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  • Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Israelis Fleeing Iranian Aerial Attack -- It's Fans Mobbing One Direction Singer In Argentina

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    Does footage on social media show Israelis panicking and running after Iranian missiles and drones hit Israel's airspace April 13, 2024? No, that's not true: The footage had already been on social media for a week when Iran attacked Israel. It shows a crowd running on April 6, 2024 toward the Four Seasons hotel in Buenos Aires, Argentina, where former…

    • Apr 14, 2024
    • by: Alexis Tereszcuk
    Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Israelis Fleeing Iranian Aerial Attack -- It's Fans Mobbing One Direction Singer In Argentina Buenos Aires
  • Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show April 13, 2024 Iranian Barrage Of Hundreds Of Cruise Missiles, Drones On Israel

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    Does a video on social media document a barrage of hundreds of cruise missiles and drones launched into Israel by Iran on April 13, 2024? No, that's not true: The video, found in a variety of posts, appeared on social media several years before Iran's 2024 attack on Israel. Lead Stories found examples of the clip dating back to 2022…

    • Apr 13, 2024
    • by: Ed Payne
    Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show April 13, 2024 Iranian Barrage Of Hundreds Of Cruise Missiles, Drones On Israel Pre-2024 Video
  • Fact Check: Video, Photo Do NOT Show Iranian Aerial Attack On Israel On April 13, 2024 -- They Predate Barrage By A Day

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    Did a viral post share authentic visuals of Iranian drones in the sky over Israel during Iran's aerial attack of April 13, 2024? No, that's not true: Those images and clips had been circulating on social media for at least half a day before the attack. At the time they were used with reports about an unrelated event involving flares…

    • Apr 13, 2024
    • by: Uliana Malashenko
    Fact Check: Video, Photo Do NOT Show Iranian Aerial Attack On Israel On April 13, 2024 -- They Predate Barrage By A Day Old Footage
  • Fact Check: Photo Does NOT Show April 13, 2024 Retaliatory Attack On Iran's Capital Tehran -- It's An Old Picture, Mislabelled

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    Does a photo on social media show a retaliatory strike on the Iranian capital of Tehran, following Iran's drone attack on Israel on April 13, 2024? No, that's not true: The picture is not from 2024. It is a photo from the Getty Images catalogue, taken in June 2021 during an oil refinery fire south of Tehran. The claim appeared…

    • Apr 13, 2024
    • by: Ed Payne
    Fact Check: Photo Does NOT Show April 13, 2024 Retaliatory Attack On Iran's Capital Tehran -- It's An Old Picture, Mislabelled Old Photo
  • Fact Check: Iran Did NOT Attack USS Liberty Off Coast Of Bahrain In April 2024 -- US Military Has No Such Ship

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    Did Iran attack the Navy vessel USS Liberty off the coast of Bahrain in April 2024? No, that's not true: The U.S. Navy does not have an active ship by that name at the time of writing, and there were no reports of any other U.S. vessel being hit by Iranian missiles as of April 2, 2024, the day the…

    • Apr 4, 2024
    • by: Ed Payne
    Fact Check: Iran Did NOT Attack USS Liberty Off Coast Of Bahrain In April 2024 -- US Military Has No Such Ship No Ship Attack
  • Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show US Anti-Bunker Missile Strike In Yemen -- It's Gamer Video From Arma 3

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    Does a video show a U.S. "bunker buster" missile strike in Yemen against an Iranian facility, as claimed in a Facebook post? No, that's not true: The video is a copy of YouTube video of gameplay from "Arma 3," a tactical shooter video game. Since the game is highly customizable, it has frequently been used to spread online misinformation. The…

    • Apr 1, 2024
    • by: Christiana Dillard
    Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show US Anti-Bunker Missile Strike In Yemen -- It's Gamer Video  From Arma 3 Video Game
  • Fact Check: Video Showing 'The View' Guest Accusing Whoopi Goldberg Of Being 'Full Of Shit' Is NOT Real -- Satirical Clip Is Edited

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    Did a guest on the talk show "The View" tell actress Whoopi Goldberg, one of the show's co-hosts, that she was "full of shit"? No, that's not true: A self-described social media personality named Damon Imani, who has appeared in previous Lead Stories fact checks, edited himself into an episode of "The View" for satirical purposes. Imani does not appear…

    • Mar 29, 2024
    • by: Kaiyah Clarke
    Fact Check: Video Showing 'The View' Guest Accusing Whoopi Goldberg Of Being 'Full Of Shit' Is NOT Real -- Satirical Clip Is Edited Fact Check: Video Showing 'The View' Guest Accusing Whoopi Goldberg Of Being 'Full Of Shit' Is NOT Real -- Satirical Clip Is Edited Edited Video
  • Fact Check: AI Conspiracy Video Of 14-Foot-Tall Antarctic 'Opium Bird' Is NOT Real

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    Did a Danish scientist discover a 14-foot-tall white bird in Antarctica? No, that's not true: This fictional scientific discovery video was fabricated with artificial intelligence and follows a recently trending formula to produce eye-catching conspiracy content to monetize it on social media. The images of the scientist and his purported discovery, and the voice of the script reader resembling that…

    • Mar 19, 2024
    • by: Sarah Thompson
    Fact Check: AI Conspiracy Video Of 14-Foot-Tall Antarctic 'Opium Bird' Is NOT Real AI Generated
  • Fact Check: NO Evidence Twa Tribe Were First Inhabitants Of Ireland

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    Were the Twa tribe the first people to live in modern-day Ireland? No, that's not true: Lead Stories found no evidence supporting this claim. An archeologist and professor of African history interviewed by Lead Stories was not aware of any facts pointing in that direction, either. The claim reappeared in a post (archived here) on TikTok where it was published…

    • Mar 19, 2024
    • by: Uliana Malashenko
    Fact Check: NO Evidence Twa Tribe Were First Inhabitants Of Ireland Recycled Rumor
  • Fact Check: Lunar Roving Vehicle DID Fit Inside Lunar Module During Apollo 15 Mission

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    Is it true that the Lunar Roving Vehicle could not have fit inside the Lunar Module on the Apollo 15 mission, meaning moon missions after that were faked, as a post on Instagram suggested? No, that's not true: The Apollo 15 mission was a 1971 space program that genuinely landed the Lunar Module on the moon with the Lunar Roving…

    • Feb 22, 2024
    • by: Madison Dapcevich
    Fact Check: Lunar Roving Vehicle DID Fit Inside Lunar Module During Apollo 15 Mission Compact Design
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