Does a map showing "Terra-Infinita" show a real place composed of 178 worlds that exist beyond the domed territory of the "Known Lands" of Earth, ringed by a giant wall of ice and guarded by "custodians"? No, that's not true: This detaile
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Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Image Does NOT Show Virginia Man Arrested For Minecraft Military Bases — It’s A Digitally Altered Meme
Does an image widely circulated on social media accurately depict an Anchorage Daily News article about a Virginia man who was arrested for having created "exact replicas of classified US military bases" in the Minecraft video game? No, t
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO Election Fraud When ‘Bunch Of Bags Just Randomly Arrive’ At Maricopa County Counting Center — It’s Routine Process
Does a "bunch of bags" randomly arriving at the Maricopa County, Arizona, counting center prove that election fraud occurred there? No, that's not true: The black canvas bags in the image are used to transport voted ballots and results fr
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Oval Office Photo Does NOT Show Obama Giving Trump The Middle Finger in 2016 — It’s An Altered Image
Does a photograph of former Presidents Barack Obama and Donald Trump show Obama using his middle finger to express his unfavorable opinion of his successor in the White House? No, that's not true: The image has been altered from the origi
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: It’s NOT Suspicious – Just Factual — That Allegheny County Requested More Dem Mail-In Ballots Than Philadelphia Despite Having Fewer Dems
Was it suspicious that more Democrats in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, requested mail-in ballots than Democrats in Philadelphia County, even though 273,765 fewer registered Democratic voters live in Allegheny County in 2022? No, that's
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: AutoMARK Terminal Is NOT Ballot Tabulator — It’s Marking Device For Voters With Physical Impairments
Do videos show a voting machine at a New York polling place disregarding a voter's selections -- even though he made an effort to darken the selected circles? No, that's not true: The terminal pictured in the video is an AutoMARK assistiv
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Narcotraffickers, Communists Celebrating Lula Election Victory In Brazil — It’s From 2019
Does a social media video show narcotraffickers and Communists celebrating the election victory of Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva In Brazil's presidential election? No, that's not true: The video clip shows street celebrations in Brazil from
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Photo Of Cameraman Is NOT At US Capitol On January 6, 2021 — It’s DePape At 2013 San Francisco Nudist Wedding
Does a cameraman at the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021, bear a striking resemblance to David DePape, the man arrested for breaking into the home of Paul Pelosi and attacking him with a hammer? And was this cameraman working with Alexandr
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Pelosi Attack Suspect David DePape Is NOT Pictured Here – It’s Sean Dunnavant, Charged With Murder In Chicago
Is the man pictured at left David DePape, the suspect who allegedly broke into the home of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on October 28, 2022, and attacked her husband, Paul Pelosi, with a hammer? No, that's not true: Police have identified t
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Patent For Harvesting Adrenochrome From Humans — It’s A QAnon Myth
Does a social media video show a U.S. patent for harvesting adrenochrome from humans? No, that's not true: 3M, the holder of the patent shown, #4,501,923, told Lead Stories that the license "does not describe or suggest harvesting adrenoc
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Is NOT Proof That Moon Landing Was Hoax — It’s Lampoon Of Conspiracy Theories
Does a video that shows a stage-lighting support hitting an astronaut as he descends onto what appears to be the moon's surface prove that Apollo 11's July 20, 1969, moon landing was fake? No, that's not true: This video was produced as a
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: CDC Did NOT Mandate Kids Get COVID-19 Vaccine For School — It’s Up To Each State
Did the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) mandate that students get COVID-19 shots? No, that's not true: While an independent CDC advisory committee did vote on October 20, 2022, to add the COVID vaccine to its list of reco
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: President Trump Would NOT Be Reinstated Immediately By Supreme Court Decision — It’s About Redistricting NOT 2020 Election
Can former President Donald Trump be reinstated by a Supreme Court decision in the case of Moore v. Harper? No, that's not true: Lead Stories asked legal experts about the claim and they said there's no chance that Trump could be reinstat
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Ukrainian General’s Bracelet Does NOT Feature Swastika — It’s A Motif Called Solomon’s Knot
Did the commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Gen. Valery Zaluzhnyi, wear a bracelet with a Nazi insignia? No, that's not true: The motifs and clasp on his bracelet resemble a design series that is marketed as a Viking Bracel
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: It’s NOT ‘Statistically IMPOSSIBLE’ To Administer Billions Of COVID Vaccine Doses Since Pandemic Started
Is it "Statistically IMPOSSIBLE" to have administered the billions of COVID-19 vaccine shots that have been provided around the world? No, that's not true: There's no evidence to suggest the global health care community isn't up to the ta
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Of Italians Taking Down EU Flag Is NOT From September 2022 — It’s From 2013
Does this video show Italians take down the European Union (EU) flag and replacing it with an Italian flag after the right-wing Brothers of Italy group won an election in 2022? No, that's not true: This video is from December 13, 2013. Th
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Protester Did NOT Interrupt Funeral Of Queen Elizabeth II To Demand Apology For Britain’s Role In Slave Trade — It’s An Old Video
Do social media videos show a man protesting at the funeral of Queen Elizabeth II on September 19, 2022? No, that's not true: The video is from a 2007 service at Westminster Abbey marking the 200th anniversary of the act to abolish the sl
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: U.S. Presidents Can NOT Declassify Documents Simply By Saying ‘It’s Declassified’ Or By Merely ‘Thinking About It’ – There Is A Procedure For Doing It
Can a president of the United States declassify classified documents and information by simply saying "it's declassified" or by just "thinking about it"? No, that's not true: There is a procedure for presidents to declassify documents and
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Pope Francis Did NOT Slap Donald Trump’s Hand — It’s A Clip From A Late-Night TV Show
Did Pope Francis slap Donald Trump's hand away when Trump tried to hold his hand? No, that's not true: The pope and Trump did meet at the Vatican on May 24, 2017, but the hand-touching clip is not real. That clip is from "Jimmy Kimmel Liv
Logically→ The Medieval Warm Period was hotter than today’s temperatures, and carbon dioxide is the lowest it’s been in millions of years.
Current global temperatures are hotter, and the amount of CO2 in the atmosphere is higher than during pre-industrial civilization.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: US $20 Bill Does NOT Have Slave Hanging On It — It’s A Lantern
Does the U.S. $20 bill show a slave hanging from the White House? No, that's not true: The image on the bill in a social media video is of a lantern that hangs in the North Portico of the White House. The claim appeared in a video (archiv
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Hillary Clinton Leading A Cult Ritual — It’s A Space-Themed Birthday Party
Does a "leaked video" show Hillary Clinton leading a space cult in an "annual Earth ritual"? No, that's not true: This video shows a space-themed birthday party that took place over Labor Day weekend 2022. The video and an article publish
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Injured Young Man IS NOT Unidentified — It’s A Ruse To Trick People To Share The Post
Was a young man who was not carrying any identification hit by a car locally, and is the public's help now needed to identify him? No, that's not true: The teen in the photo was involved in a serious crash with a car on June 8, 2022, whil
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show UFOs Surrounding A Nuclear Plant — It’s A Coal-Fired Power Plant, Flying Orbs Are Computer-Generated
Does a Facebook video show three UFOs surrounding a nuclear plant? No, that's not true: The footage shows a coal-fired power plant in West Virginia, and the white orbs allegedly flying in the sky above have been created by a special effec
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Brazilian Gang Intimidating Police — It’s Movie Production
Did a Brazilian gang use force to make the police comply as armed gang members moved through a street? No, that's not true: This video shows a bystander's view of a movie scene in production. The film, "Rocinha: Toda História tem dois La
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Jelly Soap Will NOT Make You Lose Weight — Expert Says It’s Fake
Will this jelly soap help you lose weight? No, that's not true: The Facebook post links to a product that is not even advertised in the video. The link leads to a similar product that Lead Stories debunked here. A registered dietician nut
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Dominion Did NOT Lose Its Lawsuits Against Rudy Giuliani And Sidney Powell — It’s A Recycled Claim
Did Dominion Voting Systems lose its lawsuits against Rudy Giuliani, former New York City mayor and personal attorney for Donald Trump; and Sidney Powell, another Trump attorney? No, that's not true: In an August 22, 2022, email from Domi
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show ‘Rep. John Haller’ Reading Anti-Terrorism Bill With Repeated ‘Classified’ Parts — It’s Old Satire
Does a video show "Rep. John Haller" of Pennsylvania reading through the "HR 8791 -- the Homeland Terrorism Preparedness Bill" and interrupting his reading by repeatedly saying material is "classified"? No, that's not true: There was no R
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Pirates Attacking U.S. Military Ship — It’s Marine Sniper Training And Other Clips
Does this video show pirates trying to take over a U.S. military ship? No, that's not true: This video shows scenes taken from different sources, but the opening scene -- a small red target boat under heavy machine gun fire, a scenario th
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Gov. Ron DeSantis On Hannity Talking About Mar-A-Lago Search — It’s Doctored Video
Did Gov. Ron DeSantis argue with Sean Hannity about the FBI's role in the search of Donald Trump's Mar-A-Lago home? No, that's not true: Video purporting to show the Florida governor defending the FBI search in a FOX News segment with Han
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Amazon Is NOT Selling Unclaimed Packages For $1.95 — It’s A Third-Party Seller
Does Amazon host a charity event at the end of the year and distribute random unclaimed Amazon packages for $1.95? No, that's not true: An Amazon spokesperson wrote to us saying that Amazon will sell returns to third-party buyers if the i
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show 20 Warplanes Escorting Nancy Pelosi’s Plane During 2022 Taiwan Visit — It’s 2020 Naval Exercise
Does this video show 20 warplanes escorting U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's plane during her visit to Taiwan on August 2, 2022? No, this daytime video is from U.S. Naval Air Forces exercises in the Philippine Sea in 2020, according to a
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Of Biden in ‘Predator’ Sting Is NOT Real — It’s A Mashup of 2019 CNN Interview, Old ‘Dateline’ Footage
Was President Joe Biden caught in a child predator sting by NBC "Dateline" host Chris Hansen and a decoy pretending to be a 13-year-old girl? No, that's not true: This video mashup uses clips from two unrelated videos that were filmed mor
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: This Is NOT An Accurate Picture Of Donald Trump On A Golf Course — It’s Been Widened
Is this picture an accurate depiction of former President Donald Trump? No, that's not true: This picture has been widened to make it look as if Trump has gained weight. The true picture, credited to Getty Images, is not as wide and featu
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Packaged Chicken In Swollen Plastic Does NOT Mean It’s Bad, Growing Bacteria
Does swollen plastic packaging mean chicken is bad and growing bacteria? No, that's not true: According to Tom Super, the senior vice president of communications at the National Chicken Council, this "is a USDA-approved packaging process,
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Smithsonian Did NOT Destroy Giant Skeletons — It’s An Internet Hoax
Did the Smithsonian Institute admit to destroying thousands of giant human skeletons? Did the U.S. Supreme Court order the Smithsonian to release classified documents that would prove this? No, neither are true: A representative for the S
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: It’s NOT True That Without Your Written Consent Debt Collectors Can’t Buy Your Debt, ‘Come After You’
Is it true that debt collection agencies cannot buy your debt and "come after you" without your written consent? No, that's not true: Although they must follow strict communication guidelines, debt collectors can purchase debt and pursue
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO Active Alert For Highly Dangerous Man In Galveston, Texas — It’s A Clickbait Ruse
Is there an active public warning alert in Galveston, Texas, to be on the lookout for an "armed and very dangerous" man who attacks women as of June 6, 2022? No, that's not true: While the man seen in the post is genuinely a fugitive from
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: It’s NOT Likely That Church Advocating For Particular Vote On An Issue Will Lose Its Tax-Exempt Status
Is it likely that a church with a sign advocating for a particular vote on an issue will lose its tax-exempt status? Not really: Although the IRS suggests that 501(c)(3) organizations refrain from publicly supporting a particular vote on
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: ‘Mr. K Brendon’ Is NOT A Real Danger — It’s A Ruse — Using Canceled 2016 Public Warning
Did "Mr K Brendon" kill his wife's cat and go missing from his home, causing the police to issue a public warning to be on the lookout for this "very dangerous" man? No, that's not true: The post is designed to trick people to urgently sh