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Fact checking site looking at the most trending hoaxes on the Internet.
Fact Check: Mitch McConnell Photo Released In July 2026 Has NOT Been Publicly Available Since 2023 #CheckTok #MitchMcConnell #Kentucky #TheWashingtonPost #FactCheck leadstories.com/hoax-alert/20…
Fact Check: FAKE Garbled Newspaper Text Does NOT Appear In Mitch McConnell's Proof Of Life Photo #CheckTok #MitchMcConnell #WashingtonPost #FactCheck #AIGenerated leadstories.com/hoax-alert/20…
Fact Check: Police Did NOT Decide Against Releasing CCTV Footage Of M.P. Ann Widdecombe Murder Suspect To Hide His Race, Ethnicity #CheckTok #FactCheck #AnnWiddecombe #DevonAndCornwallPolice #CCTVFootage #UKCrime leadstories.com/hoax-alert/20…
Fact Check: FAKE Video Of Man Catching Wife 'In The Act' Kissing Another Man -- It's Skit With Actors #CheckTok #FactCheck #TikTok #ViralVideos #FakeNews #Skit leadstories.com/hoax-alert/20…
Fact Check: NO EVIDENCE Russia Hit Skyfall Facility Visited By Lindsey Graham #CheckTok #FactCheck #LindseyGraham #Skyfall #Russia #Ukraine leadstories.com/hoax-alert/20…
The Daily NOT - A show about what didn't happen today. Episode 763. #TheDailyNOT "Rumors about a referee and a photo of a phone call: what's the actual story here?"
Fact Check: Image Does NOT Show FIFA President Infantino Making Phone Call During Egypt-Argentina Match -- He Was At A Different Game #CheckTok #FactCheck #GianniInfantino #FIFA #Egypt #Argentina leadstories.com/hoax-alert/20…
Fact Check: UNSOURCED Wikipedia Page Does NOT Prove Egypt-Argentina Match Referee Francois Letexier Grew Up In 'Orthodox Jewish Family' #CheckTok #FactCheck leadstories.com/hoax-alert/20…
The Daily NOT - A show about what didn't happen today. Episode 762. #TheDailyNOT "A fake France24 video, a real Epstein email and an old bombing photo: today in fact-checking."
Fact Check: FAKE France 24 Video Does NOT Accurately Summarize UPA-Related Monument Legislation #CheckTok #FactCheck #France24 #Ukraine #UPA #WorldWarII leadstories.com/hoax-alert/2...
Prebunk: London Calling To Stop Falling For Fake UK Protest Videos -- AI Is Leading You Down The River Thames #CheckTok #FactCheck #London #LeadStories #AI #UKProtests leadstories.com/hoax-alert/2...
Fact Check: Image Trump Posted as 'Retribution' Against Iran Does NOT Show July 2026 U.S. Bombing -- It Is June 2025 Israeli Attack #CheckTok #FactCheck #DonaldTrump #Iran #Israel #TruthSocial leadstories.com/hoax-alert/20…
Fact Check: REAL Email In Epstein Files Contains Joke About Mitt Romney's Wife And Barack Obama #CheckTok #FactCheck #MittRomney #BarackObama #JeffreyEpstein #SultanAhmedbinSulayem leadstories.com/hoax-alert/20…
Fact Check: FAKE Screenshot Shows Trump Asking Mullin To Lock Up Communists In ICE Detention Centers -- No Such Truth Social Post #CheckTok #FactCheck #DonaldTrump #MarkwayneMullin #TruthSocial #ICEDetentionCenters leadstories.com/hoax-alert/20…
Fact Check: FAKE Photo Of Mitch McConnell On Life Support Was Generated Using OpenAI #CheckTok #FactCheck #MitchMcConnell #OpenAI #Kentucky #FakeNews leadstories.com/hoax-alert/20…
Fact Check: FAKE "Breaking News" Video Shows Furries Chasing Patriot Front Member In Downtown D.C. -- AI Media Account Origin #CheckTok #FactCheck #PatriotFront #WashingtonDC #AIMedia #Furries leadstories.com/hoax-alert/20…
Fact Check: FAKE Video Of PM Giorgia Meloni Saying She Is A Christian Daughter Of Italy Who Will Not Allow Sharia Law In Her Country #CheckTok #GiorgiaMeloni #ShariaLaw #Italy #FactCheck leadstories.com/hoax-alert/20…
Fact Check: Image Does NOT Show FIFA President Infantino Looking Anxious After Messi Missed Penalty Against Egypt -- Predates The Match #CheckTok #FactCheck #GianniInfantino #LionelMessi #FIFA #WorldCup2026 leadstories.com/hoax-alert/20…
Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show FIFA's Infantino Reaction To Egypt Scoring Goal During World Cup In July 2026 #CheckTok #FactCheck #GianniInfantino #FIFA #Egypt #WorldCup2026 leadstories.com/hoax-alert/20…
Prebunk: London Calling To Stop Falling For Fake UK Protest Videos -- AI Is Leading You Down The River Thames #CheckTok #FactCheck #London #LeadStories #AI #UKProtests leadstories.com/hoax-alert/20…
Prebunk: Fake Digital Natives Used To Sell Indigenous Jackets -- 'Artificial Indians' Bank On Sympathy For Real Native Americans #CheckTok #FactCheck #ArtificialIndians #NativeAmericans #IndigenousJackets #LeadStories leadstories.com/hoax-alert/2...
Fact Check: FAKE Trump Post Says 'Belgium Is 2 Weeks Away From Developing A Nuclear Bomb!' #CheckTok #FactCheck #DonaldTrump #TruthSocial #Belgium #NuclearBomb leadstories.com/hoax-alert/2...
Fact Check: FAKE Bodycam Footage Shows Kidnapped Child Being Rescued At Orlando Airport -- Made With Google AI #CheckTok #FactCheck #OrlandoInternationalAirport #MelissaGrant #Kissimmee #GoogleAI leadstories.com/hoax-alert/2...
Fact Check: Mamdani Was NOT Barred From Katz's Deli In New York City -- Claim Originated On Parody Hub #CheckTok #ZohranMamdani #KatzsDeli #NewYorkCity #FactCheck leadstories.com/hoax-alert/2...
Fact Check: Saint-Michel Basilica in Bordeaux, France, Was NOT Set On Fire By Immigrants in July 2026 -- Basilica Remained Intact #CheckTok #FactCheck #SaintMichelBasilica #Bordeaux #France #LeadStories leadstories.com/hoax-alert/2...
Fact Check: FAKE Image Does NOT Show Tall Ships Sailing Near Liberty Island In New York Harbor On July 4, 2026 #CheckTok #FactCheck #Sail4th250 #LibertyIsland #NewYorkHarbor #IndependenceDay leadstories.com/hoax-alert/2...
Fact Check: Mitch McConnell's Wife Elaine Chao Did NOT Go To China After He Was Hospitalized With 'Cardiac Arrest' -- Had Been There For Days #CheckTok #FactCheck #MitchMcConnell #ElaineChao #Shanghai #CardiacArrest leadstories.com/hoax-alert/2...
Fact Check: Congressman Jack Kimble Did NOT Speak With Senator Mitch McConnell On July 7, 2026 -- Or Ever #CheckTok #JackKimble #MitchMcConnell #FactCheck #Satire leadstories.com/hoax-alert/2...
Fact Check: 'Restraining Order' Image of Meloni Gazing at Trump is EDITED -- Not Original #CheckTok #FactCheck #GiorgiaMeloni #DonaldTrump #G7Summit #TruthSocial leadstories.com/hoax-alert/2...
