Does a video show a man who tried to disguise himself as a little girl being detained by ICE and offered a cheeseburger? No, that's not true: The post making the claim offered no context about the origins of the video, but Lead Stories id
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Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Gazans Fleeing Palestine Arriving In Sweden — It Shows A West Bank Soccer Team Touring Europe
Does a viral video on social media show Gazans who are fleeing Palestine arriving in Sweden? No, that's not true: The Ruahel Charity Association soccer team shown in the video represents various cities in the West Bank, not Gaza. The vide
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Composite Image Does NOT Authentically Show Brothers Samuel And Solomon And Their Mother Gracie In 1952 And 2025
Does a composite image shared on social media authentically show two elderly brothers in 2025, holding a single surviving photo of them and their mom, Gracie, taken in 1952? No, that's not true: The composite image contained multiple inco
Full Fact→ Viral video compilation does not show floods in Texas
The clips do not show flooding in the US city of Brenham, but are actually from various locations including India, France and Spain.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Piera Mosque In Barcelona On Fire — 2022 Footage From Jakarta, Indonesia
Does a viral video show Piera Mosque in Barcelona, Spain on fire? No, that's not true: The viral footage with a caption about Spaniards burning "Piera Mosque" in that city actually shows a fire in Indonesia. That fire happened in Jakarta
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show London Southend Airport Beechcraft B200 Plane Crash
Does a viral video show a July 13, 2025, plane crash at London Southend Airport? No, that's not true: The footage predates it. It captures an airshow in South Africa that resulted in one plane hitting the ground and killing the pilot. The
PolitiFact→ Jon Favreau – Does Trump’s new law make ICE the largest federal law enforcement agency?
“ICE will now become the country’s largest federal law enforcement agency, bigger than the FBI, bigger than the DEA.”
PolitiFact→ Why does Grok post false, offensive things on X? Here are 4 revealing incidents.
Grok's falsehoods and offensive incidents, recapped
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Viral Quote Does NOT Accurately Represent Elizabeth Warren’s Words About Mollie Tibbetts
Did U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren suggest that Mollie Tibbetts' family has "to remember we need to focus on real problems like illegal immigrants not being able to see their kids"? No, that's not true: The viral meme distorted Warren's 20
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Image Claiming Kamala Harris Got 68M Votes Does NOT Correctly Represent 2024 Election Results
Did Democratic nominee and then-sitting Vice President Kamala Harris get 68 million votes in 2024? No, that's not true: In reality, she got more than 75 million, according to data on the Federal Election Commission website. That's fewer t
The Dispatch→ Does Zohran Mamdani Have a 9/11 Problem?
New York’s Democratic mayoral candidate faces backlash for blaming the FBI for a senior al-Qaeda operative’s turn to terrorism.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Greta Thunberg Dancing To Madonna’s ‘La Isla Bonita’ — It’s Ukrainian
Does a video shared on social platforms show Greta Thunberg dancing to Madonna's "La Isla Bonita"? No, that's not true: A reverse image search revealed the video was created by a group of Ukrainian video makers known as Cucumber Mafia. Th
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Authentically Show Gorilla Gently Handling Baby Girl Over To Her Mother
Does a viral video authentically capture a gorilla lifting a baby to bring it to its mother? No, that's not true: A search for the clip's origin revealed it was initially published by an account specializing in AI generated content. A clo
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Fake Axon Bodycam Video Does NOT Capture A Real Cop Arresting A ‘Crazy Karen’ For Shooting And Keying A Tesla
Does a viral video really show body camera footage of a "crazy Karen" being arrested for keying a Tesla and shooting the driver's side three times with a handgun? No, that's not true: The "Axon bodycam" timestamp in the video is a fake th
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Incinerators Being Installed At ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ Facility In Florida — Old Video From Minnesota
Does a viral video show actual incinerators being installed at the "Alligator Alcatraz" immigration detention facility in Florida? No, that's not true: The footage of large metal containers in the video was recorded in Minnesota in 2024.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Game Footage Does NOT Show Actual Downing Of Israeli Plane — Footage NOT Released by Iran
Does a viral video show footage of the downing of an Israeli aircraft released by Iran? No, that's not true: The video originated on a TikTok channel posting gameplay footage from the online game DCS World. It was not released by Iranian
News Facts Network→ Wisconsin Supreme Court Rules 1849 Law Does Not Ban Abortion
Abortion will remain legal in Wisconsin following a 4-3 decision by the state’s Supreme Court,... The post Wisconsin Supreme Court Rules 1849 Law Does Not Ban Abortion appeared first on News Facts Network.
The Dispatch→ Does ‘Socialism’ Still Mean Anything?
On Zohran Mamdani’s primary victory in New York City.
Full Fact→ Footage does not show scenes inside ‘Israeli bunkers’
because this shows scenes in Georgia, not Israel.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Prove Submarine Sighting At Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, On June 22, 2025
Did a widely-shared video show a submarine appearintg at Myrtle Beach, South Carolina? No, that's not true: The local Coast Guard unit told Lead Stories that no such thing happened. The viral reel was consistent with previously documented
Full Fact→ Video does not show ‘destroyed’ Israeli airport
Footage has been shared with misleading claims it shows the aftermath of an Iranian attack in Tel Aviv, but it is most likely an AI creation.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Iranian Missiles ‘Getting Ready’ To Strike
Does a viral video document Iranian missiles being made ready for an imminent launch? No, that's not true: It's an AI-generated video. Several visual artifacts call attention to the kinds of inconsistencies and illogical details found in
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Viral Image Does NOT Prove Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian Resigned As Of June 23, 2025
Did Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian publicly announce his resignation from office as of June 23, 2025? No, that's not true: As of this writing, no such dispatches appeared on websites of credible news outlets. The website of the Irani
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Recycled Video Does NOT Show U.S. "Deployment to Iran … Just Filmed" On June 22, 2025
Does a viral video document U.S. Army soldiers deploying to Iran on June 22, 2025? No, that's not true: The post provides no evidence where those soldiers are going, nor when. No Army deployments have been documented by evidence-based new
Full Fact→ Video does not show Iran attack on Ben Gurion airport
A clip is circulating on social media with misleading claims it shows the aftermath of an Iranian missile strike on the airport in Tel Aviv.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Lightning Bolt During Nuclear Explosion As US Bombed Iran Nuclear Plant
Does a video authentically show a lightning strike during a nuclear blast at an Iranian nuclear facility during a U.S. bombing attack on June 22, 2025? No, that's not true: While Lead Stories cannot confirm whether the video is real or AI
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Old Video Does NOT Authentically Show Trump Missing The Ball While Playing Golf
Does a trending video authentically capture U.S. President Donald Trump missing the ball on a golf course in 2025, then grabbing it off the ground before anyone notices? No, that's not true: The footage was digitally altered and had the w
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Real Military Base Under Soroka Hospital, Israel
Did a video shared widely in June 2025 show a real military base under Soroka Medical Center in Beersheba, Israel? No, that's not true: The computer-generated animation began as a satirical reference to earlier Israeli claims about the hi
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show People ‘Leaving Tel Aviv In Droves’
Did a video of a large crowd walking through the streets of a city show people fleeing Tel Aviv en masse in June 2025? No, that's not true: The clip was recorded in Russia. It showed an annual pilgrimage organized by the Russian Orthodox
Full Fact→ Image doesn’t show ‘Israeli pilot captured in Iran’
A picture of the first female pilot in the Chilean navy has been shared with misleading claims she is an Israeli pilot captured in Iran.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Transport Of Giant Missile In Iran Or Elsewhere — Old Gas Plant Equipment Video
Does a viral video show some kind of giant missile being transported, and is it related to the current conflict between Iran and Israel? No, that's not true: The video, captioned in one social media post as "the weapon that Israel fear th
PolitiFact→ Does Donald Trump have sole power to decide if and when to strike Iran? Or does Congress have a say?
Can Congress get involved in the decision to attack Iran?
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Strike Happening During June 2025 Iran-Israel Conflict
Did a widely-shared video show a missile strike occurring during the June 2025 Iran-Israel conflict? No, that's not true: The footage predated that particular round of escalation. It had been online since 2024. The claim appeared in a pos
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Iranian Woman Dancing in the Rain in Protest Against ‘Islamic Regime’
Did a widely-shared video show an Iranian woman dancing in the rain in June 2025, as a protest against that country's "Islamic regime"? No, that's not true: The clip showed Tamta Sabelashvili, a Georgian influencer and personal trainer wh
News Facts Network→ Graham Says Marjorie Taylor Greene “Doesn’t Understand” Iran’s Nuclear Threat
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) criticized Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) during a Fox News interview...
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: AI Image Does NOT Show Tel Aviv Under Air Attack By Iran — Wrong Skyline And Light Streaks Resemble Meteors, Not Missiles
Does a viral image of a town's nighttime skyline under air attack show Iran's attacks on Tel Aviv during hostilities between the two countries? No, that's not true: Authentic coverage of the battle showed defensive weapons streaking upwar
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Image Of ‘Mosad’ Headquarters Does NOT Show Real Office Of Israel’s Spy Agency — Spelling Error Gives It Away
Does an image of a burnt building really show the Mossad's headquarters hit by an Iranian strike in June 2025? No, that's not true: The giveaway that the picture didn't show a real-life scene was the misspelled name of the Israeli intelli
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Fight In ‘Bunker’ In Tel Aviv, Israel
Does a trending video on social media authentically capture a fight inside a bomb shelter in Tel Aviv, Israel? No, that's not true: What looked like a crowd pushing each other was a scene from another country, Georgia. It depicted the atm
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Tel Aviv Fire After Iranian Attack — China Parking Lot Fire
Does a viral video show an attack, fire or explosion in Tel Aviv, Israel? No, that's not true: The video actually shows a fire in a parking lot for motorcycles in Chongqing, China. Several social media posts falsely claimed the footage sh
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Authentically Show Tel Aviv High-Rise Buildings Damaged By Iranian Attack In June 2025
Does a viral video show the real-life aftermath of an Iranian attack hitting several skyscrapers in Tel Aviv, Israel? No, that's not true: The video digitally exaggerated the impact of a projectile hitting a specific area of that city. Le