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  • Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show $300 Chinese Electric Helicopter That Can Stay In The Air Ten Hours

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    Does a viral video really show a Chinese electric helicopter you can buy for $300 and that can stay in the air for ten hours? No, that's not true: The video does not show a single-seat helicopter capable of flying at 120 kilometres per hour made by Xiaomi or "the world's cheapest helicopter". It shows an American-made helicopter from Florida…

    • Jul 16, 2025
    • by: Maarten Schenk
    Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show $300 Chinese Electric Helicopter That Can Stay In The Air Ten Hours $63K, Uses Gas
  • Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Tel Aviv Fire After Iranian Attack -- China Parking Lot Fire

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    Does a viral video show an attack, fire or explosion in Tel Aviv, Israel? No, that's not true: The video actually shows a fire in a parking lot for motorcycles in Chongqing, China. Several social media posts falsely claimed the footage showed the result of an Iranian attack on Israel. An example of such a false attribution can be seen…

    • Jun 17, 2025
    • by: Maarten Schenk
    Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Tel Aviv Fire After Iranian Attack -- China Parking Lot Fire China Fire
  • Fact Check: Robert Hawks Post Contained FAKE Quotes by Cadets Refusing to Shake Hands With Trump at West Point -- It Was Satire

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    Did cadets' concerns about upholding their Honor Code cause Donald Trump to leave West Point graduation on May 24, 2025 without shaking the hand of every graduate, as a viral social media post claimed? No, that's not true: The post, reshared 39,000 times on Facebook in less than a day, was satire, author Robert Hawks said after fact checkers looked…

    • May 29, 2025
    • by: Dean Miller
    Fact Check: Robert Hawks Post Contained FAKE Quotes by Cadets Refusing to Shake Hands With Trump at West Point -- It Was Satire Satirist
  • Fact Check: Next Air Force One Is NOT Qatari-Made -- Qatar Manufactures No Jet Airliners

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    Did the Pentagon in May of 2025 approve acquisition of a "Qatari-built jet" to be the next Air Force One? No, that's not true: There is no aircraft manufacturing industry in Qatar that could make a jet of that size. The Pentagon on May 21, 2025 announced it had approved President Trump's plan to accept a Boeing 747 as a…

    • May 21, 2025
    • by: Dean Miller
    Fact Check: Next Air Force One Is NOT Qatari-Made -- Qatar Manufactures No Jet Airliners 747 U.S. Made
  • Fact Check: AI Video Does NOT Authentically Show RFK, Jr. Saying China adds 'Gay Chemicals' and 'Fruity Piña Colada Flavoring Agent' To Vapes

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    Did Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. testify before Congress that "China is putting gay chemicals in the vapes, coupled with fruity pina colada flavoring agents"? No, that's not true: The video uses generative AI to imitate Kennedy's voice and mouth movements, but it ends with a screen of text that says it is a deepfake. The account on which the video…

    • May 20, 2025
    • by: Dean Miller
    Fact Check: AI Video Does NOT Authentically Show RFK, Jr. Saying China adds 'Gay Chemicals' and 'Fruity Piña Colada Flavoring Agent' To Vapes AI & Satire
  • Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show China Air-dropping Aid To Gaza in 2025 -- It's USA Aid In 2024

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    Does a video show China air-dropping humanitarian aid into Gaza in May 2025? No, that's not true: The video is from March 2024, when U.S. military planes dropped food and supplies onto a beach in Beit Lahiya, Gaza. Other videos posted at the time show the same scene, and news reports documented the event. There is no evidence that China…

    • May 19, 2025
    • by: Alan Duke
    Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show China Air-dropping Aid To Gaza in 2025 -- It's USA Aid In 2024 USA 2024
  • Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show China Fighter Jets And Cargo Plane Flying Over Giza Pyramids On Way To Gaza Air Drop

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    Does a video show Chinese fighter jets escorting a Chinese cargo plane over Egypt's Giza pyramids en route to an air-drop of food and supplies to Gaza? No, that's not true: The video shows a May 4, 2025 joint training drill between China and Egypt's military called "Eagles of Civilization 2025," according to an official statement on China's military website.…

    • May 19, 2025
    • by: Alan Duke
    Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show China Fighter Jets And Cargo Plane Flying Over Giza Pyramids On Way To Gaza Air Drop Only A Drill
  • Fact Check: CNN Did NOT Air Graphic Claiming 'Pakistan Strikes India's Air Defense'

    Fact Check

    Did CNN broadcast a graphic touting Pakistan's supposed military success against India, including a caption that read "Pakistan Strikes India's Air Defense"? No, that's not true: A CNN spokesperson told Lead Stories it was a "fabricated image". India has denied Pakistan's claims of having inflicted significant damage on their S-400 air defense system. The fake CNN graphic was presented as…

    • May 16, 2025
    • by: Lead Stories Staff
    Fact Check: CNN Did NOT Air Graphic Claiming 'Pakistan Strikes India's Air Defense' Digital Edit
  • Fact Check: FAKE Video Shows Trump Praising Pakistan's Air Force, Mocking 'Humiliated' India

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    Did a widely-shared video authentically show President Donald Trump speaking in praise of Pakistan's Air Force, and claiming India had "humiliated itself", in the context of May 2025 clashes between the two countries? No, that's not true: The video contained fake audio of Trump's voice making remarks he never did, in reality. The fake voice and conspicuously fake mouth movements…

    • May 12, 2025
    • by: Lead Stories Staff
    Fact Check: FAKE Video Shows Trump Praising Pakistan's Air Force, Mocking 'Humiliated' India No Such Speech
  • Fact Check: Old Video Does NOT Show Nuclear Explosion During 2025 India-Pakistan Conflict -- Shows 2015 Explosion In China

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    Does a viral video show an explosion that is possibly a tactical nuclear weapon being used in the 2025 conflict between India and Pakistan? No, that's not true: The footage showing a huge explosion almost engulfing two tall buildings and a construction crane at night was originally filmed in China in 2015. It showed an industrial accident in Tianjin, China.…

    • May 7, 2025
    • by: Maarten Schenk
    Fact Check: Old Video Does NOT Show Nuclear Explosion During 2025 India-Pakistan Conflict -- Shows 2015 Explosion In China China 2015
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