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Has the truck driver attacked in Portland, Oregon, near a Black Lives Matter protest died? No, that's not true. The man attacked on video during a protest on August 16, 2020, has not died, the Portland police confirmed to Lead Stories on August 18. The footage of his assault was widely posted on social media, showing a group of people…

Did Jim Carrey say that Hollywood elites eat whole babies for Christmas and that the more they suffer, the better they taste? No that's not true. This story originated on a website that was notorious for publishing questionable stories and has since rebranded. The 2017 story was erased from the websites, and the publisher has provided a retraction stating there…

Did a Black Lives Matter protester attack another woman by swinging a dog on a leash at her? No, that's not true: Graphic video showing a Black woman grabbing a dog from another woman and swinging it around by the leash took place in a long line of cars backed up to get to a beer store in Canada. It…

Did Mel Gibson say that Hollywood is controlled by "parasites" who are involved in child sacrifice and pedophilia? No, there is nothing to substantiate the old claim that Gibson said it while on a promotional tour in 2017. The actor's spokesman told Lead Stories, "I can assure you that he never said such a thing ... he never stated that…

Does the photo of a badly battered face circulating on social media belong to an Antifa member named Brian who got beaten up for hitting a woman? No, that's not true. The photo is of a young man attacked in 2015 in what police said was an assault by a former friend. A spokesman for the Corinth, Mississippi, police told…

Did leaked IRS tax returns show George Soros wired $1.7 million to Antifa? No, that's not true: The Open Society Foundations, created by Soros, has made several large donations to The Center for Community Change, but that group is not affiliated with Antifa. The tax documents were not leaked since they are widely-available public records. The claim originated in a…

Did President Trump order the military prison at Guantanamo Bay to prepare for "high level" prisoners? No, that's not true: The original publisher of the story posted in 2018 determined it was an "unreliable conspiracy" theory and retracted it. In the two years after the claim was first made, there have no arrests of American politicians as was predicted. The…

Was a 13-year-old California boy attacked by older Hispanic teens for being white and a supporter of President Donald Trump? No, that's not true: Corning, California, police concluded the boy suffered a broken nose during a "pre-arranged fight," and after the boy "brandished" a knife and used racial slurs. Police recommended that the district attorney consider criminal charges against the…

Was President Trump's wig blown off of his head by the engines of Air Force One? No, that's not true: Video posted on YouTube was taken from a comedy clip created for Jimmy Kimmel's monologue on his November 11, 2019 ABC show. Kimmel's staff digitally altered the news clip of Trump speaking to reporters on a tarmac before boarding his…

Did an Antifa member try to block a car and assault someone, but the driver jumped out and beat up the protester? No, that's not true: A video that purportedly shows an Antifa member assaulting an SUV actually shows a pedestrian attacking cars because he was upset about drivers not using turn signals, a local police spokesman said about the…