16
False
South Dakota
A man in South Dakota climbs a communications tower every six months to change a light bulb and earns $20,000 per lift.
The claim about a South Dakota man climbing a communications tower every six months to change a light bulb lacks specific supporting evidence. No source corroborated this activity or its periodicity. Conversely, the claim regarding the pay of $20,000 per lift is contradicted by information stating typical tower climbers earn between $25 and $35 per hour, far from $20,000 per climb.
Individual Claims
22
Mostly False
Technology
A man in South Dakota climbs a communications tower to change a light bulb every six months.
No external evidence was found to verify or refute the claim about a man in South Dakota climbing a communication tower to change a light bulb every six months.
Fact Check Score
None
Fact Check Weight
0
Web Consensus Score
None
Web Consensus Weight
50
Source Quality Score
None
Source Quality Weight
25
Llm Reasoning Score
50
Llm Reasoning Weight
25
Weighted Total
22
Evidence Summary
No external evidence found.
16
False
Economy
This man gets paid $20,000 per lift for climbing the communications tower.
There is strong evidence contradicting the claim that a man is paid $20,000 per lift. Tower climbers typically earn $25 to $35 per hour, according to sources like ZipRecruiter, making this claim highly improbable.
Fact Check Score
None
Fact Check Weight
0
Web Consensus Score
10
Web Consensus Weight
50
Source Quality Score
10
Source Quality Weight
25
Llm Reasoning Score
0
Llm Reasoning Weight
25
Weighted Total
16
Evidence Summary
Multiple web sources refute the claim about pay per climb.
9
False
Geography
The communications tower is located in South Dakota.
Fact Check Score
None
Fact Check Weight
0
Web Consensus Score
None
Web Consensus Weight
0
Source Quality Score
None
Source Quality Weight
0
Llm Reasoning Score
-1
Llm Reasoning Weight
100
Weighted Total
9
Evidence Summary
None
