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Lead Stories→ Fact Check: TikTok Video Labeled "Important Prayer From Pope Leo" Is NOT Authentic
Did Pope Leo XIV issue an important prayer for all Americans on July 25, 2025? No, that's not true: A video originating on TikTok features an AI generated likeness of Pope Leo XIV speaking. The voiceover includes a prayer which does not m
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Of Cat Riding Leopard Does NOT Document Real-Life Scene
Does a viral clip of a cat riding a leopard show a real encounter recorded by a security camera? No, that's not true: The clip contained a logo of a video-generating tool. The video in question includes inconsistencies that point to AI or
Full Fact→ Clip of Pope Leo XIV addressing Burkina Faso leader is fake
The clip has been edited to lip sync what is likely deepfake audio of the Pope with real footage of him delivering a different speech.
The Dispatch→ What Can We Learn from Pope Leo’s First Few Weeks?
Examining the new pope’s early words and actions.
News Facts Network→ Fact vs. Fiction: Claim That Pope Leo XIV Will Lead Mass in Chicago on the Same Day as Trump’s Military Parade
Claim via Social Media Posts Social media posts on X and Facebook claimed that Pope... The post Fact vs. Fiction: Claim That Pope Leo XIV Will Lead Mass in Chicago on the Same Day as Trump’s Military Parade appeared first on News Facts Network.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Barron Trump Did NOT Marry Princess Leonor — AI Generated Wedding Video
Did Barron Trump, son of President Trump, get married to Spanish crown princess Leonor and was all of this documented in a lavish wedding video? No, that's not true: A youtube account named "Lovely Trump Family" put out several videos pur
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Authentically Show Pope Leo XIV Criticizing JD Vance’s Response To Biden’s Cancer Diagnosis
Did a viral video really show Pope Leo XIV publicly criticizing JD Vance for his reaction to former President Joe Biden's cancer announcement? No, that's not true: The clip used AI-generated sound to make it appear the Pope scolded Vance
Full Fact→ No evidence Pope Leo XIV said being called woke is the gospel
A quote attributed to the new Pope is circulating widely online, but we could find no evidence he actually said this.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Pope Leo XIV Turning Away From Pride Flag — It’s The "Pace" (Peace) Flag
Does a video posted to social media show Pope Leo XIV turning away from a Pride flag as he moves through a receiving line? No, that's not true: It's not a Pride flag but a flag commonly flown at Italian peace marches that says "PACE," whi
The Dispatch→ Pope Leo XIV and a New Age of ‘New Things’
Why looking back to the last Leo would be good for this one.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO Evidence Pope Leo XIV Said "Be Woke" Or That Statement Containing That Phrase Is Authentic
Did Pope Leo XIV release a statement in which he said "Be woke"? No, that's not true: There is no trace of such a statement on the website of the Vatican and no news sources indexed by Google News have reported on it. Had such a statement
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO Evidence Pope Leo XIV Was A ‘Celebrated’ Jazz Trombone player AKA ‘Bobby Prev’ In His Spare Time In Chicago
Did Robert Francis Prevost moonlight as "Bobby Prev", a "celebrated jazz trombonist" in Chicago who "headlined several jazz festivals in the '70s and '80s"? No, that's not true: The archives of the Chicago Tribune, which has long provided
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Fake Headline About Pope Leo XIV And 2020 Anarchist ‘CHAZ’ Protest Did NOT Appear In New York Times — Location Wrong, Too
Did the New York Times publish a story headlined "Pope Leo XIV Was a Founding Member of the 2020 Anarchist Portland Autonomous Zone Known as CHAZ"? No, that's not true: A faked screenshot of such a headline also claimed Robert Francis Pre
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Fake Headline About Pope Leo XIV And 2020 Anarchist ‘CHAZ’ Protest Did NOT Appear In New York Times — Location Wrong, Too
Did the New York Times publish a story headlined "Pope Leo XIV Was a Founding Member of the 2020 Anarchist Portland Autonomous Zone Known as CHAZ"? No, that's not true: A faked screenshot of such a headline also claimed Robert Francis Pre
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: New Pope Leo XIV Is NOT ‘Registered Republican’ — He Voted In Republican Primaries But Illinois Voters Needn’t Declare Party Affiliation When Registering
Does a viral image prove that the newly elected U.S.-born Pope Leo XIV is a "registered Republican" from Will County, Illinois? That omits some context: According to the Will County Clerk's Office file, the new Pope did vote in Republican
Lead Stories→ White Smoke: Cardinals Choose American Robert Prevost As Pope Leo XIV — What We Know So Far
Cardinal Robert Prevost, a Chicago native, was chosen as successor to Pope Francis. Prevost, who becomes the first American to lead the Roman Catholic Church, has chosen the name Leo XIV. (Source: Lead Stories' screenshot of Vatican TV)
PolitiFact→ Viral image – No, Luigi Mangione didn’t post this Napoleon Bonaparte quote
Says Luigi Mangione posted on X, “He who saves his country does not violate any law.”
The Dispatch→ In His Napoleonic Era
The impression that the president is megalomaniacally contemptuous of the law is not good for anybody.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO Evidence Leonardo DiCaprio Announced He Was Leaving US, Saying ‘This Is Not The Country I Want To Live In’ As Of December 6, 2024
Did Leonardo DiCaprio announce he was leaving the United States, saying, "This is not the country I want to live in," as of December 6, 2024? No, that's not true: There is no evidence the actor announced that he was leaving the U.S. as of
The Dispatch→ The Chameleon and the Caterpillar
Both vice presidential candidates have reinvented themselves to fit their present circumstances.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Cancer Researcher ‘Dr. Leo Ferreira’ Was NOT Killed In Brazil Plane Crash — It Was José Ferreira
Did Leonardo Ferreira die in a Brazil plane crash in August 2024, as a post on X claimed? No, that's not true: Leonardo Ferreira, the man shown in the video, confirmed to Lead Stories that he is alive and well. Another man with the same l
The Dispatch→ Not Quite Napoleon
What day is this?
The Dispatch→ Teleology Takedowns
Shame-On-You-Outrage-Mode.
Logically→ Nej, en krypskytt placerades inte vid katedralen i León som skydd mot radikala islamister i Spanien
Logically→ No, a sniper was not placed at the León Cathedral to protect against radical Islamists in Spain
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Sweden Did NOT Confirm The Loss Of All Leopard 2A5 Tanks Delivered To Ukraine
Did Sweden confirm the loss of all Leopard 2A5 tanks delivered to Ukraine? No, that's not true. The government of Sweden did not confirm the loss of the tanks, both the press officer for the Swedish Defence Minister and a spokesperson for
PolitiFact→ ¿El desempleo hispano ha disminuido a la mitad bajo Joe Biden? Eso es Mayormente Cierto
Un anuncio de la campaña de Joe Biden afirma que, desde que asumió el cargo, el desempleo latino se ha reducido a la mitad. Eso es Mayormente Cierto.
Logically→ No, video doesn’t show ‘drunk’ leopard in Assam
The Dispatch→ Leopards Eating People’s Faces
Turns out populists have faces too.
PolitiFact→ Pregúntale a PolitiFact: ¿Por qué el gobierno excluye de las cifras de desempleo a ciertas personas?
En Español: El gobierno define a las personas como “desempleadas” si están activamente buscando trabajo. Esta ha sido una política por muchas décadas.
Logically→ No, this video does not show Russian forces destroying Leopard tanks
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO Evidence Jada Pinkett Smith Said ‘White Supremacy Responsible for Cleopatra’s Terrible Audience Score’
Did renowned actress and film producer Jada Pinkett Smith say that "she blames 'white supremacists' for the flop of her new Netflix docudrama series, Queen Cleopatra"? No, that's not true: No credible evidence exists that Pinkett Smith ha
Logically→ A leopard was spotted inside Mysore’s CFTRI building in January 2023.
The video claiming to show a leopard inside the CFTRI facility is not from Mysuru. The incident occurred at Hetero Pharmaceuticals in Telangana.
Logically→ Video shows a leopard attack at the Forest Research Institute in Dehradun.
The video is of an incident from the Rain Forest Research Institute in Jorhat, Assam, and not from Dehradun.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Leonel Messi Did NOT Direct Profanity Or Criticism At Ukraine’s Zelenskyy In Instagram Post
Did Leonel Messi, an Argentinian football star who led his national team to the 2022 World Cup, swear at Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Instagram, demanding that the Ukrainian leader "take [his] people and get out of Europe" a
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Antwerp Handjes Sweets Are NOT A Tribute To The Congo Atrocities Of King Leopold II of Belgium
Do people in Belgium honor King Leopold II by making chocolates and cookies in the form of human hands, representing the severed limbs of Congolese people and children who were brutally punished or killed in the colonial era for not meeti
Logically→ A leopard attacked two women in the Turahalli Forest Range in Bengaluru.
The video of a leopard attacking two women is from Uttarakhand. Though leopards were spotted in Bengaluru last week, the video is not from the city.
Snopes→ Fat Leonard’s Escape As Stunning As His Navy Bribery Case
U-Haul trucks were seen at his home in a tony San Diego neighborhood before Leonard Glenn Francis, known as “Fat Leonard,” snipped off his ankle monitor and disappeared.
Truth or Fiction?→ Leonna Hale Photoshop Controversy
On May 30 2022, social media users discussed the shooting of Leonna Hale, a purportedly unarmed pregnant woman in Kansas City — frequently in the context of police actions during and after the May 24 2022 Uvalde, Texas school shooting: Kansas C