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  • Fact Check: Video Does NOT Prove Hamas Has Been Using Rubber Baby Dolls

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    Does a video on social media provide evidence that Hamas has been staging civilian casualties in Gaza by filming rubber dolls that look like real babies? No, that's not true: The video reused on social media was first posted months before the 2023 Hamas-Israel conflict. Neither the footage nor the pre-war post said anything about Gaza. The claim appeared in…

    • Dec 6, 2023
    • by: Uliana Malashenko
    Fact Check: Video Does NOT Prove Hamas Has Been Using Rubber Baby Dolls Unsupported
  • Fact Check: Iceland Has NOT Banned 'Covid Shots' As Of December 5, 2023 -- At-Risk People Encouraged To Stay On COVID Vaccine Schedule

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    Did Iceland ban COVID-19 vaccinations? No, that's not true: The Nordic nation has not banned COVID vaccines as of this publication and was actually encouraging at-risk populations to maintain a recommended vaccine schedule. Social media users and publications that pushed the false information regarding a ban did not provide verifiable evidence to support or corroborate the claim. Lead Stories determined…

    • Dec 5, 2023
    • by: Madison Dapcevich
    Fact Check: Iceland Has NOT Banned 'Covid Shots' As Of December 5, 2023 -- At-Risk People Encouraged To Stay On COVID Vaccine Schedule No Vax Ban
  • Fact Check: Bruce Springsteen Did NOT Wear 'Keep America Trumpless' Shirt -- Photo Has Been Altered

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    Did singer Bruce Springsteen wear a shirt that reads, "KEEP AMERICA TRUMPLESS"? No, that's not true: The text on the shirt was added after the photo was taken. Lead Stories found two credible sources, Vice and Getty Images, that show photos of Springsteen in the same pose, but with no text on the T-shirt. The claim appeared on X, formerly…

    • Dec 5, 2023
    • by: Marlo Lee
    Fact Check: Bruce Springsteen Did NOT Wear 'Keep America Trumpless' Shirt -- Photo Has Been Altered Altered Shirt
  • Fact Check: Nurse Tiffany Dover Did NOT Vanish From Public Eye, Stay Silent After Fainting From COVID Vaccine In 2020

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    Did nurse Tiffany Dover disappear from the public eye and stay silent after she fainted after receiving the first COVID-19 vaccine? No, that's not true: She has public social media accounts where she posted in the weeks after getting the shot, several times in 2021 and throughout 2023. Dover spoke publicly about fainting after the COVID vaccine in a video…

    • Dec 5, 2023
    • by: Alexis Tereszcuk
    Fact Check: Nurse Tiffany Dover Did NOT Vanish From Public Eye, Stay Silent After Fainting From COVID Vaccine In 2020 Speaks Out
  • Fact Check: Kevin Costner Did NOT Promote Hair Growth Product 'RenewHairX' -- Video Has Fake Voiceover Added

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    Did celebrity Kevin Costner recently refute rumors that he had a hair transplant and share a personal testimonial about the positive results he has seen since he began using the roll-on hair growth product RenewHairX? No, that's not true: A fake audio track promoting a product was dubbed over Costner's voice in a video clip taken from a 2008 guest…

    • Dec 5, 2023
    • by: Sarah Thompson
    Fact Check: Kevin Costner Did NOT Promote Hair Growth Product 'RenewHairX' -- Video Has Fake Voiceover Added Fake Promo
  • Fact Check: Video Of Man Entering Store Empty Of Shoppers On Black Friday Was NOT In Biden's Economy -- This Was UK In 2017

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    Was a Black Friday video of a lone man entering a store empty of shoppers taken in the U.S. in 2023, reflecting the U.S. economy under President Joe Biden? No, that's not true: This video was shot in the United Kingdom in November 2017. A BBC News correspondent posted this video on what was then Twitter, now X, in 2017,…

    • Dec 5, 2023
    • by: Marlo Lee
    Fact Check: Video Of Man Entering Store Empty Of Shoppers On Black Friday Was NOT In Biden's Economy -- This Was UK In 2017 From 2017
  • Fact Check: Dior Did NOT Replace Bella Hadid With Israeli Model Due To Hadid's Support Of Palestine

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    Did Dior fashion house replace Bella Hadid with Israeli model May Tager due to Hadid's support of Palestine? No, that's not true: Hadid left Dior and joined beauty brand Charlotte Tilbury in March 2023, as the company publicly announced on its social media pages. This was seven months before the 2023 Hamas-Israel war erupted. Tager is not new to Dior.…

    • Dec 4, 2023
    • by: Alexis Tereszcuk
    Fact Check: Dior Did NOT Replace Bella Hadid With Israeli Model Due To Hadid's Support Of Palestine Before War
  • Fact Check: Video Does NOT Prove A Gaza Family Was 'Mourning Over A Doll'

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    Does a post on social media confirm that a Palestinian family grieved over a doll wrapped in white for burial, staging their loss? No, that's not true: The available body of evidence strongly suggests that the footage showed the body of an infant. The scene was shot from multiple angles by at least two different people, and both said it…

    • Dec 4, 2023
    • by: Uliana Malashenko
    Fact Check: Video Does NOT Prove A Gaza Family Was 'Mourning Over A Doll' Unsupported
  • Fact Check: NO Definitive Proof Oregano In Its Natural Form 'Protects Against Cancer'

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    Is oregano in its natural form known to definitively "protect against cancer?" No, that's not true: The herb itself has anti-cancer properties, and herbal extracts have been shown to inhibit -- and even kill -- cancerous cells in laboratory studies using human cells, a dietician confirmed to Lead Stories. However, we found no evidence that clinical studies have occurred in…

    • Dec 4, 2023
    • by: Madison Dapcevich
    Fact Check: NO Definitive Proof Oregano In Its Natural Form 'Protects Against Cancer' Fact Check: NO Definitive Proof Oregano In Its Natural Form 'Protects Against Cancer' Not Proven
  • Fact Check: Mixture Of Carrots, Onions, Garlic And Lime Juice Does NOT Make 'Effective Remedy' For Cancer

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    Does drinking a mixture of carrots, onions and garlic in lime juice cure "any form of cancer" between stages one and three? No, that's not true: The vice president of research from the American Institute for Cancer Research (AICR) told Lead Stories that there is no evidence to support this claim and to claim that this mixture can cure all…

    • Dec 4, 2023
    • by: Marlo Lee
    Fact Check: Mixture Of Carrots, Onions, Garlic And Lime Juice Does NOT Make 'Effective Remedy' For Cancer Not A Cure
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