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Wanted for Defamation On November 5, 2021, a website named Conservative Beaver published a false story about the CEO of Pfizer being arrested for fraud. It wasn't the first false story published by the website and it wouldn't be the last: Only a few days later the site falsely claimed Myriam Bourla (the wife of Pfizer's CEO Albert Bourla) died…

Did a funeral director from Milton Keynes, England, make a case that the coronavirus pandemic is a hoax, or that it is caused by the COVID-19 vaccine? No, that's not true: John O'Looney's conspiracy theories defy logic and are readily dismissed with publicly available information. His interview, dated September 16, 2021, has been mirrored on many video platforms. One example…

Was the fifth Mike Lindell election fraud video correct in claiming a major American voting machine company is controlled by Chinese Communist Party investors and that voting machines used in the 2020 election were hacked via the internet? No, the claims were made without accompanying evidence. Federal banking and finance forms fall well short of supporting the claim that Dominion…

Did rapper Biz Markie die on or before July 1, 2021? No, that's not true: Markie's manager confirmed that the rapper, though experiencing health complications, was alive at the time of this writing. The claim appeared in an Instagram post (archived here) where it was published by MyMixtapez, a popular Instagram page for music news, on July 1, 2021. The…

Is "The Great Reset" a secret plan masterminded by global elites to limit freedoms and push radical policies? No, that's not true: It's the name of a public policy initiative the World Economic Forum (WEF) launched in response to the COVID-19 crisis. The phrase has been hijacked by conspiracy theorists who believe an evil cabal is using the pandemic as…

Did billionaire philanthropist George Soros die on June 10, 2021? No, that's not true: according to the Open Society Foundations, Soros' charitable arm, the 90-year-old is alive at the time of writing. Additionally, Lead Stories could not find any evidence of Soros' alleged death in obituaries, press releases or social media statements. The claim originally appeared on the online bulletin…

Was Bob Chapek, the CEO of Disney, arrested on child sex abuse, bestiality and child pornography charges? No, that's not true: There is no evidence that this story is anything but fabricated click-bait. The "Conservative Beaver" is well-known as a fake news publisher, and there is no evidence of this arrest ever happening. The sergeant listed as a source is…

Was an interim military U.S. government installed in the days after a fake staged inauguration of Joe Biden was broadcast, and were 80 to 140 members of Congress arrested by the National Guard in the middle of the night on January 25, 2021, and did U.S. and Taiwanese fighter jets win a war with the Chinese Communist Party in a…

Does a video titled "Hold The Line" present the truth about President Joe Biden, former President Donald Trump and a range of other subjects from COVID-19 to birth certificates? No, that's not true. The video pushes debunked QAnon conspiracy theories surrounding the authenticity of the 2020 presidential election, claims that Joe Biden is not the real president and that Donald…