Posted on 02/25/2026 10:45:48 AM PST by Libloather
CBS News fact checked President Trump's 2026 State of the Union address Tuesday night, in which he highlighted his record on the economy, immigration and tariffs, and also assessed a claim made by Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger during her Democratic response.
Here are some of the claims and CBS News' ratings and context for those statements:
True: Trump claims murder rate saw its largest decline in recorded history last year
"Last year, the murder rate saw its single largest decline in recorded history. This is the biggest decline, think of it, in recorded history — the lowest number in over 125 years."
Details:
**SNIP**
Inconclusive: Spanberger claims that Trump's tariff policies have resulted in $1,700 in higher costs for American families
Spanberger: "Since this president took office last year, his reckless trade policies have forced American families to pay more than $1,700 each in tariff costs."
Details:
Mr. Trump instituted a series of tariff increases starting in early 2025, and economists have found importers often pass on part of the cost of the tariffs to consumers in the form of higher prices.
Spanberger's statement reflects a report released this month by Democratic lawmakers on the Joint Economic Committee estimating that "American consumers overall paid more than $231 billion in tariff costs between February 2025 and January 2026, an average of roughly $1,745 per family."
But there is no settled methodology for quantifying the impact of tariffs on consumers, and other organizations have offered differing estimates. The Tax Foundation, a nonpartisan think tank, estimated that in 2025, "the Trump tariffs amounted to an average tax increase per US household of $1,000."
By Steve Reilly
Correction: A previous version of this story mischaracterized data about monthly rents.
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I think I ran out of room.
I count 9.....that’s a baseball team!
ahhh yes a “Fact Check”
The words that now take the same ole crapola that legacy media tries to sell and wraps it up into something allegedly more credible.
Fact check- fact checkers don’t know what facts are and never will. They just have opinions backed by prior opinions backed by nothing.
Fact check-these same fact checkers insisted that Biden was at the top of his game.
Bet these “ fact-checkers “ are all huge fans of Commie Mamdani.
Communist BS network...
Reading beyond the title is a sign of mental deficiency, IMHO...
“CBS News? Communist BS network...”
CBS news is in a interesting change right now. David Ellison, the owner of CBS (and Paramount) has put Barry Weiss in charge of CBS News. Barry has given ultimatums t many in CBS news to shape up of leave. Many of the worst have chosen to leave. Some of the remaining are trying to do better.
It is a work in progress. It is no longer the Communist Network. But it is not yet the voice of God.
Fact check? By CBS.
Obviously.
Very true.
“no settled methodology for quantifying the impact of tariffs on consumers”
It’s going to be interesting to see how the court orders the Trump admin to repay the tariffs collected. It would be hilarious if the court orders a $1700 rebate to taxpayers.
Fact check? By CBS.
So? it’s only a guess at best.
Besides, how much did Biden’s inflation cost us?
Speaking of that, I saw eggs for 99 cents a dozen at the local Market Basket a couple weeks ago.
Can we please retire these “fact checks”? No one believes that they are anything other than partisan propaganda with the word “Fact Check” in the title to try to sucker the naive into believing them.
Spanberger’s response looked like it was A.I. generated. The phony smiles, the phony eye blinking, the script, the whole thing. Even the background and audience looked fake.
Hmmm...
Very interesting... Time will tell...
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