REVIEW In April 2024, a Facebook reel claimed to show people “preparing body bags for the evening news clip during the pandemic”. The brief footage showed a pile of black body bags loaded on a truck. Within the pile was a live person lying down
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Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NJ Trump Supporter Was NOT Attacked Due To His Political Beliefs — It Was Personal Dispute
Was a Trump supporter in New Jersey attacked in early April 2024 because of his political beliefs? No, that's not true: Middletown Township, New Jersey, police told Lead Stories "there is no political tie-in" in the sledgehammer attack on
PolitiFact→ Derrick Van Orden – No, you cannot vote in-person absentee the day before Election Day in Wisconsin
You can vote in-person absentee at your clerk’s office on Monday before Election Day.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Hallie Biden Did NOT Write On X That Trump Won The 2020 Election — Post Is From Suspended Account That Impersonated Her
Did Hallie Biden, the widow of the president's son Beau Biden, post on X in 2024 that Trump won the 2020 election? No, that's not true: The post originally appeared on an account impersonating her. That account was already suspended in 20
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: FAKED Photo Shows Israeli Military Personnel Holding ISIS Flag
Is a photograph that appears to show Israeli military personnel posing with the Israeli and ISIS flags authentic? No, that's not true: The image has been doctored. The original photograph does not include the black-and-white flag associat
PolitiFact→ Jonathan Martin – ICE gives some migrants smartphones to track them, not for personal use
“This is the era where people are given smartphones when they cross the border and enter our country.”
Truth or Fiction?→ Myth Debunked: Reporting Missing Persons
Many people think there’s a rule that says you have to wait 24 hours before reporting someone missing, but that’s not true. This article aims to clear up this misunderstanding and explain why it’s important to act immediately if you
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Showing ‘The View’ Guest Accusing Karine Jean-Pierre Of ‘Bullshit’ On Air Is NOT Real — Clip Is Edited To Add A Person
Did a guest on "The View" accuse White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre of espousing "bullshit" on an episode of "The View"? No, that's not true: Damon Imani, a social media personality, edited himself into clips of the real Decem
Full Fact→ Think tank did not estimate that the average person is ‘over £10,000 a year’ worse off since 2010
Labour deputy leader Angela Rayner MP and Janet Daby MP both misquoted a figure from the Centre for Cities think tank in Parliament.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Photos Do NOT Show WEF Founder Klaus Schwab Wearing Tights, Garter, Swimsuit — It’s Different Person
Do viral photos show World Economic Forum founder Klaus Swab walking in public in tights, garter and what appears to be a woman's swimsuit? No, that's not true: Images in a social media post appear to show a Florida resident. Klaus Schwab
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: WHO Did NOT Seek Surveillance Powers To Monitor Every Person For ‘Disease Control’ — Proposed Plan NOT Legally Binding Document
Did the World Health Organization seek "surveillance powers to monitor every man, woman, and child for 'disease control'" as a post on Instagram implied? No, that's not true: The post in question referred to a set of WHO recommendations t
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: E. Jean Carroll Was NOT Only Person To File Lawsuit Under NY’s Adult Survivor Act
Was writer E. Jean Carroll the only person to file a lawsuit under New York's Adult Survivors Act? No, that's not true: There were thousands of lawsuits filed under the law, which allowed adult sexual assault survivors to sue in civil cou
Health Feedback→ False-positive HIV tests don’t imply that a person is immunodeficient, contrary to claim by Peter McCullough
REVIEW The goal of vaccines is to strengthen one’s immunity against a specific disease. It’s because of the immunity-boosting effect of vaccines that several deadly infectious diseases have disappeared or are on the verge of eradication. Yet, du
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Biden Is NOT First Person To Win Presidential Primary As Write-In Candidate
Is President Joe Biden the first person to win a presidential primary as a write-in candidate? No, that's not true: Several people have won presidential primaries as write-in candidates, with such victories dating back to at least the ear
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: This Is NOT Real Video Of Social Media Personality Damon Imani Interrupting Klaus Schwab At WEF 2024 Davos Meeting With F-Word — It’s Satire
Is a video that shows social media personality Damon Imani interrupting World Economic Forum founder Klaus Schwab at its 2024 Davos meeting with the f-word real? No, that's not true: Imani wrote on his social media account that the video
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Of Social Media Personality Damon Imani Crashing WEF 2024 Davos Meeting Is NOT Real — It’s Satire
Is this a real video of Damon Imani, a self-described producer and artist based in Denmark, crashing the World Economic Forum 2024 meeting and yelling an expletive at the chairperson, Klaus Schwab? No, that's not true: Imani stated in pub
ABC News / AP Fact Check→ No, T-Mobile isn’t going to start policing customers’ personal texts
A new T-Mobile policy aimed at curbing mass marketing texts that don’t meet industry standards is being misrepresented on social media as an effort to censor the messages of everyday people.
Logically→ No, Elon Musk is not named TIME’s Person of the Year 2023
Logically→ 11.000 newzealandske vaccinefritagelser blev givet til sundhedspersonale, ikke eliten
The Dispatch→ Character Is Destiny, Personnel Is Policy
More on Trump’s second term.
Logically→ Bilder på olika personer delades för att hävda att palestinsk pojke “fejkade” sina skador
Logically→ Image doesn’t show Israel PM with deceased IDF general ‘Irwin Baran’ – No such person exists!
The Dispatch→ It’s Not Personal, It’s Just Realpolitik
Idealistic about ends, realistic about means.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: American Emergency Fund Website Does NOT Give ‘Americans In Need’ $5,000 ‘In Cash’ For Free — It’s Website Collecting Personal Data
Can "Americans in need" get $5,000 in cash for free through the American Emergency Fund "just in a few minutes"? No, that's not true: The website named in this offer gathers sensitive personal data from applicants for a supposed personal
The Dispatch→ The Thanksgiving Table Is Not Your Personal Stage
Choose gratitude over performative politics this holiday.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Joe Biden Falling Down Air Force One Stairs While Visiting Poland — It’s Another Person
Did a video genuinely show President Joe Biden falling down Air Force One stairs while visiting Warsaw, Poland? No, that's not true: The video showed an unidentified person falling down the airplane stairs, but Lead Stories reviewed indep
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Impersonator Wearing Trump Mask At Civil Fraud Trial — Video Was Edited
Did a Donald Trump impersonator take the place of the former president during his November 6, 2023, civil fraud trial? No, that's not true: The visual of Trump sitting in court in this claim on Instagram has been edited. The original foot
Logically→ IDF spokesperson misidentified as ‘journalist’ arrested for reporting on Israeli deaths
PolitiFact→ Viral image – President Joe Biden, not an impersonator, visited Israel in October
Video shows someone impersonating President Joe Biden visiting Israel in October 2023.
Logically→ Old and unrelated image of a person sitting up in a body bag shared as evidence of Palestinian crisis actors
PolitiFact→ Vivek Ramaswamy – Vivek Ramaswamy claims Russia leads the US in hypersonic missiles. That's Half True
"Russia has hypersonic missile capabilities ahead of that of the U.S.”
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Of Hamas Military Wing Spokesperson Thanking Iran Is NOT From October 2023 — It’s From 2014
Does a video being shared on social media show a Hamas military wing spokesperson thanking Iran for its support in October 2023, following the militant group's attack on Israel on October 7, 2023? No, that's not true: The video does show
Logically→ Clip of Hamas spokesperson thanking Iran is not connected to current conflict
Logically→ No, the same person did not pose as a potter and a footwear craftsman in photos with Indian PM
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Biden Did NOT Say It Was His First ‘In Person’ Picket While Meeting With Striking Autoworkers — He Was Misquoted In Online Post
Did President Joe Biden misspeak while addressing a picket line of striking United Auto Workers (UAW) in Michigan on September 26, 2023, saying that while he had marched in other UAW picket lines it was the "first time I've ever done it i
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Prove Ukraine Uses ‘New Body Armor Designed For Its Pregnant Women Fighters’ — It’s Just For Female Military Personnel
Does a viral video prove that Ukraine now employs bulletproof vests specifically made for "pregnant women fighters"? No, that's not true: The post on social media misleads audiences about the new body armor's design -- it was made not for
PolitiFact→ ‘Special interest alien’ designation is based largely on a person's country of origin, experts say
What is a “special interest alien”? Experts said the classification is primarily about a person’s country of origin, and is not based on an individualized assessment of a person’s history or network of friends and family, for example.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show A Real Argument Between ‘Trans Person’ And Flight Attendant — It’s A Skit With Actors
Does this video show a real flight attendant and a "trans person" arguing over pronouns on a passenger aircraft? No, that's not true: This video was made by the comedian and content creator Jibrizy. The video is a clip from a longer Jibri
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – No, former President Barack Obama didn’t reveal how his personal chef died
“Obama finally reveals how personal chef drowned in mysterious pond accident.”
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: 2,000 Kids NOT Missing From Maui A Month After 2023 Wildfires — School Enrollment Data ≠ Missing Persons Data
Were 2,000 kids missing in Maui a month after the wildfires of August 2023? No, that's not true: There are not 2,000 missing children on the island of Maui, Hawaii Governor Josh Green's office told Lead Stories on September 11, 2023. The