Did a YouTube account post real footage of a missile intercept system used during a recent missile attack in Iraq? No, that's not true: The footage is not real, and it is actually part of a videogame that has been used to spoof other global co
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Lead Stories→ Fake News: This Video Does NOT Show Drone footage of Soleimani Assasination
Does a video making the rounds on social media show aerial footage from the drone strike that killed Maj. Gen. Qassem Soleimani at the Baghdad airport on January 3, 2020? No, that's not true: This footage was based off a pre-release teaser of
Lead Stories→ Fake News: Virginia Governor NOT Preparing To Order Up To 10,000 Body Bags In Anticipation Of Civil War
Is the Virginia governor preparing to order up to 10,000 body bags in anticipation of civil war breaking out? No, that's not true: The Democratic governor denies he has ordered body bags. This is an unsupported claim - a hoax played on people
Truth or Fiction?→ ‘Vermont Socialist Plans Mayoralty with Bias Toward Poor’ Headline
As the Iowa caucuses edged closer in January 2020, Twitter account @CANCEL_SAM shared a screenshot of a purported 1981 New York Times article ostensibly about Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont) bearing the headline, “Vermont Socialist Plans Mayor
Lead Stories→ Fake News: NOT Due to Impeachment, Pelosi Did NOT Halt Trump’s Presidential Salary
Did Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi cut off President Trump's salary because of the ongoing impeachment proceedings? No, that's not true: a single member of Congress can't alter the president's salary. Only through legislation passed by Cong
Lead Stories→ NOT Fake News: Claim that Trump Lifted Ban on Bibles and Christmas Trees in Veterans’ Hospitals Is Mostly True
Did President Obama ban Bibles and Christmas trees in VA hospitals? Not exactly - There was a policy that regulated religious symbols, such as Bibles and Christmas trees, being placed in public places that was recently overhauled. But there wa
Lead Stories→ NOT Fake News: Claim that Trump Lifted Obama’s Ban on Bibles and Christmas Trees in Veterans’ Hospitals Is Mostly True
Did President Obama ban Bibles and Christmas trees in VA hospitals? Not exactly - There was a policy that regulated religious symbols, such as Bibles and Christmas trees, being placed in public places that was recently overhauled. But there wa
Lead Stories→ Fake News: California 8th Graders NOT Taught Anal, Bondage, Sex Involving Blood in Sex-Ed Class
Are California 8th graders taught anal, bondage, and sex involving blood in mandatory sex education classes? No, that's not true: First, sex education classes in California public schools are not mandatory, because parents can opt their childr
Lead Stories→ Fake News: Trump Did NOT Say "I Have Done More For Christianity Than Jesus"
Did President Trump say that he has done more for Christianity than Jesus in response to a biting editorial from Christianity Today that said Trump should be removed from office? No, that's not true: The original article claiming Trump said th
Lead Stories→ Fake News: U.S. Did Not Deploy 60 B-52 Bombers To Diego Garcia Amid Rising Tensions With Iran
Did the United States send 60 B-52 Stratofortress bombers to Diego Garcia because of rising tensions with Iran? No, that's not true: The Pentagon ordered just six B-52s to Diego Garcia - the Indian Ocean island that is home to a strategic U.S.
Lead Stories→ Fake News: Pelosi NOT To Begin Post-Impeachment Eviction Procedure
Has U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi begun a "post-impeachment eviction procedure" against President Trump? No, that's not true: This is satire that has been stolen by real fake news sites to rile up the conservative base by positing it as true
Lead Stories→ Fake News: A Majority, Perhaps As Many As 75%, Of Abortion Clinics Are NOT In Areas With High Minority Populations
Are a majority, perhaps as many as 75%, of abortion clinics in the United States located in areas with high minority populations? No, that does not appear to be true: While the claim has been making the rounds for years, research suggests that
Lead Stories→ Fake News: AOC Did NOT Say Christianity Should Be Ignored As "Superstitious Nonsense"
Did freshman Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez say Christianity should be ignored as "superstitious nonsense"? No, that's not true: the article comes from a liberal satire website and Ocasio-Cortez is Catholic. The claim originated from a
Lead Stories→ Fake News: U.S. Army Is NOT Sending Text Messages About Draft For Immediate Departure To Iran
Is the U.S. Army sending text messages informing people they have been drafted for "immediate departure" to Iran? No, that's not true: The U.S. Army has issued a "fraud alert" and is warning people that these messages are fake. Despite heighte
Lead Stories→ Fake News: LA Times Did NOT Report that Iran, China And Russia Declared War On The United States
Did the Los Angeles Times report that Iran, China and Russia just declared war on the United States? No, that's not true: a prank website with a domain name nearly identical to the real LA Times site published a post that looked simliar to an
Lead Stories→ Fake News: There is NOT a 28th Amendment That Has Long Been Ignored
Is there a 28th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution that has long been ignored? No, that's not true: There are only 27 amendments and none states that "Congress shall make no law that applies to its citizens of the United States that does not a
Lead Stories→ Fake News: Video Does Not Show Ayatollah Going Crazy After Soleimani Drone Strike
Does a video making the rounds on social media show Iran's Ayatollah going crazy following the killing of Maj. Gen. Qassem Soleimani by a U.S. drone strike? No, that's not true: This is an old video, put in a loop and portraying an animated -
Lead Stories→ Fake News: Pepsi Did NOT Make New Can With Empire State Building And Pledge Of Allegiance That Omitted "Under God"
Did Pepsi make a new can featuring the Empire State Building and Pledge of Allegiance that left out the words "Under God"? No, that's not true: Pepsi has never produced such a design for its soft drinks, and this urban legend has been circulat
Truth or Fiction?→ December 7 1943: 56,082 People in Auschwitz; December 7 2019: 69,550 Children in Border Camps?
A December 8 2019 Facebook post purportedly contrasting the number of people in Auschwitz on December 7 1943 (56,082) with the number of children (not adults, 69,550) detained at border camps on the same date in 2019 circulated in copy-and-paste form
Lead Stories→ Fake News: U.S. Troops NOT Withdrawing From Kuwait
Are U.S. troops withdrawing from Kuwait? No, that's not true. The news of the withdrawal was first reported via Twitter from Kuwait's official news agency, KUNA, which quickly retracted the claim and said it had been hacked. The report origina
Lead Stories→ Fake News: Thousands of Young Trump Supporters Did NOT Show Up At Local Recruiters To Volunteer For Duty
Did thousands of young supporters of President Trump show up at local military recruiting stations to volunteer for active duty after the U.S. killing of Iran's Soleimani? No, this isn't true: This claim is from a satirical website run by a Ma
Lead Stories→ Fake News: Nicole Kidman NOT Blacklisted After Calling For Americans To Support Trump
Did Nicole Kidman get blacklisted after calling for Americans to support President Trump? No, that's not true: Kidman has made comments saying that Americans should support whoever occupies the U.S. presidency, but she has not been blacklisted
Truth or Fiction?→ Iranians, Iranian-Americans Stopped at U.S. Border with Canada
United States Customs and Border Patrol subjected both Iranians and Iranian-Americans to more scrutiny in January 2020 in the wake of new orders from the Department of Homeland Security, although CBP quibbled over accounts of people stopped for hours
Lead Stories→ Fake News: Trump-Owned Property In Agrabah NOT Burned To The Ground By Terrorists
Was Trump-owned property in Agrabah burned to the ground by terrorists? No, that's not true: The president does not own property there, as Agrabah exists only in the minds of Disney fans as the fictional home of Aladdin. It's a fictional kingd
Lead Stories→ Fake News: Obama Did NOT Call UN Security Meeting With Or Without US Officials
Did former President Barack Obama call a meeting of the UN Security council without inviting U.S. officials? No, that's not true. The story was published by a liberal satire website that tries to mislead Trump supporters and Republicans into s
Lead Stories→ Fake News: New York UN Office Does NOT Recruit Paramilitary Troops for ‘Disarmament’ and ‘Reintegration’ of US Civilians
Is the United Nations office in New York recruiting paramilitary troops for disarmament and reintegration of U.S. civilians? No, that's not true: The claim is part of a conspiracy theory that "globalists" are planning a takeover of America as
Lead Stories→ Fake News: Democrats Did NOT Call For Flags To Be Flown At Half-Mast To Grieve Death Of Soleimani
Did Democrats call for flags to be flown at half-mast to grieve the death of Soleimani? No, that's not true: the story was put out by The Babylon Bee, a well-known and often quite funny satire website. So far, the story has received about half
Lead Stories→ Fake News: Nancy Pelosi Did NOT Say Trump Must Apologize To Iran ‘Or Else’
Did House Speaker Nancy Pelosi say President Trump must apologize to Iran "Or Else"? No, that's not true. The satirical story was published by a liberal website that tries to mislead Trump supporters and Republicans into sharing made-up storie
Lead Stories→ Fake News: Graffiti In This Photo Was NOT Written To Say ‘Thank You Trump’ After Soleimani Assassination
Did the graffiti in this photo respond to the Jan. 3, 2020, assassination of Iranian military leader Qassem Soleimani by saying 'Thank you Trump'? No, that's not true: This is an old photo that was pulled from a video posted on May 20, 2018. T
Lead Stories→ Fake News: Clarence Thomas Did NOT Say SCOTUS Is Ready To ‘Crush The Coup Against President Trump’
Did Associate Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas Say SCOTUS is ready to 'crush the coup against President Trump'? No, that's not true: This is satire, as no such words were said by Thomas, the most senior associate judge on the Supreme Cour
Lead Stories→ Fake News: Iranian Ballistic Missiles Did NOT Hit The Largest US Military Base In Iraq
Did Iranian ballistic missiles hit the largest U.S. military base in Iraq? No, that's not true: there was no strike on the U.S. and Iraqi airbase recently, and the images show the aftermath of explosions in different nations in past years. The
Lead Stories→ Fake News: Barack Obama Did NOT Admit He Was Born in Kenya
Did former President Barack Obama admit that he was born in Kenya? No, that's not true: a YouTube video pulled clips selectively from another video of Obama giving a speech in Turkey in 2009 and presented them out of context to suggest the for
Lead Stories→ Fake News: Video: Biden Did NOT Proclaim the ‘European’ Identity of America
Did former Vice President and presidential hopeful Joe Biden say American culture is European, and not imported from an African or Asian nation? No, that's not entirely true: clips from a speech Biden gave in New Hampshire on December 30, 2019
Lead Stories→ Fake News: Nancy Pelosi Did NOT Say ‘We Have Been Working On Impeachment For The Past 2 1/2 Years’
Did Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi say that she and Democrats had been working on President Trump's impeachment for the past two-and-a-half years? No, that's not true: the claim has been taken out of context from a real quote about other in
Lead Stories→ Fake News: CA Gov. Newsom Did NOT Pardon 1342 Prisoners So ICE Couldn’t Deport Them
Did California Gov. Gavin Newsom pardon 1,342 prisoners so they couldn't be deported by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents? No, that's not true: the article comes from a satirical news site, Newsom did not pardon that many people and a
Lead Stories→ Fake News: Trump Did NOT File Abuse Of Power Charges Against Nancy Pelosi And Chuck Schumer
Did President Trump file abuse of power charges against Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer? No, that's not true: Trump has not issued any such charges against the Democratic leaders in the House and Senate. The story is made up and originated on a
Truth or Fiction?→ ‘Weird Twitter’ Account Spreads Video Distorting Joe Biden Campaign Speech
On January 1 2020, a Twitter user attempting to lobby criticism on Democratic Party presidential candidate Joe Biden went a step further than a critique by posting a video that had been edited to remove context from one of his campaign speeches. The a
Truth or Fiction?→ ‘Blue Eyes Are Haram’ Disinformation
On January 1 2020, disinformation purveyors all across the internet suddenly pivoted in unison to pushing the same disinformation that has muddied English-speaking social media since at least 2015, down to the same claims, the same recycled stories, a
Lead Stories→ Fake News: Trump Did NOT Play Golf During U.S. Embassy Siege In Baghdad
Did President Trump play golf during the U.S. Embassy siege in Baghdad? No, that's not true: While Trump did arrive at his Trump International Golf Club in West Palm Beach, Florida, on New Year's Eve, he only spent under an hour there. Media r
Lead Stories→ Fake News: Pelosi Does NOT Want To Empty Social Security To Pay The National Debt
Did House Speaker Nancy Pelosi propose to take all the money out of Social Security to pay the national debt? No, that's not true. The story was published by a liberal satire website that tries to mislead Trump supporters and Republicans into