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  • Fact Check: Armenian Business In Dr. Oz Video About Hospice Fraud Is A Bakery, NOT Scene Of Hospice Or Home Care Prosecutions

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    Is the business featured in a recent video by Dr. Mehmet Oz related to hospice and home care fraud in Los Angeles? No, that's not true: The business is a family-owned and operated bakery and market and there is no evidence that implicates the business in any fraud prosecution or to the hospice and home care industry. Several other businesses…

    • Feb 5, 2026
    • by: Lead Stories Staff
    Fact Check: Armenian Business In Dr. Oz Video About Hospice Fraud Is A Bakery, NOT Scene Of Hospice Or Home Care Prosecutions It's A Bakery
  • Fact Check: Fake Image Shows Likenesses Of Nigel Farage and Jeffrey Epstein Together But Image Has No Verifiable Source

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    Does a photo of Nigel Farage together with Jeffrey Epstein show that the two men were acquainted? No, that's not true: This image is fake. Although made to look like a photo taken with a flash, there is no evidence this is a real photo which existed before Feb. 3, 2026. Nigel Farage has stated that he never met Epstein.…

    • Feb 3, 2026
    • by: Sarah Thompson
    Fact Check: Fake Image Shows Likenesses Of Nigel Farage and Jeffrey Epstein Together But Image Has No Verifiable Source They Never Met
  • Fact Check: FAKE Photo Shows Activist Nekima Levy Armstrong Crying During Arrest In FBI's Minnesota 'Church Riot' Case -- White House Posted An Altered Photo That Changes Her Expression, Adds Tears

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    Was Nekima Levy Armstrong visibly crying in anguish in a Department of Homeland Security photo of her arrest by the FBI for her role in a protest at a church in St. Paul, Minnesota? No, that's not true: The photo of Armstrong's arrest posted by DHS Secretary Kristi Noem showed Armstrong's face as composed and expressionless. About one half hour…

    • Jan 22, 2026
    • by: Sarah Thompson
    Fact Check: FAKE Photo Shows Activist Nekima Levy Armstrong Crying During Arrest In FBI's Minnesota 'Church Riot' Case -- White House Posted An Altered Photo That Changes Her Expression, Adds Tears Doctored Image
  • Fact Check: Video Does NOT Really Show Local Officer Ordering Driver To Open Armored Truck That Was 'A Federal Asset"

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    Does real bodycam video show a local policeman demanding that a Brinks truck driver open the cargo hold of a truck that was "a federal asset"? No, that's not true: The video is watermarked "A.I. BodyCam VIDEOS" by the page that posted it, which says in its page bio that it creates "fictional...Dramatic, scripted bodycam vids." The font of the…

    • Jan 14, 2026
    • by: Dean Miller
    Fact Check: Video Does NOT Really Show Local Officer Ordering Driver To Open Armored Truck That Was 'A Federal Asset" AI Concoction
  • Fact Check: President Trump's Symbolic Pardon Does NOT Mean Tina Peters Is Fully Pardoned -- POTUS Has No Power Over State Prisoner

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    Has Tina Peters been "fully pardoned" by Donald Trump, wiping out her prison sentence for giving unauthorized access to Mesa County, Colorado, voting machines in 2021, when she was county clerk? No, that's not true: Trump's "pardon" of Peters is only symbolic, not official. The U.S. Constitution grants the President power to pardon only those criminals facing federal charges. Peters,…

    • Dec 12, 2025
    • by: Dean Miller
    Fact Check: President Trump's Symbolic Pardon Does NOT Mean Tina Peters Is Fully Pardoned -- POTUS Has No Power Over State Prisoner No State Power
  • Fact Check: Final Verdict Has NOT Been Reached -- No Trial Date Yet For Decarlos Brown In Iryna Zarutska Stabbing Case

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    Does a video show the final verdict being handed down in the trial of Decarlos Brown for the killing of Iryna Zarutska, who was fatally stabbed while riding a train in Charlotte, North Carolina? No, that's not true: This video montage was originally posted on Instagram with a caption suggesting that it was a hypothetical outcome, "This an idea of…

    • Nov 26, 2025
    • by: Sarah Thompson
    Fact Check: Final Verdict Has NOT Been Reached -- No Trial Date Yet For Decarlos Brown In Iryna Zarutska Stabbing Case No Trial Yet
  • Fact Check: NO Record 'Matthew's Haberdashery' Seattle Clothing Store Ever Existed -- 'Moving Sale' Ad Uses Images From Mass-Market Internet Retailers

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    Is a high-end Seattle store called "Matthew's Haberdashery" moving to Charlotte, North Carolina and selling Seattle-made men's clothes at a discount in a moving sale? No, that's not true: the store never existed, and the website and Facebook page appeared just 39 days before the moving sale was underway. Lead Stories easily found the exact photos from the Matthew's website…

    • Nov 24, 2025
    • by: Dean Miller
    Fact Check: NO Record 'Matthew's Haberdashery' Seattle Clothing Store Ever Existed -- 'Moving Sale' Ad Uses Images From Mass-Market Internet Retailers No Such Store
  • Fact Check: Kash Patel And A Dozen Other Prominent Americans Are NOT Paying Off Hundreds Of Thousands In Student Lunch Debt -- It's Web Traffic-Baiting 'Viet Spam'

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    Did prominent Americans like Elon Musk, Caitlin Clark, Stephen Colbert, and Joy Behar each pay down $667,000 of schoolkids' lunchroom debts? No, there's no evidence that's true: In the case of FBI Director Kash Patel, the gift was inflated to $979,000, which would be more than five times his FBI salary.The posts making the claims include no evidence by which…

    • Nov 17, 2025
    • by: Dean Miller
    Fact Check: Kash Patel And A Dozen Other Prominent Americans Are NOT Paying Off Hundreds Of Thousands In Student Lunch Debt -- It's Web Traffic-Baiting 'Viet Spam' Scam Bait
  • Fact Check: Trump Reading 'State Your Name' Was NOT A Gaffe While Swearing In U.S. Military Enlistees -- It's How It's Done

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    Did Donald Trump mistakenly read "state your name" instead of using his own name while swearing in newly enlisted U.S. troops during the half-time of a Washington Commanders - Detroit Lions game? No, that's not true: Prompting "state your name" is how the officiating officer does it, reminding oath takers to say their name aloud as they repeat the oath…

    • Nov 10, 2025
    • by: Dean Miller
    Fact Check: Trump Reading 'State Your Name' Was NOT A Gaffe While Swearing In U.S. Military Enlistees -- It's How It's Done It's A Script
  • Fact Check: Video Of Smiling Riot Policeman Pepper Spraying Woman With Shaved Head Is NOT Real -- It's From A 'Sora' Account That Features Text-To-Video AI Clips

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    Does a real video show a body-armor-wearing riot policeman smiling as he pepper-sprays a woman confronting him at a protest? No, that's not true: The video is labeled "Sora" with watermarks indicating it was created using OpenAI's text-to-video app. It originated on an account devoted to improbable wild animal videos, also labeled as Sora productions. Sora creates fake but "hyperreal"…

    • Nov 4, 2025
    • by: Dean Miller
    Fact Check: Video Of Smiling Riot Policeman Pepper Spraying Woman With Shaved Head Is NOT Real -- It's From A 'Sora' Account That Features Text-To-Video AI Clips Sora Product
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