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  • Fact Check: FAKE Quote From Charli XCX Article 'The Death of Cool' About God And Gender Roles -- University Of Oklahoma Student Essay

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    Did singer Charli XCX write an article titled "The Death of Cool" about God and gender roles? No, that's not true: The passage attributed to Charli XCX on social media is taken from an essay by a University of Oklahoma student about God and gender roles. The quote is taken directly from the student's assignment and does not appear in…

    • Dec 16, 2025
    • by: Alexis Tereszcuk
    Fact Check: FAKE Quote From Charli XCX Article 'The Death of Cool' About God And Gender Roles -- University Of Oklahoma Student Essay Not Her Post
  • Fact Check: 'Josephine Boudreaux' Is NOT A Real Figure From 1872 Who Seduced And Killed 11 Klan Leaders, The Black Widow Of Louisiana Story And Pictures Debuted On Social Media In 2025 - Fabricated Clickbait

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    Did a "Josephine Boudreaux, the Black Widow of Louisiana", seduce and kill 11 Klan members in 1872? No, that's not true: This story is made up and only recently surfaced on social media. There is no historical record of this woman, and the story lacks verifying details such as names and places. There are many images purporting to show Boudreaux,…

    • Dec 16, 2025
    • by: Sarah Thompson
    Fact Check: 'Josephine Boudreaux' Is NOT A Real Figure From 1872 Who Seduced And Killed 11 Klan Leaders, The Black Widow Of Louisiana Story And Pictures Debuted On Social Media In 2025 - Fabricated Clickbait AI Generated
  • Fact Check: Trevor Noah Did NOT Tell Pete Hegseth He Was The Reason The Song 'Just Give Me A Reason' Was Written

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    Did comedian Trevor Noah tell Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth in response to his request that a band play "Just Give Me a Reason" that he was "the reason it had to be written." No, that's not true: The story was manufactured by a spam factory in Vietnam that uses AI tools and fake Facebook fan pages to spread the…

    • Dec 9, 2025
    • by: Alan Duke
    Fact Check: Trevor Noah Did NOT Tell Pete Hegseth He Was The Reason The Song 'Just Give Me A Reason' Was Written Viet Spam
  • Fact Check: NO $3 Million Suit By Family Of Man Who Died Trying To Steal EV Charger Wires -- Fake Case, Fake Video

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    Does a viral video include real courthouse footage covering a $3 million lawsuit brought by the family of a man who died from electrocution while trying to steal "electric copper wire" from a vehicle charging station? No, that's not true: The shot purporting to show "Darius Johnson's" family was real, but was taken from the coverage of an unrelated case.…

    • Nov 21, 2025
    • by: Uliana Malashenko
    Fact Check: NO $3 Million Suit By Family Of Man Who Died Trying To Steal EV Charger Wires -- Fake Case, Fake Video Manufactured
  • Fact Check: Video Of Mom Giraffe Handing Baby Giraffe To Safari Tourists Through Car Window Is NOT Real -- It's AI Generated

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    Does a real video show a mother giraffe handing a tiny baby giraffe to safari tourists through a car window? No, that's not true: The video is AI generated, as indicated by the brief flicker of the watermark from AI-generating website Vue Media on screen. A real baby giraffe is about six feet tall at birth and weighs between 100…

    • Nov 18, 2025
    • by: Alexis Tereszcuk
    Fact Check: Video Of Mom Giraffe Handing Baby Giraffe To Safari Tourists Through Car Window Is NOT Real -- It's AI Generated AI Generated
  • Fact Check: President Trump DID Tell A Female Reporter 'Quiet, Piggy' When She Asked A Question About Epstein Files

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    Did President Trump say "Quiet, piggy" to a female reporter when she asked if there might be incriminating evidence about him in the Epstein files? Yes, that's true: Trump pointed at Bloomberg's White House correspondent Catherine Lucey and said "Quiet, quiet, piggy" during a flight aboard Air Force One on November 14, 2025. A White House official justified the comment…

    • Nov 18, 2025
    • by: Alan Duke
    Fact Check: President Trump DID Tell A Female Reporter 'Quiet, Piggy' When She Asked A Question About Epstein Files He Said It
  • Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show A Real Walmart Employee Arrested For Giving Milk To A Baby -- Sora AI Logo Seen In Footage

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    Does a video show a real Walmart employee getting arrested for giving milk to a baby? No, that's not true: The video is AI generated, as indicated by the brief flicker of the watermark from AI-generating app Sora on screen. As is often the case with AI-generated video, details are unrealistic: the police officer standing behind the woman getting arrested…

    • Nov 12, 2025
    • by: Alexis Tereszcuk
    Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show A Real Walmart Employee Arrested For Giving Milk To A Baby -- Sora AI Logo Seen In Footage AI Slop
  • Fact Check: Video of Children Practicing Muslim Prayer In Classroom Does NOT Show Scene From Real Life

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    Does real CCTV footage capture schoolchildren kneeling on prayer mats and repeating the Muslim declaration of faith, "Allahu Akbar", as viral social media posts claim? No, that's not true: The low-quality clip seemed to have been distorted to conceal the evidence it was AI-generated video. For example, the clip showed the instructor rising from her knees to sit on a…

    • Nov 7, 2025
    • by: Uliana Malashenko
    Fact Check: Video of Children Practicing Muslim Prayer In Classroom Does NOT Show Scene From Real Life AI Generated
  • Fact Check: Lady Gaga, Kelly Clarkson, Avril Lavigne, And Other Celebs Did NOT Ask For Footage To Be Cut From Netflix Over LGBTQ Content

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    Did Lady Gaga, Kelly Clarkson, Avril Lavigne, Miranda Lambert, Vince Gill, Derek Hough, Brandon Lake, Cliff Richard, athletes Dak Prescott and Lamar Jackson and other celebrities ask for their footage to be removed from Netflix over LGBTQ content? No, that's not true: There are multiple social media posts showing different celebrities and athletes with a message that they told Netflix…

    • Oct 31, 2025
    • by: Alexis Tereszcuk
    Fact Check: Lady Gaga, Kelly Clarkson, Avril Lavigne, And Other Celebs Did NOT Ask For Footage To Be Cut From Netflix Over LGBTQ Content Fake Post
  • Fact Check: 'The View' Was NOT Cancelled, Replaced With 'The Charlie Kirk Show', As Of October 30, 2025

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    Did ABC cancel "The View" and replace it with "The Charlie Kirk Show" hosted by the late conservative activist's widow, Erika Kirk, and other people, including Megyn Kelly? No, none of that is true: The show continued to be on air after the beginning of this wave of online rumors. Neither the hosts nor the network made a public announcement…

    • Oct 30, 2025
    • by: Uliana Malashenko
    Fact Check: 'The View' Was NOT Cancelled, Replaced With 'The Charlie Kirk Show', As Of October 30, 2025 Didn't Happen
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    • Dec 17, 2025
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