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  • Fact Check: 'Love Our Cocks' Pride Month Joke Is NOT From Official South Carolina Gamecocks Account

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    Did the official account of the South Carolina Gamecocks make a rainbow-themed Happy Pride Month post on X? No, that's not true: The post with the caption 'Boy we sure do love our cocks, Happy Pride Month!' is fake. The screenshot uses the @Gamecocks handle, which belongs to an unaffiliated fan page. There have been no new public posts on…

    • Jun 5, 2026
    • by: Sarah Thompson
    Fact Check: 'Love Our Cocks' Pride Month Joke Is NOT From Official South Carolina Gamecocks Account Unaffiliated
  • Fact Check: FAKE Trump Post Showed Him As A Football Player, Surrounded By Half-Naked Male Cheerleaders

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    Did President Donald Trump post an image of himself as a football player, surrounded by half-naked male cheerleaders? No, that's not true: The message made to mimic a Truth Social post is fake. Trump did not post the image, which depicts him as a football player with bulging leg muscles in American flag shorts, surrounded by shirtless male cheerleaders. The…

    • Jun 4, 2026
    • by: Alexis Tereszcuk
    Fact Check: FAKE Trump Post Showed Him As A Football Player, Surrounded By Half-Naked Male Cheerleaders No Prez Post
  • Fact Check: FAKE Post Shows Donald Trump Writing 'Happy Pride Month' Message To Governor of Florida Ron DeSantis

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    Did President Donald Trump post a message that wished Florida Governor Ron DeSantis a "happy pride month" calling him "Ron DeFAGGOT"? No, that's not true: The message that looks like a Truth Social post is fake. Trump did not post the message on his Truth Social account. The same message was posted in 2023 and also shown to be…

    • Jun 2, 2026
    • by: Alexis Tereszcuk
    Fact Check: FAKE Post Shows Donald Trump Writing 'Happy Pride Month' Message To Governor of Florida Ron DeSantis Never Posted
  • Fact Check: Video Of Flying Egg-Shaped Object Does NOT Come From First Pentagon Release Of UFO Files

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    Was a viral video of a flying egg-shaped object part of the Pentagon UFO files release? No, that's not true: Lead Stories reviewed the first -- and the only available, as of this writing -- batch of the released materials and did not find the video in question there. It also did not match the visual style of other released…

    • May 15, 2026
    • by: Uliana Malashenko
    Fact Check: Video Of Flying Egg-Shaped Object Does NOT Come From First Pentagon Release Of UFO Files Not There
  • Fact Check: Posts Saying White House Correspondents' Dinner Shooting Suspect Cole Allen Worked Security For Sports Teams Are Not Real -- AI Spam From Vietnam

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    Are viral posts real that claim Cole Allen, the suspect in the White House Correspondents' Dinner shooting, worked as a security staff member for sports teams? No, that's not true: The false claim is part of an AI-generated series of articles and posts created by a spam operation managed from Vietnam. Fake fan pages are used to target North American…

    • Apr 27, 2026
    • by: Alan Duke
    Fact Check: Posts Saying White House Correspondents' Dinner Shooting Suspect Cole Allen Worked Security For Sports Teams Are Not Real -- AI Spam From Vietnam Viet Spam
  • Fact Check: REAL Video Shows LGBTQ+ Flag During Florida Panthers Game At Amerant Bank Arena

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    Does a video widely shared on April Fool's Day show a real LGBTQ+ flag waving at an entrance to Amerant Bank Arena, a home stadium for the Florida Panthers? Yes, that's true: The video appeared on the hockey team's account on X, among other places. News reports confirmed that the flag was seen during the March 31, 2026, game. The…

    • Apr 1, 2026
    • by: Uliana Malashenko
    Fact Check: REAL Video Shows LGBTQ+ Flag During Florida Panthers Game At Amerant Bank Arena Real Flag
  • Fact Check: Thitikul, De Niro, Hanks, Penrod Did NOT Say 'Don't Touch My Family Or My Country' To Karoline Leavitt Or Whoopi Goldberg -- It's Vietspam

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    Did Thai golfer Atthaya "Jeeno" Thitikul say 'don't touch my family' at a news conference with White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt? No, that's not true: No media outlets reported that about the golfer or any other celebrity, including actors Robert De Niro and Tom Hanks and gospel singer Guy Penrod, who was rumored to have made the identical statement…

    • Feb 18, 2026
    • by: Uliana Malashenko
    Fact Check: Thitikul, De Niro, Hanks, Penrod Did NOT Say 'Don't Touch My Family Or My Country' To Karoline Leavitt Or Whoopi Goldberg -- It's Vietspam Made-Up Story
  • Fact Check: Photo Of Man In Drag Is NOT Alex Pretti, ICU Nurse Shot And Killed By ICE In Minneapolis

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    Is the image of a man dressed in drag a real photo of Alex Pretti, the 37-year-old man shot and killed by ICE agents in Minnesota? No, that's not true: The person shown wearing a silver skirt and bra with rainbow-colored hair while holding a beer is Kyle Wagner, a self-described Antifa supporter in Minneapolis. That photo is unrelated to…

    • Jan 26, 2026
    • by: Alexis Tereszcuk
    Fact Check: Photo Of Man In Drag Is NOT Alex Pretti, ICU Nurse Shot And Killed By ICE In Minneapolis Different Man
  • Fact Check: Fake Posts About '100% Free Community Health Center' Opened By Eminem, Kid Rock, Other Celebs NOT Real -- Foreign Clickbait

    Fact Check

    Did Eminem, Kid Rock, Chris Stapleton, Dolly Parton, Taylor Swift or other celebrities stand for photos of themselves and supporters opening "America's first 100% free community health center"? No, that's not true: Nearly identical stories mentioning more than 40 celebrities in near-identical photos were published by a network of foreign websites and Facebook pages. There were no legitimate news articles…

    • Jan 6, 2026
    • by: Dean Miller
    Fact Check: Fake Posts About '100% Free Community Health Center' Opened By Eminem, Kid Rock, Other Celebs NOT Real -- Foreign Clickbait Viet Hoaxes
  • Fact Check: Video of Children Practicing Muslim Prayer In Classroom Does NOT Show Scene From Real Life

    Fact Check

    Does real CCTV footage capture schoolchildren kneeling on prayer mats and repeating the Muslim declaration of faith, "Allahu Akbar", as viral social media posts claim? No, that's not true: The low-quality clip seemed to have been distorted to conceal the evidence it was AI-generated video. For example, the clip showed the instructor rising from her knees to sit on a…

    • Nov 7, 2025
    • by: Uliana Malashenko
    Fact Check: Video of Children Practicing Muslim Prayer In Classroom Does NOT Show Scene From Real Life AI Generated
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