Does an image circulating on social media accurately depict Elon Musk with a big belly, as if pregnant? No, that's not true: This image has been digitally edited. The source image, which was subjected to editing, was a still frame pulled
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Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Image Of Netanyahu On Ventilator In Hospital Is NOT Authentic
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – Image of Joe Biden in MAGA hat is not authentic image from Donald Trump’s Nov. 13 White House visit
Image shows Joe Biden and Trump meeting at the White House on Nov. 13.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Pennsylvania’s ABC News Affiliate WNEP-TV Did NOT Air Authentic Results Before 2024 General Election — It Was A Test
Is an ABC News affiliate's airing of apparent Pennsylvania election results that declared Vice President Kamala Harris the winner proof of election interference? No, that's not true: The station, WNEP-TV, already stated online that the di
PolitiFact→ Viral image – No, these aren’t authentic photos of Kamala Harris as a call girl
Photos show Vice President Kamala Harris when she was “a former call girl in California.”
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: AI-Generated Video Does NOT Provide Authentic Claim About Purported Sexual Assault Allegation Against Tim Walz
Does an authentic video show former Minnesota high school student "Matthew Metro" alleging that Tim Walz sexually assaulted him? No, that's not true: According to multiple AI video and audio detection tools, the video circulating on socia
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Social Media Posts Do NOT Provide Authentic Emails About A Purported Sexual Assault Allegation Against Tim Walz
Do X posts by the account @DocNetyoutube provide screenshots of authentic emails to prove a former student has alleged Tim Walz sexually abused him at a 1995 Indigo Girls concert? No, that's not true: There's strong evidence the screensho
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: FAKE Scene From ‘The Simpsons’ Shows Depiction Of Hurricane Milton — Authentic Scene Shows ‘Hurricane Barbara’
Did a scene from an episode of "The Simpsons" predict Hurricane Milton by showing that name on-screen during a Kent Brockman news broadcast segment? No, that's not true: A clip from the episode was altered to add the words "Hurricane Milt
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Repeat Posts About ‘Approximately 2 Years Old’ Boy Taken To Police Station Are NOT Authentic — Bait & Switch For Real Estate Ads
Are social media posts posting authentic information that police officers in various states have "no idea" where an "approximately 2 years old" boy who was found and taken to a police station lives? No, that's not true: Lead Stories has d
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Images Of ‘Disney World Destroyed By Hurricane Milton’ Are NOT Authentic — It’s AI-Generated Content From Website With Satire Label
Do viral images authentically capture the massive destruction caused by Hurricane Milton at the Walt Disney World Resort in Florida? No, that's not true: Those pictures were generated by AI and first posted on a website with a satire labe
PolitiFact→ Viral image – Recent hurricanes devastated U.S. communities, but this isn’t an authentic photo of a rescued child
An image shows a child affected by recent hurricanes in the United States.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Of Mother ‘Angrily Calling Her Child’s Teacher For Misgendering’ Is NOT Authentic — It’s Reenactment With Professional Actress
Does a viral video authentically capture a heated phone exchange between the mother of a 14-year-old transgender girl and her child's teacher who insists on using an incorrect pronoun to address the student? No, that's not true: The woman
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: ‘Weatherman Loses It Live On Air’ Video Is NOT Authentic — ‘Jim Acosted’ Is Comedian
Did a real weatherman named "Jim Acosted" break down and rant on air about his ex-wife, Helene, while discussing Hurricane Helene? No, that's not true: The "Jim Acosted" video is satirical and features a comedian playing a fictional weath
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Of Madonna, Beyonce, Britney Spears Supposedly Performing Satanic Rituals Is NOT Authentic — It’s AI
Does a viral video prove that Britney Spears, Madonna, Beyonce and other celebrities have performed satanic rituals? No, that's not true: The video was made up of still images generated by AI, according to AI detectors. The images contain
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Of ‘Drilling’ Cloud Does NOT Show Authentic UFO
Does a video showing a light-filled cloud "drilling through the firmament" show an authentic UFO? No, that's not true: There is no evidence that this footage exists outside of a few social media posts. The user who originally uploaded thi
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – Viral posts about a lost child separated from his mother aren’t authentic
Photos show a toddler “saved” by Deputy Tyler Cooper.
PolitiFact→ Threads posts – No, this isn’t an authentic Truth Social post from Donald Trump calling women ‘miserable’
Says Donald Trump said, “Women are miserable — not sexy, not safe.”
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Screenshot Does NOT Show Authentic Ryan Wesley Routh Instagram Account
Does a screenshot show an authentic Instagram account belonging to Ryan Wesley Routh, the man accused of an apparent assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump at Trump's golf course? No, that's not true: A spokesperson for Me
PolitiFact→ Viral image – No, this isn’t an authentic FBI post responding to X owner Elon Musk about assassination attempts
The FBI said it would “visit” Elon Musk for writing on X, “No one is even trying to assassinate Biden/Kamala.”
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Posts With 3-Year-Old Girl Found By ‘Deputy Amy Braidley’ Are NOT Authentic — Bait & Switch For Real Estate Ads
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Posts With Missing Teen ‘Seven Whiteman’ In Multiple Locations Are NOT Authentic — Bait & Switch For Real Estate Ads
Are social media posts about a teenager named "Seven Whiteman," who supposedly went missing in several locations simultaneously, authentic? No, that's not true: This bait-and-switch post flips to a real estate ad. While the teen in the po
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: ALTERED Video Closes NY Gov. Hochul’s Left Eye — Authentic Video Shows Both Eyes Normal
Does a video posted on X authentically show New York Gov. Kathy Hochul unable to open her left eye? No, that's not true: Lead Stories traced the clip back to its original version on YouTube, which showed Hochul with both eyes open and bli
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Posts About ‘Paul Ferrara, The Son Of A Local Police Officer’ Are NOT Authentic Missing Person Alerts
Are social media posts about 16-year-old "Paul Ferrara" genuine calls for help in a missing person case? No, that's not true: These posts were flipped to "rent-to-own" scam posts shortly after publication. The supposedly missing teenager
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Graphic Does NOT Show Authentic Fox News Poll With Veterans’ Support for Kamala Harris
Does a social media graphic showing overwhelming support among veterans for Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris reflect the results of an authentic Fox News poll? No, that's not true: A spokeswoman for Fox News told Lead Stori
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Posts With Same Lost Dog In Multiple Cities Are NOT Authentic — Bait & Switch For Real Estate Ads
Are social media posts about a fruitless three-day search to find the owners of a lost dog authentic? No, that's not true: These are bait-and-switch posts that flip to real estate ads. Identical images of a "really depressed" dog in a cag
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Jamaican ‘Certificate Of Birth’ Naming Kamala Harris Is NOT Authentic — Harris Was Born In California
Does a "certificate of birth" supposedly from Jamaica prove that Kamala Harris was not born in the United States, therefore making her ineligible to be president? No, that's not true: She was born in Oakland, California, in Alameda County
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Kamala Harris Communist Party ‘Membership Card’ Is NOT Authentic — Made With Online Prank Generator
Was Kamala Harris a card-carrying, dues-paying member of the Communist Party of Russia in 1984? No, that's not true: The "membership card" in a social media post is fake. A Russian prank-generating website offers this Communist Party card
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Authentically Depict DNC Attendees Chanting ‘Death To America’ — Audio Is Added
Does a video shared to X genuinely show attendees at the 2024 Democratic National Convention chanting "Death to America"? No, that's not true: The video on social media has added audio from a 2020 Black Lives Matter protest in Oakland, Ca
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: ‘JD Vance Full Family Kit’ Is NOT Authentic Organic Trend Among Trump Fans — Coordinated Stunt
Are Donald Trump and JD Vance supporters now carrying around specimen cups of Vance's semen marked "JD Vance Full Family Kit" to "mock democrats who can't start families" as shown in a series of photos being spread online? No, that's not
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – NFL to use facial authentication technology for credentialed workers, not ‘everyone at the game’
“The NFL will now use facial recognition at every stadium to verify the identity of everyone at the game.”
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Authentic Jordan Peterson Promotion Of ‘The Herbal Tablets’ Book
Did psychologist Jordan Peterson endorse a book called "The Herbal Tablets"? No, that's not true: An online analysis tool found with 97 percent confidence that the audio was generated by AI. The audio track was dubbed over a video clip fr
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Screenshot Of ‘Tim Walz’s Communist Agenda’ Is NOT Authentic FOX Business Web Page — It’s A Liberal Parody Of FOX
Does an authentic screenshot of the FOX Business website show FOX reporting that "Tim Walz's Communist Agenda" includes unsupervised female health decisions and school lunches for unemployed minors? No, that's not true: It's satire but se
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: INAUTHENTIC Image Shows Trump Supporters Wearing Diapers At The Republican National Convention In July 2024
Does an authentic photograph show supporters at the Republican National Convention wearing diapers for Donald Trump in July 2024? No, that's not true: A reverse image search revealed that the image originated on satire website The Shovel.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Social Media Posts Reporting Autistic Teen ‘Ivan Moore’ Missing Are NOT Authentic — They’re A Scam
Did a police department report that an autistic teen named "Ivan Moore" is missing? No, that's not true: The teen shown in social-media images captioned with this name is not urgently sought by any police department. This attention-grabbi
PolitiFact→ Viral image – No, this isn’t an authentic X post from Harris about Black Lives Matter
Says Kamala Harris tweeted, “It’s BLACK LIVES MATTER, not ‘Biden Loves Minors!’”
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Beach ‘Photo’ Of Kamala Harris With Epstein NOT Authentic
Did an authentic photo show Vice President Kamala Harris with Jeffrey Epstein, embracing at the beach? No, that's not true: Lead Stories ran the image through AI detection tool True Media, which found "substantial evidence" the image was
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Image Does NOT Show Authentic Instagram Account Of Trump Shooter Thomas Matthew Crooks With Epstein Bio
Is a bio page mentioning "Epstein" from the real Instagram account of Trump shooter Thomas Matthew Crooks? No, that's not true: A Meta spokesperson told Lead Stories the account was a copycat/fake account. The company told another fact-ch
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Posts About 3-Year-Old Boy Found Walking Alone Are NOT Authentic — It’s Scam Aimed At Collecting Personal Information
Do posts about a "little boy approximately 3 years old" found and "saved" by "Deputy Ryan Braidley" authentically describe a real-life situation? No, that's not true: Near-identical versions appeared on social media, claiming the rescue h
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO Evidence Video Shows Authentic Footage Of Hurricane Beryl In Cancun, Mexico, On July 5, 2024
Does a video compilation of clips showing extreme weather include authentic footage of Hurricane Beryl striking Cancun, Mexico, on July 5, 2024? No, there's no evidence that's true: At least two of the clips were available online before t
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Facebook Post About Missing ‘Granddaughter Sofia’ Is NOT Authentic — It’s Part Of Scam
Is there an active "silver alert" in July 2024 for a 5-year-old girl called "Sofia" who is missing in Edinburgh, Scotland, according to a post on Facebook? No, that's not true: A real estate ad later replaced similar versions of the post