Do fact checkers ever "claim authority" over anything (especially in news organizations)?

Perhaps time to get that wild claim fact checked by yourself.

I will tell you the truth, and you will be safe, believe me, because I know what is true, from my personal experience.

This is the truth over which I can claim authority. My personal experience, that small portion of objective and infinite reality that became mine, once I'd perceived and diced my tiny slice, stored and explored and retrieved and believed. I know what's true, just ask, I'll tell.

Which the President is doing with these orders right now