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  • Fact Check: Photo Of Arm With 'IV' Was NOT Released By DHS As Evidence Of ICE Agent Jonathan Ross Internal Bleeding -- Old Joke Photo

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    Did the U.S. Department of Homeland Security release an image of Jonathan Ross's arm with an IV tube as evidence that the ICE agent suffered internal bleeding from Renee Good's car? No, that's not true: The photo was taken by a college student in 2016 and used in an attempt to convince his professor that he was hospitalized and should…

    • Jan 15, 2026
    • by: Alan Duke
    Fact Check: Photo Of Arm With 'IV' Was NOT Released By DHS As Evidence Of ICE Agent Jonathan Ross Internal Bleeding -- Old Joke Photo Satire
  • Fact Check: American Airlines Did NOT Announce An Immediate Shutdown -- An Alaskan Charter Service Did

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    Did American Airlines announce on November 4, 2025 that it would immediately shutdown and cancel flights after 66 years of service? No, that's not true: A news headline reading "American airline abruptly confirms immediate total shutdown" was referring to Kenai Aviation, an Alaskan charter service. American Airlines did announce on November 6, 2025, that it would reduce its "flight schedules…

    • Nov 6, 2025
    • by: Alan Duke
    Fact Check: American Airlines Did NOT Announce An Immediate Shutdown -- An Alaskan Charter Service Did Not THE AA
  • Fact Check: F-15 And Su-27 2019 Baltic Sea Footage Presented As Interception Over Ukraine -- Predates Russia-Ukraine War

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    Does a viral video really show a Russian Su-27 jet intercepting a NATO F-15 trying to get closer to a Tu22m3 bomber over Ukraine? No, that's not true: The footage which was widely copied to other social networks carried the watermark of a TikTok channel that publishes aviation videos. The caption under that video claimed it was created in the…

    • Sep 3, 2025
    • by: Maarten Schenk
    Fact Check: F-15 And Su-27 2019 Baltic Sea Footage Presented As Interception Over Ukraine -- Predates Russia-Ukraine War 2019 Baltic
  • Fact Check: NO Melania Trump Vanity Fair Edition Announced -- Magazine's Archive Doesn't Contain Viral Cover

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    Does a viral image show a real Vanity Fair cover for a "special collector's edition" issue featuring Melania Trump and the headline "The American Queen"? No, that's not true: No such cover appears among the archived covers of the magazine and there have been no recent announcements about any such upcoming issue. According to media reports the idea of a…

    • Aug 29, 2025
    • by: Maarten Schenk
    Fact Check: NO Melania Trump Vanity Fair Edition Announced -- Magazine's Archive Doesn't Contain Viral Cover No Such Issue
  • Fact Check: Photo Does NOT Show 'California's First Lady' Jennifer Siebel Newsom Shopping During June 2025 Protests

    Fact Check

    Did a photograph shared widely in June 2025 show California's first partner Jennifer Siebel Newsom shopping in Beverly Hills during anti-ICE protests and unrest in Los Angeles? No, that's not true: The photograph was actually taken in January 2025. After initially claiming the picture showed Siebel Newsom shopping on June 8, the Daily Mail updated its story and issued a…

    • Jun 11, 2025
    • by: Lead Stories Staff
    Fact Check: Photo Does NOT Show 'California's First Lady' Jennifer Siebel Newsom Shopping During June 2025 Protests Old Picture
  • Fact Check: Photo Does NOT Show Bill And Hillary Clinton Fleeing U.S. Before Epstein Document Release

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    Does a photo show Bill and Hillary Clinton fleeing the country just before documents from the Jeffrey Epstein case were expected to be released in late February 2025? No, that's not true: The photo circulating on social media is a still frame from a video filmed on July 8, 2018. The video was published in a Daily Mail article the…

    • Feb 27, 2025
    • by: Sarah Thompson
    Fact Check: Photo Does NOT Show Bill And Hillary Clinton Fleeing U.S. Before Epstein Document Release 2018 Photo
  • Fact Check: January 2025 Study Did NOT Conclude Ozempic Causes Blindness

    Fact Check

    Did a study published in January 2025 definitively establish a link between Ozempic and blindness, as was implied in a post on X? No, that's not true: The study was a small observational analysis of just nine patients that did not establish that the weight-loss drug caused blindness but instead found an association between the two. In other words, it…

    • Feb 11, 2025
    • by: Madison Dapcevich
    Fact Check: January 2025 Study Did NOT Conclude Ozempic Causes Blindness Not Causation
  • Fact Check: Elon Musk Did NOT Spend $40 Million On Super Bowl Ads

    Fact Check

    Did Elon Musk spend $40 million on Super Bowl ads that listed all the corruption the Department of Government Efficiency has found so far? No, that's not true: There was no credible evidence supporting the assertion that Musk bought five 30-second ads for the February 9, 2025, Super Bowl about the "corruptions DOGE has found so far." No ads aired…

    • Feb 11, 2025
    • by: Alexis Tereszcuk
    Fact Check: Elon Musk Did NOT Spend $40 Million On Super Bowl Ads No Sale
  • Fact Check: Melania Trump Did NOT Win A $900M Defamation Lawsuit Against 'The View'

    Fact Check

    Did Melania Trump win a $900 million defamation lawsuit against the TV show "The View"? No, that's not true: A spokesperson for "The View" told Lead Stories the story was false. No news websites indexed by Google News reported anything about such a lawsuit and there was no trace of it in court dockets in New York and Palm Beach.…

    • Feb 3, 2025
    • by: Alexis Tereszcuk
    Fact Check: Melania Trump Did NOT Win A $900M Defamation Lawsuit Against 'The View' Show Denies
  • Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Barron Trump 'Whispering Something To Biden' At Donald Trump's Inauguration

    Fact Check

    Does a viral clip authentically show Donald Trump's son Barron "whispering something to Biden" during his father's second inauguration on January 20, 2025? No, that's not true: The cropped video misled viewers about the scene's content. The footage of the same scene shot from a different angle showed that at that particular moment Trump's son spoke to outgoing Vice President…

    • Jan 21, 2025
    • by: Uliana Malashenko
    Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Barron Trump 'Whispering Something To Biden' At Donald Trump's Inauguration No Whispering
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