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  • Fact Check: FAKE Photo Shows Biden Wearing MAGA Hat At White House Meeting With Trump

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    Does a photo show President Joe Biden sporting a red "Make America Great Again" baseball cap during his meeting with incoming President Donald Trump at the White House? No, that's not true: Media coverage of the meeting shows that the two men were wearing different clothing than what's seen in the photo. Online image-analysis tools found substantial evidence that the…

    • Nov 14, 2024
    • by: Lead Stories Staff
    Fact Check: FAKE Photo Shows Biden Wearing MAGA Hat At White House Meeting With Trump AI Generated
  • Fact Check: Image After Assassination Attempt Does NOT Show Six Fingers On Trump's Raised Fist -- Trolling Edit

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    Did someone finally notice that Trump's raised fist has six fingers in the famous image from the aftermath of the Butler, Pennsylvania, assassination attempt -- indicating the image is a fake generated by AI? No, that's not true: This image is altered from the original news photo. The post pretending to expose an AI deception was made 40 days after…

    • Aug 26, 2024
    • by: Sarah Thompson
    Fact Check: Image After Assassination Attempt Does NOT Show Six Fingers On Trump's Raised Fist -- Trolling Edit Altered Image
  • Fact Check: Secret Service Agents Were NOT Smiling While Escorting Trump To Safety During Assassination Attempt -- Image Is Digitally Altered

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    Did Secret Service personnel grin widely, showing their teeth, while escorting former President Trump to safety after the assassination attempt at his campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania on July 13, 2024, as a social media post claims? No, that's not true: A tool created to detect ai-generated images found substantial evidence the image had been remade with generative ai systems.…

    • Jul 14, 2024
    • by: Ophélie Dénommée-Marchand
    Fact Check: Secret Service Agents Were NOT Smiling While Escorting Trump To Safety During Assassination Attempt -- Image Is Digitally Altered AI Fakery
  • Fact Check: Photo Does NOT Show A Bullet Hole In Chest Of Donald Trump's Jacket -- It's Shadow From Jacket Of Secret Service Officer

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    Does a photo taken immediately after the July 13, 2024, assassination attempt on Donald Trump show a dark circular bullet hole in the chest of his suit coat? No, that's not true: The dark spot is not a hole in Trump's suit but a wrinkle in someone else's. The original photo by an Associated Press photographer shows several Secret Service…

    • Jul 13, 2024
    • by: Sarah Thompson
    Fact Check: Photo Does NOT Show A Bullet Hole In Chest Of Donald Trump's Jacket -- It's Shadow From Jacket Of Secret Service Officer Trump Says Ear
  • Fact Check: A TIME Magazine Cover Did NOT Feature A Photo Of Barack Obama In An Electric Chair

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    Did TIME Magazine feature a cover of Barack Obama in an electric chair? No, that's not true: This is a fake cover that never actually appeared on any issue of the magazine. Since Donald Trump's election to office, the TIME Magazine archives do not feature this image on the cover. The claim appeared in a Facebook post (archived here) where…

    • Sep 11, 2020
    • by: Lead Stories Staff
    Fact Check: A TIME Magazine Cover Did NOT Feature A Photo Of Barack Obama In An Electric Chair Doctored
  • Fake News: Picture Donald Trump Supposedly Wants Removed From The Internet Is Manipulated

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    Is this a real picture that shows President Trump's bald scalp under his hair as it blows in the wind? And does he want it removed from the internet, as the caption claims? No, that's not true: while we can't look into President Trump's head and know if he wants to have the picture removed or not, we can say…

    • Aug 30, 2019
    • by: Maarten Schenk
    Fake News: Picture Donald Trump Supposedly Wants Removed From The Internet Is Manipulated
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