Lead Stories
US icon US UK icon UK EU icon Europe & EU Democrats icon Blue Feed Republicans icon Red Feed Deepfakes icon Deep fakes Breaking icon Breaking News

&Quot;Concerned Citizen&Quot; And &Quot;X&Quot; And &Quot;Twitter&Quot;

  • Fact Check: Video Of 'Woman Who Identifies As A Dog' Being Attacked By Dog Is FAKE

    Fact Check

    Is a video that shows a "woman who identifies as a dog" being attacked by a dog real? No, that's not true: An online AI video detection tool determined that the clip is 97.3 percent likely to be AI generated. There are several telltale signs of AI in the video. The claim appeared in a March 17, 2026, video posted…

    • Mar 17, 2026
    • by: Alexis Tereszcuk
    Fact Check: Video Of 'Woman Who Identifies As A Dog' Being Attacked By Dog Is FAKE AI Video
  • Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Weapon Fired At NJ Drone -- FAKE Gunfire Added To Original Clip

    Fact Check

    Does an authentic video show a weapon being fired at a drone in New Jersey in mid-December 2024? No, that's not true: The earliest version of the video shared on social media doesn't include gunfire or video effects. Robert Earl White, who originally published the clip, clarified in a follow-up post: "Yes, the gunfire is fake in this video ..."…

    • Dec 20, 2024
    • by: Ed Payne
    Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Weapon Fired At NJ Drone -- FAKE Gunfire Added To Original Clip EFX Added
  • Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show UK Police Chasing One Of '100 Far-Right' Protesters In 2024

    Fact Check

    Does a social media video show police apprehending a elderly man on a scooter who was involved in a "far-right" riot in the United Kingdom in 2024? No, that's not true: At least two media organizations have reported that this video shows a police incident in Amsterdam in 2022. This video footage does not show a participant in one of…

    • Aug 9, 2024
    • by: Kaiyah Clarke
    Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show UK Police Chasing One Of '100 Far-Right' Protesters In 2024 Amsterdam 2022
  • Fact Check: NY Post Did NOT Report Congress Will Vote On Bill Criminalizing Skepticism About 9/11

    Fact Check

    Is there a New York Post headline and article that claims Congress will vote on a bill that would make it a crime to question the events surrounding the September 11, 2001, attacks? No, that's not true: Such a headline and article never appeared in the New York Post. Additionally, there's no evidence that Congress is prepared to vote on…

    • May 2, 2024
    • by: Ed Payne
    Fact Check: NY Post Did NOT Report Congress Will Vote On Bill Criminalizing Skepticism About 9/11 Fake Headline
  • Fact Check: 60,000 Scientists Do NOT Call For End To Mass Vaccination

    Fact Check

    Did 60,000 scientists call for an end to mass vaccination? No, that's not true: In an October 2020 document called "The Great Barrington Declaration," three health experts from Harvard, Stanford and Oxford described their plan as "Focused Protection." It urged "those who are at minimal risk of death to live their lives normally to build up immunity to the virus…

    • Dec 10, 2021
    • by: Ed Payne
    Fact Check: 60,000 Scientists Do NOT Call For End To Mass Vaccination Anti-lockdown
  • UPDATED Fake News: NO Report: 'Camera Malfunction' In Epstein's Prison Cell Prevented Recording Of His Alleged Suicide

    Fact Check

    Is there a report that a "camera malfunction" in Jeffrey Epstein's prison cell prevented recording of his alleged suicide? No, that is not true: There were no media reports that a camera monitoring inside Epstein's cell malfunctioned in the hours before the accused sex traffickers death on Saturday August 10, 2019. There were tweets from a political marketing executive. These…

    • Aug 10, 2019
    • by: Alan Duke
    UPDATED Fake News: NO Report: 'Camera Malfunction' In Epstein's Prison Cell Prevented Recording Of His Alleged Suicide
1

About Us

EFCSN International Fact-Checking Organization

Lead Stories is a fact checking website that is always looking for the latest false, misleading, deceptive or inaccurate stories, videos or images going viral on the internet.
Spotted something? Let us know!.

Lead Stories is a:

  • Verified signatory of the IFCN Code of Principles
  • Verified EFCSN member

Follow us on social media

Subscribe to our newsletter

* indicates required

Please select all the ways you would like to hear from Lead Stories LLC:

You can unsubscribe at any time by clicking the link in the footer of our emails. For information about our privacy practices, please visit our website.

We use Mailchimp as our marketing platform. By clicking below to subscribe, you acknowledge that your information will be transferred to Mailchimp for processing. Learn more about Mailchimp's privacy practices here.

Most Read

  • Fact Check: Made-Up Story About Eleanor Whitmore 'Given to the Strongest Slave' Josiah Freeman in 1856 Virginia Is Clickbait Made-Up Tale

    Fact Check: Made-Up Story About Eleanor Whitmore 'Given to the Strongest Slave' Josiah Freeman in 1856 Virginia Is Clickbait

    Fact Check

    • Apr 22, 2026
    • by: Sarah Thompson
  • Fact Check: Jimmy Kimmel Did NOT Make 'Expectant Widow' Joke About Melania Trump After WHCD Attempted Shooting Before Event

    Fact Check: Jimmy Kimmel Did NOT Make 'Expectant Widow' Joke About Melania Trump After WHCD Attempted Shooting

    Fact Check

    • Apr 27, 2026
    • by: Alexis Tereszcuk
  • Fact Check: Pete Hegseth Did NOT Falsely Present Quote From 'Pulp Fiction' As Real Bible Verse Credit Given

    Fact Check: Pete Hegseth Did NOT Falsely Present Quote From 'Pulp Fiction' As Real Bible Verse

    Fact Check

    • Apr 16, 2026
    • by: Ed Payne
  • Fact Check: Fake Passport Image For 'Priyanka Rao' Mentions 'Cole Thomas Allen' As Her Nationality -- Misspells 'Tomas' Too Fake Passport

    Fact Check: Fake Passport Image For 'Priyanka Rao' Mentions 'Cole Thomas Allen' As Her Nationality -- Misspells 'Tomas' Too

    Fact Check

    • Apr 26, 2026
    • by: Maarten Schenk
  • Fact Check: German Ministry Of Health Website Does NOT Tell Immigrant Men Most German Men Will Be Happy To Have Gay Sex With Immigrants Fakery

    Fact Check: German Ministry Of Health Website Does NOT Tell Immigrant Men Most German Men Will Be Happy To Have Gay Sex With Immigrants

    Fact Check

    • May 30, 2025
    • by: Dean Miller
  • Fact Check: EDITED Video Of Trump Falling Asleep On Resolute Desk Is NOT Real --  Neither Are Images Taken From It Altered Video

    Fact Check: EDITED Video Of Trump Falling Asleep On Resolute Desk Is NOT Real -- Neither Are Images Taken From It

    Fact Check

    • Apr 24, 2026
    • by: Uliana Malashenko
  • Fact Check: Viral Clip Is NOT Real Raw Security Footage Of White House Correspondents' Dinner Suspected Shooter AI-Enhanced

    Fact Check: Viral Clip Is NOT Real Raw Security Footage Of White House Correspondents' Dinner Suspected Shooter

    Fact Check

    • Apr 27, 2026
    • by: Uliana Malashenko

Most Recent

  • Fact Check: Posts Saying White House Correspondents' Dinner Shooting Suspect Cole Allen Was A Driver For Dozens Of Celebrities Are Not Real -- AI Spam From Vietnam Viet Spam

    Fact Check: Posts Saying White House Correspondents' Dinner Shooting Suspect Cole Allen Was A Driver For Dozens Of Celebrities Are Not Real -- AI Spam From Vietnam

    Fact Check

    • Apr 27, 2026
    • by: Alan Duke
  • Fact Check: Press Did NOT Swipe Wine After Shooting At White House Correspondents' Association Dinner Paid For

    Fact Check: Press Did NOT Swipe Wine After Shooting At White House Correspondents' Association Dinner

    Fact Check

    • Apr 27, 2026
    • by: Ed Payne
  • Fact Check: White House Correspondents' Dinner Shooting Suspect Cole Allen Was NOT A Former Production Crew Member On Films Or Tours -- AI Spam From Vietnam Viet Spam

    Fact Check: White House Correspondents' Dinner Shooting Suspect Cole Allen Was NOT A Former Production Crew Member On Films Or Tours -- AI Spam From Vietnam

    Fact Check

    • Apr 27, 2026
    • by: Alan Duke
  • Fact Check: Video Does NOT Discuss Real-Life Media Scandal Involving Supposed BBC Host 'James Whitmore' Mocking His Filipino Guest AI Made It Up

    Fact Check: Video Does NOT Discuss Real-Life Media Scandal Involving Supposed BBC Host 'James Whitmore' Mocking His Filipino Guest

    Fact Check

    • Apr 27, 2026
    • by: Uliana Malashenko
  • Fact Check: Trump Did NOT Post About The White House Correspondents' Dinner Shooting 2 Hours Before It Took Place Diff Time Zone

    Fact Check: Trump Did NOT Post About The White House Correspondents' Dinner Shooting 2 Hours Before It Took Place

    Fact Check

    • Apr 27, 2026
    • by: Ed Payne
  • Fact Check: Jimmy Kimmel Did NOT Make 'Expectant Widow' Joke About Melania Trump After WHCD Attempted Shooting Before Event

    Fact Check: Jimmy Kimmel Did NOT Make 'Expectant Widow' Joke About Melania Trump After WHCD Attempted Shooting

    Fact Check

    • Apr 27, 2026
    • by: Alexis Tereszcuk
  • Fact Check: Usha Vance Did NOT Attend 2017 Event With White House Correspondents' Dinner Suspect Cole Tomas Allen Another Woman

    Fact Check: Usha Vance Did NOT Attend 2017 Event With White House Correspondents' Dinner Suspect Cole Tomas Allen

    Fact Check

    • Apr 27, 2026
    • by: Ed Payne

Share your opinion

Share Tweet
Home About IFCN Code of Principles How we work Satire Policy Privacy Policy Corrections Policy Corrections Archive Contact
Български English Espanol Magyar Română Русский Slovensky Українська

Lead Stories is a fact checking website that is always looking for the latest false, misleading, deceptive or inaccurate stories, videos or images going viral on the internet.
Spotted something? Let us know!.

Lead Stories is a:

  • Verified signatory of the IFCN Code of Principles
  • Verified EFCSN member
IFCN logo EFCSN logo
© 2015-2024 Lead Stories LLC - All rights reserved.

Lead Stories

  • Home
  • Fact Check
  • US icon US
  • UK icon UK
  • EU icon Europe & EU
  • Ireland icon Ireland
  • Canada icon Canada
  • War icon War 🇷🇺 & 🇺🇦
  • Coronavirus icon Corona Virus
  • Democrats icon Blue Feed
  • Republicans icon Red Feed
  • Deepfakes icon Deep fakes
  • Breaking icon Breaking News
  • Elections icon Elections 2024
  • Business
  • Current Events
  • Entertainment
  • Health
  • International
  • Politics
  • Science
  • Sports
  • Society
  • Technology
  • Corrections
  • Analysis
  • Explainer
  • Satire