SEO Report 69/100 – Lead Stories

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Search Engine Optimization

Title Tag

Lead Stories
Length: 12 character(s)

Ideally, your title tag should contain between 10 and 70 characters (spaces included).
Make sure your title is explicit and contains your most important keywords.
Be sure that each page has a unique title.

Meta Description

Lead Stories is a fact checking website debunking viral misinformation on Facebook, Instagram, TikTok and other platforms. Our fact checks are used by meta, ByteDance and others.
Length: 179 character(s)

Meta descriptions contains between 100 and 300 characters (spaces included).
It allow you to influence how your web pages are described and displayed in search results.
Ensure that all of your web pages have a unique meta description that is explicit and contains your most important keywords (these appear in bold when they match part or all of the user's search query).
A good meta description acts as an organic advertisement, so use enticing messaging with a clear call to action to maximize click-through rate.

Meta Keywords

Lead Stories, fact check, factchecking, factchecker, fact checking, fact checker, fact checks, factchecks, leadstories.com, facebook, instagram, meta, bytedance, tiktok

Meta Keywords are a specific type of meta tag that appear in the HTML code of a Web page and help tell search engines what the topic of the page is.
However, google can't use meta keywords.

Headings

<H1>	<H2>	<H3>	<H4>	<H5>	<H6>
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<H1> Just Because It's Trending Doesn't Mean It's True — Fact checking at the speed of likes since 2015 </H1>
<H2> Fact Check: The Mother Of Christopher Todd Erick Did NOT Find Her Deceased Son In An Exhibit Of Plastinated Real Bodies In Las Vegas -- That Exhibit Predates His Death </H2>
<H2> Fact Check </H2>
<H2> Fact Check: 'Bubba' Reference In Mark Epstein Email To Brother Jeffrey Epstein Was Not About Trump And A Horse -- Spokesperson Confirmed </H2>
<H2> Fact Check </H2>
<H2> Fact Check: Fake AP Screenshot About Ghislaine Maxwell's Golden Retriever And Horse Bubba -- No Such Article </H2>
<H2> Fact Check </H2>
<H2> Most recent </H2>
<H2> Fact Check: Gubernatorial Opponent Amy Acton Did NOT Spread A Fake Video Of Vivek Ramaswamy Advocating Year-Round School -- He Did Say It </H2>
<H2> Fact Check </H2>
<H2> Fact Check: Final Verdict Has NOT Been Reached -- No Trial Date Yet For Decarlos Brown In Iryna Zarutska Stabbing Case </H2>
<H2> Fact Check </H2>
<H2> Fact Check: Disney World Did NOT Announce It Is Closing Permanently In 2025 -- Claim Originated From Satire Website </H2>
<H2> Fact Check </H2>
<H2> Fact Check: Iwona B. Horyn IS The Real name Of The Acting Chief Security Officer At DHS -- Not A Joke </H2>
<H2> Fact Check </H2>
<H2> Fact Check: Elon Musk Did NOT Acquire Donald Trump's Truth Social For $10 Billion </H2>
<H2> Fact Check </H2>
<H2> Fact Check: FAKE Video Shows Israeli Soldiers Burning an American Flag </H2>
<H2> Fact Check </H2>
<H2> Fact Check: FedEx Driver Did NOT Comfort Boy In Spiderman Pajamas -- Fictional Clickbait </H2>
<H2> Fact Check </H2>
<H2> Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show A Real Story About A Man Helping A Mother Wolf Shot With An Arrow -- AI Generated </H2>
<H2> Fact Check </H2>
<H2> Fact Check: Netflix Did Not Announce Upcoming Documentary About Pete Buttigieg </H2>
<H2> Fact Check </H2>
<H2> Fact Check: Pete Buttigieg Did NOT Stand At A 'Town Hall' Podium With Biden And Announce 'I'm Running For President' -- AI-Generated Post Is Part Of Vietnam-Based Scam System </H2>
<H2> Fact Check </H2>
<H2> Fact Check: German Lost Wallet Return System Is NOT Real -- It's AI-Generated Techno-Utopian Clickbait </H2>
<H2> Fact Check </H2>
<H2> Fact Check: Viral Stories About AOC And Barron Trump Are NOT Real -- NO Confrontation, NO Video </H2>
<H2> Fact Check </H2>
<H2> Fact Check: NO Record 'Matthew's Haberdashery' Seattle Clothing Store Ever Existed -- 'Moving Sale' Ad Uses Images From Mass-Market Internet Retailers </H2>
<H2> Fact Check </H2>
<H2> Fact Check: Pete Buttigieg Did NOT Open 'America's First 100% Free Homeless Hospital' </H2>
<H2> Fact Check </H2>
<H2> Fact Check: Louisiana Senator John Kennedy's Son Preston Has NOT Been Diagnosed With Pancreatic Cancer -- It's Spam From Vietnam </H2>
<H2> Fact Check </H2>
<H2> Fact Check: Parody Post Said Laura Loomer Pregnant With Ian Miles Cheong's Baby -- NO Actual News Reports </H2>
<H2> Fact Check </H2>
<H2> Fact Check: Barron Trump Did NOT Announce 2028 Senate Run And He's Too Young To Serve In Senate -- More Viet Spam </H2>
<H2> Fact Check </H2>
<H2> Fact Check: A Marcus Holloway Did NOT Serve Twenty Years For Murdering A Wife Who Had Been Held Captive By A Neighbor -- Fake Story To Bait Web Traffic </H2>
<H2> Fact Check </H2>
<H2> Fact Check: A Retired Sergeant In Texas Did NOT Say Muslims Set Up A Command Center With Weapons, Armored Vehicles And A Training Facility -- His Speech Was Misrepresented By Post </H2>
<H2> Fact Check </H2>
<H2> Fact Check: NO $3 Million Suit By Family Of Man Who Died Trying To Steal EV Charger Wires -- Fake Case, Fake Video </H2>
<H2> Fact Check </H2>
<H2> News & Analysis </H2>
<H2> Prebunk: Beware Of Fake Fan Pages Spreading False Stories About Your Favorite Celebrities -- How To Spot 'Viet Spam' </H2>
<H2> Analysis </H2>
<H2> Thoughts On The Passing Of Pablo Reyes Santiago -- Unknowingly Instrumental To Lead Stories </H2>
<H2> Analysis </H2>
<H2> Lead Stories Goes To Brussels: Statement Made During Public Hearing Of European Parliament 'Democracy Shield' Committee </H2>
<H2> Analysis </H2>
<H2> Community Notes On X Appear To Be Down -- No Longer Publicly Displayed, Still There In Backend, Working On A Fix </H2>
<H2> Analysis </H2>
<H2> New Pope, New Conspiracies, But At The Speed Of Social Media </H2>
<H2> Analysis </H2>
<H2> Private, Ritualistic And Consequential: The Conclave Is Conspiracy's Natural Habitat </H2>
<H2> Analysis </H2>
<H2> A Pope's Death Fosters Conspiracy Theories... Again </H2>
<H2> Analysis </H2>
<H2> Happy International Fact-Checking Day! </H2>
<H2> Analysis </H2>
<H2> Running List Of April Fools' Day Pranks And Jokes Spotted On April 1, 2025 </H2>
<H2> Analysis </H2>
<H2> Be Our Valentine! Donate If You ❤️ Facts! </H2>
<H2> Analysis </H2>
<H2> Lead Stories </H2>
<H4> Lead Stories is a: </H4>

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Use your keywords in the headings and make sure the first level (H1) includes your most important keywords. Never duplicate your title tag content in your header tag.
While it is important to ensure every page has an H1 tag, never include more than one per page. Instead, use multiple H2 - H6 tags.

Google Preview

Lead Stories

leadstories.com/

Lead Stories is a fact checking website debunking viral misinformation on Facebook, Instagram, TikTok and other platforms. Our fact checks are used by meta, ByteDance and others.

This is an example of what your Title Tag and Meta Description will look like in Google search results.
While Title Tags & Meta Descriptions are used to build the search result listings, the search engines may create their own if they are missing, not well written, or not relevant to the content on the page.
Title Tags and Meta Descriptions are cut short if they are too long, so it's important to stay within the suggested character limits.

Alt Attribute

We found 55 images on this web page

1 ALT attributes are empty or missing.

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Alternative text is used to describe images to give the search engine crawlers (and the visually impaired).
Also, more information to help them understand images, which can help them to appear in Google Images search results.

Keywords Cloud

fact49
check24
about18
fake17
real16
video16
that's16
stories13
announce12
social11
analysis11
news10
there10
maarten9
schenk9

This Keyword Cloud provides an insight into the frequency of keyword usage within the page.
It's important to carry out keyword research to get an understanding of the keywords that your audience is using. There are a number of keyword research tools available online to help you choose which keywords to target.

Keyword Consistency

Keywords	Freq	Title	Desc	<H>
fact	49
check	24
about	18
fake	17
real	16
video	16
that's	16
stories	13
announce	12
social	11
analysis	11
news	10
there	10
maarten	9
schenk	9

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This table highlights the importance of being consistent with your use of keywords.
To improve the chance of ranking well in search results for a specific keyword, make sure you include it in some or all of the following: page URL, page content, title tag, meta description, header tags, image alt attributes, internal link anchor text and backlink anchor text.

Text/HTML Ratio

HTML to Text Ratio is: 9.4%

Text content size	13825 bytes
Total HTML size	147141 bytes

Code to text ratio represents the percentage of actual text on a web page compared to the percentage of HTML code, and it is used by search engines to calculate the relevancy of a web page.
A higher code to text ratio will increase your chances of getting a better rank in search engine results.

GZIP compression

Wow! It's GZIP Enabled.

Your webpage is compressed from 143 KB to 20 KB (86.2 % size savings)

Gzip is a method of compressing files (making them smaller) for faster network transfers.
It allows to reduce the size of web pages and any other typical web files to about 30% or less of its original size before it transfer.

WWW Resolve

Great, a redirect is in place to redirect traffic from your non-preferred domain.

Redirecting requests from a non-preferred domain is important because search engines consider URLs with and without "www" as two different websites.

IP Canonicalization

No your domain IP 172.66.154.191 does not redirect to leadstories.com

To check this for your website, enter your IP address in the browser and see if your site loads with the IP address.
Ideally, the IP should redirect to your website's URL or to a page from your website hosting provider.
If it does not redirect, you should do an htaccess 301 redirect to make sure the IP does not get indexed.

XML Sitemap

Good, you have XML Sitemap file!
http://leadstories.com/sitemap.xml

A sitemap lists URLs that are available for crawling and can include additional information like your site's latest updates, frequency of changes and importance of the URLs. This allows search engines to crawl the site more intelligently.
We recommend that you generate an XML sitemap for your website and submit it to both Google Search Console and Bing Webmaster Tools. It is also good practice to specify your sitemap's location in your robots.txt file.

Robots.txt

Good, you have Robots.txt file!
http://leadstories.com/robots.txt

A robots.txt file allows you to restrict the access of search engine robots that crawl the web and it can prevent these robots from accessing specific directories and pages. It also specifies where the XML sitemap file is located.
You can check for errors in your robots.txt file using Google Search Console (formerly Webmaster Tools) by selecting 'Robots.txt Tester' under 'Crawl'. This also allows you to test individual pages to make sure that Googlebot has the appropriate access.

URL Rewrite

Warning! We have detected parameters in a massive number of URLs

Your site's URLs contain unnecessary elements that make them look complicated.
A URL must be easy to read and remember for users. Search engines need URLs to be clean and include your page's most important keywords.
Clean URLs are also useful when shared on social media as they explain the page's content.

Underscores in the URLs

Oh no, you are using underscores (these_are_underscores) in your URLs

Great, you are not using ?underscores (these_are_underscores) in your URLs.
While Google treats hyphens as word separators, it does not for underscores.

Embedded Objects

Perfect, no embedded objects has been detected on this page

Embedded Objects such as Flash. It should only be used for specific enhancements.
Although Flash content often looks nicer, it cannot be properly indexed by search engines.
Avoid full Flash websites to maximize SEO.

Iframe

Perfect, no Iframe content has been detected on this page

Frames can cause problems on your web page because search engines will not crawl or index the content within them.
Avoid frames whenever possible and use a NoFrames tag if you must use them.

Domain Registration

WHOIS Data

WhoIs domain information can help you determine the proper administrator, billing and technical
contact information.

Domain Name: LEADSTORIES.COM
Registry Domain ID: 95606534_DOMAIN_COM-VRSN
Registrar WHOIS Server: whois.godaddy.com
Registrar URL: https://www.godaddy.com
Updated Date: 2021-03-09T15:12:46Z
Creation Date: 2003-03-08T14:04:42Z
Registrar Registration Expiration Date: 2031-03-08T14:04:42Z
Registrar: GoDaddy.com, LLC
Registrar IANA ID: 146
Registrar Abuse Contact Email: abuse@godaddy.com
Registrar Abuse Contact Phone: +1.4806242505
Domain Status: clientTransferProhibited https://icann.org/epp#clientTransferProhibited
Domain Status: clientUpdateProhibited https://icann.org/epp#clientUpdateProhibited
Domain Status: clientRenewProhibited https://icann.org/epp#clientRenewProhibited
Domain Status: clientDeleteProhibited https://icann.org/epp#clientDeleteProhibited
Registry Registrant ID: Not Available From Registry
Registrant Name: Registration Private
Registrant Organization: Domains By Proxy, LLC
Registrant Street: DomainsByProxy.com
Registrant Street: 100 S. Mill Ave, Suite 1600
Registrant City: Tempe
Registrant State/Province: Arizona
Registrant Postal Code: 85281
Registrant Country: US
Registrant Phone: +1.4806242599
Registrant Phone Ext:
Registrant Fax:
Registrant Fax Ext:
Registrant Email: https://www.godaddy.com/whois/results.aspx?domain=LEADSTORIES.COM&action=contactDomainOwner
Registry Tech ID: Not Available From Registry
Tech Name: Registration Private
Tech Organization: Domains By Proxy, LLC
Tech Street: DomainsByProxy.com
Tech Street: 100 S. Mill Ave, Suite 1600
Tech City: Tempe
Tech State/Province: Arizona
Tech Postal Code: 85281
Tech Country: US
Tech Phone: +1.4806242599
Tech Phone Ext:
Tech Fax:
Tech Fax Ext:
Tech Email: https://www.godaddy.com/whois/results.aspx?domain=LEADSTORIES.COM&action=contactDomainOwner
Name Server: PHIL.NS.CLOUDFLARE.COM
Name Server: WANDA.NS.CLOUDFLARE.COM
DNSSEC: unsigned
URL of the ICANN WHOIS Data Problem Reporting System: http://wdprs.internic.net/
>>> Last update of WHOIS database: 2025-11-30T21:24:07Z <<<
For more information on Whois status codes, please visit https://icann.org/epp

TERMS OF USE: The data contained in this registrar's Whois database, while believed by the
registrar to be reliable, is provided "as is" with no guarantee or warranties regarding its
accuracy. This information is provided for the sole purpose of assisting you in obtaining
information about domain name registration records. Any use of this data for any other purpose
is expressly forbidden without the prior written permission of this registrar. By submitting
an inquiry, you agree to these terms and limitations of warranty. In particular, you agree not
to use this data to allow, enable, or otherwise support the dissemination or collection of this
data, in part or in its entirety, for any purpose, such as transmission by e-mail, telephone,
postal mail, facsimile or other means of mass unsolicited, commercial advertising or solicitations
of any kind, including spam. You further agree not to use this data to enable high volume, automated
or robotic electronic processes designed to collect or compile this data for any purpose, including
mining this data for your own personal or commercial purposes. Failure to comply with these terms
may result in termination of access to the Whois database. These terms may be subject to modification
at any time without notice.

NOTICE This WHOIS server is being retired. Please use our RDAP service instead.

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WhoIs domain information can help you determine the proper contact for any domain listed in the Whois database.
A WhoIs lookup identifies the administrator contact information, billing contact and the technical contact for each domain name listing or IP in the WhoIs database.

Indexed Pages

Indexed pages in search engines

0 Page(s)

This is the number of pages that we have discovered on your website.
A low number can indicate that bots are unable to discover your webpages, which is a common cause of a bad site architecture & internal linking, or you're unknowingly preventing bots and search engines from crawling & indexing your pages.

Backlinks Counter

Number of backlinks to your website

0 Backlink(s)

Backlinks are links that point to your website from other websites. They are like letters of recommendation for your site.
Since this factor is crucial to SEO, you should have a strategy to improve the quantity and quality of backlinks.

Usability

URL

http://leadstories.com
Length: 11 characters

Keep your URLs short and avoid long domain names when possible.
A descriptive URL is better recognized by search engines.
A user should be able to look at the address bar and make an accurate guess about the content of the page before reaching it (e.g., http://www.mysite.com/en/products).

Favicon

Great, your website has a favicon.

Favicons improve a brand's visibility.
As a favicon is especially important for users bookmarking your website, make sure it is consistent with your brand.

Custom 404 Page

Great, your website has a custom 404 error page.

When a visitor encounters a 404 File Not Found error on your site, you're on the verge of losing the visitor that you've worked so hard to obtain through the search engines and third party links.
Creating your custom 404 error page allows you to minimize the number of visitors lost that way.

Page Size

143 KB (World Wide Web average is 320 Kb)

Two of the main reasons for an increase in page size are images and JavaScript files.
Page size affects the speed of your website; try to keep your page size below 2 Mb.
Tip: Use images with a small size and optimize their download with gzip.

Load Time

0.49 second(s)

Site speed is an important factor for ranking high in Google search results and enriching the user experience.
Resources: Check out Google's developer tutorials for tips on how to to make your website run faster.

PageSpeed Insights (Desktop)

Language

Good, you have declared your language
Declared Language: EN-US

Make sure your declared language is the same as the language detected by Google
Also, define the language of the content in each page's HTML code.

Domain Availability

Domains (TLD)	Status
leadstories.net	Already Registered
leadstories.org	Already Registered
leadstories.biz	Already Registered
leadstories.us	Available
leadstories.info	Already Registered

Typo Availability

Domains (TLD)	Status
peadstories.com	Available
oeadstories.com	Available
ieadstories.com	Available
keadstories.com	Available
meadstories.com	Available

Email Privacy

Good, no email address has been found in plain text.

We don't recommend adding plain text/linked email addresses to your webpages.
As malicious bots scrape the web in search of email addresses to spam. Instead, consider using a contact form.

Safe Browsing

The website is not blacklisted and looks safe to use.

Safe Browsing to identify unsafe websites and notify users and webmasters so they can protect themselves from harm.

Mobile

Mobile Friendliness

Awesome! This page is mobile-friendly!
Your mobile friendly score is 80/100

Mobile Friendliness refers to the usability aspects of your mobile website, which Google uses as a ranking signal in mobile search results.

Mobile View

The number of people using the Mobile Web is huge; over 75 percent of consumers have access to smartphones. ??
Your website should look nice on the most popular mobile devices.
Tip: Use an analytics tool to track mobile usage of your website.

Mobile Compatibility

Perfect, no embedded objects detected.

Embedded Objects such as Flash, Silverlight or Java. It should only be used for specific enhancements.
But avoid using Embedded Objects, so your content can be accessed on all devices.

PageSpeed Insights (Mobile)

Technologies

Server IP

Server IP	Server Location	Service Provider
104.20.25.75	Not Available	Not Available

Your server's IP address has little impact on your SEO. Nevertheless, try to host your website on a server which is geographically close to your visitors.
Search engines take the geolocation of a server into account as well as the server speed.

Speed Tips

Tips for authoring fast-loading HTML pages:

Perfect, your website has few CSS files.

False

Too bad, your website has too many JavaScript files.

True

Perfect, your website doesn't use nested tables.

False

Too bad, your website is using inline styles.

Website speed has a huge impact on performance, affecting user experience, conversion rates and even rankings.
???By reducing page load-times, users are less likely to get distracted and the search engines are more likely to reward you by ranking your pages higher in the SERPs.
Conversion rates are far higher for websites that load faster than their slower competitors.

Analytics

Perfect, We detect an analytics tool installed on this website.

Web analytics let you measure visitor activity on your website.
You should have at least one analytics tool installed, but It can also be good to install a second in order to cross-check the data.

W3C Validity

W3C not validated

W3Cis a consortium that sets web standards.
Using valid markup that contains no errors is important because syntax errors can make your page difficult for search engines to index. Run the W3C validation service whenever changes are made to your website's code.

Doc Type

Your Web Page doctype is HTML 5

The Doctype is used to instruct web browsers about the document type being used.
For example, what version of HTML the page is written in.
Declaring a doctype helps web browsers to render content correctly.

Encoding

Great, language/character encoding is specified: UTF-8

Specifying language/character encoding can prevent problems with the rendering of special characters.

Link Analysis

In-Page Links

We found a total of 92 links including both internal & external links of your site

Anchor	Type	Follow
https://leadstories.com/	Internal Links	Dofollow
US	Internal Links	Dofollow
UK	Internal Links	Dofollow
Europe & EU	Internal Links	Dofollow
Blue Feed	Internal Links	Dofollow
Red Feed	Internal Links	Dofollow
Deep fakes	Internal Links	Dofollow
Breaking News	Internal Links	Dofollow
Not His Body Fact Check: The Mother Of Christopher Todd Erick Did NOT Find Her Deceased Son In An Exhibit Of Plastinated Real Bodies In Las Vegas -- That Exhibit Predates His Death Fact Check Nov 17, 2025 by: Sarah Thompson	Internal Links	Dofollow
Not A Horse Fact Check: 'Bubba' Reference In Mark Epstein Email To Brother Jeffrey Epstein Was Not About Trump And A Horse -- Spokesperson Confirmed Fact Check Nov 16, 2025 by: Alan Duke	Internal Links	Dofollow
Fake Headline Fact Check: Fake AP Screenshot About Ghislaine Maxwell's Golden Retriever And Horse Bubba -- No Such Article Fact Check Nov 17, 2025 by: Maarten Schenk	Internal Links	Dofollow
Fact Check: Gubernatorial Opponent Amy Acton Did NOT Spread A Fake Video Of Vivek Ramaswamy Advocating Year-Round School -- He Did Say It Fact Check Did Ohio Democrat Amy Acton spread a fake video of Republican gubernatorial candidate Vivek Ramaswamy advocating year-round school, as social media posts claim? No, that's not true: Four days into the controversy over year-round school, the Ramaswamy campaign had not publicly stated the video was fake and declined to answer questions from Lead Stories. The Columbus Dispatch quoted an un-named… Nov 28, 2025 by: Dean Miller Real Soundbyte	Internal Links	Dofollow
Fact Check: Final Verdict Has NOT Been Reached -- No Trial Date Yet For Decarlos Brown In Iryna Zarutska Stabbing Case Fact Check Does a video show the final verdict being handed down in the trial of Decarlos Brown for the killing of Iryna Zarutska, who was fatally stabbed while riding a train in Charlotte, North Carolina? No, that's not true: This video montage was originally posted on Instagram with a caption suggesting that it was a hypothetical outcome, "This an idea of… Nov 26, 2025 by: Sarah Thompson No Trial Yet	Internal Links	Dofollow
Fact Check: Disney World Did NOT Announce It Is Closing Permanently In 2025 -- Claim Originated From Satire Website Fact Check Did Disney World announce it is closing permanently at the end of 2025? No, that's not true: The rumor originated from a satire website. As of this writing, no credible news outlet has reported that Disney World is scheduled to shut down for good. The claim appeared in a reel (archived here) published on Facebook on November 21, 2025. The… Nov 26, 2025 by: Uliana Malashenko Satire Label	Internal Links	Dofollow
Fact Check: Iwona B. Horyn IS The Real Name Of The Acting Chief Security Officer At DHS -- Not A Joke Fact Check Is Iwona B. Horyn the real name of the acting chief security officer at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security? Yes, that's true: Some social media users have questioned if this was a joke, but Horyn's name is listed on several pages of the DHS official website. There is a LinkedIn profile with the same information and photograph used in… Nov 26, 2025 by: Alan Duke Real Name	Internal Links	Dofollow
Fact Check: Elon Musk Did NOT Acquire Donald Trump's Truth Social For $10 Billion Fact Check Did Elon Musk acquire Donald Trump's Truth Social for $10 billion in November 2025? No, that's not true: A message purporting to be from Donald Trump's Truth Social account was fake. The person who posted a fake screenshot of the fake message wrote that they did so to entertain themselves. There are no news reports of Musk buying Truth Social… Nov 26, 2025 by: Alexis Tereszcuk Made-Up Story	Internal Links	Dofollow
Fact Check: FAKE Video Shows Israeli Soldiers Burning an American Flag Fact Check Does a viral video of Israeli soldiers setting an American flag on fire show a real-life event? No, that's not true: The clip was likely created using AI, probably Sora, whose watermark appeared to have been covered by an emoji of a skull. The flag ends up undamaged despite being set alight, the type of glitch that is characteristic of… Nov 25, 2025 by: Uliana Malashenko AI Generated	Internal Links	Dofollow
Fact Check: FedEx Driver Did NOT Comfort Boy In Spiderman Pajamas -- Fictional Clickbait Fact Check Did a FedEx delivery driver comfort an eight-year-old boy wearing Spiderman pajamas while they waited for police to arrive because the boy's parents were involved in a domestic disturbance? No, that's not true: The video was likely AI-generated. It was posted by a page which publishes similarly fictional engagement bait tales. The video was published as a reel (archived here)… Nov 25, 2025 by: Sarah Thompson AI Generated	Internal Links	Dofollow
Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show A Real Story About A Man Helping A Mother Wolf Shot With An Arrow -- AI Generated Fact Check Does a video show the real story of a man who helped a mother wolf get veterinary help after she was shot with an arrow, and who cared for her wolf puppies while she recovered? No, that's not true: This video is AI-generated. It originated from a TikTok channel which has published over ten different AI-generated videos featuring a man… Nov 24, 2025 by: Sarah Thompson AI Generated	Internal Links	Dofollow
Fact Check: Netflix Did Not Announce Upcoming Documentary About Pete Buttigieg Fact Check Did Netflix announce it is releasing a documentary about the life of former U.S. Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg titled "Pete: A Spectacular Life"? No, that's not true: Neither the company nor media organizations said anything about that. The website that spread the claim appeared to be connected to an overseas network that capitalizes on people's engagement provoked by fake… Nov 24, 2025 by: Uliana Malashenko Spam Site	Internal Links	Dofollow
Fact Check: Pete Buttigieg Did NOT Stand At A 'Town Hall' Podium With Biden And Announce 'I'm Running For President' -- AI-Generated Post Is Part Of Vietnam-Based Scam System Fact Check Did Pete Buttigieg stand at the podium at a public town hall meeting with Joe Biden joining by live feed, and announce he's running for President in 2028? No, that's not true: At the time the rumor was posted, no news outlets had carried the story of such an announcement by the former Secretary of Transportation. There were no news… Nov 24, 2025 by: Dean Miller AI & Scam	Internal Links	Dofollow
Fact Check: German Lost Wallet Return System Is NOT Real -- It's AI-Generated Techno-Utopian Clickbait Fact Check Did Germany introduce an automated system which will return lost items to the owner and protect their privacy at the same time? No, that's not true: The picture on social media features an AI generated image of several automated kiosks installed on a public sidewalk. The post originated from a page that is mass producing stories of urban infrastructure innovations… Nov 24, 2025 by: Sarah Thompson AI Generated	Internal Links	Dofollow
Fact Check: Viral Stories About AOC And Barron Trump Are NOT Real -- NO Confrontation, NO Video Fact Check Do viral posts about a confrontation between AOC and Donald Trump's son Barron, with the involvement of Louisiana Senator John Neely Kennedy, describe a real-life event? No, that's not true: Contrary to the claim, there is no video recording of an exchange that allegedly happened on the Senate floor. The posts appear to be part of foreign-operated networks that share… Nov 24, 2025 by: Uliana Malashenko Made-Up Story	Internal Links	Dofollow
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Fact Check: Louisiana Senator John Kennedy's Son Preston Has NOT Been Diagnosed With Pancreatic Cancer -- It's Spam From Vietnam Fact Check Has Preston Kennedy, the 43-year-old son of Senator John Nealy Kennedy of Louisiana, been diagnosed with stage 4 pancreatic cancer? No, that's not true: Sen. Kennedy's son is 29, not 43. He was born six years after his parents' 1990 marriage. There are no reports of a cancer diagnosis on Kennedy's social media timelines or in the news media. The… Nov 23, 2025 by: Alan Duke Viet Spam	Internal Links	Dofollow
Fact Check: Parody Post Said Laura Loomer Pregnant With Ian Miles Cheong's Baby -- NO Actual News Reports Fact Check Did reports about conservative influencer Laura Loomer being pregnant with the child of Malaysian influencer Ian Miles Cheong originate on actual news websites? No, that's not true: The rumor appeared on an X account clearly marked as "Parody". There were no actual news reports about such a pregnancy. The "reports" were mentioned in a post on X (archived here) published… Nov 23, 2025 by: Maarten Schenk Parody Account	Internal Links	Dofollow
Fact Check: Barron Trump Did NOT Announce 2028 Senate Run And He's Too Young To Serve In Senate -- More Viet Spam Fact Check Did Barron Trump announce a 2028 run for U.S. Senate at an event that "broke Washington in half"? No, that's not true: Barron Trump would still be too young to qualify for service in the U.S. Senate in 2028. A viral Facebook post contained verifiably false details about a viral hashtag and there being actual news reports about such an… Nov 22, 2025 by: Maarten Schenk Not Old Enough	Internal Links	Dofollow
Fact Check: A Marcus Holloway Did NOT Serve Twenty Years For Murdering A Wife Who Had Been Held Captive By A Neighbor -- Fake Story To Bait Web Traffic Fact Check Did a Marcus Holloway serve twenty years in prison for a murder he didn't commit when his wife Sarah was finally discovered alive after being held captive by a Chicago neighbor all those years? No, that's not true: There is no record of a real crime in Chicago matching these details. The fake story appeared across social media published by… Nov 21, 2025 by: Sarah Thompson AI Generated	Internal Links	Dofollow
Fact Check: A Retired Sergeant In Texas Did NOT Say Muslims Set Up A Command Center With Weapons, Armored Vehicles And A Training Facility -- His Speech Was Misrepresented By Post Fact Check Did a "retired sergeant" in Texas say that Muslims have set up a command center with weapons, armored vehicles and a training facility - on top of Muslim-only communities and Sharia courts? No, that's not true: A social media post has misrepresented what a retired training sergeant for the Plano, Texas, police department said during a Collin County Commissioner's Court… Nov 21, 2025 by: Sarah Thompson Misrepresented	Internal Links	Dofollow
Fact Check: NO $3 Million Suit By Family Of Man Who Died Trying To Steal EV Charger Wires -- Fake Case, Fake Video Fact Check Does a viral video include real courthouse footage covering a $3 million lawsuit brought by the family of a man who died from electrocution while trying to steal "electric copper wire" from a vehicle charging station? No, that's not true: The shot purporting to show "Darius Johnson's" family was real, but was taken from the coverage of an unrelated case.… Nov 21, 2025 by: Uliana Malashenko Manufactured	Internal Links	Dofollow
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