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  • Fact Check: Clickbait Thumbnail Images Boost False YouTube Conspiracies About Trump Shooter

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    Did a Jewish family hire Thomas Matthew Crooks to shoot former President Donald Trump? Or was Crooks trained to shoot by the CEO of BlackRock Security or by a rabbi? Has footage been leaked showing Crooks and the BlackRock CEO together carrying a gun? No, none of these claims are true: Using an AI-detection tool, Lead Stories found that the…

    • Aug 9, 2024
    • by: Sarah Thompson
    Fact Check: Clickbait Thumbnail Images Boost False YouTube Conspiracies About Trump Shooter AI Images
  • Fact Check: NO Evidence Female Algerian Boxer Imane Khelif Used To Be Man

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    Is Algerian boxer Imane Khelif a man who transitioned to be a woman? No, that's not true: International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach publicly said that Khelif's case is the case of somebody "being born, raised, competed and having a passport as a woman", which is the Olympic standard for determination of gender. According to the athlete's own words, she…

    • Aug 5, 2024
    • by: Uliana Malashenko
    Fact Check: NO Evidence Female Algerian Boxer Imane Khelif Used To Be Man Unsupported
  • Fact Check: Photo Does NOT Show Undamaged Ear In Immediate Weeks After Trump Shooting

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    Does a photo taken less than two weeks after Donald Trump's right ear was grazed in an assassination attempt show it undamaged? No, that's not true: The photo on social media predates the shooting by more than seven years. There's no evidence to suggest that the former president's ear has fully healed in less than two weeks since the July…

    • Jul 26, 2024
    • by: Ed Payne
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  • Fact Check: Photo Purporting To Show The Shooter Was Trans Is NOT A Picture Of Thomas Matthew Crooks

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    Did a photo of the attempted assassin of Donald Trump surface, showing that Thomas Matthew Crooks was transgender? No, that's not true: The person in the photo on social media is not Crooks. The photo appeared first on 4chan, posted by an anonymous user who replied to someone's questioning its truth that "spreading rumors is fun." A close-up photo of…

    • Jul 18, 2024
    • by: Sarah Thompson
    Fact Check: Photo Purporting To Show The Shooter Was Trans Is NOT A Picture Of Thomas Matthew Crooks 4chan Trolling
  • Fact Check: 'Hank Pecker' Was NOT Identified As Trump Shooter -- FBI Named Shooter As Thomas Matthew Crooks

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    Was the shooter responsible for the assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump identified as "California resident Hank Pecker"? No, that's not true: The FBI identified the shooter as Thomas Matthew Crooks from Bethel Park, Pennsylvania. The man pictured in a claim on social media is Twitch streamer Hasan Piker. A search through an online news archive did not yield…

    • Jul 15, 2024
    • by: Marlo Lee
    Fact Check: 'Hank Pecker' Was NOT Identified As Trump Shooter -- FBI Named Shooter As Thomas Matthew Crooks Another Man
  • Fact Check: Secret Service Agents Were NOT Smiling While Escorting Trump To Safety During Assassination Attempt -- Image Is Digitally Altered

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    Did Secret Service personnel grin widely, showing their teeth, while escorting former President Trump to safety after the assassination attempt at his campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania on July 13, 2024, as a social media post claims? No, that's not true: A tool created to detect ai-generated images found substantial evidence the image had been remade with generative ai systems.…

    • Jul 14, 2024
    • by: Ophélie Dénommée-Marchand
    Fact Check: Secret Service Agents Were NOT Smiling While Escorting Trump To Safety During Assassination Attempt -- Image Is Digitally Altered AI Fakery
  • Fact Check: Israel Is NOT Struck From List Of 2024 Paris Summer Olympics Competitors As Of June 24, 2024

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    Is Israel out of the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, as of June 24, 2024, as was claimed in a social media post? No, that's not true: As of this writing, Israel remains on the list of 206 national teams entered to compete. Lead Stories could find no evidence that would corroborate the claim that Israel was "out of the…

    • Jun 24, 2024
    • by: Marlo Lee
    Fact Check: Israel Is NOT Struck From List Of 2024 Paris Summer Olympics Competitors As Of June 24, 2024 Will Compete
  • Fact Check: Lia Thomas Has NOT Been Exclusively Banned From 2024 Olympics In Paris

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    Has Lia Thomas, the first openly transgender athlete to win an NCAA swimming championship Division I title, been exclusively banned from competing in the 2024 Olympics in Paris, as a post on Facebook implied? No, that's not true: The International Olympic Committee outlined a framework for all transgender and intersex athletes. However, national committees oversee athletic participation in their respective…

    • Jun 5, 2024
    • by: Madison Dapcevich
    Fact Check: Lia Thomas Has NOT Been Exclusively Banned From 2024 Olympics In Paris No Record
  • Fact Check: US Olympic Committee Did NOT Say Lia Thomas Can 'Try Out For The Men's Team'

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    Did the U.S. Olympic Committee say that American swimmer Lia Thomas, the first openly transgender athlete to win an NCAA swimming championship Division I title, is "welcome to try out for the men's team," as a post on Facebook claimed? No, that's not true: The spoof article that made the claim was published by SpaceX Arena, a satirical website. SpaceX…

    • May 31, 2024
    • by: Madison Dapcevich
    Fact Check: US Olympic Committee Did NOT Say Lia Thomas Can 'Try Out For The Men's Team' Satire Origin
  • Fact Check: Comedy Video Does NOT Show Man Actually Asking City Council To Legalize Sports Gambling After His Successful Betting On Transgender Athletes

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    Did a video showing a man asking a city council to legalize sports gambling after he made money betting on transgender athletes capture a real-life, authentic story? No, that's not true: The man participated in the production of a comedy show hosted by a comedian known for orchestrating bizarre appearances at various public meetings. Both men spoke on the same…

    • Apr 25, 2024
    • by: Uliana Malashenko
    Fact Check: Comedy Video Does NOT Show Man Actually Asking City Council To Legalize Sports Gambling After His Successful Betting On Transgender Athletes Comedy Show
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