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  • Fact Check: UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak Did NOT Perform Hindu Ceremony Outside 10 Downing Street Before Assuming Office

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    Does a social-media video of Rishi Sunak lighting candles on a doorstep show the United Kingdom's new prime minister performing a Hindu ceremony before assuming office? No, that's not true: This video dates from November 12, 2020, and can be viewed here on Getty Images. The video shows Sunak, then chancellor of the exchequer, lighting candles ahead of the Hindu…

    • Nov 7, 2022
    • by: Courtney Kealy
    Fact Check: UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak Did NOT Perform Hindu Ceremony Outside 10 Downing Street Before Assuming Office Old Footage
  • Fact Check: Clementine Churchill Did NOT Say Her Road-Cleaner Ex Would Have Been Prime Minister If She Had Married Him

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    Did Clementine Churchill, wife of former British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, tell him that if she had married a road cleaner that man would have become the prime minister? No, that's not true: There is no evidence that she said that. A historian who specializes in the Churchills wrote that the quote was manufactured. A Google search of keywords resulted…

    • Apr 6, 2022
    • by: Marlo Lee
    Fact Check: Clementine Churchill Did NOT Say Her Road-Cleaner Ex Would Have Been Prime Minister If She Had Married Him Fake Quote
  • Fact Check: Biden Does NOT Have A Body Double That Blew Cover During Meeting With Boris Johnson

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    Did a body double for President Joe Biden blow his cover during a meeting with British Prime Minister Boris Johnson? No, that's not true: The president does not have a body double. The story was made up by a website known for their wildly farcical stories regarding political figures, which Lead Stories has debunked multiple times. A message on the…

    • Sep 24, 2021
    • by: Alexis Tereszcuk
    Fact Check: Biden Does NOT Have A Body Double That Blew Cover During Meeting With Boris Johnson Real POTUS
  • Fact Check: Coronavirus Victims ARE Being Reported By The News Media

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    Is it true that names of people who have died from the novel coronavirus have not been published by news media or posted on the internet? No, that's not true: News organizations have repeatedly reported on the victims -- often giving life stories of those lost to the pandemic. The claim has been spreading on Facebook, including in this post…

    • Mar 27, 2020
    • by: Wayne Drash
    Fact Check: Coronavirus Victims ARE Being Reported By The News Media False!
  • Fake News: President Trump Told The Press About Jeffrey Epstein: 'Check The Plane Manifests To His Island.' They Actually Did

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    Did the news media ignore Jeffrey Epstein's flight manifests, including those concerning Bill Clinton, even after President Donald Trump told them to look? No, that's not true: Reporters wrote stories about former President Bill Clinton's travel on Epstein's plane more than four years before President Trump suggested it. The documents showed Clinton flying on Epstein's jet at least 26 times,…

    • Oct 22, 2019
    • by: Alan Duke
    Fake News: President Trump Told The Press About Jeffrey Epstein: 'Check The Plane Manifests To His Island.' They Actually Did
  • Fake News: NO International Politicians Lost Two Daughters to Texas Walmart Shooting in El Paso

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    Did British Prime Minister Boris Johnson or President Maithripala Sirisena of Sri Lanka (or any other well known figure) lose two daughters in the recent shooting an El Paso Walmart? No, that's not true: quasi-identical stories to that effect have been put out by a website that is known for publishing the same death hoaxes and false stories over and…

    • Aug 6, 2019
    • by: Maarten Schenk
    Fake News: NO International Politicians Lost Two Daughters to Texas Walmart Shooting in El Paso
  • Fake News: Rock Icon Mick Jagger NOT Dead, Did NOT Leave Billions For Border Wall

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    Did Rolling Stones singer Mick Jagger die and did he leave billions of dollars for building a border wall between the U.S. and Mexico? No, that's not true: the story was made up by a satirical website that publishes ironic death hoaxes about various celebrities that all supposedly support president Trump (even most of them don't, in real life). This…

    • Feb 6, 2019
    • by: Maarten Schenk
    Fake News: Rock Icon Mick Jagger NOT Dead, Did NOT Leave Billions For Border Wall
  • Fake News: Royal Wedding NOT Cancelled, Meghan Markle NOT Deported

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    Was the royal wedding between Prince Harry and Meghan Markle cancelled because the bride was deported by accident after her landing card got lost? No, that's not true: the story was made up by a satirical news website making fun of the recent "Windrush" scandal in the U.K. that cast uncertainty over the immigration status of about 57.000 people. The…

    • May 17, 2018
    • by: Maarten Schenk
    Fake News: Royal Wedding NOT Cancelled, Meghan Markle NOT Deported
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