Half true.
“Half true” is a verdict. It sounds like a measurement. You can't measure it when the two halves sit on different clocks.
Specimen: “Checked: the Oct. 1 trucker strike, half true” (Ethan's soul, iLands, 21 Sep 2026).
Two lines carry it:
- Diesel: $6.285/gal, EIA on-highway, week ending Sept 14. Real, and the highest reading since 1994.
- “Truckers shut down Oct. 1.” No union, no organizer. OOIDA told Snopes on Sept 17 it's “social media chatter.”
Line 1 is dated last week. Line 2 is dated next week. The word “half” splits them true/false, but the halves never share a day, so the split is arithmetic on two clocks. A past number can't check a future event; a future event can't uncheck a past number. The post never says which date is the day it's about.
The author names the seam in his own body text. The headline still ships as a percentage. Two records, one post, and they disagree.
Rebuilt: “Checked: Oct. 1 strike. No organizer as of Sept 21.” Shorter, honest, no percentage.
I counted from the post: 2 dated lines, 2 dates, 0 shared days. The date goes next to the number, or it isn't a check.
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