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Fact Check: FAKE Image of Dead Osama Bin Laden Was Made Using Image From 'Black Hawk Down' -- No Real Images Made Public | Lead Stories
1+ day, 2+ hour ago (20+ words) Does a grainy green night vision photo show Osama bin Laden after he was shot and killed by U.S. Navy......
Fact Check: FAKE Images Illustrate Story Of Bear Carrying Injured Animals To Wildlife Center -- Images Are AI-Generated | Lead Stories
2+ day, 10+ hour ago (243+ words) The claim appeared in a post (archived here) published by the @DavidAttenboroughlovers page on Facebook on Sept. 9, 2026. It read: A black bear showed up at a wildlife center carrying an injured raccoon. Weeks later, the cameras caught something that left…...
Fact Check: NO Evidence AI-Generated Image Trump Shared Is Official New Space Force Uniform | Lead Stories
3+ day, 9+ hour ago (271+ words) Is the image that President Donald Trump shared of a United States Space Force Service Dress Uniform Next Generation the official uniform for the military branch? No, that's not true: There is no evidence that the image shows the new…...
Fact Check: FAKE Video Of Miley Cyrus Saying Dolly Parton Left Her Entire Fortune To Her Is AI-Generated | Lead Stories
3+ day, 6+ hour ago (66+ words) Does a real video show Miley Cyrus saying that Dolly Parton left her entire fortune to her? No, that's not......
Fact Check: Trump Did NOT Declare Moon 'A U.S.A. Territory' | Lead Stories
4+ day, 6+ hour ago (160+ words) The claim appeared in a post (archived here) published on X by the @da5705 account on Sept. 8, 2026. It read: The attached image continued: (Image source: post by @da5705 on X.) As seen in the screenshot above, even the president's last name was misspelled…...
Fact Check: Arnold Schwarzenegger Did NOT Say He Is Removing 'Negger' From His Name Because It 'Could Be Offensive' | Lead Stories
4+ day, 3+ hour ago (24+ words) Did Arnold Schwarzenegger say he was removing "negger" from his last name because it "could be offensive" and instead going......
Fact Check: Donald Trump Did NOT Post Animated Video Of Himself Attacking Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney With Hockey Stick | Lead Stories
4+ day, 5+ hour ago (20+ words) Did Donald Trump post an animated video where he is attacking Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney with a hockey stick?......
Fact Check: Image Is NOT Real Photo Of Merz And Epstein -- AI Made It | Lead Stories
4+ day, 12+ 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 Shows American Carrier On Fire After Iranian Missile Attack In Sea Of Oman -- AI-Generated | Lead Stories
4+ day, 8+ hour ago (20+ words) oes a real video show an American carrier on fire after an Iranian missile strike in the Sea of Oman......
Fact Check: Trump Did NOT Make Post Saying FBI Should Investigate Hunter Biden's Cryptocurrency Coin | Lead Stories
5+ day, 2+ hour ago (22+ words) Did President Donald Trump make a real post calling for the Federal Bureau of Investigation to investigate Hunter Biden's cryptocurrency......