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Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Post Does NOT Show Real CNN Video Of Yale Professors Protesting Student Use Of AI
Did a video on TikTok show an authentic CNN report on Yale University professors going on strike over student use of AI in classrooms? No, that's not true: There was no evidence at the time of writing on CNN.com or any other reputable med
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Sinkhole In Paris — AI Generated
Does a video being spread on social media show a real sinkhole that opened up in Paris? No, that's not true: The video originated on the Instagram account of an "AI video expert" and several details in the video reveal it is not real. A d
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Melania Trump At 2025 Super Bowl
Does a video show President Donald Trump and Melania Trump walking out onto the field of Super Bowl LIX in New Orleans on February 9, 2025? No, that's not true: Melania Trump was not at the 2025 Super Bowl. The video showing the two walki
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Mirrored Video Of MAGA Hat Wearing Patient Who ‘Gets Denied Healthcare’ Originated On Channel With Skits
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Edited Video Captioned ‘Boo The Bastard’ Does NOT Show Trump Being Booed At 2025 Super Bowl — Old Video, Audio Added
Did a video captioned "BOO THE BASTARD" authentically show President Donald Trump being booed at the Super Bowl in 2025? No, that's not true: The video was uploaded to TikTok days before the 2025 Super Bowl with a caption encouraging view
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – This isn’t an authentic video of RFK Jr. promoting a diabetes cure
Video shows Robert Kennedy Jr. promoting a diabetes cure.
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – Altered video appears to show RFK Jr. promoting diabetes cure
Video shows Robert Kennedy Jr. promoting a diabetes cure.
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – No, this isn’t video of a missile crashing into a Philadelphia neighborhood
Video shows a missile crashed in a Philadelphia neighborhood Jan. 31, not a jet.
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – No, this video doesn’t show the Jan. 29 plane crash in Washington D.C.
Video shows “airplane crash with helicopter in Washington D.C.”
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NOT ‘Breaking News’ — Video Claiming ‘Woman Found Truck Full Of Childrens’ Bodies’ Is Mix Of Old Video Clips
Does a video accurately report "breaking news" about a woman who found a truck full of children's bodies in Mexico? No, that's not true: No recent news story matches the narrative's details as of this publication. The video clips in the m
PolitiFact→ Viral image – No, this video doesn’t show a North Carolina dam breaking Sept. 28, 2024
Video shows a dam breaking Sept. 28, 2024, in North Carolina.
PolitiFact→ Viral image – Video purportedly showing Donald Trump announcing visa ban for Nigerians is altered
Video shows “Donald Trump just announced that America will no longer give visas to Nigerians.”
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – Does this video show 2025 anti-Trump protests around the world? No, it’s from 2018
A video shows “people around the world” who are “protesting because Donald Trump is the president.”
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Old Video Does NOT Show EBT Card Not Working In January 2025 Due To Federal Funding Freeze
Is a video of a man failing to buy a sandwich with an EBT card at a Subway restaurant from January 2025 and related to the federal funding freeze announced by the Trump administration that month? No, that's not true: The footage was onlin
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Immigration Officers Carrying Out Enforcement On Miami Beach In January 2025 — It Was Air-And-Sea Show
Does a video show immigrationt officers carrying out enforcement on Miami Beach in January 2025? No, that's not true: This footage is of Hyundai's 2024 air-and-sea show on Miami Beach. While the official website for the 2025 show promotes
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Prove Airline Pilot Referred To ‘Gulf Of America’
Does a video clip posted on social media prove that an airline pilot made an in-flight announcement referring to the "Gulf of America"? No, that's not true: The video provides no proof that what appears to be an airplane cabin is in an ai
Full Fact→ Video of migrants attempting to break through US-Mexico border is not recent
The clip has been shared after President Trump’s inauguration with misleading captions that imply it’s recent—but the event occurred in March 2023.
Full Fact→ Video supposedly showing Taylor Swift calling LA fires ‘divine retribution’ has been altered
A clip which is circulating on social media does not show a real interview, and has likely been altered with AI.
Full Fact→ Air Force One flypast video isn’t real
A clip which appears to show President Donald Trump’s Air Force One jet flying close to a US Navy ship has been created digitally.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Tanks In Texas Heading To Border Under Trump’s Executive Order
Does a video show a long line of military trucks in Texas hauling tanks to the U.S. southern border in response to an executive order signed by President Donald Trump declaring a national emergency in 2025? No, that's not true: The video
PolitiFact→ X posts – Video doesn’t show roads to Mexico after Trump’s immigration crackdown. It was uploaded in December
Video shows “roads heading to Mexico are jam packed as mass deportations have started.”
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Still Photos Do NOT Show Other Politicians Gesturing Just As Musk Did — Videos Differ
Does a collection of still images demonstrate that other politicians have made the same gesture as Elon Musk did at the closing of his speech at President Donald Trump's inauguration rally in 2025? No, that's not true: These photos do sho
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show US Military Vehicles Patrolling Border
Does a clip authentically show U.S. military vehicles patrolling the U.S. border? No, that's not true: The video was generated by AI. An account self-described as an "AI Creater" originally posted the video. The clip also contained discre
Full Fact→ Old video of fire along Los Angeles highway shared as recent
The video has been shared with captions that imply it shows the recent wildfires in LA, but it actually dates back to 2017.
PolitiFact→ Viral image – No, this isn’t an authentic video of RFK Jr. promoting a diabetes treatment
Video shows Robert F. Kennedy Jr. promoting an alternative diabetes treatment.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show People Fleeing ICE Raid in January 2025 — Footage Predates September 2024
Does a video show people in January 2025 fleeing from a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement raid? No, that's not true: The video shows men running near a construction site in 2024 or earlier. The building seen in the video was finish
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Supposedly Of LA Wildfires In January 2025 Is NOT Authentic — Likely AI Creation
Does a video that shows an entire city engulfed in flames as a dozen helicopters hover overhead authentically capture a scene from the Los Angeles wildfires in January 2025? No, that's not true: Multiple online artificial intelligence det
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Migrants At Blockade On Southern Border In January 2025 — It Was March 2023
Did a video show "over 1,000" migrants entering the United States through the southern border shortly after President Donald Trump's second inauguration? No, that's not true: This video was posted on X in March 2023, a reverse image searc
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Barron Trump ‘Whispering Something To Biden’ At Donald Trump’s Inauguration
Does a viral clip authentically show Donald Trump's son Barron "whispering something to Biden" during his father's second inauguration on January 20, 2025? No, that's not true: The cropped video misled viewers about the scene's content. T
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show California Election Worker Committing Electoral Fraud By Scanning Ballots Three Times
Does a video show an Orange County, California, election worker committing electoral fraud by scanning ballots three times? No, that's not true: A spokesperson for the Orange County Registrar of Voters denied the accusation of fraud, sayi
PolitiFact→ Viral image – No, this video doesn’t show South African firefighters en route to help in greater Los Angeles
Video shows a “group of South African firefighters who have landed in Canada to make their way to LA, to help.”
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video With FAKE Audio Portrays Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Promoting A Lemon Juice Diabetes Cure
Did Robert F. Kennedy Jr. speak at length about a cure for diabetes on the Joe Rogan podcast? No, that's not true: While this video footage originated from episode #1999 of the "Joe Rogan Experience," a fake audio track mimicking Kennedy'
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Trump Saying 2024 Presidential Election Was ‘Rigged’
Does a video show President Donald Trump saying that the 2024 presidential election was rigged with the help of Elon Musk? No, that's not true: In the speech excerpted in the video, Trump's remark about rigging referred to the 2020 presid
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Authentically Show Putin Ignoring World Leaders, Shaking Hands Only With Trump
Does a video authentically show Vladimir Putin going "past world leaders to shake Trump's hand"? No, that's not true: The version of the clip that went viral in the days leading up to Trump's second inauguration in January 2025 was edited
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Authentic Panic In Paris Over UFO, Object In River
Does footage show an authentic panic in Paris as people react to a UFO and an unidentified submerged object (USO) in the Seine River? No, that's not true: The video is from a film shoot. The footage is from the production of "Under Paris,
PolitiFact→ Viral image – No, this video doesn’t show the Los Angeles fires started at the same time (because they didn’t)
“All three California wild fires seem to start at the same time!”
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video With FAKE Audio Shows Taylor Swift Supposedly Talking About US Involvement In Gaza
Does an authentic video show Taylor Swift saying that the 2025 Los Angeles fires are divine retribution for American actions in Gaza? No, that's not true: The original footage dates back to a 2021 appearance on "The Tonight Show Starring
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Trump Supporting Georgia Sen. Colton Moore After 2025 Arrest — It’s From 2023
Does a video show President-elect Donald Trump supporting Georgia state Sen. Colton Moore after his arrest on January 16, 2025? No, that's not true: The video where Trump praises Moore was originally posted on Trump's official Facebook ac
Full Fact→ Video of Hamas fighters is not recent
The footage is being shared with reference to the Gaza ceasefire deal, but is actually more than 17 years old.