Does a photo circulating on social media show pop star Lady Gaga endorsing Donald Trump's 2024 presidential campaign on his social media application Truth Social? No, that's not true: The image has been digitally altered. The original pho
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Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Hillary Clinton Did NOT Endorse Ron DeSantis — It’s A Deepfake Video
Did former first lady, Secretary of State and 2016 Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton go on MSNBC to express her support for Florida Governor and Republican presidential candidate Ron DeSantis? No, that's not true: The video
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Twitter Community Note Falsely Claims Video In Benny Johnson Tweet Shows Paris Gas Explosion Aftermath
Does this video actually show damage to a Paris building from a gas explosion last month, as a Twitter Community Note suggests? No, that's not true: This video shows the collapse of a pharmacy building in the town of Montargis, France. Th
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: ‘All Diseases’ Are NOT Caused By Mineral Deficiencies
Do "all diseases come from mineral deficiencies"? No, that's not true: While some conditions stem from mineral deficiencies, it is "absolutely not" true that all diseases are caused by not consuming enough minerals, an expert in the study
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Animals ‘Roaming The Streetz’ After Protesters In France Release Them
Did protesters in France release animals from the zoo after police shot a teen, causing the animals to roam the streets? No, that's not true: Social media posts making this claim are showing old video clips of various animals running loos
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: United Nations Did NOT Declare Pedophilia Is A ‘Human Right’
Did the United Nations declare that pedophilia is a "human right"? No, that's not true: The person making the claim referenced a UN report that never says that pedophilia is a "human right" or that it should be legal or allowed. The repor
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO Evidence China Found An Island With Dinosaurs
Did Chinese researchers find a uninhabited island with dinosaurs? No, that's not true: There is no evidence that anyone found an uninhabited island with dinosaurs. The most recent dinosaur news out of China was reported to be researchers
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Protesters In France — It’s A Concert Crowd In Mexico
Does this video show a crowd gathered in Nanterre, France, to protest the June 27, 2023, killing of Nahel Merzouk by police? No, that's not true: This video of a crowd at El Zocalo, the main square of Mexico City, was filmed and posted on
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Photo Does NOT Show Remains Of Russian Soldiers Crushed ‘Into Meat Cubes’
Did a viral photo capture the bodies of Russian soldiers mashed together into a rectangular piece of flesh "for easy transportation"? No, that's not true: The image showed previously frozen but then thawed pet food left in the streets of
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show 2023 Protest In Paris — It’s A 2019 Algerian Pro-Democracy Protest
Does a video show that Algerians have taken over France in the summer of 2023? No, that's not true: The video was filmed in Paris in 2019 at a time when there were protests in Algeria. Peaceful protests were attended in cities around the
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Actual Footage Of The Titan Sub Implosion — It’s Fake
Does a video really show "recovered" footage of the OceanGate Titan submersible imploding? No, that's not true: This is a fake animated video clip, as confirmed by the Twitter account in which this claim is found. Also, this video derives
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Building Fire Did NOT Happen In France During 2023 Riots — It Was In The UAE
Does a video show a building on fire in France amid the 2023 protests following the police shooting death of a teenager of North African descent? No, that's not true: The video shows a fire in a residential building in Ajman, United Arab
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO Evidence Italian Government ‘Reached Out’ To Mark Zuckerberg About A Fight At Colosseum
Did the Italian government offer Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg the Colosseum as a location for their fight? No, that's not true: A spokesperson of the Italian Ministry of Culture told Lead Stories that no related paperwork existed to subs
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Photo Does NOT Depict 2023 French Riots — It’s From 2016 Euro Cup Final
Was this photo taken during the summer 2023 French riots? No, that's not true: This photo is from 2016 during the Union of European Football Association's championship, also known as the Euro Cup, in Paris, France. A Huffington Post artic
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO Evidence Hamish Harding Tweeted About ‘Biden Crime Family’ Before Diving In OceanGate Titan Sub
Did Hamish Harding, an aviation businessman and aircraft pilot who died in the OceanGate Titan submersible disaster, tweet on June 17, 2023, that the Biden family tried to hire his aviation company for human smuggling? No, that's not true
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Arson Attack At National Library Of France — Blaze Was At Historic Post Office In Philippines
Did an "arson attack on the Bibliothèque nationale de France" (National Library of France) on July 3, 2023, destroy "thousands of books and manuscripts"? No, that's not true: The video in a social media post shows a fire at the historic
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Lab-Grown Meat Is NOT Cultivated From Cancerous Or Pre-Cancerous Animal Cells
Is lab-grown meat cultivated using cancerous or pre-cancerous animal cells? No, that's not true: Cell-cultured meat is cultivated using animal cells that have been modified to replicate indefinitely. Cell-cultured or lab-grown meat is reg
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: WH Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre NOT In DC ‘Drunk Driving Accident’
Was White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre caught in a "drunk driving accident" by DC Metro Police? No, that's not true: There is no evidence to support this claim. The White House press office called the assertion "false" and the
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Anti-Zelenskyy Graffiti Did NOT Appear In The Hague On June 28, 2023
Is graffiti of a hanged Volodymyr Zelenskyy in The Hague, Netherlands, as of this writing? No, that's not true: The image was created by an art group that posts their work on Instagram purportely in random locations worldwide, but there i
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: COVID Vaccine Did NOT Cause Breast Cancer Deaths In Young Women To Surge To 297,000 In 2023
Did COVID-19 vaccines cause a massive mortality spike in breast cancer female patients below the age of 45, reaching 297,000 deaths during the first six months of 2023? No, that's not true: Posts on social media distorted a report publish
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: ‘Simpsons’ Episode Did NOT Predict Death Of Donald Trump On March 13, 2023
Was the death of Donald Trump predicted to occur on March 13, 2023, in an episode of "The Simpsons"? No, that's not true: This is not a real episode of "The Simpsons" but an edited hoax. Additional material was spliced into a section of t
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO Evidence ‘Massive Vote Discrepancy’ Found In 2022 Arizona Midterm Election
Was there a massive vote discrepancy found in the 2022 Arizona midterm election? No, that's not true: An election expert told Lead Stories the claims of vote discrepancy were "100% false." The Arizona Secretary of State spokesperson said
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Image Does NOT Show French Protesters In Apparently Stolen Police Van In July 2023 — It’s From A Movie
Did a picture on social media capturing what looked like a group of armed people riding a police van portray France in early July 2023? No, that's not true: It was a screenshot from a fictional movie released in 2022. The claim appeared i
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Military Did NOT Guard Donald Trump In Columbus, Georgia — And, No, An ‘Armed Military’ Escort Does NOT Make Him President
Does a video show "armed military escorting" former President Donald Trump during a June 10, 2023, visit to a Waffle House in Columbus, Georgia, and does this escort prove that Trump is still the president of the United States? No, that's
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO Evidence Former Biden Campaign Worker Runs ‘Erica Marsh’ Twitter Account — Name Not Known To Biden Campaign, DNC, FEC
Is a Twitter account under the name of Erica Marsh run by someone with that name who identifies themself as a "Proud Democrat: Former Field Organizer to elect President Biden. Volunteer for the Obama Foundation"? No, that's not true: Ther
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Bill Gates Did NOT Introduce Malaria In Texas And Florida By Releasing Genetically Modified Mosquitoes
Did Bill Gates hatch a convoluted plan to create a demand for anti-malaria drugs he funded by also funding malaria-fighting programs while developing a means to introduce malaria to the United States through genetically modified mosquitoe
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Netherlands Did NOT Begin Euthanizing Disabled People To ‘Save The Planet’
Did Dutch physicians start to euthanize people with autism and "other minor disabilities" against their patients' will in order "to save the planet"? No, that's not true: The source of the claim distorted the findings of a recent study th
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Batana Oil Does NOT Cleanse Organs, Repair ‘Any Damage Done’ To Them
Is batana oil a product that "thoroughly cleanses your organs and repairs any damage done to them"? No, that's not true: Batana oil is primarily used as a cosmetic product rather than for internal consumption. It is derived from the fruit
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Mermaid Was NOT Found In Zimbabwe — Video Shows A 2015 Festival Performance In Poland
Does a video show a mermaid found in Zimbabwe? No, that's not true: The video shows part of a 2015 festival performance staged by city officials and cultural organizations in Warsaw, the capital city of Poland. The claim appeared in a pos
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show B-2 Spirit Stealth Bomber Flying To US West Coast From Miami In Missile Defense Relocation
Does the video and caption in a social media post accurately portray a B-2 Spirit Stealth Bomber flying over Miami as part of the moving of "missile defense systems" to "locations on the U.S. west coast"? No, that's not true: The footage
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Tucker Carlson Warning CERN Is Opening ‘A Portal To Hell’ In June 2023
Has former Fox News TV host Tucker Carlson "broken his silence" on the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) in June 2023, warning the world that the organization is opening "a portal to hell"? No, that's not true: A video cir
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO Evidence Peppa Pig Is Based On Unconfirmed Story About Girl Injected With Pig DNA
Was the children's show Peppa Pig based on a science experiment where a couple injected pig DNA into their daughter? No, that's not true: There is no evidence that this is a real story or that Peppa Pig originated from it. This claim was
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: ‘600,000 Americans Per Year’ Are NOT ‘Dying From COVID Shots’ — The Vaccines Save Lives
Are "600,000 Americans Per Year Are Dying From COVID Shots"? No, that's not true: COVID-19 vaccines have undergone rigorous testing and monitoring for safety and efficacy before being approved for use. While vaccines can have side effects
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Tucker Carlson Did NOT Warn A 100-Foot-Wide "Fissure-Crack" Just Opened Yellowstone Volcano
Did Tucker Carlson in June 2023 warn a 100-foot-wide "fissure-crack" just opened the Yellowstone volcano? No, that's not true: This video is a mashup of various recycled claims and Lead Stories could find no evidence that former Fox News
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Biden Did NOT Admit He ‘Sold A Lot Of State Secrets’ — It Was A Joke
Did President Joe Biden confess in public that he "sold a lot of state secrets and a lot of very important things"? No, that's not true: He was kidding members of the White House press corps, and he said that in his own words, as confirme
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Activision Did NOT Post Tweet Mocking Russian Military
Did "Call of Duty" game maker Activision post a tweet mocking the Russian military, apologizing to gamers for using Russia as an antagonist and saying it should have built games around a more competent army, such as that of Cuba or Laos?
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Pineal Gland NOT Calcified By Chlorine In Swimming Pools
Does the use of chlorine in swimming pools calcify the pineal gland or contribute to calcification? No, that's not true: Lead Stories found no credible peer-reviewed studies supporting the claim, and a doctor specializing in neurology con
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NATO Did NOT Change Its Air Force Status To ‘Combat’ From ‘Air Police’ Over The Baltics
Did NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg announce on June 26, 2023, that the international military alliance would change the status of the air force mission protecting the skies of the Baltic states to a "combat" role?" No, that's not
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show New Robot Hired To Serve And Protect U.S. Citizens — It’s CGI Footage Spliced Into News Video
Did a new robot designed and built by a robotics company in Japan, known as STN-YGF, arrive in the United States to serve and protect citizens? No, that's not true: This video has been edited to include computer-generated imagery (CGI). T
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO Definitive Proof That ‘Margarine Causes Macular Degeneration’
Does margarine cause macular degeneration? No, that's not true: While there is some evidence to suggest the consumption of certain foods and fats may play a role in and are associated with the development of macular degeneration and other