Was Jake Rosmarin, the hantavirus cruise ship influencer, the same COVID-19 patient featured in a 2022 BBC report? No, that claim is false: The BBC segment focused on another individual, Henry Dyne, who, during the pandemic, was falsely a
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Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Document Does NOT Show Hantavirus As A COVID-19 Vaccine Side Effect — It Lists Health Conditions To Report IF They Happen
Does a document show hantavirus as a side effect of COVID-19 vaccines? No, that's not true: The document shows a government-required adverse event (AE) report prepared by pharmaceutical companies. It is not a list of side effects proven t
Full Fact→ Fake report of van and truck drivers ramming into Muslim street prayers shared online
False claims circulating on social media that incidents in London and Cardiff saw drivers confront praying Muslims include old and AI images.
Full Fact→ Fake BBC News report about stolen Cézanne painting appearing in Zelenskyy video circulates online
A fake BBC News report claims a video posted by Volodymyr Zelenskyy shows a stolen Cézanne painting in the background. But the real version includes a different painting by a Ukrainian artist.
Full Fact→ Fake ‘Daily Mail’ report on Labour members’ views of Keir Starmer shared online
An article made to look like it was from the Daily Mail covering the real results of a survey of Labour Party members has been fabricated.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Taylor Lorenz REPORTED On ‘Somebody Needs To Do It’ Phrase Being Used To Talk About Killing Trump — Did NOT Endorse It
Did journalist Taylor Lorenz, who was at the White House Correspondents' Dinner (WHCD), say somebody should "do it" while referring to "killing Trump"? No, that's not true: Lorenz reported on people using that phrase with that meaning in
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: FAKE MSNBC Report Identifies White House Correspondents’ Dinner Shooting Suspect As ‘Kohl Jackson’ With Photo
Does a real MSNBC report identify the suspect in the White House Correspondents' Dinner shooting as "Kohl Jackson" with a picture? No, that's not true: The post is not authentic. MSNBC no longer exists; it was officially rebranded as MS N
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO EVIDENCE Al Jazeera Reported NATO Countries Shared Intel With Iran On U.S. Military Movements To Get ‘No-Charge Passage’ Through Strait Of Hormuz
Did Al Jazeera broadcast a report stating that NATO countries shared intel with Iran on U.S. military movements? No, that's not true: Lead Stories did not find evidence of such a report. The video claiming to be the Al Jazeera report cont
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: TASS Report FALSELY Claims Zelensky Is Child Trafficker In Epstein Files
Did the Russian state-owned news agency TASS accurately report that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is listed as a child trafficker in the Epstein files? No, that's not true: Zelensky's name does appear in 39 documents in the Epste
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: FAKE BBC Report Purported to Prove Zelenskyy Had Stolen Cézanne Painting In His Office — Real Artwork Was By Ukrainian Artist
Did the BBC air a report allegedly capturing a stolen Cézanne painting on the wall of Volodymyr Zelenskyy's presidential office? No, that's not true: The video was doctored to replace a real painting. The work of art seen in the original
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Report About Trump, Nuclear Codes NOT Verified, According To Retired CIA Analyst Larry Johnson, Who Mentioned It In Viral Video
Does a verified report say President Donald Trump tried to "access the nuclear codes" but was blocked by Gen. Dan Caine, as claimed by retired CIA analyst Larry Johnson? No, that's not true: There are no credible or verified reports indic
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Fake Story About "Marcus," A Veteran Georgia School Bus Driver Who Was Sued By Parents — No Supporting Reporting
Was a Georgia school bus driver sued by parents because their children suffered scrapes when he stopped abruptly after a rock hit the windshield, critically injuring him? No, that's not true: There is no reporting about a lawsuit or schoo
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: FAKE Sky News Report Falsely Claims Hungarian Opposition Leader Péter Magyar Is Withdrawing From Election
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
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: Video Does NOT Show Arrest of Woman Who Reportedly Called ICE on Men Fixing Her Roof
Does a video show the arrest of a woman who reportedly called Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) on men fixing her roof? No, that's not true: There is no evidence that the woman's arrest at the beginning of the clip is connected to
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Is NOT Real Al Jazeera Report About Ukrainian Drone Expert Fleeing From Middle East To France
Was a video about Ukrainian drone operator Miroslav Radchenko shared on social media actually produced and distributed by Al Jazeera? No, that's not true: Lead Stories found no traces of such a report broadcast or shared online by Al Jaze
Full Fact→ BBC corrects misreported energy bills figure
A live blog post gave an incorrect figure for the amount an average household can expect to save when changes to the energy price cap come in next month.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Variety Did NOT Report Ian Miles Cheong Was Killed By An Iranian Missile In Dubai
Did Variety report that Ian Miles Cheong was killed by an Iranian missile in Dubai? No, that's not true: Only one story on the Variety website mentions Cheong, and it was published five months before the Iranian strikes on the city in the
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei Did NOT Address The World After Reports Of His Death
Did Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei address the world, proving that he is still alive? No, that's not true: The video circulating on social media is from a speech by Khamenei broadcast more than two weeks earlier on Feb. 11,
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO Official Reports John Bolton Has Died In Wake Of Iran Strikes Late February 2026 — Confirmed Alive
Were there any official reports about former National Security Advisor John Bolton dying in the wake of airstrikes on Iran late February 2026? No, that's not true: The claim was only made in a likely satirical social media post. There wer
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Fake "Epstein File Secret Report 77/5000" Is AI-Generated Video — Salacious Clickbait
Was a "secret report" numbered 77/5000 released with the Epstein files, showing security camera footage of the now-dead pedophile financier walking with and kissing a girl? No, that's not true: This video is fake. There are two nearly ide
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: CNN Did NOT Report ICE Agent Who Shot Alex Pretti Found ‘NOT-GUILTY’
Did CNN report that an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent who "un-alived" Minnesota nurse Alex Pretti and claimed "self-defense" was found "not-guilty"? No, that's not true: A search across the network's website did not show any CN
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Ted Cruz DID Say ‘Let’s Stop Attacking Pedophiles’, But His Representative Told Reporters The Senator Misspoke
Did U.S. Senator Ted Cruz say, "Let's stop attacking pedophiles" at a congressional hearing? Yes, he did, but his spokesperson described that as a gaffe, "a verbal slip", and clarified that the senator opposed such crimes. The overall con
Full Fact→ Vaccines do not cause autism, despite reported rises
A social media post seems to imply that increasing vaccine doses have caused increases in autism cases, but that’s not true.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: CBS Did NOT Report Kazmierczak, Alleged Attacker Of Congresswoman Omar, On Payroll At Winery Co-Owned By Omar’s Spouse
Did "CBS Investigative News" report that the man arrested after spraying a liquid on Congresswoman Ilhan Omar at a Minneapolis town hall meeting was on the payroll of a winery co-owned by her husband? No, that's not true: There's no recor
Full Fact→ Council reports reveal scale of Labour’s pothole challenge
Full Fact analysis reveals Labour is likely to struggle to deliver on its pledge to fix a million more potholes each year, with early combined estimates from 85 councils projecting no overall increase in repairs in 2025/26.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: French Channel LCI Did NOT Report Ukraine Sent False Strategic Info To US — Clip Only Mentioned ‘Leaks’ To Moscow
Did a guest in a clip from French TV channel LCI say Ukraine sent false strategic info to US intelligence services which they then observed Russian forces acting upon? No, that's not true: The video clip with guest Vincent Crouzet was abo
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Erika Kirk And Tom Brady Are NOT Dating — The ‘Report’ Came From A Parody Account
Are Tom Brady and Erika Kirk reportedly dating? No, that's not true: For them to be "reportedly dating," there would need to be reports. The only report that the two are dating is a post from the Hoops Crave account, which has a parody di
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
PolitiFact→ Donald Trump – The White House said Maduro was ‘flooding’ the US with fentanyl. Experts, official reports say no.
Maduro was “flooding America with deadly fentanyl.”
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
FactCheck.org→ Pentagon Inspector General Report Not ‘Total Exoneration’ for Hegseth
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth claimed that he received “total exoneration” in an investigative report by the Defense Department’s Office of Inspector General regarding a Signal group chat about a military attack in Yemen. But the re
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Catholic Nun Was NOT ‘Stabbed To Death By A Migrant In Croatia’ — She’s Alive & Under Investigation For A False Report
Was a Catholic nun fatally stabbed in Croatia by an "unnamed migrant man" in late November 2025? No, that's not true: Sister Marija Tatjana Zrno is alive. Police concluded she stabbed herself and they were investigating her for filing a f
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Coast Guard Did NOT Report 21% Of Suspected Trafficking Boats Stopped Off Venezuela Before Airstrikes Had Drugs — It Was 81%
Did the U.S. Coast Guard report that drugs were found on just 21% of the suspected drug-trafficking vessels stopped by the U.S. Coast Guard in the 13 months before airstrikes, while the rest -- 79% -- did nothing wrong? No, that's not tru
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→ US intelligence report on journalist’s murder contradicts Trump’s defense of Saudi crown prince
Trump contradicts US intelligence on Khashoggi murder
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: President Trump DID Tell A Female Reporter ‘Quiet, Piggy’ When She Asked A Question About Epstein Files
Did President Trump say "Quiet, piggy" to a female reporter when she asked if there might be incriminating evidence about him in the Epstein files? Yes, that's true: Trump pointed at Bloomberg's White House correspondent Catherine Lucey a
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: NO ‘Breaking’ Report That Lawyers Worried Boebert Recorded Trump Call Begging Her To Change Her Epstein File Vote — It’s Trollery By Anti-Trump Satire Site
Did a "Breaking" news story show White House lawyers worried that Rep. Lauren Boebert and Rep. Nancy Mace had recorded phone calls in which President Donald Trump "begged" them to vote against release of the Epstein files by the FBI? No,
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: CNN Has NOT Reported Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS Contacted Earth, Nor Used ‘It’s Getting Serious’ Chyron
Did CNN report the interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS has contacted Earth, as a viral social media post declared? No, that's not true: There's no such report on CNN.com. CNN has not used the chyron "IT'S GETTING SERIOUS" on any of its reports ab