The Young Turks: The Young Turks' Cenk Uygur says Donald Trump is compromised and the media works for Israel.

Lehrer score 59/100 (starts at 85; +4 other side quoted or given its response: Donald Trump's own words played at length (C-SPAN call, 0:23-1:39, and his post read in full, 2:08-2:35); +2 one named, on-record source: Financial Times shown on screen as the source of "Netanyahu calls [Trump] every day" (2:46); −5 unnamed source on a side point, or a figure with no stated source (rule 11): [3:56] "according to some sources, they're saying maybe a nuke, a limited tactical nuke" with no source named; −6 unlabeled claim, analysis or opinion in the outlet's own voice (rule 2/10): [5:58] "Maybe we'll sit in it for two long years and let Trump play the markets and bet on oil going up and down ... Make another couple of billion dollars" stated as fact with no support; −6 unlabeled claim, analysis or opinion in the outlet's own voice (rule 2/10): [7:43] "And then you've got the people like Trump that are compromised, it looks like for another reason" unsupported; −5 unnamed source on a side point, or a figure with no stated source (rule 11): [7:17] "those ones that are in the middle that just got it for the cash, which is about 94% of our Congress" a figure with no source; −6 unlabeled claim, analysis or opinion in the outlet's own voice (rule 2/10): [8:12] "our number one enemy in doing that is mainstream media who works for Israel" unsupported; −4 loaded word or phrase in the outlet's own voice (rule 2/7/13): [4:37] "So he has verbal diarrhea"; [5:24] "you stupid servant"). Fixed scale: 90+ A, 80s B, 70s C, 60s D, under 60 F → F.

What we checked: [3:56] "according to some sources, they're saying maybe a nuke, a limited tactical nuke" with no source named; [5:58] "Maybe we'll sit in it for two long years and let Trump play the markets and bet on oil going up and down ... Make another couple of billion dollars" stated as fact with no support; [7:43] "And then you've got the people like Trump that are compromised, it looks like for another reason" unsupported; [7:17] "those ones that are in the middle that just got it for the cash, which is about 94% of our Congress" a figure with no source; [8:12] "our number one enemy in doing that is mainstream media who works for Israel" unsupported; [4:37] "So he has verbal diarrhea"; [5:24] "you stupid servant"

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