Fact Check in September 2026

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Wednesday, September 30, 2026

• Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Arrest of Man Accused of Inappropriately Touching Influencer at Disneyland -- 2024 Footage
• Fact Check: Franklin Graham and Pope Leo XIV Did NOT Have Live TV Discussion -- Story Is Spam From Vietnam
• Fact Check: NO Evidence Oprah Winfrey's Private Jet Was on Jeffrey Epstein's Island 11 Different Times -- Or at Any Time
• Fact Check: Trump's 'Super Intelligence' Accord DID Misspell Country's Name As 'Unites States'
• Fact Check: FAKE Video Labeled Eye Of Hurricane Polo Is AI-Generated -- Was Not Shot From A Plane
• Fact Check: Trump Did NOT Admit 'I've Done A Shitty Job As President' -- Rest Of Speech Edited Away

Tuesday, September 29, 2026

• Fact Check: FAKE Video Shows Airplane Spinning Wildly On Runway Accident -- It Is AI-Generated
• Fact Check: Video Claiming Florida School Bus Beating Of 'Lily Trejo' By 'Jake Lynch' Is Partially AI-Generated -- Names Unverified, Photos From Unrelated Cases
• Prebunk: Fake New York Post Headlines From Parody Rabbi Account Used To Bait Chatbot -- The '@Grok-Is-This-Jew?' Trick
• Fact Check: Kamala Harris Will NOT Be Personally Responsible For Her Campaign's $39 Million Debt -- Claim Comes From Satire Site
• Fact Check: 'Lebensraum For Israel' Post DID Appear On Times Of Israel Blog In 2024 -- But Was Taken Down Later
• Fact Check: Photo Does NOT Show Cornell University 'Gang Rape' Defendant Scott Kretzschmar Is A Police Officer -- It Shows His Brother Max

Monday, September 28, 2026

• Fact Check: FAKE AI-Generated Video Shows Giorgia Meloni Wearing Palestinian Flag As Cape At UN
• Fact Check: Japan Did NOT Ban Israeli Tourists
• Fact Check: FAKE Photo Shows Trump, Xi, Musk, Altman, Bezos And Others Toasting At Black-Tie Event
• Fact Check: Charli XCX Was NOT Giving Taylor Swift A Stone Face At MTV VMAs -- Footage Is From Nirvana Award
• Fact Check: Viral Image Shows FAKE Israeli Passport Pictures Of Zelenskyy And His Wife
• Fact Check: Ivgeni Zarubinski Is NOT An Israeli Foreign Ministry Official Who Posted About Activating Pagers in Ireland -- He's A Satirist
• Fact Check: Trump Did NOT Get In Big Fight With Secret Service Agents -- He Was Talking To PGA Tour CEO At Presidents Cup
• Fact Check: FAKE Video Labeled 'Iran Attacks A Nuclear Site On The Israeli Side Of The Sea' Is AI-Generated

Sunday, September 27, 2026

• Fact Check: AI-Enhanced Picture Of RAF Fairford Suspects Is NOT An Original Photograph -- Based On Blurry Viral Photo

Friday, September 25, 2026

• Fact Check: FAKE Screenshot Swaps Photo Of Real CNN Article 'Cuckolding Can Be Positive For Some Couples'
• Fact Check: NO Evidence Real Photo Shows Zelenskyy Wearing Platform Shoes At European Council Event
• Fact Check: FAKE Photo Of Trump State Dinner With Xi, Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos At The Head Table Is Al-Generated
• Fact Check: FAKE Story Claims $140 Million Found At Home Of Ukraine's Zhumadilov, Marked 'Servant Of The People' -- Came From FAKE NV Website
• Fact Check: New York Post Did NOT Publish Article About Jewish Student's Dorm Door Being Targeted By Antisemitic Attack -- Fake News
• Fact Check: Benjamin Netanyahu Did NOT Say America Deserved 9/11 -- He Was Quoting Hassan Piker To Criticize Mamdani

Thursday, September 24, 2026

• Fact Check: FAKE New York Times Videos Of Alyssa Milano, Rachael Harris, Sean Astin, Falsely Claim They Support 'All Democrats Are Criminals'
• Fact Check: FAKE New York Times Videos Of Leonardo DiCaprio, Eric Braeden, Other Celebs, Falsely Claim They Support 'All Democrats Are Criminals'
• Fact Check: FAKE Breaking News Video Titled 'Sad News: 30 Minutes Ago In Ohio, JD Vance Was Confirmed As...' Is AI-Generated Clickbait
• Fact Check: FAKE Post Falsely Claims New Epstein Files Release Shows Trump Visited Epstein Island 345 Times
• Fact Check: Sen. Tommy Tuberville DID Say Many Pilots, Flight Attendants And Air Traffic Controllers Are Part Of The Furry Community
• Fact Check: ALTERED 1688 "Lac America" Map Has The Name Of Lac Ontario Swapped Out To Falsify Historic Record Of Lake's Name
• Fact Check: FAKE Story Claims Trump Folded Arms After Reporter Asked About China Election Meddling -- It Is Satire

Wednesday, September 23, 2026

• Fact Check: FAKE Washington Post Captions Added to Real Vanity Fair Video Falsely Claim Billie Eilish Got $120 Million From Democrats
• Fact Check: FAKE Captions Added to Real New York Times Video Falsely Claim Taylor Swift Agreed to $500 Million Deal With Democrats
• Fact Check: Denmark Did NOT Choose 'Send In The Clowns' For Trump-Rubio Greenland Press Conference -- UN Also Denies Involvement
• Fact Check: DOJ Did NOT Delete Trump's Pardons From Their Website -- List Was Off The Site For Hours But Returned
• Fact Check: Photo Is NOT From World Trade Center On 9/11 -- Shows Fatal 2013 Lahore Development Authority Fire In Pakistan
• Fact Check: ABC, CNN and CBS Did NOT Report That Fred Durst, Krist Novoselic And Damon Albarn All Criticized Democrats In September 2026

Tuesday, September 22, 2026

• Prebunk: Videos Of Medical Robots Run Away From Reality -- AI Running In Data Center, Not Robot In City Center
• Prebunk: Automatic Haircut Machines Do Not Cut Permanent Reality -- AI Videos Wash, Rinse And Condition The Truth
• Fact Check: 'Wonder Years' Actor Fred Savage Is NOT Dead At Age 50 -- No Credible Reports Of His Death
• Fact Check: FAKE Caitlyn Jenner Image Used In Melania Trump Comparison -- It Is AI-Generated

Monday, September 21, 2026

• Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show September 12, 2026 Anti-AfD March in Germany
• Fact Check: Paris Butcher Was NOT Arrested For Selling Human Meat -- That Never Happened, Video Was Filmed In Dubai
• Fact Check: FAKE Video of JD Vance Asking For 'Another Chance,' Saying 'Things Are Bad' Is AI
• Fact Check: FAKE Video Shows Trump Making Kissy Faces And Sounds In Front Of Sarah Huckabee Sanders -- It Is An Altered Satire Video
• Fact Check: FAKE AI-Generated Images Falsely Claim To Show Sam Smith In 2016 And 2025

Friday, September 18, 2026

• Prebunk: Storm Of Made-Up Severe Weather Posts Floods Timelines -- Bring An Umbrella Against This Torrent Of AI Warnings
• Fact Check: NO Evidence Republican Activist Konner Earnest Has Admitted To Having Sex With A Dog
• Fact Check: Spotify Did NOT Remove Ed Sheeran's Songs
• Fact Check: FAKE CBC Story Linking Paying For Groceries To White Supremacy -- Network Denied
• Fact Check: Image Does NOT Accurately Depict Kash Patel's Height Running Alongside FBI New Agent Trainees -- Digitally Altered
• Fact Check: Trump Did NOT Post A Map With "United States" Covering Russia and U.S. -- Screenshot Is Made-Up
• Fact Check: Mel Gibson Video Criticizing Gavin Newsom And Karen Bass Is NOT Fake -- AI Tools And Reporting Confirm It Is Real

Thursday, September 17, 2026

• Fact Check: ALTERED Video Does NOT Show David Byrne Criticizing Ed Sheeran In Real Life
• Fact Check: FAKE Video Shows Foods From Europe And America Compared -- Video Is AI-Generated
• Fact Check: FAKE Video Shows Masked Police Officers Walking Around Polling Station, Looking At How People Are Voting
• Fact Check: FAKE Mugshot Resembling Jennifer Lopez Does NOT Show Minnesota Woman Cyrena Anne Quast
• Fact Check: Ed Sheeran Did NOT Donate Concert Tickets To Veterans After Macklemore Palestine Controversy -- It Is Satire
• Fact Check: Muslim Man Was NOT Proven To Have Spiked Millie Taplin's Drink -- Essex Police Say Claim Is 'Deliberately False'
• Fact Check: Old Ed Sheeran Video Does NOT Show Him Performing Since His Band Quit -- Filmed in 2022 At Wembley Stadium
• Fact Check: FAKE Video Of Indian Air Force MiG-29 Crashing And Ejecting Pilot Is Actually War Thunder Gameplay

Wednesday, September 16, 2026

• Prebunk: AI-Generated Earthquake Posts About Various U.S. States Causing Tremors Online -- Shake-And-Rattle Grip On Reality
• Fact Check: John Roberts, Amy Coney Barrett Have NOT Both Disclosed 'Gifts' From George Soros Foundation
• Fact Check: Parents Have NOT Gone Public To Complain About Child Deaths Under Lindsay Clancy's Nursing Care
• Fact Check: Dolly Parton's Family Did NOT Deny Taylor Swift Request To Headline Tribute Concert -- It Is Satire
• Fact Check: Gavin Newsom's Winery Did NOT Receive 'State Wildfire Payout' -- It Got A Private Settlement With Hundred Acre
• Fact Check: FAKE Video Of Truck Pushing Car From Railway Crossing Does NOT Document Real Event

Tuesday, September 15, 2026

• Fact Check: Trump Kissing Woman, Possibly Natalie Harp, on Golf Course -- What We Know
• Fact Check: FAKE Video Shows Natalie Harp Grinning Over Trump's Shoulder -- AI-Generated
• Fact Check: Sen. Roger Marshall DID Sue More Than 700 Of His Own Patients, Protester Interrupted JD Vance To Say -- New York Times Analysis Of Court Records
• Fact Check: Henry Cavill Has NOT Been Announced As Next 007 James Bond -- Claim Originated On Parody Account
• Fact Check: Nikki Haley Did NOT Say She Wants To Bring Palestinian Refugees To The U.S. -- She Called It 'A Total Lie'

Monday, September 14, 2026

• Fact Check: AI Image of Trump Wetting Chair After Meeting With Irish President Catherine Connolly -- NOT Real Photo
• Fact Check: 'Foreign Press' Did NOT Report Irish President Refused To Sit Near Donald Trump Due To 'Fecal' Odor
• Fact Check: FAKE Image Shows Natalie Harp Smiling With Prominent Teeth And Gums -- Image Is AI-Altered
• Fact Check: FAKE AI-Generated Images Marked July 1985 Shows Trump and Epstein On Yacht In Swim Briefs
• Fact Check: FAKE AI-Generated Image Shows Putin BRICS Selfie -- Posted By Russian Embassy In South Africa

Friday, September 11, 2026

• Fact Check: FAKE Image of Trump Clearing Rubble at Ground Zero After 9/11 Is AI-Generated
• Fact Check: FAKE Image of Dead Osama Bin Laden Was Made Using Image From 'Black Hawk Down' -- No Real Images Made Public
• Fact Check: NO Evidence Kim Jong Un Called For Benjamin Netanyahu Arrest
• Fact Check: FAKE AI-Generated Image Shows Damage From Folding On iPhone Duo -- Original Photos Show No Such Damage

Thursday, September 10, 2026

• Fact Check: Grindr Outage Did NOT Take Place in Dallas During 2026 Republican National Convention
• Fact Check: Arizona Sen. Mark Kelly Is NOT Dropping Bid For Re-Election -- It's Satire
• Fact Check: FAKE Images Illustrate Story Of Bear Carrying Injured Animals To Wildlife Center -- Images Are AI-Generated
• Fact Check: FAKE Collage Does NOT Show Real List Of Reform UK Candidates -- It Is AI-Generated
• Fact Check: Photos Show Clay Matthews In Makeup And Prosthetics With Prominent Muscles And Jawline -- It Is A Caesars Sportsbook Ad Campaign
• Fact Check: ALTERED Image Shows Shadow Mustache On AfD Leader Alice Weidel -- Not In The Original 2016 Photo
• Fact Check: Trump Did NOT Post 'No More Free Niagara Falls For Canada!' -- It Is A Made-Up Screenshot

Wednesday, September 9, 2026

• Fact Check: NYC Mayor Mamdani Did NOT Write Post About Interview With Charlie Kirk In September 2025
• Fact Check: FAKE Ad Featuring Sydney Sweeney In Nike Branding Is AI-Generated -- No Official Nike Campaign Exists
• Fact Check: NO Evidence AI-Generated Image Trump Shared Is Official New Space Force Uniform
• Fact Check: FAKE Video Of Miley Cyrus Saying Dolly Parton Left Her Entire Fortune To Her Is AI-Generated
• Fact Check: Image Of Russia's Rossotrudnichestvo Head Igor Chaika Is FAKE -- Likely Altered With AI
• Fact Check: Trump Did NOT Defend Natalie Harp After She Posted Nuclear Codes on Instagram -- Story Is From Borowitz Report Satire

Tuesday, September 8, 2026

• Fact Check: Trump Did NOT Declare Moon 'A U.S.A. Territory'
• Prebunk: Don't Let Fake Father-Daughter Hospital Scenes Put Your Judgment In A Coma -- AI Clickbait Preying On Your Prayers
• Fact Check: Arnold Schwarzenegger Did NOT Say He Is Removing 'Negger' From His Name Because It 'Could Be Offensive'
• Fact Check: Donald Trump Did NOT Post Animated Video Of Himself Attacking Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney With Hockey Stick
• Fact Check: Norway's Prime Minister Did NOT Rip Apart Trump's Nobel Peace Prize Letter -- It Was A Text Message, Not A Letter
• Fact Check: Image Is NOT Real Photo Of Merz And Epstein -- AI Made It
• Fact Check: FAKE Video Shows American Carrier On Fire After Iranian Missile Attack In Sea Of Oman -- AI-Generated

Monday, September 7, 2026

• Fact Check: Trump Did NOT Make Post Saying FBI Should Investigate Hunter Biden's Cryptocurrency Coin
• Fact Check: Trump Did NOT Post Photo Of Himself In Military Uniform Covered In Medals
• Fact Check: FAKE Video Of Golf Carts Crossing Into Traffic In Naperville, Illinois Is AI-Generated
• Fact Check: Former U.S. Army Chief Of Staff Gen. Randy George Did NOT Say 'Donald Trump Absolutely Needs To Be Hospitalized, I'm Seriously Concerned About His Mental State'
• Fact Check: FAKE Image Of Robert De Niro With 'Trump Is My President' Shirt Was Posted On Trump's Truth Social Account -- It Is AI-Generated

Friday, September 4, 2026

• Fact Check: FAKE Image Shows AOC Wearing Workout Clothes In Her Kitchen -- Original Is Sleeveless Polka-Dot Dress
• Fact Check: FALSE Rumor About Mike Johnson Moving Jasmine Crockett's Office Into Filing Room With No Windows Did NOT Come From Real News Website
• Fact Check: FAKE 'Epstein Files' Video Shows People Locked In Cages -- It Is From Horror YouTube Channel 'Life Of Luxury'
• Fact Check: AOC Did NOT Say 'Under Capitalism, Man Oppresses Man, Under Socialism, It's the Other Way Round'

Thursday, September 3, 2026

• Fact Check: FAKE Secretly Recorded Footage Shows Elon Musk Observing A Portal At SpaceX -- Video Is Associated With AI Creator
• Fact Check: Donald Trump Did NOT die on Sept. 3, 2026
• Fact Check: Trump Did NOT Write 'Too Many Non-Working Holidays In America' Ahead Of Labor Day 2026 -- Post Is From Summer 2025
• Fact Check: FAKE Photo Shows Ursula von der Leyen With Jeffrey Epstein -- Made With AI
• Fact Check: Suspect In Minneapolis Mass Shooting Was NOT Trans Shooter Samantha Hyde -- Edited Image

Wednesday, September 2, 2026

• Fact Check: Denzel Washington Did NOT Say A Conversation With AOC Is "Like Talking To A High School Girl" -- Quote Pulled From Satire Page
• Fact Check: 'Palm Beach Pete' Does NOT Have A Girlfriend Called 'Lishgaine' -- She Is A Digital Creation
• Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Bullet 'Jumping' Out Of Pamela Cisneros' Body -- It Is A Taser Probe Stuck In Her Shirt
• Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Men Handling Real Guns Outside Dublin Mosque -- Police Say They Were Airsoft Replicas
• Fact Check: FAKE Video Of Woman Who Stabbed Someone In NYC Dancing With Pair Of Knives -- It Is Digitally Edited
• Fact Check: FAKE Report Alleges Billie Eilish Lost $800,000 In Property After She 'Left Her Tribeca Penthouse Doors Unlocked For 72 Hours To Prove That New York City Is Safe'

Tuesday, September 1, 2026

• Fact Check: UNRELATED Video Clips Misrepresent News Of 163 Missing Children Found In Florida Law Enforcement Sweep
• Fact Check: Image Does NOT Show Real U.K. PM Andy Burnham's Order Deploying Veterans To Ukraine
• Fact Check: FAKE Video Shows Evelyn Tearfully Saying Goodbye To Her Dog Snowbell At Meadow Creek Animal Services In Harrisburg, Pennsylvania