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Lead Stories @leadstories.com · Nov 15

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Fact Check: There Is NO Evidence To Support Claim Of A Second Bullet At Charlie Kirk Murder Scene -- AI Slop Network Produced It

Fact Check: There Is NO Evidence To Support Claim Of A Second Bullet At Charlie Kirk Murder Scene -- AI Slop Network Produced It

Does evidence support a claim that Charlie Kirk murder investigators "confirmed" they found a bullet in Kirk's body and a second bullet at the scene of the shooting? No, that's not true: Investigators have made no such public disclosures ahead...

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Lead Stories @leadstories.com · 12h

Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Portland, Oregon City Council Members Refusing To Stand For Pledge Of Allegiance -- Footage From Portland, Maine

Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Portland, Oregon City Council Members Refusing To Stand For Pledge Of Allegiance -- Footage From Portland, Maine

Does a video show several Portland, Oregon City Council members refusing to stand for the Pledge of Allegiance? No, that's not true: This video clip was not filmed in Oregon. It shows the city council chambers of Portland, Maine. The...

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Lead Stories @leadstories.com · 20h

The Daily NOT - A show about what didn't happen today. Episode 555. #TheDailyNOT

"Barron Trump, Torenza, Turning Point USA and a ghostly teacher: don't believe everything you see on the internet..."

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The Daily NOT - Episode #555

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Lead Stories @leadstories.com · 20h

Fact Check: There's NO Evidence Barron Trump Dropped Out Of NYU In Fall 2025 -- His Father Tells Barron's Niece Barron Will Be In Class 'Tuesday'
#CheckTok #BarronTrump #NYU #TrumpFamily #FactCheck

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Fact Check: There's NO Evidence Barron Trump Dropped Out Of NYU In Fall 2025

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Lead Stories @leadstories.com · 20h

Fact Check: Photo Does NOT Show "Lady Ghost" Margaret Lee, The Abilene Teacher Who Purportedly Avenged Her Students Killed By Raiders in 1871
#CheckTok #FactCheck #MargaretLee #Abilene #Kansas #EvaMLott
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Lead Stories @leadstories.com · 20h

Fact Check: Turning Point USA's Super Bowl Halftime Show Did NOT Sell Out Atlanta Braves Stadium In Three Hours After Announcing Kid Rock -- It's Satire
#CheckTok #FactCheck #TurningPointUSA #AtlantaBraves #KidRock #CharlieKirk
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Lead Stories @leadstories.com · 21h

Fact Check: Woman With Passport From Nonexistent Country 'Torenza' Did NOT Arrive At JFK
#CheckTok #FactCheck #JohnFKennedyAirport #Tokyo #Torenza #AIEditedContent
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Lead Stories @leadstories.com · 1d

Fact Check: There's NO Evidence Barron Trump Dropped Out Of NYU In Fall 2025 -- His Father Tells Barron's Niece Barron Will Be In Class 'Tuesday'

Fact Check: There's NO Evidence Barron Trump Dropped Out Of NYU In Fall 2025 -- His Father Tells Barron's Niece Barron Will Be In Class 'Tuesday'

Did Barron Trump drop out of New York University in the fall of 2025, as a viral social media post claimed? No, that's not true: The claim was made with no documentary, eyewitness or other evidence. The day before the...

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Lead Stories @leadstories.com · 1d

Fact Check: Woman With Passport From Nonexistent Country 'Torenza' Did NOT Arrive At JFK

Fact Check: Woman With Passport From Nonexistent Country 'Torenza' Did NOT Arrive At JFK

Did a woman arrive from Tokyo, Japan, at John F. Kennedy Airport in New York City with a passport of a nonexistent country named "Torenza", as viral videos and text posts claim? No, that's not true: The viral videos reused...

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Lead Stories @leadstories.com · 1d

Fact Check: Turning Point USA's Super Bowl Halftime Show Did NOT Sell Out Atlanta Braves Stadium In Three Hours After Announcing Kid Rock -- It's Satire

Fact Check: Turning Point USA's Super Bowl Halftime Show Did NOT Sell Out Atlanta Braves Stadium In Three Hours After Announcing Kid Rock -- It's Satire

Did Turning Point USA's Super Bowl halftime show sell out the Atlanta Braves stadium in three hours after it was announced that Kid Rock would be performing? No, that's not true: The story originated on a satirical Facebook page that...

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Lead Stories @leadstories.com · 1d

Fact Check: Photo Does NOT Show "Lady Ghost" Margaret Lee, The Abilene Teacher Who Purportedly Avenged Her Students Killed By Raiders in 1871

Fact Check: Photo Does NOT Show "Lady Ghost" Margaret Lee, The Abilene Teacher Who Purportedly Avenged Her Students Killed By Raiders in 1871

Is this a photo of the "Lady Ghost", a schoolteacher named Margaret Lee from Abilene, Kansas who killed five men, raiders, who in 1871 had killed twenty students when they burned the one-room schoolhouse? No, that's not true on two...

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Fact Check: Nobel Chair Did NOT say Donald Trump Didn't Win Peace Prize Because He Lacked 'Courage And Integrity' | Lead Stories

Did the chair of the Nobel committee that chose the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize say that Donald Trump was not...

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Fact Check: Nobel Chair Did NOT say Donald Trump Didn't Win Peace Prize Because He Lacked 'Courage And Integrity' | Lead Stories

Did the chair of the Nobel committee that chose the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize say that Donald Trump was not...

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Fact Check: Elon Musk Did NOT Threaten To End His Super Bowl Sponsorship If Bad Bunny Performs At The Halftime Show -- Viet Spam | Lead Stories

Did Elon Musk threaten to end his Super Bowl sponsorship if Bad Bunny performs at the halftime show? No, that's...

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Fact Check: Elon Musk Did NOT Threaten To End His Super Bowl Sponsorship If Bad Bunny Performs At The Halftime Show -- Viet Spam | Lead Stories

Did Elon Musk threaten to end his Super Bowl sponsorship if Bad Bunny performs at the halftime show? No, that's...

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Lead Stories @leadstories.com · 1d

The Daily NOT - A show about what didn't happen today. Episode 554. #TheDailyNOT

"Bad Bunny, Elon Musk and Brandon Lake: watch out with these fake stories about them!"

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Fact Check: Clickbait Brandon Lake Super Bowl Halftime Show Charlie Kirk Tribute Story Made Up By Foreign Spam Network
#CheckTok #BrandonLake #CharlieKirk #NFL #FactCheck
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Lead Stories @leadstories.com · 1d

Fact Check: Elon Musk Did NOT Threaten To End His Super Bowl Sponsorship If Bad Bunny Performs At The Halftime Show -- Viet Spam
#CheckTok #ElonMusk #BadBunny #SuperBowl #FactCheck
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Lead Stories @leadstories.com · 1d

Fact Check: Bad Bunny Was NOT Caught Sitting Down During National Anthem At Yankees Game -- It Was God Bless America
#CheckTok #FactCheck #BadBunny #Yankees #GodBlessAmerica #TheStarSpangledBanner
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Lead Stories @leadstories.com · 2d

Fact Check: Elon Musk Did NOT Threaten To End His Super Bowl Sponsorship If Bad Bunny Performs At The Halftime Show -- Viet Spam

Fact Check: Elon Musk Did NOT Threaten To End His Super Bowl Sponsorship If Bad Bunny Performs At The Halftime Show -- Viet Spam

Did Elon Musk threaten to end his Super Bowl sponsorship if Bad Bunny performs at the halftime show? No, that's not true: Elon Musk does not sponsor the Super Bowl. The claim that he does and has threatened to end...

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Maarten Schenk @mschenk.bsky.social · 2d

YouTube censoring @leadstories.com ?

No, just sensible precautions using automated filters against personal information leaks and an efficient and quick appeals process that (probably) used humans to restore a legitimate news story.

Here's the video in question:
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Lead Stories @leadstories.com · 2d

Fact Check: Clickbait Brandon Lake Super Bowl Halftime Show Charlie Kirk Tribute Story Made Up By Foreign Spam Network

Fact Check: Clickbait Brandon Lake Super Bowl Halftime Show Charlie Kirk Tribute Story Made Up By Foreign Spam Network

Did the NFL announce the Super Bowl half time show will have a Charlie Kirk tribute including a performance by Brandon Lake? No, that's not true: A viral story making that claim was published by a foreign-run spam network with...

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Lead Stories @leadstories.com · 3d

Fact Check: Bad Bunny Was NOT Caught Sitting Down During National Anthem At Yankees Game -- It Was God Bless America

Fact Check: Bad Bunny Was NOT Caught Sitting Down During National Anthem At Yankees Game -- It Was God Bless America

Was Bad Bunny caught sitting down during the National Anthem at a New York Yankees game on October 8, 2025? No, that's not true: Videos circulating on social media show Bad Bunny seated during the last verse of "God Bless...

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Lead Stories @leadstories.com · 3d

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Fact Check: Nobel Chair Did NOT say Donald Trump Didn't Win Peace Prize Because He Lacked 'Courage And Integrity' | Lead Stories

Did the chair of the Nobel committee that chose the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize say that Donald Trump was not...

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Lead Stories @leadstories.com · 3d

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Fact Check: Nobel Chair Did NOT say Donald Trump Didn't Win Peace Prize Because He Lacked 'Courage And Integrity' | Lead Stories

Did the chair of the Nobel committee that chose the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize say that Donald Trump was not...

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