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Description	English: Charts showing findings of two newspapers' fact checkers re the number of "false or misleading" or "false" claims by U.S. President Donald Trump. Data sources: — The Washington Post (upper chart) Fact Checker (October 9, 2019). "In 993 days, President Trump has made 13,435 false or misleading claims". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on October 24, 2019. Fact Checker (December 10, 2019). "President Trump has made 15,413 false or misleading claims over 1,055 days". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on December 17, 2019. Fact Checker (January 19, 2020). "In 1,095 days, President Trump has made 16,241 false or misleading claims". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on January 20, 2019. Fact Checker (April 3, 2020). "In 1,170 days, President Trump has made 18,000 false or misleading claims". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on April 15, 2020. Fact Checker (May 29, 2020). "In 1,226 days, President Trump has made 19,127 false or misleading claims". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on June 4, 2020. Fact Checker (July 9, 2020). "In 1,267 days, President Trump has made 20,055 false or misleading claims". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on July 13, 2020. Fact Checker (August 27, 2020). "In 1,316 days, President Trump has made 22,247 false or misleading claims". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on October 21, 2020. Fact Checker (September 3, 2020). "In 1,323 days, President Trump has made 22,510 false or misleading claims". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on November 15, 2020. Fact Checker (October 16, 2020). "In 1,366 days, President Trump has made 25,653 false or misleading claims". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on December 20, 2020. Fact Checker (November 5, 2020). "In 1,386 days, President Trump has made 29,508 false or misleading claims". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on January 5, 2021. Fact Checker (January 13, 2021). "In 1,455 days, President Trump has made 30,529 false or misleading claims". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on January 16, 2021. Fact Checker (January 20, 2021). "In four years, President Trump made 30,573 false or misleading claims". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on January 20, 2021. Clicking on "Monthly" at archive of February 8, 2021 articulates specific value for month of January. — Toronto Star and CNN (lower chart) Dale, Daniel (June 5, 2019). "Donald Trump has now said more than 5,000 false things as president". Toronto Star. Archived from the original on October 3, 2019. Dale, Daniel (January 6, 2020). "Internal chart of Trump's false claims per day from July 8 (2019)". CNN. Archived from the original on 2020-01-06. Retrieved on 2020-01-07. (image of chart). Dale, Daniel (March 9, 2020). "Trump is averaging about 59 false claims per week since ... July 8, 2019.". CNN. Archived from the original on 2020-03-09. Retrieved on 2020-04-15. (direct image of chart) Related articles: Glenn Kessler, Salvador Rizzo and Meg Kelly (October 14, 2019). "President Trump has made 13,435 false or misleading claims over 993 days". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on November 1, 2019. Glenn Kessler, Salvador Rizzo and Meg Kelly, (December 16, 2019). "President Trump has made 15,413 false or misleading claims over 1,055 days". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on December 17, 2019. Tubb, Ed (June 5, 2019). "Washington bureau chief Daniel Dale does his last Trump fact check for the Toronto Star". Toronto Star. Archived from the original on June 9, 2019. — apparently the reason I could not find an updated version of the Toronto Star fact check chart: fact-checker Daniel Dale moved to CNN: (2019). "Daniel Dale / Reporter (profile)". CNN. Archived from the original on September 2, 2019. Kessler, Glenn; Rizzo, Salvador; Kelly, Meg (January 20, 2020). "President Trump made 16,241 false or misleading claims in his first three years". The Washington Post. Kessler, Glen; Rizzo, Salvador; Kelly, Meg (April 14, 2020). "President Trump made 18,000 false or misleading claims in 1,170 days". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on April 15, 2020. Kessler, Glen; Rizzo, Salvador; Kelly, Meg (June 2, 2020). "The central feature of Trump’s presidency: False claims and disinformation". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on June 4, 2020. Kessler, Glenn; Rizzo, Salvador; Kelly, Meg (July 13, 2020). "President Trump has made more than 20,000 false or misleading claims". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on July 13, 2020. Blake, Meredith, (October 30, 2020). "Trump makes so many false claims, CNN fact-checker Daniel Dale has lost count". The Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on October 30, 2020. — Dale reports that because Trump was talking so much in advance of the November 3, 2020 presidential election, Dale in September 2020 stopped keeping tallies of all Trump's statements, to allow Dale to "just focus on the big stuff". Kessler, Glenn (January 23, 2021). "Trump made 30,573 false or misleading claims as president. Nearly half came in his final year.". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on 2021-01-24. Retrieved on 2021-01-24. Data: Listings of actual data used to make the above two charts are provided in collapsible text below.
Date	5 November 2019
Source	Own work
Author	RCraig09
Other versions	2017- Donald Trump veracity - composite graph.png Consolidated data into a single graph

Data used to form the charts

Washington Post

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The Washington Post data:
Month False or misleading claims
2017-01 55
2017-02 153
2017-03 148
2017-04 166
2017-05 104
2017-06 149
2017-07 226
2017-08 142
2017-09 171
2017-10 245
2017-11 220
2017-12 215
2018-01 289
2018-02 191
2018-03 261
2018-04 289
2018-05 249
2018-06 534
2018-07 453
2018-08 479
2018-09 599
2018-10 1205
2018-11 867
2018-12 270
2019-01 737
2019-02 486
2019-03 553
2019-04 687
2019-05 576
2019-06 676
2019-07 545
2019-08 525
2019-09 639
(source was dated October 2019)
2019-10 1156
2019-11 900
(source dated December 2019)
2019-12 685
(source dated January 2020)
2020-01 761
2020-02 815
2020-03 527
(source dated April 2020)
2020-04 533
2020-05 649
2020-06 721
(source dated July 2020)
2020-07 873
2020-08 1651
2020-09 2213
(source dated Oct 16, 2020)
2020-10 3917
(source dated Nov 5, 2020)
2020-11 1286
2020-12 397
(source dated Jan 13, 2021)
2021-01 322
(source dated Jan 20, 2021)

Toronto Star and CNN data =

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Data adapted by uploader from a Toronto Star graphic (is not the original data used to generate the newspaper's graphic):

Week False claims
2017-01-20 6
2017-01-27 20
2017-02-03 15
2017-02-10 18
2017-02-17 27
2017-02-24 12
2017-03-03 17
2017-03-10 3
2017-03-17 20
2017-03-24 27
2017-03-31 7
2017-04-07 8
2017-04-14 14
2017-04-21 19
2017-04-28 6
2017-05-05 8
2017-05-12 23
2017-05-19 5
2017-05-26 4
2017-06-02 20
2017-06-09 16
2017-06-16 15
2017-06-23 29
2017-06-30 22
2017-07-07 4
2017-07-14 25
2017-07-21 28
2017-07-28 60
2017-08-04 18
2017-08-11 19
2017-08-18 11
2017-08-25 31
2017-09-01 13
2017-09-08 7
2017-09-15 13
2017-09-22 24
2017-09-29 41
2017-10-06 34
2017-10-13 31
2017-10-20 56
2017-10-27 26
2017-11-03 32
2017-11-10 25
2017-11-17 6
2017-11-24 11
2017-12-01 30
2017-12-08 38
2017-12-15 9
2017-12-22 29
2017-12-29 29
2018-01-05 9
2018-01-12 37
2018-01-19 18
2018-01-26 26
2018-02-02 24
2018-02-09 16
2018-02-16 33
2018-02-23 44
2018-03-02 36
2018-03-09 60
2018-03-16 29
2018-03-23 36
2018-03-30 22
2018-04-06 34
2018-04-13 19
2018-04-20 34
2018-04-27 37
2018-05-04 27
2018-05-11 16
2018-05-18 25
2018-05-25 27
2018-06-01 34
2018-06-08 26
2018-06-15 45
2018-06-22 102
2018-06-29 99
2018-07-06 42
2018-07-13 56
2018-07-20 55
2018-07-27 75
2018-08-03 132
2018-08-10 30
2018-08-17 49
2018-08-24 68
2018-08-31 84
2018-09-07 117
2018-09-14 10
2018-09-21 73
2018-09-28 69
2018-10-05 129
2018-10-12 171
2018-10-19 140
2018-10-26 173
2018-11-02 240
2018-11-09 112
2018-11-16 51
2018-11-23 29
2018-11-30 91
2018-12-07 21
2018-12-14 31
2018-12-21 19
2018-12-28 39
2019-01-04 78
2019-01-11 52
2019-01-18 42
2019-01-25 29
2019-02-01 86
2019-02-08 25
2019-02-15 75
2019-02-22 22
2019-03-01 112
2019-03-08 24
2019-03-15 42
2019-03-22 56
2019-03-29 73
2019-04-05 105
2019-04-12 12
2019-04-19 32
2019-04-26 86
2019-05-03 31
2019-05-10 66
2019-05-17 72
2019-05-24 69
2019-05-31 27
(Toronto Star source was dated June 2019)

(data unavailable for June and early July)

2019-07-19 60
2019-07-26 76
2019-08-02 60
2019-08-09 21
2019-08-16 70
2019-08-23 56
2019-08-30 60
2019-09-06 41
2019-09-13 92
2019-09-20 74
2019-09-27 62
2019-10-04 63
2019-10-11 101
2019-10-18 116
2019-10-25 96
2019-11-01 47
2019-11-08 67
2019-11-15 61
2019-11-22 54
2019-11-29 44
2019-12-06 49
2019-12-13 49
2019-12-20 67
2019-12-27 23
2020-01-03 15
2020-01-10 78
2020-01-17 40
2020-01-24 55
2020-01-31 55
2020-02-07 37
2020-02-14 55
2020-02-21 57
2020-02-28 33

(CNN source was dated March 9, 2020)

Daniel Dale's (CNN) original source specified numbers daily; uploader added the values within each week to arrive at the foregoing weekly figures, with each week ending on a Friday to conform to Dale's earlier work at Toronto Star which also ended on Fridays.

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current	05:34, 9 February 2021	2,332 × 2,657 (597 KB)	RCraig09	Version 17: updating to include data for January 2021. Squaring off tops of columns and narrowing gaps between columns. Reduced filesize at tinypng.com
	07:31, 16 January 2021	2,332 × 2,657 (560 KB)	RCraig09	Version 16: Adding datapoints for Nov and Dec 2020. Reducing PNG filesize at tinypng.com (reduces number of bits per pixel).
	23:20, 5 January 2021	2,332 × 2,657 (1.64 MB)	RCraig09	Version 15: Update to include Washington Post date through end of October 2020.
	23:20, 20 December 2020	2,332 × 2,657 (1.67 MB)	RCraig09	Version 14: Updated to include Washington Post data through end of September 2020.
	07:21, 16 November 2020	2,332 × 2,657 (1.66 MB)	RCraig09	Version 13: Updating graph to include exact value for August 2020 that no longer involves extrapolation for the last four days of the month. Washington Post added a few more days to their database.
	23:06, 21 October 2020	2,332 × 2,657 (1.66 MB)	RCraig09	Version 12: Updating to include July and August data from Washington Post. Top panel's vertical had to be compressed to accommodate new high in data value (for August 2020).
	06:01, 13 July 2020	2,332 × 2,657 (1.43 MB)	RCraig09	Update to include Washington Post data through end of June 2020.
	05:09, 5 June 2020	2,332 × 2,657 (1.49 MB)	RCraig09	Version 10: Update to include Washington Post data for April and May 2020
	21:12, 15 April 2020	2,332 × 2,657 (1.77 MB)	RCraig09	Version 9: Updating with CNN Daniel Dale data for Jan and Feb 2020.
	05:35, 15 April 2020	2,332 × 2,657 (1.83 MB)	RCraig09	Version 8: Adding "monthly" and "weekly" to vertical axes.