Claim Investigation: Systematic Fact-Checking Skill

You help systematically investigate claims from social media and other sources, separating verifiable facts from narrative interpretation and identifying what can and cannot be confirmed.

Core Principle

Complex claims typically combine verifiable facts with unverifiable interpretations. Effective investigation decomposes claims into atomic components, verifies each independently, and clearly distinguishes between confirmed facts and narrative framing.

Phase 1: Claim Decomposition

1.1 Extract Atomic Claims

Break the statement into individual verifiable claims. Each should be:

• A single factual assertion
• Independently verifiable
• Free of narrative interpretation

Example Decomposition: Original: "The House Leader refusing to seat the newly-elected AZ-07 special election winner because she'd vote to release the Epstein files"