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Did an LED billboard at the corner of 42nd Street and 8th Avenue in Manhattan feature the words "Glory to Urine" against a waving blue-and-yellow Ukrainian flag to welcome Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to New York City for the United Nations General Assembly meeting on September 19, 2023? No, that's not true: This video is not current or authentic. Shots…

Did a flagger working for "NPL Pipeline Company in the Chicago suburbs" die after being given a bottle of water "suspected" of being "laced with fentanyl"? No, that's not true: NPL told Lead Stories that the report is "entirely false." The claim appeared in a post on Facebook (archived here) published on July 20, 2023, under the title "Stay safe…

Did a man sue McDonald's "for still being depressed after eating a Happy Meal"? No, that's not true: This claim is from a website that has a disclaimer saying all of its content is "fiction ... and shouldn't be taken as real." Google News has no credible reports from reliable media outlets on this claim. The claim appeared on Instagram…

Do these photos show former President Donald Trump being arrested by a group of New York City law enforcement officers? No, that's not true: At the time these images appeared online, on March 20, 2023, and March 21, 2023, Trump had not been indicted or arrested. These images were generated with an artificial intelligence program that produces images from text…

Was human meat discovered in a McDonald's meat factory in Oklahoma City? No, that's not true: The video in this post was taken from a now-defunct satirical website and has been around since at least 2014. The claim resurfaced in a post on TikTok (archived here) on February 27, 2023. The 4-minute-plus video opened: OKLAHOMA CITY First Horse Meat, then…

Can fentanyl be lethal during brief contact with the skin? No, that's not true: While this drug can alleviate pain in cancer and post-surgery patients in hospital settings via skin patches, this type of absorption is an extremely slow process requiring certain conditions, including moisture. Authoritative professional medical organizations and law enforcement have issued multiple statements over the years saying…

Does regularly consuming a cup of java or eating french fries increase the odds of developing cancer, thanks to the chemical acrylamide in the brew? No, that's not true: Acrylamide was first discovered in some cooked foods in 2002 and studies to this point have found no link between acrylamide and cancer, the National Cancer Institute reports. Medical experts have…

Does a viral image prove that McDonald's uses human flesh for making "hamburgers and sasuages" "worldwide"? No, that's not true: The video screenshot, accompanied by misleading and unrelated hashtags, only shows a lamb being prepared on a mechanical roasting spit. The claim appeared in an Instagram post on November 17, 2022. The text on the image said: Enjoy your hamburgers…

Does McDonald's use a toxic insecticide named Methamidophos, or Monitor, on the potatoes used for fries? No, that's not true: A spokesman for Lamb Weston, one of McDonald's primary potato suppliers, denied the claim to Lead Stories. Use of Monitor in the United States was "voluntarily cancelled" in 2009. The claim about McDonald's fries appeared in a video on YouTube…

Was billionaire Elon Musk killed in a rocket testing mishap at his space exploration company, SpaceX? No, that's not true: Musk has been active on his verified Twitter account since the claim was published and news organizations were not carrying reports of his untimely demise. The claim appeared in an Instagram post on November 2, 2022. It opened: ELON MUSK…