Claims extracted
16
sentences that state something as happening or true
Uncertain
12%
2 of 16 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
Leaning
withheld
no quote in the article backed the model's score
Publisher signals
60/100
Mother Jones's corrections and
hedging, across everything collected from it. Not a measure of accuracy.
Outlets on this story
26
Politics
Same framing elsewhere
1
articles that frame the event the way this one does
President Donald Trump wants Ultimate Fighting Championship CEO Dana White to be the White House press secretary, he announced Saturday.
asserted
he → want → ?
“The Great Dana White, a violent Fighter and Warrior, has been offered the job of Press Secretary of the United States,” Trump wrote on Truth Social.
asserted
Trump → offer → Social
He also asked White to bring various muscle-bound prizefighters to the White House as assistants, presumably so that if a journalist asks a tough question, those prizefighters could then put them in a headlock.
uncertain
prizefighters → ask → headlock
“I have requested that he bring with him assistants, even though some are not from our Country, of Islam Makhachev, Khabib Nurmagomedov, Justin Gaethje, Daniel Cormier, Amanda Nunes, and Kayla Harris,” Trump wrote, misspelling the name of UFC fighter Kayla Harrison.
asserted
Trump → request → Harrison
“We need these people to defend us against the Lunatic Left.”
asserted
people → need → Left
White, who has no fighting record or governmental record, has owned UFC since 2001.
asserted
who → have → 2001
If he accepts the job, he would be Trump’s seventh press secretary, replacing Katie Zacharia, who lasted just under a week on the job before being fired by Trump on October 19th.
asserted
who → accept → 19th
It is unclear how White’s potential position in the federal government would impact his other roles, such as co-leader of Zuffa Boxing, a joint venture with the head of Saudi Arabia’s General Entertainment Authority.
uncertain
position → impact → Authority
In June, White’s company built a tarantula-like stage on the White House lawn to host a birthday cage fight for the President.
asserted
company → build → President
(“It will never happen again,” White said afterwards.)
asserted
White → happen → ?
Beyond that, “the UFC and Dana White arguably helped Trump get elected,” as Kyle Green, a sociologist at SUNY Brockport who writes on the intersection of sports and politics, told my colleague Inae Oh in June.
asserted
who → help → June
“They put him in contact with Joe Rogan, who puts him in contact with all the other podcast bros.
asserted
who → put → bros
That really helped Trump, especially in the last election.”
asserted
That → help → election
Likewise, Green said, the UFC can attribute much of its newfound mainstream popularity to having a fan in the White House.
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UFC → say → House
“Dana, please take the job!” Trump wrote Saturday.
asserted
Trump → take → job
It is not known as of this writing whether White has accepted the position.
asserted
White → know → position
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