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
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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.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Michael Jordan Did NOT Call For A Ban On The Pride Flag From US Schools And Sports — Article Is From Self-Described Satire Site
Did basketball great Michael Jordan call for a ban on the pride flag from U.S. schools and sports? No, that's not true: The website that published the article has a satire disclaimer and is known for publishing fabricated content. The art
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Musk Did NOT Promise ‘Major Shake Up’ At MSNBC And Did NOT Vow To Fire Joy Reid — It’s From Satire Article
Did Elon Musk promise a "major shake-up" at MSNBC, vowing to fire host Joy Reid, as a social media post said? No, that's not true: This first appeared in an article on a website with a satire disclaimer that's known for publishing fabrica
Full Fact→ Sun article about 550% ‘surge’ in grooming cases based on non-comparable data
A reported steep rise in cases may have been affected by a broader classification of grooming since 2017—as well as by changing rates of reporting.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Gordon Ramsay Did NOT ‘Boot’ Lia Thomas Out Of His Restaurant Saying ‘I Don’t Let Woke People Dine Here’ — It’s From Satire Article
Did celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay kick athlete Lia Thomas out of his restaurant, saying, "I don't let woke people dine here"? No, that's not true: This story originally appeared on a website with a satire disclaimer that's known for publis
Full Fact→ Guardian article suggesting white people should be treated last by the NHS is fake
A screenshot implying a columnist has argued white people should be at the back of the queue for NHS treatment has been shared online, but it’s not real.
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
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: FAKE Article Excerpt Says Baseball Player Juan Soto Joined Mets Due To Pro-Trump Views Of Yankees Teammates
Does a genuine news article accurately report that baseball player Juan Soto joined the New York Mets partly due to the pro-Trump views of his former Yankees teammates? No, that's not true: Soto's agent, Scott Boras, told Lead Stories suc
Full Fact→ ‘Edward Snowden’ article on HAARP is satire
Claims that Mr Snowden has revealed the High-frequency Active Auroral Research Program’s “sinister agenda” stem from a joke article published in 2013.
PolitiFact→ Social Media – No evidence Luigi Mangione published viral, deleted Substack article
Substack article shows manifesto of Luigi Mangione, the suspect in health care executive's killing.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Clickbait Article Does NOT Deliver Info On New Chick-fil-A Policies Or Boycotts
Did Chick-fil-A institute new policies that have people thinking they should boycott the fast-food chain? No, that's not true: There are no recent newsworthy Chick-fil-A policies that have resulted in calls for a boycott. The blog article
Full Fact→ Fake Guardian article on Gaza ‘rivalling Bradford’ shared online
Apsana Begum MP did not write an article for the Guardian with the headline “Gaza will rise from the ashes to become a city of the future to rival Bradford”.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: CNN Did NOT Publish Article Saying Over 75,000 Write-In Votes Went To ‘Hawk Tuah’ Or ‘Talk Tuah’
Did CNN publish an article saying more than 75,000 voters wrote in "Hawk Tuah" or "Talk Tuah" on their ballot papers? No, that's not true: Searches of the cnn.com website turned up no headlines containing the vulgar "Hawk Tuah" expression
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: The Atlantic Did NOT Publish Article Titled ‘How A Squirrel Became A Rallying Cry Of The Far Right’
Did The Atlantic publish an article with the title "How A Squirrel Became A Rallying Cry Of The Far Right"? No, that's not true: Lead Stories found no such story on the magazine's website. The X account that posted a fake screenshot of th
Full Fact→ Fake BBC article falsely claims Rachel Reeves has pledged to share ‘income from taxes’
An article about the Chancellor promoting an online investment scheme which has been mocked-up to appear as if it was published by BBC News is circulating on Facebook.