Does a viral image show a real journalistic article saying that Melania Trump used to work as a recreational drug seller at a New York City gay bar in the 1990s? No, that's not true: The writers named in the shared byline did not work tog
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Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Article, Video Do NOT Prove Crowds Chanted ‘Mass Murderer’ At Bill Gates During WEF Visit
Is there credible evidence that crowds chanted "mass murderer" at Bill Gates when he attended the 2026 annual World Economic Forum meeting in Davos, Switzerland? No, that's not true: The article that first made the claim didn't contain an
Full Fact→ Fake ‘BBC’ article falsely claims that Martin Lewis has been arrested
The page features a fake image probably generated with AI, and also falsely claims Martin Lewis is endorsing a new AI trading platform.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: FAKE Quote From Charli XCX Article ‘The Death of Cool’ About God And Gender Roles — University Of Oklahoma Student Essay
Did singer Charli XCX write an article titled "The Death of Cool" about God and gender roles? No, that's not true: The passage attributed to Charli XCX on social media is taken from an essay by a University of Oklahoma student about God a
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Fake AP Screenshot About Ghislaine Maxwell’s Golden Retriever And Horse Bubba — No Such Article
Did the Associated Press publish a fact check titled 'No, Ghislaine Maxwell did not own a horse named "Bubba"' and did it mention her having a golden retriever at the time? No, that's not true: A viral screenshot showing such a headline a
Full Fact→ Daily Mail corrects article about Covid vaccines and cancer
The article wrongly said a study claimed to have found proof the vaccines raised the risk of getting several types of cancer.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: People Magazine Did NOT Publish An Image Of Trump As Marie Antoinette With Article About White House Ballroom Construction
Did People magazine publish a satirical image of Donald Trump dressed like Marie Antoinette to illustrate an article about the White House Ballroom construction project? No, that's not true: People magazine illustrated the article with a
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Photo Of Rooftop Sniper Is NOT Related To Charlie Kirk Shooting — Appeared In A 2019 Onion Article
Does a photo circulating on social media show the rooftop sniper who shot Charlie Kirk? No, that's not true: The photo in question, showing an overcast sky and a sniper wearing a ski mask and parka, is not associated with the shooting tha
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: FAKE Article Describes Elon Musk Building Hope Haven, A Sanctuary For Homeless Families — Details of this Clickbait Story Are False
Did Elon Musk buy a crumbling shelter in Los Angeles where he had volunteered as a teenager in order to rebuild it as Hope Haven, a sanctuary for homeless families? No, that's not true: Elon Musk never volunteered at a shelter in Californ
Full Fact→ Fake Daily Mail article about government considering banning England flags circulates online
A screenshot of the fake article has been shared widely amid a movement to raise St George’s and Union Jack flags in public spaces across the UK.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Article II Section 4 Of The U.S. Constitution Does NOT Say All Officers Will Be Removed If The President Is Impeached For Treason
Does the Constitution of the United States say, in Article II Section 4, "If the president is impeached for treason, the vice president and all civil officers shall be removed."? No, that's not true: The quote appearing in a social media
Full Fact→ Fake Daily Mail article about Netanyahu mural resembling Hitler shared online
The fake article was created by an Australian street artist as satire, but screenshots have circulated without this context.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: U.S. Constitution’s Article 1 Sections 9 And 10 WERE Deleted From Congress Website — Library Of Congress Blames ‘Coding Error’
Did sections of the U.S. Constitution concerning habeas corpus and the powers of Congress disappear from the U.S. Congress website before August 6, 2025? Yes, that's true: Archived versions of the pages recorded the changes that omitted s
Full Fact→ Fake Yvette Cooper Guardian article circulates online
The home secretary did not write a column headlined: “If you suspect a family member, a neighbour, a friend or a work colleague of being Far-Right please inform the police immediately”.
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: Fox News DID Refer To Trump As ‘Former President’ In Article About Musk Clash — Probably Typo
Did Fox News refer to President Donald Trump as "Former president" on their website? Yes, that's true: The phrase appeared in the subheading of a breaking news story about the allegations Elon Musk had been making against Trump. The subhe
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Karoline Leavitt NOT Lectured By Morgan Freeman About Racism And Inequality On Live TV — Fictional Viral Article
Did actor Morgan Freeman "mercilessly" lecture White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt on the topics of racism and inequality on live TV? No, that's not true: The story about the fictional TV-studio encounter was published by an anon
Full Fact→ Fake Nigel Farage article supporting means-tested pensions shared online
The screenshot, made to look like it has been published by the Telegraph, has been edited. No such article exists.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: New York Times Article Did NOT Fail to Mention Nascimento Blair’s Kidnapping Conviction and Prison Sentence
Did the New York Times fail to mention Nascimento Blair's kidnapping conviction and prison sentence in an April 2025 article about his deportation from the United States to Jamaica? No, that's not true: the authors mentioned the convictio
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: FAKE Guardian Article Screenshot Demanding ‘Next Pope Must Be Muslim’ Originated On Satire Account
Did the U.K. newspaper The Guardian publish an opinion column withe the headline "The next Pope must be Muslim or there will be violence on the streets of Europe" by Yasmin Alibhai-Brown, in April 2025? No, that's not true: A screenshot t
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: FAKE CNN Screenshot Shows Article About ‘Young Black Entrepreneur’ Karmelo Anthony Written By Fictitious ‘Barry Mdikkin’
Is there a real article written by "Barry Mdikkin" titled "Teen Tycoon: Young Black Entrepreneur Karmelo Anthony Nears Millionaire Status Before Graduation" on CNN's website? No, that's not true: A Google search for the article title limi
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Warren Buffett Did NOT Publish ‘Sell American. I Am.’ Opinion Article — Joke Screenshot
Did investor Warren Buffett publish an opinion article titled "Sell American. I Am" on April 11, 2025? No, that's not true: A viral image purporting to be a screenshot of such an article was created as a joke according to the account that
Full Fact→ Article about migrants housed in luxury hotel in Ireland shared as if it is in the UK
While there have been similar reports in the UK, the article being shared is about a specific case in Ireland.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Fake Wikipedia Screenshot Of ‘Great Leap Backward’ Article — No Such Page
Is there a real Wikipedia page titled "Great Leap Backward" describing the opening months of President Trump's second term? No, that's not true: A screenshot of such a page appears to have been created by digitally editing the page about
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Warren Buffett DID NOT Acquire Elon Musk’s Tesla for $1 Trillion in Cash — April Fools Article
Did investor Warren Buffett pay $1 trillion in cash to acquire Elon Musk's Tesla Motors company? No, that's not true: The story originated as an April Fools joke and went viral online. No actual news websites reported on any such investme
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO Credible Public Reports Said Elon Musk Was In Talks To Buy Cincinnati Bengals In March 2025 — Claim Appeared In AI Fake Article
Was Elon Musk reported in March 2025 to be in talks to buy the Cincinnati Bengals for $15 billion and had reports "surfaced" that Bengals President Mike Brown was considering the offer? No, that's not true: The content of the article maki
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: FAKE Vogue Headline Claims Disney Blamed ‘Russian Troll Farms’ for ‘Snow White’ Opening Weekend — No Such Article
Did Vogue magazine publish an article on March 21, 2025, with the headline "Disney Confirms Russian Troll Farms At Heart of Bad Snow White Opening Weekend"? No, that's not true: a fake screenshot shared online was the result of digital ma
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth Did NOT Declassify All ‘Benghazi Files’ — Satire Article
Did Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announce the release of something called the "Benghazi Files"? No, that's not true: The "news" about the announcement originated on a website with a clear satire disclaimer. It is run by a man known for
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: BBC Did NOT Publish Article About King Charles III Being ‘In Critical Condition’ On March 18, 2025
Did the BBC publish an article about King Charles III being in "critical condition" on March 18, 2025? No, that's not true: Neither live nor archived versions of the BBC website contained that report. Buckingham Palace did not make the pu
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: DoD Website Removes And Then Restores Article About Medal Of Honor Recipient Charles Calvin Rogers — DoD Responds
Did the website of the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) remove an article about Army Major General Charles Calvin Rogers who received the Medal of Honor for his actions in Vietnam? Here's what we know: The 2021 article now appears on the
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: AI Article Claims The View Was ‘Officially Cancelled’ After Decades On Air — No Such Announcement Was Made
Was the TV show "The View" officially cancelled after decades on air, as a viral article claimed? No, that's not true: The story appears to have been written using AI and was published on an anonymously registered website that lists no ow
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Reporter Katherine Long Who Broke DOGE Employee Resignation Story Did NOT Work For USAID When Article Was Published
Did Katherine Long, the reporter who broke a news story about the resignation of a DOGE employee work for USAID when the story was published in February 2025? No, that's not true: The reporter in question was previously employed by an org
Full Fact→ Bill Gates did not write an article about using ‘forced vaccines’ for depopulation
We can find no evidence that Mr Gates has written or said anything about reducing the population with forced vaccines.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: FAKE Article Describes Elon Musk Helping Child — Clickbait Story With Fictional Origin
Did an article accurately report that Elon Musk bought a gift for a child whose mother, a Starbucks cashier, was "struggling to buy a gift for her daughter"? No, that's not true: An article linked in the post that made this claim included
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: AOC And Jamie Raskin Did NOT File Articles Of Impeachment Against Trump In January 2025
Did Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Jamie Raskin file articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump in January 2025 for his pardons of January 6 participants? No, that's not true: There was no such filing. Neither the represen
PolitiFact→ Threads posts – No, AOC and Jamie Raskin didn’t file articles of impeachment against Trump over his Jan. 6 pardons
Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Jamie Raskin “have filed articles of impeachment against President Trump for pardoning the J6 prisoners.”
Full Fact→ Fake Owen Jones article in the Guardian on ‘Palestine Pride’ shared online
Owen Jones did not write an opinion piece for the Guardian headlined “Diversity and inclusion is in the heart of all Palestinians. Gaza will one day host the world’s largest Pride parade”.
Full Fact→ No, a BBC article didn’t claim that Angela Rayner is replacing Rachel Reeves as chancellor
The BBC says no such article was produced by the corporation.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Article Does NOT Prove WEF ‘Demanded’ That General Public Get ‘Mass-Vaccinated’ Twice A Year With mRNA
Does an article prove that the World Economic Forum "demanded" that the general public be "mass-vaccinated" twice a year with "long-acting mRNA injections"? No, that's not true: The organization told Lead Stories this was "entirely false.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO Evidence Of Headline Saying ‘Why Didn’t The Unvaccinated Do More To Warn Us’ — And NO Evidence Of Any Such Article
Is there an authentic article with a headline that reads, "They knew: why didn't the unvaccinated do more to warn us?" No, that's not true: There is no evidence that an article with this headline was ever actually published on a website.