Fact Check in August 2026

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Friday, August 14, 2026

• Fact Check: Video Misrepresents Hassan Piker Quoting Comment Saying America Should Resume Lynching Black People -- Was Denouncing It
• Fact Check: Euronews Did NOT Publish Report Saying Ukrainian Gunman Shot Dead 3 NATO Soldiers in Latvia -- Did NOT Happen
• Fact Check: FAKE Video Shows Abdul El-Sayed, Ms. Rachel Talking To Kids About Israeli 'Colonizers'
• Fact Check: Sophie Cunningham Did NOT Say She Was Considering Retirement After DiJonai Carrington Controversy
• Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Migrant Eating Rat In Europe -- Scene Is From South Africa
• 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'
• Fact Check: FAKE Photo Shows Athletes With Medals Flipping The Bird To President Trump's Back During Patriot Games
• Fact Check: FAKE Image Shows AOC In Revealing Sports Bra -- Original Has High-Neck, Full Coverage

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
• Fact Check: FAKE Screenshot Shows Nonexistent White House X Post With 'Nintendo Lives Matter' Images of George Floyd, Derek Chauvin
• Fact Check: FAKE Sports Journalist 'Marc Jacobs' Falsely Reported Russell Westbrook Was Signing With Hapoel Tel Aviv in Israel
• Fact Check: Video Of Father Punching Stalker Is NOT Real -- It Came From A Thai Skit Channel

Tuesday, August 11, 2026

• Fact Check: Indiana Fever Did NOT Fire Head Coach Stephanie White on Aug. 10, 2026 -- She Continues to Hold Her Job
• Prebunk: AI-Generated Robot Girlfriend Videos -- Even These Fake Girls Aren't Real
• Fact Check: Real 1944 Photo Is AI-Enhanced, Colorized -- Black-and-White Original Shows Schoolchildren Praying Before Their Morning Milk
• Fact Check: Studies Do NOT Show an 81% or 82% Miscarriage Rate in Women Vaccinated Against COVID-19 in First Trimester

Monday, August 10, 2026

• Fact Check: ALTERED Audio Added Sound Of Fart To White House Event Featuring Trump
• Fact Check: FAKE Video Shows DiJonai Carrington Saying Sophie Cunningham Should Be Charged With Assault For Trying To Pull Off Her Wig
• Fact Check: AI-Enhanced Photo Shows Moment When Fauci's Wife Flipped The Bird At Photographer
• Fact Check: FAKE Video Shows Cyclist Powering A Mercedes Car On The Autobahn -- It Is AI-Generated
• Fact Check: Photos Show Abdul El-Sayed Played High School Football -- Actor Dean Cain Had Doubted That
• Fact Check: Trump Did NOT Say That Joe Biden 'Destroyed Our Country' And That 'Now Cancer Is Destroying Him'

Friday, August 7, 2026

• Fact Check: FAKE Video REPLACED African Migrant's Original Words -- He Did NOT Discuss Money, Home, English Women
• 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
• Fact Check: Mehdi Hasan Social Media Post Did NOT Have A 9/11 Image Under The Caption 'Make American Planes Crash Again.' -- Now-Deleted Post Retweeted NewsWire
• Fact Check: FAKE Video Falsely Shows Iranian Jets Being Shot Down Over Tel Aviv By Laser System
• Fact Check: Trump Did NOT File Emergency Motion To 'Stop His Own Lawsuit Against BBC' -- He Is Trying To Shield His Finances
• Fact Check: Viral Images Are NOT Photos Or Screenshots Showing Real Face Of Warsaw Attack Suspect

Thursday, August 6, 2026

• Fact Check: NO Evidence Abdul El-Sayed 'Celebrated 9/11' -- He Said 'I Don't Think 9/11 Was Justified'
• Prebunk: AI Policewomen Want To Arrest Your Attention -- Don't Get Caught In Their Emotional Speed Trap
• Fact Check: Trump DID Post AI-Generated Image Of Himself With Patton, MacArthur -- All In Historically Inaccurate Uniforms
• Fact Check: FAKE Video Shows A Fiery Crash Landing Of A Passenger Plane On A Wet Georgia Highway -- AI-Generated

Wednesday, August 5, 2026

• Fact Check: FAKE Photo Shows Karoline Leavitt, Usha Vance, Katie Miller Holding Babies as President, Melania Trump Look On
• Fact Check: No Evidence August 3, 2026, Louisville Procession Was To Bring Mitch McConnell's Corpse To Coroner's Office -- It Was For Deceased Officer
• 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

• Fact Check: NO Surgeon Named 'François Faivre' Died In Paris In June 2026 Or Ever -- Claim Comes From Recycled, AI-Made Falsification
• Fact Check: FAKE Video Shows Muslim Men Praying On The London Tube -- It's AI-Generated
• Fact Check: Jason R. Day Is NOT Real Artist, Impersonator Who Vanished In 2012 -- He Is AI-Generated Wikipedia Spoof of Professor Jason Arday
• Fact Check: Suspected Spokane Arsonist Aaron F. Farinacci Is NOT A Registered Republican Voter -- Washington Voters Do NOT Choose Party Affiliation When Registering
• Fact Check: 'Christian Men's Gym' Did NOT Have 3 Men Caught 'Violating Leviticus' In Locker Room After Banning Women For 'Lust-Free Workouts'

Monday, August 3, 2026

• Fact Check: FAKE Image NOT From Reuters Shows Moroccan Officer Throwing Rocks At Migrant Returning From Ceuta
• Fact Check: FAKE Photo Of Woman With Prominent Nose Waving At Migrants In Spanish Ceuta Is AI
• Fact Check: FAKE Photo Of Sophie Cunningham, Caitlin Clark Wearing 'XX-XY Athletics' T-Shirts Was Made With AI
• Fact Check: FAKE Video Shows Suspect Climbing On SUV To Taunt Police During LA Car Chase
• Fact Check: FAKE Video Shows Zohran Mamdani Not Applauding At Funeral Of Staff Sgt. Angel Rampersad -- Originally Had AI Disclaimer
• Fact Check: Photo Shows REAL Massachusetts License Plate Reading '5TAB 47' -- It Is Random