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  • Fact Check: FAKE Screenshot Of Trump Threatening WMD Use Against Iran NOT Real Truth Social Post

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    Does an actual Truth Social post by President Donald Trump threaten to use weapons of mass destruction against Iran? No, that's not true: Even though a viral image claims to show one, there is no such post on his Truth Social account. There are also no news reports of such a threat coming from the White House, which, if it…

    • Mar 22, 2026
    • by: Ed Payne
    Fact Check: FAKE Screenshot Of Trump Threatening WMD Use Against Iran NOT Real Truth Social Post Not Trump Post
  • Fact Check: BBC Did NOT Use AI To Fabricate Trump's Jan. 6, 2021, Remarks

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    Did the BBC use AI to fabricate remarks by President Donald Trump in a Jan. 6, 2021, speech in a documentary that aired just before the 2024 election? No, that's not true: The $5 billion lawsuit Trump filed against the BBC does not allege that it used AI. Instead, it argues that the network edited together unrelated portions of the…

    • Mar 18, 2026
    • by: Ed Payne
    Fact Check: BBC Did NOT Use AI To Fabricate Trump's Jan. 6, 2021, Remarks Edited, Not AI
  • Fact Check: FAKE Video Shows Iranian Crowd Cheering For Cardboard Cutout Of Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei

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    Is the video of Iran announcing the new leader with a cardboard cutout of Ayatollah Mojtaba Hosseini real? No, that's not true: In the original video, a framed photo of the Ayatollah is presented and not a cardboard cutout. An online AI detection tool found the video was 73.5% likely generated with AI. The claim appeared in a March 10,…

    • Mar 11, 2026
    • by: Alexis Tereszcuk
    Fact Check: FAKE Video Shows Iranian Crowd Cheering For Cardboard Cutout Of Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei AI Meme
  • Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show U.S. Troops Captured In Iran -- Soldier Part Of Video Is AI-Generated

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    Does a video show U.S. troops captured in Iran? No, that's not true: An online AI video detection tool found that the clips of the U.S. soldiers are fake but are intermixed with a real clip of President Donald Trump in the Oval Office. The parts of the video with the troops contain a SynthID watermark indicating it was created…

    • Mar 11, 2026
    • by: Ed Payne
    Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show U.S. Troops Captured In Iran -- Soldier Part Of Video Is AI-Generated Video Is Fake
  • Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show U.S. Fighter Jets Involved In Real Dogfight Over Iran -- It's Game Video

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    Does a video show U.S. fighter jets in a real dogfight over Iran in the Feb. 28, 2026, conflict? No, that's not true: The clip from a video game was posted on a U.S. Army spoof account two days ahead of the conflict and has been circulating on social media since at least May 2025. It was originally purported to…

    • Feb 28, 2026
    • by: Ed Payne
    Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show U.S. Fighter Jets Involved In Real Dogfight Over Iran -- It's Game Video Video Game
  • Fact Check: Chelsea Clinton Did NOT Post "Close but no cigar Trump!!!" -- It's A Fake Screenshot

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    Did Chelsea Clinton tweet, "Close but no cigar Trump!!!" while claiming there was a conspiracy to disparage her father's name? No, that's not true: This is a fake screenshot. Chelsea Clinton never posted a tweet with this loaded satirical wording. Additionally, usernames on X are displayed with an @ sign, while the ChelseaClinton username pictured in the fake screenshot does…

    • Feb 19, 2026
    • by: Sarah Thompson
    Fact Check: Chelsea Clinton Did NOT Post "Close but no cigar Trump!!!" -- It's A Fake Screenshot Fake Tweet
  • Fact Check: Fake Image Shows Likenesses Of Nigel Farage and Jeffrey Epstein Together But Image Has No Verifiable Source

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    Does a photo of Nigel Farage together with Jeffrey Epstein show that the two men were acquainted? No, that's not true: This image is fake. Although made to look like a photo taken with a flash, there is no evidence this is a real photo which existed before Feb. 3, 2026. Nigel Farage has stated that he never met Epstein.…

    • Feb 3, 2026
    • by: Sarah Thompson
    Fact Check: Fake Image Shows Likenesses Of Nigel Farage and Jeffrey Epstein Together But Image Has No Verifiable Source They Never Met
  • Fact Check: Stephen Colbert Did NOT 'Reveal' Donald Trump's 1970 Wharton Aptitude, IQ Tests

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    Did Stephen Colbert "reveal" Donald Trump's "1970 Wharton IQ test"? No, that's not true: This claim and its variations originated from accounts that warned their audiences that they do not post factually accurate content. The rumor spread in variations that contradicted each other on the name of the TV host, school, test type and even the name of the person…

    • Jan 19, 2026
    • by: Uliana Malashenko
    Fact Check: Stephen Colbert Did NOT 'Reveal' Donald Trump's 1970 Wharton Aptitude, IQ Tests Fiction
  • Fact Check: Trump DID Tell Prime Minister He Isn't Obligated To 'Think Purely Of Peace' Since Norway Denied Him The Nobel Prize -- Demands 'Complete And Total Control Of Greenland'

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    Did Donald Trump tell Norway's Prime Minister, Jonas Gahr Støre, that he wants complete and total control of Greenland because he was not granted the Nobel Peace Prize? Yes, that's true: Some questioned if the text message from Trump to Norway's Prime Minister published on X by PBS correspondent Nick Schifrin was real. Norway's Prime Minister published a statement on…

    • Jan 19, 2026
    • by: Sarah Thompson
    Fact Check: Trump DID Tell Prime Minister He Isn't Obligated To 'Think Purely Of Peace' Since Norway Denied Him The Nobel Prize -- Demands 'Complete And Total Control Of Greenland' Trump's Text
  • Fact Check: Cher Did NOT Read Karoline Leavitt's Bio Live On MSNBC -- Neither Did Other Celebrities

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    Did Cher tell Karoline Leavitt to "sit down, baby girl" after reading out her bio on MSNBC? No, that's not true: The viral story about the singer reacting to a supposed rant from Leavitt about "out-of-touch celebrities who think they can lecture America" originated on a network of websites and Facebook pages run from Vietnam. It contained verifiably false details.…

    • Dec 20, 2025
    • by: Maarten Schenk
    Fact Check: Cher Did NOT Read Karoline Leavitt's Bio Live On MSNBC -- Neither Did Other Celebrities Vietspam
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