Did President Joe Biden misspeak while addressing a picket line of striking United Auto Workers (UAW) in Michigan on September 26, 2023, saying that while he had marched in other UAW picket lines it was the "first time I've ever done it i
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Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Prove Ukraine Uses ‘New Body Armor Designed For Its Pregnant Women Fighters’ — It’s Just For Female Military Personnel
Does a viral video prove that Ukraine now employs bulletproof vests specifically made for "pregnant women fighters"? No, that's not true: The post on social media misleads audiences about the new body armor's design -- it was made not for
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: CDC Did NOT Confirm 143,233% Increase in ‘Turbo-Cancers’ Due to ‘mRNA Jabs’
Did the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) confirm a "143,233% increase in turbo-cancers due to mRNA jabs," including COVID-19 vaccines? No, that's not true: A CDC spokesperson confirmed to Lead Stories that "There is no evi
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Bill Clinton And Pope Francis Did NOT Call For ‘Urgent Depopulation’ To Save The Planet
Did Bill Clinton and Pope Francis call for "urgent depopulation" to save the planet? No, that's not true: The pope and former President Clinton had a public conversation in September 2023 during the Clinton Global Initiative 2023 meeting
The Dispatch→ Footage Depicting Combat Between Russia and Ukraine Is Actually From Video Games
Facebook users are sharing the clips as though they are real.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Picture Does NOT Show Sen. Rand Paul In Bathrobe — It’s AI-Generated
Did Senator Rand Paul show up to work at the U.S. Capitol barefoot wearing a red bathrobe as an apparent comment on a change to the Senate's dress code? No, that's not true: This is an AI-generated image. The poster of this on X admitted
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Photo Of Barrels On A Plane Shows Ballast Tanks Used For Load Testing — Center Of Gravity Tests Are Not Mysterious
Does a photo of barrels inside the fuselage of a plane show anything strange or is it legitimately unclear what they are for? Nope, these are just water ballast tanks that allow a test plane to be loaded with weight which can be distribut
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Vast Majority of 100K ‘Severe’ Side Effects Per 1M Vaxed Teens NOT Deadly/Permanent — Soreness, Fever, Nausea, Headache
Does data from a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) briefing from September 2023 show that mRNA COVID vaccines "CAUSE 100,000-200,000 severe side effects" for every one million shots given to "teens"? Yes, that's the label o
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: China Did NOT Ban ‘All iPhones,’ As Of September 25, 2023
Did China pass a law formally prohibiting the use of "all iPhones" in the country? No, that's not true: No credible sources reported about the purported piece of legislation; China's officials denied the existence of such a law, and then,
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Deutsche Welle Did NOT Report That Poles Use Wi-Fi Network Names ‘Offensive’ To Ukrainian Refugees In Poland
Did the German public broadcaster Deutsche Welle (DW) report that Poles have started to rename their Wi-Fi networks to insult Ukrainian refugees in Poland? No, that's not true: Both DW and the Ukrainian government refuted the claim. A Lea
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show FEMA ‘Concentration Camp’ In Hawaii — It Shows Housing Development For Homeless Veterans
Does a social-media video show a Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) "concentration camp" in Hawaii? No, this is not true: This video, according to a FEMA spokesperson, shows a project with which FEMA is not affiliated at all. The
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Sen. Cory Booker Did NOT Wear Pink Booty Shorts At Capitol After Dress Code Change — It’s Satire
Did New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker wear pink booty shorts at the Capitol after the Senate changed its dress code? No, that's not true: The account that posted the image of Booker in hot pink shorts is clearly labeled satire. It later posted
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Sen. John Fetterman Has NOT Lost His Tattoos — Some Cherry-Picked Screenshots Don’t Show Them
Do photos of Pennsylvania Sen. John Fetterman show that he lost his forearm tattoos? No, that's not true: Two screenshots taken from videos of Fetterman reacting to a question in an animated manner do not show his tattoos, but the tattoos
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Lakes Are NOT Man-Made Features Used To Cover Artifacts Of A ‘Tartarian’ Empire Wiped Out By ‘Mud Flood’
Are all lakes man-made to cover up ruins of an ancient civilization? No, that's not true: While there are some man-made lakes, ponds and reservoirs, lakes are also naturally formed features created over time through several geological pro
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Pfizer Did NOT Just Agree To Pay $2.3 Billion In Largest Health Care Fraud Settlement In DOJ History — Happened In 2009, Unrelated to C-19 Vaccine
Did Pfizer recently agree to pay $2.3 billion for medical fraud, the largest health care fraud settlement in the history of the U.S. Department of Justice and was this related to Covid-19 vaccination? No, that's not true: Pfizer did agree
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Horror Video Is NOT Real Case Of Girl Knocking On Stranger’s Door To Escape Creepy Guy Claiming He Is Her Husband
Does a social-media video of a young woman knocking on a door in distress to seek shelter from a male stalker, who claims to be her husband, depict an actual event? No, that's not true: It's a staged skit. The video, which features actors
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: ‘Glory To Urine’ Was NOT Displayed On A Large LED Billboard Near New York City’s Times Square — Video Manipulation
Did an LED billboard at the corner of 42nd Street and 8th Avenue in Manhattan feature the words "Glory to Urine" against a waving blue-and-yellow Ukrainian flag to welcome Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to New York City for the U
PolitiFact→ Fact-check: You can eat a burger and fries for less than $78 at Newark airport
New York Times columnist David Brooks said a Newark Airport meal cost him $78, posting a photo of a burger, fries and a drink. He referenced a “terrible” economy, but there are cheaper options.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: COVID-19 Vaccines Have NOT ‘Killed 20 Million People’
Have COVID-19 vaccines "killed 20 million people" since their rollout? No, that's not true: The article making this claim cited a 2022 study that estimated COVID vaccines had saved -- not killed -- nearly 20 million lives in the first yea
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Photo Does NOT Show Ukraine’s Former Defense Minister ‘After His Resignation … On A Yacht’ — Photo Is Old
Does a photo on social media prove that Ukraine's former minister of defense Oleksii Reznikov went to Europe to enjoy "successful earnings" right after leaving his job in September 2023? No, that's not true: Reznikov posted that image on
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Garlic Is NOT A ‘Fake Food’
Is garlic a "fake food"? No, that's not true: A nutrition expert confirmed to Lead Stories that "Garlic is a real food." The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) also recognizes garlic as a food that is safe for human consumption. The claim
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: FEMA Does NOT Have Prison Camp Just Outside Fairbanks, Alaska, That Can Hold Up To 2 Million People
Does FEMA have a prison camp just outside Fairbanks, Alaska, that can hold up to 2 million people at a time? No, that's not true: "That is absolutely false," an official of the Federal Emergency Management Agency told Lead Stories. The ag
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Nikki Haley Did NOT Shed Her Birth Name — ‘Nikki’ And ‘Haley’ Have Both Been Her Legal Names
Did former South Carolina governor and Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley shed her birth name? No, that's not true: Haley, whose birth name is Nimrata (also spelled "Nimarata") Nikki Randhawa, has explained that the middle name
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show ‘An F-35B Fighter Jet Crashing Near Charleston, South Carolina’
Does a video on TikTok capture the moment of the F-35B crash in South Carolina on September 17, 2023? No, that's not true: the clip does not accurately portray the location. It was originally published by an account specializing in sharin
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – FEMA’s emergency alert test won’t activate graphene oxide in people
An emergency broadcast system test will “send a specific high-frequency signal … with the intention of activating graphene oxide” in people.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show ‘Tornado Daniel’ In Libya — It’s Florida Storm Scene With Special Effects Added
Does this video show "Tornado Daniel" hitting Benghazi, Libya? No, that's not true: This video is a combination of a Floridian storm setting with visual effects added. The buildings and fallen tree are from a tornado tracker's YouTube cha
AllSides→ FactChecking Trump on ‘Meet the Press’
https://www.factcheck.org/2023/09/factchecking-trump-on-meet-the-press/ Kristen Welker’s first week a
AllSides→ No, Congress Did Not Call for an Investigation Into Elon Musk’s Actions Regarding Starlink and Crimea
https://checkyourfact.com/2023/09/14/fact-check-congress-investigation-musks-starlink-crimea/ A post s
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO Evidence FEMA Emergency Test Will Cause DNA Damage By Activating ‘Nanoparticles Including Graphene Oxide’
Is there evidence that the next FEMA emergency test will not really be a test but a cover for the government to send high-frequency signals activating "nanoparticles including graphene oxide" into phones, TVs and radios, possibly causing
FactCheck.org→ FactChecking Trump on ‘Meet the Press’
Kristen Welker’s first week as the new moderator of NBC’s “Meet the Press” featured an interview with former President Donald Trump, and she was busy trying to push back on his numerous false and misleading statements. Here
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Tucker Carlson ‘Broke In Tears’ While Speaking On Antarctica
Does this video show that political commentator Tucker Carlson "broke in tears" talking about Antarctica? No, that's not true: This video does not show Carlson crying while talking about Antarctica. The Facebook video merely shows clips o
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: US Military Did NOT Arrest Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen
Did the U.S. Army arrest U.S. Secretary of the Treasury Janet Yellen for committing treason? No, that's not true: The website where this claim was made has a disclaimer that states it publishes satirical content. The U.S. military is cur
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Reuters Did NOT Publish 2024 Election Polling Numbers — They Were Created On Interactive Website
Did Reuters publish 2024 presidential election polling numbers that heavily favored former president and current candidate Donald Trump? No, that's not true: Reuters has debunked the fake numbers and a map associated with the numbers. The
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show ‘Real Alien’ Examination — This Is Clip From Adult Film ‘Roswell UFO’
Does this video show a military medical specialist examining a living alien in a laboratory setting at Area 51 in southern Nevada, or elsewhere, perhaps in New Mexico? No, that's not true: This video clip is not evidence of alien life. It
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NYPD Officers Did NOT Arrest Two Young People For Sleeping Near Times Square — They Were Charged With Theft
Did "undercover NYPD" officers "arrest two young people for sleeping on the concrete blocks a short distance from Times Square"? No, that's not true: the persons in question were not trying to sleep in a noisy, well-lit area on top of con
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: American F-35 Did NOT Land In Cuba
Does a social media post prove that a U.S. F-35 fighter jet landed safely "at the Chinese base in Cuba"? No, that's not true: The debris of an F-35 that vanished in September 2023 was found after a daylong search; its pilot had safely eje
PolitiFact→ Social Media – Video shows Sen. John Fetterman, not a body double, with tattoos intact
Video proves Sen. John Fetterman has a body double.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Biden’s Family Did NOT Say He Died And Was Replaced By Actor In 2019
Did President Joe Biden's family say he died and was replaced by an actor in 2019? No, that's not true: This article and accompanying video from The People's Voice is baseless. There is no member of the Biden family who has claimed that J
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: California Bill Does NOT Make It Illegal To Confront Or Fight Back Against Looters, Burglars And Shoplifters
Does California Senate Bill 553 make it illegal to confront or fight back against looters, burglars and shoplifters? No, that's not true: California SB 553 does not fine employees who confront shoplifters, the senator who sponsored the bi
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: WEF Does NOT Call For ‘COVID Concentration Camps’ To Jail Those Who Question Official Narrative
Did the World Economic Forum (WEF) call on governments to establish "COVID concentration camps" globally for individuals who do not comply with the "official narrative" related to COVID-19? No, that's not true: A WEF representative called