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  • Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Barack Obama In A Cell At GITMO -- Clip Is From 2013 When Obama Visited Mandela's Jail Cell

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    Does a video on social media show former President Barack Obama in a GITMO jail cell after being arrested in 2019? No, that's not true: It's authentic video, but it was taken in 2013 when Obama visited the jail cell where former South African president and anti-apartheid activist Nelson Mandela was held for 18 years. There is no evidence that…

    • Aug 26, 2024
    • by: Marlo Lee
    Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Barack Obama In A Cell At GITMO -- Clip Is From 2013 When Obama Visited Mandela's Jail Cell Mandela's Cell
  • Fact Check: NO Evidence That Special Forces Freed 'Military and Civilian J6ers From Deep State Prison'

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    Did U.S. Special Forces "rescue" military and civilian "J6ers" from a "deep state" prison in the Aleutian Islands on April 7, 2024? No, that's not true: This claim appears on a website that regularly publishes fabricated content. Also, no credible reports have been published that substantiate this claim, and there is no proof such a prison exists. The claim appeared…

    • Apr 25, 2024
    • by: Kaiyah Clarke
    Fact Check: NO Evidence That Special Forces Freed 'Military and Civilian J6ers From Deep State Prison' No Names
  • Fact Check: US Marines Did NOT Rescue 11 Kidnapped Children in Kansas

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    Did U.S. Marines rescue 11 children who were purportedly imprisoned in Kansas by the Federal Emergency Management Agency? No, that's not true: A Pentagon duty officer told Lead Stories that this claim is false. Also, this claim appeared in an article on a website that regularly publishes fabricated content. The claim appeared in an article published by Real Raw News…

    • Apr 12, 2024
    • by: Kaiyah Clarke
    Fact Check: US Marines Did NOT Rescue 11 Kidnapped Children in Kansas Pentagon: Nope
  • Fact Check: US Navy JAG Did NOT Arrest Stephen Colbert On November 25, 2023

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    Did the U.S. Navy Judge Advocate General's Corps place talk show host Stephen Colbert under arrest for committing treason and defrauding the country as of November 25, 2023? No, that's not true: A Pentagon duty officer told Lead Stories that this claim is false. The website where this claim was made publishes fabricated content. The claim appeared in an article…

    • Nov 30, 2023
    • by: Kaiyah Clarke
    Fact Check: US Navy JAG Did NOT Arrest Stephen Colbert On November 25, 2023 Pentagon: Nope
  • Fact Check: Putin Did NOT Bomb Cloning Lab in Ukraine -- Story Is From Site That Makes Things Up

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    Did Russia bomb "a cloning lab" in Ukraine's Donetsk, occupied by Russia in November 2023? No, that's not true: The website that published the claim relied on a fictitious single source, and that site carries a disclaimer saying it publishes "humor, parody and satire." No credible media organization reported the purported "news." The claim originated in a article (archived here)…

    • Nov 14, 2023
    • by: Uliana Malashenko
    Fact Check: Putin Did NOT Bomb Cloning Lab in Ukraine -- Story Is From Site That Makes Things Up Made-Up Story
  • Fact Check: US Military Tribunal Did NOT Convict Moderna CEO Stéphane Bancel

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    Did the U.S. Navy Judge Advocate General's [JAG] Corps and the Office of Military Commissions find Moderna CEO Stéphane Bancel guilty of crimes against humanity because the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine killed 32 service members? No, that's not true: A spokesperson for the U.S. Navy categorically rejected the claim. The allegation comes from a website that identifies itself as a satirical…

    • Nov 18, 2022
    • by: Lead Stories Staff
    Fact Check: US Military Tribunal Did NOT Convict Moderna CEO Stéphane Bancel No Trial
  • Fact Check: US Special Forces Did NOT Arrest Moderna CEO Stéphane Bancel

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    Did U.S. Special Forces arrest Moderna CEO Stéphane Bancel to charge him "on many counts of murder" for deaths caused by Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine? No, that's not true: This claim is made on a website that publishes false claims and identifies itself as a satirical website. No official news sources support this claim. U.S. Special Forces also do not have…

    • Nov 9, 2022
    • by: Lead Stories Staff
    Fact Check: US Special Forces Did NOT Arrest Moderna CEO Stéphane Bancel No Arrest Made
  • Fact Check: US Military Did NOT Heighten Protection on Donald Trump 'Amid Assassination Chatter'

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    Did the U.S. military heighten protection on Donald Trump "amid assassination chatter"? No, that's not true: A spokesman for the U.S. Marine Corps denied this claim. Lead Stories contacted the Marine Corps because the article making the claim mentions Gen. David H. Berger, commandant of the Marines. Real Raw News, the website that originated the claim, has a disclaimer on…

    • Sep 13, 2022
    • by: Marlo Lee
    Fact Check: US Military Did NOT Heighten Protection on Donald Trump 'Amid Assassination Chatter' Satirical Site
  • Fact Check: The 'Emergency Broadcast System' Has NOT Been Activated

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    Has the "Emergency Broadcast System" been activated? No, that's not true: The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) confirmed to Lead Stories that the Emergency Alert System (EAS) has not been activated. If it had been, the protocol would be that the president of the United States would address the nation within 10 minutes of a national emergency. This has not…

    • Nov 23, 2021
    • by: Alexis Tereszcuk
    Fact Check: The 'Emergency Broadcast System' Has NOT Been Activated Not Activated
  • Fact Check: NO Evidence To Substantiate Article's Claim That Bill Clinton Was Found Dead At Guantanamo Bay

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    Was Bill Clinton found dead in his jail cell located at Guantanamo Bay? No, that's not true: No publicly available evidence supports the claim, made on Real Raw News, a satirical website that publishes articles like this one for entertainment purposes. Clinton has been active on social media and spotted in public on the days and after the days the…

    • Sep 27, 2021
    • by: Marlo Lee
    Fact Check: NO Evidence To Substantiate Article's Claim That Bill Clinton Was Found Dead At Guantanamo Bay Satirical Post
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