Did American Airlines announce on November 4, 2025 that it would immediately shutdown and cancel flights after 66 years of service? No, that's not true: A news headline reading "American airline abruptly confirms immediate total shutdown"
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PolitiFact→ Social Media – Keep your grocery carts rolling; Walmart is not closing to in-store shoppers Nov. 1
Walmart will close to in-store shoppers and allow only online orders and curbside pickup starting Nov. 1 because of an expected Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program funding lapse.
Lead Stories→ What We Know About The Image From Portland Of An ICE Supporter, Posted By ICE And Dismissed By Social Media Users As A Fake
Did ICE post an AI-generated image on its X account to make a point that it was not only protesters but also supporters who showed up in Portland, Oregon, in early October 2025? Here's what we know so far: Lead Stories asked, but ICE had
The Dispatch→ A ‘Loaded Gun’ Pointed at the Media
The Espionage Act needs robust carve-outs for journalists.
PolitiFact→ X posts – Some H-1B visa holders are U.S. medical residents, but not as many as social media users suggest
Thirty percent of U.S. medical residents are international medical graduates, and 10,000 of 43,000 residency spots are filled by H-1B visa holders.
Full Fact→ Baseless claim that Declan Rice donated millions to Tower Hamlets Council spreads on social media
Posts sharing the claim about the footballer have been shared thousands of times on social media, but the council has confirmed it isn’t true.
Full Fact→ Revealed: how fake stories about government plans to curb personal freedoms have spread across social media
TikTok has banned 14 accounts after a Full Fact investigation found false claims about government restrictions have been shared across different social media platforms more than 300,000 times.
PolitiFact→ What to know about Tylenol’s 2017 social media post and pregnancy guidance
What to know about Tylenol’s 2017 tweet
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Elon Musk Was NOT A Speaker At Charlie Kirk Memorial, Did NOT Deliver Lines Seen In Social Media Posts
At the Charlie Kirk memorial, did Elon Musk say the conservative organizer and podcaster "...did not live to be erased by the lost...we will not let that sacrifice go unnoticed"? No, that's not true: Musk was not one of the speakers at th
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Grindr Denies Reports About Arizona Outages During Charlie Kirk Memorial Service — Possibly Based On Social Media Speculation
Did the servers for gay dating app Grindr in Phoenix or Glendale have problems handling increased traffic related to Charlie Kirk's memorial service in Arizona on September 21, 2025? No, that's not true: A website named Downdetector did s
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: English Police Did NOT Go After Child’s Phone For ‘Looking At A Social Media Post’ — Police Say They’re Investigating Sending Of ‘Malicious Communications’
Did UK police attempt to seize a child's phone for viewing a social media post? No, that's not true: In the recording shared as "proof" of the claim, police were heard saying the reason for their visit was different. In a statement releas
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Metallica Vocalist James Hetfield Has NOT Committed To Funding The Education Of Charlie Kirk’s Children — It’s One Of Several Social Media Traffic Scams
Did Metallica vocalist James Hetfield commit to pay for the education of Kirk's children, as multiple social media posts said? No, that's not true: There were no news reports or public statements backing up any of that. Hetfield has made
PolitiFact→ Social Media – Did the 1948 Smith-Mundt Act hold news broadcasters accountable for ‘lying’? That’s wrong
Former President Barack Obama eliminated a law that “held news corporations accountable for lying to the American people.”
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: J.K. Rowling Does NOT Have Cancer — Rumor Was Sparked By A Joke Posted On Social Media
Is it public knowledge that author J.K. Rowling has cancer? No, that's not true: There have been no official announcements or evidence-based reporting that Rowling has cancer. The viral rumor on social media appears to have started with a
Full Fact→ ‘Afghanistan earthquake’ images used by major UK media outlets were likely made with AI
The Times, Mirror and others have now removed the images after Full Fact got in contact.
AllSides→ After Kirk’s Death, a False Social Media Post on Partisan Reaction to Violence
https://www.factcheck.org/2025/09/after-kirks-death-a-false-social-media-post-on-partisan-reaction-to-violence/
AllSides→ After Kirk’s Death, a False Social Media Post on Partisan Reaction to Violence
After Kirk’s Death, a False Social Media Post on Partisan Reaction to Violence jbhicks Fri, 09/12/2025 - 05:03 After the fatal shooting of conservative activist Charlie Kirk, social media claims offering political views of the assassina
FactCheck.org→ After Kirk’s Death, a False Social Media Post on Partisan Reaction to Violence
After the fatal shooting of conservative activist Charlie Kirk, social media claims offering political views of the assassination and the reaction to it quickly spread. One message falsely claimed that “not a single Republican condemned” t
Full Fact→ Media correct asylum hotel claims, but government minister doesn’t
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: President Trump Did NOT Just Authorize FCC Fines Of Up To $100 Million For Media Outlets Caught Spreading Lies
Did President Trump just authorize FCC fines of up to $100 million for media outlets caught spreading lies? No, that's not true: That story originated on a satirical Facebook page. The owner of the page is known for tricking conservatives
PolitiFact→ How Donald Trump’s untimely and untrue ‘death’ unfolded on social media
Trump is alive. Here’s how a rumor saying he died spread.
Full Fact→ Fake UN ‘Agenda 2030’ list circulates again on social media
This isn’t the first time we’ve seen this list being shared online, and the UN has previously confirmed to Full Fact it isn’t real.
Full Fact→ Fake Shein offers circulate on social media
False deals from popular retailers like Shein are common on Facebook.
AllSides→ Media fact-checkers brought ruin on themselves
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/restoring-america/fairness-justice/3763061/media-fact-checkers-brought-ruin-on-themselves/
AllSides→ It’s only getting worse: The Top 5 media fails of Trump 2.0
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/3757725/its-only-getting-worse-the-top-5-media-fails-of-trump-2-0/
News Facts Network→ Trump Orders D.C. Homeless to “Move Out Immediately,” Plans Crime Crackdown
President Donald Trump said Sunday that Washington, D.C.’s homeless population must “move out immediately,” promising The post Trump Orders D.C. Homeless to “Move Out Immediately,” Plans Crime Crackdown appeared first on News Facts Network.
PolitiFact→ Social Media – Social media posts claim Trump made 4,725 wire transfers to Epstein. That misrepresents Senate probe
President Donald Trump “made 4,725 wire transfers” to Jeffrey Epstein, totaling nearly $1.1 billion.
Full Fact→ Social media posts promoting Amazon laptop giveaway are fake
Amazon isn’t giving away very cheap or free laptops to clear out stock as posts on Facebook suggest.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: UK’s Online Safety Act Did NOT Ban ‘All Criticism Of Illegal Immigration’ On Social Media in July 2025
Did the most recent, July 2025 version of the 2023 U.K. Online Safety Act prohibit "all criticism" of unauthorized immigration on social media? No, that's not true: According to the full text of the law, what is considered an offense is a
Full Fact→ What the UK riots taught us about social media failure
Comment piece for the 2025 Full Fact Report by By Zoe Manzi and Hannah Rose, Hate and Extremism Analysts at the Institute for Strategic Dialogue.
PolitiFact→ Social Media – Amid starvation in Gaza, AI-generated images of Egyptians throwing bottles of food to sea go viral
Images show “Egyptian youth who put some food, baby formula, rice, and flour in bottles and threw them into the sea, hoping it would reach Gaza.”
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Picture Of Man Studying Electrical Engineering Is NOT Real Photo Of British Comedian Rowan Atkinson
Does a viral image showing "17-year-old Rowan Atkinson ... studying electrical engineering at Newcastle University" authentically portray the British comedian best known for playing Mr. Bean? No, that's not true: The image was AI generate
News Facts Network→ Federal Judges Order Abrego Garcia’s Release, Block Immediate Deportation
Two federal judges issued coordinated rulings Wednesday concerning Salvadoran national Kilmar Abrego Garcia, allowing for... The post Federal Judges Order Abrego Garcia’s Release, Block Immediate Deportation appeared first on News Facts Network.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: FAKE ‘Sheriff Larry Leda Applying For Green Card For Mexican Rescue Team’ Video Misspells Name — No Media Reports
Is a viral video a real news report about a "Sheriff Larry Leda" saying he'd apply for a green card for the Mexican rescue team that saved his family? No, that's not true: The footage in the viral video came from a press conference during
Full Fact→ An Urgent Call for Action: Committee Report on Social Media, Misinformation and Harmful Algorithms
Full Fact responds to the Science, Innovation and Technology Committee Report on Misinformation.
PolitiFact→ Social Media – Texas floods fact-check: NWS and NOAA cut jobs, but Trump hasn't ‘defunded’ them
The Trump administration “has defunded not only the National Weather Service but also what’s known as NOAA.”
PolitiFact→ Social Media – Naturally occurring rainfall caused deadly Texas flooding, not a corporation’s cloud seeding
The Rainmaker Technology Corp.’s cloud seeding caused the July 4 flooding in Texas.
PolitiFact→ Social Media – LA tow truck drivers are not towing ICE vehicles, that claim originated as satire
“The tow truck drivers in Los Angeles are quickly towing ICE vehicles improperly parked!”
PolitiFact→ Social Media – LA tow truck drivers are not towing ICE vehicles, that claim originated as satire
“The tow truck drivers in Los Angeles are quickly towing ICE vehicles improperly parked!”
PolitiFact→ Social Media – LA tow truck drivers are not towing ICE vehicles, that claim originated as satire
“The tow truck drivers in Los Angeles are quickly towing ICE vehicles improperly parked!”