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  • Fact Check: Satirical Poster Saying Kid Rock Wants You To Vote For Newsom Parodies A Similar Trump Post About Taylor Swift

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    Did Kid Rock endorse California Governor Gavin Newsom in mid-August 2025? No, that's not true: The origin of the viral image is satirical. The picture was a parody of Donald Trump's post from the previous year, when he said he accepted Taylor Swift's nonexistent endorsement from an AI generated image. What looked like a statement appeared in a post (archived…

    • Aug 18, 2025
    • by: Uliana Malashenko
    Fact Check: Satirical Poster Saying Kid Rock Wants You To Vote For Newsom Parodies A Similar Trump Post About Taylor Swift Parody
  • Fact Check: AI Photo In Fictional Story About Taylor Swift And Travis Kelce Attending 'No Kings' Protest -- Several Details Don't Match

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    Did Travis Kelce and Taylor Swift attend a "No Kings Day" protest and is there a photo to prove it? No, that's not true: A viral story about the appearance of the pair was illustrated with a photo generated with artificial intelligence. The story also mentioned social media posts by the couple that they didn't actually make and there were…

    • Jun 16, 2025
    • by: Maarten Schenk
    Fact Check: AI Photo In Fictional Story About Taylor Swift And Travis Kelce Attending 'No Kings' Protest -- Several Details Don't Match AI Image
  • Fact Check: AI Taylor Swift Breaks Up With Travis Kelce In Deepfake Video -- Didn't Actually Say She Only Dates Winners

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    Is a video in which pop star Taylor Swift announces a breakup with athlete Travis Kelce and where she says she's looking to date a basketball player real? No, that's not true: The video in which Swift appears to say, "I don't date losers, I only date winners" originated on a YouTube channel specializing in AI deepfakes. An online detection…

    • Feb 23, 2025
    • by: Maarten Schenk
    Fact Check: AI Taylor Swift Breaks Up With Travis Kelce In Deepfake Video  -- Didn't Actually Say She Only Dates Winners AI Breakup Vid
  • Fact Check: January 6 Insurrectionist Did NOT Accidentally Burn Down His House While Torching Daughter's Taylor Swift Merch -- Satire Post

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    Did a January 6 "insurrectionist" who had been pardoned by President Donald Trump accidentally burn down his own house during the Super Bowl after he lit a pile of his teen daughter's Taylor Swift shirts on fire? No, that's not true: This is a made-up story published by an account that describes itself as "Dada news. Halfway true comedy and…

    • Feb 12, 2025
    • by: Sarah Thompson
    Fact Check: January 6 Insurrectionist Did NOT Accidentally Burn Down His House While Torching Daughter's Taylor Swift Merch -- Satire Post Satire Post
  • Fact Check: FAKE Screenshot Shows Trump Post Claiming Chiefs 'Focused on DEI Nonsense' and Eagles Got 'USAID Money Flowing' -- No Such Post

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    Did President Donald Trump react to the Super Bowl in a post on Truth Social saying that the Chiefs were "too focused on DEI nonsense" and the Eagles got "USAID money flowing in like water"? No, that's not true: Images of such a post circulating on social media appear to have been falsified. The post was not present on Trump's…

    • Feb 10, 2025
    • by: Maarten Schenk
    Fact Check: FAKE Screenshot Shows Trump Post Claiming Chiefs 'Focused on DEI Nonsense' and Eagles Got 'USAID Money Flowing' -- No Such Post Fake Post
  • Fact Check: Whoopi Goldberg, Megan Rapinoe And Taylor Swift Did NOT Decide To Leave US After Trump's Election

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    Did Whoopi Goldberg, Megan Rapinoe and Taylor Swift announce they were leaving the United States, presumably after Donald Trump's return as president? No, that's not true: The article cited in the comments of a social media post making this claim did not offer any quotes or sources to confirm this. A review of the social media accounts of Goldberg, Rapinoe…

    • Jan 28, 2025
    • by: Alexis Tereszcuk
    Fact Check: Whoopi Goldberg, Megan Rapinoe And Taylor Swift Did NOT Decide To Leave US After Trump's Election Did Not Say
  • Fact Check: Image Does NOT Show Tim Walz Performing Nazi Salute

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    Does a viral post prove that the Minnesota governor and former running mate of Kamala Harris performed a Nazi salute in public? No, that's not true: The post took a single frame from a video out of context. As the recording proves, it was part of a longer movement, not a separate gesture. Walz put his hand in the air…

    • Jan 23, 2025
    • by: Uliana Malashenko
    Fact Check: Image Does NOT Show Tim Walz Performing Nazi Salute Greeted Crowds
  • Fact Check: ALTERED Image Shows Taylor Swift Giving Right-Handed Salute -- Image From 2014 Performance Is Flipped

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    Does an authentic image show Taylor Swift giving a right-handed salute similar to the gesture used by Nazis? No, that's not true: The image has been horizontally flipped to make it look like Swift had performed a right-handed salute, a defining characteristic of the Nazi "Sieg Heil" gesture. Archived video shows Swift, wearing the same outfit with the same hairstyle,…

    • Jan 23, 2025
    • by: Ophélie Dénommée-Marchand
    Fact Check: ALTERED Image Shows Taylor Swift Giving Right-Handed Salute -- Image From 2014 Performance Is Flipped Blowing A Kiss
  • 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
  • Fact Check: Elon Musk And Taylor Swift Did NOT Jointly Endorse Power-Saving Device 'Stop Watt'

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    Did a Facebook post prove Elon Musk and Taylor Swift jointly endorsed a power-saving device called "Stop Watt"? No, that's not true: There is no record of either Musk or Swift publicly endorsing this product. Photos used in social media posts that reported the supposed endorsement were found to have likely been AI-generated. These posts included a link to a…

    • Dec 30, 2024
    • by: Marlo Lee
    Fact Check: Elon Musk And Taylor Swift Did NOT Jointly Endorse Power-Saving Device 'Stop Watt' AI Photos
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