Fact Check in May 2025

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Friday, May 16, 2025

• Fact Check: Image Does NOT Prove Ukrainian Government Issued 'Rules For Reporters' Photographing Zelenskyy In Turkey In May 2025
• Fact Check: CNN Did NOT Air Graphic Claiming 'Pakistan Strikes India's Air Defense'
• Fact Check: Mexican Government Did NOT Gift House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries A '$1.2 million Apartment' -- Story Is Satire
• Fact Check: Stringy Strands In Ripe Tomatoes Do NOT Portend That 'Something Weird Is Happening With American Food' -- Those Are Sprouting Seeds
• Fact Check: FAKE Video Shows Trump Calling East Palestine Train Derailment an 'Environmental Terror Attack'
• Fact Check: AI-Generated Image Shows Women And Children Crying On Demand For A Cameraman -- Not Actual Palestinians In Gaza

Thursday, May 15, 2025

• Fact Check: Dollar General Did NOT Post Sign Saying Self-Checkout Is Closed 'Due To N-----s'
• Fact Check: NO EVIDENCE Sean 'Diddy' Combs Testified Rep. Hakeem Jeffries Attended 'Communist Freak-Offs'
• Fact Check: Bodycam Video Does NOT Authentically Show Cop Pull Over Black Judge -- Staged
• Fact Check: FAKE Photos Show Trump 'Shot Again Exiting the White House' in May 2025
• Fact Check: Chuck Schumer Does NOT Use a Rolls Royce Gifted to Him By the British Government -- Story is Satire
• Fact Check: Al Gore Did NOT Receive a $90 Million Custom Gulfstream from the Sultan of Kuwait -- Story Originated As Satire

Wednesday, May 14, 2025

• Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show A Ship From Kenya Landing In Germany
• Trump Vs. Coffee In Saudi Arabia: What We Know
• Fact Check: Australian Man Was Not Filmed Being Arrested For Trying To Take AU$5,000 From His Bank Account
• Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show RFK Jr. Declaring War On 'Fat, Gay Kids' And Things That Make Them 'Effeminate Weirdo Skanks' - Fake
• Fact Check: FAKE Letter Does NOT Show Pakistan Fired Air Vice Marshal Aurangzeb Ahmed
• Fact Check: Sam Smith and Pamela Anderson Did NOT Trade Insults in May 2025 -- Started as Satire
• Fact Check: Fake Bill Clinton Saudi Helicopter Gift Story Originated On Satire Pages -- No $17 Million Gift News Stories

Tuesday, May 13, 2025

• Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Pope Leo XIV Turning Away From Pride Flag -- It's The "Pace" (Peace) Flag
• Fact Check: Research Paper Did NOT Show Pfizer COVID Vaccine Increased Death Risk by 36%, Killed 470,000 in America
• Fact Check: UK Government Did NOT Announce New 'Window Tax'
• Fact Check: 'Confidential' Memo Does NOT Prove Radiation Leak In Northern Pakistan
• Fact Check: FAKE Video Shows 'Racist Cop' Encounter With a Black 'Navy Seal' -- It's Scripted
• Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Woman Dancing With 'Trump 2024' Flag, Then Deported -- Different People
• Fact Check: FAKE Truth Social Screenshot Has Trump Calling Australian PM Albanese The R-Word -- Fabricated Image

Monday, May 12, 2025

• Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show President Trump Saying 'Lopping Off Someone's Ding-A-Ling' Makes A Eunuch, Not A Woman -- Faked
• Fact Check: AG Pam Bondi Did NOT Announce 'RICO Probe' Into 'Network of The Clinton, Obama, And Biden Families'
• Fact Check: FAKE Video Does Not Document 'Eliteists' On Yacht At Sea Getting Washed Overboard By A Wave
• Fact Check: CNN Did NOT Air Graphic Saying 'Trump Helps Curb India's Losses' With Stats Showing India Losing In Conflict With Pakistan
• Fact Check: Video Does NOT Authentically Show Police Officers Approaching Black Army Colonel
• Fact Check: FAKE Video Shows Trump Praising Pakistan's Air Force, Mocking 'Humiliated' India
• Fact Check: Ilhan Omar's 'Brother' 'Yosef Barron Omar' Did NOT Get $18 Million in Government Grants

Sunday, May 11, 2025

• Fact Check: Video Does NOT Clearly Show Macron Hiding White Powder Cocaine On Train With Merz, Starmer -- Hi-Res Pic Looks Like Napkin
• Fact Check: Fake Headline About 'Pakistan Air Force' Being 'Undisputed King Of The Skies' Did NOT Appear In Daily Telegraph

Saturday, May 10, 2025

• Fact Check: NO Evidence Pope Leo XIV Said "Be Woke" Or That Statement Containing That Phrase Is Authentic
• Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Missiles From Pakistan Impacting Delhi -- Old Israel Footage

Friday, May 9, 2025

• Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show President Trump Bringing Up Building 7 And Praising 9/11 Conspiracy Theorist Alex Jones -- Faked
• Fact Check: As of May 9, 2025, Shiloh Hendrix's Fundraising Campaign Was NOT Frozen, Despite Criticism
• Fact Check: NO Evidence Pope Leo XIV Was A 'Celebrated' Jazz Trombone player AKA 'Bobby Prev' In His Spare Time In Chicago
• Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Israeli Drone Sent By India Destroyed In Pakistan -- Thai Fireworks!
• Fact Check: NO EVIDENCE Elon Musk Decided To Gift Alysa Liu Tesla
• Fact Check: Videos Do NOT Show Fires, Explosions in Pakistani Port City of Karachi After Indian Attacks

Thursday, May 8, 2025

• Fact Check: Fake Headline About Pope Leo XIV And 2020 Anarchist 'CHAZ' Protest Did NOT Appear In New York Times -- Location Wrong, Too
• Fact Check: Posts About Suspects 'Kelvin Buckland' And 'Malena Renae Mason' Being On The Run In May 2025 Are NOT Authentic Warnings
• Fact Check: New Pope Leo XIV Is NOT 'Registered Republican' -- He Voted In Republican Primaries But Illinois Voters Needn't Declare Party Affiliation When Registering
• Fact Check: NO Evidence Toyota, Nissan And Honda 'Will No Longer Sell Vehicles In The United States' Because Of Tariffs
• Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Indian Drone Shot Down By Pakistan in May 2025
• Fact Check: John Fetterman Was NOT 'Officially Kicked Out' of the Democratic Party As Of May 8, 2025
• Fact Check: Fake Story About Cuban, Gates And Buffett Receiving $250M Quarterly Payments From Biden Treasury Originated On Satire Site

Wednesday, May 7, 2025

• Fact Check: Trump Administration Did NOT Announce $15,000 Government Cash Payment To All Buyers Of American Cars
• Fact Check: Video Does NOT Authentically Show Smoke Detector Low Battery Beeps During Rep. Jasmine Crockett's Speech
• Fact Check: Trump Did NOT Say 'Let Em Fight' About India-Pakistan Clashes in May 2025
• Fact Check: Harvard Did NOT Publish Red Pen Corrections of Linda McMahon Letter
• Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Pakistani Pilot Shot Down Amid May 2025 India-Pakistan Clashes
• Fact Check: Old Video Does NOT Show Nuclear Explosion During 2025 India-Pakistan Conflict -- Shows 2015 Explosion In China

Tuesday, May 6, 2025

• Fact Check: ALTERED Photo Of Shiloh Hendrix Shows Her Holding "$250K You N------" Card
• Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show India Striking Pakistan In May Of 2025 -- Video Clip Has Been Online Since 2023
• Fact Check: Video Of President Trump Talking About 'Very Unathletic, Very Gay' Antifa Is Not Real
• Fact Check: Supreme Court Did NOT Refuse To Hear 'Sexual Orientation Discrimination Lawsuit' From Rachel Levine, As Of May 6, 2025
• Fact Check: 'Monetizing MAGA' Panel Featuring Donald Trump Jr. WAS On Qatar Economic Forum Agenda
• Fact Check: Border Patrol Did NOT Find FEMA Packages Intended for Hurricane Survivors Re-Routed to 'Feed Illegals'
• Fact Check: FAKE Video About Imminent May 6 Arrest Of French Right-Wing Leaders In Leaked WhatsApp Messages Has AI Audio -- Not From Front Populaire
• Fact Check: FAKE Video Shows Argument Between Pizza Delivery Driver and Woman Outside 'Prestigious' Apartment

Monday, May 5, 2025

• Fact Check: Video Does NOT Capture Canada's Carney Authentic Speech About Banning Cars Manufactured Before 2000
• Fact Check: Video Does NOT Authentically Capture Real Cop 'Losing His Mind' Over Parking Ticket
• Fact Check: Photo Of Man In SS Uniform Is NOT George Soros -- It's Oskar Gröning, A Corporal in Hitler's Waffen SS At Auschwitz
• Posts About Removal Of Ruby Bradley's Service History: What We Know
• Fact Check: Fake Post About Shell Company Tied To Three Democratic Senators Receiving Millions In Ukraine War Contracts Originated On Karoline Leavitt Satire Account

Sunday, May 4, 2025

• Fact Check: White House Posted AI Generated Image Of President Trump Wielding Lightsaber On May 4, 2025

Saturday, May 3, 2025

• Fact Check: Michelle Obama Did NOT Say She Was In Therapy Because She's 'Transitioning' Sexually
• Fact Check: AI Image Does NOT Show Actual Jewish Settlers Splashing Liquid On Palestinian Woman In Wheelchairs
• Fact Check: President Trump Did Post An AI Image Of Himself Dressed As Pope

Friday, May 2, 2025

• Fact Check: Video Did NOT Capture Real-Life Fight
• Fact Check: Miley Cyrus Before-And-After Uses FAKE Image To Ask 'What Happened' To Her In May 2025
• Fact Check: Video Does NOT Prove Princess Anne Publicly Said 'I Will Never Bow To Camilla'
• Fact Check: Gasoline Prices Did NOT Fall Below $1.98 A Gallon As President Trump Claimed on May 2, 2025
• Fact Check: Indians or Pakistanis Did NOT Set Fire to a Church in Wales -- Police Arrested Local Teens
• Fact Check: AI Clip Of Trump Saying He Will 'Erase Pakistan' If It Attacks India Is NOT Real -- Old Footage, Fake Audio
• Fact Check: Kamala Harris Did NOT Post 'I'm Running for President of the United States in 2028'
• Fact Check: Chuck Schumer NASA Shell Company Hoax Story Originated On Satire Website -- NO 16$ Million Scam

Thursday, May 1, 2025

• Fact Check: Brittney Griner Was NOT Investigated For 'Gambling On Her Own Games' In April 2025
• Fact Check: It Is NOT Legal To Own A Child Sex Slave In California
• Fact Check: Trump Did NOT 'Warn' Barack Obama That He Would Be Charged With Hatch Act Violations If He Went To El Salvador
• Fact Check: Video Does NOT Authentically Show Woman's Reaction On A Bus To Man Wearing Military Fatigues And Red MAGA Hat
• Fact Check: Chinese Officials Did NOT Say They're Trolling Trump With Obama Speeches As He 'Begs For Trade Deal' On Phone
• Fact Check: FAKE 'Hey, Donald' TIME Cover Shows Mark Carney Giving the Finger