Entertainment in August 2026
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Thursday, August 27, 2026
Wednesday, August 26, 2026
- Fact Check: FAKE Video Shows Woman Jumping From Helicopter To Trampoline Near Roman Colosseum -- Video Is AI-Generated
- Fact Check: FAKE Video Of Lion Reuniting With Caretaker Is AI-Generated
Tuesday, August 25, 2026
Monday, August 24, 2026
- Fact Check: FAKE Video Shows Celine Dion Saying She Drinks The Blood Of Children
- Fact Check: PRANK Video Shows Woman Falling For A Fictional Alien Invasion Emergency Alert System Notice
Friday, August 21, 2026
- Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Trash Dumping In River -- Final Ritual Immersion Of Idol For The Hindu Ganesh Chaturthi Festival
- Fact Check: FAKE Video Shows Nancy Mace Dancing And Grimacing In Sexy Black Dress
Thursday, August 20, 2026
Wednesday, August 19, 2026
Tuesday, August 18, 2026
- Fact Check: Nick Shirley Did NOT Tell Joe Rogan He Was Going To Investigate 'Clinton Body Bags' List -- It's Satire
- Fact Check: Glass Water Tank Torture Video NOT From Epstein Island -- Was From 2016 Egyptian TV Series
Monday, August 17, 2026
Friday, August 14, 2026
- Fact Check: Video Misrepresents Hassan Piker Quoting Comment Saying America Should Resume Lynching Black People -- Was Denouncing It
- Fact Check: FAKE Video Shows Helicopter Landing Upside Down In A Field -- AI-Generated
Thursday, August 13, 2026
- Fact Check: Sylvester Stallone Did NOT Say Talking To AOC Was 'Like Listening To A High School Girl'
Wednesday, August 12, 2026
- Fact Check: FAKE Video Shows Landlord Evicting Tenant While New Tenants Are Already on Doorstep -- For Entertainment
- Prebunk: FAKE VFX Behind-the-Scenes Footage Is Just Clickbait Effect -- Lights, Camera, AI
Monday, August 10, 2026
Friday, August 7, 2026
- Prebunk: Shocking Courtroom Convictions Judged To Be AI -- Bail Out Reality, Not Fake Defendants
- Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show 'Farmer François Lavigne' Reliving Accident On French TV While Dressed-Up Children Sing To Him -- It Is A Serge Gainsbourg Tribute
Wednesday, August 5, 2026
- Fact Check: FAKE 689,235.43 EUR Receipt From Le Club 55 In St. Tropez Was Generated By AI
- Fact Check: Staged Video Shows A FAKE Scene Of A Transgender Woman With A Gun Angry Over Being Misgendered
Tuesday, August 4, 2026
Monday, August 3, 2026
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