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Believability Meter Report Card

Even though RealScoop was created for entertainment, are you still curious how well the Believability Meter performs over time? Do you wonder how much you should trust the results? The Believability Meter "Report Card" has your answer.

For each video, we have chosen a defining moment to show what the Believability Meter has to say; for example, Bill Clinton emphatically stating, "I did not have sexual relations with that woman."

The Believability Meter "Snapshot" lets you know if the statement was red (highly questionable), yellow (somewhat believable) or green (believable). The outcome column on the right indicates how the B-Meter performed for each video where we now know what happened. A running percentage of how the Believability Meter's results appear to match real life results is displayed in the top right corner.

Posted: 8/21/08

Outcome: 8/29/08
b-meter matched outcome John McCain picks Palin and his camp says Lieberman never seriously considered.

Lieberman denies VP rumors

I don't think I am going to be asked (to be McCain's VP).

Believable 1 Highly Questionable

Posted: 9/2/08

Outcome: 8/28/08
b-meter matched outcome Palin accepted an offer to be John McCain's VP

Palin in June on VP offer: "The answer would be no."

If I had to answer that today the answer would be no.

Believable 2 Highly Questionable

Posted: 8/14/08

Outcome: 8/24/08
b-meter matched outcome Dara Torres competed in the 2008 Olymics with no drug violations.

Dara Torres on drug use: "Absolutely not."

Absolutely not.

Believable 1 Highly Questionable

Posted: 8/14/08

Outcome: 8/9/08
b-meter matched outcome John Edwards admitted that the National Enquirer story about his affair was true.

John Edwards on National Enquirer: "The story's false."

"The story's false."

Believable 4 Highly Questionable

Posted: 4/11/08

Outcome: 10/1/05
b-meter did not match outcome Evidence surfaced after Katrina that West's assertion was factually accurate.

Kanye on Bush

Kanye West claiming that the media reported blacks as looters while whites did not have the word looter used..."it says they're looking for food."

Believable 4 Highly Questionable

Posted: 2/26/08

Outcome: 3/16/05
b-meter matched outcome He was convicted of brutullay murdering his wife and unborn child in 2005.

Scott Peterson Interview Part 2 (AUDIO ONLY)

Scott Peterson claiming he has not given up on searching for his wife Laci. "No, definitely not…"

Believable 5 Highly Questionable

Posted: 3/12/08

Outcome: 3/16/05
b-meter matched outcome Apparently special people are okay to kill in Scott's mind. He was convicted of brutullay murdering his wife and unborn child in 2005.