Did Sky News report that Hungarian opposition leader Péter Magyar is withdrawing from the election in early April 2026? No, that's not true: The British news channel has not reported that Magyar has dropped out of the race for prime mini
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Full Fact→ Sky News corrects report about the US and the Geneva Conventions
The US did sign and ratify the original four Geneva Conventions but didn’t ratify some later protocols.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO EVIDENCE CNN’s Description of Iran’s Ceasefire Statement Came From ‘A Fake News Site From Nigeria’
Did CNN rely on an unnamed "fake news site from Nigeria" to report on Iran's ceasefire statements on April 7, 2026, as U.S. President Donald Trump claimed? No, that's not true: Lead Stories found no evidence that CNN relied on a Nigerian
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Fox News Did NOT Post A Story That "Florida Man Refuses To Pay Taxes Because He Did Not Personally Approve Any Of The Spending"
Did Fox News post a story with the headline "FLORIDA MAN REFUSES TO PAY TAXES BECAUSE HE DID NOT PERSONALLY APPROVE ANY OF THE SPENDING"? No, that's not true: The Facebook account that originally posted the story is a satire page. It stat
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Gavin Newsom Did NOT Have A $100 Million Lawsuit Against ANYBODY Completely Collapse After Whistleblower Testimony — AI Spam From Vietnam
Did a $100 million lawsuit filed by Gavin Newsom against Nick Shirley, Willie Nelson and a dozen other celebrities collapse after whistleblower testimony? No, that's not true: The story that California's governor filed a defamation lawsui
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: ‘Lock Him Up For Lying To Congress’ NOT Real Quote From Gavin Newsom, Others — Foreign Clickbait
Did California Gov. Gavin Newsom criticize Nick Shirley, or did Sen. John Neely Kennedy criticize Adam Schiff, saying "Lock him up for lying to Congress, abusing power, and betraying the public trust!"? No, that's not true: Nearly identic
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Mark Twain Did NOT Say, ‘If You Don’t Read The Newspaper, You’re Uninformed. If You Do Read It, You’re Misinformed’
Did Mark Twain say, "If you don't read the newspaper, you're uninformed. If you do read it, you're misinformed"? No, that's not true: There's no reliable evidence that the American author and humorist ever made such a statement. It does n
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: The Epstein Files Do NOT Reveal Ellen DeGeneres Ate Stanley Kubrick at a Satanic Ritual — Story Came From Prolific Fake News Site
Do the Epstein files reveal that Ellen DeGeneres and hundreds of Hollywood VIPs ate Stanley Kubrick at a satanic ritual? No, that's not true: There are no reports in the Epstein files released by the Department of Justice that claim DeGen
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: New Disneyland NOT Coming to Cincinnati, Ohio — Mouse Trap News Is Satire
Is a new Disneyland theme park valued at "$100 billion" coming to Ohio as some social media posts claim? No, that's not true: The news originated on Mouse Trap News, a satirical publication specializing in Disney-related stories. The site
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Schneider, Seinfeld, Buttigieg, Emmylou Harris, Others Did NOT Each Launch A Fox News ‘Anti-Woke’ Morning Show — Fake News From Copy-Paste Spam Sites
Did a dozen celebrities including Rob Schneider, Jerry Seinfeld, Pete Buttigieg and Pete Hegseth each launch "the first anti-woke morning show" on Fox, as Facebook posts claim? No, that's not true: Fox made no such announcement, nor did t
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Streisand, Bon Jovi, Stevie Nicks, ‘Mr. Bean’ Did NOT All Say ‘You Are Not Creating Change, You Are Creating Noise’ To Elites — Copy-Paste Posts From Vietnam Fake News Factory
Did Rowan Atkinson, Barbra Streisand, Jon Bon Jovi and Stevie Nicks, and other celebrities all give the same speech to Mark Zuckerberg and a roomful of the rich and powerful on Dec. 20, 2025, saying "you are not creating change -- you are
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Satirical Post Said Parliament of Greenland Banned Trump And His Descendants For 100 Years — Not Real News
Did Greenland's parliament introduce legislation to ban Donald Trump and all his descendants for 100 generations? No, that's not true: The story originated on a social media account that describes itself as "Dadaist graffiti news", comedy
Full Fact→ Sky News corrects claim about asylum hotel closures under Labour
An article on Sky News’ website which claimed the government says it’s halved the number of hotels in use since it came to power has been corrected after Full Fact got in touch.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Satirical Post Said Trump Smelled Like Rotten Beef, Farted Audibly During White House Meeting With Oil Executives — Not Real News
Did an actual news outlet report that an oil executive said Donald Trump "smelled like rotten roast beef" and audibly farted multiple times during a White House meeting with oil industry leaders? No, that's not true: The viral message mak
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Satirical Post Said ‘Radical Libertarian NRA Members’ Wielding AR-15 Rifles Were Facing Off With ICE Vehicles In Oregon — Not Real News
Did a group of "radical libertarian NRA members" face off with ICE agents and their vehicles in Oregon, daring them to move an inch toward them? No, that's not true: A viral message making that claim in the wake of the Minneapolis shootin
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: AI Image In Keanu Reeves ‘Arch Animal Sanctuary’ Story With No Verifiable Details — No Actual News Reports
Did Keanu Reeves open an "Arch Animal Sanctuary" as claimed by several viral posts? No, that's not true: The image used in the story was generated using artificial intelligence according to the SynthID watermark in it. There were no actua
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Image Does NOT Show Real CBS News Report That Gabbard Thwarted A Rep. Jeffries Attempt To Tip Off Maduro — It’s Rage Bait
Does a viral image show a real news report saying that U.S. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries' office "tried to tip off" Venezuela's Nicolás Maduro before his capture? No, that's not true: No such report could be found. Neither CBS N
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Viral Video Does NOT Show Jon-Bernard Kairouz Actually Confronted On Live TV By Fox News Host About His Appearance In Epstein Files — It’s A Comedy Sketch
Was Jon-Bernard Kairouz confronted about his appearance in pictures from newly released Epstein files while being interviewed on Fox News? No, that's not true: The viral video did not show a real Fox News segment. In what appears to be a
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: ‘Long Road Ahead, But I Believe In Recovery …’ Is NOT A Real Post By Maddow, Gauff, Sunak And Other Celebrities — Plucky Sick-Bed Notes Are Another Fake News Scam
Did Rachel Maddow, tennis champion Coco Gauff and former British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, plus dozens of other prominent Americans, post identical brave notes from a hospital bed, saying "I still have a long road ahead. But I believe i
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Clickbait Story About ‘Live 3 A.M. Emergency Monologue’ By Mamdani, Melania Trump, Sen. Kennedy, Others Is NOT Real– It’s Fake News Clickbait From Vietnam
Did Zohran Mamdani, Melania Trump, Sen. John Kennedy or other prominent Americans go live with a 3 a.m. emergency monologue claiming they were under threat for secrets they were about to expose about President Donald Trump or former presi
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: FAKE Site Said IT Professional ‘Edward Crabtree’ Disarmed Bondi Beach Shooter — NOT Actual News Site
Did an actual news site report a 43-year-old IT professional named "Edward Crabtree" disarmed a terrorist during a terrorist attack on Bondi beach in Australia on December 14, 2025? No, that's not true: That name and description came from
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Kristi Noem Did NOT Say, "Calling ICE Agents Nazis Is Rude And Inaccurate" On Fox News — Fake Screenshot From a Satire Account
Did Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem say on Fox News that calling ICE agents Nazis is rude and inaccurate because they don't wear uniforms? No, that's not true: A fabricated Fox News screenshot with that quote had the watermark of
Lead Stories→ Fact Check:There Is NO Evidence Elon Musk Bought Facebook In An ‘Operation Clean Slate’ — Fake News Site Manufactures Rumors To Build Traffic
Is "Tech world on fire" over news that Elon Musk bought Facebook in order to "delete it"? No, that's not true: Meta (which owns Facebook) had not, as of this writing, announced or documented a sale, as is required of publicly traded compa
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Parody Post Said Laura Loomer Pregnant With Ian Miles Cheong’s Baby — NO Actual News Reports
Did reports about conservative influencer Laura Loomer being pregnant with the child of Malaysian influencer Ian Miles Cheong originate on actual news websites? No, that's not true: The rumor appeared on an X account clearly marked as "Pa
PolitiFact→ X posts – Don’t believe in the Montana town ‘pedophile bonfire’ news; its satire
A pro-Donald Trump Montana town planned a “pedophile bonfire” in a park for burning Trump flags and MAGA hats.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Fox News Aired NO Report That Trump Declared ‘NESARA/GESARA’ Financial System Law Of The Land — Rumor Promoted By QAnon Accounts
Did Fox broadcast a report that President Donald Trump has signed an executive order making the "National Economic Security And Recovery Act" (NESARA) the official policy of the nation? No, that's not true: A search of the Fox website tur
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Missing Blue Ridge Toddler Jacob Riley Was NOT Seen Alive With A Pack Of Wolves On Trail Camera Footage — Fake News Story
Did a trail camera capture footage of a still-missing three-year-old Jacob Riley walking with a pack of wolves just outside Blue Ridge? No, that's not true: This video was published by Blue Ridge Breaking News, which produces satire and p
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Justice Department Did NOT Launch Logan Act Grand Jury Investigation Into Newsom After His Trip To Climate Conference In Brazil
Did the Justice Department launch a grand jury investigation into California Governor Gavin Newsom, accused by critics of violating the Logan Act by going to a climate conference in Brazil? No, that's not true: The story's source was a fi
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Image Of Fishing Boat With Cocaine Is NOT ‘One Of The Narco Boats Destroyed By U.S. Naval Task Force’ — Photo Is From News Report Of 2024 Spanish Drug Bust
Does a picture show a Columbian fishing boat filled with cocaine before it was destroyed in the Caribbean Sea by the U.S. Naval Task Force in October 2025? No, that's not true: The photo is from a 2024 drug bust by Spanish forces that occ
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Gavin Newsom DID Not Win Nobel Peace Prize — Trump Did Not ‘Explode With Rage’ About It Either
Did California Governor Gavin Newsom win the Nobel Peace Prize in October 2025 and has President Donald Trump "exploded with rage" over the news? No, that's not true: The story originated on a well known satire publication named The Borow
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Gavin Newsom Did NOT Win the Nobel Peace Prize On October 7, 2025
Did California Governor Gavin Newsom win the Nobel Peace Prize on October 7, 2025? No, that's not true: The story originated in a post by satirist Andy Borowitz. The 2025 prize was scheduled to be announced on October 10. The story appear
Full Fact→ BBC’s Have I Got News for You error shows why fact checking matters
Over the weekend, an episode of Have I Got News for You was temporarily removed from BBC iPlayer after presenter Victoria Coren Mitchell made a factual error...
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Horror Story Of Twins Lily And Rose Parker Disappearing At Disneyland Is Fiction — No News Reports
Is there any truth to the viral story about the disappearance of twins Lily and Rose Parker in 1985 in Disneyland and their skeletons being found in 2013? No, that's not true: The story originated on a Facebook page that says it publishes
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: ‘Richard Strocher’ Is a Fictional Troll Account on X, NOT a Commentator for Fox News and The Blaze
Is the person known as "Richard Strocher" on X.com a commentator for Fox News and The Blaze? No, that's not true: A spokesperson for Fox News told Lead Stories that Richard Strocher is not associated with the channel and has not ever appe
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Music Lessons Have NOT Been Banned In Hamburg Because Muslims Consider Them Haram — The German News Report Is About A Joint Statement Against Intolerance and Exclusion
Did the public school system in Hamburg, Germany ban music lessons to avoid offending Muslims who view them to be forbidden or 'haram'? No, that's not true: The Hamburg public schools did no such thing. A German language news report has b
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Gavin Newsom’s Press Office Did NOT Write About Trump ‘Fat Satan Broke The UN Escalator’ — It’s A Parody Account
Did Gavin Newsom's official press office X.com account post a message about Donald Trump saying "Fat Satan broke the UN escalator?" No, that's not true: The message was posted by a parody account, not California Governor Newsom's official
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Governor Gavin Newsom Did NOT Suspend Kid Rock From Performing In California
Did California Governor Newsom suspend Kid Rock from performing in the Golden State? No, that's not true: A message posted on X.com by the California governor on his official press office account is satirical. It's one in a series Newsom'
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Maddow, Colbert And Kimmel Did NOT Launch ‘The Independent Desk’ Newsroom Together — Story Contains False Details
Did Rachel Maddow, Stephen Colbert and Jimmy Kimmel just team up and launch a newsroom named "The Independent Desk"? No, that's not true: The story appeared on a recently launched website that does not list owners or publishers and it jus
Internet Archive→ Hannity : FOXNEWSW : September 17, 2025 11:00pm-12:00am PDT
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Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Texas Man "News Story" Is NOT True — Tale Of Porch Pirate Bitten By Black Widow Spiders In Package Originated From A Satire Account
Is a Texas man fighting for his life after he was bitten by black widow spiders that came out of a package he stole from a lady's porch? No, that's not true: This story is fiction, but may have been inspired by something that really did h