Did President Donald Trump post a Truth Social message claiming he spoke to God about a golden throne, an ocean of blood, and Armageddon? No, that's not true: A review of Trump's Truth Social account found no record of such a post. At the
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Lead Stories→ Fact Check: BBC Did NOT Publish Article About 60 Child Survivors Testifying They Were Raped In Cemeteries During ‘Pedophilic Rituals’
Does a screenshot show a real BBC headline about 60 child survivors testifying about being raped in cemeteries during 'pedophilic rituals'? No, that's not true: The screenshot is fabricated and designed to look like a BBC article. The acc
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Sen. Katie Britt Saying She Thinks ‘America Deserved 9/11’ — She Was Using Someone Else’s Words
Does a video show Sen. Katie Britt of Alabama saying she thinks "America deserved 9/11"? No, that's not true: She was quoting Hasan Piker, a political commentator and Twitch streamer who campaigned with a Democratic Senate candidate in Mi
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Photo Does NOT Show A Signal Jammer Installed By Police In Dover To Block Anti-Immigration Protest Livestreams
Does a photo circulating online show a signal jammer installed by police in Dover to block the livestreaming of anti-immigration protests? No, that's not true: The photo predates recent immigration protests by several years. Additionally,
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Same Plane For FlyDubai With Ceiling AND Seating Difference — Not A False Flag
Do two videos that show two different planes prove that the attempted hijacking of the FlyDubai flight Sept. 30, 2026, was a staged "false flag"? No, that's not true: The clip showing a celebration on a plane is of the Israeli men's baske
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Protests In Iran In Fall 2026
Did a viral video show protests in Iran in the fall of 2026? No, that's not true: The video had been online for months before resurfacing in late September 2026. The earliest posts with the footage went live on social media on Dec. 31, 20
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show FlyDubai Plane Plummeting After September 2026 Incident On Board Tel Aviv Flight — It Is An Azul Brazilian Airlines Plane
Does a video show a FlyDubai plane plummeting after an incident on board a Tel Aviv flight in September 2026? No, that's not true: The clip shows an aircraft operated by Azul Brazilian Airlines, not FlyDubai. Separately, the video predate
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show FlyDubai Flight FZ1073 Passengers Celebrating After Hijacking — It Shows Israeli Basketball Team From 2025
Does a video show passengers of FlyDubai flight FZ1073 to Tel Aviv celebrating on board with a big speaker after the hijacking attempt on Sept. 30, 2026? No, that's not true: The footage is from August 2025 and shows members of the Israel
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show A Large Group Of Muslims Chanting In Dublin In September 2026 — They Are FC Schalke 04 Hooligans
Does a video show a large group of Muslims chanting on the streets of Dublin in September 2026? No, that's not true: The video is from about a year earlier and shows a group of fans of the German professional football team FC Schalke 04 m
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Arrest of Man Accused of Inappropriately Touching Influencer at Disneyland — 2024 Footage
Does a video show the arrest of the man accused of inappropriately touching influencer Yoatzi Castro at Disneyland in 2026? No, that's not true: The footage used in the viral video was originally posted on Instagram in 2024. It does not s
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Trump Did NOT Admit ‘I’ve Done A Shitty Job As President’ — Rest Of Speech Edited Away
Did Donald Trump admit in a speech, "I've done a shitty job as president"? No, that's not true: The president did say those words, but he was joking, and the quote was taken out of context. While announcing a new AI-powered government inf
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: ‘Lebensraum For Israel’ Post DID Appear On Times Of Israel Blog In 2024 — But Was Taken Down Later
Did a post mentioning Lebensraum for Israel appear on the Times of Israel blog platform? Yes, that's true: The screenshot that resurfaced on social media in 2026 showed a blog entry that was indeed published there almost two years earlier
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Photo Does NOT Show Cornell University ‘Gang Rape’ Defendant Scott Kretzschmar Is A Police Officer — It Shows His Brother Max
Does a photo show that Scott Kretzschmar, accused in the Cornell University "gang rape" case, is now a police officer? No, that's not true: The image used to support the claim does not show Kretzschmar. Instead, it shows his brother, Max
Full Fact→ Video of ‘asylum seeker’ saying he wants ‘more money and more freedom’ is AI-generated
A clip which has been shared online contains a SynthID watermark, suggesting it was made with Google’s AI tools.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: New York Post Did NOT Publish Article About Jewish Student’s Dorm Door Being Targeted By Antisemitic Attack — Fake News
Did the New York Post publish an article about a student who was targeted by an antisemitic attack, vandalizing her dorm door? No, that's not true: The fabricated screenshot used preexisting photos to craft a fake screenshot of a New York
Full Fact→ Video showing thousands of people at London protest is AI fake
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: FAKE New York Times Videos Of Leonardo DiCaprio, Eric Braeden, Other Celebs, Falsely Claim They Support ‘All Democrats Are Criminals’
Do videos falsely attributed to the New York Times show actors Leonardo DiCaprio, Eric Braeden, Annie Potts and Patrick Fabian supporting the "All Democrats Are Criminals" movement? No, that's not true: Braeden's rep told Lead Stories the
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: DOJ Did NOT Delete Trump’s Pardons From Their Website — List Was Off The Site For Hours But Returned
Did the Department of Justice delete President Donald Trump's pardons from its website? No, that's not true: The list of pardons and commutations on the "Clemency Grants" page of the Office of the Pardon Attorney on the Justice Department
Full Fact→ AI-generated video of people marching in London shared online
Lead Stories→ Prebunk: Automatic Haircut Machines Do Not Cut Permanent Reality — AI Videos Wash, Rinse And Condition The Truth
Have you seen viral videos showing automatic haircut machines? Lead Stories has spotted a number of such videos recently and found that many were created using artificial intelligence. These videos do not show real people or situations. I
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show September 12, 2026 Anti-AfD March in Germany
Was a viral video of people dressed in various costumes recorded at protests against the Alternative for Germany political party on Sept. 12, 2026? No, that's not true: The clip predated those rallies. It was recorded at a Pride event, as
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO Evidence Republican Activist Konner Earnest Has Admitted To Having Sex With A Dog
Did Republican activist Konner Earnest admit to having sex with a dog? No, that's not true: There is no evidence from credible sources that Earnest has ever made such an admission. Public records show that he was arrested in April 2025 on
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Image Does NOT Accurately Depict Kash Patel’s Height Running Alongside FBI New Agent Trainees — Digitally Altered
Does a real photo accurately depict a notable difference in height between Kash Patel and the FBI agent trainees running with him? No, that's not true: This image has been altered to make Patel appear much smaller than he appears in the o
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: ALTERED Video Does NOT Show David Byrne Criticizing Ed Sheeran In Real Life
Does a viral video capture musician David Byrne actually telling singer Ed Sheeran that "it's time to make a musical change"? No, that's not true: The video was not a real recording of the conversation between the two. It originated from
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: FAKE Mugshot Resembling Jennifer Lopez Does NOT Show Minnesota Woman Cyrena Anne Quast
Is a mugshot that looks like Jennifer Lopez the real mugshot of a woman arrested for shoplifting in Minnesota? No, that's not true: The mugshot used in a post by the New York Post on X was generated with AI to look more like Jennifer Lope
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Ed Sheeran Did NOT Donate Concert Tickets To Veterans After Macklemore Palestine Controversy — It Is Satire
Did Ed Sheeran donate concert tickets to veterans after fans requested refunds over Macklemore's removal from his tour for pro-Palestine statements? No, that's not true: The rumor originated from an account on Facebook that explicitly say
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Old Ed Sheeran Video Does NOT Show Him Performing Since His Band Quit — Filmed in 2022 At Wembley Stadium
Does a video show Ed Sheeran playing a concert alone with a "loop station" after his backing band Beoga quit? No, that's not true: The video footage shows Sheeran in concert on July 1, 2022 at Wembley Stadium in London. Beoga published a
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Dolly Parton’s Family Did NOT Deny Taylor Swift Request To Headline Tribute Concert — It Is Satire
Did Dolly Parton's family deny Taylor Swift's request to headline a tribute concert honoring the late singer? No, that's not true: The story originated from a network of self-described satire websites that place multiple disclaimers on th
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: FAKE Video Of Truck Pushing Car From Railway Crossing Does NOT Document Real Event
Does a viral video claiming to capture a truck pushing car from a railway crossing with closed barriers actually show a real-life situation? No, that's not true: When it was first posted on social media, the clip was marked as containing
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: ‘Foreign Press’ Did NOT Report Irish President Refused To Sit Near Donald Trump Due To ‘Fecal’ Odor
Did the 'foreign press' report that the Irish president insisted on being seated away from Donald Trump because he was emanating a disgusting 'fecal' like odor? No, that's not true: There are no credible reports that Catherine Connolly re
Full Fact→ London’s white population has not ‘plummeted to 34%’
Census data doesn’t support this claim—this percentage is closer to the figure for white British people in London, not white people generally.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: FAKE Image of Dead Osama Bin Laden Was Made Using Image From ‘Black Hawk Down’ — No Real Images Made Public
Does a grainy green night vision photo show Osama bin Laden after he was shot and killed by U.S. Navy SEALs? No, that's not true: This image was made by adding bin Laden's face to a still image taken from the movie "Black Hawk Down." This
Full Fact→ Solar panels do not currently occupy ‘thousands of square miles’ of farmland
Reform UK party chair Lee Anderson claimed there are “thousands of square miles” of solar panels on farmland in the UK. This is a huge overstatement.
Full Fact→ Kent Police didn’t say 76% of Dover protestors have previous convictions
People are taking the claim at face value, but it seems to have originated from a page calling itself “an obvious satire account”.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: FAKE Collage Does NOT Show Real List Of Reform UK Candidates — It Is AI-Generated
Does a viral composite image show the real list of candidates running for office from the Reform UK party? No, that's not true: While some of the people on the list are real Reform UK affiliates, a closer manual examination showed that th
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: ALTERED Image Shows Shadow Mustache On AfD Leader Alice Weidel — Not In The Original 2016 Photo
Did a microphone cast an uncanny shadow across the upper lip of Alice Weidel, the leader of Germany's far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party? No, that's not true: The image circulating on social media has been altered. The original
FactCheck.org→ Ohio Democratic Ads Connect Husted to Bribery Scandal, Despite No Charges of Wrongdoing
Democratic ads in the Ohio Senate race are highlighting a political bribery scandal involving an energy company that benefited from a 2019 nuclear-power bailout law. It’s true, as the ads say, that Republican Sen. Jon Husted backed the legislati
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: FAKE Video Of Miley Cyrus Saying Dolly Parton Left Her Entire Fortune To Her Is AI-Generated
Does a real video show Miley Cyrus saying that Dolly Parton left her entire fortune to her? No, that's not true: An online AI detection tool determined the clip was very likely AI-generated, assigning it a 99% confidence score. There is n
Lead Stories→ Prebunk: Don’t Let Fake Father-Daughter Hospital Scenes Put Your Judgment In A Coma — AI Clickbait Preying On Your Prayers
Have you seen viral videos showing a father crying at the hospital bedside of his unconscious young daughter asking viewers for prayers? Lead Stories has spotted a number of such videos recently and has found that many of them were create
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Donald Trump Did NOT Post Animated Video Of Himself Attacking Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney With Hockey Stick
Did Donald Trump post an animated video where he is attacking Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney with a hockey stick? No, that's not true: Trump did not post an animated video of him beating Carney with a hockey stick. Trump posted a sta