Did a priest in South Africa kill members of his congregation when he fed them rat poison? No, that's not true: A man known as Prophet (not Priest) Light Monyeki of Grace Living Hope Ministries insists that, yes, in 2017 he mixed rat poison with water and drank it himself, before others drank it, too. But he's very much alive,…
Mary Acosta, a staff writer and fact-checker for Lead Stories, is a former copy editor at CNN International. She was based at the network's headquarters in Atlanta. Prior to working at CNNI she was a writer, writer-producer, and copy editor at CNN. She was part of teams that won Emmy Awards for coverage of Hurricane Katrina and the 9/11 terror…
Anne Brown, a staff writer and fact-checker for Lead Stories, is the former Senior Director of Special Events at CNN. Over the course of her 30-plus year career in television news based at CNN's world headquarters in Atlanta, she covered major events both domestic and international, winning Emmy and Peabody awards along the way. Brown led on-location production and logistics…
Did Ilhan Omar say that deportation of Trump supporters would begin "after we win"? No, that's not true. The story was published by a liberal satire website that tries to mislead Trump supporters and Republicans into sharing made up stories that are clearly marked as satire when you actually click them. Articles from the site are frequently copied by foreign-run…
Did the California legislature remove Christmas from all state calendars and events? No, that's not true: The claim started as a satirical story published on a website that features fake reports designed to lure conservatives into sharing. Lead Stories does not flag satire as "fake news," although copycat sites that steal the original without proper labeling are rated false. The…
Are the first indictments from a Barr investigation into Democrats coming tomorrow? No, that's not true. The story was first published on June 7, 2019 and no indictments materialized on June 8 or any day since. The reason is that the story was made up by a liberal satire website that tries to mislead Trump supporters and Republicans into sharing…
Were federal warrants issued for Kathy Griffin, Robert DeNiro and Barbara Streisand? No, that's not true. The story was published by a liberal satire website that tries to mislead Trump supporters and Republicans into sharing made up stories that are clearly marked as satire when you actually click them. Articles from the site are frequently copied by foreign-run fake news…
Did Ilhan Omar spit on the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier? No, that's not true. The story was published by a liberal satire website that tries to troll Trump supporters and Republicans into sharing made up stories that are clearly marked as satire when you actually click them. Articles from the site are frequently copied by foreign-run fake news websites.…
Did NASA possibly capture the first ever rainbow around a hurricane, as shown in a viral image of Hurricane Dorian? No, that's not true: The photo released by the space agency combines visual and infrared satellite images of the huge storm as it swirled in the Atlantic before slamming the Bahamas. The appearance of a rainbow around the center is…
Did a photographer from The Weather Channel take a picture of a dolphin being blown out of the water by hurricane Dorian winds? No, that's not true: the image was a photoshop by a satire website. It is not real. The story originated from an article published by People of Lancaster in 2016 but updated in 2019 titled "Photographer Captures…
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