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Fact Check: Image Is NOT Real Photo Of Merz And Epstein -- AI Made It | Lead Stories
4+ day, 20+ hour ago (528+ words) Does a viral image actually prove that German Chancellor Friedrich Merz posed on camera with Jeffrey Epstein? No, that's not true: The earliest versions of the picture contained an invisible watermark, pointing to Google AI. Case and document numbers visible…...
Fact Check: FAKE Video Of Golf Carts Crossing Into Traffic In Naperville, Illinois Is AI-Generated | Lead Stories
5+ day, 14+ hour ago (22+ words) Does a video show a real incident where two erratically-driven golf carts cross into traffic near Naperville, Illinois? No, that's......
Fact Check: FAKE 'Epstein Files' Video Shows People Locked In Cages -- It Is From Horror YouTube Channel 'Life Of Luxury' | Lead Stories
1+ week, 1+ day ago (20+ words) Does a video from the Epstein files show a group of people, including one who is pregnant, chained inside dog......
Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Men Handling Real Guns Outside Dublin Mosque -- Police Say They Were Airsoft Replicas | Lead Stories
1+ week, 3+ day ago (22+ words) Does a viral video show men handling real guns outside a mosque in Dublin, Ireland? No, that's not true: Law......
Fact Check: FAKE Video Of Woman Who Stabbed Someone In NYC Dancing With Pair Of Knives -- It Is Digitally Edited | Lead Stories
1+ week, 3+ day ago (20+ words) Is this a real video of the woman who stabbed someone in NYC dancing with a pair of knives? No,......
Fact Check: Image Does NOT Show Real U.K. PM Andy Burnham's Order Deploying Veterans To Ukraine | Lead Stories
1+ week, 4+ day ago (558+ words) Does a viral image show a real U.K. Ministry of Defence letter signed by Prime Minister Andy Burnham ordering British military veterans to deploy to Ukraine? No, that's not true: No credible media organizations reported on such an order. The letter…...
Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Real Ukrainian Soldier Crying And Begging For Help On The Way To Front Lines | Lead Stories
1+ week, 5+ day ago (600+ words) Does a video of a sobbing 23-year-old actually show a real Ukrainian conscript begging for help because he does not want to die on the battlefield? No, that's not true: The video has been online since 2025. The crying man was…...
Fact Check: Epstein Cannibalism Photos, Videos Are FAKE -- Mix Of Photos From Horror Trailer Production And AI Videos Based On Them | Lead Stories
2+ week, 5+ day ago (90+ words) The video appeared in a post (archived here) published by @smolfsmolf7 on X on Aug. 21, 2026. The post was captioned: (Image source: post by @smolfsmolf7 on X.) (Image source: White Square Gallery.) (Image source: post by @mr.mubasher298 on TikTok.) Lead Stories uploaded about 4 seconds…...
Fact Check: FAKE Clips Of UK Police Tackling Scooter Thieves Were Made With AI | Lead Stories
2+ week, 5+ day ago (280+ words) Does a real video show UK police officers tackling scooter thieves? No, that's not true: A visual inspection by Lead Stories found several glitches characteristic of AI-generated content. There are no credible media reports about the incidents shown in the…...
Fact Check: Architect Leonhard Gall DID Submit Plans To Hitler For Ballroom Next To Chancellery With Air-Raid Shelter Beneath It | Lead Stories
2+ week, 5+ day ago (20+ words) Did architect Leonhard Gall submit plans to Nazi leader Adolf Hitler in 1935 for a ballroom next to the Chancellery,......