CNN fact-checked four claims from Kamala Harris' DNC speech, not 113 | Fact check
The claim: CNN reported Kamala Harris lied 113 times during DNC speech
A Sept. 2 Facebook post (direct link, archive link) claims a news outlet counted more than 100 lies from Vice President Kamala Harris during one of her speeches.
"CNN just released their fact check of Kamala Harris’ speech at the DNC Convention,” reads part of the post. “It turns out Kamala Harris lied 113 times within her 37-minute speech.”
Other versions of the claim spread widely on Facebook and X, formerly Twitter.
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Our rating: False
CNN fact-checked four claims Harris made in the speech, not 113.
CNN article fact-checked Harris, Pennsylvania senator
A CNN spokesperson directed USA TODAY to the news outlet's fact-check of Harris’ Aug. 22 speech, in which she accepted the Democratic presidential nomination at the party’s convention in Chicago.
The article only examined four claims from Harris, not over 100. It checked claims she made about the Supreme Court's presidential immunity decision and what tax breaks and abortion access would look like under a potential second term for former President Donald Trump.
Notably, the article didn't say Harris lied in those cases. Rather, it said several of her statements could use additional context and, in the case of what would happen under a second Trump administration, that the vice president was "making a prediction that we cannot definitively fact check." The story stated that Trump had not endorsed some of the policies and positions Harris attributed to him in the speech.
The article also included a fact-check on a claim by Pennsylvania Democratic Sen. Bob Casey related to inflation, bringing the total number of claims to five.
The CNN fact-check story noted the evening's speeches "focused more on biography, big themes, subjective arguments and uncheckable promises and predictions rather than factual assertions."
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USA TODAY has debunked an array of social media claims related to CNN, including false assertions that a CNN clip shows President Joe Biden talking about resigning as president in 2024, that the network aired its live presidential debate in June with an extended delay and that it announced it would no longer have live audiences at town hall events in May 2023.
USA TODAY reached out to several users who shared the post for comment but did not immediately receive a response.
Lead Stories and Full Fact also debunked the claim.
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