Were the "mass graves of thousands of children killed ... in illegal experiments" by Dr. Anthony Fauci found in New York City? No, that's not true: The police department for the county where the mass graves supposedly rest says there are
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Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Putin Did NOT ‘Warn’ WEF’s Klaus Schwab His ‘Days Are Numbered’
Did Vladimir Putin say on October 5, 2023, that World Economic Forum founder Klaus Schwab is a "global terrorist" and that "his days are numbered"? No, that's not true: the Russian president never referred to Schwab during a speech. Contr
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Canada’s Pierre Poilievre Did NOT Endorse ‘Quantum AI’ Investment Platform
Did Conservative Party of Canada leader Pierre Poilievre endorse a "QuantumAI" platform? No, that's not true: The video showing Poilievre speaking has been doctored to make it appear he is extolling the virtues of a money-making program t
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Canadian Government Did NOT ‘Admit 74% Of Triple Vaccinated For COVID-19 Now Have VAIDS’
Did the Canadian government "admit" that 74 percent of people who are triple-vaccinated for COVID-19 now have "vaccine acquired immune deficiency syndrome"? No, that's not true: The Public Health Agency of Canada told Lead Stories an arti
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Bill Gates’ ‘Air Vaccine’ Was NOT ‘Approved For Use Against Non-Consenting Humans’
Was Bill Gates' "air vaccine" greenlighted by the federal regulators to be covertly applied "against non-consenting humans"? No, that's not true: No credible media organizations have reported this purported news. With no supporting eviden
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Yale Scientists Did NOT ‘Claim’ New ‘Airborne mRNA’ Can ‘Vaccinate Large Populations Without Their Knowledge Or Consent’
Did Yale scientists say that a new form of "airborne mRNA" is being developed specifically for non-consensual mass vaccination? No, that's not true: The study conducted on rodents did not discuss that. The fact that an experiment appears
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Phoenix Did NOT ‘Impose WEF’s Ban On Meat, Dairy, Private Cars,’ As of September 28, 2023
Did Phoenix become the "first U.S. city" to prohibit "meat, dairy, private cars" in September 2023 at the directive of the World Economic Forum? No, that's not true: Had it been a real ban, it would have been officially announced on the g
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: CDC Did NOT Confirm 143,233% Increase in ‘Turbo-Cancers’ Due to ‘mRNA Jabs’
Did the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) confirm a "143,233% increase in turbo-cancers due to mRNA jabs," including COVID-19 vaccines? No, that's not true: A CDC spokesperson confirmed to Lead Stories that "There is no evi
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Bill Clinton And Pope Francis Did NOT Call For ‘Urgent Depopulation’ To Save The Planet
Did Bill Clinton and Pope Francis call for "urgent depopulation" to save the planet? No, that's not true: The pope and former President Clinton had a public conversation in September 2023 during the Clinton Global Initiative 2023 meeting
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: ‘Glory To Urine’ Was NOT Displayed On A Large LED Billboard Near New York City’s Times Square — Video Manipulation
Did an LED billboard at the corner of 42nd Street and 8th Avenue in Manhattan feature the words "Glory to Urine" against a waving blue-and-yellow Ukrainian flag to welcome Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to New York City for the U
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Biden’s Family Did NOT Say He Died And Was Replaced By Actor In 2019
Did President Joe Biden's family say he died and was replaced by an actor in 2019? No, that's not true: This article and accompanying video from The People's Voice is baseless. There is no member of the Biden family who has claimed that J
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: WEF Does NOT Call For ‘COVID Concentration Camps’ To Jail Those Who Question Official Narrative
Did the World Economic Forum (WEF) call on governments to establish "COVID concentration camps" globally for individuals who do not comply with the "official narrative" related to COVID-19? No, that's not true: A WEF representative called
Full Fact→ Can Zoom use your meetings to train AI?
Recent edits to the video conferencing software’s terms of service now clearly state it does not use users’ audio or video to train AI.
PolitiFact→ What are 'smart cities' and why are conspiracy theorists linking them to wildfires?
Conspiracy theories attempt to link recent wildfires with plans for “smart cities,” but there’s no connection. Most smart city technology is small-scale and incremental — such as adding software and sensors — and doesn’t require destroying
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: WEF Did NOT Sign ‘Order Cancelling US Election’ To Make Americans ‘Ruled By Global Elite For Their Own Good’
Did the World Economic Forum (WEF) issue an "order" banning elections in the United States and will Americans from now on be ruled by a global elite? No, none of it is true: A non-governmental organization such as the WEF doesn't have the
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Megyn Kelly Did NOT Say She Contracted VAIDS After Getting Vaccinated For COVID-19 — She Said She Had An ‘Autoimmune Issue’
Did talk show host and podcaster Megyn Kelly say she "contracted Vaccine Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (VAIDS)" after getting the COVID-19 mRNA vaccine? No, that's not true: On "The Megyn Kelly Show" in early September 2023, she sai
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: 222 Contributions With ‘Zero Donor Information’ Do NOT Prove There Is Fraud In Campaign Of Fulton County DA Fani Willis
Do 222 contributions with "zero donor information" to the campaign of Fulton County, Georgia, District Attorney Fani Willis prove there was fraud? No, that's not true: An Emory University political science professor emeritus told Lead Sto
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: ‘Government Report’ Did NOT Find ‘Millions of Children’ Vaccinated With COVID Vaccines Developed ‘VAIDS’
Did a 2023 "government report" prove that "millions of children" who were vaccinated with the Pfizer mRNA COVID-19 vaccine developed a condition known as "vaccine acquired immune deficiency, or VAIDS"? No, that's not true: There was no "g
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: FDA Does NOT Plan To Replace ‘Most Salt In America’ With ‘Bill Gates’ New mRNA Fake Salt’
Did the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) attempt to substitute "most salt in America" with a single alternative that contains "mRNA chemicals" and is produced by Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates? No, that's not true: An FDA representativ
Truth or Fiction?→ ‘The Richest 1% Evade $163 Billion in Taxes Every Year, the United States Literally Has a Yacht Tax Deduction’
On August 28 2023, an unlinked post by former United States Secretary of Labor Robert Reich was shared to Reddit’s r/WhitePeopleTwitter; it alleged that the “richest 1%” of Americans “evade $163 billion” in taxes each year
Lead Stories→ Mike Lindell’s WMD Online Detection Viewer: Dennis Montgomery And A Cryptic Message
Mike & Dennis At Lead Stories we have a long history of looking at Mike Lindell's election fraud claims. Readers will remember our fact checks about Lindell's four conspiracy-filled election fraud "documentaries" here, here, here and
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: CNN Did NOT Announce Elon Musk Unveiled An AI-Powered Trading Platform — This Video Is Manipulated
Did CNN break the news that Elon Musk was unveiling an investment project, and did Musk make a guest appearance via live feed to introduce his new AI trading platform? No, that's not true: This fake promotion is made with real but repurpo
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: 14 U.S. Cities Did NOT ‘Sign WEF Treaty To Ban Meat, Dairy, Private Cars by 2030’
Did 14 American cities join a "World Economic Forum treaty" imposing a total ban on meat, dairy and private cars by 2030? No, that's not true: At the time of writing, there is no such WEF treaty. The source of the claim cited an unrelated
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show A Giant Barbie Next To Burj Khalifa in Dubai — It’s A Computer-Generated Ad
Does a social media video show a giant Barbie-doll hologram walking out of a Barbie box next to Dubai's Burj Khalifa skyscraper, the world's tallest building? No, that's not true: This footage displays a computer-generated image (CGI) vid
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Elon Musk Did NOT Announce An AI-Powered Trading Platform On BBC News — This Video Is Manipulated
Did BBC News broadcast "breaking news" with guest Elon Musk who announced a new AI investment project powered by a supercomputer that closes deals with a 98 percent success rate? No, that's not true: This is a fake BBC newscast and the vi
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: UN Chief Did NOT Warn Christians To ‘Embrace The Legalization Of Pedophilia’ Or Be ‘Excluded’ From Society
Did the United Nations "chief" say if Christians "do not fully embrace the legalization of pedophilia, they will be excluded from participating in society"? No, that's not true: The man whose photo appears in an article under the headline
Truth or Fiction?→ Zoom Privacy Policy, Terms of Service, and AI
On August 6 2023, a tweet about Zoom’s terms of service and “training” what is popularly called machine learning or artificial intelligence (AI) spread virally: Zoom terms of service now require you to allow AI to train on ALL your
FactCheck.org→ Indictment Details Trump’s Attempt to Overturn Swing State Election Outcomes
The federal indictment against former President Donald Trump, concerning his efforts to remain in office despite losing the election, details actions Trump and his co-conspirators allegedly took to get state officials to change legitimate electoral vo
FactCheck.org→ Q&A on Trump’s Jan. 6 Indictment
On Aug. 1, the Department of Justice filed an indictment against former President Donald Trump concerning his attempts to remain in power despite losing the 2020 presidential election — efforts that culminated in obstructing the counting of elec
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Pope Francis Did NOT Say ‘Alcoholics, Autistic And Disabled People Should Be Euthanized’ To ‘Fight Climate Change’
Did Pope Francis, acting on behalf of the World Economics Forum, publicly support euthanasia for "alcoholics, autistic and disabled people" to "help humanity" fight climate change? No, that's not true: The pontiff never said that. Followi
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: ‘Top WEF Official’ Did NOT Say That ‘Dangerous Conspiracy Theorists Must Be Eliminated’
Did a top World Economic Forum official call for the "elimination" of conspiracy theorists? No, that's not true: The man described as a "top WEF official" in the article making the claim doesn't work for them and doesn't have any authorit
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Nuclear Test Movies NOT Faked Because Cameras Were Not Destroyed
Were the movies of nuclear tests conducted in the 1950s by the United States fake because the cameras and film used to capture the images were not destroyed by the explosion or the radiation? No, that's not true: The cameras and film used
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: YouTube Did Not Ban ‘Sound of Freedom’ Clips For ‘Discriminating Against Pedophiles And MAPs’
Did YouTube ban video clips from the newly released movie, "Sound of Freedom" due to "discriminating against pedophiles" and "discrimination against MAPs"? No, that's not true: There is no policy listed under the community guidelines of Y
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO Evidence World Economic Forum Launched ‘Mark of the Beast’ CBDC Microchip That Will ‘End Gun Ownership in America’
Did the World Economic Forum introduce a "mark of the beast" CBDC microchip to "end gun ownership" in the United States? No, that's not true: The United States hasn't announced the implementation of a central bank digital currency (CBDC)
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Obama Did NOT Say Pedophiles Deserve ‘Same Rights’ as 2SLGBTQI+
Did former President Barack Obama say that pedophiles deserve the "same rights'' as 2SLGBTQI+ people? No, that's not true: The tweet attributed to him that says, "Minor-attracted persons deserve human rights" is fabricated and was never p
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: French Military Did NOT Say It Would Arrest President Macron For Treason During 2023 French Riots
Did the French military say in July 2023 that it would arrest French President Emmanuel Macron for treason during 2023 French protests? No, that's not true: The claim relies on unsubstantiated information and there is no evidence that the
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Masons’ Child ID Programs NOT Injecting Children With ‘CHIP’ Or Collecting DNA — ID Info Is Kept By Parents, Guardians
Are Masonic Lodges injecting children with "'free child identification chips' to 'help combat abduction,'" also collecting those children's DNA? No, that's not true: There is no credible evidence or reliable information to support such a
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Washington Post Did NOT Report Bill Gates Was ‘Being Held’ On Charges Of ‘War Crimes Against Humanity’
Did The Washington Post report that Bill Gates was "being held under armed watch at Guantanamo Bay" after having been "charged with war crimes against humanity"? No, that's not true: A search through the newspaper's digital database retur
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO Evidence Mark Wahlberg Said ‘Hollywood Pedophiles’ Have ‘Nowhere Left To Hide’
Did the actor Mark Wahlberg declare war on "Hollywood pedophiles" in July 2023, announcing that they have "nowhere left to hide"? No, that's not true: The purported quote came from a source with a rich history of spreading false statement
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: World Economic Forum Did NOT State CBDC Chips Must Be ‘Implanted Under Your Skin’
Did the World Economic Forum (WEF) say that a central bank digital currency (CBDC) microchip must be "implanted under your skin" to participate in society? No, that's not true: Richard Werner, a German economist and professor who is not e