Did researchers discover a shocking display of primate intelligence when a band of chimps in the Congo began wearing masks to hide their faces when they were raiding local markets? No, that's not true: This story appeared spontaneously o
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Lead Stories→ Fact Check: ‘Richard Strocher’ Is a Fictional Troll Account on X, NOT a Commentator for Fox News and The Blaze
Is the person known as "Richard Strocher" on X.com a commentator for Fox News and The Blaze? No, that's not true: A spokesperson for Fox News told Lead Stories that Richard Strocher is not associated with the channel and has not ever appe
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Fictional Jasmine Crockett And Mike Huckabee Bible Quote Debate On CNN Did NOT Happen
Does a video describe a real CNN debate between Jasmine Crockett and Mike Huckabee involving a bible quote? No, that's not true: The description of the viral YouTube video makes it clear the entire interaction was a work of fiction create
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: FAKE TV News Report Describes Fictional Couple ‘Mark and Jennifer Patterson’, Lost At Sea For 25 Years
Did a widely-shared video show authentic footage of a news report describing missing couple Mark and Jennifer Patterson being rescued after having been lost at sea for 25 years? No, that's not true: The clip in question was the product of
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Fictional Story Of $1B Loss From Customer Backlash Against ‘Woke’ Dunkin’ Donuts Ads Is A Recycled Satire Story
Did Dunkin' Donuts' CEO announce in June 2025 that a woke ad campaign cost the company $1 billion, forcing it to backtrack? No, that's not true: The story is fiction and copies the idea, but not the words, of a September 2024 spoof produc
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Fictional Report About Olympic Committee Vote To Move 2028 Games From Los Angeles Was Satire
Did The International Olympic Committee plan a vote on moving the 2028 Games out of Los Angeles? No, that's not true: The meme spreading that news originated on a Facebook page with a satire disclaimer and a warning that all the contents
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Fictional Story That NY Judge Demanded Rep. Ocasio-Cortez’s Tax Returns Originated On Self-Described Satire Page
Did a New York State judge order Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez to surrender her tax returns and financials? No, that's not true: That yarn appeared on an account labelled "Satire/Parody", which warns readers that everything on t
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: AI Photo In Fictional Story About Taylor Swift And Travis Kelce Attending ‘No Kings’ Protest — Several Details Don’t Match
Did Travis Kelce and Taylor Swift attend a "No Kings Day" protest and is there a photo to prove it? No, that's not true: A viral story about the appearance of the pair was illustrated with a photo generated with artificial intelligence. T
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Fictional Story That Kristi Noem ‘Admitted’ ICE Hired Pardoned Jan. 6 Rioters Originated On Self-Described Satire Page
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
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