Did The Atlantic magazine publish an article titled, "At this weekend's Pride parade a man exposed his genitals to my 6 year old. She was horrified. Am I raising a bigot?"? No, that's not true: A spokesperson for the magazine told us that
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Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Al Jazeera Did NOT Release Video Claiming Ukrainians Thought Titan Passengers Spent Too Much On Deadly Expedition
Did Al Jazeera media network publish a video reporting that Ukrainian social media users accused the passengers of the OceanGate Titan submersible of spending too much money on the trip when that money could have been used to support Ukra
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Starbucks Does NOT Cancel Pride Month — Some Stores Did Not Decorate Or Took Down Decorations
Did Starbucks cancel Pride Month in its retail locations? No, that's not true: There is nothing to suggest that Starbucks, as a company, has canceled Pride Month. Starbucks has historically shown support for the LGBTQ community and has be
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Photo Does NOT Show Titan’s Controller Found On Seafloor — Original Image Was Published In 2020 Study
Does this photo show the controller belonging to OceanGate's Titan on the seafloor after the submarine vessel suffered a "catastrophic implosion" while descending to the wreckage of RMS Titanic? No, that's not true: An image shared on soc
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: MSNBC Did NOT Broadcast Fake Image Of Titan Wreckage — It’s Mocked-Up News Chyron
Did MSNBC try to pass off a fake picture of the Titan submersible wreckage found on the sea floor in a live broadcast of breaking news footage? No, that's not true: The image of the debris did not originate on a live MSNBC broadcast and d
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: FDA Has NOT Approved TLOPA Ultra Eye Therapy Drops As Of June 26, 2023
Do TLOPA™ Ultra Eye Therapy Drops cure cataracts, presbyopia, glaucoma and other eye conditions? No, that's not true: There is no evidence that these eye drops cure any eye issues. It is not approved by the Food and Drug Administration
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: LGBTQIA2S+ Community Has NOT Officially Added Autism Community Symbol To Progress Pride Flag As Of June 18, 2023
Has the LGBTQIA2S+ community officially added a purported symbol of the autism community to the Progress Pride flag as of June 18, 2023? No, that's not true: There is no such thing as an "official flag creator for prides and LGBT" organiz
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Tofu Poultice Does NOT ‘Starve’ Or ‘Get Rid Of’ Brain Tumors
Does a cold compress of tofu poultice applied to the back of the head "starve" and "get rid of" brain tumors? No, that's not true: While there are health benefits associated with eating tofu, searched for and did not find publicly availab
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Flaws In Mock-Up Of Alleged Hunter Biden Message Do NOT Prove It Is A Fake
Do flaws in a mock-up of a purported Hunter Biden message to a Chinese businessman prove it is not authentic? No, that's not true: Although Lead Stories can't vouch for its overall validity, the details of the message accurately reflect a
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: These Soldiers Were NOT Banned From Restaurant Over ‘Safe Space’ Claim
Is a story about a restaurant banning these pictured veterans to establish a "safe space" authentic? No, that's not true: The article uses completely fabricated details and is illustrated with an assortment of photographs taken from vario
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: These Are NOT Sounds Detected Near Titan Search Zone — Real Audio Not Publicly Released By June 21, 2023
Does this post include a recording of the sounds detected during a search for the Titan submersible? No, that's not true: This audio comes from some other source and is not an authentic recording of sounds reportedly detected by sonobuoys
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Dave Chapelle Did NOT Promote ‘Hidden Incentive’ Health Allowance Spending Card Program — Fake Voice Added
Did comedian Dave Chapelle promote an unnamed "health allowance" spending card program that is only available for a limited time? No, that's not true: The voice narrating this ad is not Dave Chapelle. He did not promote this program. The
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Picture Does NOT Show Biden Wearing A Diaper — It’s Been Edited
Does a photo circulating on social media show President Joe Biden wearing a diaper? No, that's not true: The image in this post has been digitally altered. The claim appeared in a post on Instagram on June 1, 2023. It contained a picture
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: ‘Missing OceanGate Submarine’ NOT ‘Found Empty’ — Debris Found, Suffered ‘Catastrophic Implosion’
Was the "missing OceanGate submarine found empty" at the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean by search-and-rescue teams? No, that's not true: The U.S. Coast Guard said on June 22, 2023, that the OceanGate Titan suffered a "catastrophic implosion
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: OceanGate Titan Was NOT Rescued With All Passengers Alive On June 21, 2023
Was OceanGate's Titan, the submarine vessel that disappeared while descending to the wreckage of RMS Titanic, rescued with all passengers alive three days after going missing on June 18, 2023? No, that's not true: In a news conference hel
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Biden Did NOT Declare ‘War On Russia’ On Or Before June 17, 2023
Did President Joe Biden declare "war on Russia" as of June 17, 2023? No, that's not true: This video post is missing context as the footage, taken from a March 2022 event of Biden speaking to the House Democratic Caucus, was edited. The t
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Elon Musk Did NOT Offer Tucker Carlson Role Of Twitter CEO After Fox News Firing
Did Elon Musk offer Tucker Carlson the Twitter CEO job after Carlson was fired from Fox News? No, that's not true: The website that posted the story is a satirical site. It included quotes that were never posted on Twitter by Musk regardi
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Titan Passenger Shahzada Dawood NOT Vice Chairman Of World Economic Forum
Is Shahzada Dawood, one of five people who went missing on June 18, 2023, when the submersible Titan vanished on its way to the Titanic wreckage, the vice chairman of the World Economic Forum (WEF)? No, that's not true: The Pakistani busi
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Man Did NOT Sue McDonald’s For Still Being Depressed After Eating A Happy Meal — It’s ‘Fiction’
Did a man sue McDonald's "for still being depressed after eating a Happy Meal"? No, that's not true: This claim is from a website that has a disclaimer saying all of its content is "fiction ... and shouldn't be taken as real." Google News
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: California Law Would NOT Allow Children ‘As Young As 12’ To Be Sent ‘To Group Homes Without Parents’ Permission’
Is California considering a bill that will send children "as young as 12" to be sent "to group homes without the parents permission," potentially allowing minors to receive gender-affirming medical or surgical care? No, that's not true: A
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Mexican Military Massing South Of US Border
Does a video filmed at night in an urban area show Mexican military currently massing just south of the U.S. border near California on June 17, 2023? No, that's not true: The footage shows a shopping district in Mexico City, which is abou
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show ‘Protein In Vaccines’ Being Pulled From Body — It’s A Tapeworm
Does a video on social media show an extremely long protein string from a vaccine being removed from a person's body? No, that's not true: The video shows a tapeworm being pulled out through a person's nostril. Vaccines work by triggering
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: USDA Is NOT Demanding People Register Their Private Home Gardens
Are Americans required to register their private home gardens on the USDA website so the government can track what they're growing? No, that's not true: The U.S. Department of Agriculture created a program to support "community gardens" -
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO Proof 30 Tons Of ‘Stolen Ammonia Nitrate’ Was Used To Start Canadian Wildfires
Were "30 tons of stolen ammonia nitrate ... taken to Canada to start" the wildfires that began burning in Quebec in May 2023 and blanketed the northeastern United States in early June 2023? No, that's not true: There is no credible inform
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: There Is NO US Government Program Launching In July 2023 Allowing Officials To Control Access To Bank Accounts
Is the federal government launching a new program that will allow officials to control individuals' bank accounts, and have officials of Visa and Mastercard warned about such a program? No, that's not true: The Federal Reserve is simply l
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Storm Did NOT Lift Roof At Atheist Gathering In Benner, Colorado — Footage Shows Yichang City, Hubei, China
Was an atheist gathering in Benner, Colorado, hit by a sudden gust of wind that lifted the roof off the facility? No, that's not true: This video was filmed on June 11, 2023, in the city of Yichang in the Hubei province of China. There is
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: World Economic Forum Did NOT Call For ‘Globalized New Bible’ To Be ‘Rewritten’ By AI
Did a "top official with the World Economic Forum (WEF)" call for "religious scripture to be 'rewritten' by artificial intelligence (AI) to create a globalized 'new Bible'"? No, that's not true: Author and WEF contributor Yuval Noah Harar
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Academy Of Country Music Did NOT Cancel Garth Brooks’ Lifetime Achievement Award — It’s A Satirical Site
Did the Academy of Country Music (ACM) cancel Garth Brooks' Lifetime Achievement Award? No, that's not true: This article was written by a self-described satirical website that tries to troll people with their articles. No corporate state
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Child Did NOT Yell ‘Shut The Fuck Up’ At Biden During A ‘Take Your Child To Work Day’ Event — Audio Is Edited
Did a child yell, "Shut the fuck up!" while President Joe Biden was speaking at an event? No, that's not true: The shouting child's voice was edited into this footage of Biden speaking at a Take Your Child To Work Day event at the White H
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: IRS Would NOT Collect $846 Million On A $1.28 Billion Lottery Prize
Would the Internal Revenue Service receive over 66 percent of a $1.28 billion lottery prize if someone wins it? No, that's not true: The claim significantly overestimated federal tax payments because it did not consider that the lump sum
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Photo Does NOT Show ‘World’s Tiniest And Darkest’ Baby — It’s A Baby Gorilla Doll
Does this photo show a human baby dubbed "The blackest South African baby in the world" or "the World's Tiniest, Darkest, and Most Resilient Baby"? No, that's not true: This photo doesn't show a human baby but a handcrafted doll by sculpt
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Biden Administration Does NOT ‘Quietly’ Drop ‘All Charges Against Sam Bankman-Fried’ — Still Facing 8 Counts
Did federal prosecutors "quietly" drop all 13 criminal charges against Sam Bankman-Fried, the founder of the collapsed crypto-exchange FTX? No, that's not true: On June 14, 2023, prosecutors announced that, for the time being, they would
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Images Of Military Gear Do NOT Show Unusual Deployment In June 2023 In US, Canadian Cities — It’s Training Season
Do images of military equipment in U.S. and Canadian cities show some sort of military action or deployment is taking place in June 2023? No, that's not true: Military equipment in U.S. and Canadian cities does not necessarily indicate th
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Photo Does NOT Show Tom Cruise With Two Body Doubles — It’s AI Generated
Does a photograph authentically show Tom Cruise with his two "stunt doubles"? No, that's not true: An image shared widely on social media in June 2023 was generated using the artificial intelligence program Midjourney, the image creator c
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Water Staying In Jar Does NOT Prove The Shenzhou-13 Crew Faked Spaceshot — Effect Of Surface Tension
Has the Chinese space program staged an elaborate and obvious hoax? Is an open glass jar with water in it sitting out on a table in plain sight during a mission evidence that they did not really go into space? No, that's not true: Shenzho
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Photos Do NOT Prove Hobby Lobby Is Selling Satanic Statues — Images Are AI Creations
Do photos show that the craft store chain Hobby Lobby is selling demonic statues? No, that's not true: These images have been created by an AI artist. The images originated on Reddit and Facebook in groups for AI art. Hive Moderation, a p
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Burisma Co-Owner’s Wife Is NOT Dead As Of June 19, 2023; Her Attorney Denies She Was Firm’s Accountant
Was the wife of a former Burisma co-owner found dead after she had offered to disclose the firm's secrets she had accessed as an accountant? No, that's not true: According to her attorney, the woman is alive and well as of June 19, 2023,
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Buzz Aldrin Did NOT Say Moon Landing ‘Didn’t Happen’
Did astronaut Buzz Aldrin say the 1969 Apollo 11 moon landing "didn't happen"? No, that's not true: The video clip in the post that makes this claim is misleading since it left out important context from one of Aldrin's quotes in a 2015 q
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Biden Did NOT Withhold ‘1,850 Boxes Of Classified’ Documents From Time As Vice President
Did President Joe Biden withhold 1,850 boxes of classified documents from his time as vice president between 2009 and 2017? No, that's not true: Though the University of Delaware Library has stated that it holds over 1,850 boxes of Biden'
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Live Footage Of Apollo 17 Moon Launch Was NOT Faked — Livestream Technology Existed In 1972
Is livestreamed footage of the lunar module Challenger's 1972 takeoff from the moon fake since the technology did not exist at the time to livestream such an event? No, that's not true: NASA's chief historian confirmed to Lead Stories tha