Current Events in September 2026

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Wednesday, September 30, 2026

• Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Arrest of Man Accused of Inappropriately Touching Influencer at Disneyland -- 2024 Footage
• Fact Check: Trump's 'Super Intelligence' Accord DID Misspell Country's Name As 'Unites States'
• Fact Check: FAKE Video Labeled Eye Of Hurricane Polo Is AI-Generated -- Was Not Shot From A Plane
• Fact Check: Trump Did NOT Admit 'I've Done A Shitty Job As President' -- Rest Of Speech Edited Away

Tuesday, September 29, 2026

• Fact Check: FAKE Video Shows Airplane Spinning Wildly On Runway Accident -- It Is AI-Generated
• Prebunk: Fake New York Post Headlines From Parody Rabbi Account Used To Bait Chatbot -- The '@Grok-Is-This-Jew?' Trick
• Fact Check: Kamala Harris Will NOT Be Personally Responsible For Her Campaign's $39 Million Debt -- Claim Comes From Satire Site
• Fact Check: 'Lebensraum For Israel' Post DID Appear On Times Of Israel Blog In 2024 -- But Was Taken Down Later
• Fact Check: Photo Does NOT Show Cornell University 'Gang Rape' Defendant Scott Kretzschmar Is A Police Officer -- It Shows His Brother Max

Monday, September 28, 2026

• Fact Check: Japan Did NOT Ban Israeli Tourists
• Fact Check: FAKE Photo Shows Trump, Xi, Musk, Altman, Bezos And Others Toasting At Black-Tie Event
• Fact Check: Charli XCX Was NOT Giving Taylor Swift A Stone Face At MTV VMAs -- Footage Is From Nirvana Award
• Fact Check: Viral Image Shows FAKE Israeli Passport Pictures Of Zelenskyy And His Wife
• Fact Check: Ivgeni Zarubinski Is NOT An Israeli Foreign Ministry Official Who Posted About Activating Pagers in Ireland -- He's A Satirist
• Fact Check: Trump Did NOT Get In Big Fight With Secret Service Agents -- He Was Talking To PGA Tour CEO At Presidents Cup

Sunday, September 27, 2026

• Fact Check: AI-Enhanced Picture Of RAF Fairford Suspects Is NOT An Original Photograph -- Based On Blurry Viral Photo

Friday, September 25, 2026

• Fact Check: FAKE Screenshot Swaps Photo Of Real CNN Article 'Cuckolding Can Be Positive For Some Couples'
• Fact Check: FAKE Photo Of Trump State Dinner With Xi, Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos At The Head Table Is Al-Generated
• Fact Check: Benjamin Netanyahu Did NOT Say America Deserved 9/11 -- He Was Quoting Hassan Piker To Criticize Mamdani

Thursday, September 24, 2026

• Fact Check: FAKE New York Times Videos Of Alyssa Milano, Rachael Harris, Sean Astin, Falsely Claim They Support 'All Democrats Are Criminals'
• Fact Check: FAKE New York Times Videos Of Leonardo DiCaprio, Eric Braeden, Other Celebs, Falsely Claim They Support 'All Democrats Are Criminals'
• Fact Check: Sen. Tommy Tuberville DID Say Many Pilots, Flight Attendants And Air Traffic Controllers Are Part Of The Furry Community
• Fact Check: ALTERED 1688 "Lac America" Map Has The Name Of Lac Ontario Swapped Out To Falsify Historic Record Of Lake's Name

Wednesday, September 23, 2026

• Fact Check: FAKE Washington Post Captions Added to Real Vanity Fair Video Falsely Claim Billie Eilish Got $120 Million From Democrats
• Fact Check: FAKE Captions Added to Real New York Times Video Falsely Claim Taylor Swift Agreed to $500 Million Deal With Democrats
• Fact Check: Denmark Did NOT Choose 'Send In The Clowns' For Trump-Rubio Greenland Press Conference -- UN Also Denies Involvement
• Fact Check: DOJ Did NOT Delete Trump's Pardons From Their Website -- List Was Off The Site For Hours But Returned
• Fact Check: ABC, CNN and CBS Did NOT Report That Fred Durst, Krist Novoselic And Damon Albarn All Criticized Democrats In September 2026

Tuesday, September 22, 2026

• Prebunk: Automatic Haircut Machines Do Not Cut Permanent Reality -- AI Videos Wash, Rinse And Condition The Truth
• Fact Check: 'Wonder Years' Actor Fred Savage Is NOT Dead At Age 50 -- No Credible Reports Of His Death

Monday, September 21, 2026

• Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show September 12, 2026 Anti-AfD March in Germany
• Fact Check: FAKE Video Shows Trump Making Kissy Faces And Sounds In Front Of Sarah Huckabee Sanders -- It Is An Altered Satire Video

Friday, September 18, 2026

• Prebunk: Storm Of Made-Up Severe Weather Posts Floods Timelines -- Bring An Umbrella Against This Torrent Of AI Warnings
• Fact Check: Image Does NOT Accurately Depict Kash Patel's Height Running Alongside FBI New Agent Trainees -- Digitally Altered

Thursday, September 17, 2026

• Fact Check: ALTERED Video Does NOT Show David Byrne Criticizing Ed Sheeran In Real Life
• Fact Check: FAKE Mugshot Resembling Jennifer Lopez Does NOT Show Minnesota Woman Cyrena Anne Quast
• Fact Check: Ed Sheeran Did NOT Donate Concert Tickets To Veterans After Macklemore Palestine Controversy -- It Is Satire
• Fact Check: Old Ed Sheeran Video Does NOT Show Him Performing Since His Band Quit -- Filmed in 2022 At Wembley Stadium

Wednesday, September 16, 2026

• Prebunk: AI-Generated Earthquake Posts About Various U.S. States Causing Tremors Online -- Shake-And-Rattle Grip On Reality
• Fact Check: Parents Have NOT Gone Public To Complain About Child Deaths Under Lindsay Clancy's Nursing Care
• Fact Check: Dolly Parton's Family Did NOT Deny Taylor Swift Request To Headline Tribute Concert -- It Is Satire
• Fact Check: Gavin Newsom's Winery Did NOT Receive 'State Wildfire Payout' -- It Got A Private Settlement With Hundred Acre
• Fact Check: FAKE Video Of Truck Pushing Car From Railway Crossing Does NOT Document Real Event

Tuesday, September 15, 2026

• Fact Check: Trump Kissing Woman, Possibly Natalie Harp, on Golf Course -- What We Know
• Fact Check: FAKE Video Shows Natalie Harp Grinning Over Trump's Shoulder -- AI-Generated
• Fact Check: Sen. Roger Marshall DID Sue More Than 700 Of His Own Patients, Protester Interrupted JD Vance To Say -- New York Times Analysis Of Court Records
• Fact Check: Henry Cavill Has NOT Been Announced As Next 007 James Bond -- Claim Originated On Parody Account

Monday, September 14, 2026

• Fact Check: AI Image of Trump Wetting Chair After Meeting With Irish President Catherine Connolly -- NOT Real Photo
• Fact Check: 'Foreign Press' Did NOT Report Irish President Refused To Sit Near Donald Trump Due To 'Fecal' Odor
• Fact Check: FAKE Image Shows Natalie Harp Smiling With Prominent Teeth And Gums -- Image Is AI-Altered
• Fact Check: FAKE AI-Generated Image Shows Putin BRICS Selfie -- Posted By Russian Embassy In South Africa

Friday, September 11, 2026

• Fact Check: FAKE Image of Trump Clearing Rubble at Ground Zero After 9/11 Is AI-Generated
• Fact Check: FAKE Image of Dead Osama Bin Laden Was Made Using Image From 'Black Hawk Down' -- No Real Images Made Public
• Fact Check: NO Evidence Kim Jong Un Called For Benjamin Netanyahu Arrest

Thursday, September 10, 2026

• Fact Check: Grindr Outage Did NOT Take Place in Dallas During 2026 Republican National Convention
• Fact Check: FAKE Collage Does NOT Show Real List Of Reform UK Candidates -- It Is AI-Generated
• Fact Check: ALTERED Image Shows Shadow Mustache On AfD Leader Alice Weidel -- Not In The Original 2016 Photo

Wednesday, September 9, 2026

• Fact Check: NYC Mayor Mamdani Did NOT Write Post About Interview With Charlie Kirk In September 2025
• Fact Check: FAKE Ad Featuring Sydney Sweeney In Nike Branding Is AI-Generated -- No Official Nike Campaign Exists
• Fact Check: NO Evidence AI-Generated Image Trump Shared Is Official New Space Force Uniform
• Fact Check: FAKE Video Of Miley Cyrus Saying Dolly Parton Left Her Entire Fortune To Her Is AI-Generated
• Fact Check: Image Of Russia's Rossotrudnichestvo Head Igor Chaika Is FAKE -- Likely Altered With AI
• Fact Check: Trump Did NOT Defend Natalie Harp After She Posted Nuclear Codes on Instagram -- Story Is From Borowitz Report Satire

Tuesday, September 8, 2026

• Fact Check: Arnold Schwarzenegger Did NOT Say He Is Removing 'Negger' From His Name Because It 'Could Be Offensive'
• Fact Check: Donald Trump Did NOT Post Animated Video Of Himself Attacking Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney With Hockey Stick
• Fact Check: Image Is NOT Real Photo Of Merz And Epstein -- AI Made It
• Fact Check: FAKE Video Shows American Carrier On Fire After Iranian Missile Attack In Sea Of Oman -- AI-Generated

Monday, September 7, 2026

• Fact Check: Trump Did NOT Make Post Saying FBI Should Investigate Hunter Biden's Cryptocurrency Coin
• Fact Check: FAKE Image Of Robert De Niro With 'Trump Is My President' Shirt Was Posted On Trump's Truth Social Account -- It Is AI-Generated

Friday, September 4, 2026

• Fact Check: FALSE Rumor About Mike Johnson Moving Jasmine Crockett's Office Into Filing Room With No Windows Did NOT Come From Real News Website
• Fact Check: FAKE 'Epstein Files' Video Shows People Locked In Cages -- It Is From Horror YouTube Channel 'Life Of Luxury'

Thursday, September 3, 2026

• Fact Check: Trump Did NOT Write 'Too Many Non-Working Holidays In America' Ahead Of Labor Day 2026 -- Post Is From Summer 2025
• Fact Check: FAKE Photo Shows Ursula von der Leyen With Jeffrey Epstein -- Made With AI
• Fact Check: Suspect In Minneapolis Mass Shooting Was NOT Trans Shooter Samantha Hyde -- Edited Image

Wednesday, September 2, 2026

• Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Bullet 'Jumping' Out Of Pamela Cisneros' Body -- It Is A Taser Probe Stuck In Her Shirt
• Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Men Handling Real Guns Outside Dublin Mosque -- Police Say They Were Airsoft Replicas
• Fact Check: FAKE Video Of Woman Who Stabbed Someone In NYC Dancing With Pair Of Knives -- It Is Digitally Edited
• Fact Check: FAKE Report Alleges Billie Eilish Lost $800,000 In Property After She 'Left Her Tribeca Penthouse Doors Unlocked For 72 Hours To Prove That New York City Is Safe'

Tuesday, September 1, 2026

• Fact Check: UNRELATED Video Clips Misrepresent News Of 163 Missing Children Found In Florida Law Enforcement Sweep
• Fact Check: Image Does NOT Show Real U.K. PM Andy Burnham's Order Deploying Veterans To Ukraine