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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
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Cold Water Along The Seafloor Does NOT Prove Earth’s Core Is Frozen — Ocean Temperature Is Variable
Does the ocean being colder along the seafloor prove that Earth's core is frozen, as a video on TikTok suggested? No, that's not true: Scientific literature shows that the Earth's interior is indeed hot, with some estimates suggesting it
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Photos Of Brazil’s Sugarloaf Mountain Do NOT Prove Sea Levels Aren’t Rising
Do photographs of Sugarloaf Mountain in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, taken over the past 144 years, prove that sea levels aren't rising? No, that's not true: According to data from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the sea l
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Prove Houthi Missile Struck USS Eisenhower In June 2024 — It’s From 2020 Fire On Another Ship
Does a video show the aftermath of a Houthi missile strike on the USS Eisenhower aircraft carrier in June 2024? No, that's not true: The video is from 2020 and shows a smoking fire on the naval vessel USS Bonhomme Richard at the Navy's ba
Health Feedback→ Parkinson’s has no cure; nicotine patches haven’t been proven an effective treatment
REVIEW In May 2024, a Facebook reel with over 350,000 views claimed that nicotine patches can cure Parkinson’s disease. In the reel, chiropractor Bryan Ardis shared the alleged testimony of a person who claimed “all of his Parkinson’s symptoms
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: 31 Patent Citations Do NOT Prove Actor Terrence Howard Invented Virtual Reality
Do 31 patent citations prove actor Terrence Howard invented virtual reality? No, that's not true: The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office says that Howard's idea was never patented in the United States, while the European Patent Office and t
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Prove Earth Is Flat — Coriolis Effect DOES Affect Planes, Weather
Does the Coriolis effect fail to affect aircraft trajectory, which proves that the Earth is flat, as is implied in a video shared on social media? No, that's not true: A professor emeritus of physics and astronomy told Lead Stories that "
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – Earth is round and high-altitude footage doesn’t prove Earth is flat
Footage “shows a completely flat horizon proving the flat Earth and completely destroying the globe theory”
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Dust Particles Rising From Ground To Statically Charged Balloon Do NOT Prove Gravity Isn’t Real
Do dust particles rising from the ground to a statically charged balloon prove that gravity isn't real, as was implied in an interview shared on YouTube? No, that's not true: The concept described in the video is that of static electricit
Health Feedback→ AI-generated celebrity endorsement videos on Facebook promote unproven cure for tinnitus
REVIEW A slew of Facebook ads appeared in May 2024 promoting a product called EchoEase (see examples here and here), a nasal inhaler supposedly able to cure tinnitus. Many of these ads featured a video of actor Kevin Costner (
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Photos Of Sunflowers Facing Away From The Sun Do NOT Prove The Sun Has Been Replaced
Do photos of sunflowers facing away from the sun prove the sun has been replaced? No, that's not true: Mature sunflowers do not follow the sun throughout the day, a sunflower farmer told Lead Stories, and also a scientific study shows. On
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Stones Showing Humans, Dinosaurs Living Together Do NOT Prove They Coexisted — Farmer Confessed In 1975 He Created Them
Are stones depicting dinosaurs and humans coexisting real? No, that's not true: These stones were found to be hoaxes. A Smithsonian article reported that a 20th-century farmer and his wife were the creators of these stones, not an ancient
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Prove French Air Force Made Russian Flag With Colored Smoke During Olympic Air Show
Did French Air Force aerobatic jets accidentally emit smoke that displayed the Russian flag to mark the May 8, 2024, arrival of the Olympic flame in the French city of Marseille? No, that's not true: The eight Alpha Jets left smoke trails
PolitiFact→ Viral image – Houston, we have no problem: This video doesn’t prove the moon landing was a hoax
Video proves the moon landing was a hoax.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Photos Do NOT Prove Pro-Palestinian College Protesters Largely Had The Same Tents
Do photos circulating on social media prove that pro-Palestinian college protesters in the U.S. are using largely identical tents? No, that's not true: While there is an abundance of green tents at the nationwide protests, images from mul
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – Trump-era executive order doesn’t prove Joe Biden isn’t the president
An executive order proves President Joe Biden “isn’t real and isn’t president.”
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Photo Of Dead Palm Trees Does NOT Prove They Were Killed By 5G In 2024
Does a picture of palm trees bent in half surrounding a disguised "5G tower" confirm that they were killed by the tower? No, that's not true: A post on social media recycled a previously debunked claim, as the tower in question did not em
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: FDA Has NOT Approved Ear Magnets For Smoking Cessation As Of April 2024
Has the FDA approved ear magnets as a smoking cessation product? No, that's not true: A social media post claimed such a device was a "Natural, FDA approved" method for people to quit smoking. A spokesperson for the Food and Drug Administ
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: ‘Map Of America From 1500’ Does NOT Prove Antarctica Was Inhabited For Centuries – It’s A Fake Map From A 1911 Book
Does a supposed map of America, purportedly from 1500, prove that Antarctica was inhabited by people for centuries? No, that's not true: The map that is shown in a social media post is not from the 1500s. It is a fake map created by the E
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – Outer space is real, the Earth is round and many photographs prove it
There are no real pictures of satellites on Google Images because outer space is not real.
The Dispatch→ How a National Digital ID System Could Improve the Internet
But is the federal government up to the challenge?
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – No, CNN coverage of results doesn’t prove 2020 election was stolen
Photos of Pennsylvania vote tallies on CNN prove the 2020 election was stolen.
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – A Tennessee bill doesn’t prove ‘chemtrails’ are real
Tennessee bill that would ban the release of chemicals into the atmosphere is evidence chemtrails are real.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Long-Distance Photos Do NOT Disprove Earth’s Curvature
Do long-distance photos, showing things up to hundreds of miles away, provide evidence that the Earth is not curved? No, that's not true: Photos of faraway objects might appear flat because of Earth's large size, not because Earth itself
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Stretching Back, Arms Does NOT Improve Liver, Spleen Function Via ‘Meridians’
Does stretching the back and arms improve liver and spleen function by stimulating certain "meridians," as a post on Facebook suggested? No, that's not true: A gastroenterologist told Lead Stories that "there is no conclusive scientific e
PolitiFact→ X posts – Edited Wikipedia entry doesn’t prove Israel caused the Baltimore bridge collapse
Edited Wikipedia entry provides proof that “Israelis deployed Talmudic network to take out” Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge.
PolitiFact→ Viral image – No, photos don’t prove a CNN reporter is a crisis actor or that mass shootings were staged
Photos show former CNN correspondent Barbara Starr “on the scene as a witness crisis actor,” proving mass shootings were staged.