Did Universal Studios first introduce the concept of the world as a globe in 1927 before NASA had photographed it from space in the 1960s? No, that's not true on several counts: It did not take NASA's space program to discover that the Ea
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Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Scarlett Johansson Did NOT Say ‘I Am A Jew, And No Amount Of Money In The World Will Tempt Me To Go Against Israel’
Did actress Scarlett Johansson once say, "I am a Jew, and no amount of money in the world will tempt me to go against Israel?" No, that's not true: There is no record of Johansson ever having made this remark. A search on Google News show
FactCheck.org→ Rubio Spreads Debunked 2020 Election Fraud Claims
In a May 19 interview on NBC News’ “Meet the Press,” Sen. Marco Rubio made misleading and unsubstantiated claims about election fraud in states lost by then-President Donald Trump in 2020: Rubio said “liberal groups” in Georg
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Measles Vaccine Is NOT Known To Have Killed ’63 Times More People’ Than Measles Did In US 2003-18
Is measles vaccination proven to have caused "63 times more" deaths than measles in the United States between 2003 and 2018? No, that's not true: Lead Stories found zero credible sources confirming that. The claim that has been circulatin
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: UK Did NOT Debate Removing The Holocaust From School Curriculums ‘This Week’ In May 2024
Was there a debate that took place in the UK in May 2024 about removing the Holocaust from school curricula? No, that's not true: A social media post making the claim in May 2024 began circulating in 2019. Years earlier, a 2007 report cir
Full Fact→ There were treatment waits longer than 18 weeks in 2010
The number of cases waiting more than 18 weeks for NHS England treatment has soared in the last 14 years, but it wasn’t zero when the Conservatives took office.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Kelly Clarkson, Jimmy Fallon Did NOT Promote Weight Loss Gummies In 2024 Interview
Did singer Kelly Clarkson and "Tonight Show" host Jimmy Fallon promote weight-loss gummies in a 2024 televised interview, as a Facebook post claims? No, that's not true: Clarkson's publicist denied to Lead Stories that she has any connect
The Dispatch→ Biden Signs Law Banning Russian Uranium Imports
The nuclear fuel ban comes as Republicans and Democrats are zeroing in on atomic energy.
The Dispatch→ Biden Signs Law Banning Russian Uranium Imports
The nuclear fuel ban comes as Republicans and Democrats are zeroing in on atomic energy.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Image Of ‘Dr. Sebi’s Cousin’ In Court For ‘Revealing … Health Secrets’ Is Likely AI Creation
Does a photograph show "Dr. Sebi's cousin" on trial, purportedly for "revealing... GATEKEPT health secrets," as a post on Facebook suggested? No, that's not true: Multiple AI detection tools found evidence that the image of the man in an
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Robert De Niro Yelling At Anti-Israel Protesters — He Was Rehearsing For An Upcoming Netflix Series
Does a video show actor Robert De Niro yelling at anti-Israel protestors? No, that's not true: A spokesperson at Netflix told Lead Stories that this video was taken during the rehearsal of an upcoming series. Lead Stories found photograph
Health Feedback→ Evidence shows Tdap booster in pregnant women reduces the risk of whooping cough in infants
REVIEW Whooping cough, also known as pertussis, is a highly contagious respiratory disease caused by the bacteria Bordetella pertussis. When an infected person coughs or sneezes, droplets of the bacteria spread through the air, allowing the disease
The Dispatch→ On the Mother of All Questions
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Health Feedback→ Virologist Geert Vanden Bossche makes unsupported prediction that mass COVID-19 vaccination will cause an immune “collapse”
REVIEW On 31 March 2024, journalist James Howard Kunstler published a podcast interview with virologist Geert Vanden Bossche. In the interview, Vanden Bossche referred to COVID-19 vaccines as “a large-scale experiment of gain-of-function” and pr
Truth or Fiction?→ Apple Watch Ultra Review
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Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Photo Of Baby Surrounded By Debris Does NOT Portray Damage Caused By Foreign Mercenaries In Ukraine — Scene Was Staged In 2015
Does a photo of a toddler walking past the debris of burned village homes portray the damage caused by foreign mercenaries in Ukraine? No, that's not true: The image is a screenshot of a 2015 staged music video. In 2024, the picture was r
Health Feedback→ Mamavation report doesn’t provide sufficient evidence for the claim that Band-Aids contain “cancer-causing forever chemicals”
REVIEW Claims that Band-Aids cause cancer or that Band-Aids contain cancer-causing chemicals began spreading on social media in early April 2024. Examples can be seen in these TikTok videos, one of which received more than 448,000 views to date. An
Health Feedback→ Febrile seizures after COVID-19 vaccination are rare and aren’t linked to long-term health problems, contrary to implication in Gateway Pundit article
REVIEW Monitoring the safety of vaccines once they are rolled out to the general population is an essential part of the vaccine development process. Doing this allows scientists to continually evaluate that a vaccine’s safety profile matches the r
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: WTC Developer Larry Silverstein Did NOT Get ‘$1 Trillion’ Insurance Payout From Baltimore Bridge
Did World Trade Center developer Larry Silverstein get a "$1 trillion" insurance payout resulting from the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse in Baltimore? No, that's not true: The claim cited an amount of money no individual in the world
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Long-Distance Photos Do NOT Disprove Earth’s Curvature
Do long-distance photos, showing things up to hundreds of miles away, provide evidence that the Earth is not curved? No, that's not true: Photos of faraway objects might appear flat because of Earth's large size, not because Earth itself
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Putin Did NOT Discuss Black Jesus In Major Speech — Both Sound And Contents Of The Address Were AI-Generated
Did Vladimir Putin proclaim that Russia will embrace "the guidance of Black Jesus"? No, that's not true: A video claiming to be an authentic fragment of a Sky News live broadcast of an address by Putin was digitally doctored. The original
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Anheuser Busch Will NOT Discontinue, Rebrand Bud Light, Did NOT Say ‘We Can’t Save It’
Did Anheuser Busch announce the company would discontinue and rebrand Bud Light, saying, "We Can't Save It"? No, that's not true: The website that published the article is a satire site, with a disclaimer noting that they are part of a ne
Truth or Fiction?→ Kate Middleton Photo Controversy
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Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Former CNN Correspondent Barbara Starr Is NOT A Mass Shooting Crisis Actor
Is former CNN Pentagon correspondent Barbara Starr a mass shooting crisis actor? No, that's not true: The images used in the social media post purporting to show Starr at shootings and bombings in the United States are not photos of Starr
Truth or Fiction?→ Exploring Orange Hydrogen
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Truth or Fiction?→ Top False Claims Surrounding Trump
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FactCheck.org→ Explaining the New CDC Guidance on What To Do if You Have COVID-19
Q: Is one day isolation sufficient to stop forward transmission of COVID-19? A: People with COVID-19 could potentially transmit it to others well beyond a day after developing symptoms or testing positive. New guidance from the CDC advises pe
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO Evidence ‘Budweiser Brands’ Were Not Invited To Great American Beer Festival For First Time Since 1982
Did "Budweiser brands" not get invited to The Great American Beer Festival for the first time since 1982? No, that's not true: A representative from The Great American Beer Festival told Lead Stories that this claim was "incorrect." There
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Photo Does NOT Show Daughter Of Dr. Sebi On Trial For ‘Spreading Health Secrets’
Does a photograph show a daughter of "Dr. Sebi" on trial, purportedly for "revealing TOP SECRET health hacks," as claimed in a Facebook post? No, that's not true: The image of a woman in an orange prison outfit is not a real photograph. O
FactCheck.org→ FactChecking Biden’s State of the Union
Para leer en español, vea esta traducción de Google Translate. Summary In his final State of the Union address prior to the November general election, President Joe Biden focused on Ukraine, the Israel-Hamas war, the economy, reproductive righ
FactCheck.org→ Hunter Biden’s Testimony in Context
Para leer en español, vea esta traducción de Google Translate. During a lengthy interview with House investigators on Feb. 28, Hunter Biden repeatedly insisted that his father was never involved in any of his businesses. A transcript of the i
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Joe Rogan Did NOT Say A US Navy Ship Was Attacked By A Megalodon
Did Joe Rogan, in an episode of his podcast, say that a U.S. Navy ship was attacked by a megalodon? No, that's not true: Narration that sounds like Rogan telling a tale of a Navy ship being ambushed by an ancient, giant shark is covered b
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Dr. Oz Being Attacked For Promoting Diabetes Cure — Footage Is Of Ukrainian Journalist Brawling With Pro-Russian Politician
Does a video show Dr. Oz being attacked on TV for promoting a supposed three-day diabetes cure? No, that's not true: The footage that purports to be of Dr. Mehmet Oz being beaten up on a TV set stage was a live broadcast of a Ukrainian jo
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: ‘White Hats’ Did NOT Foil Supposed Plot to ‘Assassinate President Trump’ — Story Is From Site That Produces Fiction
Did "White Hats" foil a supposed plan to "assassinate President Trump"? No, that's not true: Searching the locations mentioned in the article for press releases and an online news index search of keywords relating to this claim did not yi
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Photo Does NOT Show Son Of Dr. Sebi On Trial — It’s An AI-Generated Illustration
Does a photograph show the son of Dr. Sebi on trial, purportedly for "spreading health secrets?" No, that's not true: The image of a man in an orange prison outfit is not a real photograph of the "son" of Dr. Sebi, whose real name was Alf
FactCheck.org→ CDC, Experts Say Fluoridated Water Is Safe, Contrary to RFK Jr.’s Warnings
The mineral fluoride, at the right dose, has been shown to reduce the risk of tooth decay. Based on studies demonstrating this in children drinking naturally fluoride-containing water, individual cities in the U.S. began to add fluoride
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Maldives Did NOT Announce Bankruptcy At IMF As Of February 18, 2024
Did the Maldives announce its bankruptcy at the International Monetary Fund as of February 18, 2024? No, that's not true: A publicly available report issued by the International Monetary Fund on February 6, 2024, said the South Asian coun
FactCheck.org→ Experts Say Proposed Vehicle Emissions and Fuel Rules Not an EPA ‘Ban’ on Gas-Powered Cars
Pending regulations under review by the Biden administration could greatly increase the number of electric vehicles sold in the U.S. But if implemented, the proposals to reduce tailpipe emissions and raise the fuel efficiency standards of cars and tru
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Immigrants In Canada ‘Forced To Live’ Near Active Train Tracks
Does a video on social media show immigrants in Canada "forced" to live near busy train tracks in Toronto? No, that's not true: This video was shot in Lagos, the capital of Nigeria, and gained traction online during February 2024. A Niger
FactCheck.org→ Republicans Distort Facts on Special Counsel Decision Not to Charge Biden
Para leer en español, vea esta traducción de Google Translate. At their weekly news conference, several Republican House leaders wrongly claimed the special counsel report into Joe Biden’s handling of classified documents found the presid