Does drinking water from a copper cup provide such health benefits as regulating the thyroid gland, slowing aging, getting rid of anemia and lowering risks of heart disease and cancer? No, that is not true. Not only can high doses of copp
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Lead Stories→ Fact Check: This Is NOT An Authentic Photo Of Barack Obama Kissing David Cameron
Is this a real photo of Barack Obama kissing the former prime minister of the United Kingdom, David Cameron? No, that's not true: It is a doctored photo created by pasting together two separate photos of Cameron and Obama kissing their wi
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: This Photo Does NOT Show Joe Biden Golfing With Burisma’s CEO
Does a posed golf course photo prove Democratic vice-presidential nominee Joe Biden lied when he said he never met with the CEO of Burisma Holdings, a Ukrainian oil and gas company? No, that's not true: None of the four men in the photo i
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Kamala Harris Did NOT Break Election Rules When She Spoke To Voters In Ohio
Did Kamala Harris violate Ohio electioneering laws when she addressed voters standing on line to vote early on October 24, 2020, in Cleveland? No, that's not true: Harris was standing in a permissible area when she addressed the Ohio vote
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Santos Dumont Airport In Rio De Janeiro Does NOT Have A 1,300-foot Runway
Is the Santos Dumont Airport runway only 1,300 feet long? No, that's not true: The runway was 1,300 feet long back in 1934 when the airport was first being developed. The runway size was increased with improvements over time and currently
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: PTFE Sprayed On Blue Masks Does NOT Cause Symptoms Similar To COVID-19
Do blue masks cause symptoms similar to COVID-19 because they are sprayed with PTFE (polytetrafluoroethylene)? No, that's not true: Medical experts said only some masks are sprayed with PTFE, but those that are would not be a concern at t
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Trump’s Payroll Tax Cut Remarks Do NOT Mean He ‘Will Take Away Your Social Security’
Did President Donald Trump signal that he will "take away your Social Security" with his remarks that he may make a payroll tax deferment permanent? No, that's not true: President Trump signed an order for the deferral of some payroll tax
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Photo Does NOT Show Toddler Lost Amid ‘Violent Riots’ In Philadelphia — Child Was Pulled From SUV During A Police Stop
Does a photograph show a police officer rescuing a toddler wandering alone amid "violent riots" in Philadelphia? No, that's not true: Officers pulled the barefoot child from the backseat of an SUV after smashing its windows and removing t
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Voting Machine Message Voters Received Did NOT Keep Them From Voting
Were a handful of early voters in Utah who went to cast ballots told they had already voted? Yes, that's true: But it happened to only a few people and was due to a technical error by a poll worker. Once the problem was fixed, they able t
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Kamala Harris Did NOT Say ‘Looters Are Just Feeding Their Hungry Kids’
Did Kamala Harris say "looters are just feeding their hungry kids"? No, there's no evidence the Democratic vice presidential nominee ever said that. The claim contradicts Harris' public statements that looting is a crime, while peaceful p
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: YouTube Did NOT Remove Tucker Carlson’s Full Interview With Tony Bobulinski
Did YouTube remove the video of Tucker Carlson's full interview with Tony Bobulinski, Hunter Biden's ex-business partner? No, that's not true: Fox News never posted the full interview, only a 17-minute clip. People who reposted the video
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Facebook Did NOT Ban This ‘President Trump Campaign Ad’ — Which Isn’t Really A Trump Ad
Did Facebook ban this "President Trump campaign ad"? No, that's not true. It goes without saying that videos playing on a platform proclaiming they are banned by that platform have not been banned. Those behind such posts use them as a wa
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: It is NOT True That All Ballots Arriving After Election Day Will Be Thrown Out
Is it true that all mail-in ballots received after Election Day will not be counted in the upcoming election? No, that's not true: 22 states have extended mail-in ballot receipt deadlines beyond Election Day. However, almost all other sta
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Scientific American Did NOT Warn That 5G Is Unsafe, An Op-Ed Guest Writer Did
Did Scientific American warn that 5G technology is not safe? No, that's not true: That's the opinion of one guest columnist of many. The magazine has not taken a stand on the safety of 5G. The claim appeared in an article published by Nat
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Belakwa, New York, Was NOT Abandoned After Hydrofracking ‘Left Its Soil Toxic And Its Aquifer Irreparable’ — The Town Is Fictional
Was the town of Belakwa, New York, abandoned in 2012 after a "routine hydrofracking operation left its soil toxic and its aquifer irreparable?" No, that's not true: Belakwa, New York, is not a real place. A sign, describing the fictional
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Hobby Lobby DOES Sell Jewish Holiday Items
Does Hobby Lobby not sell Jewish holiday items? No, that's not true: Hobby Lobby sells Jewish holiday items -- just as it did seven years ago when a now-recirculating post on Facebook appeared, accusing the company of religious bias. The
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: AOC Did NOT Urge Company To ‘Expand The Size Run So Everyone Can Have A Pair’
Did Democratic U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez endorse a shoe store on Twitter, urging it to "expand the size run so everyone can have a pair"? No, Austin, Texas-based Nice Kicks posted a fake tweet using images from the congresswoman'
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: President Trump Did NOT Call For The Assassination Of His Political Opponent
Did President Trump call for the assassination of his political opponent, Joe Biden? No, that's not true: While it may have been a poor choice of words, President Trump's comments in a speech Tuesday, October 27, 2020, in which he suggest
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Over 220 Million Americans Have NOT Died From COVID-19 In The Last Several Months
Did over 220 million Americans die in the last several months from COVID-19? No, that's not true: That number is way too high. According to data provided by both the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and Johns Hopkins University
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Trash Can Plastered With ‘Ballot Box’ Sign In Philadelphia Was NOT Intended To Get People To Toss Their Ballots In The Trash
Did a worker in Philadelphia disguise trash cans so that people would throw away their ballots? No, that's not true: The posters proclaiming "Ballot Box" on sidewalk solar-powered trash compactors were created to advertise "Ballot Box" an
Lead Stories→ Student’s Chart Explaining Wild Conspiracies Trolled To Spread More Conspiracies
Abbie Richards, a climate science student in the Netherlands, was looking with bewilderment at the state of her home country of the United States. So many conspiracy theories echoing, particularly ahead of the election. Struggling to wran
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Joe Biden Does NOT Own One Of The Largest Mansions In Delaware
Does this photo of one of the largest homes in Delaware show the home of Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden? No, that's not true: "Marimon" is one of the largest mansions in Delaware, but has never been the home nor property of B
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO Proof That Flu Cases Are ‘Down 98% Across The Globe’
Are flu cases "down 98% across the globe"? That's unclear: Lead Stories could find no evidence to support a Twitter user's un-bolstered claim that cases fell 98% worldwide. A Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) report shows a
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: CDC Data Do NOT ‘Reveal’ Hospitals Have Counted Heart Attacks as COVID-19 Deaths
Does Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data "reveal" that COVID-19 death totals have been exaggerated by hospitals counting heart attacks as COVID deaths? No, that's not true: Hospitals don't fill out death certificates, doctors
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Doctors Are NOT Paid To Falsify Death Certificates, Pump Up COVID Death Toll 16-fold
Are doctors being paid to falsify death certificates, pumping up the COVID-19 death toll by a factor of more than 16 times the real number? No, that's not true. The person making the claim misstates the difference between underlying and i
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Bon Jovi Did NOT Perform For A Crowd Of 12 At Biden Campaign Event
Did a Bon Jovi performance at a Biden campaign event in Dallas, Pennsylvania draw a mere 12 people? No, that's not true: There were far more than 12 people in attendence. The exact crowd size is hard to discern because people attended the
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Wind Turbines Do NOT Need Their Oil Changed Every 500 Hours, Some Can Go Years
Do wind turbines need the oil in their gearboxes changed every 500 hours? No, that's not true: Based on model types and in what geographical areas the turbines are located, oil change intervals can range from three to 10 years. The claim
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Snopes Did NOT Fact Check The Claim That There Are Leaked Pornographic Videos Of Hunter Biden
Did the fact-checking website Snopes rate as "Mostly False" the claim that pornographic videos of Hunter Biden have been leaked online? No, that's not true: Snopes never wrote that article. The screenshot that makes the claim that Snopes
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Joe Biden’s Corvette License Plate Does NOT Say ‘THEBIGGUY’
Does Joe Biden's vintage Corvette license plate say "THEBIGGUY"? No, that's not true. A fake photograph showing the license plate of the dark green classic American sports car owned by Biden claims that it says, "THEBIGGUY," but video pro
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Henry ‘The Fonz’ Winkler Did NOT Die At Age 74 After Secret Battle With Guillain-Barré Syndrome
Did actor Henry Winkler, best known as "The Fonz" on the 1970s TV sitcom "Happy Days," die in October 2020 after a secret battle with Guillain-Barré syndrome? No, that's not true: Winkler has survived numerous fake death reports, includi
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Photo Does NOT Show Nancy Pelosi’s Son Abusing A Little Girl — And Is NOT from Purported Hunter Biden Laptop
Does a photo posted to social media show Nancy Pelosi's son abusing a little girl? And is the image one of those purported to have been on Hunter Biden's laptop? No, that's not true: The photo is not new. It was published last year as par
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Election Judge In Maryland Marking On A Ballot In A Yahoo Livestream Was NOT Committing Voter Fraud
Did an election judge in Maryland, seen marking on a ballot in a clip from a Yahoo Finance livestream, commit voter fraud? No, that's not true: Gilberto Zelaya, public information officer for the Montgomery County Board of Elections, told
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Malia Obama Credit Card Photo Is NOT New — There Is NO Proof It Was Found On Hunter Biden’s ‘Laptop’
Was a "new" photograph of Malia Obama's credit card with a white powdery substance in lines found on Hunter Biden's laptop? No, that's not true. A picture circulating showing a "Malia Obama" Visa card near lines of white powder has been o
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Belgian Mayor Did NOT Refuse To Entertain Demands From Muslim Parents To Remove Pork From School Lunch Menu
Did a Mayor in Ath, Belgium (or Dorval, Quebec, Canada; the London, England, borough of Harrow; Maryborough, Victoria, Australia; the Perth suburb of Joondalup; or a number of cities in France) write a lengthy letter in response to Muslim
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Joe Biden Did NOT Suspend All In-Person Campaign Events
Did Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden suspend all in-person campaign events only eight days before election day, as multiple articles and President Trump are claiming? No, that's not true: Biden has announced plans to travel to Ge
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: The Term ‘Hungover’ Did NOT Originate From Drunken Sailors Sleeping Over A Rope
Did the term "hungover" originate from a practice of allowing drunks to drape their bodies across a rope overnight for the price of a penny in Victorian England? No, that's not entirely true: The term hungover -- and its noun form, hangov
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Democrats Did NOT Try To Slip A Law Banning The Pledge Of Allegiance Into Aid Package
Did Democrats try to slip a law banning the Pledge of Allegiance into an aid package? No, that's not true: This story is a trolling fiction from a notorious satire website. The story originated in an article (archived here) published by B
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Mail-In Ballots And Other Mail WERE Stolen From Locked Mailboxes, Dumped In A Park In Washington State — But Police Suggest Motive Was Financial, NOT Political
Is it true that mailboxes in Camas, Washington, were broken into and that mail including election ballots was taken and dumped at a local park, where the mail was then rained upon? Yes, this is true. Camas police confirmed the incident an
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO Evidence That Hunter Biden Is Dead
Did Hunter Biden die of a crack overdose? No, that's not true: There is absolutely zero evidence to support the claim that the son of the Democratic presidential nominee is dead. Reporters closely watching the movements of his father Joe
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Breitbart Did NOT Report Daughter Of Sen. Coons And 7 Underaged Girls Were ‘Featured’ On Hunter Biden’s Laptop
Did Breitbart News report that the daughter of Delaware Democratic Senator Chris Coons and seven other underaged girls were "featured" on Hunter Biden's laptop? No, that's not true: The claim cannot be found anywhere on Breitbart.com and