Did the World Health Organization order President Joe Biden to arrest Americans who share "non-mainstream content online"? No, that's not true: Lead Stories found no evidence the organization ever said this. A spokesperson for the WHO den
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Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Herbal Concoction Drink Does NOT Cure COVID-19
Does consuming an "expanded lemon and honey drink" that contains several herbal ingredients cure COVID-19? No, that's not true: At the time of writing, there is no known cure for COVID, along with other common illnesses like the cold or t
Full Fact→ Has the asylum backlog been cleared?
The Prime Minister claimed on social media that the government had achieved its commitment to “clear the backlog of asylum decisions by the end of 2023”.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show 1982 US Government Program Testing For ‘Dimensional Travel’
Does a video show a 1982 United States government program that was testing for "dimensional travel"? No, that's not true: The video is from a sci-fi filmmaker Kane Parsons. The footage is readily available on YouTube and is part of his se
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Blurring In Free Palestine Protest Video Was NOT Specific To Women’s Legs
Was a video, showing people in Wales singing in support of Palestine, blurred to comply with Sharia law -- to hide the bare legs of the women who were wearing shorts? No, that's not true: The video was first posted on TikTok without the b
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: New Zealand Health Data Does NOT Prove 20 Percent Of Vaccinated Died After COVID-19 Immunization
Does New Zealand health data prove that 20 percent of vaccinated citizens died after COVID-19 vaccination? No, that's not true: The agency wrote, "We assure people there is no evidence whatsoever that vaccination is responsible for excess
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Ukrainian Soldiers Wearing WWII German Helmets
Does a viral video portray Ukrainian soldiers in 2023 wearing "WW2 era German helmets"? No, that's not true: The footage shows a traditional reenactment event in Belgium. Nothing in the video links the men wearing historic uniforms to Ukr
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: War Exceptions Are NOT New For 2024 Insurance Policies
Did insurance companies Cigna and UnitedHealthcare add new text that denies health care if a person has been affected by a war in 2024? No, that's not true: This language has been included in Cigna's and UnitedHealthcare's insurance polic
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Wernher von Braun Was NOT The Founder Of NASA
Did German-born rocket engineer Wernher von Braun found the National Aeronautics and Space Administration? No, that's not true: The National Aeronautics and Space Act of 1958, signed by President Dwight D. Eisenhower on July 29, 1958, led
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Episode 9 Of Season 24 Of ‘The Simpsons’ Did NOT Predict A Solar Superstorm
Does a social media post accurately summarize the events portrayed in an episode of "The Simpsons" -- that a solar superstorm struck Springfield, causing an electromagnetic pulse that led to a complete shutdown of the town and internet ac
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Australian Government Did NOT Advocate COVID-19 Vaccination Without Consent During Sedation
Did the Australian government recommend vaccinating patients for COVID-19 without consent, while the patient was under sedation? No, that's not true: There is no official support for such a claim. The Australian Technical Advisory Group o
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Apeel Produce Coating Does NOT Contain Unidentified Or Harmful Ingredients
Does the Apeel produce coating Organipeel contain an "unidentified coating" that is falsely labeled as organic and that could be harmful to human health? No, that's not true: Though it may be applied to organic produce, it is neither cons
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: ABC News Did NOT Broadcast Report About Dr. Oz’s ‘Amazing’ Diabetes Cure — Audio Was Doctored
Did ABC News host David Muir advertise on air a diabetes cure discovered by TV personality and physician Dr. Mehmet Oz? No, that's not true: A clip containing images of both Muir and Oz used manipulated sound to mislead audiences. The vid
AllSides→ Fact-Checking Trump’s Recent Immigration Claims
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/24/us/politics/trump-immigration-fact-check.html Former President Donal
AllSides→ Nikki Haley Claims 1 in 6 American Families Can’t Afford Their Utility Bill
https://checkyourfact.com/2023/12/27/fact-check-haley-american-families-utility-bill/ In a recent inter
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: T-Mobile Will NOT Start Fining Customers On January 1, 2024, For Text Messages It Disagrees With
Will T-Mobile start fining individual customers in 2024 for sending texts or posting content the company doesn't agree with? No, that's not true: The claim on social media misrepresented the nature of the change that will only affect the
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Katie Hobbs Was NOT Hanged At GITMO
Was Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs hanged at Guantanamo Bay on December 22, 2023? No, that's not true: A Pentagon duty officer told Lead Stories that this claim is false. The website where this claim was made has a disclaimer that states it pub
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: ATF Background Check Was NOT Updated To Authorize ‘Illegal Immigrants’ To Purchase Firearms
Was the mechanism of the background check conducted by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives to screen potential gun owners changed in a way that now allows people lacking citizenship status to buy and possess guns in th
AllSides→ Here’s What They’re Teaching In The Naval Academy’s Gender And Sexuality Class
https://dailycaller.com/2023/12/25/navy-gender-sexuality-class/ An English course at the U.S. Naval Aca
The Dispatch→ Farewell to Normalcy
The meaning of 2023.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: US Marines Did NOT Arrest WHO Official Dr. Chikwe Ihekweazu — Story Is Made Up
Did U.S. Marines arrest World Health Organization official Dr. Chikwe Ihekweazu? No, that's not true: A Pentagon duty officer told Lead Stories that this claim is "false." This claim appears in an article on a website that regularly publi
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Pope Francis Did NOT Authorize WEF To Rewrite Fact Checked Version Of The Holy Bible
Did Pope Francis authorize the World Economic Forum to rewrite a fact checked version of the Holy Bible, and post about it on social media? No, that's not true: The social media post allegedly made by Pope Francis is fake, and there is no
Health Feedback→ Approved COVID-19 vaccines don’t contain HIV proteins and don’t cause AIDS, contrary to claim misquoting BBC documentary
REVIEW The claim that COVID-19 vaccines cause acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) because they contain proteins from the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)—the virus responsible for AIDS—circulated on social media in December 2023. This cl
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show A Car Full Of Kids ‘Ready To Be Sold’ For Sex, Organ Trafficking
Does a viral video show a child trafficker caught while driving a sedan with 25 children in Uzbekistan? No, that's not true: According to local law enforcement and local news reports, the reason for the traffic stop was unsafe driving, no
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: US Marines Did NOT Arrest Assistant Defense Secretary Tanya Skeen — Story Is Made Up
Did U.S. Marines arrest Assistant Defense Secretary for Acquisition Tanya Skeen? No, that's not true: A Pentagon duty officer told Lead Stories that this claim is "false." This claim appeared in an article on a website that regularly publ
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Hospitalized Woman Is NOT Unidentified — Scam Post Uses Fake Story, Repurposed Photo To Garner Shares
Was an unidentified young woman robbed, stabbed, and left for dead by the side of the road, and will sharing a post on social media help to identify her? No, that's not true: This post is a fabrication designed to trick people to share th
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Greta Thunberg Did NOT Wear Hamas Headband, Hold ISIS Flag In Photo
Did Greta Thunberg wear a Hamas headband and hold an Islamic State flag in an image that appeared on social media? No, that's not true: The picture showing the Swedish climate activist has been changed from the original using photo editin
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Fulton County Did NOT Count 20,713 Votes That Did Not Exist In 2020 Election
Did Fulton County, Georgia, count 20,713 votes that did not exist in the 2020 election and that there are "no records" for, such as poll tapes? No, that's not true: An election-watchdog expert said that claiming votes are missing because
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Zelenskyy’s ‘Certificate of Naturalization’ Is NOT Real
Is a photograph that purports to show a U.S. certificate of naturalization for Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy real? No, that's not true: The certificate is counterfeit. It's missing key components, such as his signature and the s
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Marines Did NOT Arrest Colorado Supreme Court Judge Who Voted to Remove Donald Trump from State Ballot
Did Marines arrest on Wednesday, December 20, 2023, a Colorado Supreme Court justice, Monica Marquez, who voted in favor of removing Donald Trump from the state's 2024 presidential primary ballot? No, that's not true: This is a fake news
AllSides→ ‘Bunch of Lies’: Fact-Checking Biden’s Claims Amid Impeachment Inquiry
https://www.dailysignal.com/2023/12/11/bunch-of-lies-fact-checking-bidens-claims-amid-impeachment-inquiry/
FactCheck.org→ A Video Celebrating Our 20th Anniversary
In December 2003, then-FactCheck.org Director Brooks Jackson published the first articles on our website. At the time, Brooks was the only journalist on staff, and he had one assistant. Today, we have nine full-time journalists and four undergr
Health Feedback→ COVID-19 vaccines reduce SARS-CoV-2 transmission and don’t increase mortality, contrary James Thorp’s claim
REVIEW On 13 December 2023, the Wellness Company shared a post on Instagram, in which gynecologist James Thorp questioned the utility and safety of COVID-19 vaccines. The post claimed that the vaccines were an “unqualified disaster” because they
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Stephen King, Kevin Spacey Did NOT Announce They Will Leave US If ‘Epstein Client List’ Is Released — No Such Public Comments Found
Did actor Kevin Spacey or writer Stephen King say that they would leave the United States if the "Epstein Client List" is made public? No, that's not true: Lead Stories found no evidence that King or Spacey made such comments. The claim c
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Ben Carson Endorsing Blood Vessel-Cleaning Gummies — Audio Is Fake
Did Dr. Ben Carson, retired neurosurgeon and former Department of Housing and Urban Development secretary, endorse blood vessel-cleaning gummies? No, that's not true: A spokesperson for Carson said that the claim is "completely fake." Add
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: John Travolta Did NOT Promote Hair Growth Product ‘RenewHair-X’ — Video Of Him Has Been Dubbed Over
Did actor John Travolta promote a hair growth product called RenewHair-X in a video on social media? No, that's not true: An audio track of a voice sounding like Travolta's is dubbed over a clip of the actor from a late-night talk show ap
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: US Marines Did NOT Kick FEMA Out of Tennessee
Did U.S. Marines "kick ... out" the Federal Emergency Management Agency from Tennessee following a disaster recent as of December 21, 2023? No, that's not true: A FEMA representative told Lead Stories, "FEMA teams are on the ground in Ten
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – No se ha aprobado un permiso de portación oculta de armas para todos en Estados Unidos
"La administración acaba de aprobar este vacío legal, 100% legal, que permite a todos los residentes estadounidenses en buena posición obtener un permiso de portación oculta (de armas) válido en 2023".
FactCheck.org→ Posts Use Transposed Mugshot of Epstein to Target Kamala Harris
Para leer en español, vea esta traducción de Google Translate. Quick Take A federal judge has ordered the release of documents that will identify scores of accused sex-trafficker Jeffrey Epstein’s associates. The order has led many socia
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Acting On ‘Bump This Post’ Will NOT Help Find Missing Man With Dementia — It’s Ruse To Trick People To Share It
Did "Mr. Luke Jones," purportedly a man with dementia, drive away from his home and fail to return, triggering the activation of a silver alert? No, that's not true: No elderly man named Luke Jones is missing at the time of writing. This