Fact Check in June 2026

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Tuesday, June 30, 2026

• Prebunk: Digging Into AI Videos Of Secret Bunker Construction -- Deep Wish Fulfillment Fantasy
• Fact Check: FAKE Video Shows Pregnant Woman Attacked On Subway In NYC
• Fact Check: DECEPTIVELY Reversed Video Appears To Show 'Japan Fans Destroy Stadium After Defeat By Brazil' -- They Were Really Cleaning Up
• Fact Check: Trump Posted AI-Generated Photo Of Golden Eagle 'Gifted' To White House For 250th Birthday

Monday, June 29, 2026

• Fact Check: REAL Photo On Stage At Freedom 250 Concert Shows Only A Handful Of People Reflected In Mirror Sunglasses
• Fact Check: FAKE Images Show FIFA President Gianni Infantino Attending Two Simultaneous Matches In Different Cities
• Fact Check: FAKE Video Shows Fan Running Onto Field To Hug Messi At The World Cup -- It's AI
• Prebunk: AI Videos Of Rooftop Infinity Pools Collapsing Are Splashy Engagement Bait -- Just AI Wasting Water
• Fact Check: EDITED Video Of Erling Haaland Eating And Scaring Himself -- Is A Face Swap Of A Chinese Slapstick Comedy Video
• Fact Check: Video Of 'Laser Beams' Falsely Linked To Venezuela Earthquakes Was Published On TikTok Months Before The Quake
• Fact Check: FAKE Photo Shows Pride Rainbow Flags On Field Ahead Of Iran-Egypt World Cup Match -- It Is AI-Generated

Sunday, June 28, 2026

• Fact Check: Posts Claiming Sarah Palin, Michelle Obama, Or Other Celebs Wore 'Probably The Smallest Bikini In The World' Are NOT Real -- AI Slop From Macedonia

Friday, June 26, 2026

• Fact Check: Trump Has NOT Posted An Image Of Reflecting Pool Showing Him Together With Epstein In June 2026
• Fact Check: FAKE Photo Labeled With Recycled Caption 'Bengali Woman Carrying A British Merchant' And Dated 1903 Was Made With OpenAI Tools
• Fact Check: Photo Does NOT Show Officer In Montreal Shooting -- Victim Was NOT A Rabbi
• Prebunk: Yucky Videos Of Indian Street Food Stalls Taste Like Fakery -- Cooked Up With Artificial Intelligence
• Fact Check: FAKE Video Shows Two Towers Crashing Into Each Other During Venezuela Earthquakes
• Fact Check: AI-Enhanced 'Reflecting Pool Dipper' Images Do NOT Reliably Identify Suspect
• Fact Check: FAKE Image Shows Alyssa Thomas Smiling As She Fouls Caitlin Clark In WNBA Game
• Fact Check: Fake Video Shows A Man In A Muslim Mob Spray Painting A Butcher Shop Window In England -- AI-Generated With Many Glitches

Thursday, June 25, 2026

• Fact Check: FAKE Quotes Not From Lionel Messi About 100-Year-Old Fan -- Came From 'Fan Account' Not Argentine Soccer Player
• Fact Check: WNBA Did NOT Say Caitlin Clark Would Get Technical Foul For Lifting Her Knee Toward Alyssa Thomas -- Day After Game Thomas Gets Foul, 1-Game Suspension
• Fact Check: Harry Kane Did NOT Say He Lost Control of His Body During Ghana Match After Witch Doctor's 'Curse'

Wednesday, June 24, 2026

• Fact Check: FAKE Photo Does NOT Show Officer From Montreal Shooting -- The Image Is Likely AI-Generated And Victim Was Not A Rabbi
• Viral Video Of Littered Street In Paris -- What We Know
• Fact Check: Altered Photo Of Tray Liner Under McDonald's Breakfast Shows Charlie Kirk Lookalike -- Not Real
• Fact Check: Video Clip Does NOT Show Victims From Hot Air Balloon Accident In Brazil -- Different Ride In Initial Footage
• Fact Check: Photo Does NOT Show Blue Tarp Covering Fence Around Washington, D.C., Reflecting Pool During Late June 2026

Tuesday, June 23, 2026

• Fact Check: FAKE Video Of Hands Sticking Out Of The Ground Does NOT Show People Allegedly Buried Alive In Sudan
• Fact Check: FAKE Video Shows Orthodox Priests Blessing Gas Station Pump -- It Is AI-Generated
• Fact Check: FBI Did NOT Raid 'Antifa' Storage Unit, Find 'Aggressive Algae' -- It's From Satire Site
• Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Swedish Soccer Player Lucas Bergvall Saying 'Please Stop Voting for Mass Migration'

Monday, June 22, 2026

• Fact Check: Italian PM Giorgia Meloni Did NOT Point Out US Nuclear Weapon Use In Response To Trump
• Fact Check: Benjamin Netanyahu Did NOT Attend Argentina-Austria Match on June 22, 2026 -- Image Is Fake
• Fact Check: Jeff Bezos Did NOT Say Water Should Be Used To Fuel AI Rather Than For Human Consumption In Public Remarks At 2026 VivaTech Conference In Paris
• Fact Check: FAKE AI Video Shows Ribbon Cutting Ceremony For Fictional Asphalt Road In 'Mukhosransk' -- Russia's 'Nowheresville'

Friday, June 19, 2026

• Fact Check: NO EVIDENCE Image of '0-1' Spray-Painted Below 'Department of War' Plaque Is Real
• Fact Check: Review Does NOT Show Statistically Valid 'Vaxxed vs. Unvaxxed' Chronic Disease Analysis In Children
• Fact Check: FAKE Bodycam Footage Shows Traffic Stop Skit Of Nervous Teen Getting Driving Tips From Officer
• Fact Check: FAKE Viral Image Of Brigitte Macron Pulling Away From Trump Trying To Kiss Her In Versailles
• Fact Check: EDITED Photo Falsely Shows Michelle Obama Standing Taller Than Barack Obama, Bidens, Bushes, Clintons
• Fact Check: Photo Is NOT Mugshot Of Woman Who 'Glued Her Husband's Butt Cheeks Together' -- Arrested For Arson

Thursday, June 18, 2026

• Fact Check: FAKE Story About Ethan Caldwell Arrested For Pretending To Be A Museum Tour Guide And Making Up History Of Art -- It Is Satire
• Fact Check: Image Was Altered With OpenAI Tools To Make German Soccer Fan Look Like Adolf Hitler
• Fact Check: Britain Is NOT Banning VPNs Next Month -- It Proposed Ban On Social Media For Children Under 16
• Fact Check: FAKE Photos Of Barron Trump, Justin Trudeau Present False Comparison
• Fact Check: UFC Fighter Ciryl Gane Did NOT Refuse To Shake Hands With Donald Trump At White House Event
• Fact Check: Video Does NOT Prove Donald Trump Jr. Opened Pack With White Substance At His Father's 80th Birthday
• Fact Check: U.S. Park Police Did Not Arrest 'Antifa Operatives' For Dumping Algae Into Reflecting Pool -- Claim Originated As Spoof

Wednesday, June 17, 2026

• Fact Check: New York Knicks Did NOT Decline White House Invitation -- Date To Be Decided
• Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Algerian Fans Chanting 'Messi Is The Enemy Of Allah' Before World Cup Match With Argentina In Kansas City
• Fact Check: Figure of 250,000 Girls Raped by U.K. Grooming Gangs NOT Definitively Documented -- Rhetorical Extrapolation
• Fact Check: FAKE Video Shows Robert De Niro Walking In Supertall Black Platform Boots
• Fact Check: FAKE Video Shows Man Tearing Down Trump Banner At Department of Justice -- It's AI
• Fact Check: Iran Soccer Player Mohammed Mohebi Was NOT Deported From U.S. After His Gun Gesture During Match Against New Zealand
• Fact Check: FAKE Images Of Trump And Other World Leaders Meeting With Nordic Aliens In Red Uniforms -- AI-Generated Science Fiction

Tuesday, June 16, 2026

• Fact Check: FAKE Photo Shows Iranian World Cup Player Displaying Symbolic School Backpack
• Fact Check: Sean Strickland Did NOT Wear 'Trump Is In The Epstein Files' T-Shirt When Escorted From UFC 250 Freedom Fight Party
• Fact Check: Erika Kirk Did NOT File To Legally Remove 'Kirk' From Her Name -- It is From A Parody Account

Monday, June 15, 2026

• Fact Check: 675 Ballots For Spencer Pratt Were NOT Found In Dumpster In 'San Recto' -- It's A Fake Community
• Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show US Destroying Iranian Fighter Jet In 'Combat Action' Over Strait of Hormuz
• Fact Check: Folarin Balogun Did NOT Unveil Charlie Kirk Shirt After Scoring For U.S. at The World Cup
• Fact Check: AI-Generated Obama Voiceover Falsely Says He Barred Trump From His Presidential Center After Somali Referee Denied Entry To United States
• Prebunk: AI Videos Of 'Floating Shoes' Sink Under Scrutiny -- A Dry Look At Physically Impossible Footwear
• Fact Check: Trump's Truth Social Account Did NOT Make Post About API Service Being Unavailable -- Fake Post Implies AI Writes His Content
• Fact Check: FAKE Video Of Child Throwing LGBTQ+ Pride Flag In Trash Bin

Friday, June 12, 2026

• Fact Check: FAKE Video Of Shakira's FIFA World Cup 2026 Opening Song Performance Is AI
• Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Chanting, Clapping, And Drumming Protesters In Belfast
• Fact Check: FAKE Fox Sports Graphic During Mexico-South Africa World Cup Match Includes Long Explanation That Team Is 'Down To 9 Players'
• Fact Check: Posts MISDATE Scandicci Murder Case Involving Decapitated Woman, North African Suspect
• Fact Check: EDITED Screenshot Of World Cup Predictions Was Altered To Correct One Score
• Fact Check: FAKE Video Does NOT Show Moment Iran Shot Down U.S. Apache Helicopter In Persian Gulf -- It Is AI-Generated
• Fact Check: FAKE Video Shows Elaborate Gold Float From Iran At The FIFA World Cup Opening Ceremony -- It Is AI-Generated

Thursday, June 11, 2026

• Fact Check: Video From Anonymous 'Irish Citizen Army' Is NOT New In 2026 -- Was Released On Social Media In September 2025
• Fact Check: U.K. Prime Minister Starmer Did NOT Say He Will 'Arrest Elon Musk And 336 Million Americans'
• Fact Check: FAKE Video Shows 'White Mega Plane' With Multiple Decks Between Cockpit And Main Body Taking Off
• Fact Check: Video Of Times Square Assault Does NOT Show Night After Knicks Win On June 10, 2026
• Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show People In New York Shooting Fireworks Along The Ground During The 2026 NBA Finals -- 2024 Protest In Georgia
• Fact Check: Video Of Burning Fuel Tank Rolling Away After Explosion Is NOT From Iran -- It Shows A 2024 Gas Station Explosion In Chechnya
• Fact Check: Posts Saying Celeb Wore A Daring Thong Bikini On A Beach With Partner Are NOT Real -- Spam From Vietnam

Wednesday, June 10, 2026

• Fact Check: Photo Of Wounded Man in Hospital Does NOT Show Belfast Knife Attack Victim Stephen Ogilvie
• Fact Check: FAKE AP Report Said Cole Allen Visited Ukrainian Embassy
• Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Masked, Armed Anti-Immigrant 'New Republican Movement' Responding To Belfast Knife Attack In June 2026
• Fact Check: Video Of Fires Does NOT Show Belfast
• Fact Check: FAKE Photo Shows Karmelo Anthony Crying In Court -- No Cameras Were Allowed
• Fact Check: Dutch Legend Ruud Gullit DENIED Calling On FIFA President Infantino To Resign Amid U.S. Immigration Policies Controversy
• Fact Check: NO Evidence Photo Of Somali Woman With Slashed Face After Alleged Dublin Incident On June 8, 2026, Is Real

Tuesday, June 9, 2026

• Fact Check: NO Evidence 'Skid Row' Woman Voted For Karen Bass For $5 -- Registered In Inglewood, Not Los Angeles
• Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Belfast House for Immigrants Burned in 2026 - It's Ballymena in 2025
• Fact Check: FAKE Mugshot Shows Woman Arrested For Disguising Herself As A Man To Enter A BBQ Competition
• Fact Check: Photo Does NOT Show Man From Gaza Buried In Concrete By Israeli Soldiers
• Fact Check: Fake Audio NOT Dwayne Johnson's Voice Publicly Declining Invitation To White House UFC Event -- AI-Generated
• Fact Check: Belfast Stabbing Victim From Viral Video Is NOT A 15-Year-Old -- Police Say Man In His 40s
• Fact Check: Spanish Soccer Star Lamine Yamal Is NOT Missing World Cup In U.S. Over Palestinian Protest, Visa Issues

Monday, June 8, 2026

• Fact Check: Real Videos Show James Franco Making '2319' References -- It's Unclear What He Is Talking About
• Fact Check: FAKE Image Shows UFC Stage At White House With 'Welcome to Costco' Banner -- Added By Google AI
• Fact Check: HelloFresh DID Post Official, 'Happy Pride' Statement About High-Fiber Food For 'Prepping'
• Fact Check: Stephen Colbert Did NOT Post Video Commenting On Scott Pelley Being Fired From CBS -- It Is AI-Generated
• Fact Check: FAKE Eurosport Video Report Says Kylian Mbappé Accused Emmanuel Macron of Sexual Harassment -- Copycat Website
• Fact Check: UN Women Did NOT Say It Had Documented 639 Rapes Within Ukrainian Armed Forces
• Fact Check: AI-Generated Video Falsely Reports Stephen Colbert Announced Plans With Scott Pelley For A '60 Minutes'-style Program
• Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Iranian Missile Strike On Israeli Or U.S. Assets -- It Shows Malta Fireworks Factory Explosion
• Fact Check: Images Of Kristen Welker's 'Five Stages Of Trump Derangement Syndrome' Are FAKE -- AI-Generated Photos

Saturday, June 6, 2026

• Fact Check: FBI Records Published By Judicial Watch Did NOT Name Deputy Kinlee Hoyle In Email Exchanges With Butler Shooter Thomas Matthew Crooks
• Fact Check: Ballot Drop Did NOT Give Spencer Pratt ZERO Out Of 24,000 Votes In Los Angeles Mayor Race

Friday, June 5, 2026

• Fact Check: FAKE Photo Shows White House South Lawn Torn Up By UFC Fight Ring Construction In Early June 2026
• Fact Check: No Evidence Jordan Peterson Died In Early June 2026
• Fact Check: Middle East Eye Did NOT Report That Armenian PM Nikol Pashinyan Agreed To Host Ukraine Drone Plants
• Fact Check: 'Love Our Cocks' Pride Month Joke Is NOT From Official South Carolina Gamecocks Account
• Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Trump Asleep Or Unconscious In Oval Office Meeting -- He Briefly Closes His Eyes
• Fact Check: FAKE Video Shows Armenian PM Nikol Pashinyan Punching Child -- He Was Actually Hugging Him
• Fact Check: Fake Screenshot Of 'George Floyd' Post About 'Trans Folk' Came From Account Created After His Death

Thursday, June 4, 2026

• Fact Check: Indictment Does NOT Say SPLC Organized Charlottesville Unite The Right Rally Or Paid $300K To Transport People There
• Fact Check: FAKE Trump Post Showed Him As A Football Player, Surrounded By Half-Naked Male Cheerleaders
• Fact Check: FAKE Post Says UFC Confirms Erika Kirk Will Host White House Fight Night On June 14
• Fact Check: FAKE Order Falsely Attributed To Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts Allows Trump To Seek 'Four Additional Years'
• Fact Check: Posts Saying Athlete Called Mandatory LGBT Armband Wearing A 'Political Charade' And Refused To Comply Are NOT Real -- Spam From Vietnam

Wednesday, June 3, 2026

• Fact Check: FAKE AI Video Shows Dutch School Children Praying In Mosque -- Based On 2014 Field Trip Photo
• Fact Check: FAKE Video Shows Joe Rogan Saying He Is Considering Refusing To Commentate UFC Fight At White House -- Creator Labeled It AI-Generated
• Fact Check: Donald Trump HAS Been Seen Multiple Times In Public Over Eight Days Ending In Early June 2026
• Fact Check: Sen. John Fetterman Did NOT Say Malia Obama Got $2.3 Million From USAID
• Fact Check: Newsweek Article Did NOT Report That Dr. Oz Gives Trump The 'Cough Test' Every Day
• Fact Check: FAKE Quotes Fabricate 'Terrible Reporter', 'Terrible President' Trump-Lucey Exchange

Tuesday, June 2, 2026

• Fact Check: PinkNews Did NOT Report That Armenia Faces Mandatory LGBTQ+, Transgender Quotas For Cabinet Members
• Fact Check: FAKE Video Of Migrant Saying 'I Want My Money And Free House' From England Is AI-Image-To-Video Made From 2015 Press Photo
• Fact Check: FAKE Obama Selfie Shows Him With Biden, Clinton, Bush, And Carter -- Carter Had Died Before The Image Appeared Online
• Fact Check: FAKE Post Shows Donald Trump Writing 'Happy Pride Month' Message To Governor of Florida Ron DeSantis
• Fact Check: EDITED Image Falsely Shows 'Claw' Hand Of Police Officer Arresting Fatally Stabbed Student Henry Nowak

Monday, June 1, 2026

• Fact Check: James Talarico Did NOT Spend Three Years In School 'Pretending He Was A Girl' Named 'Jeannine'
• Fact Check: FAKE Screenshot Shows Graham Platner Making 'German WW2 References' In Sexual Messages
• Fact Check: FAKE Video Shows A Diver In A Spiked 'Shark-Proof Suit' -- It's AI
• Fact Check: Blackout Scene ADDED To Later Copies Of Video Of Kilt-Wearing Electrician
• Fact Check: REUSED Video of Masked People With Torches Does NOT Show Church In UK's Yorkshire
• Fact Check: Wall Street Journal Did NOT Report That Graham Platner Called His Penis 'Mein Fuhrer' In Message To Woman