Does a post on social media prove that a "male relative who recently started identifying as a 'woman' received two ballots for the election" in McHenry County, Illinois, in 2024? No, that's not true: The post's images of envelopes had lab
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PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – New posts stir up old unproven claims about Dominion Voting Systems, election rigging, Eric Coomer
Dominion Voting Systems employee Eric Coomer told an Antifa meeting he “made sure” Donald Trump wouldn’t win.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Ivermectin Is NOT An Approved Or Proven Cancer Treatment
Is ivermectin a more effective cancer treatment than chemotherapy? No, that's not true: The Food and Drug Administration says ivermectin is approved to treat parasitic worms, head lice and skin conditions like rosacea, but does not list i
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Jeffrey Epstein DID Have Upper East Side Brownstone In 1993 — Post Does NOT Disprove Stacey Williams Story About Trump Groping Her
Did Jeffrey Epstein only move into billionaire Les Wexner's Upper East Side brownstone in 1996, thus proving that Stacey Williams' story about Donald Trump groping her after they had left Epstein's "brownstone on the Upper East Side" in 1
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Canceled Mail Ballot Applications In Pennsylvania Do NOT Prove Voter Fraud — It Proves Election Officials Verify Requests Before Sending Out Actual Ballots
Does the cancellation of 132,336 "absentee ballot" application duplicates and "418 absentee ballot applications" from dead people prove that "the steal in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania is already well underway"? No, that's not true: Th
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Post Does NOT Prove That Total Undocumented Populations In 7 States Increased Between 241% and 734% In 2021-24
Does a viral post on social media prove that the total size of undocumented populations in seven states has increased by triple-digit percentages between 2021 and 2024? No, that's not true: The chart shared online didn't reflect the corre
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Two Clips Showing People Carrying Wounded Boy In Gaza Do NOT Prove Scenes Came From Different Staged Events
Do two clips of the same adults carrying a wounded boy in Gaza prove that the scene was staged in different locations? No, that's not true: The clips on social media come from a single video that depicts the response to a single event in
Health Feedback→ Viral claim by Dr. Sebi misleads on the effects of cortisol in the body, recommends unproven moringa supplement to lower cortisol levels
REVIEW A Facebook reel posted in early October 2024 claimed that a drumstick tree (Moringa oleifera) supplement lowers cortisol levels, relieving symptoms such as bad breath, body odor, hair loss, lack of energy, brain fog, and difficulty sleeping.
Health Feedback→ Onions don’t cure RSV; limited evidence to suggest that tryptophan improves sleep quality
REVIEW Folk remedies often suggest that onions can help alleviate symptoms of respiratory illnesses. These alleged healing properties of onions surface frequently in social media posts, with users recommending various methods for using onions to boo
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Hurricane Control Conspiracy Is NOT Proven By Alexa ‘Predicting’ Milton Fatality Number Before Landfall
Is the conspiracy theory that hurricanes are planned or controlled supported by Amazon's Alexa supposedly revealing the death toll and damage amount from Hurricane Milton days before the storm even made landfall? No, that's not true: An A
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – Video doesn’t prove Hurricane Milton was geoengineered. It’s from 2021
Video shows “geoengineering happening” as Hurricane Milton approaches Florida.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Patent Application Does NOT Prove Hurricane Helene Was Created Artificially
Does the existence of a patent application for a so-called "hurricane and tornado control device" prove Hurricane Helene and other natural disasters are created artificially, as posts on social media suggest? No, that's not true: The pate
Full Fact→ Fenbendazole is not a proven treatment for cancer in people
Claims of a cheap cancer cure resurfaced on social media, but fenbendazole is not a recognised treatment for cancer.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Reports Of Missing Cats In Bangor, Maine, Do NOT Prove Haitian Immigrants Were Involved With Pet Disappearances
Do reports of missing cats in Bangor, Maine, prove that Haitian immigrants were involved with their disappearances? No, that's not true: A Bangor police officer told Lead Stories there's nothing linking the missing cats to Haitians or any
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Prove ‘Harvesting Children’s Faces’ In China Or Elsewhere — It Shows Women Talking About Facelifts
Does a viral video offer evidence that children's faces are being "harvested" in China or anywhere in the world to be transplanted onto female recipients trying to look younger? No, that's not true: Both Mandarin subtitles and original vo
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Tractor Supply’s Apple-A-Day Bucket Of Horse Electrolytes Are NOT Tested For Humans, NOT FDA-Approved For Human Consumption
Are Apple-A-Day buckets of horse electrolytes safe for human consumption, as a post on X claimed? No, that's not true: The company that produces Apple-A-Day buckets has stated it has not been tested for humans and that the Food and Drug A
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Report Supposedly Filed With Springfield, Ohio Police Does NOT Prove Pet-Eating Conspiracies True
Does a police report prove that Haitian immigrants killed and mutilated a cat in Springfield, Ohio, as a post on X claimed? No, that's not true: the police report included in the post stated there was "no evidence to support" a caller's c
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Blog Post Does NOT Prove Thomas Matthew Crooks Made Payments To Ryan Wesley Routh
Does a blog post prove the late Thomas Matthew Crooks, shot dead while trying to assassinate Donald Trump, made payments to Ryan Wesley Routh, charged in a separate apparent assassination attempt on Trump? No, that's not true: The blog wa
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: People’s Hands In ‘Walz’s For Trump’ Image Do NOT Prove Image Was Generated By AI
Does the appearance of people's hands in the "Walz's for Trump" picture confirm that the image was generated by artificial intelligence? No, that's not true: That conclusion appears to have been drawn from the examination of a low-quality
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – No, Kurt Russell did not say 2020 election fraud is proven “beyond a shadow of a doubt.”
“Hollywood actor Kurt Russell just said: ‘It is now proven, beyond a shadow of a doubt that Kamala Harris and Joe Biden CHEATED in the 2020 election with mail-in ballots.’”
AllSides→ Did the Biden administration approve three million work permits for asylum seekers?
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PolitiFact→ Jeffrey Barke – FDA can still approve COVID-19 vaccines on emergency use basis, despite end of health emergency
Food and Drug Administration approval for updated COVID-19 vaccines requires a public health emergency declaration.
Health Feedback→ Oral birth control doesn’t cause PCOS or uterine fibroids; wild yam and castor oil are unproven treatments
REVIEW In July 2024, a claim that oral contraceptive pills are the “number one” cause of polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) circulated via an interview with naturopath Barbara O’Neill on social media platforms including Instagram and YouTube. O
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Walz Did NOT Approve Legislation That Overrules Existing Protocols On Age For Gender-Affirming Surgeries
Did Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz sign a bill "allowing gender reassignment surgery for children"? No, that's not true: No state law sets a specific minimum age for gender-affirming surgical interventions, a Minnesota lawmaker told Lead Stories
PolitiFact→ Donald Trump – Trump’s unproven story about Willie Brown and a harrowing emergency helicopter landing
“I went down in a helicopter with (Willie Brown). We thought maybe this is the end. We were in a helicopter going to a certain location together and there was an emergency landing.”
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: 2023 Data Does NOT Prove Arctic Sea Ice Levels Trended ‘To Highest Level For 21 Years’
Did data from December 2023 show that Arctic sea ice had soared to its "highest level for 21 years," thus disproving global warming and climate change? No, that's not true: The blog that made this claim cherry-picked genuine data, a senio
PolitiFact→ Social Media – Viral clip of ABC News reporter does not prove he blamed Trump assassination attempt on ‘government’
ABC News reporter said “government tried to kill” former President Donald Trump.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Rate Of River Mouth Sedimentation Does NOT Prove No River Existed Before 2399 BC
Did all rivers on Earth "commence" in the spring of 2399 B.C.? No, that's not true: The birth of the oldest rivers predates this point in time by millions of years, according to the consensus of earth science. A U.S. Geological Survey sci
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Photo Does NOT Prove Trump’s Ear Undamaged After Assassination Attempt — It Was Taken In 2022
Does a photo of former President Donald Trump with an uninjured right ear prove that the July 13, 2024, assassination attempt did not damage the ear permanently, as was claimed in a tweet? No, that's not true: The photo was taken Septembe
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Kuhbandner and Reitzner Study Did NOT Prove COVID-19 Vaccines Caused Excess Mortality In Germany — Other Causes Identified
Did a German preprint study published in February 2024 by Christof Kuhbandner and Matthias Reitzner prove that COVID-19 vaccines caused the number of deaths per year to rise above recent trends, as several online posts and articles implie
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Malta ‘Roman Tidal Baths’ Photos Do NOT Prove Sea Level Stable For Millennia — Sharp Rise Seen In Last Twenty Years
Does a photo of the "Roman tidal baths" on Malta demonstrate that the sea level has been consistent for thousands of years? No, that's not true: The waterfront architecture known as the Roman Baths of Sliema were not built during the Roma
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – Photo doesn’t show Roman-era baths in Malta, and it doesn’t disprove climate change
Photo shows “Roman tidal baths in Malta, still at sea level after thousands of years!”
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: AI-Generated Text Does NOT Prove Putin Said US Was Planning To Launch 2nd Pandemic In 2024 To Disrupt US Presidential Election
Did Russian President Vladimir Putin say at a "military press conference in Russia" that the U.S. was planning to launch a second pandemic "aimed at disrupting the 2024 election" domestically? No, that's not true: Neither a viral AI-gener
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Magnet Video Does NOT Prove Supermarket Chicken Contains Nanotechnology, Heavy Metals
Does a video that shows what is said to be a magnet sticking to packaged supermarket chicken prove that such products contain nanotechnology and heavy metals? No, that's not true: The U.S. Department of Agriculture ensures that poultry pr
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Space Shuttle Footage With Man’s Profile Does NOT Prove It Was Fake — Astronaut Was Filming From Inside Flight Deck
Does footage showing what appears to be a shadowy profile of a man moving behind what looks to be a small model space shuttle prove that this footage and the entire 1983 Challenger mission was faked? No, that's not true: The astronaut was
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Fake Invoice And Digitally Manipulated Video DON’T Prove Zelenskyy’s Wife Bought 4.5-Million-Euro Bugatti In France In June 2024
Did Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's wife, Olena Zelenska, buy a Bugatti sports car for almost 4.5 million euros in June 2024? No, that's not true: The invoice supposedly proving the claim contained multiple errors. Both Bugatti
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Global Warming NOT Disproved By May 1895 Records Showing Average Temperature Was Higher Than May 2024 Average
Does a warmer average temperature in May 1895 compared to May 2024 disprove global warming, as a post with a chart on social media implied? No, that's not true: Climate experts contacted by Lead Stories said the data was cherry-picked and
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Ancestry.com Listing Does NOT Prove Biden Is Dead
Does a former listing on Ancestry.com that claimed that Joe Biden died in Guantanamo, Cuba, in 2018 prove the president is dead? No, that's not true: The listing, no longer available at the time of writing, appeared based on information f
FactCheck.org→ Crime Drop in Venezuela Does Not Prove Trump’s Claim the Country Is Sending Criminals to U.S.
Este artículo estará disponible en español en El Tiempo Latino. Anyone who has heard a speech by former President Donald Trump in the last few years has certainly heard his unsubstantiated claim that countries around the world are emptying their
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Clickbait Post Makes Bogus Claim That Michael Jackson Is Alive, Death Certificate From 2009 Proves He’s Not
Did music artist Aliaune Thiam, also known as Akon, confirm that music artist Michael Jackson is still alive as of June 11, 2024, as claimed in a social media post? No, that's not true: In 2019, Lead Stories documented Jackson's official