Questions at the World Economic Forum, Davos

Gavin Newsom, Governor of California

Third-party transcript: Rev (transcription service). Retrieved 2 Oct 2026.

No BS Index for this transcript

Only 9 rated questions; a transcript needs 15 for a number. Claims that held up: 71% of 17 checked (Bluff 14.7 of 50). Its claims still count towards the overall score.

What we found

Definitions

Accuracy71%

Checked claims that hold up

Partly supported“After Trump's speech, they made sure that I didn't. They made sure it was canceled.” Interview, 22 Jan 2026 · ABC7 Los Angeles · CalMatters

Partly supported“They're censoring books, 4,340 books, libraries, and in schools, banned, in the United States of America.” Interview, 22 Jan 2026 · PEN America · PEN America

Supported“[4,000] National Guard were federalized.” Interview, 22 Jan 2026 · National Guard Association of the United States · FactCheck.org

Supported“700 active duty Marines were not sent overseas, they were sent to my largest city in the state of California.” Interview, 22 Jan 2026 · FactCheck.org · CNN

Supported“a state that's larger than the size of 21 US states combined” Interview, 22 Jan 2026 · WorldAtlas · US Census Bureau

Supported“27% of us are foreign born” Interview, 22 Jan 2026 · Public Policy Institute of California · USAFacts

Supported“Fourth largest economy in the world.” Interview, 22 Jan 2026 · The Japan Times · Newsweek

Partly supported“But the fact that he went to China, came back with a deal, started introducing low cost, high quality electric vehicles not made in Michigan, Detroit, but overseas into Canada” Interview, 22 Jan 2026 · Al Jazeera · Bloomberg

Partly supported“In every category, he's underwater.” Interview, 22 Jan 2026 · Axios · Fox News

Supported“he threatened to prosecute the Fed Chief in the United States of America.” Interview, 22 Jan 2026 · CNBC · Al Jazeera

Supported“That has a subpoena against another sitting governor, Tim [Walz].” Interview, 22 Jan 2026 · NPR · PBS NewsHour

Partly supported“president of the United States made a billion and a half plus dollars in the last 12 months personally.” Interview, 22 Jan 2026 · Democracy Now! · NBC News

All 17 checked claims, with sources

Answers questionsNot enough data

Questions answered straight · observed 83% on 9 (needs 15)

AnsweredQ: “But I would say, this was not ... Just to be clear, this was a private enterprise endorsed by the State Department, but these are a lot of decisions a…” Questions at the World Economic Forum, Davos, 22 Jan 2026 · transcript

AnsweredQ: “Should you, I mean, is that kind of discourse from you from them good for America?” Questions at the World Economic Forum, Davos, 22 Jan 2026 · transcript

Partly answeredQ: “It was Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney the day before who talked about, I don't know, in large terms, the middle powers, everybody except for Chin…” Questions at the World Economic Forum, Davos, 22 Jan 2026 · transcript

AnsweredQ: “... a different American leader can bring...” Questions at the World Economic Forum, Davos, 22 Jan 2026 · transcript

Partly answeredQ: “I mean, I suppose do you think post-Trump there's a path back? Because you see this everywhere, the kind of insult politics that you're doing here, wh…” Questions at the World Economic Forum, Davos, 22 Jan 2026 · transcript

Partly answeredQ: “And I think one of the main reasons that he has been successful is because the Democratic Party is so discredited in the eyes of so many voters. I hav…” Questions at the World Economic Forum, Davos, 22 Jan 2026 · transcript

AnsweredQ: “California's wonderful, but what about the governance?” Questions at the World Economic Forum, Davos, 22 Jan 2026 · transcript

AnsweredQ: “Do you reject the idea that these blue states are spending more for less results?” Questions at the World Economic Forum, Davos, 22 Jan 2026 · transcript

AnsweredQ: “For instance, you're supporting the mayor of LA for reelection after these terrible fires that a lot of your citizens do feel was part in part because…” Questions at the World Economic Forum, Davos, 22 Jan 2026 · transcript

All 9 questions

ConsistencyNot checked

No unacknowledged contradictionsshown, not in the score

Contradiction checks start once more of the record is in. Until then this measure is left out, not counted as perfect.

SubstanceNot enough data

Emotion that comes with substanceshown, not in the score

6 emotional passages labelled, 1 flagged as deflecting. Needs 20.

The record

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