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  • Fact Check: Financial Times Did NOT Report That Man Was Arrested After '17 Years Traveling ... With A Hacked Debit Card'

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    Did the Financial Times report that a man was "arrested after he spent 17 years traveling the country with a hacked debit card that gave him the exact amount of money needed for any purchase"? No, that's not true: A spokesperson for the Financial Times confirmed to Lead Stories that the outlet did not publish this story, and a search…

    • Jul 18, 2023
    • by: Madison Dapcevich
    Fact Check: Financial Times Did NOT Report That Man Was Arrested After '17 Years Traveling ... With A Hacked Debit Card' Fake Report
  • Fact Check: Department Of Justice Did NOT Say 'International Sex Trafficking Of Minors' Is Not Area Of Concern

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    Did the Department of Justice under President Joe Biden decide that "international sex trafficking of minors" was no longer an area of concern for prosecution? No, that's not true: A Department of Justice (DOJ) spokesperson told Lead Stories that the suggestion that international child sex trafficking was not a priority for the administration is "false." The DOJ website no longer…

    • Jul 13, 2023
    • by: Alexis Tereszcuk
    Fact Check: Department Of Justice Did NOT Say 'International Sex Trafficking Of Minors' Is Not Area Of Concern Still A Crime
  • Fact Check: Dutch PM Mark Rutte Did NOT Try To 'Seize Over 3000 Farms' To 'Free Land For Immigrants'

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    Did Netherlands Prime Minister Mark Rutte try to "seize over 3000 farms" to "free land for immigrants" during the unsuccessful negotiations over immigration shortly before the government's collapse in July 2023? No, that's not true: The claim was first made on Tucker Carlson's show on Fox News a year before Rutte conceded that the members of his coalition couldn't reach…

    • Jul 12, 2023
    • by: Uliana Malashenko
    Fact Check: Dutch PM Mark Rutte Did NOT Try To 'Seize Over 3000 Farms' To 'Free Land For Immigrants' Recycled Rumor
  • Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Female Voter Telling DeSantis That He 'Will Never Be Our President' -- Audio Is Fake

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    Does a viral video portray an intense exchange between Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, one of the 2024 Republican presidential candidates, and an audience member who swore at him during a campaign event? No, that's not true: The authentic video material was paired with an audio track containing words that were never said in public during that town hall. The story…

    • Jul 10, 2023
    • by: Uliana Malashenko
    Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Female Voter Telling DeSantis That He 'Will Never Be Our President' -- Audio Is Fake Edited
  • Fact Check: Lady Gaga Did NOT Endorse Trump For President In 2024 -- It's An Altered Image In A Fake Post

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    Does a photo circulating on social media show pop star Lady Gaga endorsing Donald Trump's 2024 presidential campaign on his social media application Truth Social? No, that's not true: The image has been digitally altered. The original photo does not come from a real post on Truth Social and was taken by a Getty Images photographer. The photo actually displays…

    • Jul 7, 2023
    • by: Kaiyah Clarke
    Fact Check: Lady Gaga Did NOT Endorse Trump For President In 2024 -- It's An Altered Image In A Fake Post Fake Post
  • Fact Check: Hillary Clinton Did NOT Endorse Ron DeSantis -- It's A Deepfake Video

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    Did former first lady, Secretary of State and 2016 Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton go on MSNBC to express her support for Florida Governor and Republican presidential candidate Ron DeSantis? No, that's not true: The video uses a combination of authentic footage and a deepfake audio track. As of July 7, 2023, no evidence shows that Clinton endorsed DeSantis elsewhere.…

    • Jul 7, 2023
    • by: Uliana Malashenko
    Fact Check: Hillary Clinton Did NOT Endorse Ron DeSantis -- It's A Deepfake Video Deepfake
  • Fact Check: 'Simpsons' Episode Did NOT Predict Death Of Donald Trump On March 13, 2023

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    Was the death of Donald Trump predicted to occur on March 13, 2023, in an episode of "The Simpsons"? No, that's not true: This is not a real episode of "The Simpsons" but an edited hoax. Additional material was spliced into a section of the real episode 18 of Season 26, titled "Peeping Mom." This "Simpsons" episode did not feature…

    • Jul 3, 2023
    • by: Sarah Thompson
    Fact Check: 'Simpsons' Episode Did NOT Predict Death Of Donald Trump On March 13, 2023 Fact Check: 'Simpsons' Episode Did NOT Predict Death Of Donald Trump On March 13, 2023 Phony Episode
  • Fact Check: Military Did NOT Guard Donald Trump In Columbus, Georgia -- And, No, An 'Armed Military' Escort Does NOT Make Him President

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    Does a video show "armed military escorting" former President Donald Trump during a June 10, 2023, visit to a Waffle House in Columbus, Georgia, and does this escort prove that Trump is still the president of the United States? No, that's not true: By law, the U.S. Secret Service, not the military, protects former presidents. A spokesperson for Fort Moore,…

    • Jun 30, 2023
    • by: Alexis Tereszcuk
    Fact Check: Military Did NOT Guard Donald Trump In Columbus, Georgia -- And, No, An 'Armed Military' Escort Does NOT Make Him President Not Military
  • Fact Check: Biden Did NOT Admit He 'Sold A Lot Of State Secrets' -- It Was A Joke

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    Did President Joe Biden confess in public that he "sold a lot of state secrets and a lot of very important things"? No, that's not true: He was kidding members of the White House press corps, and he said that in his own words, as confirmed by the White House transcript of the speech. The claim appeared in a post…

    • Jun 28, 2023
    • by: Uliana Malashenko
    Fact Check: Biden Did NOT Admit He 'Sold A Lot Of State Secrets' -- It Was A Joke Humor
  • Fact Check: Photo Does NOT Show Tom Cruise With Two Body Doubles -- It's AI Generated

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    Does a photograph authentically show Tom Cruise with his two "stunt doubles"? No, that's not true: An image shared widely on social media in June 2023 was generated using the artificial intelligence program Midjourney, the image creator confirmed to Lead Stories. A version of the claim originated in an image shared to Twitter on June 7, 2023, (archived here) that…

    • Jun 19, 2023
    • by: Madison Dapcevich
    Fact Check: Photo Does NOT Show Tom Cruise With Two Body Doubles -- It's AI Generated AI Image
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