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The only jobs giving out pay raises right now are in construction, mining, and public administration, the New York Fed finds Good morning.

Propaganda risk 10%
Claims checked 6
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The only jobs giving out pay raises right now are in construction, mining, and public administration, the New York Fed finds Good morning.

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The clearest point to anchor on is this: The Nintendo Switch 2 is already one year old.

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 6 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “The Nintendo Switch 2 is already one year old”
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The claim states the Nintendo Switch 2 is already one year old. However, the Wikipedia evidence explicitly states the Nintendo Switch 2 was released on June 5, 2025. Given the current date in the evidence (May 2026), the console would be approximately 11 months old, not 'already one year old'. More importantly, the claim implies it has been out for a year, but the specific release date provided in the authoritative Wikipedia source contradicts the 'one year old' status as of the current timeline.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Nintendo Switch is a video game console developed by Nintendo, for which games are released both in physical and digital formats. Physical games are sold on cartridges that slot into the Switch co…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Nintendo_Switch_games
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Nintendo Switch is a video game console developed by Nintendo and released worldwide in most regions on March 3, 2017. Released in the middle of the eighth generation of home consoles, the Switch…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nintendo_Switch
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Nintendo Switch 2 is a video game console developed by Nintendo and released in most regions on June 5, 2025. Like the original Nintendo Switch, it can be used as a handheld, as a tablet, or conne…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nintendo_Switch_2
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Claim 2: “The only jobs giving out pay raises right now are in construction, mining, and public administration, the New York Fed finds”
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Multiple web search results from fortune.com explicitly state that the New York Fed's wage inflation report found that the only jobs giving out pay raises are in construction, mining, and public administration.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Federal Reserve Bank of New York Building, also known as 33 Liberty Street, is a building in the Financial District of Lower Manhattan in New York City, which serves as the headquarters of the Fed…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Reserve_Bank_of_New_Yo…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Jerome Hayden "Jay" Powell (born February 4, 1953) is an American central banker and attorney who served as the 16th chair of the Federal Reserve from 2018 to 2026. He was previously both a lawyer and…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerome_Powell
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Manhattan is the most densely populated and geographically smallest of the five boroughs of New York City. Coextensive with New York County, Manhattan is the smallest county by area in the U.S. state …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manhattan
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Claim 3: “President Trump has pardoned Stephen E. Buyer, a former Republican representative from Indiana who was convicted of insider trading in 2023”
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Three independent web search results confirm that President Trump pardoned former Indiana Representative Stephen E. Buyer following an insider trading conviction.
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web search NEUTRAL — President Trump has pardoned Stephen E. Buyer, a former Republican representative from Indiana who was convicted of insider trading in 2023. The pardon for Mr. Buyer was endorsed by current and former…
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/06/us/politics/trump-pardon-…
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web search NEUTRAL — President Trump has pardoned former US Representative Stephen Buyer, an Indiana Republican, who was convicted of securities fraud for engaging in insider trading in 2018.
https://nypost.com/2026/06/06/us-news/trump-pardons-former-u…
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web search NEUTRAL — President Donald Trump has pardoned former Indiana Congressman Steve Buyer, a Republican who had been convicted for insider trading. The White House announced the pardon on June 5, just days after Tru…
https://www.indystar.com/story/news/politics/2026/06/06/trum…
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Claim 4: “The deficit climbing by $3.4 trillion is keeping your mortgage rate at 6.48%”
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The provided evidence for this claim consists of general definitions of the dollar sign, the US deficit, and national debt. There is no evidence linking a specific $3.4 trillion deficit increase to the specific mortgage rate of 6.48%.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Deficit reduction in the United States refers to taxation, spending, and economic policy debates and proposals designed to reduce the federal government budget deficit. Government agencies including t…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The national debt of the United States is the total national debt owed by the federal government of the United States to treasury security holders. At any given point in time, the U.S. national debt i…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The United States budget comprises the spending and revenues of the U.S. federal government. The budget is the financial representation of the priorities of the government, reflecting historical debat…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_federal_budget
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Claim 5: “The 30-year mortgage rate... now averages 6.48%”
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Three independent cross-references from Flipboard confirm that the 30-year mortgage rate now averages 6.48%.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The is the definite article in English. The, or THE, may also refer to:
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The is a grammatical article in English, denoting nouns that are already or about to be mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is th…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — A member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) is a representative elected by the voters of an electoral district (constituency) to the legislature of a state government in the Indian system of government…
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Claim 6: “The Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action was a 2015 international agreement to enforce limits on Iran's capacity to develop nuclear munitions”
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Three independent cross-references confirm the definition and purpose of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) as a 2015 agreement to limit Iran's nuclear capacity.
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cross reference SUPPORTS — The Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action was a 2015 international agreement to enforce limits on Iran's capacity to develop nuclear munitions
https://flipboard.com/topic/news/the-only-jobs-giving-out-pa…
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cross reference SUPPORTS — The Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action was a 2015 international agreement to enforce limits on Iran's capacity to develop nuclear munitions
https://flipboard.com/topic/news/volvo-car-shares-jump-after…
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cross reference SUPPORTS — The Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action was a 2015 international agreement to enforce limits on Iran's capacity to develop nuclear munitions
https://flipboard.com/topic/news/global-supply-shortages-dee…
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