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  • Fact Check: Photo Does NOT Show Pam Bondi With Donald Trump And Jeffrey Epstein -- It's A Belgian Model

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    Does a photo show Pam Bondi with Donald Trump and Jeffrey Epstein? No, that's not true: The image being widely shared across social platforms with the claim it shows the future Attorney General Bondi with Trump and Epstein is real, but the blonde woman is Belgian model Ingrid Seynhaeve, according to the photo agency that owns the photograph. The Getty…

    • Oct 23, 2025
    • by: Alan Duke
    Fact Check: Photo Does NOT Show Pam Bondi With Donald Trump And Jeffrey Epstein -- It's A Belgian Model Not Pam Bondi
  • Fact Check: Manure Incident In New York City Carriage Ride Video Is NOT Real -- AI-Generated Horse Pucky

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    Does a video show how a carriage ride in New York was ruined when the carriage horse blasted two ladies with several high-velocity streams of loose manure? No, that's not true: The video is not real. There are several AI flaws in the video. There are also practical errors in the way the horse is harnessed and the carriage is…

    • Oct 17, 2025
    • by: Sarah Thompson
    Fact Check: Manure Incident In New York City Carriage Ride Video Is NOT Real -- AI-Generated Horse Pucky AI Generated
  • Fact Check: Woman With Passport From Nonexistent Country 'Torenza' Did NOT Arrive At JFK

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    Did a woman arrive from Tokyo, Japan, at John F. Kennedy Airport in New York City with a passport of a nonexistent country named "Torenza", as viral videos and text posts claim? No, that's not true: The viral videos reused old footage. It came from a TV show about airline workers that aired on cable in the U.S. in the…

    • Oct 13, 2025
    • by: Uliana Malashenko
    Fact Check: Woman With Passport From Nonexistent Country 'Torenza' Did NOT Arrive At JFK Old Footage + AI
  • Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show One IDF Soldier Becoming A Muslim Pro-Palestine Activist -- The Unrelated Clips Show Different Women

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    Does a video depict a true story of an IDF soldier who converted to Islam and became an activist for Palestine? No, that's not true: The video uses clips showing several different women to illustrate a made-up story. The woman dancing in the first scene wearing an Israeli Army uniform is eyebrow artist Karin Edri. The woman pictured leading the…

    • Oct 3, 2025
    • by: Sarah Thompson
    Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show One IDF Soldier Becoming A Muslim Pro-Palestine Activist -- The Unrelated Clips Show Different Women Several Women
  • Fact Check: Luke Bryan And Other Celebrities Did NOT Issue Lifetime Bans To The Man "Celebrating" After Kirk Was Shot

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    Did a variety of musicians, athletes, and coaches issue a lifetime ban against a man who was filmed "celebrating" in the immediate aftermath of Charlie Kirk's shooting? No, that's not true on two counts: First, the articles about the lifetime bans are not true. They are copy/paste clickbait slop -- a formula to intermingle names of celebrities with Charlie Kirk's…

    • Sep 16, 2025
    • by: Sarah Thompson
    Fact Check: Luke Bryan And Other Celebrities Did NOT Issue Lifetime Bans To The Man "Celebrating" After Kirk Was Shot Clickbait Tale
  • Fact Check: Adam Sandler Did NOT Reveal Final Text Message From Charlie Kirk -- It's A Clickbait Formula Using Several Celebrity Names

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    Did Adam Sandler reveal "final text messages from Charlie Kirk" that said, "They're watching me. If I fall, don't let my voice die." No, that's not true: A post on social media promises the final text Charlie Kirk sent to Adam Sandler, but does not deliver. Instead of showing the message cited, the clickbait article contains a different text message…

    • Sep 15, 2025
    • by: Sarah Thompson
    Fact Check: Adam Sandler Did NOT Reveal Final Text Message From Charlie Kirk -- It's A Clickbait Formula Using Several Celebrity Names No Such Text
  • Fact Check: Paul McCartney Tribute To Charlie Kirk Did NOT Happen -- Bogus Story From Foreign Clickbait Site

    Fact Check

    Did Paul McCartney hold one minute of silence for Charlie Kirk and the victims of 9/11 during a concert at Madison Square Garden in New York? No, that's not true: The story was made up by a Facebook page and website managed by someone in Vietnam. No such concert was listed on the website of the venue and the story…

    • Sep 13, 2025
    • by: Maarten Schenk
    Fact Check: Paul McCartney Tribute To Charlie Kirk Did NOT Happen -- Bogus Story From Foreign Clickbait Site Didn't Happen
  • Fact Check: Story Promising Video Of Charlie Kirk's Father Collapsing In Grief Originated On Vietnamese Clickbait Site -- No Such Video, Story Used 2008 Obituary Photo Of Man Who Is Not Kirk's Father

    Fact Check

    Is there a video of Charlie Kirk's father collapsing in grief at a memorial set up outside the Turning Point USA headquarters? No, that's not true: The promise of a video of Kirk's Father collapsing is a clickbait ploy. There is no video at the link provided in the Facebook post from a page operating from Vietnam. The photo included…

    • Sep 12, 2025
    • by: Sarah Thompson
    Fact Check: Story Promising Video Of Charlie Kirk's Father Collapsing In Grief Originated On Vietnamese Clickbait Site -- No Such Video, Story Used 2008 Obituary Photo Of Man Who Is Not Kirk's Father No Video
  • Fact Check: Andrew Yang DID Write On X That Ozzy Osbourne Was 'A True American Original'

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    Did Andrew Yang post on x that British musician Ozzy Osborne was "a true American original"? Yes, that's true: Yang, an entrepreneur who unsuccessfully ran for President of the United States in 2020 and the New York City mayorship a year later, did write that on X. The edit history of the post shows he later edited the post to…

    • Jul 23, 2025
    • by: Uliana Malashenko
    Fact Check: Andrew Yang DID Write On X That Ozzy Osbourne Was 'A True American Original' Edited Later
  • Fact Check: Video Is NOT Authentic Footage Of Trump Pointing At Minor Girls With Ghislaine Maxwell -- AI 'Motionizing' Tool Turned Still Photo Into Deepfake Video

    Fact Check

    Does a viral video really document Donald Trump pointing at minor girls as they walk by him and Ghislaine Maxwell? No, that's not true: A leading deepfake expert says the video used "motionizing" software, which is widely available, to turn authentic photos into video of something that did not happen. The original version of the cropped photo used to create…

    • Jul 21, 2025
    • by: Dean Miller
    Fact Check: Video Is NOT Authentic Footage Of Trump Pointing At Minor Girls With Ghislaine Maxwell -- AI 'Motionizing' Tool Turned Still Photo Into Deepfake Video Motionized
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