International in May 2026
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Friday, May 22, 2026
- Fact Check: Video Of Alleged Hitler Lookalike Is NOT Real Footage Of Person At Soccer Match In Argentina
- Fact Check: Video Of Fox News Guest Robert Harward, Focus Of 'Face Mask' Rumors, Is REAL And Unedited
Thursday, May 21, 2026
- Fact Check: NO Reputable Poll Shows Trump Has 99% Support In Israel -- Polls Show 69% To 79%
- Fact Check: CivilNet.am Did NOT Publish News Report Saying Armenian PM Nikol Pashinyan Is HIV-Positive
Wednesday, May 20, 2026
Tuesday, May 19, 2026
- Fact Check: Jimmy Savile Banner Image Is NOT Real Photo From London Rally
- Fact Check: Altered 'You'll Never Walk Alone' Audio NOT From 'Unite The Kingdom' Rally Livestream -- NOT Rikki Doolan's Voice
Monday, May 18, 2026
- Fact Check: FAKE Trump Post Says Joe Biden Visited Moscow In 1987, Implicates Him In Various Conspiracy Theories
- Fact Check: FAKE Photo Shows Trump Bowing To Xi As They Shake Hands -- It's Digitally Edited
- Fact Check: Image Of Crowds Does NOT Show 'Unite The Kingdom' Rally In London On May 16, 2026
Friday, May 15, 2026
- Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Real Attacker Threatening Michael Jackson With A Rifle On Stage -- It Was A Scripted Concert Scene
- Fact Check: Sign Does NOT Show Starbucks Banning Pets In U.S., U.K., Ireland To Become Halal-Certified
- Fact Check: FAKE Photo Shows Trump, Musk And Huang Raising Their Fists In Front Of Chinese Flag, Joining Communist Party
Thursday, May 14, 2026
- Fact Check: FAKE 'After Image' Does NOT Match Actual Destruction For "Gaza in 2023 and 2026" Comparison
- Fact Check: Justin Bieber Did NOT Say Jim Carrey 'Died Of Kuru' After Years of Child Meat Parties in Hollywood -- Story Came From Prolific Fake News Site
- Fact Check: Video That Shows Doctors And Nurses In Masks And Protective Gear Does NOT Show Patient With Hantavirus -- It's From COVID 2020
- Fact Check: Image Of Trump Holding Up Frightened Little Girl Is Fake -- Manipulations Of Body Parts Are Obvious
Wednesday, May 13, 2026
- Fact Check: FAKE Video Shows Enormous Whale Breaching, Swamping Workers With A Wave -- It's AI
- Fact Check: FAKE Image of Trump And Musk Eating Panda Express On Air Force One Flight To China Is NOT Real Photo
- Fact Check: Posts Saying Your Favorite Celeb Publicly Claimed 'Pro-Israel American Billionaires' Are Working To Undermine Their Career Are NOT Real -- Spam From Vietnam
- Fact Check: FAKE Video Shows Michael Jackson Sitting On A Bus In Brazil -- It's AI
Tuesday, May 12, 2026
- Fact Check: Photo Of Star-Shaped Object Was NOT Released In Department Of War UFO Files -- It Predates The Release
- Fact Check: FAKE Video Shows U.S. Warship On Fire After Iranian Attack -- It Did NOT Happen
- Fact Check: FAKE Video Shows Pro-Palestinian Activists Smashing The Albion Arms Pub In England -- It's AI-Generated
- Fact Check: Hantavirus Cruise Ship Influencer Jake Rosmarin Was NOT The COVID-19 Patient Shown In A 2022 BBC Report -- That Was Henry Dyne
Monday, May 11, 2026
- Fact Check: Video Of Helicopter Flying With Suspicious Orb Was NOT Released In Department of War UFO Footage
- Fact Check: FAKE Clip Purports To Show 'Indian Visitors' Washing Clothes In Moscow Fountain
- Fact Check: FAKE Declassified 1966 UFO Footage Shows Octopus-Like Creature With 10 Tentacles -- AI-Generated
- Fact Check: FAKE Video Shows Fictional Prototype For Floating Water Bicycle Made Of Recycled Plastic Bottles -- It's AI-Generated
- Fact Check: Matthew McConaughey Did NOT Say That If Kamala Harris Had Become President, 'Trump Would Be In Prison'
Friday, May 8, 2026
- Fact Check: FAKE Video Of Real Madrid Soccer Star Federico Valverde Being Released From Hospital Is AI-Generated
- Fact Check: FAKE Video Shows 'Grand Aurelian' Cruise Ship Dumping Waste Into Ocean -- Ship Does Not Exist
- Fact Check: A REAL Photo Shows Pope Leo XIV 'Rocking Nikes With His Clerical Vestments' Prior To Being Elected Pope
Thursday, May 7, 2026
- Fact Check: CBC News Did NOT Publish Poll Saying '89% Of Canadians Blame Donald Trump' For Canada's Economy -- AI Image From Satire Site
- Fact Check: Document Does NOT Show Hantavirus As A COVID-19 Vaccine Side Effect -- It Lists Health Conditions To Report IF They Happen
- Fact Check: YES, X User @iamasoothsayer Wrote In 2022: '2026: Hantavirus'
Wednesday, May 6, 2026
- Fact Check: Google Germany HAS Low Threshold For Removing 'Defamatory' Restaurant Reviews If Challenged But 3-Star Rating Is NOT Illegal
- Fact Check: European Commission President Ursula Von Der Leyen Did NOT Ban Laptops From Cafés In EU
- Fact Check: FAKE Donald Trump Post Repeats 'Merz, Lick Eggs' Protest Slogan About German Chancellor, Suggests U.S. Might 'Take Over' Germany
- Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Real Fight Between Santos Players Neymar And Robinho Júnior
Tuesday, May 5, 2026
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Friday, May 1, 2026
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