Were posts on Facebook about an "approximately 3 year old" toddler an authentic try to find the boy's parents? No, that's not true: Those posts were a version of an already debunked bait-and-switch scheme involving scam real-estate ads. T
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Lead Stories→ Fact Check: FAKE Video Shows F-16s Causing ‘Monstrous Detonation On Putin’s Cruise Ship Full Of Korean Shells’
Did an authentic video on Facebook show F-16 fighter jets striking Russian President Vladimir Putin's cruise ship while it was carrying Korean shells? No, that's not true: The clip was published by an account self-described as that of a g
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Parody Account Faked Recording Of Trump Call To Fox, Describing Soldiers As ‘Dumb,’ Service ‘Stupid’
Was Donald Trump caught on tape during a Fox News commercial break, saying that someone who is called into war is a "dumbfuck redneck" and that volunteering for military service is "stupid"? No, that's not true: This recording is fake --
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Fake Social Media Posts NOT Concerned Over Urn Marked ‘Zachary Levi Bowers’ In Various Places — It’s Real Estate Scam
Did authentic social media posts offer genuine concern over the discovery of an urn marked "Zachary Levi Bowers" in various places? No, that's not true: This is a common bait-and-switch scam in which social media users post heart-tugging
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Lowe’s CEO Marvin Ellison Did NOT Say Conservatives ‘Should Take Their Money To Home Depot’
Did Lowe's CEO Marvin Ellison tell conservatives who "do not like our values" that they "should take their money to Home Depot"? No, that's not true: The company said the quote is false. Ellison's words from an interview with CNBC were di
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: FAKE Photo Has Biden, Harris Supporters Holding ‘Give Up Your Guns’ And ‘Abolish The 2A’ Signs
Does an authentic photo show supporters of Joe Biden and Kamala Harris holding signs that read "Give up your guns" and "Abolish the 2A," as a post on X says? No, that's not true: This photo was digitally altered to change the message on t
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Altered Photo Shows Secret Service Agents Without Earpieces During Trump Shooting In July 2024
Does an authentic photo show Secret Service agents without earpieces during their response to the shooting at a Donald Trump rally on July 13, 2024, in Butler, Pennsylvania? No, that's not true: The earpieces can be seen in the original p
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Barack Obama In A Cell At GITMO — Clip Is From 2013 When Obama Visited Mandela’s Jail Cell
Does a video on social media show former President Barack Obama in a GITMO jail cell after being arrested in 2019? No, that's not true: It's authentic video, but it was taken in 2013 when Obama visited the jail cell where former South Afr
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Tim Walz Did NOT Tweet About Ann Coulter’s Fiancés — It’s Fake Post
Did Tim Walz respond to conservative commentator Ann Coulter on X after she described his son's behavior at the Democratic National Convention as "weird"? No, that's not true: A screenshot of this supposed response shows signs of digital
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Musk, Trump Have NOT Teamed Up On Crypto Scheme — AI-Generated Scam Pitch
Did Elon Musk and Donald Trump team up to conduct a cryptocurrency scam that would violate election laws, as claimed in a post on X? No, that's not true: Footage from the 2024 Tesla shareholder's meeting, streamed live, was altered with a
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Kamala Harris Did NOT Snub Ashley Biden By Not Standing Up — Harris Remained Seated Following Custom For Standing Ovation
Did Kamala Harris snub Ashley Biden by "refusing to stand" during a round of applause after remarks delivered by President Joe Biden's daughter on the first night of the 2024 Democratic National Convention? No, that's not true: It's a typ
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: FAKE Photo Shows ‘Five Dancing Israelis’ On September 11, 2001, World Trade Center Attacks
Does an authentic photo show five men dancing while waving an Israeli flag as New York's World Trade Center towers burn in the background on September 11, 2001? No, that's not true: This photo was created using AI. Portions of the image a
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Images Of Woman In Short Skirts, Black Stockings Are NOT Real Photos Of Kamala Harris
Are two images of a scantly clad woman genuine old photos of Vice President Kamala Harris, suggesting she was a sex worker in the past? No, that's not true: Harris began her professional career working in California legal offices. Inconsi
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Fox News Did NOT Air MrBeast Casino Segment — Video Was Digitally Manipulated
Did Fox News broadcast a segment about online influencer MrBeast starting his own online casino "where everyone wins"? No, that's not true: The video contained signs of digital manipulation, and an AI-detection tool further confirmed that
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Photo Does NOT Genuinely Show Pope Francis Wearing Rainbow Scarf
Does a photograph shared to X in August 2024 genuinely show Pope Francis wearing a rainbow scarf? No, that's not true: One digital forensics website concluded that the photograph was "99.9% likely to contain AI-generated or deepfake conte
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Tim Walz Enforcing ‘2020 COVID Lockdowns By Having Police Shoot Civilians With Paintball Guns’ — It Was Response To George Floyd Protests
Did a viral video authentically document enforcing COVID-19 lockdowns in Minnesota in 2020 on orders of Gov. Tim Walz? No, that's not true: The video showing law enforcement using what appear to be paintball guns was taken when state auth
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Supposed Ad For ‘Actors Needed’ PREDATES Harris Presidential Campaign Rallies in 2024 By Several Years
Did a video shared to TikTok show a genuine ad for "Actors needed" to attend an Arizona rally for U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris in August 2024? No, that's not true: Versions of the supposed ad circulated online sinc
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Kamala Harris Campaign Did NOT Post AI-Generated Photo Of Crowds — It Came From Self-Described Parody Account
Did the Kamala Harris campaign produce an AI image of a fake rally crowd and then distribute that picture? No, that's not true: The image in question was first published on the internet by a self-described parody account not affiliated wi
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: FAKE Photo Shows Emmanuel Macron Kissing A Man
Is a photo showing French President Emmanuel Macron kissing a man authentic? No, that's not true: The photo in this post was digitally altered to change the original image and make it appear like Macron was intimate with another man. In p
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Public Records Do NOT Confirm Zelenskyy Bought Italian Villa From Sting For 75 Million Euros
Did a viral video show authentic property records proving that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and his wife bought an Italian villa from singer Sting for 75 million euros? No, that's not true: A screenshot of what looked like a do
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Clickbait Thumbnail Images Boost False YouTube Conspiracies About Trump Shooter
Did a Jewish family hire Thomas Matthew Crooks to shoot former President Donald Trump? Or was Crooks trained to shoot by the CEO of BlackRock Security or by a rabbi? Has footage been leaked showing Crooks and the BlackRock CEO together ca
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: WHO Did NOT Call For ‘Military To Roundup mRNA Vaccine Refusers During Bird Flu Pandemic’ In August 2024
Did the World Health Organization (WHO) call for military forces to "round up mRNA vaccine refusers during the bird flu pandemic," as an August 2024 article claimed? No, that's not true: In an emailed statement to Lead Stories, WHO said t
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: FAKE Image Of Hitler Used In Meme To Compare Trump With Hitler In Raised-Fist Composite
Does a meme comparing raised-fist images of Donald Trump and Adolf Hitler use a real photo of Hitler to make its point? No, that's not true: While the photo of Trump is authentic, an AI-detection tool shows the image of Hitler has been di
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Elon Musk Did NOT Post That X Users Would Be Punished For Calling Trump Supporters ‘Weird’
Did majority X owner Elon Musk share a public message on July 30, 2024, that users of the social-media platform would be punished for calling supporters of former President Donald Trump weird? No, that's not true: As of this publication,
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: FAKE Simpsons Scene Shows Woman Defeating Trump — Lisa Simpson Defeats ‘Kenny Hitler’ In Real Episode
Does a scene from an episode of "The Simpsons" show that Lisa Simpson would win an election against former President Donald Trump? No, that's not true: An image from an episode in which Trump did not appear was altered to substitute Trump
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Kamala Harris Did NOT Say ‘Olympians Are Olympic’
Did Vice President Kamala Harris say, "Today we celebrate the Olympics. Because Olympians are Olympic, & they are at the Olympics being Olympian, so it's more important now than ever to support their Olympianism"? No, that's not true:
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO Tornado Storms In Chicago On July 16, 2024 — VFX And SFX Editing On Video Compilation
Is a video authentically showing a "tornado storm" in Chicago on July 16, 2024? No, that's not true: The tornados in this video appear fake and a college animation professor told Lead Stories that "portions of the video montage have AI or
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: FAKE Image Of Biden With Blackened Eyeballs, Black Face Mask Used To Prop Up Baseless ‘Joe Biden Is Dead’ Rumor
Does an image of President Joe Biden with solid black eyeballs wearing a black protective face mask support a rumor that he died? No, that's not true: The image is fake, with several flaws typical of AI-generated images, and Biden is aliv
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: FAKE Video Shows Kamala Harris Saying ‘Today Is Today’ — Audio Is Manipulated
Does an authentic video show Vice President Kamala Harris saying "Today is today. And yesterday was today yesterday. Tomorrow will be today tomorrow. So live today so that future today will past today, as it is tomorrow"? No, that's not t
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Social Media Posts Do NOT Offer Genuine Concern Over Missing Teen — They Are Real Estate Scams
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Misty Lang Missing ONLY From Decatur, Alabama Since July 4, 2024 — NOT Other Locations
Did teenager Misty Lang go missing after leaving a friend's home in Ohio, Michigan, California, and numerous other locations? No, that's not true: Posts saying she vanished from anywhere other than Decatur, Alabama, are part of a bait-and
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: FAKE Photo Shows Mariah Carey Holding Up Cellphone Displaying Message ‘Palestine Does Not Exist’
Does an authentic photo show singer Mariah Carey holding a cellphone with a message that reads, "Palestine does not exist"? No, that's not true: The photo was digitally altered to change the original image on the phone, which displayed a
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: That’s NOT A Mystery Planet In FAA Weather Time Lapse Images — It’s Smear On Larsen Bay, Alaska, Camera Lens
Did a Federal Aviation Administration weather camera capture images of a mysterious planet in the southern sky over Larsen Bay, Alaska? No, that's not true: Images taken at the same time at other FAA weather camera stations on Kodiak Isla
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Posts Showing Same ‘Missing Woman’ In Various Cities Are Bait-And-Switch Scam
Did authentic social media posts offer genuine concern over a woman with dementia found in various locations? No, that's not true: Though the woman could not be identified, several posts claimed she was found in various cities across the
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Fake Invoice And Digitally Manipulated Video DON’T Prove Zelenskyy’s Wife Bought 4.5-Million-Euro Bugatti In France In June 2024
Did Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's wife, Olena Zelenska, buy a Bugatti sports car for almost 4.5 million euros in June 2024? No, that's not true: The invoice supposedly proving the claim contained multiple errors. Both Bugatti
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: CNN Did NOT Refer To Michelle Obama As Transgender Male After Presidential Debate
While discussing a flash poll after CNN's June 27, 2024, presidential debate, did CNN Political Director David Chalian use a name for former first lady Michelle Obama that implied she is a transgender male? No, that's not true: Chalian di
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Biden Did NOT Fall Asleep During Debate On June 27, 2024
Did President Joe Biden "literally" fall asleep during the first 2024 presidential debate with his opponent former President Donald Trump on June 27? No, that's not true: No candidate fell asleep, as a recording of the event confirms. A s
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: FAKE Audio Mimics Justin Trudeau’s Voice In Investment Scheme Video
Did an authentic video document Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau promoting a financial investment scheme in a video? No, that's not true: The video of Trudeau is altered to add audio of a Trudeau-like voice pitching a platform where
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Doctored Photo Falsely Puts Epstein, Biden Together
Does an image authentically show President Joe Biden and the late sex-crimes offender Jeffrey Epstein posing together? No, that's not true: Digital editing was used to fake the shot, putting the two men together in a photograph that was n
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Kid Rock Did NOT Call On Grammys To Ban Taylor Swift As She’s ‘Destroyed Real Music’ — It’s Satire
Did rock musician Kid Rock call on the Grammys to ban Taylor Swift because she's "destroyed real music," as a social-media post claimed? No, that's not true: This claim initially appeared in an article on a satirical website known for pub