Claim Database
Claim database is where Evidence Matters organizes public claims, verdicts, evidence summaries, and full claim reviews.
Claim database is the Evidence Matters search hub for reviewed claims, verdict labels, evidence summaries, and full claim reviews.
Use this page to check public claims before you believe them, share them, or repeat them as fact.
Search the Claim Database
This page is being built as a searchable index of claims reviewed by Evidence Matters. Each entry should include the claim, who made it, the verdict, the evidence summary, and a link to the full review.
Search tip: Use the site search to look for a person, topic, phrase, event, or claim.
Browse Claim Categories
Use these categories to narrow the claim database by topic.
Recent Claim Reviews
Trump 2015 Campaign Announcement Fact Check
Verdict: Needs Context / Misleading
Claim type: Campaign promise, immigration, economy, political messaging
This review looks at Donald Trump’s 2015 campaign announcement speech and checks the claims against available evidence.
Alex Jones Secret Society Claim
Verdict: Unverified / Unsupported
Claim type: Conspiracy claim, media, public figures
This review checks whether there is reliable evidence behind claims about a hidden entertainment network.
How to Use This Claim Database
This claim database is designed to help readers move past rumors and check the evidence behind public claims.
- Search the topic: Look for a person, event, claim, or phrase.
- Check the verdict: Look for the verdict label near the top of each review.
- Read the evidence: Open the full review to see what supports or contradicts the claim.
- Follow the sources: Give the most weight to primary records, direct statements, court records, official documents, and credible reporting.
How Claims Are Rated
Every reviewed claim should be checked using the Evidence Matters verdict system. Verdicts are based on the strength of the evidence, the reliability of the source, the logic of the claim, and the context surrounding it.