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  • Fact Check: FAKE Video Shows Man In McDonald's During Toronto Earthquake -- It's AI

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    Is a video that shows a man who is unhappy when his french fries are spilled in a McDonald's during an earthquake in Toronto authentic? No, that's not true: The short clip was created by an artificial intelligence tool, according to an AI-generated content detector. Implausible details in the scene also indicate it is AI-generated. The claim originated in a…

    • Jan 30, 2026
    • by: Alexis Tereszcuk
    Fact Check: FAKE Video Shows Man In McDonald's During Toronto Earthquake -- It's AI AI Generated
  • Fact Check: There ARE Enough Cows Worldwide To Supply McDonald's Beef Burgers

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    Are there too few cows in the world to supply McDonald's beef burgers? No, that's not true: There are far more than enough head of cattle worldwide to supply McDonald's estimated 2.5 billion burgers served per year. If all the patties were quarter-pounders, heavier than the standard McDonald's burgers, the required 625 million pounds of beef would require about 1.25…

    • Feb 13, 2025
    • by: Ophélie Dénommée-Marchand
    Fact Check: There ARE Enough Cows Worldwide To Supply McDonald's Beef Burgers Math Wrong
  • Fact Check: Photo Of Nancy Parker Does NOT Show Altoona McDonald's Employee Who Reported Sighting Of Luigi Mangione In Pennsylvania

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    Does a viral photo show the Altoona McDonald's employee who made the 911 call to report a sighting of Luigi Mangione in Pennsylvania? No, that's not true: The photo shows a comedian from New York. A profile on Facebook that contained the original version of the image also placed that person in New York, not Pennsylvania. The claim appeared in…

    • Dec 18, 2024
    • by: Uliana Malashenko
    Fact Check: Photo Of Nancy Parker Does NOT Show Altoona McDonald's Employee Who Reported Sighting Of Luigi Mangione In Pennsylvania Comedian
  • Fact Check: Burger King Did NOT Post 'We Don't Snitch' After Luigi Mangione's Arrest At A McDonald's

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    Did Burger King's X account post "We don't snitch" in response to the alleged killer of the UnitedHealthcare CEO being recognized by a McDonald's employee? No, that's not true: Burger King's public relations confirmed to Lead Stories that this post was made up. Also, the fake post contained the words "Retweets" and "Quote Tweets," words no longer used since Elon…

    • Dec 10, 2024
    • by: Marlo Lee
    Fact Check: Burger King Did NOT Post 'We Don't Snitch' After Luigi Mangione's Arrest At A McDonald's Fabricated
  • Fact Check: Wendy's, Olive Garden, Other Restaurant Companies Did NOT Donate To Trump In 2024 Election

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    Did Wendy's, Olive Garden and 13 other restaurant companies named in a social media post donate to Donald Trump in the 2024 election? No, that's not true: None of the political action committees for the restaurants listed in the social media post donated to Trump in the 2024 election, according to federal election reports publicly available as of this writing.…

    • Dec 4, 2024
    • by: Alexis Tereszcuk
    Fact Check: Wendy's, Olive Garden, Other Restaurant Companies Did NOT Donate To Trump In 2024 Election Records Refute
  • Fact Check: Account Activity Does NOT Reflect That Viral List Of Businesses, Celebrities 'Stopped Posting On Twitter'

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    Have Visa, Etsy, Adobe, Android, Lady Gaga, Taylor Swift, Mastercard, McDonald's, CVS Pharmacy, Home Depot and Walmart all stopped posting on Twitter, now called X? No, that's not true: There is no indication that the accounts named in this list have, in a coordinated fashion, stopped posting on the social media platform. Some of the accounts have not been very…

    • Nov 15, 2024
    • by: Sarah Thompson
    Fact Check: Account Activity Does NOT Reflect That Viral List Of Businesses, Celebrities 'Stopped Posting On Twitter' Still Active
  • Fact Check: Elon Musk Did NOT Publicly Announce Plans To 'Officially' Buy McDonald's As Of November 13, 2024

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    Did Elon Musk publicly announce plans to "officially" buy McDonald's in November 2024? No, that's not true: As of this publication, there is no record of Musk having formally announced plans to buy the food company, and McDonald's has not reported such a purchase. Furthermore, an online AI detector tool found that images published in the post that depicted Musk…

    • Nov 13, 2024
    • by: Kaiyah Clarke
    Fact Check: Elon Musk Did NOT Publicly Announce Plans To 'Officially' Buy McDonald's As Of November 13, 2024 Fact Check: Elon Musk Did NOT Publicly Announce Plans To 'Officially' Buy McDonald's As Of November 13, 2024 No Evidence
  • Fact Check: McDonald's Stock Did NOT Jump 200% After Trump Visited Franchise -- Satire Origin

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    Did McDonald's stock climb 200 percent after Donald Trump made a campaign appearance at one of its franchises? No, that's not true: This comes from a website that regularly publishes fake stories, and the original article was clearly labeled as "satire." McDonald's shares actually dropped after Trump visited one of its restaurants. The claim appeared in a post (archived here)…

    • Nov 13, 2024
    • by: Lead Stories Staff
    Fact Check: McDonald's Stock Did NOT Jump 200% After Trump Visited Franchise -- Satire Origin Satire Label
  • Fact Check: McDonald's E.coli Outbreak Did NOT Happen After Trump Made Fries There

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    Did the E.coli outbreak involving McDonald's occur soon after Donald Trump worked at one McDonald's restaurant for one hour during his 2024 presidential campaign? No, that's not true: The E.coli outbreak traced to some McDonald's franchises began weeks before Trump's announcement he would do a shift at a single McDonald's restaurant. The Food and Drug Administration reported that the outbreak…

    • Oct 30, 2024
    • by: Kaiyah Clarke
    Fact Check: McDonald's E.coli Outbreak Did NOT Happen After Trump Made Fries There Pre-Trump
  • Fact Check: FAKE Picture Of Elon Musk, Trump, Mark Robinson Is A Mashup Of Altered Images

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    Does a real photo show Elon Musk, Donald Trump and the lieutenant governor of North Carolina, Mark Robinson, together? No, that's not true: This image was made by combining three individual photos taken at different locations on different days. Not only were the subjects from three images collaged together, but some elements in the source photos were digitally altered, notably…

    • Oct 29, 2024
    • by: Sarah Thompson
    Fact Check: FAKE Picture Of Elon Musk, Trump, Mark Robinson Is A Mashup Of Altered Images Edited Photos
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