A quote attributed to the new Pope is circulating widely online, but we could find no evidence he actually said this.
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Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Australian Man Was Not Filmed Being Arrested For Trying To Take AU$5,000 From His Bank Account
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Fake Headline About ‘Pakistan Air Force’ Being ‘Undisputed King Of The Skies’ Did NOT Appear In Daily Telegraph
Did UK newspaper The Daily Telegraph publish a story headlined "Pakistan Air Force: The Undisputed King Of The Skies"? No, that's not true: A viral image showing such a title has been fabricated, no such article appeared on the website of
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Posts About Suspects ‘Kelvin Buckland’ And ‘Malena Renae Mason’ Being On The Run In May 2025 Are NOT Authentic Warnings
Do posts about suspects "Kelvin Buckland" and "Malena Renae Mason" being on the run offer a genuine warning for the members of various local communities? No, that's not true: Such posts were later flipped to promote rental deals. If peopl
Full Fact→ The government hasn’t published data to support its claim about the NHS App stopping 1.5 million appointments being missed
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Lindsey Graham DID Post On X About Trump Being Open To The Possibility Of Becoming Pope — Included ‘Trump MMXXVIII’ Slogan
Did Senator Lindey Graham post on X about President Trump being open to the possibility of becoming Pope? Yes, that's true: Even though there was doubt screenshots showing such a post were real, Graham did post it. The message included th
Full Fact→ No, a huge statue of Jesus is not being built outside the White House
A video which appears to show a large statue of Jesus Christ under construction in Washington is fake and likely an AI-creation.
Full Fact→ Video of police officers being assaulted is from Australia, not England
Misleading claims that the footage showed an incident in the UK have been circulating on social media.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Marjorie Taylor Greene DID Post ‘Evil is Being Defeated’ After Death of Pope Francis
Did Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene post that "evil is being defeated", shortly after the death of Pope Francis was announced on April 21, 2025? Yes, that's true: Screenshots of the X post were shared widely online, especially among those cri
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Satire Story About FBI Agents Involved In Mar-a-Lago Raid Being Fired And Stripped Of Pension Originated As Left-Wing Trolling
Is there a real news story saying every FBI agent involved in the Mar-a-Lago raid was fired and did they have their pensions stripped? No, that's not true: A meme making that claim originated on a Facebook page with a satire disclaimer. T
PolitiFact→ Donald Trump – Fact-checking Donald Trump on whether automobile plants are ‘being built at levels we’ve never seen’
“We have automobile plants being built at levels we've never seen … and they're going up fast.”
Full Fact→ MPs are being given a pay rise of 2.8%, not 28%
The independent body that sets MPs’ pay has announced an increase for the next financial year—but some on social media have claimed it’s going up by much more than it really is.
Full Fact→ Video does not show mosque being torn down in China
The footage actually shows a building being demolished in a theme park in Indonesia.
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: AI Video Of Cybertruck Being Crushed By Excavator Originated On TikTok Account Promoting AI Video Creation Training And Tools
Does a viral video genuinely show a Tesla Cybertruck being crushed by a digger or excavator? No, that's not true: According to a detection tool, the video was generated using AI. The account that originally posted it has published several
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: DOGE DID Cancel The Contract Of A Texas Nonprofit That Was Being Paid $18 Million Per Month For 3,000 Empty Shelter Berths
Did DOGE find a nonprofit that was being paid $18 million per month? Yes, that's true: An NBC San Antonio investigation confirmed that a local nonprofit was being paid $18 million per month by the federal government for migrant family fac
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Trump’s Address To Joint Session of Congress IS Being Aired By CNN On March 4, 2025
Will President Trump's Address to the Joint Session of Congress on March 4, 2025, not be aired by CNN? No, that's not true: The CNN TV programming schedule shows the address will air live at 9 p.m. Eastern Standard Time. The schedule has
The Dispatch→ When the Truth Is Simple but Being Truthful Is Complicated
Courage is in short supply across the spectrum.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: AI Video Of Cross Being Installed In Oval Office By President Trump Shows Ghostly Worker And Non-Existent Building
Does a video authentically show a wooden cross being installed in the Oval Office? No, that's not true: A viral video captioned "Trump becomes 1st sitting U.S. President to install a cross in the Oval Office" showed some traces of being g
Full Fact→ The higher rate income tax threshold isn’t being reduced to £37,701
Posts shared on social media have wrongly claimed that new tax thresholds will mean you have to pay income tax at a rate of 40% on earnings above £37,000.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: AI Generated Videos Of 200-Foot Jesus Statue Being Placed On White House Lawn Contain Visible Mistakes
Do two viral videos authentically show a 200-foot statue of Jesus Christ being placed on the grounds of the White House in Washington? No, that's not true: Both videos were possibly generated using AI according to online detection tools,
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Edited Video Captioned ‘Boo The Bastard’ Does NOT Show Trump Being Booed At 2025 Super Bowl — Old Video, Audio Added
Did a video captioned "BOO THE BASTARD" authentically show President Donald Trump being booed at the Super Bowl in 2025? No, that's not true: The video was uploaded to TikTok days before the 2025 Super Bowl with a caption encouraging view
Full Fact→ Picture of man wearing ‘Latinos for Trump’ t-shirt being detained by immigration enforcement has been edited
The image has been circulating widely on social media with captions such as ‘Karma’—but it has been edited.
Full Fact→ Are this year’s local elections being ‘cancelled’?
Some councils have asked to delay elections until 2026 due to a reorganisation of local government, but we don’t yet know which will be postponed.
Full Fact→ Footage of 2011 Japan tsunami being shared as recent
Posts on social media suggest the footage was taken following recent tsunami warnings, which have since been lifted.
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – No, 60 Oregon fire trucks aren’t ‘being held up in Sacramento for emissions testing’
“Oregon sent 60 fire trucks to California to help with the fires, but they’re being held in Sacramento for emissions testing.”
PolitiFact→ X posts – No, this video doesn’t show directed energy weapons being used amid the Los Angeles wildfires
Video shows directed energy weapons starting fires in California.
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.”
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.
PolitiFact→ Threads posts – Purported Jimmy Carter quote about evangelical Christianity being ‘hijacked’ is from 2005 paraphrase
President Jimmy Carter verbatim said, “evangelical Christianity has been hijacked by people who would have given Jesus himself the boot if he knocked on their door.”
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Coca-Cola Truck Found ‘Full Of Children’ being trafficked — It Was Police Holiday Toy Drive
Does a video show a Coca-Cola truck found "full of children" being trafficked? No, that's not true: "It's fake news," a spokesperson for the Davenport, Iowa, Police Department told Lead Stories. The video shows the Davenport Police Depart
Full Fact→ Clip shows US Navy testing, not pirates being shot at
The clip has more than 2,000 shares on social media with claims it shows pirates being shot at.
Full Fact→ No, a ‘jail’ is not being built in front of the White House
A false claim is being widely shared online that a stand being erected next to the White House is a prison, when it’s nothing of the kind. It’s the traditional presidential inauguration viewing stand.
PolitiFact→ Threads posts – No, Taylor Swift didn’t say this quote about Elon Musk being ‘radicalized by his own algorithm’
Says Taylor Swift said, “Elon Musk, the first human in history, to be radicalized by his own algorithm.”
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: FBI Did NOT Warn About Illegal Printers Being Used To Make Passports To Vote Remotely
Did the FBI put out a warning on X about illegal printers being used to make passports for remote early voting? No, that's not true: There is no evidence that the FBI released such a warning. The FBI did release a warning against the "ina
PolitiFact→ Threads posts – Claim about AOC being worth $29 million is still Pants on Fire!
"AOC is worth 29 Million dollars! How did that happen, on $174,000 per year?
The Dispatch→ Video of Trump-Marked Pennsylvania Ballots Being Torn Up Is Not Real
It has been linked to a Russian-based influence operation.
Full Fact→ Weight loss drug trial isn’t being funded with public money
The five-year tirzepatide trial is being funded in full by a pharmaceutical company called Lilly, not the taxpayer.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Kamala Harris Drunk While Talking About Being ‘A Joyful Warrior’ — Video Is Altered
Does a video clip going viral on social media show Vice President Kamala Harris intoxicated while speaking about being "a joyful warrior"? No, that's not true: In the original video Harris can be heard speaking normally. Multiple AI detec
PolitiFact→ Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee – Did Wisconsin U.S. Senate candidate brag about “being in the 1%”? His campaign doesn’t deny it
Says Wisconsin GOP U.S. Senate candidate Eric Hovde "brags about being in the 1%."