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  • Fact Check: Peyton Manning, Dolly Parton, Denzel Washington Or Your Favorite Celebrity Did NOT Donate Millions To Support Funeral For Four U.S. Servicemen Killed In Kuwait -- Foreign Clickbait

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    Did Kevin Costner, Dale Earnhardt Jr., Jared Goff, or any celebrities donate millions of dollars to support the funeral arrangements for four of the six U.S. servicemembers killed in a drone strike in Kuwait? No, that's not true: The false claim that at least 37 sports and entertainment celebs made such donations began spreading in Facebook posts hours after the…

    • Mar 6, 2026
    • by: Alan Duke
    Fact Check: Peyton Manning, Dolly Parton, Denzel Washington Or Your Favorite Celebrity Did NOT Donate Millions To Support Funeral For Four U.S. Servicemen Killed In Kuwait -- Foreign Clickbait Viet Spam
  • Fact Check: NO Evidence Barron Trump Bought $30 Million In Oil 2 Days Before Iran War Started

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    Did Barron Trump buy $30 million in oil two days before the war in Iran started? No, that's not true: There is no evidence that Barron made such a purchase two days before President Donald Trump launched the U.S. attack on Iran. No credible news outlets have reported that the president's youngest son bought oil, and no sources were cited…

    • Mar 6, 2026
    • by: Alexis Tereszcuk
    Fact Check: NO Evidence Barron Trump Bought $30 Million In Oil 2 Days Before Iran War Started No Proof
  • Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show a Real Child Crying Out For Daddy Beside A Flag-Draped Casket On The Tarmac -- Scene Made With AI

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    Does a real video show a young boy crying out for his daddy when he saw the flag-draped casket on the tarmac? No, that's not true: This video is AI-generated. It originated from a Facebook page which has posted reels of exclusively AI-generated videos showing highly emotional scenes. The videos published by the page are posted in groups of three,…

    • Mar 6, 2026
    • by: Sarah Thompson
    Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show a Real Child Crying Out For Daddy Beside A Flag-Draped Casket On The Tarmac -- Scene Made With AI AI Generated
  • Fact Check: Dennis Rodman Did NOT Fly To Tehran To Negotiate Peace, Iran Did NOT Agree To Meeting

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    Did Dennis Rodman fly to Tehran to negotiate peace, and did Iran agree to a meeting? No, that's not true: An online AI image detection tool rated the image as 100% likely to be AI-generated, and a separate analysis detected a SynthID watermark indicating it was created or modified by Google's AI models. The information originated on a Facebook page…

    • Mar 6, 2026
    • by: Ed Payne
    Fact Check: Dennis Rodman Did NOT Fly To Tehran To Negotiate Peace, Iran Did NOT Agree To Meeting Not 'The Worm'
  • Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Real American B-2 Bomber Shot Down, Being Paraded Through Streets In Iran

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    Does a video show a real American B-2 bomber after being shot down and being paraded through the streets in Iran? No, that's not true: An online AI images detection tool flagged the video as 100% likely to be AI-generated. A separate analysis found several hallmarks of AI-generated or digitally simulated content, including an aircraft whose scale does not match…

    • Mar 6, 2026
    • by: Ed Payne
    Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Real American B-2 Bomber Shot Down, Being Paraded Through Streets In Iran Faux Video
  • Fact Check: Post Does NOT Prove Mark Zuckerberg Was Subpoenaed Over Payments From 'Horizon Bridge' to Epstein-Linked 'Butterfly Foundation

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    Does a post about Mark Zuckerberg's supposed subpoena accurately reflect recent reporting on the Jeffrey Epstein front company, Butterfly Foundation, named in the Tehran files? No, that's not true: Lead Stories found no news articles about the supposed subpoena or mentioning the statement "Mr. Zuckerberg will cooperate fully" the post said his lawyers released. The "Butterfly Foundation" is not named…

    • Mar 5, 2026
    • by: Uliana Malashenko
    Fact Check: Post Does NOT Prove Mark Zuckerberg Was Subpoenaed Over Payments From 'Horizon Bridge' to Epstein-Linked 'Butterfly Foundation No Reports
  • Fact Check: Epstein Files Do NOT Reveal 'Cannibal' Ellen DeGeneres Ate Anne Heche After Murdering Her

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    Do the Epstein files reveal that "cannibal" Ellen DeGeneres ate Anne Heche after murdering her? No, that's not true: The only mention of Heche in the Department of Justice (DOJ) Epstein files is from a newspaper headline in the sidebar of another article. There is nothing in the Epstein files suggesting DeGeneres murdered Heche or cannibalized her body. Heche died…

    • Mar 5, 2026
    • by: Alexis Tereszcuk
    Fact Check: Epstein Files Do NOT Reveal 'Cannibal' Ellen DeGeneres Ate Anne Heche After Murdering Her Not In Files
  • Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show A Real Fire On Board U.S. Destroyer Or Aircraft Carrier

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    Does a video show a real fire on board a U.S. destroyer or aircraft carrier? No, that's not true: An online AI image detection tool rated the image as 100% likely to be AI-generated. A separate analysis found it has several hallmarks of AI-generated or digitally simulated content, such as unusually uniform smoke and fire, distorted aircraft shapes, unrealistic water-heat…

    • Mar 5, 2026
    • by: Ed Payne
    Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show A Real Fire On Board U.S. Destroyer Or Aircraft Carrier Another AI Vid
  • Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show U.S. Destroyer 'Attacked By Iranian Missiles' Near Cyprus -- It's 2017 Damage From Ship Collision Near Japan

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    Does a video show an American destroyer that was damaged by Iranian missiles in Cypriot territory in the Mediterranean? No, that's not true: This footage is from 2017 and the damage pictured is not from a missile attack. The video clip shows the USS Fitzgerald, which was damaged when it collided with a container ship off the coast of Japan.…

    • Mar 5, 2026
    • by: Sarah Thompson
    Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show U.S. Destroyer 'Attacked By Iranian Missiles' Near Cyprus -- It's 2017 Damage From Ship Collision Near Japan Old Footage
  • Fact Check: Photo Does NOT Show Real Israeli Pilot Named 'Halach Boome' Who Took Out Ayatollah Khamenei

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    Does a photo show "Halach Boome," a real pilot from the Israeli Air Force who took out Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei? No, that's not true: An online detection tool rated the image as 100% likely to be AI-generated, and it contains a watermark from an AI image generator. The creator of the image later posted he "memed" the…

    • Mar 5, 2026
    • by: Ed Payne
    Fact Check: Photo Does NOT Show Real Israeli Pilot Named 'Halach Boome' Who Took Out Ayatollah Khamenei Play On Words
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