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
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Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Clip Does NOT Prove Someone Yelled ‘Kill That Vice’ At J.D. Vance Attending Concert At Kennedy Center
Does a viral video prove that someone in the audience at a Kennedy Center concert yelled "Kill that Vice!" at U.S. Vice President J.D. Vance as he entered the concert hall? No, that's not true: The sentence in question is not clearly audi
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Image Does NOT Authentically Show Kennedy Center Trump Banners — It’s A Digitally Created Illustration
Does a viral image authentically capture the exterior of the Kennedy Center under the second Trump presidency? No, that's not true: A picture of banners reading "President Trump Welcomes You" is not a real photograph. It is a digitally cr
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Scene From Air India Flight Forced to Return To Chicago Due To Clogged Toilets
Does a video clip capture what was happening inside an Air India plane that was forced to return to Chicago on March 5, 2025, due to out-of-order toilets? No, that's not true: The video predates the incident by two months. It started circ
Health Feedback→ Vitamin A doesn’t cure or prevent measles; vaccine is most effective prevention
REVIEW The current measles outbreak in Texas—which has since grown to 198 reported cases and one confirmed death—has been accompanied by a wave of misinformation about measles and vaccines. Among these are the false claims that the MMR vaccine c
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Durban, South Africa In March 2025 — It Was Shot In 2021 After Protests
Does a video show conditions in Durban, South Africa in March 2025? No, that's not true: The video in the post was recorded in the aftermath of protests and unrest in July 2021. The same video was posted on X on July 15, 2021 carrying the
Full Fact→ Downing Street video doesn’t show Volodymyr Zelenskyy using expletive to refer to Donald Trump
A clip being widely shared online, which appears to be a news report covering a moment where the Ukrainian president swore when asked about President Donald Trump, is fake.
Full Fact→ Video does not show Westminster Abbey flying Pakistan flag during Holy Week
The clip actually shows the Pakistan flag hoisted before Holy Week 2024 to commemorate the country’s national day.
Full Fact→ The Covid-19 virus does exist
A post on Instagram features a woman making incorrect claims about the existence of Covid-19.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Canada Does NOT Bar American Banks From Operating In Country
Does Canada bar American banks from operating in the country? No, that's not true: As of this writing, 16 U.S.-based bank subsidiaries and branches were operating in Canada, according to the Canadian Bank Association. These banks hold aro
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Soldiers In Ukraine Faking Combat — They Are Acting In A Music Video
Does a video clip show that soldiers in Ukraine are faking combat for the cameras so they can continue to get U.S. funding? No, that's not true: The video shows behind-the-scenes activity during the filming of a music video. Several of th
PolitiFact→ Cavalier Johnson – MPS does indeed have a larger tax levy than the City of Milwaukee
“After the referendum, Milwaukee Public Schools has a larger tax levy than the City of Milwaukee.”
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Photo Does NOT Show Bill And Hillary Clinton Fleeing U.S. Before Epstein Document Release
Does a photo show Bill and Hillary Clinton fleeing the country just before documents from the Jeffrey Epstein case were expected to be released in late February 2025? No, that's not true: The photo circulating on social media is a still f
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Trump’s ‘Gulf of America’ Order Does NOT Enforce ‘New Borders’ Under Decision by the ‘World Court’
Does President Donald Trump's executive order changing the name of the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America help enforce newly drawn borders decided in December 2023 by a "World Court" that gives water over land shelves to the respective
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: February 2025 GOP Budget Resolution Does NOT Include An End To Taxes On Tips — It Just Contains Revenue and Spending Targets
Does the February 2025 GOP budget resolution include an end to taxes on tips? No, that's not true: The resolution passed on February 25, 2025, does not specify which tax proposals will be included, and the "no tax on tips" policy remains
The Dispatch→ The ‘Retail Apocalypse’ Doesn’t Need a Government Fix
The market has changed but consumers’ needs are still being met.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Wisconsin Bill Proposes Gender Inclusive Language Concerning Parenthood But Does NOT Replace ‘Mother’ With ‘Inseminated Person’ In All Contexts
Does a Wisconsin bill propose to exclude the term "mother" from all state laws, replacing it with "inseminated person" instead? No, that's not true: The existing text of the bill mentions "inseminated person" twice, specifically in cases
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Prove Elon Musk Left Son When Exiting MAGA Victory Rally Stage — Video Cut Short
Did Elon Musk leave his son behind while exiting the stage at a January 2025 rally? No, that's not true: A video clip circulating on social media to support this assertion was edited and shortened to suggest Musk left his son behind. Uncu
PolitiFact→ How does the US spend taxpayer money? What to know as DOGE, Elon Musk look for cuts
Billionaire Elon Musk said the DOGE team is working to find $1 trillion in federal spending cuts. The math will make that very hard. These charts show where the government’s hands are tied, and what’s left.
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – No, this old news footage doesn’t prove former President Barack Obama wasn’t U.S.-born
“The media is showing how Obama’s birth certificate was changed! He was never born in the U.S. so he was never a real president!”
PolitiFact→ Social Media – Does a ‘US Debt Clock’ prove DOGE has saved $64 billion? Why the clock and that claim lack evidence
“US Debt Clock” numbers prove “DOGE has saved taxpayers $64 billion dollars in just 17 days.”
PolitiFact→ Elon Musk’s chart doesn’t prove millions of centenarians fraudulently get Social Security benefits
The Social Security Administration isn’t issuing payments to millions of centenarians. Here are the facts and context behind a chart Elon Musk shared.
Full Fact→ Picture doesn’t prove baseless conspiracy theory Brigitte Macron is a man
A picture is being shared online with false claims it shows the French First Lady as a boy.
Full Fact→ No, video does not show real TV report on Disney growing child stars in lab
The clip is of a fake news report which was first posted by the satirical outlet The Onion in 2008.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: ‘Free Headphones Hack’ Video Does NOT Authentically Show Man Stealing Headphones From Train Passenger
Does a video captioned "Free headphones hack" shared on social media authentically show a Black man stealing a train passenger's headphones? No, that's not true: The video was first posted by a social media creator who shares similar ones
PolitiFact→ Susan Crawford – Candidate right that Wisconsin does not require judges to recuse because of past legal work
Wisconsin does not “require judges to automatically recuse just because they have done some kind of legal work in the past as a lawyer.”
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: AI-Generated Image Does NOT Show Delta Crash Pilot Jonathan Simpson — Person Is Adult Film Star
Does an image shared online in February 2025 show Jonathan Simpson, the pilot of Delta Flight 4819, which crashed at Toronto Pearson International Airport? No, that's not true: The person depicted in the image is porn star Johnny Sins, wh
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: AI-Generated Photo Does NOT Show Overturned Delta Plane Involved In Toronto Airport Crash
Does a photo making the rounds online and used on some news sites show the Delta Flight 4819 plane that crashed at Toronto Pearson International Airport? No, that's not true: According to an online detection tool the image was generated u
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: TikTok Video Does NOT Show Pete Hegseth Drinking Bourbon Whiskey From A Glass During NATO Press Conference
Did a video truly show Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth drink what appears to be bourbon whiskey from a glass during a NATO press conference? No, that's not true: The video that appeared on TikTok appears to have been created by using a pho
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Rep. Jasmine Crockett Does NOT Have Net Worth Of $9 Million
Does Jasmine Crockett, a U.S. congresswoman from Texas, have a net worth of $9 million and own properties worth $5 million? No, that's not true: Her latest financial disclosure report shows that her net worth is somewhere between -$46,997
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Military Document Does NOT Show USAID ‘Actively Helping To Destabilize Nations’
Does a military document prove the U.S. Agency for International Development is "actively helping to destabilize nations"? No, that's not true: The 2021 document presented by Congresswoman Anna Paulina Luna at a hearing on February 13, 20
Full Fact→ Covid-19 does exist and germs can cause disease
A post circulating on Instagram features a woman making incorrect claims about Covid-19 and germs
PolitiFact→ Donald Trump – U.S. education system doesn’t rank worst in the world, and cost isn’t highest
The United States is “last in education out of 40 states … but we're number one in cost per pupil."
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: 2025 Poll Does NOT Say Germans Think Trump Is World’s Greatest Threat To Peace — Poll Was From 2019
Does a 2025 poll say Germans think President Donald Trump is the greatest threat to world peace just weeks after taking office? No, that's not true: The poll being circulated in February 2025 was actually conducted in 2019, toward the end
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Post Does NOT Show Real CNN Video Of Yale Professors Protesting Student Use Of AI
Did a video on TikTok show an authentic CNN report on Yale University professors going on strike over student use of AI in classrooms? No, that's not true: There was no evidence at the time of writing on CNN.com or any other reputable med
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Sinkhole In Paris — AI Generated
Does a video being spread on social media show a real sinkhole that opened up in Paris? No, that's not true: The video originated on the Instagram account of an "AI video expert" and several details in the video reveal it is not real. A d
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Melania Trump At 2025 Super Bowl
Does a video show President Donald Trump and Melania Trump walking out onto the field of Super Bowl LIX in New Orleans on February 9, 2025? No, that's not true: Melania Trump was not at the 2025 Super Bowl. The video showing the two walki
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – Unedited Kamala Harris interview on ‘60 Minutes’ doesn’t show host confronting Harris about lying
A ‘60 Minutes’ clip shows Kamala Harris lying while cameras roll. “
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Photo Does NOT Show Man Flipping Off Trump During 2025 Super Bowl — It Was Taken In 2023
Does a photo on social media show a man flipping off President Donald Trump during the 2025 Super Bowl game? No, that's not true: Lead Stories found evidence of the photo being posted online since 2023. Social media posts of the photo ind
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