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    Did Karoline Leavitt dismiss various celebrities, saying "complex social policy" was "out of their league" and dismissing them as just a singer, musician, actor or comedian? No, that's not true: The claim about a televised confrontation in a TV studio was made about at least 26 different people in posts published on dozens of fake Facebook fan pages aimed at…

    • Jan 24, 2026
    • by: Maarten Schenk
    Fact Check: Fake Stories About Karoline Leavitt Smirking At Celebrities Because 'Complex Social Policy' Is 'Out Of Their League' Are Spam From Vietnam Factory Fake
  • Fact Check: Johnny Carson Did NOT Comfort Dying Woman Barbara Martinez While Taping The Tonight Show On March 17, 1983

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    Did TV host Johnny Carson comfort dying woman Barbara Martinez while taping the March 17, 1983, episode of NBC's Tonight Show? No, that's not true: Social media posts about it did not include the actual recording of the purported event, sharing an AI-generated image instead. Lead Stories found no credible sources ever mentioning the supposed dance, and the Library of…

    • Jan 20, 2026
    • by: Uliana Malashenko
    Fact Check: Johnny Carson Did NOT Comfort Dying Woman Barbara Martinez While Taping The Tonight Show On March 17, 1983 No Records
  • Fact Check: Jon Stewart, Willie Nelson, Taylor Swift, Dolly Parton And A Dozen Other Celebs Did NOT Call Donald Trump A 'Vicious Old Bastard Draining America's Soul'

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    Did Travis Kelce, Jelly Roll, Bruce Springsteen, Caitlin Clark and a 12 other celebrities say that President Trump was "a vicious old bastard draining America's soul after the Born-in-America Act"? No, that's not true: The claim that at least 17 different sports stars and entertainers made that identical statement was made up by a Vietnamese-based spam factory that uses artificial…

    • Jan 20, 2026
    • by: Alan Duke
    Fact Check: Jon Stewart, Willie Nelson, Taylor Swift, Dolly Parton And A Dozen Other Celebs Did NOT Call Donald Trump A 'Vicious Old Bastard Draining America's Soul' Viet Spam
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    Did Tom Hanks broadcast a program in 2026 about Jeffrey Epstein's sexual abuse and trafficking of Virginia Giuffre titled "Finding The Light?" No, that's not true: There has been no broadcast schedule and no real news report that such a show aired and attracted an audience of millions. There is no public record of Hanks or anyone else promoting a…

    • Jan 16, 2026
    • by: Dean Miller
    Fact Check: NO 'Finding The Light' Program By Tom Hanks About Jeffrey Epstein's Sexual Abuse And Trafficking Of Virginia Giuffre -- Viet Spam Posts Made It Up Factory Fakery
  • Fact Check: AI Video Of Beyoncé Announcing She Would Be Covering Expenses Of Renee Good's Children Is NOT Real -- No Such Announcement

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    Did singer Beyoncé Knowles announce she would be covering the expenses of Renee Good's children until they were adults? No, that's not true: The viral video apparently showing that was labeled as AI generated by the TikTok account that posted it. Beyoncé's actual social media accounts and those of her charitable foundation have not made any mention of the Minneapolis…

    • Jan 11, 2026
    • by: Maarten Schenk
    Fact Check: AI Video Of Beyoncé Announcing She Would Be Covering Expenses Of Renee Good's Children Is NOT Real -- No Such Announcement AI Video
  • Fact Check: Clickbait Story About Trump Being Told 'Shame On You' Live On Air By Depp, Eminem, Cher, McCartney, Others NOT Real - Vietnam Spam

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    Did Johnny Depp, Eminem, Cher, Paul McCartney or any other celebrity tell Donald Trump "You're tearing families apart ... Shame on you" at a live town hall meeting on immigration? No, that's not true: Nearly identical stories mentioning those and more than 40 other celebrities were published by a network of foreign websites and Facebook pages. There were no news…

    • Jan 5, 2026
    • by: Dean Miller
    Fact Check: Clickbait Story About Trump Being Told 'Shame On You' Live On Air By Depp, Eminem, Cher, McCartney, Others NOT Real - Vietnam Spam Counterfeits
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    Did Barbra Streisand just announce a massive donation while accepting a "Lifetime Achievement Award" at a Los Angeles gala in front of various tech titans, billionaires and powerful people? No, that's not true: The exact same story, often accompanied by an image or a mention of Mark Zuckerberg, has been posted about dozens of celebrities by a network of sites…

    • Dec 23, 2025
    • by: Maarten Schenk
    Fact Check: Barbra Streisand, Other Celebs Did NOT Berate Zuckerberg, Billionaires At 'Lifetime Achievement Award' Gala -- Spam From Vietnam Copypaste Fake
  • Fact Check: FBI Did NOT Discover A Secret Tunnel Under Rob Reiner's Mansion -- This Is Another In A String Of Copycat Clickbait Videos Using Famous Names

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    Did the FBI discover a secret tunnel under Rob Reiner's Brentwood mansion? No, that's not true: There is no credible information to support this claim. The day after Rob Reiner and his wife Michele were murdered, clickbait videos began to surface on YouTube claiming the FBI found a tunnel under their home. Some of these videos had titles identical to…

    • Dec 22, 2025
    • by: Sarah Thompson
    Fact Check: FBI Did NOT Discover A Secret Tunnel Under Rob Reiner's Mansion -- This Is Another In A String Of Copycat Clickbait Videos Using Famous Names Clickbait Redo
  • 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
  • Fact Check: 90-Year-Old Man Is NOT Being Sued By The Families Of Two Home Invaders He Killed -- Ragebait Fake Story

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    Did an elderly man kill two thieves inside his home and is he now being sued by their families for $1 million in damages? No, that's not true: This story is made up, designed to get social media engagement by causing outrage. There is no real incident matching the provided details. The video is illustrated with clips drawn from a…

    • Dec 18, 2025
    • by: Sarah Thompson
    Fact Check: 90-Year-Old Man Is NOT Being Sued By The Families Of Two Home Invaders He Killed -- Ragebait Fake Story Mashup Tale
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