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  • Fact Check: FBI Director Kash Patel Did NOT Release Sealed Documents Tying Hillary Clinton And Vladimir Putin To 'James Comey Scandal'

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    Did FBI Director Kash Patel declassify records detailing Hillary Clinton's and Vladimir Putin's ties to the 'James Comey Scandal'? No, that's not true: The viral rumor originated from a comedian's page. Neither the FBI nor credible media organizations said anything about the purported "trove" of "intelligence documents". The claim appeared in a post (archived here) published on X on July…

    • Jul 11, 2025
    • by: Uliana Malashenko
    Fact Check: FBI Director Kash Patel Did NOT Release Sealed Documents Tying Hillary Clinton And Vladimir Putin To 'James Comey Scandal' Satire Origin
  • Fact Check: Elon Musk Did NOT Respond 'Just like I took your wife' to Stephen Miller's 'We will take back America' Post On X -- Musk Denies

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    Did Elon Musk reply to Stephen Miller's "We will take back America" post on X with "Just like I took your wife"? No, that's not true: Musk addressed the claim, saying he never posted that comment and there's no record of it on Musk's account or Miller's. Such a post would have been very newsworthy and yet there are no…

    • Jun 9, 2025
    • by: Dean Miller
    Fact Check: Elon Musk Did NOT Respond 'Just like I took your wife' to Stephen Miller's 'We will take back America' Post On X -- Musk Denies Counterfeit
  • Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show India Striking Pakistan In May Of 2025 -- Video Clip Has Been Online Since 2023

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    Does video of a night air raid document India's May 6, 2025 attack on Punjab Province in Pakistan and Pakistan's portion of Kashmir, as was claimed on social media? No, that's not true: The clip exactly matches video posted to YouTube October 23, 2023, long before India's ballistic missile attack. In the original posted version of the video, multiple accounts…

    • May 6, 2025
    • by: Dean Miller
    Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show India Striking Pakistan In May Of 2025 -- Video Clip Has Been Online Since 2023 Not Pakistan
  • Fact Check: Obama Was NOT Caught 'Laundering Money In The Cayman Islands' In March 2025 -- 2014 Reports About USAID Program In Cuba Did NOT Allege It Enriched Former President

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    Was former U.S. president Barack Obama caught "laundering money through the Cayman Islands" for private gain in March 2025, as a social media post claims? No, that's not true: The viral post misrepresented the words of a guest on the Joe Rogan podcast. That person was talking about U.S. government funding of a "Cuban Twitter", not about Obama's direct involvement…

    • Mar 24, 2025
    • by: Uliana Malashenko
    Fact Check: Obama Was NOT Caught 'Laundering Money In The Cayman Islands' In March 2025 -- 2014 Reports About USAID Program In Cuba Did NOT Allege It Enriched Former President No Graft Found
  • Fact Check: INAUTHENTIC Ads On Facebook Use FAKE Quotes From Karoline Leavitt And Elon Musk

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    Did White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt announce on Fox News that tech billionaire Elon Musk left the U.S. after revealing "a secret at-home method that can reverse diabetes for good"? No, none of that is true: Paid ads circulating on Facebook used voice-cloning technology to mimic the speech of public persons. No credible sources reported the purported "news," and…

    • Mar 4, 2025
    • by: Uliana Malashenko
    Fact Check: INAUTHENTIC Ads On Facebook Use FAKE Quotes From Karoline Leavitt And Elon Musk AI Sound
  • Fact Check: Image Of Netanyahu On Ventilator In Hospital Is NOT Authentic

    Fact Check

    Does an image on social media authentically show Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on a ventilator in a hospital? No, that's not true: The picture shows a person with a differently shaped ear. Lead Stories analysis found other inconsistencies that strongly suggested digital manipulation. The image has been on social media since at least 2023. The picture reappeared in a…

    • Nov 21, 2024
    • by: Uliana Malashenko
    Fact Check: Image Of Netanyahu On Ventilator In Hospital Is NOT Authentic Wrong Ear
  • Fact Check: ABC Debate Moderators Did NOT Get Million-Dollar Payments From Soros -- Self-Described Satire

    Fact Check

    Did "leaked reports" say George Soros paid ABC moderators $1 million each to fact check Donald Trump during the September 10, 2024, presidential debate? No, that's not true: The story came from a website whose satire disclaimer reads: "These articles are meant to be humorous and are often entirely made up." No credible evidence of "leaked reports" or such payments…

    • Sep 16, 2024
    • by: Ophélie Dénommée-Marchand
    Fact Check: ABC Debate Moderators Did NOT Get Million-Dollar Payments From Soros -- Self-Described Satire Satire Origin
  • Fact Check: Toronto Star Did NOT Report About Canadian Politician Jagmeet Singh's Supposed 'Money-Making Scandal'

    Fact Check

    Did the Toronto Star, BBC and other major media cover a scandal involving Canadian politician Jagmeet Singh that supposedly "erupted" after he left his microphone on while on TV? No, that's not true: Searches for coverage of this supposed money-making scandal on these news sites led to no results. The post on X that said this linked to a fake…

    • Aug 16, 2024
    • by: Ophélie Dénommée-Marchand
    Fact Check: Toronto Star Did NOT Report About Canadian Politician Jagmeet Singh's Supposed 'Money-Making Scandal' No Scandal
  • Fact Check: Aldi Grocery Stores Do NOT Sell Lab-Grown Meat

    Fact Check

    Is lab-grown meat being sold in Aldi stores as of April 2024? No, that's not true: Aldi told Lead Stories that the grocery store chain does not sell cultivated meat products. Cultivated meat products are deemed safe for consumption by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service. The government agency also told Lead Stories that only two…

    • Apr 3, 2024
    • by: Madison Dapcevich
    Fact Check: Aldi Grocery Stores Do NOT Sell Lab-Grown Meat Not In Stores
  • Fact Check: Peter McCullough Cites Discredited Papers, Recirculates COVID-19 Falsehoods In September 13, 2023, Speech

    Fact Check

    Did Dr. Peter McCullough, an American cardiologist who has repeatedly made anti-COVID-19 vaccine statements, successfully discredit the World Health Organization (WHO) and the global health community's approach to COVID-19 treatment during a speech in Strasbourg, France, on September 13, 2023? No, that's not true: McCullough bases his claims on rejected scientific papers with methodological flaws and long-debunked assertions. The physician…

    • Oct 3, 2023
    • by: Ed Payne
    Fact Check: Peter McCullough Cites Discredited Papers, Recirculates COVID-19 Falsehoods In September 13, 2023, Speech Echoed Myths
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