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  • Fact Check: Karoline Leavitt Did NOT Kick Whoopi Goldberg Off The View 'After Heated Clash On Live TV' As Of February 24, 2025

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    Did White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt kick "The View" host Whoopi Goldberg off the show after "heated clash on Live TV"? No, that's not true: The story narrated in a viral video was likely written by AI, according to online detection tools. As of February 24, 2025, there is no evidence that Goldberg had been fired from the daily…

    • Feb 24, 2025
    • by: Madison Dapcevich
    Fact Check: Karoline Leavitt Did NOT Kick Whoopi Goldberg Off The View 'After Heated Clash On Live TV' As Of February 24, 2025 Made-up Story
  • Fact Check: AI Article Claims The View Was 'Officially Cancelled' After Decades On Air -- No Such Announcement Was Made

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    Was the TV show "The View" officially cancelled after decades on air, as a viral article claimed? No, that's not true: The story appears to have been written using AI and was published on an anonymously registered website that lists no owners or publishers. There have been no official announcements on ABC's website regarding a cancellation of The View. The…

    • Feb 23, 2025
    • by: Maarten Schenk
    Fact Check: AI Article Claims The View Was 'Officially Cancelled' After Decades On Air -- No Such Announcement Was Made Officially AI
  • Fact Check: AI Video Of Cross Being Installed In Oval Office By President Trump Shows Ghostly Worker And Non-Existent Building

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    Does a video authentically show a wooden cross being installed in the Oval Office? No, that's not true: A viral video captioned "Trump becomes 1st sitting U.S. President to install a cross in the Oval Office" showed some traces of being generated using AI according to detection tools. The video also contains artifacts like a worker blending through a wooden…

    • Feb 22, 2025
    • by: Maarten Schenk
    Fact Check: AI Video Of Cross Being Installed In Oval Office By President Trump Shows Ghostly Worker And Non-Existent Building AI Video
  • Fact Check: NO Evidence Carrie Underwood Won $1 Billion Defamation Lawsuit Involving 'The View' -- Originated On Clickbait Channels

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    Did Carrie Underwood win a billion-dollar defamation lawsuit against "The View" or did she even sue them? No, that's not true: The story alleging there was a lawsuit involving comments on "The View" about Underwood's performance at President Trump's inauguration was put out by a number of clickbait channels on YouTube, but it was not backed up by any sources…

    • Feb 21, 2025
    • by: Maarten Schenk
    Fact Check: NO Evidence Carrie Underwood Won $1 Billion Defamation Lawsuit Involving 'The View' -- Originated On Clickbait Channels Clickbait
  • Fact Check: AI Video FALSELY Claims Joy Behar Was Arrested At The Airport Over $50M Lawsuit Involving Karoline Leavitt

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    Was TV host Joy Behar arrested at the airport trying to flee the country after a $50M lawsuit involving comments about White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt? No, that's not true: The story narrated in a viral video was written by AI according to online detection tools, and there have been no actual news reports about any such lawsuit. An…

    • Feb 18, 2025
    • by: Maarten Schenk
    Fact Check: AI Video FALSELY Claims Joy Behar Was Arrested At The Airport Over $50M Lawsuit Involving Karoline Leavitt AI Slop Story
  • Fact Check: Bill Gates Did NOT Say 'Defunding USAID Will Bring About Another Mystery Illness Across The World. MILLIONS WILL DIE'

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    Did Bill Gates say that "defunding USAID will bring about another mystery illness across the world. Millions will die" during a TV appearance in February 2025? No, that's not true: Gates did not say that in the clip posted on X with that assertion. Lead Stories watched the full segment of Gates' appearance and did not hear Gates say it.…

    • Feb 5, 2025
    • by: Marlo Lee
    Fact Check: Bill Gates Did NOT Say 'Defunding USAID Will Bring About Another Mystery Illness Across The World. MILLIONS WILL DIE' Wrong Quote
  • Fact Check: Melania Trump Did NOT Win A $900M Defamation Lawsuit Against 'The View'

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    Did Melania Trump win a $900 million defamation lawsuit against the TV show "The View"? No, that's not true: A spokesperson for "The View" told Lead Stories the story was false. No news websites indexed by Google News reported anything about such a lawsuit and there was no trace of it in court dockets in New York and Palm Beach.…

    • Feb 3, 2025
    • by: Alexis Tereszcuk
    Fact Check: Melania Trump Did NOT Win A $900M Defamation Lawsuit Against 'The View' Show Denies
  • Fact Check: Eric Trump Did NOT Post Tweet Threatening 'Gloves Are Off' To Those Defying 'American Golden Age'

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    Did President Donald Trump's son Eric Trump post a message on X about the "American Golden Age" and threaten "the gloves are off" to those who "defy" it? No, that's not true: Social media posts that claimed Eric Trump deleted the post "within 20 mins" contained a fake screenshot that had a telltale lower case "k" in the view count.…

    • Jan 27, 2025
    • by: Maarten Schenk
    Fact Check: Eric Trump Did NOT Post Tweet Threatening 'Gloves Are Off' To Those Defying 'American Golden Age' Fake Post
  • 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: Historic 'Hollywood' Sign Was NOT On Fire During LA County Fires As Of January 9, 2025

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    Was the "Hollywood" sign a casualty of the fires burning in Los Angeles County as of January 9, 2025? No, that's not true: When this fact check was written, the sign was "safe and secure," according to the organization that preserves the sign. Media supposedly showing the sign being on fire were likely generated through artificial intelligence or by simple…

    • Jan 9, 2025
    • by: Christiana Dillard
    Fact Check: Historic 'Hollywood' Sign Was NOT On Fire During LA County Fires As Of January 9, 2025 Not In Flames
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