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  • Fact Check: Old Video Does NOT Show EBT Card Not Working In January 2025 Due To Federal Funding Freeze

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    Is a video of a man failing to buy a sandwich with an EBT card at a Subway restaurant from January 2025 and related to the federal funding freeze announced by the Trump administration that month? No, that's not true: The footage was online at least half a year before the second Trump presidency. As of January 29, 2025, the…

    • Jan 29, 2025
    • by: Uliana Malashenko
    Fact Check: Old Video Does NOT Show EBT Card Not Working In January 2025 Due To Federal Funding Freeze August 2024
  • Fact Check: NO 'Leaked Footage' Of Trump Shooter And BlackRock CEO Holding Gun -- FAKE AI-Generated Still Images

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    Is there leaked footage showing BlackRock CEO Larry Fink carrying a gun as he walks with Thomas Matthew Crooks, the gunman who tried to assassinate Donald Trump? No, that's not true: The still photo that's a thumbnail preview to a YouTube video is a fake AI-generated image. The scene in the photo does not appear in the YouTube video at…

    • Aug 6, 2024
    • by: Sarah Thompson
    Fact Check: NO 'Leaked Footage' Of Trump Shooter And BlackRock CEO Holding Gun -- FAKE AI-Generated Still Images Clickbait Pics
  • Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Authentic News Segment About Genetically Engineered Disney Child Stars

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    Does a video shared on social media show authentic news coverage confirming that Disney child stars are genetically engineered humans? No, that's not true: The segment comes from the satirical website The Onion. The video was posted on The Onion in 2008. The claim reappeared in a post (archived here) on Instagram on February 8, 2024. The caption began: Had…

    • Feb 9, 2024
    • by: Uliana Malashenko
    Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Authentic News Segment About Genetically Engineered Disney Child Stars Satire
  • Fact Check: Video Does NOT Prove Ukraine Uses 'New Body Armor Designed For Its Pregnant Women Fighters' -- It's Just For Female Military Personnel

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    Does a viral video prove that Ukraine now employs bulletproof vests specifically made for "pregnant women fighters"? No, that's not true: The post on social media misleads audiences about the new body armor's design -- it was made not for pregnant people, but for all female military personnel in order to take their anatomy into account. The caption on the…

    • Sep 26, 2023
    • by: Uliana Malashenko
    Fact Check: Video Does NOT Prove Ukraine Uses 'New Body Armor Designed For Its Pregnant Women Fighters' -- It's Just For Female Military Personnel Distorted
  • Fact Check: NO Evidence Insurance Companies Are Denying Maui Fire Losses Due To 'Zoning Infractions'

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    Are insurance companies denying Maui fire losses due to "zoning infractions?" No, that's not true: A Hawaii Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs spokesman told Lead Stories there have been no reports of claim denials "due to zoning infractions" as of August 18, 2023. The claim appeared in a video (archived here) where it was published on Bitchute on August…

    • Aug 21, 2023
    • by: Alexis Tereszcuk
    Fact Check: NO Evidence Insurance Companies Are Denying Maui Fire Losses Due To 'Zoning Infractions' No Complaints
  • Fact Check: Royal Canadian Mounted Police Investigators Did NOT Find Dozens Of Wildfires Were Arson -- Mounties Do NOT Determine What Causes A Fire

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    Were dozens of wildfires in Canada as of June 8, 2023, determined by Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) investigators to be arson? No, that's not true: The RCMP told Lead Stories that its police don't determine what causes a fire, saying that's the responsibility of each individual province or territory. The claim appeared in a post and video on Facebook…

    • Jul 18, 2023
    • by: Ed Payne
    Fact Check: Royal Canadian Mounted Police Investigators Did NOT Find Dozens Of Wildfires Were Arson -- Mounties Do NOT Determine What Causes A Fire Doesn't Add Up
  • Fact Check: NO Arrest Of Joe Biden, Nancy Pelosi, Kamala Harris On May 10, 2023

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    Were three high-profile Democrats, including President Joe Biden, arrested on or before May 10, 2023? No, that's not true: The claim came from a 2021 video that theorized about that happening in the future, but two years later, as of this writing, none of it materialized. The story appeared in a post published on Facebook on May 10, 2023. It…

    • May 22, 2023
    • by: Uliana Malashenko
    Fact Check: NO Arrest Of Joe Biden, Nancy Pelosi, Kamala Harris On May 10, 2023 They Are Free
  • Fact Check: Video Does NOT Prove CNN Promoted Baseless 'Empire Of The City' Conspiracy

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    Did CNN produce or air a documentary popularizing a baseless conspiracy theory about three cities controlling the world? No, that's not true: A video clip on social media recycled a fragment from a film that, in turn, reused 1997 footage from CNN that included the network's logo. The claim appeared in a clip published on TikTok on April 28, 2023.…

    • May 1, 2023
    • by: Uliana Malashenko
    Fact Check: Video Does NOT Prove CNN Promoted Baseless 'Empire Of The City' Conspiracy Reused Footage
  • Fact Check: HAARP Does NOT 'Send A Billion-Watt Microwave' To Cause Disasters On Earth

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    Can the Alaska-based HAARP project, a former military research facility for studying the ionosphere, remotely initiate natural disasters such as earthquakes anywhere on Earth? No, that's not true: An "explanation" of its purported capabilities to manufacture disasters, posted on social media, contradicts well-established scientific facts. The manager of the HAARP project told Lead Stories that the facility "cannot create or…

    • Feb 24, 2023
    • by: Uliana Malashenko
    Fact Check: HAARP Does NOT 'Send A Billion-Watt Microwave' To Cause Disasters On Earth Recycled Rumor
  • Fact Check: Turkey's 7.8 M Quake Was NOT Man-Made Or A HAARP Attack -- It Was A Natural Event

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    Was the devastating temblor that struck Turkey on February 6, 2023 actually a human-caused earthquake triggered by a weapon from an ionospheric research program called HAARP, in response to the Turkish president's move to block an expansion of NATO? No, that's not true: Experts that spoke to Lead Stories say the quake's occurrence is a natural event supported by scientific…

    • Feb 13, 2023
    • by: Lead Stories Staff
    Fact Check: Turkey's 7.8 M Quake Was NOT Man-Made Or A HAARP Attack -- It Was A Natural Event Quake Fiction
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