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Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Some Bridge Photos Circulating Do NOT Show The Hongqi Bridge That Collapsed In Southwest China Nov. 11, 2025
Do all the collapsed bridge photos on social media really show the Nov. 11, 2025 collapse of the Hongqi bridge in southwest China? No, that's not true: The new Hongqi bridge did collapse, one day after it was closed to traffic due to the
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: FAKE Photo Does NOT Show Real Moment London Bus Jumped The Gap As Tower Bridge Drawbridge Opened
Does a real photo show the moment in 1952 that a double-decker bus jumped the widening gap of the Tower Bridge drawbridge sections as it was opened to let river traffic through? No, that's not true: While a quick-thinking driver of the Lo
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show A Real Walmart Employee Arrested For Giving Milk To A Baby — Sora AI Logo Seen In Footage
Does a video show a real Walmart employee getting arrested for giving milk to a baby? No, that's not true: The video is AI generated, as indicated by the brief flicker of the watermark from AI-generating app Sora on screen. As is often th
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Michelle Obama Did NOT Perform ‘Live Takedown’ Of Trump On ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live!’ Show — No Such Episode Or Video Exists As Of November 12, 2025
Was former first lady Michelle Obama videotaped executing a barbed takedown of Donald Trump on the 'Jimmy Kimmel Live!' show in the fall of 2025? No, that's not true: As of November 12, 2025, no such video recording existed. Michelle Obam
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show ‘Daniel Reed’ In Los Angeles Saving ‘Jessica Moore’ From A Speeding Car — Video From 2020 Cincinnati Incident Mis-Labeled
Did the Los Angeles Police Department charge "Daniel Reed" for sexual harassment for grabbing "Jessica Moore" to pull her back from the path of a speeding car? No, that's not true: The video showing a man grabbing a woman before she is hi
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Photo Does NOT Show A Real Tsingtao Beer-Filled Puffer Parka With A Straw — Physics and AI Glitches Debunk The Image
Does a real photo show a puffer parka filled with beer that can be sipped via a straw in the Tsingtao-labelled jacket's collar? No, that's not true: A major U.S. distributor of the popular Chinese beer brand told Lead Stories they have se
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Timelapse Shows Zebrafish Nervous System Developing In Sixteen Hours — Not Human Embryo Spinal Cord
Does an often reposted viral video show a timelapse of "16 hours of spinal cord development" in a human embryo? No, that's not true: The video actually shows the development of the nervous system of a zebrafish as recorded by researchers
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video of Children Practicing Muslim Prayer In Classroom Does NOT Show Scene From Real Life
Does real CCTV footage capture schoolchildren kneeling on prayer mats and repeating the Muslim declaration of faith, "Allahu Akbar", as viral social media posts claim? No, that's not true: The low-quality clip seemed to have been distorte
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: There’s NO Exit Poll Showing 92% Of California Voters Thought Prop 50 Was To Impeach Trump — Poster Said It Was Satire
Did an exit poll show that 92% of California voters thought Proposition 50 was a ballot measure to impeach President Trump? No, that's not true: The claim originated from a post on a satiric X account on which the original poster of the 9
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Sora Videos Of Ukrainian Soldiers Surrendering In Pokrovsk Do NOT Show Real-Life Events
Did viral videos document that Ukrainian soldiers started to surrender en masse in Pokrovsk, as of November 5, 2025? No, that's not true: The clips showed a watermark of a generative AI tool. As of this writing, Ukraine denied that its so
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Alan Dershowitz Did NOT Say He Would ‘Blow His Brains Out On Live TV’ If Mamdani Becomes New York Mayor
Did retired Harvard Law School professor Alan Dershowitz publicly promise to "blow his brains out on live TV" if Zohran Mamdani wins the 2025 mayoral election in New York City? No, that's not true: Dershowitz denied that on his social med
Full Fact→ Grok and Google Lens AI overviews claim fake imagery shows Huntingdon train attack
Grok told users one AI-generated image “appears to be a genuine photo”, while a Google Lens AI overview linked a video which does not show real footage of the incident to Saturday’s stabbings.
Full Fact→ Footage does not show a robot dog ‘patrolling a migrant hotel’
A video on social media which appears to show a robot dog guarding a ‘migrant hotel’ was actually filmed at a historic building housing a religious group in Crewe.
The Dispatch→ Trump’s Tariff Showdown
The president will not be attending Supreme Court oral arguments after all.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Mount Everest Scenarios Are NOT Real — Videos Of Wise Sherpas, Demanding CEOs, Rich Executives, And Sisters Left For Dead All Show AI Generated Stereotypes
Does a real video show a rich executive trying to override a sherpa's decision to wait by paying him to keep going to the Everest summit? No, that's not true: A TikTok account has been posting AI-generated videos of stereotypical Everest
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Fake Walmart SNAP EBT Glitch Video Does NOT Show Events In Louisiana — AI Generated
Is this real video of an EBT glitch at a Louisiana Walmart and does it have anything to do with SNAP cuts in 2025? No, that's not true: The entire viral video was made using artificial intelligence and a claim it was filmed in 2013 in Man
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Black Woman ‘Robbing a White Woman Because Trump Cut Food Stamps on EBT’ — Video Shows 2022 Incident
Does a viral video show a black woman "robbing a white woman because Trump cut food stamps"? No, that's not true: The video was posted online three years before the 2025 government shutdown that threatened to delay or cut food subsidies.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Illegal Immigrants In UK Stealing From The Dead — Memorial Tradition In Ukraine Leaves Sweets To Be Taken After Easter
Does a video show illegal immigrants in the UK stealing from the dead by taking things from graves to sell? No, that's not true: The video was first posted by a TikTok account from Ukraine, on April 27, the day the Ukrainian and Eastern O
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: ‘The View’ Was NOT Cancelled, Replaced With ‘The Charlie Kirk Show’, As Of October 30, 2025
Did ABC cancel "The View" and replace it with "The Charlie Kirk Show" hosted by the late conservative activist's widow, Erika Kirk, and other people, including Megyn Kelly? No, none of that is true: The show continued to be on air after t
Full Fact→ Image shared with claims it shows Jamaican hospital destroyed by Hurricane Melissa is fake
An image supposedly showing damage caused by Hurricane Melissa in Jamaica isn’t real and was very likely made using AI.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS In Outer Space — It’s A Microscopic Organism
Does a video clip show new footage of the Comet 3I/ATLAS? No, that's not true: This video did not originate from any research astronomy agency monitoring the interstellar comet. It is uncredited footage showing a microscopic single-celled
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Fake Video Shows Animals Reacting To Cutting Of Cake Shaped Like Them — AI Fakery
Does a real video show animals reacting when a cake version of them gets slaughtered? No, that's not true: The video showing animals getting very upset when a cake version of themselves is cut with a knife was made using AI generated imag
Full Fact→ Video appearing to show Hurricane Melissa from above is AI
A viral clip circulating online that seems to show the hurricane filmed from a plane was created using artificial intelligence.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Montage Does NOT Show Clips Of Hurricane Melissa Slamming Kingston, Jamaica — Recycled Footage From Past Storms
Does a video posted on TikTok show Hurricane Melissa as it is making landfall in Kingston, Jamaica? No, that's not true: These clips show storms which happened around the world, some fairly recently, and some years in the past. One clip r
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Clip Does NOT Show Timelapse Of Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS — Authentic July 15, 2025 Image From Gemini North Telescope Is Different
Does a video clip show a timelapse of interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS, captured by the Gemini North telescope in Hawaii, released on July 15, 2025, by NSF's NOIRLab and the University of Hawaii? No, that's not true: The authentic image of the
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Photo That Shows Damage And Floods From Hurricane Melissa In Black River, Jamaica Is NOT Real — AI Fakery
Is a photo that shows damage and flooding from Hurricane Melissa in Black River, Jamaica on October 28, 2025, authentic? No, that's not true: The image was likely made by an artificial intelligence tool, according to a test by an AI detec
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Flight Logs Do NOT Show Man Who Anonymously Gave $130 Million To Pay Soldiers During Government Shutdown Flew On Jeffrey Epstein’s Lolita Express — Paul Mellon Died In 1999
Do flight logs show that the man who anonymously donated $130 million to pay American soldiers during the October 2025 U.S. government shutdown flew on Jeffrey Epstein's Lolita Express plane? No, that's not true: The flight log page cited
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Viral Clip Does NOT Show October 2025 Louvre Break-In
Does a viral video authentically portray the October 2025 Louvre robbery in Paris, France? No, that's not true: The clip is not authentic CCTV footage. The details of the scene in the viral video did not match the specific Louvre gallery
PolitiFact→ X posts – These clips don’t show Hurricane Melissa in Jamaica; they show weather events from around the world
Video shows Hurricane Melissa hitting Jamaica on Oct. 26, 2025.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: AI Video Of Aerofoot Flying Shoes Demo At Gitex Does NOT Show Real Events — Made By Digital Creator
Was a pair of Aerofoot "flying shoes" demonstrated at Gitex 2029 by a woman using them to hover over a stage, models floating over a catwalk or a man taking off from a pedestal? No, that's not true: The video, and several more like it, we
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Authentic Footage Of Western Leaders Being "A Bit More Honest" — It’s An AI-Generated RT Promo
Does a video show authentic clips of world leaders speaking frankly about controversial narratives? No, that's not true: The video clip was posted with disclaimers in the caption and in the video itself clearly stating it is AI-generated.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Promotion Does NOT Show Young Woman Harmed By Energy Drinks — Hijacked TikTok Video Of Woman With Punctured Lung
Does a video clip show a young woman who had lung surgery because of energy drinks who will never be able to speak again? No, that's not true: The video footage was taken from another TikTok account where it was presented with no mention
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Photo Does NOT Show White House Demolition To Make Way For Obama’s Indoor Basketball Court — The Picture Is From FDR’s Project And The Court Is Outside
Does a photo show demolition done to the White House by Barack Obama to install an indoor basketball court? No, that's not true: A black and white photo shows the West Wing expansion project conducted by President Franklin Roosevelt in 19
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Mother Of Six Whose Food Stamps And Housing Benefits Were Cut From $4,300 To $19 Per Month — ‘Rage Bait’ Account Posts Fake Rants To Get Traffic
Does a viral video really show a mother of six's rant about her "food stamps" and housing benefits being cut from $4,300 per month to $19 per month? No, that's not true: The woman appearing in the video has previously said she posts the r
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: FAKE Video Shows Dogs Trying To Steal Honey & Getting Stung By Bees — It’s AI
Is a video showing dogs trying to steal honey by poking a beehive with a stick and getting stung authentic? No, that's not true: The video was posted on a TikTok account that says it publishes "high quality 3D animated shorts". According
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Photo Does NOT Show Pam Bondi With Donald Trump And Jeffrey Epstein — It’s A Belgian Model
Does a photo show Pam Bondi with Donald Trump and Jeffrey Epstein? No, that's not true: The image being widely shared across social platforms with the claim it shows the future Attorney General Bondi with Trump and Epstein is real, but th
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Adam Sandler Has NOT Been Announced As The Headliner Of The Turning Point USA Super Bowl Halftime Show
Was Adam Sandler announced as the headliner of the Turning Point USA Super Bowl halftime show? No, that's not true: No evidence accompanied the claim that the Hollywood star was announced as the headliner for Turning Point USA 2026 Super
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Authentic Image DOES Show Demolition Of Part Of The White House In October 2025
Does a picture widely shared on social media authentically show partial demolition of the East Wing of the White House in October 2025? Yes, it does: The photo was first published by the Washington Post.. The image showed no signs of gene
The Dispatch→ Videos Claiming to Show National Guard in Portland Are From 2020 Riots
Current ongoing protests in the city have been largely peaceful.