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  • Fact Check: Posts Saying Cheerleaders Shocked Social Media After Posting A Bold 'Fully Revealing' Photoshoot Are NOT Real -- Spam From Vietnam

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    Did cheerleaders for 38 sports teams shock social media by posting a bold "fully revealing" photoshoot that got seven million views on X? No, that's not true: The false claims originate from AI-generated articles and posts created by a spam operation managed from Vietnam. Fake fan pages are used to target North American and European Facebook users with nearly identical…

    • Apr 28, 2026
    • by: Alan Duke
    Fact Check: Posts Saying Cheerleaders Shocked Social Media After Posting A Bold 'Fully Revealing' Photoshoot Are NOT Real -- Spam From Vietnam Viet Spam
  • Fact Check: Posts About Plans To Build A $3.8 Billion Stadium For Your Favorite Team To Transform Your Favorite City Into A Global Destination Are Fake -- Viet Spam

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    Are Facebook posts about plans to build $3.8 billion stadiums for 34 NFL, MLB, NBA, and college sports teams that would transform their cities into global destinations real? No, that's not true: Dozens of nearly identical posts were generated by artificial intelligence tools and distributed by a spam network managed from Vietnam. With the exception of a new stadium for…

    • Apr 14, 2026
    • by: Alan Duke
    Fact Check: Posts About Plans To Build A $3.8 Billion Stadium For Your Favorite Team To Transform Your Favorite City Into A Global Destination Are Fake -- Viet Spam Viet Spam
  • Fact Check: Celebrities Did NOT Warn About Trump Seeking Third Term On Nicolle Wallace's Podcast 'The Best People' -- Just De Niro

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    Did a long list of celebrities all say "He will never leave, we have to make him leave, it's up to us to get rid of him" about President Donald Trump? No, that's not true: Actor Robert De Niro was the only celeb who did this, appearing on "The Best People with Nicolle Wallace." False claims that Cher, Pink, Tom…

    • Mar 9, 2026
    • by: Alan Duke
    Fact Check: Celebrities Did NOT Warn About Trump Seeking Third Term On Nicolle Wallace's Podcast 'The Best People' -- Just De Niro Viet Spam
  • Fact Check: New Orleans Flight Restrictions NOT Associated With "Special Security Reasons" That Closed El Paso Airspace

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    Was the airspace around New Orleans also shut down in early February, 2026, along with El Paso's closure due to alleged national security concerns? No, that's not true: The Temporary Flight Restriction (TFR) over New Orleans during Mardi Gras issued by the FAA for part of each day from Feb. 13-18, 2026 was announced by the Louisiana State Police on…

    • Feb 11, 2026
    • by: Sarah Thompson
    Fact Check: New Orleans Flight Restrictions NOT Associated With "Special Security Reasons" That Closed El Paso Airspace Mardi Gras
  • Fact Check: Kid Rock Is NOT Donating The Proceeds Of Next Five Shows To Turning Point USA In Charlie Kirk's Name -- It's Satire

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    Is Kid Rock donating the proceeds of his next five shows to Turning Point USA in Charlie Kirk's honor? No, that's not true: The story originated on a satirical Facebook page that clearly labels its content as fake. The page's owner is known for tricking conservatives into liking and sharing fabricated posts. As of Dec. 18, 2025, Kid Rock has…

    • Dec 18, 2025
    • by: Alexis Tereszcuk
    Fact Check: Kid Rock Is NOT Donating The Proceeds Of Next Five Shows To Turning Point USA In Charlie Kirk's Name -- It's Satire Satire Origin
  • Fact Check: Video Montage Does NOT Show Clips Of Hurricane Melissa Slamming Kingston, Jamaica -- Recycled Footage From Past Storms

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    Does a video posted on TikTok show Hurricane Melissa as it is making landfall in Kingston, Jamaica? No, that's not true: These clips show storms which happened around the world, some fairly recently, and some years in the past. One clip remains unidentified, of the fifteen others, none shows Hurricane Melissa. The miscaptioned video montage (archived here) was published by…

    • Oct 29, 2025
    • by: Sarah Thompson
    Fact Check: Video Montage Does NOT Show Clips Of Hurricane Melissa Slamming Kingston, Jamaica -- Recycled Footage From Past Storms Past Storms
  • Fact Check: Photo That Shows Damage And Floods From Hurricane Melissa In Black River, Jamaica Is NOT Real -- AI Fakery

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    Is a photo that shows damage and flooding from Hurricane Melissa in Black River, Jamaica on October 28, 2025, authentic? No, that's not true: The image was likely made by an artificial intelligence tool, according to a test by an AI detector tool. It appeared on multiple social media accounts. The claim appeared with an image in an October 28,…

    • Oct 28, 2025
    • by: Alexis Tereszcuk
    Fact Check: Photo That Shows Damage And Floods From Hurricane Melissa In Black River, Jamaica Is NOT Real -- AI Fakery AI Generated
  • Fact Check: Radar Does NOT Show East Coast Getting Blasted By HAARP Or "Pumping a Storm" -- It's Just Radar Picking Up Migratory Birds Flying South After Dusk

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    Does a blue pulse moving from east to west on a Doppler radar map show some sort of "storm pumping" weather modification or HAARP activity? No, that's not true: The radar reflectivity time lapse animation shows that radar signals have picked up the presence of millions of birds in flight who began their southward migration after the sun set. As…

    • Aug 27, 2025
    • by: Sarah Thompson
    Fact Check: Radar Does NOT Show East Coast Getting Blasted By HAARP Or "Pumping a Storm" -- It's Just Radar Picking Up Migratory Birds Flying South After Dusk Bird Migration
  • Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show A Hurricane Hitting Springfield Illinois On July 20, 2025 -- Footage Shows 2024 Typhoon Hitting China

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    Does a viral video show a "Massive Tornado Hits Springfield Illinois Today July 20, 2025"? No, that's not true: That video clip has been online since at least July 2024. It showed news coverage of Typhoon Yagi striking China's island province of Hainan. The mislabelled video was posted July 20, 2025 to TikTok (archived here) on the @disaster.world1 account, titled…

    • Jul 22, 2025
    • by: Dean Miller
    Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show A Hurricane Hitting Springfield Illinois On July 20, 2025 -- Footage Shows 2024 Typhoon Hitting China 2024 In China
  • Fact Check: Texas City Did NOT Require Residents To Sign 'Israel Loyalty Pledge' To Get 2025 Flood Relief Funds

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    Did a Texas city require residents to sign an "Israel loyalty pledge" in order to be eligible to get relief funds after deadly floods in 2025? No, that's not true: There is no evidence that any Texas town or county impacted by the deadly flooding of July 2025 established any such loyalty pledge. The meme making the claim did not…

    • Jul 9, 2025
    • by: Alan Duke
    Fact Check: Texas City Did NOT Require Residents To Sign 'Israel Loyalty Pledge' To Get 2025 Flood Relief Funds Old, Retracted
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