Did Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem "Admit" under oath that Republicans voted to allow Jan. 6 rioters to serve in ICE roles, as numerous viral posts claimed? No, that's not true: The claim appeared in a meme spread by an account l
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Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Karoline Leavitt NOT Lectured By Morgan Freeman About Racism And Inequality On Live TV — Fictional Viral Article
Did actor Morgan Freeman "mercilessly" lecture White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt on the topics of racism and inequality on live TV? No, that's not true: The story about the fictional TV-studio encounter was published by an anon
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Satire Story Said ‘Betheda’ Military Court Dismissed Admiral Levine Discrimination Lawsuit As Frivolous — Fictional Story
Did a "Military Court in Betheda, Maryland" dismiss a discrimination case brought by Admiral Rachel Levine, as a viral meme claimed? No, that's not true: The meme, which also referred to Levine as "Biden's DEI Admiral", originated on a Fa
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Fictional Story About Jamal Roberts Turning Down Tesla Ad Cites No Sources — NO Actual ‘Media Frenzy’ Happened
Did American Idol winner Jamal Roberts turn down a Tesla ad from Elon Musk in an upcoming music video? No, that's not true: A viral article about such a rejection did not name any verifiable sources or offer any quotes to back that up. It
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Whoopi Goldberg Did NOT Collapse In Court Or Lose Fictional $800 Million Lawsuit From Karoline Leavitt — AI Video
Did several viral videos accurately report Whoopi Goldberg collapsed in court after losing an $800 million lawsuit to Karoline Leavitt? No, that's not true: The fictional lawsuit did not happen and the video used AI generated imagery of G
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Whoopi Goldberg Did NOT Collapse In Court Or Lose Fictional $800 Million Lawsuit From Karoline Leavitt — AI Video
Did several viral videos accurately report Whoopi Goldberg collapsed in court after losing an $800 million lawsuit to Karoline Leavitt? No, that's not true: The fictional lawsuit did not happen and the video used AI generated imagery of G
Full Fact→ Image of fictional characters at the Turkey protests is AI-generated
Although there is genuine footage of someone dressed as Pikachu at protests in Turkey, a picture showing Pikachu, Batman, Spiderman and the Joker running from police is not authentic.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Caitlin Clark Did NOT Reject Fictional $15 Million Offer From Elon Musk — Copy Paste Story
Did basketball star Caitlin Clark reject a "$15 Million Offer" from Elon Musk? No, that's not true: Musk did not make the public statement the story said he did. It also contained several phrases from almost identical false stories about
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Patrick Mahomes Did NOT Reject Fictional ‘$10 Million Offer’ From Elon Musk Either — Fake Story
Did football player Patrick Mahomes reject a "$10 Million Offer" from Elon Musk? No, that's not true: Musk did not make the public statement the story said he did. An AI detector concluded that the text of the story, including bogus quote
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Videos Describe FAKE Courtroom Fight Between Fictional ‘Judge Howard Gates’ and Pam Bondi
Did a federal judge named Howard Gates have a verbal battles with U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi in 2025, culminating in his dramatic courtroom arrest at her behest? No, that's not true: the video, and others like it, were no more than f
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Dawn Staley Did NOT Reject Fictional ‘$10 Million Offer’ From Elon Musk — Fake Story
Did basketball coach Dawn Staley reject a $10 million donation from Elon Musk in March 2025? No, that's not true: Neither Musk nor Staley made any public statement about any donation. An AI detector concluded that the text of the story, i
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Trump Did NOT Discuss Fictional ‘Tesla Medbeds’ on Fox News — Interview is Fake
Did President Donald Trump speak to Fox News about a "Tesla medbed," calling it an "incredible piece of technology"? No, that's not true: Medbeds -- a term for a device that can carry out miraculous healing and age reversal and defy morta
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: FAKE Article Describes Elon Musk Helping Child — Clickbait Story With Fictional Origin
Did an article accurately report that Elon Musk bought a gift for a child whose mother, a Starbucks cashier, was "struggling to buy a gift for her daughter"? No, that's not true: An article linked in the post that made this claim included
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – Hurricane Nadine didn’t exist as of Oct. 10, but a fictional article about one did
“Hurricane Nadine was a catastrophic Category 5 hurricane that struck Central America and the Bahamas in October 2024.”
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – Hurricane Milton article came from fictional wiki page; it’s not evidence of storm planning
Hurricane Milton article is evidence they "control and plan these storms."
PolitiFact→ Threads posts – Tale of Pride flag burner destroying house is fictional
"A MAGA fan in Iowa accidentally burned down his house today trying to burn a gay pride flag.”
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – Video about zombie fungus isn’t ‘the truth.’ It’s from HBO’s fictional ‘The Last of Us’
Video shows ‘truth’ that fungus may be the “next government project.”
Logically→ Fictional video depicting an aerial attack on Paris shared as real
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Michael Jordan Did NOT Turn Down $120M Disney Deal On April 3, 2023 — It’s Fictional Story
Did Michael Jordan turn down a $120 million deal with Disney on April 3, 2023? No, that's not true: This story originated from the website The Dunning-Kruger Times, which has a disclaimer stating, "Everything on this website is fictional.
AllSides→ Fact check: Fictional Tucker Carlson quote about Ukraine spreads on social media
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/factcheck/2022/04/08/fact-check-fictional-tucker-carlson-quote-ukraine-spreads-online/9511561002/
Snopes→ Fictional Twitter Employee’s Resignation Goes Viral
A satirical tweet about Elon Musk, Twitter and free speech was amplified on social media.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Fictional Story Of College Student Arrested After Getting Pregnant By Cadaver Originated On Satire Website
Did college student Melanie Goodhue get arrested after getting pregnant by a cadaver? No, that's not true: The claim appeared on a satire website, and the story and name of the student are completely made up. The article did use a real ph
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – Viral video aboard airplane is a fictional film
Video shows irate airline passenger demanding a seat away from an unvaccinated passenger and being asked to leave the airplane.
Truth or Fiction?→ ‘Wikipedia Has Separate Lists for Vampires and Fictional Vampires’
On November 1 2021,, the Facebook page “I Fancy Fandoms” shared a meme, purportedly showing a screengrab of distinct Wikipedia entries entitled “List of vampires” and “List of fictional vampires”: In what looked to
AFP Fact Check→ A fictional blog post from 2014 is falsely attributed to Israel’s PM
Multiple posts on Facebook claim Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in a recent speech that his country owed Islamist movement Hamas a huge debt of gratitude for uniting the Jews. He also allegedly vowed to stop firing at the Gaza strip “
AFP Fact Check→ Image of ‘river’ resembling a human face is a painting and entirely fictional
Screenshot of the false post, taken on April 16, 2021Screenshot of the false post, taken on April 16, 2021 An image that appears to show an expanse of water shaped like a human head with flowing hair has been shared hundreds of times on Facebook with
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: 2017 Fictional ‘SPARS Pandemic Scenario’ Document Is NOT Proof Of A Planned Pandemic
Does the existence of a fictional pandemic exercise scenario conducted by the Center for Health Security at Johns Hopkins University prove that the COVID-19 pandemic is a globalist plot for world domination? No, that's not true: Conspirac
Snopes→ Did Trump’s DC Hotel Hike Prices on Date of His Fictional ‘2nd Inauguration’?
Some adherents to the QAnon conspiracy theories believe Trump will begin a second term on March 4, 2021.
AFP Fact Check→ Fictional movie scene shared to portray casualties in Ethiopia conflict
After nearly a month of conflict between Ethiopia’s government and dissident Tigray forces, a post circulating on Facebook purports to show corpses of Ethiopian soldiers killed by the army of the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF). The claim is
AFP Fact Check→ Fictional movie scene shared to portray casualties in Ethiopia conflict
After nearly a month of conflict between Ethiopia’s government and dissident Tigray forces, a post circulating on Facebook purports to show corpses of Ethiopian soldiers killed by the army of the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF). The claim is
AFP Fact Check→ These images show a fictional scene in a Bangladeshi short film
Four photos have been shared in multiple Facebook posts that claim they show a Muslim cleric behaving indecently with a girl at an Islamic seminary. The claim is false; the photos are in fact screenshots from a fictional scene in a Bangladeshi short fi
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Belakwa, New York, Was NOT Abandoned After Hydrofracking ‘Left Its Soil Toxic And Its Aquifer Irreparable’ — The Town Is Fictional
Was the town of Belakwa, New York, abandoned in 2012 after a "routine hydrofracking operation left its soil toxic and its aquifer irreparable?" No, that's not true: Belakwa, New York, is not a real place. A sign, describing the fictional
Snopes→ Did the US List Fictional Wakanda as a Trading Partner?
That the nation is fictional and its precise location unknown is apparently no barrier to free trade.
Snopes→ Impeachment Hearing Takeaways: A ‘Fictional Narrative’
Takeaways from Day 5 of the impeachment inquiry before the House intelligence committee.
FactCheck.org→ Social Media Posts Treat Fictional Harris ‘Quote’ as Fact
Quick Take Facebook users expressed outrage over a statement that is falsely attributed to Sen. Kamala Harris. The quote — about seeking “vengeance” against supporters of President Donald Trump — originated on a website that cal
FactCheck.org→ Fictional Feinstein Remark Gains Traction Again
Quick Take A fabricated quotation about guns attributed to California Sen. Dianne Feinstein has circulated online for years and is again being shared by thousands on Facebook. Full Story Thousands of Facebook users have helped to once again dissemi
FactCheck.org→ Mars, the Moon and a Fictional ‘Cosmic Event’
Q: Will Mars be “as big as the Moon” on July 27 for the first time in 35,000 years? A: No. A viral story spreads a repeatedly debunked myth. FULL ANSWER A viral story that grabbed the attention of Facebook users this week tells of a hi
Lead Stories→ Thoughts On The Passing Of Pablo Reyes Santiago — Unknowingly Instrumental To Lead Stories
Lead Stories is sad to learn of the announcement of the passing of Pablo Reyes Santiago (also via his Facebook account) and we offer our deepest condolences to his friends and family. Although he may not have realized it, Pablo was instru
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Diddy Trial Judge Did NOT Issue Arrest Warrant for Ellen DeGeneres
Did the judge in the sex trafficking trial of Sean "Diddy" Combs issue an arrest warrant for Ellen DeGeneres in May 2025? No, that's not true: The claim appeared in a YouTube video whose description labeled it "entirely fictional and craf
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Game Footage Does NOT Show Actual Destruction of Russian Strategic Bombers
Does a viral video really show the destruction of "40 Russian strategic bombers" of type TU-95 destroyed by a "daring Ukrainian FPV-drone swarm raid"? No, that's not true: This particular viral social media footage originates from the vid