Fact Check in December 2025

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Wednesday, December 31, 2025

• Fact Check: Windmills Are NOT Killing 'All Of Our Beautiful Bald Eagles' As Claimed By President Trump -- Post Shows Israeli Falcon

Tuesday, December 30, 2025

• Fact Check: Sweet Angel Child Care Phone Number Does NOT Dial Minnesota Governor Walz's Office

Monday, December 29, 2025

• Fact Check: Archived Page Of A 1996 Melania Trump Profile On A Mail-Order Bride Website Is NOT Real -- Copied From Another Woman's Page
• Fact Check: A Full-Body Bronze Statue On Hollywood Walk Of Fame Was NOT Erected For Streisand, Cher, Dolly Nor Novak Djokovic -- Spam From Vietnam

Tuesday, December 23, 2025

• Fact Check: DoJ DENIES Epstein Letter To Larry Nassar Mentioning 'Our President' Is Real
• Fact Check: FAKE Video Of Abiy Ahmed's 5-Star Cruise Ship Abandoned In Desert Shows Telltale Signs Of Being AI-Generated
• Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Real Ship Colliding With Bridge In Norway
• Fact Check: Disney Did NOT Say It Offers $10 Park Tickets
• Fact Check: Tupac Shakur Hospital Deathbed Photos Are NOT Real -- Lawyer Who Was There Confirmed
• Fact Check: Barbra Streisand, Other Celebs Did NOT Berate Zuckerberg, Billionaires At 'Lifetime Achievement Award' Gala -- Spam From Vietnam

Monday, December 22, 2025

• Fact Check: 'Wake up, Jeff' Messages NOT Sent To Bezos By Cher, Mahomes, Bono To Break Amazon Deals -- No Such Backlash Against Bezos' 'Quiet alignment with Trump'
• Fact Check: Fulton County's 315,000 Unsigned Early Votes Are NOT Proof Of Electoral Fraud
• Fact Check: Viral Video Does NOT Show Jon-Bernard Kairouz Actually Confronted On Live TV By Fox News Host About His Appearance In Epstein Files -- It's A Comedy Sketch
• Fact Check: FBI Did NOT Discover A Secret Tunnel Under Rob Reiner's Mansion -- This Is Another In A String Of Copycat Clickbait Videos Using Famous Names

Sunday, December 21, 2025

• Fact Check: Image Showing Melania Trump Kissing Jeffrey Epstein On The Lips Is NOT Real -- It's AI-Generated

Saturday, December 20, 2025

• Fact Check: Cher Did NOT Read Karoline Leavitt's Bio Live On MSNBC -- Neither Did Other Celebrities
• Fact Check: Epstein File EFTA00000468.pdf Showing Photos Of Donald Trump DID Disappear From Department Of Justice Release Website -- But It's Back
• Fact Check: Fake 'You Need To Shut Up' Tweet Story About Karoline Leavitt, Other Celebrities -- Spam From Vietnam

Friday, December 19, 2025

• Fact Check: New Trump-Kennedy Sign At Kennedy Center Does NOT Have Gold Appliques And Onlays Like Trump Added To The Oval Office
• Fact Check: White House Did NOT Confirm That 'Trump's Impromptu Visit To Walter Reed Hospital' Was To Receive 'Dementia Test Of The Year' Award
• Fact Check: Clickbait Fake Stories Say SAT Score Reveal Silenced Trump, Obama, Kimmel After Each Called Harvard Grads 'Overrated'
• Fact Check: Austria's Eurovision 2026 Stage Design Is NOT A Swastika, It's A Curved Leaf -- Fake Image Circulating Is From Satire Account
• Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show A Real 'Transgender Police Spokesperson Lyle Culpepper' Talking About Brown University Attack
• Fact Check: Time Magazine's 100 Most Influential People In Music For 2025 Does NOT Include Tom Jones, Jelly Roll, Stevie Wonder, Pink, Willie Nelson, Or Anyone -- Fake List From Vietnam
• Fact Check: Digitally Edited 'David Cohen' Facebook Profile Screenshot Does NOT Belong To Bondi Beach Shooter

Thursday, December 18, 2025

• Fact Check: 'Long Road Ahead, But I Believe In Recovery ...' Is NOT A Real Post By Maddow, Gauff, Sunak And Other Celebrities -- Plucky Sick-Bed Notes Are Another Fake News Scam
• Fact Check: Kid Rock Is NOT Donating The Proceeds Of Next Five Shows To Turning Point USA In Charlie Kirk's Name -- It's Satire
• Fact Check: Maritime Drug Law Enforcement Act of 1986 Supported By Chuck Schumer Does NOT Make It Legal To 'Blow Drug Boats Out Of The Water'
• Fact Check: 90-Year-Old Man Is NOT Being Sued By The Families Of Two Home Invaders He Killed -- Ragebait Fake Story
• Fact Check: Academy Award For Compassion Was NOT Awarded to Ann Wilson, Nancy Wilson, Coco Gauff, Danica Patrick, Or Any Other Celebrities -- It's Viet Spam
• Fact Check: AI Video Of Giant 'Eclipse Octopus' In Gulf Of America Is NOT Real -- Not From Gulf Of Mexico Either

Wednesday, December 17, 2025

• Fact Check: Image Does NOT Prove Zelenskyy Received Israeli Passport In 2016
• Fact Check: FAKE Video Of Venezuela Ship Commanded By Captain Yonaiker Bermúdez And US Destroyer USS Jason Durham
• Fact Check: Video Of 'Operation Metro Freeze' Deportation Flight From Minnesota Is NOT Real
• Fact Check: Arnold Schwarzenegger Did NOT Offer To Cover All Funeral Expenses For Rob Reiner And His Wife -- Video Is AI Fakery
• Fact Check: FAKE Story About Retired Charleston Detective Solving A 21-Year-Old Cold Case After Spotting a Wax Figure At A Gala Is Formulaic Clickbait
• Fact Check: Rob Reiner Did NOT Say He Wished The Butler, PA, Would-Be Trump Assassin Hadn't Missed
• Fact Check: 'Obama Fraud Vault' Was NOT 'Just Unleashed On Fox Live' By Candace Owens, Ben Shapiro, Jeanine Pirro, Greg Gutfeld, Or Anyone -- It's Viet Spam
• Fact Check: JOKE Post Said Roblox Was Shutting Down On January 1st -- NO Actual Announcement

Tuesday, December 16, 2025

• Fact Check: Clickbait Story About 'Live 3 A.M. Emergency Monologue' By Mamdani, Melania Trump, Sen. Kennedy, Others Is NOT Real-- It's Fake News Clickbait From Vietnam
• Fact Check: FAKE Quote From Charli XCX Article 'The Death of Cool' About God And Gender Roles -- University Of Oklahoma Student Essay
• Fact Check: 'Josephine Boudreaux' Is NOT A Real Figure From 1872 Who Seduced And Killed 11 Klan Leaders, The Black Widow Of Louisiana Story And Pictures Debuted On Social Media In 2025 - Fabricated Clickbait
• Fact Check: Rob Reiner Did NOT Post Anti-Trump Tweet In 2023 -- Fake Message
• Fact Check: AI Videos Of Flooded Tents In Gaza Are NOT Real
• Fact Check: Rob Reiner Is NOT On 'The Epstein List' -- It's A Fake List
• Fact Check: Fake Missing Boy Scout 'Eric Langford' Story Contains Contradictions -- Originated On Unreliable YouTube Channel

Monday, December 15, 2025

• Fact Check: Barron And Melania Trump And Other Celebrities Did NOT Quietly Spend $10 Million To Build Churches Without Ceremony -- Heart-String-Tugging Fictions Are Traffic Bait
• Fact Check: Fake Image Does NOT Show Actual Crisis Actor At Bondi Beach Laughing As Fake Blood Makeup Is Applied -- Signs Of AI Use
• Fact Check: Rob Reiner DID Say Publicly He Was Working On A Series About Putin And Trump's Relationship
• Fact Check: Donald Trump DID Say Rob Reiner And His Wife Were Murdered Because Of His Anger, 'Trump Derangement Syndrome' (TDS) -- Truth Social Post

Sunday, December 14, 2025

• Fact Check: FAKE Site Said IT Professional 'Edward Crabtree' Disarmed Bondi Beach Shooter -- NOT Actual News Site
• Fact Check: Donald Trump Did NOT Say Jesus Told Him God's 'Happy That You're Making America Great Again' -- It's A Fake Post

Saturday, December 13, 2025

• Fact Check: Spam Stories About Celebrities Opening '100% Free Homeless Hospital' Are NOT Real -- Foreign AI Clickbait

Friday, December 12, 2025

• Fact Check: President Trump's Symbolic Pardon Does NOT Mean Tina Peters Is Fully Pardoned -- POTUS Has No Power Over State Prisoner
• Fact Check: Phil Collins Did NOT Announce A 2026 World Tour With 32 Dates, Nor Have Trace Adkins, Eric Clapton, Carlos Santana And Many Other Artists In Clickbait AI-Generated Tour Posters
• Fact Check: Trump Did NOT Increase 'MONTHLY Pension' Of Living Medal Of Honor Recipients 'From $16,880 To $67,500' -- Increase Is Annual
• Fact Check: Video Does NOT Reveal Charlie Kirk Murder Suspect Tyler Robinson's 'Shocking' Courtroom Conversation -- A Comic Made It

Thursday, December 11, 2025

• Fact Check: Obama, Trump, Rubio Did NOT 'Cut Ribbon' On A $150M Free Education And Health 'Promise Campus' In Chicago Or Miami -- Fake Stories From Clickbait Factories
• Fact Check: Image Showing President Trump Using Walker Is NOT Real -- Gemini AI Made It
• Fact Check: FAKE Videos Show Women Told To Leave Courtrooms Because Of How They Dress
• Fact Check: AI Image Does NOT Show Actual Minneapolis Warehouse With Tiny Indoor Houses For Homeless -- Avivo Project Is Real
• Fact Check: House Democrats Did NOT Release Never-Before-Seen Photos Of Jeffrey Epstein With Little Girl In Green Skirt Also Photographed Bound And Gagged-- Images Are Edited Fakes

Wednesday, December 10, 2025

• Fact Check: Kristi Noem Did NOT Say, "Calling ICE Agents Nazis Is Rude And Inaccurate" On Fox News -- Fake Screenshot From a Satire Account
• Fact Check: Donald Trump Did NOT Say Cosmetic Surgeries Preclude People From Receiving Government Assistance Starting From March 2026

Tuesday, December 9, 2025

• Fact Check: Barack Obama Did NOT Announce 'Potential Comeback' To The White House
• Fact Check: Scientists Have NOT Proved Camel Tears Are An Antidote For Venomous Snakebites
• Fact Check: White House Did NOT Call Martin Luther King Jr's Birthday, Juneteenth 'Made Up Holidays' -- Satire Account
• Fact Check: Melania Did NOT Glare At Donald Trump When He Chatted With Mexico's Claudia Sheinbaum At FIFA World Cup Draw -- Real Video Was Altered
• Fact Check: The U.S. Did NOT Send $45 Million In Cash To The Taliban In Afghanistan On December 8, 2025 -- Old Photo Used
• Fact Check: Trevor Noah Did NOT Tell Pete Hegseth He Was The Reason The Song 'Just Give Me A Reason' Was Written

Monday, December 8, 2025

• Fact Check:There Is NO Evidence Elon Musk Bought Facebook In An 'Operation Clean Slate' -- Fake News Site Manufactures Rumors To Build Traffic
• Fact Check: Video Of Vegetables, Fruits Being Spray-Painted In China Is NOT Real
• Fact Check: Waitress Megan Hollis Was NOT Arrested In Cleveland, Ohio After Flipping a Table Because She Got A $5 Tip -- Post Originated From A Satire Account

Sunday, December 7, 2025

• Fact Check: Prank About Mountain Collapse Near Casper, Wyoming Was Joke Post From Satirical Facebook Page

Saturday, December 6, 2025

• Fact Check: Videos Of NYPD Officers Arresting ICE Agents Are NOT Real -- Made By Sora AI Tool
• Fact Check: NO Evidence CNBC's Megan Cassella Told President Trump He Is 'Not God' During Press Briefing -- She Is On Maternity Leave

Friday, December 5, 2025

• Fact Check: Video Of Retired Soldier Crying In Court After Judge Drops Charges For Sleeping In A Park Is NOT Real -- It's AI Slop
• Fact Check: TikTok Creator's Claim That 'All Of Our Food Is 3D-Printed' Or Bioengineered Is NOT Serious -- Content Is Entertainment
• Fact Check: Video Of White Cherry Blossom Epoxy Floor Is NOT Real -- Designer Says It's AI-Made
• Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show UFOs Or Bunkers Being Hauled By Trucks -- They're Industrial Air-Cooled Heat Exchangers
• Fact Check: Video Of Anti-ICE Protester Sentenced To Six Months In Jail And $10,000 Fine For Throwing Trash Can At Officer Is NOT Real

Thursday, December 4, 2025

• Fact Check: Irish Christian Teacher Enoch Burke Was NOT 'Sentenced To Life In Prison For Transphobia'
• Fact Check: Alleged D.C. Pipe Bomber Brian Cole Jr. Did NOT Sue Trump's DHS Over Illegal Immigration
• Fact Check: BlueHarvester Is NOT A Real Norwegian Vessel Which Autonomously Collects Plastic From The Ocean And Converts It To Fuel -- AI-Generated Images
• Fact Check: The SEC Is Not Investigating 10 Democrats, Including Joe Biden, For Securities Fraud, Insider Trading -- It's Satire
• Fact Check: January 6 Pipebomb Suspect Is BRIAN Cole, NOT BRYAN Cole

Wednesday, December 3, 2025

• Fact Check: Iraqi Woman Who Bragged About Using Sweden's Benefits 'To The Max' Says She Was Being Sarcastic In Video
• Fact Check: A Real Domino's Employee Did NOT Climb Japan's Mount Fuji To Deliver A Pepperoni Pizza -- Story Spun From A Japanese Hiker's Cosplay Joke
• Fact Check: Catholic Nun Was NOT 'Stabbed To Death By A Migrant In Croatia' -- She's Alive & Under Investigation For A False Report
• Fact Check: Coast Guard Did NOT Report 21% Of Suspected Trafficking Boats Stopped Off Venezuela Before Airstrikes Had Drugs -- It Was 81%
• Fact Check: Green Electric Scooters Were NOT Abandoned Due To Battery Replacement Cost -- Bike Demand Slowed
• Fact Check: Video Game Footage Showing Strike On 'Runner' Near Church Predates Obama Administration -- And CNN Did Write About The Game

Tuesday, December 2, 2025

• Fact Check: Videos Of Prisoner Escaping Through Courtroom Ceiling After Being Sentenced To Prison Are NOT Real -- They're AI-Made
• Fact Check: Pete Hegseth's Nameplate Did Say 'SSECRETARY OF WAR' During Cabinet Meeting -- Photo Is Real
• Fact Check: TMZ Did NOT Publish More Real Photos Of Diddy In Fort Dix Federal Prison Yard -- Their Watermark Was Spoofed
• Fact Check: AI Videos Of Iranian Bases Hit By Israeli Missiles Are NOT Real CCTV Footage

Monday, December 1, 2025

• Fact Check: Lightning Strike At Fishing Spot Is NOT Real -- AI Generated Video Shows An Unlikely Reaction
• Fact Check: Ariana Grande, Cynthia Erivo Did NOT Say They Are In 'Non-Demi-Curious Semi-Binary' Relationship