Claims extracted
23
sentences that state something as happening or true
Uncertain
13%
3 of 23 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
Leaning
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no quote in the article backed the model's score
Publisher signals
59/100
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Outlets on this story
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Politics
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articles that frame the event the way this one does
A group of North Carolina drag queens issued cease-and-desist orders after a political ad for a Republican congressional candidate had AI versions of them dancing with the Democratic opponent.
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ad → issue → opponent
Drag queen Nova Jynah recognized her likeness in the ad, which depicted her barn dancing with Jamie Ager, the Democratic congressional candidate looking to represent the Asheville area.
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her → recognize → area
“I have that off-shoulder purple dress sitting in my closet right now.
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dress → have → closet
I still own that wig,” Jynah told The Washington Post.
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Jynah → own → Post
“That’s my makeup.
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That → ’ → ?
That’s my nose!”
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That → ’ → ?
Jynah and several other Asheville-based drag performers shown in the ad issued cease-and-desist orders to the National Republican Congressional Committee, which paid for the ad.
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which → base → ad
GOP congressional candidate Jennifer Balkcom also approved of the ad, according to the report.
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Balkcom → approve → report
The National Republican Congressional Committee said it stands by the AI-generated ad.
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it → say → ad
The ad appears to use a photo that Jynah shared online months ago to generate her likeness.
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Jynah → appear → likeness
It also features Ager’s own barn that he used in his campaign ad, but decked out in pride flags.
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he → feature → flags
The ad also shows a child gawking at the performers as ABBA’s “Dancing Queen” plays.
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Queen → show → performers
“Jamie Ager talks like you and me on TV, but he’s dancin’ with they/them,” the ad's narrator says.
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narrator → talk → they
In a statement, the Ager campaign said Balkcom was “attacking Jamie with 100% fake, AI-generated ads.
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Balkcom → say → ads
“She can’t win on the truth, so she is using AI to lie,” the statement said.
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statement → win → AI
The ad also shows Ager dancing with Sister Domina Trix, Sister Helen Bedd and Divine Holeburn, in an event that the ad claims was real, Them reported.
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Them → show → event
A voiceover in the ad claims that Ager hosted a barn dance featuring drag queens.
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Ager → claim → queens
However, local reports indicate that while Ager’s farm hosted a dance in 2019 that was advertised as featuring drag queens, the campaign said the drag queens did not show up for the event.
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queens → indicate → event
Jynah also told WYFF that she “never met that man in my life” and had never been to his barn before.
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she → tell → barn
Divine Holeburn, who was also featured in the ad, also said she had never met Ager.
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she → feature → Ager
“I have no affiliation with him at all.
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I → have → him
I didn’t even know he had a barn until this; this barn dance event was not real,” she said.
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she → know → this
Both are running for North Carolina’s 11th district for a seat in the U.S. House of Representatives.
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Both → run → Representatives
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