Will the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) newly begin in January 2022 to provide data on how many U.S. deaths are "from" COVID and how many are "with" COVID? No, that's not true: The National Center for Health Statistics (
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Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Sisters From MIT Did NOT Land Massive Deal For Way To End Tinnitus On ‘Shark Tank’ — It’s Clickbait
Did Donna and Rosy Khalife net "the biggest deal in 'Shark Tank' history" by pitching a "CBD formula that can stop Tinnitus instantly and for good"? No, that's not true: This is a fake clickbait article. The Khalife sisters appeared on th
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Angelina Jolie Did NOT Give A ‘Rare Interview’ Touting A Keto Weight-Loss Line — It’s A Clickbait Ad
Did Angelina Jolie give a "rare interview" where she blamed Brad Pitt's drinking for their divorce and then touted a keto weight loss line? No, that's not true: The Oscar-winning movie star never gave an interview where she denigrated her
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: This Rash Is NOT HIV, It’s Eczema
Does HIV cause a skin condition? Yes, that's sometimes true, but HIV-negative people also have this skin condition. A reverse image search on Google showed Lead Stories that the skin condition seen in the Facebook post below is called ato
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: ‘Flurona’ Is NOT A New Disease — It’s Slang For Overlapping Flu And COVID-19 Infections
Is "flurona" a new cross-breed virus resulting from combination of the SARS-CoV-2 virus and seasonal influenza? No, that's not true: Flu and SARS-CoV-2 can't combine their DNA to create a new virus, according to a professor of microbiolog
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Amazon Did NOT Launch Cryptocurrency Token Presale — It’s A Phishing Scam
Did Amazon launch a presale of a new Amazon Token cryptocurrency -- and does the purchase of this cryptocurrency also include Amazon Prime and other member benefits? No, that's not true: A series of spoof websites impersonating both Amazo
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Failed Chinese Airstrike — It’s Video Game Footage
Does this video show a failed Chinese airstrike near Taiwan, with planes crashing after they are fired upon? No, that's not true: This footage is from the video game Arma 3. The footage is not real. The claim appeared in a Facebook post (
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Devils Tower Is NOT A Giant Silicon Tree Trunk — It’s A Rock Formed 50 Million Years Ago
Is Devils Tower National Monument in Wyoming a remnant of an ancient giant tree made out of silicon? No, that's not true: Devils Tower is sedimentary rock that got pushed up to the surface millions of years ago. The National Park Service
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Omicron Variant Is NOT Just Common Cold Or RSV Infection — It’s Separate And Unique
Is the CDC just calling the common cold or RSV the omicron variant? No, that's not true: The omicron variant is a mutated version of the original COVID-19 virus. While the common cold and RSV (respiratory syncytial virus) are viral infect
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Police Knocking At Wrong House Is NOT Real — It’s A Skit
Did a police officer, believing there was a domestic incident, knock for 10 minutes on the door of a house where no one lives until the homeowner arrives and tells her the house was empty? No, that's not true: This video is a scripted ski
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: This Is NOT An X-Ray Of A 700-Pound Man — It’s A Digital Artist’s Rendering
Is this an accurate X-ray image of the skeleton in a "700-pound man"? No, that's not true: It is not even an X-ray. This image depicts a digital 3D model of what the body of a 900-pound man might look like, if a person that size could sta
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: ‘Birds Aren’t Real’ Is NOT A Real Conspiracy — It’s A Parody Social Movement
Is there a legitimate movement made up of people trying to raise awareness that birds are not real but are actually government spy drones that charge on power lines and drop tracking devices on cars? No. This parody movement is supported
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Story Of Bristol Zoo Parking Scam Is NOT Real — It’s A Myth
Is the story of a man scamming visitors by posing as a parking lot attendant at the Bristol Zoo Gardens in Bristol, England, real? No, that's not true: The claim about a man who pretended to be a parking attendant for 25 years at the Bris
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO Evidence Facebook Post About Forced Transgender Reassignment Of Teen Is True — It’s Fabricated By Troll Farm
Is this post a real account of a transgender reassignment for a teenager? No, that's not true: There is no evidence to suggest the content in this post is real. This closely resembles another fabricated story from a Reddit troll farm that
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Bill Gates NOT Charged With Murder In India For COVID-19 Vaccine Death — It’s A Lawsuit Filed By A Private Citizen
Is Bill Gates charged with murder in India's High Court for an alleged COVID-19-vaccine-caused death? No, that's not true: A $134 million lawsuit has been filed against Gates and others in India but it was done so by a private citizen who
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: A Person Does NOT ‘Die For A Second’ When They Sneeze — It’s A Myth
Do people "die for a second" when they sneeze? No, that's not true: The Library of Congress answered that question, saying that the myth may have originated from the pressure change people feel in their chest after sneezing. There may be
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: The Lancet Did NOT Say ‘Stigmatising The Unvaccinated Is Unjustified’ — It’s An Opinion Letter From A Reader
Did one of the world's leading medical journals declare that stigmatizing the unvaccinated is "unjustified" and that government public health officials are bullying by "suggesting that people who have been vaccinated are not relevant in t
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Viral Photo Does NOT Show Anti-Vax Protest In Austria — It’s 30-Year-Old Picture Of Political Protest In The Soviet Union
Does a viral photo featuring a large mass of people gathered in a city square show an anti-COVID-19 vaccination protest in Austria? No, that's not true: The image, taken in 1991, actually shows Russians gathered to protest the leadership
Logically→ In Japan, it’s common to find gravestones with QR codes.
Gravestones with QR codes are a fairly new phenomenon in Japan, and while they are on offer, they are not commonplace.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: ‘CaptainJenkem’-Tweeted Photo Is NOT A Photo Of The Driver Who Hit The Waukesha Christmas Parade — It’s A Recycled Hoax
Does this photo posted by the Twitter account @CaptainJenkem show the man who drove his vehicle into a Christmas parade in Waukesha, Wisconsin? No, that's not true: This photo is not recent and has a history of being used in pranks since
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Kamala Harris Did NOT Say ‘Virtually Every Person Who Has Recently Died From COVID-19 Was Vaccinated’ — It’s An Altered Video
Did Vice President Kamala Harris say "virtually every person who has recently died from COVID-19 was vaccinated"? No, that's not true: An edited excerpt from a video of a Harris speech replaces the word "unvaccinated" with the word "vacci
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: This Video Of Argument Over Vaccination Status On A Plane Is NOT Real — It’s An Ad-Eligible Skit Film With Actors
Did a scene between a passenger, flight attendant and airline captain erupt on a plane about the passenger not wanting to sit next to someone who had not been vaccinated? No, that's not true: The scene was staged and filmed, and listed on
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Claim That SARS-CoV-2 Is ‘Not A Truly Isolated Human Virus’ Is NOT True — It’s Been Isolated From Human Patients
Is SARS-CoV-2, the novel coronavirus that causes COVID-19, "not a truly isolated human virus" because it was only replicated in monkey cell lines? No, that's not true: While the origin of the virus is hypothesized to be from an animal, th
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Zelenko Interview Does NOT Show World Is Living Through Global Biological Weapons Attack — It’s Laundry List Of Disproven COVID Vaccine Claims
Does a 54-minute video interview featuring elaborate conspiracy theories show we are living through a global bioweapons attack? No, that's not true: The video includes a lengthy list of claims and charges that have already been debunked.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Iranian Military Shooting At UFO — It’s Arizona Machine Gun Event
Does this video show the Iranian military firing at a UFO? No, that's not true: This video footage came from a night time machine gun shoot at the Big Sandy Range in Arizona. The glowing flying object is not from outer space but a remote
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: 23,000 Voters Registered With Same Wisconsin Number Is NOT Proof Of Election Fraud – It’s Glitch From State Registration System
Are 23,000 Wisconsin voters registered at a prison address with the same phone number proof of election fraud? No, that's not true: Some Wisconsin voter records have the same phone number due to a glitch that occurred when the state imple
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: National Heritage Area Designation Does NOT Impose NHA Control Over Private Land — It’s A Tourism Map Device
Do private landowners lose control of their property when tourism promoters and/or history buffs get a region of their state designated a National Heritage Area? No, that's not true: There is no evidence National Heritage Areas empower fe
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO Evidence Alec Baldwin Joked That He Would Shoot Crew Members On The Set Of ‘Rust’ — It’s A Fake Quote
Did a report about the accidental shooting of two crew members by actor Alec Baldwin on the set of "Rust," a western film, include a section about Baldwin saying "How about I just fuckin' shoot the both of ya?" No, that's not true: an exc
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Children Did NOT Recreate This ‘M*A*S*H’ Cast Photo — It’s A Digital Manipulation
Did eight children with uncanny resemblances to the cast members of the TV series "M*A*S*H" pose together to recreate a cast photo? No, that's not true: This photo is a digital manipulation. The clothing and setting in the two images matc
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: It’s NOT True That Fact Checkers Never Fact Check Anything That Attacks Conservatives
Do fact checkers never fact check posts and photos that attack conservatives? No, that's not true: If you conduct a search of fact checking sites like Lead Stories, you'll find examples that disprove the claim. The claim has appeared on s
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Image Of Pete Buttigieg Breastfeeding Is NOT Real — It’s Photoshopped
Did U.S. Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg pose for a photo wearing a breastfeeding device? No, that's not true: This image seen in the top portion of this meme has been digitally altered using photo-editing tools. The actual per
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Ben Shapiro Did NOT Tweet About His ‘Wife’s Bedroom’ In Columbus Day Message — It’s A Fake Tweet
Did conservative commentator Ben Shapiro tweet that his wife sleeps in her own bedroom in a Columbus Day message? No, that's not true: A tweet allegedly by Shapiro that claimed his daughter "went into my wife's bedroom," is a fake satiric
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: State Rep DID Propose Requiring Vasectomies For Some ‘Inseminators’ — But It’s Parody Legislation After Texas Abortion Law
Did a Democratic Pennsylvania state representative create a bill that enforces reproductive responsibility for men by requiring vasectomies for some "inseminators" and by offering a $10,000 reward for reporting "scofflaws" who don't submi
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Screenshot Of Live Ship Map Does NOT Exclusively Show Sitting Ships – It’s Primarily Moving Ships
Does a viral screenshot of a live map of ships' locations exclusively show ships that are moored or anchored rather than underway? No, that's not true: The screenshot primarily shows ships underway, according to common iconography used on
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Biden Administration Is NOT Implementing A Per-Mile ‘Driving Tax’ — It’s A Pilot Program
Is the Biden administration implementing a per-mile "driving tax" that would charge U.S. drivers an estimated eight cents per mile? No, that's not true: The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, which has not passed at the time of writi
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Reddit Post And Re-posts Elsewhere Are NOT A Parent Forcing A Gender Transition On Their Child — It’s A Fabricated Story
Did this Reddit post, which migrated to other platforms, chronicle a transgender parent forcibly giving their child the female hormone estradiol so that their son could transition into their daughter? No, that's not true: The content was
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: COVID-19 Vaccine Redacted Ingredient Is NOT Mysterious, It’s Salt Water
Did the FDA (Food & Drug Administration) redact a COVID-19 vaccine ingredient because it's a mysterious substance that the public shouldn't know about? No, that's not true: The redacted ingredient is salt water. A spokesperson for the
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Putting Hydrogen Peroxide In A Nebulizer Does NOT Help Fight Pathogens — It’s Dangerous
Does putting hydrogen peroxide in a nebulizer help the user's body fight pathogens? No, that's not true: Such a practice is not only ineffective, but dangerous, according to information from medical organizations. The claim appeared in a
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Mass Romanian Resistance Against Vaccination — It’s From 2017 Anti-Corruption Protests
Did the Romanian government close all vaccine centers because 70% of "epic" resistance from citizens? No, that's not true: The claim offers as proof a video taken at a 2017 political protest in Bucharest that had nothing to do with the vi
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: 7NewsAustralia Did NOT Report Australians Will Be Put Into ‘Isolation Camps’ By The End Of 2021 — It’s A Counterfeit Post
Will all Australians who are not vaccinated by the end of the year be put into "isolation camps"? No, that's not true: A spokesperson at 7News Australia told Lead Stories that the account in which this claim was made is fake. Also, a repr