A brutally honest reality check

Is it real?

Upload the reel, video, photo or screen recording that made you stop scrolling. Get one plain-language verdict, the evidence behind it, and what couldn't be checked.

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Is the media real?

Authentic footage, an edited splice, or likely AI-made, with the visual clues shown.

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Are the claims true?

What it shows, what it claims, and how it's framed, checked one claim at a time.

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No certainty theater.

If the evidence can't support a verdict, the answer is "can't verify."

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Speech on the file is transcribed here. A caption still helps when the claim is only on screen.

Your file and the frames pulled from it are deleted 24 hours after your grade finishes, along with the transcript excerpt. The written grade (claims and sources) is kept. Files over about 100 MB can't be uploaded here yet.

Six verdicts. One gets picked.

Most of what fools people isn't fake footage. It's real footage carrying a claim it can't support.

Real

Authentic media, and the main claims hold up.

Real but oversold

Something true underneath, stretched past what it supports.

Misleading

True pieces arranged to leave a false impression.

False

The main claim is wrong, or serious claims come with no evidence.

AI-made

The media itself is likely generated or materially altered.

Can't verify

Not enough evidence either way. Said plainly.

How a grade gets made

The same steps every time, in this order. No single clue decides a verdict. It comes from several kinds of evidence agreeing.

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Shown

What the frames actually contain: footage, on-screen text, captions, screenshots of articles or charts.

02

Claimed

The specific factual claims, pulled out one by one, so each can pass or fail on its own.

03

Framing

The packaging: the hook, the urgency, "comment for the link" funnels, presales, parody, borrowed credibility.

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Sources

Each claim is held against the source that would settle it: the study, the filing, the official page, the code.

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The media itself

Visual clues of splicing or generation. These are indicators, never proof, and a clean result never guarantees authenticity.

06

What couldn't be checked

Every grade lists its own blind spots, so you know exactly how far to trust it.

Example grade · a stock-prediction reel
Verdict

Real but oversold

The study is real. The reel's headline example doesn't fit it.

  • ✓
    Supported
    A published study links Amazon review tone to future sales and stock returns.
  • ✕
    False
    Review tone predicted Nike's 2024 crash.
    Nike wasn't selling directly on Amazon between 2019 and 2025.
  • ~
    Oversold
    A negative tone shift "almost always" precedes a drop.
    The paper finds an average edge across many firms, not a reliable signal for one stock.