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  • Fact Check: FAKE Image of Trump And Musk Eating Panda Express On Air Force One Flight To China Is NOT Real Photo

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    Does a viral image of U.S. President Donald Trump and tech billionaires Elon Musk, Jensen Huang and Tim Cook, plus money manager Larry Fink eating Panda Express food show a real scene aboard Air Force One en route to China for an official visit in May 2026? No, that's not true: The image was gerated or altered using AI. It…

    • May 13, 2026
    • by: Uliana Malashenko
    Fact Check: FAKE Image of Trump And Musk Eating Panda Express On Air Force One Flight To China Is NOT Real Photo AI Image
  • Fact Check: Bruce Springsteen's Summer Tour Was NOT Canceled Over His Politics And Lack Of Ticket Sales

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    Was Bruce Springsteen's summer tour canceled over his politics and lack of ticket sales? No, that's not true: The claim originated on a satirical Facebook page run by Christopher Blair, a self-described liberal with a documented history of creating fake content to trick conservatives into sharing it. The disclaimer from the account says "nothing on this page is real" and…

    • May 4, 2026
    • by: Alexis Tereszcuk
    Fact Check: Bruce Springsteen's Summer Tour Was NOT Canceled Over His Politics And Lack Of Ticket Sales Satire Origin
  • Fact Check: Post Saying Your Favorite Celeb Family Dropped A 'Double Bombshell' By Adopting Or Giving Birth To Twins Is NOT Real -- Spam From Vietnam

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    Are viral posts claiming your favorite celebrity family adopted or had twin babies and giving them names that "are taking the internet by storm" real? No, that's not true: Nearly identical posts naming at least 49 celebrity families were distributed on Facebook in mid-April 2026 by a spam network managed from Vietnam. The posts appear to be AI-generated and have…

    • Apr 17, 2026
    • by: Alan Duke
    Fact Check: Post Saying Your Favorite Celeb Family Dropped A 'Double Bombshell' By Adopting Or Giving Birth To Twins Is NOT Real -- Spam From Vietnam Viet Spam
  • Fact Checking Day 2026: Fact Checking Matters More Than Ever In The U.S.

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    We agree with some very prominent people. Here's our proposal... Fact Checking Day on April 2, 2026 marks almost a year since Lead Stories published our last fact check as part of Meta's Third-Party Fact Checking Partnership. Since that day we've published over 1500 fact checks on our U.S. website on topics ranging from fake Epstein Files emails mentioning Elon…

    • Apr 2, 2026
    • by: Maarten Schenk
    Fact Checking Day 2026: Fact Checking Matters More Than Ever In The U.S. That's Today
  • Fact Check: NO Evidence U.K. Police Investigated Man Over X Username 'ChingChongChinaman' Or Something Like It

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    Did U.K. police investigate a man over his X username "ChingChongChinaman" or something similar? No, that's not true: There is no evidence that police in the United Kingdom spoke to a man following a complaint about an "offensive" username. Screenshots of a purported firsthand encounter with law enforcement were traced to a Reddit account that has since been banned. The…

    • Mar 19, 2026
    • by: Ed Payne
    Fact Check: NO Evidence U.K. Police Investigated Man Over X Username 'ChingChongChinaman' Or Something Like It No Reports
  • Fact Check: Slop Story About Permanent Home For Woman Working Part Time At 85 Is Bogus -- No Celebrity Donations

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    Did Keanu Reeves, Clint Black, Billy Joel and other celebrities suddenly all discover that a woman who once cared for them was still working part time at 85 to pay her rent? No, that's not true: The sob story about all of them "stepping in" and donating a "permanent home" and "financial support" was made up by a network of…

    • Mar 15, 2026
    • by: Maarten Schenk
    Fact Check: Slop Story About Permanent Home For Woman Working Part Time At 85 Is Bogus -- No Celebrity Donations Vietspam
  • Fact Check: Variety Did NOT Report Ian Miles Cheong Was Killed By An Iranian Missile In Dubai

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    Did Variety report that Ian Miles Cheong was killed by an Iranian missile in Dubai? No, that's not true: Only one story on the Variety website mentions Cheong, and it was published five months before the Iranian strikes on the city in the United Arab Emirates. Cheong also posted a video of himself walking around the Dubai Mall on March…

    • Mar 3, 2026
    • by: Ed Payne
    Fact Check: Variety Did NOT Report Ian Miles Cheong Was Killed By An Iranian Missile In Dubai He's Alive
  • Fact Check: Giuffre Family, Colbert, Musk Did NOT Pay Millions In Court Fees To Sue Pam Bondi And Other Influential, Powerful People -- Fake Story Is Vietspam

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    Did the family of Epstein's late survivor Virginia Giuffre, Stephen Colbert or Elon Musk spend millions of dollars to file a lawsuit against U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi and other people? No, that's not true: A federal court database showed no such case filed by Giuffre's surviving brother, and credible media organizations did not publish any reports of such a…

    • Feb 20, 2026
    • by: Uliana Malashenko
    Fact Check: Giuffre Family, Colbert, Musk Did NOT Pay Millions In Court Fees To Sue Pam Bondi And Other Influential, Powerful People -- Fake Story Is Vietspam No Record
  • Fact Check: Elon Musk DID Tweet 'I Agree With The Teachings Of Jesus'

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    Does a legitimate screenshot show that Elon Musk in February of 2026 wrote "I agree with the teachings of Jesus," in an X post? Yes, that's true: The X owner did post that message on his verified account. The screenshot does not alter his post. The claim appeared in a February 17, 2026, post on X.com account @TheRealThelmaJ1 (archived here).…

    • Feb 18, 2026
    • by: Alexis Tereszcuk
    Fact Check: Elon Musk DID Tweet 'I Agree With The Teachings Of Jesus' He Did Tweet
  • Fact Check: Various People Did NOT Introduce Bill To Block George Soros Funding Protests By Deeming It Organized Crime Under RICO Act

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    Did various celebrities, including Adam Sandler, Jeanine Pirro and Vince Gill, unveil or introduce a "new bill" that would block George Soros from bankrolling protests by classifying such funding as "organized crime under the RICO Act"? No, that's not true: There were no news articles about such an event and the link provided in a Facebook post with the Adam…

    • Feb 15, 2026
    • by: Maarten Schenk
    Fact Check: Various People Did NOT Introduce Bill To Block George Soros Funding Protests By Deeming It Organized Crime Under RICO Act Copy-Paste
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