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  • Fact Check: Trump's Mobilization Of Military Does NOT Match The 1992 Los Angeles Mobilization By George H.W. Bush -- California Gov. Did Not Request 2025 Action

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    Is Donald Trump's June 2025 mobilization of the National Guard and Marines to Los Angeles just like President George H.W. Bush's 1992 decision to mobilize the National Guard during riots in Los Angeles? No, that's not true: In 1992, both Gov. Pete Wilson and Los Angeles Mayor Tom Bradley asked the President for National Guard to stop riots in Los…

    • Jun 10, 2025
    • by: Dean Miller
    Fact Check: Trump's Mobilization Of Military Does NOT Match The 1992 Los Angeles Mobilization By George H.W. Bush -- California Gov. Did Not Request 2025 Action Gov. Requested
  • Fact Check: Jared Goff Did NOT Turn Down $270 Million From Elon Musk -- No Such Offer

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    Did Detroit Lions quarterback Jared Goff turn down a $270-million contract offer from Elon Musk in May 2025? No, that's not true: Even though posts promoting the rumor claimed that Goff rebuffed Musk at a high-profile, public charity event, we found no record of any such incident. Nor was there any evidence that Goff said to Musk "Keep it and…

    • Jun 2, 2025
    • by: Lead Stories Staff
    Fact Check: Jared Goff Did NOT Turn Down $270 Million From Elon Musk -- No Such Offer Fabrication
  • Fact Check: Police DO Have Suspect In Murder Of California Fire Captain Rebecca Marodi

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    Is a social media post that speculates that right-wing rhetoric about the California wildfires caused the murder of California Fire Captain Rebecca Marodi accurate? No, that's not true: The police have named Rebecca Marodi's wife as the only suspect in her February 2025 murder. They announced that the suspect was a person known to Rebecca Marodi and believed it was…

    • Feb 21, 2025
    • by: Alexis Tereszcuk
    Fact Check: Police DO Have Suspect In Murder Of California Fire Captain Rebecca Marodi Wife Suspect
  • Fact Check: California Denies US Troops Entered California To Turn On Water -- Says Federal Government Restarted Federal Water Pumps

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    Did U.S. troops enter California under "emergency powers" from President Donald Trump to turn on water from the Pacific Northwest, in January 2025? No, that's not true according to state authorities: The U.S. military did not enter the state to turn on the water, according to a statement posted by the California Department of Water Resources. The statement said the…

    • Jan 28, 2025
    • by: Lead Stories Staff
    Fact Check: California Denies US Troops Entered California To Turn On Water -- Says Federal Government Restarted Federal Water Pumps No Troops
  • Fact Check: Video Supposedly Of LA Wildfires In January 2025 Is NOT Authentic -- Likely AI Creation

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    Does a video that shows an entire city engulfed in flames as a dozen helicopters hover overhead authentically capture a scene from the Los Angeles wildfires in January 2025? No, that's not true: Multiple online artificial intelligence detectors judged that this video and its audio -- with a lone siren blaring and the crackling sound of fires burning in the…

    • Jan 22, 2025
    • by: Kaiyah Clarke
    Fact Check: Video Supposedly Of LA Wildfires In January 2025 Is NOT Authentic -- Likely AI Creation Most Likely AI
  • Fact Check: Map Does NOT Show January 2025 California Wildfires Lined Up With Proposed High-Speed Rail System

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    Does a viral clip offer proof that the January 2025 California wildfires followed the same path as the planned California high-speed rail system?No, that's not true: The clip repeated a recycled falsehood from 2018. It showed an old 2018 map that depicted areas in a "red flag warning zone" of increased fire risk, not actual fires. The claim reappeared in…

    • Jan 22, 2025
    • by: Uliana Malashenko
    Fact Check: Map Does NOT Show January 2025 California Wildfires Lined Up With Proposed High-Speed Rail System Fact Check: Map Does NOT Show January 2025 California Wildfires Lined Up With Proposed High-Speed Rail System Map From 2018
  • Fact Check: ABC's 'The View' Set Did NOT Burn Down In January 2025 Los Angeles Wildfires -- Claim Originated On Self-Described Satire Site

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    Did the set for ABC's talk show "The View" burn down amid the January 2025 Los Angeles wildfires? No, that's not true: A spokesperson for the show told Lead Stories that the program has always been based in New York City. The website where the rumor appeared describes itself as specializing in "Satire and Parody." The image in the social…

    • Jan 21, 2025
    • by: Alexis Tereszcuk
    Fact Check: ABC's 'The View' Set Did NOT Burn Down In January 2025 Los Angeles Wildfires -- Claim Originated On Self-Described Satire Site Satire Origin
  • Fact Check: Los Angeles Does NOT Rely On 45 Electric Firetrucks That Must Charge For 10 Hours Every Day

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    Are there 45 electric firetrucks in Los Angeles that had to go back to the fire department for 10 hours a day to recharge while the January 2025 wildfires burned? No, that's not true: According to a Los Angeles Fire Department spokesperson the LAFD "has only one electric fire engine and no electric fire trucks" and that one is equipped…

    • Jan 20, 2025
    • by: Alexis Tereszcuk
    Fact Check: Los Angeles Does NOT Rely On 45 Electric Firetrucks That Must Charge For 10 Hours Every Day Only 1 Total
  • Fact Check: NO Evidence Whoopi Goldberg's Los Angeles Mansion Was Destroyed By January 2025 Wildfires -- Claim Originated On Self-Described Satire Site

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    Did a Facebook post confirm that Whoopi Goldberg's house burned during the January 2025 Los Angeles wildfires? No, that's not true: The website the rumor was found on described itself as a page specializing in "Satire and Parody News," adding that their team is "dedicated" to bringing readers "the latest and greatest in fake news." The image seen in the…

    • Jan 20, 2025
    • by: Marlo Lee
    Fact Check: NO Evidence Whoopi Goldberg's Los Angeles Mansion Was Destroyed By January 2025 Wildfires -- Claim Originated On Self-Described Satire Site Satire Origin
  • Fact Check: Video With FAKE Audio Shows Taylor Swift Supposedly Talking About US Involvement In Gaza

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    Does an authentic video show Taylor Swift saying that the 2025 Los Angeles fires are divine retribution for American actions in Gaza? No, that's not true: The original footage dates back to a 2021 appearance on "The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon." Analysis tools determined with 100 percent confidence that the voice added to the clip on social media is…

    • Jan 17, 2025
    • by: Sarah Thompson
    Fact Check: Video With FAKE Audio Shows Taylor Swift Supposedly Talking About US Involvement In Gaza  Fake Voice
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