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Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Staged Video Shows Cop Attempting To Arrest Black Judge In Courtroom — Actors On A Set
Does a viral video really show a cop on his first day on the job trying to remove a black man from a courtroom until it turns out he is the judge? No, that's not true: The video appeared on a Facebook page associated with a company that r
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: FAKE Video Shows White Man at Zoo Arguing With Black Woman Over Anti-Trump Hat
Did a widely-shared video show a white man at a zoo, arguing with a Black woman over her anti-Donald Trump hat? No, that's not true: The people in the video were simply acting out a scripted scenario. The page that posted the sketch routi
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: FAKE Video Shows Nurse and Cops Falsely Accusing Black Man of Being Drunk in Hospital
Did a widely-shared video show a real nurse and police officers falsely accusing a Black man of being drunk, and calling him "Drunky McDrunk Pants? No, that's not true: The people in the video were simply acting out a scripted scenario. T
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: FAKE Video Shows Black Undercover FBI Agent ‘Schooling’ Cop On the Law at Supermarket
Did a widely-shared video show a Black undercover FBI agent "schooling" a police officer in a supermarket after the officer stopped and questioned him at the checkout? No, that's not true: The people in the video were simply acting out a
News Facts Network→ Oregon House Passes Resolution Honoring Black Drag Performers
On the eve of Juneteenth and during Pride Month, the Oregon House adopted a resolution...
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: FAKE Video Shows Cops Handcuffing Black Undercover FBI Agent at Restaurant
Did a widely-shared video show real police officers handcuffing a Black man in a restaurant who turned out to be an undercover FBI agent? No, that's not true: The people in the video were simply acting out a scripted scenario. The page th
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Photo Does NOT Show Black Teen About to Be Arrested at High School Graduation
Did a still image shared widely in May 2025 really show a Black teen about to be arrested on outstanding warrants, immediately after walking at his high school graduation? No, that's not true: The image was originally posted by the young
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Authentically Show Black Man Resting Foot on White Woman’s Wheelchair on Bus
Did a widely-shared video authentically show an argument on a bus after a Black man rested his feet on a white woman's wheelchair? No, that's not true: The clip was in fact a sketch, and showed actors following a script. The account that
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO EVIDENCE That Harvard University Has Announced A Plan To Blacklist Trump Supporters On Campus
Has "Harvard" announced a plan to blacklist President Donald Trump supporters on campus, as a social media post claims? No, that's not true: The SideChat screenshot of the plan circulating on social media is clearly one person's idea ("I
PolitiFact→ Marcia Morey – Fact check: NC Democrat blames Trump for Google Calendar’s removal of Black History Month
“Google caved in to Trump. They erased Black History Month from the calendar.”
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Bodycam Video Does NOT Authentically Show Cop Pull Over Black Judge — Staged
Does a viral bodycam video authentically show a cop pulling over a black judge and then the police officer "lives to regret it?" No, that's not true: The video originated from a channel that publishes re-enactments using the same actors r
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: FAKE Video Shows ‘Racist Cop’ Encounter With a Black ‘Navy Seal’ — It’s Scripted
Did a widely-shared video show an authentic gas station encounter between a "racist cop" and a Black "Navy Seal"? No, that's not true: The video originated on a Facebook page that publishes dramatic, scripted public disputes. The individu
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Authentically Show Police Officers Approaching Black Army Colonel
Does a viral clip authentically show law enforcement bodycam footage capturing officers demanding that an "army colonel" show his ID while at a clothing store? No, that's not true: The video previously appeared on a page on Facebook assoc
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Michelle Obama Did NOT Refer to Herself ‘As a Black Man’
Did an April 2025 video show former First Lady Michelle Obama referring to herself "as a Black man"? No, that's not true: Obama was addressing Marlon Wayans, a Black man, and introduced her question to him with that preface. Obama and her
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: Body Cam Video Of Cop Demanding ID From Black Lawyer Shopping Is Not Authentic — Actors Acting!
Does a police body cam video show an authentic incident in which an officer is demanding that a Black man in a business suit hand over his identification while shopping in a boutique store? No, that's not true: The video first appeared on
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Staged Video Shows Black Female Lawyer Arguing With Cop Over Throwing Out Trash At Her Office
Does a bodycam video authentically show a black female lawyer arguing with an "arrogant cop" after she was trying to throw out trash at her office? No, that's not true: The video in which a woman who says her name is "Linda Jones" gets i
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video That Is Claimed To Show Black FBI Agent Pulled Over By Police Is NOT Authentic Body Cam Footage
Does a viral clip authentically document a scene showing a Black FBI agent being stopped by a police officer while driving a car? No, that's not true: The footage originated from a site that publishes reenactments, according to its own di
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Scripted Video Shows ‘Officer Miculitzki’ Stopping Blind Black Man Over Cane — Not Actual Bodycam video
Does a purported bodycam video authentically show an "Officer Miculitzki" stopping a blind black man on the street and calling his cane a dangerous weapon? No, that's not true: The video originated on a Youtube channel that says it publis
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Image Does NOT Show Arnold Bushman Lighting Himself On Fire To Protest Disney Making Little Mermaid Black
Did a man named "Arnold Bushman" light himself on fire to protest "Disney making the little mermaid black"? No, that's not true: A tweet from October 2024 with that claim was screenshotted and went viral again in early 2025. However the i
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Satire Story Says Nonprofit Group Wants To Buy Each Black Man In America An AR-15 Rifle To Scare Republicans
Is there an actual Portland, Oregon, nonprofit group named "Unpull the Trigger" that plans to buy each Black man in America an AR-15 rifle to scare Republicans into supporting gun control? No, that's not true: The story appeared on an X a
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – No, US Army Black Hawk helicopter not the same model as chopper in Kobe Bryant’s crash
The U.S. Army helicopter in the Jan. 29 plane collision was the same model of helicopter in the 2020 Kobe Bryant crash.
PolitiFact→ Threads posts – The Black Hawk helicopter in the American Airlines crash was piloted, not autonomous
The Black Hawk helicopter involved in the American Airlines crash “was being controlled remotely.”
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Post FALSELY Identifies Woman In Photo As Pilot Of Black Hawk Helicopter in DC Crash
Does an image in a social media post show one of the Black Hawk helicopter pilots killed in the January 2025 Washington, D.C., aircraft collision as she worked on the White House staff for two years "instead of flying"? No, that's not tru
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – Social media posts misidentify transgender pilot Jo Ellis as a crew member on Black Hawk helicopter
“Pilot of Blackhawk helicopter that crashed into passenger jet at Reagan National was a transgender woman named Jo Ellis.”
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Transgender Pilot Jo Ellis Was NOT Aboard Black Hawk Helicopter That Crashed in Washington
Was pilot Jo Ellis, a transgender woman, aboard the Black Hawk helicopter that was involved in a midair collision with an American Airlines plane in Washington, D.C., on January 29, 2025? No, that's not true: She told Lead Stories "I was
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO Senior Military Official Aboard Black Hawk Helicopter In Fatal Crash At Reagan National Airport
Did the Black Hawk helicopter involved in the fatal plane crash at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport on January 29, 2025, have a senior military official on board? No, that's not true: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth stated that th
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Black Hawk Helicopter DID Respond To Air Traffic Control Warnings Before DC Collision With Passenger Plane
Did a Black Hawk helicopter fail to respond to warnings seconds before colliding with a civilian airliner that was preparing to land at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport on January 29, 2025? No, that's not true: Air traffic contro
PolitiFact→ US presidents have observed Black History Month for nearly 50 years. Has that changed under Trump?
At least one federal agency told staff it’s pausing Black History Month observance because of President Donald Trump’s order banning diversity, equity and inclusion activities. Will the White House also halt nearly 50 years of observance?
Full Fact→ Labour’s ‘£22 billion black hole’ figure is not directly comparable to the deficit in 2010
A number of social media posts seem to compare the forecast overspend in in-year departmental spending which Labour claims to have inherited with the deficit the party left when last in government.
PolitiFact→ Threads posts – Millions of Democratic votes were sent into a ‘black hole’? That’s Pants on Fire!
“I think they found a way to target Democratic districts and send millions of votes into a black hole. The numbers aren't adding up.”
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Gwinnett County Sheriff Did NOT Warn Of White Supremacist, KKK Threat Against Black Women — Baseless Rumor
Was the Sheriff's Office in Gwinnett County, Georgia, told about a threat from white supremacists or Ku Klux Klan members against Black women up to the inauguration? No, that's not true: The Gwinnett County Sheriff's Office issued a state
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – A Georgia sheriff did not say KKK is plotting against Black people
Gwinnett County, Georgia, sheriff's office said white supremacists “are planning to attack” Black people “from now until the Inauguration.”
The Dispatch→ Team Harris Still Focusing on Georgia’s Black Voters
Plus: RFK Jr. and Tulsi Gabbard trash ‘neocons’ in Wisconsin.
PolitiFact→ Viral image – Trump wore red and blue at the Madison Square Garden rally, not ‘black and gold’
Former President Donald Trump wore “Proud Boys black and gold” at his Oct. 27 Madison Square Garden rally.
Full Fact→ Supermassive black hole: how big is the fiscal challenge facing Rachel Reeves?
A number of figures supposedly showing the size of the ‘black hole’ in the government’s spending plans have been circulating ahead of the Autumn Budget. We take a look at what they actually mean.
Full Fact→ Budget 2024: Is Labour right to claim there’s a £22 billion ‘black hole’ in the public finances?
It’s been a key government claim since the election - but what does it actually mean? Ahead of the 2024 Autumn Budget, we take a closer look.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Trump Did NOT Sit On Black Towel During Appearance On Fox & Friends On October 18, 2024 — It’s His Suit Jacket
Did Donald Trump sit on a black towel during his appearance on "Fox & Friends" on October 18, 2024? No, that's not true: When Trump sat on a couch for an interview, material from his dark suit jacket fanned out on both sides. There wa
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: UNRWA Did NOT Put Black Band Across Its X Profile To Grieve Sinwar’s Death
Did the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees put a black band across its profile image on X to grieve the death of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar? No, that's not true: The band was on the image for months before Sinwar