Has actor Denzel Washington said that he "won't go woke" for a new role? No, that's not true: There is no evidence that Washington ever publicly said this. This statement appeared on a self-identified satire website. The claim originated
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Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Sylvester Stallone Did NOT Say He Won’t Work With Tom Hanks Because ‘He Weirds Me Out’ — It’s From Satire Site
Did Sylvester Stallone say he won't work with Tom Hanks because "he weirds me out"? No, that's not true: This claim comes from a satirical website that has a history of fabricating content surrounding popular topics. The site carries a di
Logically→ Election Commission won’t fine people ₹350 for not voting in the 2024 general elections
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Miss USA Is NOT Boycotting Miss Universe Over Trans Participant Stating She ‘Won’t Compete Against A Man’
Did Miss USA "Natasha Berkelston" state she "won't compete against a man" and boycott the 2023 Miss Universe pageant after Rikkie Kollé was named Miss Netherlands, becoming the first transgender woman to take the title? No, that's not tr
Full Fact→ Privileges Committee investigation alone won’t rebuild public trust
MPs must do more to get their house in order—starting with Parliament's broken corrections system.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Zelenskyy Did NOT Say He Won’t Take A Call From Chinese Leader Xi Jinping
Did Volodymyr Zelenskyy announce that he would "no longer take a call from Xi Jinping?" No, that's not true: There is no evidence that the Ukrainian president made the comment about Chinese leader Xi Jinping. Lead Stories previously debun
Logically→ Digital entrance gates at Walmarts in 15-minute cities won’t open for residents who have exceeded their meat, dairy, and egg consumption limit.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Vaccine Critic Dr. Robert Malone Is NOT Correct That COVID-19 Vaccines Don’t Work, Cause Infertility And Claims Won’t Be Paid
Did Dr. Robert Malone correctly claim in a speech that COVID-19 vaccines are not working, that they cause infertility and that vaccine makers are protected legally while families are not? No, that's not true: The vaccines have prevented s
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: COVID-19 IS Airborne But ‘Everybody’ Won’t Catch It
If COVID-19 is airborne would everybody have caught it by now? A viral video with an anti-vaccine message peddles false information about the coronavirus outbreak, throwing doubt on the authenticity of the virus by stating, "If it is airb
Logically→ New farm bills ensure that APMC middlemen won’t control farmers’ sales and income.
The private players look at the price set by the APMCs for reference. If they continue to do so, then the idea of getting rid of APMCs won't hold.
Logically→ Biden-Harris administration won’t increase taxes on anyone making less than $400,000 a year.
Biden's $4 trillion tax plan targets wealthy individuals and corporations; it won't increase taxes on people making under $400,000 a year.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Joe Biden Did NOT Claim "You Won’t Be Safe in Joe Biden’s America"
Did Joe Biden claim "You won't be safe in Joe Biden's America"? No, that's not true: Biden was quoting what the Trump campaign was saying about him and went on to remark that their "proof" was "the violence we're seeing in Donald Trump's
Full Fact→ Lowering the state pension age for women won’t create four million jobs for young people
A Facebook post shared 22,000 times claims that four million job vacancies would be created for young people if the state pension age for women was lowered back to 60. This is not accurate. The post says: “4 million job vacancies could be c
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Nancy Pelosi Did NOT Say Stimulus Won’t Pass Unless Seniors Excluded
Did U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi say she won't pass the new and massive economic stimulus legislation to beat back the economic spiral due to COVID-19 unless senior citizens are excluded? No, that's not true: A satirical website that attemp
Lead Stories→ Fake News: Michael Jordan Did NOT Say ‘I Won’t Release Another Shoe Until Black People Unite’
Did Michael Jordan say he won't release another shoe until black people unite? No, that's not true: an old story from 2016 went viral again in 2019 (despite having been debunked in 2016 already) and despite the fact that Michael Jordan has rel
Lead Stories→ Fake News: Pat Robertson Did NOT Say Global Warming Won’t Affect America Because God is Protecting Trump
Did Pat Robertson say global warming won't affect America because God is protecting Trump? No, that's not true: the fake quote was launched by a satirical website. Even though it went viral it is not true. The story originated from an articl
ABC News→ Fox says guest who criticized McCain won’t be back
Fox News says a retired Air Force general who referred to Sen. John McCain as 'songbird John' for allegedly giving information to the North Vietnamese while being tortured won't be allowed back
ABC News→ California won’t register to vote those in US illegally
Immigrants living in the U.S. illegally will not automatically be registered to vote in California come April
ABC News→ Flu shot won’t make you spread more influenza
Getting a flu shot won't make you spread more disease, nor will it hurt your immune system
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Judge Merchan Did NOT Say Trump Could Not Attend Barron’s Graduation — He Said It Depends On How Trial Is ‘Doing On Time’
Did Judge Juan Merchan tell former President Donald Trump he could not attend his son Barron's high school graduation on May 17, 2024? No, that's not true: The Manhattan judge in Trump's hush-money criminal trial hasn't ruled on the reque
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Biden Did NOT Declare Easter Sunday ‘Transgender Day Of Visibility’ — ‘TDOV’ Is Always March 31, But Easter Varies Yearly
Did President Joe Biden declare Easter Sunday to be "Transgender Day of Visibility"? No, that's not true: The Biden White House did issue a proclamation celebrating the "extraordinary courage and contributions of transgender Americans,"
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Donald Trump Did NOT Say ‘144,000 Black People With Superpower Godlike Abilities’ Are ‘Chosen Ones’ — Audio Was AI-Generated
Did Donald Trump say "144,000 Black people with superpower godlike abilities" are the "chosen ones", as a TikTok video claims? No, that's not true: In a viral clip on social media, the original sound from an NBC interview was replaced by
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Chicago Mayor Did NOT Tell Migrants They Can Rob Americans If They Run Out of Debit Card Funds — Satire Source
Did the Chicago mayor tell migrants they can "just rob Americans" if they run out of debit card funds? No, that's not true: The mayor never said this. The fabricated quotes came from a satire article posted by The Daily Wasp, a website th
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
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Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Washington State Did NOT Get Rid Of Its Lawyer Licensure Requirements — Bar Exam Just Became One Of Many Ways To Earn License
Will Washington state remove its bar exam without offering any other requirements for law licensure? No, that's not true: Although aspiring attorneys will not be required to take the bar exam, alternative methods are now being offered. Pl
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Trump Used The Word ‘Bloodbath’ In Car Import Tariff Segment of Speech
Did Donald Trump say in a speech that there would be a "bloodbath" if he weren't elected in November 2024? Yes, that's true, here's more context: The former American president used the term on March 16, 2024, while campaigning in Vandalia
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Lia Thomas Did NOT Say She Is Leaving US For ‘More Tolerant Country’
Did swimmer Lia Thomas say she's leaving the United States for a "More Tolerant Country"? No, that's not true: This claim originally appeared in an article on a satirical website known for publishing fabricated content. The website where
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Judge Kaplan Did NOT Unilaterally Dismiss Prince Andrew Sexual Assault Lawsuit
Did Judge Lewis Kaplan terminate a sexual assault lawsuit involving Prince Andrew in the spring of 2022 to prevent trial? No, that's not true: Both court materials and news reports show that the judge considered trial until the very last
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Disney World Is NOT Adding Urinals To All Women’s Restrooms — Claim Originated On A Satire and Parody Website
Did Disney announce that urinals would be added to all women's restrooms in their theme parks to provide "a safer and more inclusive atmosphere for everyone"? No, that's not true: This claim appeared in an article in Mouse Trap News, a we
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Minnesota Senator Amy Klobuchar Did NOT Pose With ‘Defund The Police’ Protestors — Photo Is Edited
Did Sen. Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota and state Attorney General Keith Ellison pose in a warmhearted way with a roomful of protesters holding "Defund the Police" signs? No, that's not true: A photo purporting to show such a scene has been a
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO Evidence Kansas City Chiefs Will Not Renew Travis Kelce’s Contract
Did the Kansas City Chiefs say they won't be re-signing Travis Kelce's contract and that they have "had it with the sideshow"? No, that's not true: This claim is from an article on a satirical website known for publishing fabricated conte
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: ‘The Rock’ Was NOT Booed In Las Vegas Over Lack Of Help To Victims Of Maui Wildfires
Was "The Rock" booed in Las Vegas for failing to help the victims of the wildfires in Maui? No, that's not true: The video of Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson is from a WWE event where he was playing a bad character, and the audience was chantin
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Image of Map Does NOT Show Location Of Sex Offenders In Israel — It’s Manipulated Screenshot From App That Shows Real-Time Red Alerts
Does an image of a map with a cluster of red location pins show the locations of sex offenders in Israel? No, that's not true: The image was part of an edited screenshot taken from Red Alerts - Cumta, an app that alerts people in Israel w
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: DTCC Does NOT Own ‘All Stocks’ In Stock Market
Does an entity named the Depository Trust and Clearing Company own "all stocks" in the stock market? No, that's not true: It owns a subsidiary, the Depository Trust Company, whose function is to be a depository for securities. This subsid
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Woman Planning To Sue School Because Son Isn’t Allowed To Identify As A Cat — It’s Satire
Is a mother planning on suing a school because they will not let her son identify as a cat? No, that's not true: The creator of this video on social media has "#satire" in the TikTok caption of her post and "SATIRE ACCOUNT" in her TikTok
PolitiFact→ Nikki Haley – Is Nikki Haley right in how she measures China’s naval power?
China “had the largest naval fleet in the world. They had 370 ships. They'll have 400 ships in two years. We won't even have 350 ships in two decades."
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: October 2023 Titanic Magazine Cover Does NOT Show Cartoon Of People In Zelenskyy Masks Begging For Candy
Does the cover of the October 2023 issue of the German satirical magazine Titanic feature a cartoon of people wearing masks depicting Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, with a title that translates to "This time there won't be enoug
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: It’s NOT An Authentic ‘Leaked Memo’ That Says CENTCOM Thinks ‘American Troops Do Not Want To Die For Israel’
Are written assertions that "American Troops do not want to die for Israel," and that the U.S. military in the region "does not have enough assets to support Israel" taken from an authentic leaked U.S. military officer's internal memo? No
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Elon Musk Did NOT Announce A New Trading App Investing Platform On The BBC
Did BBC News broadcast "breaking" news that Elon Musk has a new trading app that will allow Britons to make so much money that they won't have to work anymore? No, that's not true: The BBC's website includes no such report and the footage