, so the claim was not made in the post. The sources give no subscriber count of 9,235 for The Benny Show; they show much larger figures (for example, Benny Johnson's YouTube at 6.1M subscribers and a Telegram channel at 62K) and no source addresses the post's own show.Can’t tell20% confidence12 sourcesOct 17, 2026The Tijuana River Podcast premieres on Wednesday, October 21, 2026.Said by BThe post says 'next Wednesday' the Tijuana River Podcast premieres. Posted on Saturday 2026-10-17, that resolves to Wednesday 2026-10-21, so the claim's date is the post's own. No source covers the premiere of this podcast: the 'Accountability' episode of 21 Oct and the River Radius Podcast are different shows, so the claim is neither confirmed nor refuted.Can’t tell25% confidence5 sourcesOct 17, 2026A live broadcast will be held at Johnny Foley's Irish Pub in Union Square on October 30, 2026.Said by BNo source covers the planned October 30, 2026 live broadcast at Johnny Foley's, so the claim cannot be confirmed or refuted as of 2026-10-17. Sources show the venue at 243 O'Farrell St in Union Square and a 2026 residency there, but none mention the broadcast itself, and the extraction faithfully matches the post's wording.Can’t tell60% confidence6 sourcesOct 17, 2026California Attorney General Babathi Banta is prohibited by a court order from cross-checking state voter rolls against federal databases to demand the removal of ineligible voters.Said by DThe claim departs from the passage: the post says the federal government ('they') has been ordered by a court not to cross-check state voter rolls against its database, not that California Attorney General Babathi Banta is barred from doing so. The sources describe court orders restricting the federal government and a CHIRLA data-use order, and none shows a court order prohibiting the California AG from cross-checking rolls, so the claim cannot be graded.