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  • Fact Check: Pictures of Pope Francis Taken Years Apart Do NOT Show A Body Double -- Aged 10 Years Between Photos

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    Do two photos of Pope Francis posted side-by-side in an X post the day he was admitted to the hospital for bronchitis show two different people, implying he has a body-double? No, that's not true: The photos of the Pope in the post were taken ten years apart. The photo on the left -- showing a younger, healthier Pope Francis…

    • Feb 15, 2025
    • by: Lead Stories Staff
    Fact Check: Pictures of Pope Francis Taken Years Apart Do NOT Show A Body Double -- Aged 10 Years Between Photos Aged 10 Years
  • Fact Check: DOGE Did NOT 'Just Discover' $2.7 Trillion In Improper Medicare And Medicaid Payments -- GAO Did In 2024 And Not All Are Fraudulent, Nor Medicare/Medicaid

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    Did the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) subcommittee of the U.S. House of Representatives just discover $2.7 trillion in improper payments in Medicare and Medicaid overseas? No, that's not true: The report of trillions of dollars in improper payments, which accumulated since 2003, was published by the U.S. Government Accountability Office in the first half of 2024 -- this was…

    • Feb 14, 2025
    • by: Sarah Thompson
    Fact Check: DOGE Did NOT 'Just Discover' $2.7 Trillion In Improper Medicare And Medicaid Payments -- GAO Did In 2024 And Not All Are Fraudulent, Nor Medicare/Medicaid GAO Report
  • Fact Check: January 2025 Study Did NOT Conclude Ozempic Causes Blindness

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    Did a study published in January 2025 definitively establish a link between Ozempic and blindness, as was implied in a post on X? No, that's not true: The study was a small observational analysis of just nine patients that did not establish that the weight-loss drug caused blindness but instead found an association between the two. In other words, it…

    • Feb 11, 2025
    • by: Madison Dapcevich
    Fact Check: January 2025 Study Did NOT Conclude Ozempic Causes Blindness Not Causation
  • Fact Check: Trump Executive Order Did NOT Overturn Purported National 'Plastic Straw Ban' -- No Such National Ban Exists

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    Did an executive order signed by President Donald Trump reverse "the plastic straw ban"? No, that's not true: No such national "ban" was enacted by Congress. Trump's order counters policies of former President Joe Biden aimed at gradually phasing out single-use plastic items in the future, which affected only the operations of federal agencies. While some localities do have restrictions…

    • Feb 11, 2025
    • by: Uliana Malashenko
    Fact Check: Trump Executive Order Did NOT Overturn Purported National 'Plastic Straw Ban' -- No Such National Ban Exists Fed Govt Only
  • Fact Check: Mirrored Video Of MAGA Hat Wearing Patient Who 'Gets Denied Healthcare' Originated On Channel With Skits

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    Does a video on TikTok authentically show a patient denied health care by a black female doctor because the man is wearing a MAGA hat? No, that's not true: The video appears to be a mirrored version of a video that originally appeared on a TikTok channel along with other skits. In a second version of the video the "doctor"…

    • Feb 11, 2025
    • by: Maarten Schenk
    Fact Check: Mirrored Video Of MAGA Hat Wearing Patient Who 'Gets Denied Healthcare' Originated On Channel With Skits Mirrored Skit
  • Fact Check: Trump Administration Is NOT Giving Every Adult In US $18,000

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    Is the administration of President Donald Trump giving every adult in the United States $18,000? No, that's not true: As of February 7, 2025, the administration had made no such announcement. A post claiming it did directed viewers to a nongovernment website that did not mention any federal program passing out $18,000 checks. The claim appeared in a post on…

    • Feb 7, 2025
    • by: Dana Ford
    Fact Check: Trump Administration Is NOT Giving Every Adult In US $18,000 No Checks
  • Fact Check: USAID Did NOT Fund That Jeffrey Epstein -- Different Guy

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    Did USAID fund financier and noted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein via the Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Inc.? No, that's not true: A screenshot circulating online on social media actually lists "Jeffrey E Epstein," a different person who is a director at Kaiser Permanente. Several of his online profiles show he sometimes goes by the name of "Jeff Epstein" but his…

    • Feb 5, 2025
    • by: Maarten Schenk
    Fact Check: USAID Did NOT Fund That Jeffrey Epstein -- Different Guy Different One
  • Fact Check: Study Claiming 170% Higher Autism Risk In Vaccinated Kids Is NOT Credible

    Fact Check

    Is a study that claims vaccinated children have a 170 percent higher risk of autism reliable? No, that's not true: An infectious disease expert told Lead Stories the study is "just junk," saying the journal it was published in and the study design both lack credibility. Numerous large studies have found no proven link between vaccines and autism. The claim…

    • Feb 5, 2025
    • by: Ed Payne
    Fact Check: Study Claiming 170% Higher Autism Risk In Vaccinated Kids Is NOT Credible Not Causal
  • Fact Check: Elon Musk Did NOT Say Starliner Astronauts 'Are Not With US Anymore,' Astronauts Did NOT Die In Space In January 2025

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    Did Elon Musk say two Boeing Starliner astronauts died in space, as a social media post implies? No, that's not true: Astronauts Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore were shown conducting a spacewalk nearly a month after the post -- and there's no record of Musk ever having made the statements attributed to him in the social media post. On February…

    • Feb 3, 2025
    • by: Uliana Malashenko
    Fact Check: Elon Musk Did NOT Say Starliner Astronauts 'Are Not With US Anymore,' Astronauts Did NOT Die In Space In January 2025 Alive On ISS
  • Fact Check: Denmark Did NOT Announce 500% Export Tariff On Ozempic Sold In US In Response To Trump's Greenland Threats As Of January 31, 2025

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    Did Denmark announce a "500% tariff on exports of Ozempic to the USA" in January 2025? No, that's not true: The claim derived from a parody post on LinkedIn that was not labeled as such. There was no such announcement on Danish government websites and no media outlets indexed by Google News reported on any such story. The claim originated…

    • Jan 31, 2025
    • by: Uliana Malashenko
    Fact Check: Denmark Did NOT Announce 500% Export Tariff On Ozempic Sold In US In Response To Trump's Greenland Threats As Of January 31, 2025 Didn't Happen
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