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  • Fact Check: Fictional Story About Jamal Roberts Turning Down Tesla Ad Cites No Sources -- NO Actual 'Media Frenzy' Happened

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    Did American Idol winner Jamal Roberts turn down a Tesla ad from Elon Musk in an upcoming music video? No, that's not true: A viral article about such a rejection did not name any verifiable sources or offer any quotes to back that up. It also claimed there had been a "media frenzy" about the issue but no media outlets…

    • May 28, 2025
    • by: Maarten Schenk
    Fact Check: Fictional Story About Jamal Roberts Turning Down Tesla Ad Cites No Sources -- NO Actual 'Media Frenzy' Happened Fiction
  • Fact Check: 'The Simpsons' Did NOT Predict April 29, 2025, Will Be 'The Day Everything Stops'

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    Did "The Simpsons" predict that April 29, 2025 will become "the day everything stops"? No, that's not true: The internet rumor originated from an account that posts "fictional stories". The video never used a direct video citation from the series. Lead Stories analysis of the visual sequence suggested it was created with generative AI. The claim appeared in a post…

    • Apr 29, 2025
    • by: Uliana Malashenko
    Fact Check: 'The Simpsons' Did NOT Predict April 29, 2025, Will Be 'The Day Everything Stops' Online Rumor
  • Fact Check: Police DO Have Suspect In Murder Of California Fire Captain Rebecca Marodi

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    Is a social media post that speculates that right-wing rhetoric about the California wildfires caused the murder of California Fire Captain Rebecca Marodi accurate? No, that's not true: The police have named Rebecca Marodi's wife as the only suspect in her February 2025 murder. They announced that the suspect was a person known to Rebecca Marodi and believed it was…

    • Feb 21, 2025
    • by: Alexis Tereszcuk
    Fact Check: Police DO Have Suspect In Murder Of California Fire Captain Rebecca Marodi Wife Suspect
  • Fact Check: No Evidence Pelosi's And Feinstein's Husbands Colluded To Profit Off High-Speed Rail Land

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    Did the husbands of former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and the late Sen. Dianne Feinstein conspire to make money by using federal grants to buy land for high-speed rail? No, that's not true: There is no evidence either Paul Pelosi or the late Richard Blum were involved in land purchases connected to the California High-Speed Rail project. A social media…

    • Feb 5, 2025
    • by: Randy Travis
    Fact Check: No Evidence Pelosi's And Feinstein's Husbands Colluded To Profit Off High-Speed Rail Land No Evidence
  • Fact Check: California Denies US Troops Entered California To Turn On Water -- Says Federal Government Restarted Federal Water Pumps

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    Did U.S. troops enter California under "emergency powers" from President Donald Trump to turn on water from the Pacific Northwest, in January 2025? No, that's not true according to state authorities: The U.S. military did not enter the state to turn on the water, according to a statement posted by the California Department of Water Resources. The statement said the…

    • Jan 28, 2025
    • by: Lead Stories Staff
    Fact Check: California Denies US Troops Entered California To Turn On Water -- Says Federal Government Restarted Federal Water Pumps No Troops
  • Fact Check: Video Supposedly Of LA Wildfires In January 2025 Is NOT Authentic -- Likely AI Creation

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    Does a video that shows an entire city engulfed in flames as a dozen helicopters hover overhead authentically capture a scene from the Los Angeles wildfires in January 2025? No, that's not true: Multiple online artificial intelligence detectors judged that this video and its audio -- with a lone siren blaring and the crackling sound of fires burning in the…

    • Jan 22, 2025
    • by: Kaiyah Clarke
    Fact Check: Video Supposedly Of LA Wildfires In January 2025 Is NOT Authentic -- Likely AI Creation Most Likely AI
  • Fact Check: Map Does NOT Show January 2025 California Wildfires Lined Up With Proposed High-Speed Rail System

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    Does a viral clip offer proof that the January 2025 California wildfires followed the same path as the planned California high-speed rail system?No, that's not true: The clip repeated a recycled falsehood from 2018. It showed an old 2018 map that depicted areas in a "red flag warning zone" of increased fire risk, not actual fires. The claim reappeared in…

    • Jan 22, 2025
    • by: Uliana Malashenko
    Fact Check: Map Does NOT Show January 2025 California Wildfires Lined Up With Proposed High-Speed Rail System Fact Check: Map Does NOT Show January 2025 California Wildfires Lined Up With Proposed High-Speed Rail System Map From 2018
  • Fact Check: ABC's 'The View' Set Did NOT Burn Down In January 2025 Los Angeles Wildfires -- Claim Originated On Self-Described Satire Site

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    Did the set for ABC's talk show "The View" burn down amid the January 2025 Los Angeles wildfires? No, that's not true: A spokesperson for the show told Lead Stories that the program has always been based in New York City. The website where the rumor appeared describes itself as specializing in "Satire and Parody." The image in the social…

    • Jan 21, 2025
    • by: Alexis Tereszcuk
    Fact Check: ABC's 'The View' Set Did NOT Burn Down In January 2025 Los Angeles Wildfires -- Claim Originated On Self-Described Satire Site Satire Origin
  • Fact Check: Los Angeles Does NOT Rely On 45 Electric Firetrucks That Must Charge For 10 Hours Every Day

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    Are there 45 electric firetrucks in Los Angeles that had to go back to the fire department for 10 hours a day to recharge while the January 2025 wildfires burned? No, that's not true: According to a Los Angeles Fire Department spokesperson the LAFD "has only one electric fire engine and no electric fire trucks" and that one is equipped…

    • Jan 20, 2025
    • by: Alexis Tereszcuk
    Fact Check: Los Angeles Does NOT Rely On 45 Electric Firetrucks That Must Charge For 10 Hours Every Day Only 1 Total
  • Fact Check: NO Evidence Whoopi Goldberg's Los Angeles Mansion Was Destroyed By January 2025 Wildfires -- Claim Originated On Self-Described Satire Site

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    Did a Facebook post confirm that Whoopi Goldberg's house burned during the January 2025 Los Angeles wildfires? No, that's not true: The website the rumor was found on described itself as a page specializing in "Satire and Parody News," adding that their team is "dedicated" to bringing readers "the latest and greatest in fake news." The image seen in the…

    • Jan 20, 2025
    • by: Marlo Lee
    Fact Check: NO Evidence Whoopi Goldberg's Los Angeles Mansion Was Destroyed By January 2025 Wildfires -- Claim Originated On Self-Described Satire Site Satire Origin
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