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  • 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: January 2025 LA Wildfires NOT Part Of 'Smart City' Project

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    Were the January 2025 Los Angeles wildfires intentionally set to implement "smart city" technology across Los Angeles? No, that's not true: While the cause of the wildfires had not been determined at the time of writing, the "smart city" effort to improve technology for municipalities does not include intentionally destroying them first. Los Angeles unveiled its plan to eventually add…

    • Jan 15, 2025
    • by: Randy Travis
    Fact Check: January 2025 LA Wildfires NOT Part Of 'Smart City' Project No Connection
  • Fact Check: Police Did NOT Say That Woman Overwhelmed By Trump Election Killed Her Father With Ice Ax

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    Did Seattle police say that a woman charged with killing her father with an ice ax was overwhelmed by President-elect Donald Trump's election? No, that's not true: The suspect's answer to a routine question about what day it was showed up as a statement of motive in the early version of a news article. A post on X used the…

    • Nov 13, 2024
    • by: Alexis Tereszcuk
    Fact Check: Police Did NOT Say That Woman Overwhelmed By Trump Election Killed Her Father With Ice Ax Doc Disproves
  • Fact Check: FAKE Image Shows Catastrophic Plane Crash On Bridge

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    Is an image of a catastrophic plane crash on a bridge authentic? No, that's not true: The image is a digital art creation by Canadian graphic designer Steve McGhee. The original piece of art titled "All Is Lost - Redux" was altered to make it harder to trace its origin through a reverse image search. The claim appeared in a…

    • Oct 28, 2024
    • by: Ophélie Dénommée-Marchand
    Fact Check: FAKE Image Shows Catastrophic Plane Crash On Bridge Art
  • Fact Check: Jeffrey Epstein DID Have Upper East Side Brownstone In 1993 -- Post Does NOT Disprove Stacey Williams Story About Trump Groping Her

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    Did Jeffrey Epstein only move into billionaire Les Wexner's Upper East Side brownstone in 1996, thus proving that Stacey Williams' story about Donald Trump groping her after they had left Epstein's "brownstone on the Upper East Side" in 1993 was false? No, that's not true: Epstein rented an Upper East Side home from 1992 to 1996, according to news reports.…

    • Oct 24, 2024
    • by: Alexis Tereszcuk
    Fact Check: Jeffrey Epstein DID Have Upper East Side Brownstone In 1993 --  Post Does NOT Disprove Stacey Williams Story About Trump Groping Her Rented Place
  • Fact Check: Ukrainian President Zelenskyy Had NOT 'Declared War On Iran And North Korea' As Of October 17, 2024

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    Did Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy officially declare war on Russia's allies, Iran and North Korea? No, that's not true: Despite what some social media posts are saying, as of this writing neither Ukrainian government sites, the Iranian Embassy in Ukraine nor news media have mentioned any such declaration of war. In public speeches Zelenskyy has described Iran and North Korea's…

    • Oct 17, 2024
    • by: Uliana Malashenko
     Fact Check: Ukrainian President Zelenskyy Had NOT 'Declared War On Iran And North Korea' As Of October 17, 2024 No Declaration
  • Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Liam Payne Falling From Balcony In Argentina -- It's Of Another Person In A Different Country

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    Does a video show former One Direction singer Liam Payne falling to his death in Argentina? No, that's not true: The video is of another person escaping a fire. It was taken in Mexico in 2023, before Payne's death. The claim appeared in a post (archived here) published on X on October 17, 2024. The post, which included a series…

    • Oct 17, 2024
    • by: Christiana Dillard
    Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Liam Payne Falling From Balcony In Argentina -- It's Of Another Person In A Different Country Unrelated Vid
  • Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Netanyahu Saying He Sends Condolences To 'Six Million People' Killed In October 1, 2024, Jaffa Terrorist Attack

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    Does a video show Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu saying, "... I would like to send my condolences to the families of the six million people that were murdered in the atrocious terrorist attack in Jaffa ..." after Iran fired missiles into Israel on October 1, 2024? No, that's not true: Audio on a social media post incorrectly translates what…

    • Oct 3, 2024
    • by: Marlo Lee
    Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Netanyahu Saying He Sends Condolences To 'Six Million People' Killed In October 1, 2024, Jaffa Terrorist Attack Did Not Say It
  • Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Tel Aviv On Fire After Iranian Drone Strike In October 2024

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    Does a video on an Iranian news website show a blaze that broke out in Tel Aviv, Israel, following an Iranian drone strike in October 2024? No, that's not true: The same footage appeared in June 2022 on a YouTube channel belonging to news outlet Al-Jazeera. The description from 2022 says it shows a fire that broke out at a…

    • Oct 3, 2024
    • by: Lead Stories Staff
    Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Tel Aviv On Fire After Iranian Drone Strike In October 2024 2022 Video
  • Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Netanyahu Running To Bunker To Escape Iranian Missiles In October 2024

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    Does a video circulating on social media show Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu running to a bunker to take shelter from an Iranian missile attack? No, that's not true: The video was posted to Netanyahu's Twitter account in December 2021, when there were no Iranian missile strikes on Israel. It shows Netanyahu hurrying to a vote in the Israeli parliament,…

    • Oct 2, 2024
    • by: Lead Stories Staff
    Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Netanyahu Running To Bunker To Escape Iranian Missiles In October 2024 Old Video
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    • Jun 30, 2025
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