Did ABC issue a fine to "The View" host Joy Behar worth $1 million for missing an interview with Sen. Tim Scott? No, that's not true: This story originated from a self-described satirical website aimed at trolling conservatives. No corpor
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Lead Stories→ Fact Check: These Are NOT Real Clips Of Pelosi, AOC, Biden Discussing January 6 Insurrection
Is there legitimate footage of former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi giving a "shoot to kill order" for those who participated in the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021? Similarly, is there legitimate footage of U.S. Rep. Ale
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Website Hosting Hunter Biden Photo Archive NOT Shut Down For Distributing Child Porn — It’s A Joke Account
Was a website that posted photos from Hunter Biden's laptop shut down for distributing child porn? No, that's not true: The social media account that originated the claim routinely posts satire. The tweet that began the claim was deleted
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Tetanus Vaccines Are NOT Being Used To Sterilize People
Are tetanus shots being used to sterilize people? No, that's not true: Such claims are "completely illogical and contrary to fact," a molecular biologist told Lead Stories. There is no substantive evidence that tetanus vaccines available
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Biden Did NOT ‘Just Fart’ During Memorial Day 2023 Ceremony — Sound Has Been Added To Video Clip
Did President Joe Biden "just fart" during a ceremony he attended? No, that's not true: A sound effect has been added to video. A C-SPAN recording of that moment during a Memorial Day ceremony did not include the sound of Biden experienci
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: ABC Is NOT Removing ‘The View’ From Its 2024 Roster — It’s Satire
Did the American TV network ABC remove "The View" from its 2024 TV show lineup? No, that's not true: This story is from the satirical website The Dunning-Kruger Times, part of the satirical news network America's Last Line of Defense. The
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Explosions In China In 2023 — It’s From 2015
Does video footage show massive explosions happening in China in 2023? No, that's not true: The video shows giant explosions that happened in Tianjin, China, in 2015, not 2023. This footage has often been falsely attributed to different l
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: AI Drone Did NOT Kill Human Operator In Air Force Simulation — An Air Force Official Misspoke
Did an artificial intelligence (AI) drone kill its operator in a U.S. Air Force simulated test? No, that's not true: Although a report of a conference stated that the Air Force conducted such a test, the official who gave the details late
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Lindsey Graham Did NOT Say ‘Killing Russians Is The Best Money We’ve Ever Spent’
Did Sen. Lindsey Graham publicly proclaim that spending U.S. resources on "killing Russians" is "the best money we've ever spent"? No, that's not true: Graham's words from two different sentences have been run together into what amounts t
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Target Is NOT Selling Clothing With Satanic Imagery
Is Target selling clothing with satanic imagery? No, that's not true: A search for clothes depicting satanism on Target's website did not result in the images seen in the Facebook post, or any relevant images that could back up this claim
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show June 6, 2023, Explosion At Nova Kakhovka Dam In Ukraine — It’s November 2022 Footage
Does a black-and-white video show a nighttime explosion at the Nova Kakhovka Dam on the Dnipro River in Kherson Oblast, Ukraine, causing flooding downstream on June 6, 2023? No, that's not true:. This footage was widely circulated before
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO Evidence Many Members Of Royal Families Of Europe Have Undergone ‘Elite Gender Inversion’
Do photos of members of European royal families prove that they are transgender and part of a purported "Elite Gender Inversion"? No, that's not true: There is no publicly available evidence that the monarchs of various European countries
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Ukraine’s Commander-In-Chief Did NOT Disappear In May 2023 Or On June 3, 2023
Did Commander In Chief Of The Armed Forces Of Ukraine Valeriy Zaluzhnyy disappear during the battle of Bakhmut in May 2023 or on June 3, 2023, as the country was moving forward with its counteroffensive plans? No, that's not true: The cla
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Prove COVID-19 Spike Protein Replaces Sperm In Men
Does a video presentation prove that the spike protein in COVID-19 mRNA vaccines replaces the sperm in men? No, that's not true: No scientific evidence supports the claim. The spike protein is a harmless protein found on the surface of th
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: No Evidence Cancer-Causing "Green Monkey DNA" Found In mRNA COVID Vaccines
Did a legitimate, peer-reviewed study successfully demonstrate that COVID-19 mRNA vaccines produced by Pfizer and Moderna were shown to contain simian virus 40 (SV40), a DNA virus that has been linked to certain cancers? No, that's not tr
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Italy Did NOT Officially Introduce ‘Family Pride Month’ To Replace Celebration Of LGBTQ+ Community In June 2023
Did the Italian government announce "Family Pride Month" to celebrate heterosexual "mothers and fathers" instead of the LGBTQ+ community? No, that's not true: While Italy's Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has been criticized domestically an
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: There Is NO Rainbow Around France’s Arc De Triomphe For Pride Month — It’s An Artist’s Video
Is the French monument known as the Arc de Triomphe decorated with a giant rainbow for Pride Month? No, that's not true: This is work done by an artist who works in the medium of videos. Video artist Ian Padgham used three-dimensional ani
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO Evidence Apeel Is Injecting Vaccines Into Produce
Is Apeel, a company that makes an edible coating for fruits and vegetables, injecting "shots," or vaccines, into produce because Bill Gates owns the company? No, that's not true: There is no evidence that Apeel has anything to do with vac
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Mexican Cartel Member With U.S.-Made Javelin Anti-Tank Missile — It’s Another Type of Missile
Does a video on Mexico's Milenio Television channel show a Mexican cartel member carrying a U.S.-made Javelin anti-tank missile? No, that's not true: Raytheon Technologies, which makes the Javelin, told Lead Stories that the video shows a
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Walmart Consumers Who Shopped There In 2022 Will NOT Get $500 Refund For Answering 4 Questions
Is Walmart required to provide a refund of $500 to consumers who shopped there in 2022, and will consumers have to answer four questions to receive this refund? No, that's not true: This post is an online scam. Lead Stories has previously
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Gay Men’s Chorus Did NOT Vow To Convert Children To Homosexuality
Did the San Francisco Gay Men's Chorus vow in a song to convert children to homosexuality? No, that's not true: The satirical song titled, "Message from the Gay Community," was sharing the specific and direct message that they wanted to c
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show ‘A Hidden World Of Underground Cities’ For Child Trafficking — It’s A Railway Tunnel In The Alps
Does a video on social media portray "a hidden world of underground cities" and "tunnels for trafficking"? No, that's not true: The clip shows the Gotthard Base Tunnel in Switzerland. The claim originated in a video (archived here) posted
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Elon Musk Did NOT Promote A Sea Moss Remedy — A Cloned Voice Was Added To This Video
Did Elon Musk promote a brand of sea moss as a remedy to help a variety of health issues? No, that's not true: This video footage that appears to show Musk volunteering an endorsement during an interview is fake. The clip was taken from a
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Conservatives Are NOT Taking Issue In May Of 2023 With Actual Rainbows
Are conservatives or Republicans now taking issue with "manufactured" rainbows that appear when there is water spray from a fountain? No, that's not true: This viral 2007 video of unscientific musings about rainbows was mashed up and post
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Trump Video With 7 People In Iowa Does NOT Show Public Appearance Crowd — It Was Private Visit To A Radio Station
Did seven people show up for former President Donald Trump in Iowa as the 2024 election season began? No, that's missing context: The video of Trump with seven people was taken inside a radio station office where he was recording an inter
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Obama’s Son At Political Rally — It’s A ‘Look-Alike’
Does this video show former President Barack Obama's son at a political rally in Kenya? No, that's not true: There is no evidence that Obama has a son. The original video was found on YouTube using the words, "barack obama look-alike." Ob
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Michelle Obama’s Mother Did NOT Leave Inheritance To A Son Named ‘Michael’ — It’s From Satire Site
Did the mother of Michelle Obama, former first lady of the United States, leave her inheritance to a son named "Michael Robinson Obama," insinuating that "Michael" is Michelle Obama's real name? No, that's not true: The claim was made on
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Title 10 And Executive Order 13912 Do NOT Mean Trump Is Still Commander In Chief
Is Donald Trump still president because of Title 10 and Executive Order 13912? No, that's not true: A constitutional law expert told Lead Stories that Title 10 and an executive order do not override the U.S. Constitution, which states tha
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: ‘Most Vaccinated Countries’ For COVID Did NOT Have ‘Worst Case Fatality Rates’ — Vaccines Saved Millions Of Lives
Did the "most vaccinated countries in the world" have the "worst case fatality rates" for COVID-19? In addition, did the vaccines fail to save lives? No, that's not true: These claims are not supported by current scientific evidence. Nume
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: US Military Did NOT Convict Rochelle Walensky Of Treason
Did the U.S. military convict Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Rochelle Walensky of treason on May 29, 2023? No, that's not true: A Pentagon duty officer told Lead Stories, "There is no truth to this claim." It is also
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Poet Amanda Gorman’s Book Was NOT Restricted In More Than One Elementary School In Florida County
Was a book by Amanda Gorman, the youngest poet to perform her work at a U.S. presidential inauguration, banned from public elementary schools in Miami-Dade County in Florida? No, that's not quite right: The book version of Gorman's inaugu
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: List Of 24 ‘Government Published’ Studies Does NOT Prove Vaccines Cause Autism
Does a list of two dozen papers allegedly funded, supported or published by government agencies present new evidence confirming that vaccines cause autism? No, that's not true: Those posts on social media reused old, previously debunked s
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Ron DeSantis Is NOT Selling A ‘Make America Florida’ Hat — It’s Being Sold By Separate Website
Is presidential candidate and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis selling a "Make America Florida" hat? No, that's not true: This hat is not available on DeSantis' official online store. A separate shop that is not officially associated with DeSant
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: It Is NOT TRUE That Whoopi Goldberg Was Asked To Leave Tina Turner’s Funeral
Did another publication's fact check find that it was true that Whoopi Goldberg had been asked to leave Tina Turner's funeral? No, that's not true: A satire website published a fake story about Goldberg and then fact-checked their own fak
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Photo Of A Woman At An ‘International Airport’ Does NOT Show The Wife Of Russia’s Belgorod Region Governor Fleeing Country
Does a photo shared on social media during the May 22, 2023, attack on the Russian region of Belgorod by two paramilitary groups show the wife of the region's governor, Vyacheslav Gladkov, at an "international airport" with her "belonging
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show ‘Leaked Footage’ Of ‘Flat Earth From 1977’ — It’s From A Satire Account
Does a video shared on social media show "leaked footage of our flat Earth from 1977"? No, that's not true: A 22-second clip that was first posted to TikTok in February 2023 was created by a satirical account that uses computer-generated
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Maricopa Officials Breaking Into Election Machines — It Shows Routine Pre-Election Installation
Does a post show "new video evidence" of Maricopa County election officials breaking into sealed election machines? No, that's not true: The "new" video is a recording of a 2022 public live stream of the Maricopa County, Arizona, election
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Israeli Data Do NOT Show ‘Zero Young Healthy Individuals Died Of COVID-19’ — Only Fraction Of Statistics Available
Do Israeli data show "Zero Young Healthy Individuals Died Of COVID-19"? No, that's not true: While the risk of severe illness or death from COVID-19 is generally higher among older individuals or those with pre-existing health conditions,
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Photo Does NOT Show A Target Looted In 2023 In Response To ‘Right-Wing Boycott’ — Scene Is From 2020
Did "leftist activists" loot a Target store in response to the 2023 Target boycott started by right-wingers? No, that's not true: In the tweet making that claim, the image is from 2020, three years before the protest over LGBTQ+ merchandi
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Of Car Convoy Does NOT Show People Fleeing Belgorod, Russia After Pro-Ukraine Paramilitaries ‘Invaded’
Does a video of a long convoy of cars show residents of Belgorod, Russia evacuating their homes after Russian paramilitary groups fighting for Ukraine crossed the Russian-Ukraine border on May 22, 2023, and attacked the Belgorod region? N