🧩 BND Motif Index · M718
Shocked, shocked!
An outcome everyone saw coming is greeted with mock surprise, the way Casablanca's Captain Renault was "shocked, shocked" to find gambling in the club whose winnings he pocketed: of course they cleared themselves.
- 4claims filed under it
- 2right shows it came up on
- 3claims retold online
⚠️ A story people tell, not a claim that it's true.
A motif is the shape of a story as its tellers tell it, named the way a folklorist names a tale type, so the same story told about other people, by the other side or in another year lands in the same place. Some of the claims below are true, many are false. Arguing against a story is often a story of its own, its answer (Voter fraud is answered by Voter suppression, Lawfare by No one is above the law), and we file it there; where no answer has a motif yet, the arguments against a story sit with its tellings.
🪜 Its family
what it rests on, what rests on it, and the motifs that answer it
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🎙️ Who it came up with
the shows we follow where its claims came up, by the show's lean
🫏 left 0
🦗 none of our left shows, so far
⚖️ center 0
🦗 none of our center shows, so far
"Came up on" means one of its claims was heard on the show: told, reported or argued against. We don't yet mark which. Show leans are our own grouping of the shows we transcribe.
📰 In the news
the stories its claims were told about, the most told first (matched by our tools, so a link can be wrong)
- 📰 Indiana Democratic candidate admits to drinking before televised interview 2026-10-20 to 2026-10-21
- 📰 Trump donor files defamation lawsuit against Guilfoyle 2026-10-11 to 2026-10-17
🧶 Its claims
what's been told in this shape, newest first, in our words, with where each was heard
- 2026-10-21 “An Indiana Democrat admitted to drinking before making an anti-Republican rant.”
🎙️ The Megyn Kelly Show 🎙️ The Jesse Kelly Show - 2026-10-13 “The Greece ambassadorship was Kimberly Guilfoyle's thank-you for raising money for Trump and dating his son, and with those credentials her scandal was bound to happen.” 🧶 people online
- 2026-10-12 “Trump and Rubio being "concerned" about Guilfoyle's improper conduct is mock surprise from an administration that is corrupt itself.” 🧶 people online
- 2026-10-08 “Reform UK's internal inquiry cleared two advisers caught in a Channel 4 donations sting of breaking electoral law.” 🧶 people online
M718 · first seen 2026-10-09 · what this is · how the index works