Interview · 22 Feb 2026
CNN State of the Union interview with Dana Bash: his memoir and 2028
Broadcaster's transcript: CNN: State of the Union transcript. Retrieved 7 Oct 2026.
Mostly straight talkProvisional
271 sentences · 18 checked claims · 18 questions
What makes up this item's score
DefinitionsAccuracy75%
Checked claims that hold upadds 12.5 of 50.0
Supported“a 150-day certainty on a 15 percent tax or tariff”
Interview, 22 Feb 2026 · McCarter & English · S&P Global Market Intelligence
Supported“It was 10 percent two days ago”
Interview, 22 Feb 2026 · Axios · S&P Global Market Intelligence
Supported“Under the IEEPA, we were the first state to sue.”
Interview, 22 Feb 2026 · Bloomberg Law · Duane Morris
Supported“the ag community, in my state larger than any other state in the country.”
Interview, 22 Feb 2026 · California Department of Food and Agriculture · Agri-Pulse
Partly supported“Justice Roberts, by the way, basically, our arguments were literally laid out in detail in his response.”
Interview, 22 Feb 2026 · Supreme Court of the United States (California amicus brief) · Congressional Research Service
Supported“for families, it's been about $1,701 a year.”
Interview, 22 Feb 2026 · Poynter / PolitiFact · Yale Budget Lab
Partly supported“He was gleeful that, no, we won't be doing it.”
Interview, 22 Feb 2026 · Transport Topics
Partly supported“1.4 percent GDP growth in the last quarter, inflation back up to 3 percent, the worst jobs market we have seen since 2013, 2.2 percent GDP for the entire year. He inherited 2.8.”
Interview, 22 Feb 2026 · U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis · Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond
Partly supported“You know exactly what he did in Vietnam with the tariffs. He used them to get a deal on his golf course to fast-track his development.”
Interview, 22 Feb 2026 · Yahoo News (syndicated report) · Fulcrum (ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute)
Partly supported“we have had hundreds of thousands of people move into California.”
Interview, 22 Feb 2026 · California Department of Finance · California State Association of Counties
Supported“The last two, three years, we have seen population growth.”
Interview, 22 Feb 2026 · California Department of Finance · California State Association of Counties
Answers questions83%
Questions answered straightadds 8.3 of 50.0
AnsweredQ: “... who had to work three jobs to keep things afloat.”
CNN State of the Union interview with Dana Bash: his memoir and 2028, 22 Feb 2026 · transcript
AnsweredQ: “Yes. I mean, you talk about that grit. You talk about your mom giving you that grit and your dad teaching you other things like the love of the outdoo…”
CNN State of the Union interview with Dana Bash: his memoir and 2028, 22 Feb 2026 · transcript
AnsweredQ: “"I kept holding onto her hand tighter and tighter and sobbing."”
CNN State of the Union interview with Dana Bash: his memoir and 2028, 22 Feb 2026 · transcript
AnsweredQ: “Why?”
CNN State of the Union interview with Dana Bash: his memoir and 2028, 22 Feb 2026 · transcript
AnsweredQ: “There's -- there's a connection that you have to so much history and also key players in San Francisco and national politics, which is -- which is int…”
CNN State of the Union interview with Dana Bash: his memoir and 2028, 22 Feb 2026 · transcript
AnsweredQ: “Are you trying to redefine and fill out or maybe even get the narrative set in a different way than it is now?”
CNN State of the Union interview with Dana Bash: his memoir and 2028, 22 Feb 2026 · transcript
AnsweredQ: “And she described you as a child with a disability, a scrambled brain who required a certain touch. Your parents' failure to even seek out the right p…”
CNN State of the Union interview with Dana Bash: his memoir and 2028, 22 Feb 2026 · transcript
AnsweredQ: “But you also say that dyslexia is kind of a superpower as a politician.”
CNN State of the Union interview with Dana Bash: his memoir and 2028, 22 Feb 2026 · transcript
AnsweredQ: “But it's also your E.Q., being able to read...”
CNN State of the Union interview with Dana Bash: his memoir and 2028, 22 Feb 2026 · transcript
DodgedQ: “She was prosecutor, California DA, and senator. You were San Francisco mayor, lieutenant governor and governor. What happens if and when those paralle…”
CNN State of the Union interview with Dana Bash: his memoir and 2028, 22 Feb 2026 · transcript
Partly answeredQ: “I'm talking about running for president in 2028, the whole country.”
CNN State of the Union interview with Dana Bash: his memoir and 2028, 22 Feb 2026 · transcript
Partly answeredQ: “The Supreme Court struck down most of President Trump's tariffs this week. He's already using different authorities to impose a 15 percent global tari…”
CNN State of the Union interview with Dana Bash: his memoir and 2028, 22 Feb 2026 · transcript
ConsistencyNot checked
No unacknowledged contradictionsshown, not in the score
Contradiction checks start once more of the record is in. Until then this measure is left out, not counted as perfect.
SubstanceNot enough data
Emotion that comes with substanceshown, not in the score
8 emotional passages labelled, 1 flagged as deflecting. Needs 20.
How the number is built
12.5 + 8.3 = 20.8Bluff = 50 × (1 − Accuracy 75%) = 12.5
Spin = 50 × (1 − Answers questions 83%) = 8.3
BS Index = Bluff + Spin = 20.8 → shown as 21
The same fixed weights for everyone. Consistency and Substance are shown alongside, never in the number.
The record
CNN State of the Union, 22 February 2026: Gov. Gavin Newsom. CNN: State of the Union transcript, 22 Feb 2026. Open the transcript · hash and fetch details