Does a "Boeing Memorandum" shared on social media show a real "Stratoshade" trademark for a jet fuel additive to reduce solar radiation? No, that's not true: The image, purporting to be from the "Boeing Atmospheric Management Division" co
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Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO EVIDENCE Newsom Used AI Image Of National Guard Troops To Criticize Trump’s Execution Of Deployment To Los Angeles
Did California Governor Gavin Newsom post fake photos of National Guard troops sleeping on a hard floor during their deployment to the Los Angeles riot zone in June of 2025, as a social media post claimed? No, that's not true: The post pr
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Donald Trump Did NOT Post On His Truth Social Account "That totally was a Nazi salute that Elon did" — Fake Image
Did President Trump post on Truth Social "That totally was a Nazi salute that Elon did by the way"? No, that's not true: a viral image of such a post was fabricated. There is no trace of such a post on Trump's actual Truth Social account
Full Fact→ Images of a newborn found ‘abandoned in a dumpster’ were not taken in the UK
Posts shared to local Facebook community groups across the UK claim the baby was found in each of them.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: FAKE Image Does Not Show Actual Damaged Russian TU-95 Bombers — Signs Of AI Generated Content
Does a viral image show three actual Russian TU-95 bombers and an unknown fourth plane damaged in a Ukrainian drone strike? No, that's not true: Some detection tools say the image shows strong evidence of being forged or synthesized using
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Donald Trump Did NOT Post ‘Stop Calling Me Names’ And Threatening To Throw Ketchup At The Wall — Fake Image
Did President Trump post on Truth Social demanding people stop "calling me names" like "TACO" and threatening to "throw ketchup at the wall" otherwise? No, that's not true: A viral image of such a post listing several derogatory nicknames
PolitiFact→ Viral image – Viral images of ‘free Palestine’ Ben & Jerry’s ice cream tubs aren’t real
Image shows Ben & Jerry’s is selling “Free Palestine” and “From the River to Sea” ice cream flavors.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Image Claimed To Show ‘1930 Russian/Soviet Tarantaika’ Is NOT Real Photo
Does a viral image authentically show a "1930 Russian/Soviet 'Tarantaika'"? No, that's not true: The picture was likely AI generated. The same picture was previously falsely claimed to have been a "restored 1875 chuckwagon" and Nicola Tes
Full Fact→ Image of ‘found’ two-year-old actually shows child injured in dog attack more than a decade ago
Posts shared to Facebook community groups in the UK falsely claim the boy has been taken to a local police station.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Image of Bearded Man Does NOT Show Liverpool Car Ramming Suspect
Did a widely-shared image of a bearded man show the individual arrested in Liverpool after a car drove into a crowd of celebrating soccer fans in May 2025? No, that's not true: Merseyside Police confirmed to Lead Stories that the photo do
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Spoof ‘Oscar Mayer Freedom Franks’ Image Originated On Satirical Account Posting Fake Products
Are "Oscar Mayer Freedom Franks" featuring red, white and blue sausages a real product? No, that's not true: A viral image of such wieners was created as a Fourth of July joke in 2023 by an Instagram account that says it creates "original
PolitiFact→ Fact-checking Trump’s video, images about South Africa during Oval Office meeting with Ramaphosa
Trump’s South Africa video, images fact-checked
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Image Does NOT Prove Ukrainian Government Issued ‘Rules For Reporters’ Photographing Zelenskyy In Turkey In May 2025
Does a viral image confirm that the Ukrainian government issued new rules prohibiting taking pictures of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy from certain angles? No, that's not true: Talking to Lead Stories, a spokesperson for the Ukr
Full Fact→ Image showing new Pope with rappers is altered
The picture is actually a composite, in which an image of the new Pope has been added to a photograph from 2020.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: AI-Generated Image Shows Women And Children Crying On Demand For A Cameraman — Not Actual Palestinians In Gaza
Does an image authentically show (presumably) Palestinian women and children crying on demand for a cameraman wearing a green on white headband with Arabic lettering on it? No, that's not true: The scene, which also contained rubble and a
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: FAKE Truth Social Screenshot Has Trump Calling Australian PM Albanese The R-Word — Fabricated Image
Did U.S. President Donald Trump call Australian PM Anthony Albanese a "total RETARD" in a post on Truth Social? No, that's not true: A fabricated screenshot of such a post, in which Trump accused Albanese of "running the country into the
Full Fact→ Images show wildfires in New Jersey not Israel
Two photos of burning forests are being shared with misleading claims they show the recent fires in Israel, when this is not the case.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: White House Posted AI Generated Image Of President Trump Wielding Lightsaber On May 4, 2025
Did the official X account of The White House post an AI generated picture of President Trump wielding a red lightsaber in front of a backdrop of American flags and eagles? Yes, that's true: The image was published on May 4, 2025, a day i
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: AI Image Does NOT Show Actual Jewish Settlers Splashing Liquid On Palestinian Woman In Wheelchairs
Does a viral online image authentically show "Jewish settlers" pouring a "hit liquid" on two elderly Palestinian sisters in wheelchairs? No, that's not true: According to AI detection tools the image was AI generated and no liquid -- "hit
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: President Trump Did Post An AI Image Of Himself Dressed As Pope
Did American President Donald Trump post a picture of himself in which he appeared to be dressed as Pope while holding up his right index finger? Yes, that's true: He posted the image to his Instagram account. According to at least one AI
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Miley Cyrus Before-And-After Uses FAKE Image To Ask ‘What Happened’ To Her In May 2025
Does a set of before-and-after pictures authentically depict Miley Cyrus in May, 2025? No, that's not true: No contemporaneous photo shows the singer looking like the cadaverous caricature shown in a social media post. Tools for detection
Full Fact→ Image of police officers kneeling in front of Muslim men is AI-generated
The image, which depicts UK police officers kneeling before a group of men in Islamic dress, is likely the product of Artificial Intelligence.
Full Fact→ Image of Donald Trump with teenage girl is likely AI-creation
The picture has been debunked many times, and there are clues that it was created with Artificial Intelligence.
Full Fact→ Daily Mail front page screenshot edited to include image of PM and Savile
The screenshot has been altered to include a picture that was never published by the paper.
Full Fact→ Photo of ‘US army general killed in Gaza’ is actually old image from Iraq
There’s no evidence that reports of the death of a general are genuine.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Trump Did NOT Post Image Of Pooh Bear To Troll China’s Xi Jinping, As Of April 9, 2025
Did U.S. President Donald Trump post a meme of Winnie the Pooh on X to troll China's Xi Jinping in 2025? No, that's not true: Lead Stories manually reviewed Trump's account on X and did not find the image social media alleged he published
PolitiFact→ Viral image – Ukraine President Zelenskyy didn’t buy a controlling stake in mining company, despite online claims
Video shows South African news outlet reporting Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy “purchased a controlling stake” in a mine.
PolitiFact→ Viral image – Website that regularly publishes false information goes after Democrats’ Wisconsin Supreme Court win
“White hats to investigate Wisconsin Supreme Court election.”
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – Fabricated image of Pope Francis greeting a purported Church of Satan priest spreads online
Photo shows “Pope Francis, shaking the hand of the priest of the Church of Satan.”
PolitiFact→ Viral image – Elon Musk didn’t target Trump’s golf trips in an X post about DOGE
Says Elon Musk wrote on X, “The DOGE team has discovered tens of millions of dollars spent on golf by a single government official.”
PolitiFact→ Viral image – No, AOC is not cashing grandmother’s Social Security checks, this is satire
Says U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s family “must have just overlooked” “cashing her dead grandmother’s Social Security checks for a decade and a half.”
PolitiFact→ Viral image – Video shows Danish lawmakers laughing at prime minister, not at Trump’s Greenland remarks
Video shows “how Denmark reacted when Trump said he wanted to buy Greenland.”
PolitiFact→ Viral image – This isn’t a real Truth Social post from Trump about ending dual citizenship
Says President Donald Trump wrote on Truth Social, “I am ending dual citizenship under the Espionage Act and all these traitors will be ‘denaturalized and deported.’”
PolitiFact→ Viral image – Plastic surgery crime story originated on a self-described satire site
“Man gets plastic surgery and name change to date his ex-girlfriend after she obtains a restraining order.”
PolitiFact→ Viral image – Marjorie Taylor Greene didn’t author this X post about incest. This is fake
Says U.S. Rep. Majorie Taylor Green wrote on X that she is “a product of incest.”
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.
Full Fact→ Viral image of Pikachu at Turkey protests is AI-generated
Although there is real footage of someone dressed as Pikachu at protests in Turkey, a viral still image circulating on social media is not authentic.
PolitiFact→ Social Media – Image of a person dressed as Pikachu in Turkey protests is AI-generated
Image shows a “person dressed up as Pikachu to resist police violence” in Turkey.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: AI Image Shows Person With Blue Hair Writing ‘Fascist’ On A Tesla Cybertruck — Not Real Photo
Does an image authentically show a person with blue hair writing "fascist" on a Tesla Cybertruck? No, that's not true: The picture of the half-naked person is AI generated. It originated in a post from an account on X that says it publish
Full Fact→ Image shared with claim about family in London is 2016 stock photo from Malaysia
Social media posts have claimed the photo shows the family of a person called “Khalil”, who supposedly arrived in the UK by boat and lives in a five-bed home in north London.