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Your curiosity drives our work. Send us links to articles, social media posts, or images using this contact form. ▶️ Include as much information as possible, including when and where you found the item you hope to see fact-checked.
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An image showing a purported Guardian headline claiming "Gaza will one day host the world's largest Pride parade" is fake
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While you’re scrolling, keep a lookout for suspicious videos or images — or, visual media that may have been digitally edited to show something that isn’t real. Send them our way. We'll try to investigate.
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❌ No, Abraham Lincoln didn't say, "And in the end, it's not the years in your life that count; it's the life in your years."
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No, "Mummy 4" starring Brendan Fraser and Rachel Weisz is not in production.
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Cynthia Lennon was "touched and delighted" by Paul McCartney's decision to return a love letter written by her ex-husband John Lennon.
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✅ Yes, a picture authentically shows the preserved remains of a baby mammoth that died about 30,000 years ago.
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✅ Yes, all the eggs a human fetus carries forms at 4-months-old.
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✅ Yes, Elizabeth Taylor once said, “There is no gay agenda. It’s a human agenda. All of us should be treated the same […] long live love.”
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If only we could be everywhere on the internet at once. Thankfully, we've got you (our readers) to help us spot harmful, viral rumors spreading online. Your tip could be our next assignment.
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A viral X post claimed that a person could be more likely to die in six years if one cannot be seated cross-legged on the floor and stand back up without bracing oneself. Here's what we found:
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In late May and early June, some social media users expressed outrage when they saw the winner of a "Miss" pageant in Alabama. Many of them didn't seem to make a distinction between different pageants in the U.S.:
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❌ No, former President Donald Trump didn't say "make antisemitism great again" — video that seems to show that is a deepfake.
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❌ No, a drain wasn't added to former President Donald Trump's Hollywood Walk of Fame star because people kept urinating on it.
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Yes, this D-Day paratrooper really did re-create his jump in Normandy. But it was on the 75th, not 80th, anniversary of the invasion.
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No, the Chiefs didn't sign a petition to ban Taylor Swift from home games.
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We rely on readers’ help to combat misinformation. When you see a questionable rumor online, send it our way. Your tip could be our next assignment.
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❌ No, Beyoncé didn't play her first, big country music show to a nearly empty stadium. The poster originated from a Facebook account that includes a satire disclaimer.
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❌ No, Denzel Washington didn't pull a funding commitment from the Boy Scouts of America because the organization "lost their way." The poster originated from a Facebook account that includes a satire disclaimer.
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It is not true that Paramount banned Robert De Niro or called him a "creepy clown." The false claim originated with a "satire" website.
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