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  • Fact Check: FAKE Video Shows Specimen 9X At Blackridge Containment Facility In Nevada

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    Is a video that shows "Specimen 9X" at a place called the "Blackridge Containment Facility" in Nevada legitimate? No, that's not true: An online detection tool rated the video likely to be AI-generated. The "Blackridge Containment Facility" is not a real place. The claim appeared in a February 23, 2026, post on X (archived here). It opened: This is specimen…

    • Feb 24, 2026
    • by: Alexis Tereszcuk
    Fact Check: FAKE Video Shows Specimen 9X At Blackridge Containment Facility In Nevada It's AI
  • Fact Check: FAKE Images Of Maria Julissa And 'El Mencho' -- Google AI Detector Says They Were Made By Google's AI

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    Are these real photos of OnlyFans model and social media influencer Maria Julissa and Nemesio "El Mencho" Oseguera Cervantes, the Jalisco New Generation Cartel leader killed by the Mexican Army? No, that's not true: On her Instagram account, Maria Julissa said, "The information circulating is false and unfounded." Also, an AI detection tool said the images were edited or generated…

    • Feb 24, 2026
    • by: Ed Payne
    Fact Check: FAKE Images Of Maria Julissa And 'El Mencho' -- Google AI Detector Says They Were Made By Google's AI Fake Photo
  • Fact Check: Bruce Springsteen, Willie Nelson, Ringo Starr, Or Your Favorite Celeb Did NOT Call Trump Adviser Stephen Miller A 'Nazi' -- De Niro Did

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    Did Bruce Springsteen, Jason Kelce, and Snoop Dogg, along with other entertainment and sports celebrities, call Trump adviser Stephen Miller a "Nazi" and "the Goebbels of the cabinet"? No, that's not true: The claim that a celebrity "called Trump's homeland security official Stephen Miller a 'Nazi'" is made about at least 20 celebrities. The Facebook posts are from a spam…

    • Feb 24, 2026
    • by: Alan Duke
    Fact Check: Bruce Springsteen, Willie Nelson, Ringo Starr, Or Your Favorite Celeb Did NOT Call Trump Adviser Stephen Miller A 'Nazi' -- De Niro Did Viet Spam
  • Fact Check: NO Mention of Blackface, Trudeau, Perry Or Drake In USA Hockey Captain Auston Matthews Post Gold Medal Game Interview

    Fact Check

    Did Team USA hockey captain Auston Matthews go off the rails during a postgame interview, slamming Canada? No, that's not true: Video of Matthews' interview after the Feb. 22, 2026, Olympic gold medal game shows that he never called out Canada for having a prime minister who wore blackface and is dating Katy Perry. Nor did Matthews say that Canadian…

    • Feb 23, 2026
    • by: Alexis Tereszcuk
    Fact Check: NO Mention of Blackface, Trudeau, Perry Or Drake In USA Hockey Captain Auston Matthews Post Gold Medal Game Interview Video Refutes
  • Fact Check: C-SPAN DENIES 'John Barron' Caller Was Trump

    Fact Check

    Does a viral post prove that U.S. President Donald Trump called C-SPAN to complain about the Supreme Court's decision making his previous sweeping tariffs on foreign goods illegal? No, that's not true: The caller who introduced himself as "John Barron" was not identified as Trump anywhere except for social media. The TV channel issued a statement refuting the rumor that…

    • Feb 23, 2026
    • by: Uliana Malashenko
    Fact Check: C-SPAN DENIES 'John Barron' Caller Was Trump C-SPAN: No
  • Fact Check: Mislabeled Photos Do NOT Show Austin Tucker Martin Or Demonstrate He Was Transgender -- Unidentified Person

    Fact Check

    Do photos and social media accounts of Austin Tucker Martin reveal him to be transgender? No, that's not true: The photos purporting to show Martin, who was killed while allegedly armed and breaking into President Trump's private Mar-a-Lago club, are mislabeled. They show an unidentified person who does not resemble verified family photos of Martin. No credible reporting about Austin…

    • Feb 23, 2026
    • by: Sarah Thompson
    Fact Check: Mislabeled Photos Do NOT Show Austin Tucker Martin Or Demonstrate He Was Transgender -- Unidentified Person Not That Guy
  • Fact Check: California Did NOT Give Coalition For Humane Immigrant Rights $100 Million Mainly To Pay Protesters

    Fact Check

    Did California pay the Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights (CHIRLA) more than $100 million mainly to fund protests as a viral social media post said? No, that's not true: California's payments to CHIRLA were overwhelmingly tied to immigration legal services and social welfare programs. There is no evidence in state budget records that any funds were used to pay or…

    • Feb 23, 2026
    • by: Ed Payne
    Fact Check: California Did NOT Give Coalition For Humane Immigrant Rights $100 Million Mainly To Pay Protesters Not For Demos
  • Fact Check: Patel, Kennedy, Buttigieg, Vince Gill, Others Are Not Demanding Obama Return Millions From 'Ownership' of Obamacare

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    Did Kash Patel, Sen. John Kennedy, Pete Buttigieg, Vince Gill and others demand that former President Barack Obama return millions he earned through ownership related to "Obamacare"? No, that's not true: Nearly identical stories that swap-in those and other names are part of an international network of websites and Facebook pages that publish fake news stories about famous people to…

    • Feb 23, 2026
    • by: Dean Miller
    Fact Check: Patel, Kennedy, Buttigieg, Vince Gill, Others Are Not Demanding Obama Return Millions From 'Ownership' of Obamacare Factory Fakery
  • Fact Check: Video Of Erika Kirk Dancing In Front Of 'Charlie Kirk Memorial Highway' Sign In Arizona Is NOT Real

    Fact Check

    Does a viral clip show the real Erika Kirk dancing next to a highway sign renaming a road after her late husband, conservative activist Charlie Kirk? No, that's not true: The video is a product of generative AI. It featured shape-shifting hands, pants that blended in and separated from a boot within seconds and a fictitious name for the agency…

    • Feb 23, 2026
    • by: Uliana Malashenko
    Fact Check: Video Of Erika Kirk Dancing In Front Of 'Charlie Kirk Memorial Highway' Sign In Arizona Is NOT Real AI Video
  • Fact Check: Plane Fire Image After Mexican Army Killed Cartel Leader Is AI-Generated -- No Such Plane Attacks Occurred

    Fact Check

    Does an authentic picture show a plane on fire, a purported retaliation following the Feb. 22, 2026 killing of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel leader in Tapalpa, Jalisco, Mexico? No, that's not true: An AI-generated content detector concluded that it was 93.2% certain the image was created by an artificial intelligence tool. At the time this was published, authorities in…

    • Feb 22, 2026
    • by: Edwin Mesa
    Fact Check: Plane Fire Image After Mexican Army Killed Cartel Leader Is AI-Generated -- No Such Plane Attacks Occurred AI Plane Fire
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    • Feb 23, 2026
    • by: Alexis Tereszcuk
  • Fact Check: C-SPAN DENIES 'John Barron' Caller Was Trump C-SPAN: No

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    • Feb 23, 2026
    • by: Uliana Malashenko
  • Fact Check: Mislabeled Photos Do NOT Show Austin Tucker Martin Or Demonstrate He Was Transgender -- Unidentified Person Not That Guy

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    • Feb 23, 2026
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