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News Facts Network→ Mark Cuban Says He Turned Down Offer to Join Kamala Harris 2024 Ticket
Investor and “Shark Tank” star Mark Cuban revealed Thursday that Kamala Harris considered him for...
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Biden Administration Did NOT Approve Army Birthday ‘Grand Parade’ Permit In 2024
Did the Biden administration approve the permit in June 2024 for a "grand parade" for the Army's 250th birthday? No, that's not true: The parade permit application was submitted in March 2025, more than a month after President Biden left
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Economic Times Article Declaring ‘Kamala Harris Won’ Only Cites Sources That Ask Questions About 2024 Election — None Declared She Won
Did The Economic Times article that declared Kamala Harris won the 2024 election cite reports that concluded voting systems were rigged for Donald Trump? No, that's not true: The reports referred to by The Economic Times all stop short of
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show ‘Lawless Rioters’ Attacking Los Angeles Shop Owner In June 2025 — It’s 2024
Does a video shared on social media show "lawless rioters" attacking a Los Angeles shop owner during "anti-American sovereignty riots" in June 2025? No, that's not true: The video was recorded at a 7-Eleven convenience store in Anaheim, C
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show China Air-dropping Aid To Gaza in 2025 — It’s USA Aid In 2024
Does a video show China air-dropping humanitarian aid into Gaza in May 2025? No, that's not true: The video is from March 2024, when U.S. military planes dropped food and supplies onto a beach in Beit Lahiya, Gaza. Other videos posted at
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Woman Dancing With ‘Trump 2024’ Flag, Then Deported — Different People
Did online posts accurately show a woman dancing with a "Trump 2024" flag, then being deported? No, that's not true: The posts combined two clips that showed entirely different people. The first was Lenette Saunders, who posted "Latinos c
Full Fact→ Picture shows 2024 plane crash not Indian jet downed by Pakistan
The image of a burning plane has been shared alongside claims that Pakistan has shot down Indian fighter jets.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show 2025 Indian Army Attack On Sialkot, Pakistan — It Is 2024 Footage From Gaza War
Does video labelled on social media as "...footage of the Indian Army's attack on Sialkot, Pakistan" authentically show a 2025 Indian Army assault on its neighbor? No, that's not true: It is misleadingly re-labelled Al Jazeera footage lif
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Cleveland Clinic Study Did NOT ‘Reveal’ That The 2024/2025 Flu Shot Increases Flu Risk — Vaccine Ineffective, But Not Cause Of Infections
Does a draft paper by scientists at The Cleveland Clinic "reveal" that the 2024/2025 flu shot increased the risk of flu, as social media posts claim? No, that's not true: This study's finding that vaccination was "associated with" a highe
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Istanbul Protests Against President Erdogan — 2024 East Timor Footage
Does this viral video show scenes of protest in Istanbul with "tens of thousands" demonstrating against President Recep Tayyip Erdogan? No, that's not true: The footage dates back to 2024 and is related to a papal visit to East Timor. It
Full Fact→ Social media posts confuse Germany’s 2024 EU election results with recent federal election
Although there are similarities between the overall results of the two elections, there are some important differences, such as the area boundaries and the performance of certain parties.
PolitiFact→ Social Media – Trump didn’t say he became president because of the 2024 election was ‘rigged’
Video shows President Donald Trump admitting he became president because of a “rigged” 2024 election.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Donald Trump Did NOT Admit The 2024 Election Was Rigged So He Could Be President Again
Did Donald Trump admit in an Oval Office ceremony on March 7, 2025, that the 2024 election was rigged so that he could become president again? No, that's not true: President Trump was claiming the 2020 presidential election won by Joe Bid
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: DOGE Did NOT ‘Just Discover’ $2.7 Trillion In Improper Medicare And Medicaid Payments — GAO Did In 2024 And Not All Are Fraudulent, Nor Medicare/Medicaid
Did the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) subcommittee of the U.S. House of Representatives just discover $2.7 trillion in improper payments in Medicare and Medicaid overseas? No, that's not true: The report of trillions of dolla
PolitiFact→ Viral image – No, this video doesn’t show a North Carolina dam breaking Sept. 28, 2024
Video shows a dam breaking Sept. 28, 2024, in North Carolina.
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – ¿ICE arrestó a un hombre con una camisa que dice ‘Latinos for Trump 2024’? Esta foto fue editada
Imagen muestra a oficiales de inmigración arrestando a un hombre vestido con una camisa de “Latinos for Trump 2024”.
PolitiFact→ Viral image – Image of ICE officers arresting someone wearing a ‘Latinos for Trump 2024’ shirt was altered
Image shows immigration officers arresting someone wearing a “Latinos for Trump 2024” shirt in 2025.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Two January 6 Participants Were NOT Killed Within 24 Hours Of Each Other As Of January 29, 2025 — One Died In 2024
Did two people who participated in the January 6, 2021, riot at the Capitol die within 24 hours of one another in early 2025, after being pardoned for their actions by President Donald Trump? No, that's not true: Although police killed on
The Dispatch→ No, Donald Trump Did Not Say That He ‘Rigged’ the 2024 Election
A viral video misinterprets Trump’s own false claim that the 2020 was stolen.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show People Fleeing ICE Raid in January 2025 — Footage Predates September 2024
Does a video show people in January 2025 fleeing from a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement raid? No, that's not true: The video shows men running near a construction site in 2024 or earlier. The building seen in the video was finish
The Dispatch→ A Claim About 2024 Senate Elections in Swing States Is False
Democratic Senate nominees did not win in all of the swing states.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Trump Saying 2024 Presidential Election Was ‘Rigged’
Does a video show President Donald Trump saying that the 2024 presidential election was rigged with the help of Elon Musk? No, that's not true: In the speech excerpted in the video, Trump's remark about rigging referred to the 2020 presid
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – Clip doesn’t show ‘Israeli tourists celebrating’ Los Angeles fires. It shows a 2024 Switzerland fire
Video shows “Israeli tourists celebrating” the Los Angeles wildfires.
PolitiFact→ Donald Trump – Congress certified Trump’s 2024 win. The next day, he falsely said votes were still being counted.
“They’re still counting the (2024 election) vote in some areas.”
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: FBI DID Unlock Phone Of Alleged Trump Shooter Thomas Matthew Crooks, In July 2024
Have investigators been unable to unlock the phone of Thomas Matthew Crooks, the gunman in the attempted assassination of Donald Trump, as of January 6, 2025? No, that's not true: The FBI announced in July 2024 that they had successfully
PolitiFact→ Threads posts – No, 22 states didn’t fail to certify the 2024 presidential election
“22 states will not be certifying the (2024) election.”
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: All 50 States, DC, DID Submit Electoral College Certificates For 2024 Election
Did 22 states fail to upload their Electoral College certifications, which were needed to certify election results on January 6, 2025? No, that's not true: The National Archives confirmed that all 50 states and the District of Columbia su
Full Fact→ Video of church being attacked in West Bank not from Christmas 2024
A clip of people throwing stones at a church near Bethlehem has been shared with misleading captions claiming it is a recent incident.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO Evidence Dick Cheney Died In December 2024
Did former Vice President of the United States Dick Cheney die at 83 on December 30, 2024? No, that's not true: The social media account that reported this story has "parody artist" in its X bio and calls its posts "bait." A Google News s
FactCheck.org→ Our Most Popular Articles in 2024
We wrote about a lot of misinformation in 2024, and, as usual, some fact-checking articles piqued our readers’ interest more than others. In this post, we present the 10 most popular stories published on our website this past year. Perhaps to
The Dispatch→ A Selection of Our Best Stuff From 2024
In-depth reporting and analysis on the stories that shaped this crazy year.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show ‘Turkish Commandos’ Swearing To Hunt Down ‘USA/Israel’s Terrorists’ In December 2024
Does a video show "Turkish commandos" swearing to hunt down "USA/Israel's terrorists" in December 2024? No, that's not true: Lead Stories Turkish-speaking staff confirmed that the uniformed people shown in the footage did not mention the
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Document Drone Crash In New York City On Christmas Eve 2024 — Video Is An AI Fake
Did a large drone crash in New York City on Christmas Eve 2024 as claimed by a video posted on X? No, that's not true: There are several clues in the video that point to it being AI-generated and the account that posted it published sever
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Israeli Air Strike On Houthi Positions In Yemen During Hannukah 2024 — It Was July 2024
Does a video show Israeli air strikes targeting Houthi infrastructure in Yemen during Hanukkah 2024? No, that's not true: An Israeli journalist, Hananya Naftali, published this video on July 20, 2024, which predated Hanukkah by more than
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NYPD Has NOT Released ID Of Woman Set On Fire On Subway Car As Of December 24, 2024
Has the New York Police Department released the identity of a woman set on fire on a New York subway car as "Amelia Carter" as of December 24, 2024? No, that's not true: An agency spokesperson told Lead Stories that as of this writing, th
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Elon Musk Did NOT Purchase Boeing As Of December 24, 2024
Did Elon Musk say that he bought Boeing? No, that's not true: Musk did not announce the purchase on X, and Boeing published no such information as of this writing. No information about this supposed post has been reported on the website o
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Toronto Menorah Did NOT Get Deliberately Knocked Down On December 19, 2024
Did a menorah get deliberately knocked down on December 19, 2024, in Toronto, as a social media post implied? No, that's not true: Toronto police confirmed to Lead Stories that a car accident resulted in the menorah being knocked down tha
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Germany Did NOT Decriminalize Child Pornography Possession In 2024
Did Germany decriminalize the possession of child pornography in 2024? No, that's not true: Possession of child pornography in Germany remains a crime as of this publication. However, in some cases, German lawmakers in May 2024 reduced th
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Jim Carrey Was NOT Dead As Of December 15, 2024
Has actor Jim Carrey died as of December 15, 2024? No, that's not true: The actor was seen alive in public following the publication of an article that reported his supposed death. The website that published this article contained other a