Does a video on Facebook show actor Michael B. Jordan endorsing a "health spending card" promotion? No, that's not true: Jordan's public relations team confirmed to Lead Stories that this claim is false. Lead Stories previously has debunk
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Depict British Police Showing Peace Signs To Pro-Palestinian Protesters
Does a video show British police officers expressing support for a pro-Palestinian rally in London during the 2023 Hamas-Israel war? No, that's not true: London's Metropolitan Police told Lead Stories that the men in the footage were not
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NASA Satellite Did NOT Photograph Megalodon On Shark Week Show — Dramatized Scenes And Actors Playing Scientists
Did a documentary produced for the Discovery Channel's "Shark Week" provide "new evidence" from a NASA satellite photo that shows a living megalodon off the coast of Brazil? No, that's not true: The megalodon was a species of megatooth sh
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO Evidence Potato Poultices Heal Tissue Inflammation
Is a "potato poultice" a proven effective treatment for tissue inflammation? No, that's not true: Though potatoes contain certain antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties, Lead Stories found no evidence that externally applied potato
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Pickup Truck Saving Plane And Its Passengers — It’s An Old Nissan Commercial
Does a video on social media show a truck saving an airplane and passengers by catching the aircraft's crippled landing gear in its bed? No, that's not true: The clip is from a 2011 Nissan commercial for its Frontier pickup. The dramatic
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Photo Does NOT Show Swastika On Door Of Stabbed Jewish Woman In France In 2023 — It’s From The US In 2017
Does an image shared on social media document a 2023 attack on a French Jewish woman in her home during this year's escalation of Israeli-Palestinian tensions in the Middle East? No, that's not true: The photo predates the 2023 Hamas-Isra
PolitiFact→ Dispelling a common myth about fentanyl as election workers get letters with traces of the substance
The FBI is investigating letters sent to election offices in five states, including some that contained fentanyl. Although the threats to election workers are real, experts say that only touching fentanyl will not lead to overdose.
ABC News / AP Fact Check→ A short film from Lebanon is being misrepresented to accuse Palestinians of staging injuries
CLAIM: A video shows a makeup artist applying dirt and fake blood to a young girl on a stretcher, proving that people in Gaza are faking injuries in the latest Israel-Hamas war.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Australian Government Did NOT Announce Investment Opportunity — It’s Scam Video
Did the Australian TV network 9News report that the Australian Securities Exchange and Reserve Bank of Australia had announced a new financial platform that could enable investors to earn 30,000 Australian dollars each month? No, that's n
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – No evidence of a serial killer in Cincinnati, police say
“There is a serial killer in Cincinnati.” Seven bodies were found “chopped up.”
The Dispatch→ Party People
How to win with a very old, very unpopular president. Maybe?
The Dispatch→ House GOP Gives Mike Johnson (Some) Leeway in Averting a Shutdown
Plus: Are censures in the House too frequent?
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Joe Rogan Did NOT Claim That Scientists Captured A Wendigo And Tried To Keep It Secret
Did comedian-commentator Joe Rogan say on his podcast that scientists captured a Wendigo, a monster from Native American folklore, and tried to keep it a secret? No, that's not true: Rogan never mentioned the mythological creature on his
The Dispatch→ The Dangerous Radicalism of Longing
Missing what we’ve never had creates a powerful push for cheap substitutes.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Palestinians Staging Fake Injuries
Does a video of workers applying makeup and appearing to help a young girl on a stretcher show Palestinians staging fake injuries in the midst of the 2023 Hamas-Israel conflict? No, that's not true: The video depicts behind-the-scenes foo
PolitiFact→ TikTok posts – A stealth bomber recently spotted in New York is unrelated to Israel, contrary to online claims
A “B-2 stealth bomber seen over New York” means “Hezbollah may declare war on Israel.”
ABC News / AP Fact Check→ Mel Gibson did not post on social media about ‘the end’ of Israel
CLAIM: An image shows a social media post by actor Mel Gibson about “the end” of Israel and the country’s desire to “destroy everything” in its way.
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – Claim that New York fraud case is unrelated to Trump property is disputed by case itself
New York’s fraud case against Trump “has nothing to do with his home in Mar-a-Lago.”
ABC News / AP Fact Check→ A 13-year-old satirical blog post about Netanyahu’s ‘psychiatrist’ is being shared as real news
CLAIM: News reports say Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's psychiatrist died by suicide. AP’S ASSESSMENT: False. The claim comes from a 2010 satirical blog post.
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – Un video no muestra a maquilladores y actores fingiendo heridas en Gaza en 2023
Video muestra gente en Gaza en 2023 maquillándose heridas.
Full Fact→ No evidence clip of Sadiq Khan supposedly calling for ‘Remembrance weekend’ to be postponed is genuine
The Mayor’s office says the audio, which purports to be of a private conversation, is fake.
ABC News / AP Fact Check→ No, Ohio’s new abortion-rights measure doesn’t allow for ‘financial’ exemptions to restrictions
AP’S ASSESSMENT: False.
Full Fact→ A YouGov poll found 41% think London protest rules are ‘too relaxed’
Conservative MP Danny Kruger claimed on the Today programme the poll found by “two to one” the public believe police are “too soft” on pro-Palestinian protesters.
Full Fact→ Suella Bravermen did not use parliamentary expenses to pay her parents’ energy bills
The claims related to her London home and were within the rules governing such payments.
Full Fact→ Facebook has not banned the Lord’s Prayer
Meta has confirmed that posting the text of the Lord’s Prayer is not against the social network’s policies.
Full Fact→ CCTV footage of hospital explosion is from Syria in 2016, not Gaza
A video showing multiple clips of CCTV footage has been shared across social media platforms.
The Dispatch→ Is Tim Scott Running on Fumes?
After the debate in Miami, the South Carolina senator remains stuck behind.
Logically→ Picture of cricketer Glenn Maxwell touching Sachin Tendulkar’s feet has been digitally altered
AllSides→ News outlets deny Israeli claim that freelance journalists knew of Hamas attack
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-67375667 A number of news outlets have strongly rejected Isr
AllSides→ ‘Accomplices in Crimes Against Humanity’: Netanyahu Demands Answers from Media after Report on Journalists Embedding with Hamas
https://www.nationalreview.com/news/did-they-know-in-advance-israeli-opposition-leader-demands-answers-from-media-after-report-on-journalists-embedding-with-hamas/
AllSides→ News Agencies Deny Viral Report Claiming Journalists Knew Hamas Was Going to Attack
https://www.thedailybeast.com/news-agencies-deny-viral-report-claiming-journalists-knew-hamas-was-going-to-attack
The Dispatch→ Did an Iron Dome Missile Fail and Fall on Tel Aviv?
The claim is true, though no injuries were reported.
Health Feedback→ Peter McCullough misinterprets study on COVID-19 vaccination in pregnancy; the study shows that vaccines are safe for pregnant women
REVIEW COVID-19 can be dangerous to pregnant women. Indeed, scientific studies have shown that pregnant women who get COVID-19 are at higher risk of severe disease[1-3]. Furthermore, COVID-19 also increases the risk of negative pregnancy outcomes su
Logically→ No, this video doesn’t show Israeli crisis actors faking their parents’ death
Logically→ Footage of pro-Palestinian demonstration misrepresented as Palestinian casualties in Gaza
Logically→ Fake WhatsApp message claims Rahul Gandhi is giving out free mobile recharge for three months
PolitiFact→ Viral image – Altered video appears to show Canadian politician promoting an Elon Musk project, but it’s fake
Video shows Ontario Premier Doug Ford promoting Elon Musk’s “latest project.”
Logically→ That’s PM Narendra Modi’s lookalike dancing at a garba event
Logically→ Old video of Congress leader Kamal Nath edited to add fabricated audio
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – Al-Qaida terrorists were responsible for Sept. 11 attacks, not ‘Jews’ or Israel
“Jews did 9/11.”