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  • Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Africans Were Denied Entry Into St. Peter's Basilica To View Pope's Body

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    Does a video of a Black man being escorted from St. Peter's Basilica show that Africans were banned from viewing the body of Pope Francis? No, that's not true: The man seen in the video was ejected after he jumped the long line of people waiting to enter, bypassed Vatican security, and began shouting. Lead Stories reporters at St. Peter's…

    • Apr 24, 2025
    • by: Alan Duke
    Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Africans Were Denied Entry Into St. Peter's Basilica To View Pope's Body No Ban
  • Fact Check: Video Does NOT Feature JD Vance's Sister Asking Internet To Stop Saying He Killed Pope Francis -- Comedian's Series

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    Did JD Vance's sister take to social media to ask internet trolls to stop saying the Vice President killed Pope Francis? No, that's not true: The video is one of a series by comedian Blaire Erskine in which she has played roles such as Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's baby sitter and a Trump voter waiting in the cold for a…

    • Apr 23, 2025
    • by: Dean Miller
    Fact Check: Video Does NOT Feature JD Vance's Sister Asking Internet To Stop Saying He Killed Pope Francis -- Comedian's Series Satire Origin
  • Fact Check: FAKE Guardian Article Screenshot Demanding 'Next Pope Must Be Muslim' Originated On Satire Account

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    Did the U.K. newspaper The Guardian publish an opinion column withe the headline "The next Pope must be Muslim or there will be violence on the streets of Europe" by Yasmin Alibhai-Brown, in April 2025? No, that's not true: A screenshot that appeared to show such an article was originally published by an account on X that says it publishes…

    • Apr 23, 2025
    • by: Maarten Schenk
    Fact Check: FAKE Guardian Article Screenshot Demanding 'Next Pope Must Be Muslim' Originated On Satire Account 'Satire'
  • Fact Check: FAKE Video Shows UK PM Keir Starmer 'Kissing' Labour Donor Waheed Alli

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    Did authentic security camera footage show U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer kissing Waheed Alli, a television entrepreneur and prominent supporter of the governing Labour Party? No, that's not true: The video, which was shared widely in April 2025, was clearly fake, and likely a product of generative AI. The clip contained several tell-tale glitches typical of AI-generated videos. The video…

    • Apr 21, 2025
    • by: Lead Stories Staff
    Fact Check: FAKE Video Shows UK PM Keir Starmer 'Kissing' Labour Donor Waheed Alli Inauthentic
  • Pope Francis Has Died At Age 88 After A Stroke, Coma And 'Irreversible Cardiovascular Collapse' -- What Happens Next

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    By Raffaella Menichini, Lead Stories Deputy International Teams Manager (Rome) and Lead Stories staff A nine-day mourning period has begun with the death of Pope Francis, who died on Monday, April 21, 2025, at the age of 88, according to a statement released by the Holy See Press Office. The cause of death, declared by the Vatican's Directorate of Health…

    • Apr 21, 2025
    • by: Lead Stories Staff
    Pope Francis Has Died At Age 88 After A Stroke, Coma And 'Irreversible Cardiovascular Collapse' -- What Happens Next
  • Fact Check: Donald Trump DID Post an Easter Message to 'Radical Left Lunatics', Judges, Biden in 2025

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    Did President Donald Trump post a "Happy Easter" message to social media in which he attacked "Radical Left Lunatics," "WEAK and INEFFECTIVE judges", and former president Joe Biden? Yes, that's true: Widely shared screenshots of the post were authentic, and taken from Trump's April 20, 2025 post on Truth Social. Trump mentioned MS-13 gang members, and described Biden as a…

    • Apr 21, 2025
    • by: Lead Stories Staff
    Fact Check: Donald Trump DID Post an Easter Message to 'Radical Left Lunatics', Judges, Biden in 2025 Authentic Post
  • Fact Check: The Atlantic Did NOT Publish an Op-ed Saying Ending Racism is Worth 'Sexual Assaults by Migrants'

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    Did The Atlantic publish an op-ed saying that ending racism is worth a rise in sexual assaults by migrants? No, that's not true: As of this writing, the magazine's website did not show such an article. No other credible media outlet mentioned the purported story, and a supposed screenshot of it was a digital fabrication. A spokesperson for The Atlantic…

    • Apr 17, 2025
    • by: Uliana Malashenko
    Fact Check: The Atlantic Did NOT Publish an Op-ed Saying Ending Racism is Worth 'Sexual Assaults by Migrants' Fake Story
  • Fact Check: Wisconsin Did NOT Run Out Of Ballots 'In Red Areas' On State Supreme Court Election Day In 2025

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    Did Wisconsin run out of ballots in Republican-leaning "red areas" on the day of the State Supreme Court election on April 1, 2025? No, that's not true: The shortage affected only the City of Milwaukee, election officials told Lead Stories. In the last three federal elections, the city supported Democratic candidates. The claim appeared in a post (archived here) published…

    • Apr 2, 2025
    • by: Uliana Malashenko
    Fact Check: Wisconsin Did NOT Run Out Of Ballots 'In Red Areas' On State Supreme Court Election Day In 2025 Blue Areas
  • Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Authentic Ronald Reagan Speech About Little Girl Who Wanted To Solve Homelessness

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    Does a viral clip show authentic archival footage of U.S. President Ronald Reagan telling a story about his conversation with a child who wanted to solve homelessness? No, that's not true: Two AI detectors found that the clip utilized AI generated sound. The video recycled the recording of Reagan's last presidential address from the Oval Office, but in reality, he…

    • Apr 1, 2025
    • by: Uliana Malashenko
    Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Authentic Ronald Reagan Speech About Little Girl Who Wanted To Solve Homelessness AI Sound
  • Fact Check: NO EVIDENCE Dwayne 'The Rock Johnson' Promised On Social Media To 'Punch' Elon Musk If He 'Doesn't Leave America Alone'

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    Did wrestler Dwayne Johnson, also known as The Rock, threaten to "punch" Elon Musk on X in March 2025, if the tech billionaire "doesn't leave America alone"? No, that's not true: A review of Johnson's posts doesn't confirm he ever published what was attributed to him. The claim originated from an obscure clickbait website whose disclaimer said that it "assumes…

    • Mar 31, 2025
    • by: Uliana Malashenko
    Fact Check:  NO EVIDENCE Dwayne 'The Rock Johnson' Promised On Social Media To 'Punch' Elon Musk If He 'Doesn't Leave America Alone' Unsupported
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    Fact Check: Niagara Falls Did NOT Turn 'Blood Red' in June 2025 -- Viral Image is Fake

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    • Jun 26, 2025
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    Fact Check: Pro-Trump Cuban Singer is NOT 'Janet Correa', Whose Husband Later Faced Deportation

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    Fact Check: Garrett Haake DID Fact-Check Karoline Leavitt, But Dramatic Blog Post Fabricates Quotes

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  • Fact Check: Donald Trump's Son Barron Was NOT 'Drafted Into The Military' In June 2025 No Draft

    Fact Check: Donald Trump's Son Barron Was NOT 'Drafted Into The Military' In June 2025

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  • Fact Check: Trump, Epstein Photos With 'Underage' Women NOT Authentic -- They're AI Generated Fabricated Pix

    Fact Check: Trump, Epstein Photos With 'Underage' Women NOT Authentic -- They're AI Generated

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    Fact Check: FAKE German Weather Forecast Image Shows Lava Illustrating High Temperatures

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    • Jul 1, 2025
    • by: Uliana Malashenko
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    Fact Check: Trump Did NOT Write 'I Regret Taking Advise From Elon', Reject 'White Genocide' Theory in South Africa

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    Fact Check: Video Of Big Woman Jumping Off And Sinking Boat IS NOT Real -- A Deepfake

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    • by: Alan Duke
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    Fact Check: Donald Trump's Son Barron Was NOT 'Drafted Into The Military' In June 2025

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    • by: Uliana Malashenko
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