Fact Check: Image Does NOT Show FIFA President Infantino Making Phone Call During Egypt-Argentina Match -- He Was At A Different Game

Did a caption accompanying a viral image correctly claim it showed FIFA President Gianni Infantino making a phone call after Egypt took a 2-0 lead over Argentina? No, that's not true: Infantino did not attend this World Cup game in...

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Fact Check: Figure of 250,000 Girls Raped by U.K. Grooming Gangs NOT Definitively Documented -- Rhetorical Extrapolation

Is the number of girls raped in the United Kingdom by grooming gangs definitively documented to be 250,000? No, that's not true: That figure is an extrapolation using an unclear methodology based on data from smaller communities with headline-grabbing scandals...

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Fact Check: FAKE Video Of Military Captain 'Elena Carter' Not Saluting Trump Is AI-Generated

Does a real video show a female military captain named Elena Carter not saluting President Donald Trump? No, that's not true: The video was posted on an account made of self-described AI videos. Details of the video also point to...

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Fact Check: Posts Saying White House Correspondents' Dinner Shooting Suspect Cole Allen Worked Security For Sports Teams Are Not Real -- AI Spam From Vietnam | Lead Stories

Are viral posts claiming Cole Allen, the suspect in the White House Correspondents' Dinner shooting, worked as a security staff...

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Fact Check: FAKE Video Shows Marlon Brando Explaining He Declined 1973 Oscar Over 'Increasing Control Of Zionists In Hollywood'

Is a video real that shows Marlon Brando explaining that he declined the 1973 Oscar over the "increasing control of Zionists in Hollywood"? No, that's not true: The American actor did decline the 1973 Best Actor Oscar for his role...

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Welcome to The Fact Check, where Lead Stories highlights disinformation trends through a selection of our fact checks of the last 7 days.

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Let me tell you a story. When I was a child, I suffered from night terrors. It was always the same dream: I could hear my family and neighbors wailing…

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Scientists invented a fake disease. AI told people it was real

Bixonimania doesn’t exist except in a clutch of obviously bogus academic papers. So why did AI chatbots warn people about this fictional illness?

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Fact Check: President Trump's Easter Morning Truth Social Post Saying 'Open The F--kin Strait, You Crazy Bastards' Is Real

Did President Donald Trump post a warning on his Truth Social account on Easter morning, April 5, 2026, that the United States would soon attack Iran's power plants and bridges and demanding that Iran "Open the Fuckin' Strait"? Yes, that's...

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Fact Check: Image Does NOT Show American F-15 Crew Member After Rescue From Iran -- It's AI-Generated

Is an image of a smiling man in a combat uniform holding an American flag a real photo of a U.S. F-15 crew member after his rescue from Iran? No, that's not true: The image was made by an artificial...

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Fact Check: Video That Appears To Show Trump Patting Secret Service Agent's Rear NOT In Real White House

Does a video show President Donald Trump patting a Secret Service agent on her backside? No, that's not true: The video appears to show a version of the White House Oval Office that does not match the real one, with...

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Fact Check: Keir Starmer Did NOT Threaten To Close U.S. Bases At Lakenheath, Mildenhall, Or Elsewhere, Or Demand Rent If Trump Withdraws From NATO

Did U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer threaten to close U.S. bases at Lakenheath, Mildenhall and elsewhere, and demand rent if President Donald Trump withdraws from NATO? No, that's not true: There is no evidence that Starmer made such a threat....

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Fact Check: FAKE Video Does NOT Show Ruins Of Amazon Data Center In The Middle East

Does a viral video purporting to show the ruins of an Amazon data center in the Middle East document a real scene? No, that's not true: The video contained multiple signs pointing to AI, including an incorrectly spelled company's name...

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Fact Check: NO EVIDENCE The Nobel Committee Removed Trump's Name From Peace Prize Nominee List | Lead Stories

Did the Nobel Committee quietly remove President Donald Trump's name from the list of nominees for the Nobel Peace Prize?...

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Fact Check: AI Image Shows European Leaders Waiting On Chairs In White House Corridor -- Not Real Photograph

Does a viral image authentically show several European leaders like Emmanuel Macron and Ursula von der Leyen sitting on chairs in a White House corridor? No, that's not true: The image did not appear on any news sites. It contained...

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Column | Zuckerberg fired the fact-checkers. We tested their replacement.

Our tech columnist drafted 65 community notes, Meta’s new crowdsourced system to fight falsehoods. It failed to make a dent.

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Fact Check: Trump Organization Epstein Letter Image Does NOT Match Description In Wall Street Journal -- Several Differences

Does a viral image match the description of the birthday note Donald Trump sent to Jeffrey Epstein as given in a July 17, 2025 Wall Street Journal story? No, that's not true: Several elements in the image do not match...

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Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show July 2025 Texas Flooding In Which '14 Childern' Were Among 'At Least 60 Dead' -- Viral Video Mixes AI Video With Clips From Non-Texas Floods

Does a viral video of flood scenes include real clips of the 2025 Independence Day Weekend flooding in Kerr County, Texas? No, that's not true: The opening scene is an obvious product of generative AI. None of the clips in...

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Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Trump Stealing a Club World Cup Player's Medal

Did a video show U.S. President Donald Trump stealing the winner's medal of a player after the football Club World Cup Final in July 2025? No, that's not true: The medal in Trump's hands was earlier given to him by...

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Fact Check: FAKE 'Sheriff Larry Leda Applying For Green Card For Mexican Rescue Team' Video Misspells Name -- No Media Reports

Is a viral video a real news report about a "Sheriff Larry Leda" saying he'd apply for a green card for the Mexican rescue team that saved his family? No, that's not true: The footage in the viral video came...

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