Did a man fill his tarp-lined truck bed with gasoline and then drive away, allowing the open liquid cargo to slosh over the sides? No, that's not true: This video is a skit that was originally posted on the Facebook page of magician Juliu
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Lead Stories→ Fact Check: ‘Beautiful Turtle Living In Atlantic Ocean’ Is NOT Alive, It’s A Glass Pendant
Does this photo show a new species of shiny blue, purple and yellow Atlantic Ocean sea turtle? No, that's not true: It's a piece of glass artwork. The claim appeared in a Facebook post (now unavailable but archived here) on May 27, 2021.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: This Oil-Disposal Tip Was In Popular Science Magazine In 1963 — But It Was NOT A Good Idea Then And It’s NOT A Good Idea Now
Did Popular Science magazine publish a tip that said disposing of used engine oil in the ground is OK in January 1963? Yes, that's true: however, it is not a good idea and should not be done, then or now. There is no need to dump used mot
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Vaccine Needle Is NOT Left In Arm And Is Not A Prop — It’s A Retractable Safety Syringe
Does this video show a nurse pretending to administer a shot to a person at a drive-through vaccine clinic? Or could it be that the nurse inserts the needle into the woman's arm and leaves it there? No, neither of these explanations tell
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Car Trunk Surprise Military Homecoming Video Is NOT Real — It’s A Skit
Did a soldier come home from deployment with plans to surprise her partner, only to discover that he was seeing another woman? No, that's not true: This contrived "caught on tape" drama is a skit using actors for entertainment and monetiz
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Picture Of Military Convoy Did NOT Originally Include UFO — It’s A Photoshop Contest
Did a giant flying saucer hover over a military convoy while a soldier stood guard, seemingly oblivious? No, that's not true: This image was entered in a creative UFO Photoshop contest in December of 2005. It is a doctored composite of se
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Woman In Video Did NOT Really Wash Her Car With Gasoline — It’s A Skit
Did the woman in this video really wash her SUV with gasoline? No, that's not true: This prank skit video was posted on TikTok by a channel that posts many staged videos. In another video posted a day later, the actor sips from the stream
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show May 2021 Scene Of Woman Pumping Gas Into Plastic Bags — It’s From December 2019
Does a video show a woman pumping gas into plastic bags at a gas station in May 2021? No, that's not true. The video was filmed at a gas station in Houston in December 2019 -- not amid the gas shortage due to the Colonial Pipeline shutdow
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Traffic Reporter Did NOT Melt Down On Live TV: It’s A Comedy Sketch
Did a traffic reporter "melt down" on live TV, first correcting the anchors' pronunciation of his name and then expressing annoyance to the news anchors about how live roadside traffic reporting is obsolete? No, that's not true: This is a
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: A 5G Horse Did NOT Appear On The Lawn Of An Unvaccinated Family — It’s Art
Did a 5G horse appear on the lawn of a family's home, worrying the unvaccinated family who live there? No, that's not true: This photo of a flyer stapled to a wooden pole is an art piece by prankish artist Alan Wagner that has been altere
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: LeBron James Did NOT Say ‘We’re At The Point Where A Girl Can’t Even Stab Her Friends Anymore’ — It’s Satire
Did LeBron James say, "We're at the point where a girl can't even stab her friends anymore"? No, that's not true. This is a made-up quote from satirical website The Glorious American. Social media accounts picked up the quote as real in t
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Security Footage Does NOT Show Nurse Saving A Woman From An Abusive Boyfriend– It’s Staged
Did a nurse save a woman from an abusive boyfriend when the woman secretly passed her a message asking for help? No, that's not true: This scene, designed to look as if it was captured by a security camera, is a staged production using ac
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Flight Attendant In Photo Is NOT From 1914, It’s Britney Spears
Does this photo show someone's great-grandma who was a pioneering flight attendant in 1914? No, that's not true: It's actually a picture of the pop star Britney Spears on set for her music video, "Toxic." An example of the claim appeared
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Of A Person In A Body Bag Smoking A Cigarette Is NOT A COVID-19 Deception — It’s A Music Video
Did someone stage a grim scene: an open dump truck piled high with corpses in body bags, to present a false narrative about the COVID-19 pandemic? And was this staged scene revealed to be fake because a video captured one of the "dead bod
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Third Bridge Spanning The Chesapeake Bay Is NOT In Planning Stages: It’s April Fools’
Did Jeff Bezos agree to pay for a six and a half mile long bridge in Maryland in exchange for the rezoning of some land to build an Amazon distribution center and drone launching facility? No, that's not true: A short film produced by Que
The Dispatch→ Biden Has a New Vaccine Goal. It’s Still Too Low.
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Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Mr. Rogers Was NOT Photographed Wearing A Bob Ross T-Shirt While Hanging Out With Steve Irwin – It’s A Composite
Was children's show host Fred Rogers photographed wearing a Bob Ross T-shirt while hanging out with naturalist Steve Irwin? No, that's not true. The viral image is a composite of two different photos of Rogers and Irwin, both deceased. Th
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: An Officer Was NOT Saved From Choking By Man He Had Handcuffed — It’s A Skit
Did a patrolman choke on his gum and was lifesaving aid rendered to him by a man he had just handcuffed and taken into custody? No, that's not true: This video is from Rick Lax Productions, creator of fictional short videos. It is of the
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Photo Does NOT Depict Backlash To ‘Height Privilege’ — It’s An Art Piece About Seeing Literally Eye-To-Eye
Did a feminist conference use platform shoes of various heights to negate "height privilege" and lobby to make such shoes mandatory on college campuses? No, that's not true: This post is from a satire page that mocks various social justic
Top Fact Checks→ Nancy Pelosi said that she thinks it’s important to have a strong Republican party.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi made the comment during a press conference.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Photo Does NOT Show A Polar Bear Roaming The Streets Of A US Neighborhood: It’s in Norway
Does this photo show a polar bear roaming the streets of a neighborhood in the United States? No, that's not true: The photo is of a polar bear walking the streets of Longyearbyen, Norway. An article on icepeople.net from January 1, 2020,
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Helicopter Is NOT Spraying A Chemical Made Of Fossil Fuel On Wind Turbine- It’s Hot Water
Does this photo show a helicopter running on fossil fuel, and spraying a chemical made of fossil fuel to de-ice a wind turbine made of fossil fuel? No, that's only partly true. The helicopter is just spraying plain hot water on the iced b
The Dispatch Fact Check→ Has Merck Said It’s ‘More Effective’ to Catch COVID Than Take a Vaccine?
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Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene Did NOT Say ‘If English Was Good Enough For Jesus, It’s Good Enough For Us’
Did U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene say, "If English was good enough for Jesus, it's good enough for us?" No, that's not true: There is no evidence the Republican freshman from Georgia ever made that comment. It is a quote that is often
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Police Officer Did NOT Catch Wife Cheating During Traffic Stop — It’s A Joke Video
Did a police officer catch his wife cheating during a traffic stop? No, that's not true. The video is a comedy sketch video and is published on a satire page. The "police officer" has played the same role in other joke videos on the site.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: A Nurse Did NOT Take A Viral Photo of A Pigeon ‘Visiting’ A Man Sleeping In A Hospital Bed — It’s An Old Photo Of A Chance Encounter
Did a nurse take the viral photo of a pigeon perched upon a man sleeping in a hospital bed, to show how the bird frequently "visited" the man while his family never came to see him? No, that's not true: Ioannis Protonotarios, a photograph
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Of Donald Trump Slamming Impeachment Was NOT Recorded After Impeachment #2 — It’s From 2020
Does a video published in January, 2021 show Donald Trump suggesting that his supporters will punish Congress for impeaching him a second time? No, that's not true: The video is a heavily-edited clips recorded at a February 6, 2020 prayer
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Much Of The ‘What Is Happening?’ Post Is NOT Happening: It’s Either Old Or Fake News
Does the "What is Happening?" Instagram post offer some alarming news, such as German Chancellor Angela Merkel resigning and also the unrelated matter of Italian officials interfering with the U.S. presidential elections? No, that's not t
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Some California Counties DID Allow Voters To Use ImageCast Remote Software To Mark Mail-In Ballots, But There’s No Evidence It’s Not Secure
Did some California counties allow voters to use ImageCast Remote software to mark their mail-in ballots? Yes, that's true, but election officials insist the system is secure from fraud. The ImageCast Remote system allows voters to downlo
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Black Crayola Crayon Labeled ‘Negro’ Is NOT Racist — It’s Spanish
Is labeling a black crayon "negro" a racial reference and does Crayola have "some explaining to do"? No, that's not true: This is an example of a practice detected by Lead Stories: other languages use different words than English. The bla
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Rudy Giuliani Did NOT Say ‘It’s Highly Likely That All These People That Have Contracted The China Virus Got It From Having Sex With Barnyard Animals’
Did Rudy Giuliani say "it's highly likely that all these people that have contracted the China Virus got it from having sex with barnyard animals"? No, there's no evidence he ever said that. Searches on Google and Twitter turned up no ins
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Former President Barack Obama Was NOT Arrested For Espionage — It’s A Made-Up Story
Was former President Barack Obama arrested for espionage? No, that's not true: A website completely made up the claim that Obama, the 44th president of the United States, was arrested on November 28, 2020. The article used direct quotes f
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: This Thanksgiving Themed Anti-Marijuana Ad Is NOT Genuine — It’s A Tribute To A 1980s Slasher Flick
Did the Ad Council produce an ad warning people to not try marijuana, "Not Even Once," for fear that it might inspire a murderous craze? No, that's not true: This satirical ad is a tribute to a 1987 slasher flim called "Blood Rage," which
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Sinclair Broadcast Promo Compilation Video Does NOT Show ‘The Media’ Colluding To Control A Narrative, It’s A Broadcast Chain’s Promo
Does this video show "the media" is colluding to control a narrative by giving anchors identical scripts? No, that's not true: The video, from 2018, shows how conservative-leaning Sinclair Broadcast Group was found to be requiring its TV
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: This Graphic Is NOT A Map From The 2020 Election, It’s From 2016
Is this GIF a data visualization of how the country voted in the 2020 presidential election? No, that's not true: It is a visualization of data from the 2016 election. The GIF makes a commentary on how traditional red-and-blue electoral m
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: What Appears To Be Detroit TV News Graphic Does NOT Show Evidence Of Thousands Of Dead Registered Voters In The 2020 Election; It’s From 2019
Does an apparent TV news graphic featuring a Detroit voter roll lawsuit indicate that there are thousands of duplicate voter registrations and dead registered voters? No, that's not true: The graphic contains figures from a lawsuit filed
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: The National Guard Is NOT Only Being Activated In ‘Blue Cities’ — It’s Happening In Red States, Too
Is the National Guard only being activated in "blue (D) cities" to prepare for possible violence during the 2020 presidential election? No, that's not true: Activations have been reported in both blue and red states, for a total of some 3
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Maskless Joe Biden Photo Was NOT Taken in 2020 — It’s From 2019, Before Pandemic
Does a photo circulating on Twitter prove Joe Biden wears a mask outdoors but not on a plane amid the COVID-19 outbreak? No, that's not true. Richard Grenell, the former US Ambassador to Germany under President Trump, tweeted two photos o
Liste→ Hong Kong actor Liu Kai-chi reduced to selling clothes for a living? No, it’s footage of him on the film set of an upcoming movie
A video of Hong Kong actor Liu Kai-chi standing in a clothing booth has been viewed hundreds of thousands of times in Weibo, Facebook and Douyin posts that claim it shows Liu selling clothes for a living despite his successful acting career. The claim
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: The Bidens’ Income DID Go From $396,456 In 2016 To $16.5 Million For 2017-2019 — It’s In Public Records: Increases From Book Deals, Speaking Dates
Did Joe and Jill Biden's income go from $396,456 in 2016 to a three-year total of $16,596,979 for 2017-2019? Yes, that's true and it is all public record. A viral meme is questioning the huge income increase for the Bidens since they left