Truth is a position, not a thumbs up

The claim is supported by the evidence in its own source chain, with no material distortion between the primary source and the claim as it circulated. Minor wording differences may exist, but nothing that changes what a reader would believe.

The core of the claim holds up against its sources, but something meaningful was softened, rounded, or left out. The case file's fine print records exactly which qualifiers were dropped and why they matter.

There is a real finding or event underneath, but the claim stretches it: a subgroup becomes everyone, a correlation becomes a cause, a lab result becomes life advice. The true part is real; the conclusion readers take away is not supported.

The claim points at a genuine source, but context, dates, or emphasis were changed in a way that alters what the source actually establishes. The distortion happened in the retelling, not in the underlying evidence.

Unlike Unverified, evidence exists on both sides. Reasonable readings of the available sources disagree, and the case file lays out the conflict instead of forcing a verdict the evidence cannot carry.

The investigation could not trace the claim to evidence strong enough to support or refute it. Unverified is not a soft False: it means the claim currently rests on nothing solid, and the case records exactly where the trail ended.

The image, quote, chart, or recording behind the claim was manipulated: edited media, fabricated quotes, altered charts. The case documents what the original actually shows.

The claim's own trail leads to evidence that says otherwise. The case file shows the strongest available sources and where the claim departs from them.