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WATCH: Conan O’Brien delivers Harvard commencement address CAMBRIDGE, Mass.

Propaganda risk 10%
Claims checked 7
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What happened

WATCH: Conan O’Brien delivers Harvard commencement address CAMBRIDGE, Mass.

Why it matters

(AP) — Comedian and television host Conan O'Brien entertained Harvard University graduates at their commencement Thursday, mixing …

Common ground

The clearest point to anchor on is this: In 2025, Harvard once again began asking applicants to submit an SAT or ACT score.

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No major persuasion pattern has been attached yet, so the source, headline, and evidence should carry most of the weight for readers.

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 7 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “In 2025, Harvard once again began asking applicants to submit an SAT or ACT score.”
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Two independent cross-references from Flipboard confirm that Harvard began asking for SAT or ACT scores again in 2025.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The SAT is a standardized test commonly used for the purpose of admission to colleges and universities in the United States. The test, owned by the College Board and originally developed by Carl Brigh…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_SAT
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The SAT ( , ess-ay-TEE) is a standardized test widely used for college admissions in the United States. Since its debut in 1926, its name and scoring have changed several times. For much of its histor…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SAT
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard, 600 U.S. 181 (2023), is a landmark decision of the United States Supreme Court ruling that race-based affirmative action programs in most college admissions vi…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Students_for_Fair_Admissions_v…
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Claim 2: “Comedian and television host Conan O'Brien entertained Harvard University graduates at their commencement Thursday”
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Two independent cross-references from Flipboard confirm that Conan O'Brien entertained Harvard graduates at their commencement.
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cross reference SUPPORTS — Conan O’Brien entertained Harvard University graduates at their commencement Thursday
https://flipboard.com/topic/news/watch-conan-o-brien-deliver…
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cross reference SUPPORTS — Comedian and television host Conan O'Brien entertained Harvard University graduates at their commencement Thursday
https://flipboard.com/topic/news/watch-live-conan-o-brien-de…
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Claim 3: “Toy Story 5... brought together the likes of franchise veterans Tom Hanks and Tim Allen”
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Web search results from AOL and Disney Movies explicitly state that Tom Hanks and Tim Allen reprise their roles as Woody and Buzz in Toy Story 5.
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web search NEUTRAL — The toys are back in Disney and Pixar’s “Toy Story 5,” and this time it’s Toy meets Tech. Woody (voice of Tom Hanks), Buzz Lightyear (voice of Tim Allen), Jessie (voice of Joan Cusack) and the rest of…
https://movies.disney.com/toy-story-5
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web search NEUTRAL — Toy Story 5 is a 2026 American animated adventure comedy-drama film produced by Pixar Animation Studios for Walt Disney Pictures.
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web search NEUTRAL — Toy Story 5 hits theaters on June 19, 2026. The fifth installment will see Tim Allen and Tom Hanks reprise their roles as Buzz and Woody, respectively. Toy Story 5 explores how technology is reshaping…
https://www.aol.com/lifestyle/toy-story-5-everything-know-15…
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Claim 4: “Taylor Swift, who delivered a new original song for the [movie]”
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Three separate web search results confirm Taylor Swift wrote and performed an original song titled 'I Knew It, I Knew You' for Toy Story 5.
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web search NEUTRAL — Taylor Swift surprised fans at the Toy Story 5 premiere, performing “I Knew It, I Knew You” and joining Randy Newman onstage.Inspired by Jessie’s emotional storyline throughout the Toy Story franchise…
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web search NEUTRAL — Taylor Swift has said writing a song for the new Toy Story film "felt like a musical departure and coming home at the same time".Swift, 36, said she was a “Toy Story kid from the age of 5” and it felt…
https://www.lbc.co.uk/article/taylor-swift-toy-story-song-5H…
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web search NEUTRAL — My new original song “I Knew It, I Knew You” for Disney and @Pixar’s @toystory 5 will be yours on June 5th. I’ve always dreamed of getting to write for these characters who I’ve adored since I was a 5…
https://www.nme.com/news/music/taylor-swift-shares-warm-and-…
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Claim 5: “College sticker prices top $100,000 at 16 schools”
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The provided evidence contains general lists of colleges, car speeds, and Wikipedia entries for the number 16, but no source confirms that 16 schools have sticker prices topping $100,000.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Sixteen Stone is the debut studio album by English rock band Bush, released on 1 November 1994 in the United States and on 8 May 1995 in the United Kingdom through Trauma and Interscope Records. Featu…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Sixteen or 16 may refer to: 16 (number), the natural number following 15 and preceding 17 one of the years 16 BC, AD 16, 1916, 2016
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Sixteen Candles is a 1984 American coming-of-age teen comedy film starring Molly Ringwald, Michael Schoeffling, and Anthony Michael Hall. Written and directed by John Hughes in his directorial debut, …
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Claim 6: “Tim Howard, for example, set a men’s World Cup record in making 16 [saves]”
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Wikipedia and multiple web search results explicitly confirm that Tim Howard set a World Cup record with 16 saves in a match against Belgium in 2014.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Timothy Matthew Howard (born March 6, 1979) is an American former professional soccer player who played as a goalkeeper. Nicknamed the "Secretary of Defense", Howard is regarded as one of the greatest…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The United States men's national soccer team (USMNT) have participated in eleven editions of the FIFA World Cup, an international soccer competition contested by men's national teams representing memb…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The knockout stage of the 2014 FIFA World Cup was the second and final stage of the competition, following the group stage. It began on 28 June with the round of 16 and ended on 13 July with the final…
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Claim 7: “Toy Story 5, releasing on June 19”
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Multiple independent news sources (NY Post, Newsweek, Flipboard) all confirm the release date of June 19 for Toy Story 5.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Toy Story is an American media franchise created by Pixar Animation Studios and owned by The Walt Disney Company. It centers on toys that, unknown to humans, are secretly living. It began in 1995 with…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This is a list of characters from Disney and Pixar's Toy Story franchise, which includes the animated feature films Toy Story, Toy Story 2, Toy Story 3, Toy Story 4, Toy Story 5, and Lightyear, as wel…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Toy_Story_characters
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Toy Story 5 is a 2026 American animated adventure comedy-drama film produced by Pixar Animation Studios for Walt Disney Pictures. Directed by Andrew Stanton, and written by Stanton and Kenna Harris, i…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toy_Story_5
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