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  • Fact Check: Arnold Schwarzenegger Did NOT Offer To Cover All Funeral Expenses For Rob Reiner And His Wife -- Video Is AI Fakery

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    Did Arnold Schwarzenegger offer to "cover all funeral expenses for Rob Reiner and his wife"? No, that's not true: The original TikTok video was labeled AI-generated by the content creator. There has not been any reporting that Schwarzenegger made such an offer. He did post a brief tribute to his friend on X. The fake clip with a cloned voice…

    • Dec 17, 2025
    • by: Sarah Thompson
    Fact Check: Arnold Schwarzenegger Did NOT Offer To Cover All Funeral Expenses For Rob Reiner And His Wife -- Video Is AI Fakery AI Generated
  • Fact Check: FAKE Story About Retired Charleston Detective Solving A 21-Year-Old Cold Case After Spotting a Wax Figure At A Gala Is Formulaic Clickbait

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    Did retired Charleston detective Vincent Hayes solve a cold case by recognizing missing woman Aaliyah Porter's face in a wax figure at a gala? No, that's not true: This story is just another fabricated tale from a YouTube channel that has been riffing on a mystery theme where dead bodies are hidden in plain sight as medical models, dolls, mannequins…

    • Dec 17, 2025
    • by: Sarah Thompson
    Fact Check: FAKE Story About Retired Charleston Detective Solving A 21-Year-Old Cold Case After Spotting a Wax Figure At A Gala Is Formulaic Clickbait Fictional Tale
  • Fact Check: 'Obama Fraud Vault' Was NOT 'Just Unleashed On Fox Live' By Candace Owens, Ben Shapiro, Jeanine Pirro, Greg Gutfeld, Or Anyone -- It's Viet Spam

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    Was the "Obama Fraud Vault" showing $4.5 billion stolen from Obama's foundation released on Fox News live in December 2025? No, that's not true: Nearly identical stories claiming that Candace Owens, Ben Shapiro, Jeanine Pirro, Greg Gutfeld, Sen. John Kennedy, and other conservative figures "just unleashed the Obama Fraud Vault on FOX live" were published by a network of websites…

    • Dec 17, 2025
    • by: Alan Duke
    Fact Check: 'Obama Fraud Vault' Was NOT 'Just Unleashed On Fox Live' By Candace Owens, Ben Shapiro, Jeanine Pirro, Greg Gutfeld, Or Anyone -- It's Viet Spam Viet Spam
  • Fact Check: 'Josephine Boudreaux' Is NOT A Real Figure From 1872 Who Seduced And Killed 11 Klan Leaders, The Black Widow Of Louisiana Story And Pictures Debuted On Social Media In 2025 - Fabricated Clickbait

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    Did a "Josephine Boudreaux, the Black Widow of Louisiana", seduce and kill 11 Klan members in 1872? No, that's not true: This story is made up and only recently surfaced on social media. There is no historical record of this woman, and the story lacks verifying details such as names and places. There are many images purporting to show Boudreaux,…

    • Dec 16, 2025
    • by: Sarah Thompson
    Fact Check: 'Josephine Boudreaux' Is NOT A Real Figure From 1872 Who Seduced And Killed 11 Klan Leaders, The Black Widow Of Louisiana Story And Pictures Debuted On Social Media In 2025 - Fabricated Clickbait AI Generated
  • Fact Check: Phil Collins Did NOT Announce A 2026 World Tour With 32 Dates, Nor Have Trace Adkins, Eric Clapton, Carlos Santana And Many Other Artists In Clickbait AI-Generated Tour Posters

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    Did Phil Collins "send the internet into orbit" when he announced the 32 dates of his 2026 World Tour? No, that's not true: Phil Collins has not announced a 2026 world tour. His name, and those of many other artists such as Trace Adkins, Bruce Springsteen, Eric Clapton, Pink, and Lenny Kravitz, are being used in a clickbait formula gaming…

    • Dec 12, 2025
    • by: Sarah Thompson
    Fact Check: Phil Collins Did NOT Announce A 2026 World Tour With 32 Dates, Nor Have Trace Adkins, Eric Clapton, Carlos Santana And Many Other Artists In Clickbait AI-Generated Tour Posters AI Slop
  • Fact Check: Trevor Noah Did NOT Tell Pete Hegseth He Was The Reason The Song 'Just Give Me A Reason' Was Written

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    Did comedian Trevor Noah tell Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth in response to his request that a band play "Just Give Me a Reason" that he was "the reason it had to be written." No, that's not true: The story was manufactured by a spam factory in Vietnam that uses AI tools and fake Facebook fan pages to spread the…

    • Dec 9, 2025
    • by: Alan Duke
    Fact Check: Trevor Noah Did NOT Tell Pete Hegseth He Was The Reason The Song 'Just Give Me A Reason' Was Written Viet Spam
  • Fact Check: Video Of Retired Soldier Crying In Court After Judge Drops Charges For Sleeping In A Park Is NOT Real -- It's AI Slop

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    Is a video that shows a retired soldier crying in court after a judge drops charges of sleeping in a park real? No, that's not true: The video was created by a social media account that "features realistic courtroom dramas and storytelling visualizations created with advanced AI technology." The account states that all of their cases and characters are fictionalized…

    • Dec 5, 2025
    • by: Alexis Tereszcuk
    Fact Check: Video Of Retired Soldier Crying In Court After Judge Drops Charges For Sleeping In A Park Is NOT Real -- It's AI Slop AI Generated
  • Fact Check: Video Of Anti-ICE Protester Sentenced To Six Months In Jail And $10,000 Fine For Throwing Trash Can At Officer Is NOT Real

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    Is a viral video of a purple-haired woman being sentenced to six months in jail and a $10,000 fine for attacking a law enforcement officer with a metal trash can during an anti-ICE protest real? No, that's not true: The original version of the video on TikTok included a disclaimer saying that the clip was AI-generated media. No media organizations…

    • Dec 5, 2025
    • by: Uliana Malashenko
    Fact Check: Video Of Anti-ICE Protester Sentenced To Six Months In Jail And $10,000 Fine For Throwing Trash Can At Officer Is NOT Real AI Generated
  • Fact Check: A Marcus Holloway Did NOT Serve Twenty Years For Murdering A Wife Who Had Been Held Captive By A Neighbor -- Fake Story To Bait Web Traffic

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    Did a Marcus Holloway serve twenty years in prison for a murder he didn't commit when his wife Sarah was finally discovered alive after being held captive by a Chicago neighbor all those years? No, that's not true: There is no record of a real crime in Chicago matching these details. The fake story appeared across social media published by…

    • Nov 21, 2025
    • by: Sarah Thompson
    Fact Check: A Marcus Holloway Did NOT Serve Twenty Years For Murdering A Wife Who Had Been Held Captive By A Neighbor -- Fake Story To Bait Web Traffic AI Generated
  • Fact Check: Video Of TSA Agents Waving Passengers Through Unchecked Because Of Government Shutdown Is NOT Real

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    Does a viral video document that TSA employees stopped screening passengers at U.S. airports as a result of the October 2025 government shutdown? No, that's not true: The clip was generated by AI, and the video's early versions included a watermark disclosing that fact. Additionally, the agency's seal on the uniform of the supposed TSA agent -- which is one…

    • Oct 29, 2025
    • by: Uliana Malashenko
    Fact Check: Video Of TSA Agents Waving Passengers Through Unchecked Because Of Government Shutdown Is NOT Real AI Generated
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