{"id":151929,"date":"2026-06-23T10:39:35","date_gmt":"2026-06-23T08:39:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thecuriousbrain.com\/?p=151929"},"modified":"2026-06-23T10:39:37","modified_gmt":"2026-06-23T08:39:37","slug":"finally-a-fact-checker-that-catches-politicians-lying-in-real-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thecuriousbrain.com\/?p=151929","title":{"rendered":"Finally a fact checker that catches politicians lying in real time"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"922\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thecuriousbrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/unnamed-1.png?resize=922%2C576&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-151930\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thecuriousbrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/unnamed-1.png?resize=922%2C576&amp;ssl=1 922w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thecuriousbrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/unnamed-1.png?resize=768%2C480&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thecuriousbrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/unnamed-1.png?resize=920%2C575&amp;ssl=1 920w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thecuriousbrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/unnamed-1.png?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 922px) 100vw, 922px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/ClaudeAI\/comments\/1u9esua\/built_a_factchecker_that_catches_politicians\/\">Real-time fact-checking of political speech and debates<\/a>  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/chromewebstore.google.com\/detail\/intruth\/ikmpglbpcdoapfelcbfpoaddmhmaaocg\">InTruth is<\/a> for anyone who wants to stay informed during any video, but particularly, live debates, news interviews, press conferences, and political events.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Real-time fact-checking of political speech and debates InTruth is for anyone who wants to stay informed during any video, but particularly, live debates, news interviews, press conferences, and political events.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1,162],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-151929","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-all-other-stuff","category-trends"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":148976,"url":"https:\/\/thecuriousbrain.com\/?p=148976","url_meta":{"origin":151929,"position":0},"title":"Maybe the World Would Heal Faster if Politicians Went to Therapy","author":"thebrainbehind","date":"10\/10\/2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Today is World Mental Health Day.The feeds are full of pastel posts reminding us to \u201ccheck in on your friends\u201d and \u201cend the stigma.\u201dIt\u2019s beautiful. 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