Does a real video show Iranian rockets coming in at a tremendous speed, exploding targets near the Tel Aviv marina? No, that's not true: This video is fake and bears many of the hallmarks of AI-generated imagery. The video is represented
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Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Real Bombing Of Tel Aviv In March 2026
Does a viral video show a real-life scene from Tel Aviv when the city was hit with Iranian missiles in March 2026? No, that's not true: The clip originated from an account that disclosed the video was generated by AI. Both online AI detec
Full Fact→ Video shows 2015 explosions in China, not Tel Aviv
A miscaptioned video has been shared on social media with claims it shows explosions in the Israeli city of Tel Aviv.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Fire At Tel Aviv Munitions Storage Building During Iran Attack on Israel In 2026 — It’s A 2024 Apartment Fire
Does a video of a fire recorded from a balcony in Tel Aviv show the aftermath of a missile attack on Israel on February 28, 2026? No, that's not true: The video was shared on social media on October 26, 2024, and there was no claim that a
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Patel, Kennedy, Buttigieg, Vince Gill, Others Are Not Demanding Obama Return Millions From ‘Ownership’ of Obamacare
Did Kash Patel, Sen. John Kennedy, Pete Buttigieg, Vince Gill and others demand that former President Barack Obama return millions he earned through ownership related to "Obamacare"? No, that's not true: Nearly identical stories that swap
PolitiFact→ Social Media – This isn’t a real image of Puerto Vallarta on fire after the killing of a cartel leader; it’s AI
Image shows Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, after the killing of Nemesio “El Mencho” Oseguera Cervantes, the head of Jalisco New Generation Cartel.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Plane Fire Image After Mexican Army Killed Cartel Leader Is AI-Generated — No Such Plane Attacks Occurred
Does an authentic picture show a plane on fire, a purported retaliation following the Feb. 22, 2026 killing of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel leader in Tapalpa, Jalisco, Mexico? No, that's not true: An AI-generated content detector con
Full Fact→ AI-generated image of Jeffrey Epstein ‘alive in Tel Aviv’ circulates online
An image that appears to show Jeffrey Epstein walking down a street in Israel is fake and was made using AI.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Jeffrey Epstein Was NOT Photographed Recently In Tel Aviv, Israel — A Gemini AI Watermark Shows On The Uncropped Image
Was a bearded Jeffrey Epstein photographed walking in Tel Aviv, Israel in 2026? No, that's not true: Jeffrey Epstein died in 2019. The image is AI-generated. Some versions of the image circulating on social media have been cropped, but th
PolitiFact→ Social Media – Was Jeffrey Epstein recently spotted in Tel Aviv? No, this image is AI-generated
An image shows Jeffrey Epstein “still alive and walking the streets of Tel Aviv,” Israel.
The Dispatch→ Cold War Statecraft for Artificial Intelligence
The race to win will shape the world’s economies and geopolitics.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: No Email In Epstein Files With Satoshi Nakamoto Telling Epstein To ‘Go F*ck Yourself’ Replying To Island Invitation
Is there an email conversation between Jeffrey Epstein and Satoshi Nakamoto in the released "Epstein Files" that has Nakamoto telling Epstein to "Go fuck yourself"? No, that's not true: A search of the "Epstein library" for the phrase "De
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Parody X Post Telling J.D. Vance To ‘Go F*ck A Couch’ Not From Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey’s Actual X Account
Did Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey tell Vice President J.D. Vance to "go fuck a couch" in an X post? No, that's not true: Vance did quote a real post from Frey on X in a discussion about law enforcement and other people needing to feel safe
FactCheck.org→ Patel’s Remarks Conflict With Minnesota Gun Law
Minnesota allows individuals with a permit to carry a gun in public, concealed or not, and there is no state law against having a gun while at a demonstration. That contradicts FBI Director Kash Patel’s claim suggesting that “you cannot br
PolitiFact→ Kash Patel – Are guns barred at protests, as Kash Patel said? In most states, no
“You cannot bring a firearm loaded with multiple magazines to any sort of protest that you want. It’s that simple.”
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Anti-ICE Protesters Did NOT Beat Up Staff At Minneapolis Hotel, NOT TRUE That ‘Police Never Came’
Did a social media post correctly report that anti-ICE protesters at a hotel in Minneapolis started "beating up the staff because two ICE officers were staying there" and that local police were absent from the scene? No, that's not true:
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Trump DID Tell Prime Minister He Isn’t Obligated To ‘Think Purely Of Peace’ Since Norway Denied Him The Nobel Prize — Demands ‘Complete And Total Control Of Greenland’
Did Donald Trump tell Norway's Prime Minister, Jonas Gahr Støre, that he wants complete and total control of Greenland because he was not granted the Nobel Peace Prize? Yes, that's true: Some questioned if the text message from Trump to
Full Fact→ Sky News corrects claim about asylum hotel closures under Labour
An article on Sky News’ website which claimed the government says it’s halved the number of hotels in use since it came to power has been corrected after Full Fact got in touch.
The Dispatch→ The Lies We Tell Women About Aging
What the manosphere—and the culture at large—gets wrong about “the wall.”
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Posts About Connecticut Woman Ada Morrison Committed To Asylum For ‘Excessive Reading’ In 1893 Do NOT Tell Real-Life Story
Do viral posts tell a real-life story about a Connecticut woman named "Ada Morrison" who was committed to a psychiatric hospital for "excessive reading and intellectual pretensions unsuitable for woman"? No, that's not true: Lead Stories
The Dispatch→ Intellectuals of the New Right | Interview: Laura Field
Brookings delenda est (just kidding).
The Dispatch→ Intellectuals of the New Right | Interview: Laura Field
Brookings delenda est (just kidding).
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: FAKE Video Of Abiy Ahmed’s 5-Star Cruise Ship Abandoned In Desert Shows Telltale Signs Of Being AI-Generated
Does a video show a large cruise ship abandoned in the desert by Abiy Ahmed, the prime minister of Ethiopia? No, that's not true: No legitimate news organization has reported it, though a massive engineering feat such as this undertaken b
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Trevor Noah Did NOT Tell Pete Hegseth He Was The Reason The Song ‘Just Give Me A Reason’ Was Written
Did comedian Trevor Noah tell Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth in response to his request that a band play "Just Give Me a Reason" that he was "the reason it had to be written." No, that's not true: The story was manufactured by a spam f
The Dispatch→ Look Before We Leap on Artificial Intelligence
The U.S. imposes restrictions on a range of industries. AI should be no exception.
The Dispatch→ Banning AI Superintelligence Would Be a Historic Mistake
Proposals to curtail the technology’s development are rooted in fear, not facts.
The Dispatch→ The Right’s Intellectual Thought Crisis | Roundtable
The self-selecting elite's brain drain.
The Dispatch→ Whatever the Endgame in Venezuela, Latin America’s Drug Cartels Will Do Just Fine
Lessons from a half-century of the ‘war on drugs.’
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: Kash Patel And A Dozen Other Prominent Americans Are NOT Paying Off Hundreds Of Thousands In Student Lunch Debt — It’s Web Traffic-Baiting ‘Viet Spam’
Full Fact→ Fake video of UK teacher telling children to bow and chant ‘Allahu Akbar’ circulates online
A clip shared with claims it shows a UK teacher ‘indoctrinating’ children in Islam isn’t real and was almost certainly made using artificial intelligence.
Full Fact→ Minister repeats incorrect claim about asylum hotel use under Labour
In Labour’s first year, the number of asylum hotels in use decreased by three, while the number of asylum seekers in hotels increased by 8%. Labour hasn’t halved the use of hotels.
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.
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
The Dispatch→ Tell Me About Henry George | Interview: Mike Bird
The power of land.
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: 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
PolitiFact→ The AI president: How Donald Trump uses artificial intelligence to promote himself, mock others
How Trump and the White House use AI on social media
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: No "Televised Earthquake" — Donald Trump Did NOT Dismiss Lifetime Achievements Of Dick Van Dyke Saying "He’s Just A Dancer." — Copy-Paste Clickbait
Did Donald Trump (or another famous person) dismiss the achievements of Dick Van Dyke (or some other celebrity) by saying, "He's just a dancer." (or some other talent)? No, that's not true: This story about a broadcast studio turning into