Hype Check Business claims, scored real or hype
Record quarters, category-defining launches, revolutions every Monday. Hype Check Live scores the business claim of the week against what the numbers actually show.
Business is a hype machine. Every earnings call has a record, every launch is a first, every trend is the future of work. Some of it is real. A lot of it is a good number wearing a bigger costume. We check the filing, not the press release.
How each edition works
Same format every week, a fresh set of claims. Each item gives you the claim in plain terms, a two or three sentence check, the source, and a hype score from zero to one hundred. Low means mostly real, high means mostly hype. Five or six claims, one per domain, in about four minutes.
Why it holds up
Every number is real and citable; nothing is invented. We check claims, not people, so politics rides in only as a checkable number chosen from across the spectrum. The score follows a published, repeatable method. And we credit the underhyped as readily as we flag the overhyped, because honest scorekeeping cuts both ways.
Common questions
What kind of business claims do you check?
Earnings spin, growth claims, buzzword trends, product launch hype, and market predictions, checked against primary sources.
Is this investment advice?
No. We check whether a claim is real or hype. What you do with that is your call.
Do you cover startups and big companies both?
Yes, wherever the claim is loud enough to be worth checking.
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