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  • Fact Check: Video Of White Cherry Blossom Epoxy Floor Is NOT Real -- Designer Says It's AI-Made

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    Is a video of workers installing "incredible white cherry blossom epoxy flooring" in a home real? No, that's not true: The 12-second time-lapse clip showing five workers pouring liquid epoxy over a real tree branch to create a transparent floor is a "solely digital" representation of "creativity and innovation, not physical products," according to the website linked to the video.…

    • Dec 5, 2025
    • by: Alan Duke
    Fact Check: Video Of White Cherry Blossom Epoxy Floor Is NOT Real -- Designer Says It's AI-Made Solely Digital
  • Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show UFOs Or Bunkers Being Hauled By Trucks -- They're Industrial Air-Cooled Heat Exchangers

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    Does a video show two big trucks hauling UFOs or bunkers over a bridge? No, that's not true: The convoy is carrying large industrial air-cooled heat exchangers, also called cooling fans. These induced draft heat exchangers are marked with a Fin-Fan logo, indicating they were manufactured by Hudson Products Corporation of Beasley, Texas. Fans like these may be used in…

    • Dec 5, 2025
    • by: Sarah Thompson
    Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show UFOs Or Bunkers Being Hauled By Trucks -- They're Industrial Air-Cooled Heat Exchangers Cooling Fans
  • Fact Check: Video Of Anti-ICE Protester Sentenced To Six Months In Jail And $10,000 Fine For Throwing Trash Can At Officer Is NOT Real

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    Is a viral video of a purple-haired woman being sentenced to six months in jail and a $10,000 fine for attacking a law enforcement officer with a metal trash can during an anti-ICE protest real? No, that's not true: The original version of the video on TikTok included a disclaimer saying that the clip was AI-generated media. No media organizations…

    • Dec 5, 2025
    • by: Uliana Malashenko
    Fact Check: Video Of Anti-ICE Protester Sentenced To Six Months In Jail And $10,000 Fine For Throwing Trash Can At Officer Is NOT Real AI Generated
  • From Macedonia With Facts: A Fact Checker Goes To Skopje -- The Kumanovo Connection Revisited

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    When I received an invitation last month to come to Macedonia to talk with the fact checkers and journalists at the Metamorphosis Foundation about Lead Stories' experience with our automatically generated short-form fact checking videos, I didn't hesitate for a moment. Ever since 2019 when I wrote about a network of Macedonian fake news websites operating out of the town…

    • Dec 5, 2025
    • by: Maarten Schenk
    From Macedonia With Facts: A Fact Checker Goes To Skopje -- The Kumanovo Connection Revisited
  • Fact Check: Irish Christian Teacher Enoch Burke Was NOT 'Sentenced To Life In Prison For Transphobia'

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    Was "Irish Christian teacher Enoch Burke" sentenced to life in prison for transphobia and "refusing to use a transgender student's pronouns"? No, that's not true: The sentencing judge explicitly stated that the decision is about the repeated contempt of court for repeatedly ignoring an order to not trespas on school property. The same judge said that Burke "does not have…

    • Dec 4, 2025
    • by: Uliana Malashenko
    Fact Check: Irish Christian Teacher Enoch Burke Was NOT 'Sentenced To Life In Prison For Transphobia' Other Charges
  • Fact Check: Alleged D.C. Pipe Bomber Brian Cole Jr. Did NOT Sue Trump's DHS Over Illegal Immigration

    Fact Check

    Did the man charged with planting pipe bombs found near the Republican and Democratic headquarters in Washington, D.C., on January 6, 2021, sue the Trump administration's Department of Homeland Security over illegal immigration? No, that's not true: Legal disputes referenced in a Daily Wire article making that claim confused suspect Brian Cole Jr. with his father Brian Cole Sr. It…

    • Dec 4, 2025
    • by: Alan Duke
    Fact Check: Alleged D.C. Pipe Bomber Brian Cole Jr. Did NOT Sue Trump's DHS Over Illegal Immigration Not Immigration
  • Fact Check: BlueHarvester Is NOT A Real Norwegian Vessel Which Autonomously Collects Plastic From The Ocean And Converts It To Fuel -- AI-Generated Images

    Fact Check

    Did Norway launch an autonomous ship, the BlueHarvester, which can clean plastic from the ocean and then turn that plastic into fuel it uses to power itself? No, that's not true: Images of the BlueHarvester are AI-generated. A search of the Norwegian Maritime Authority database for BlueHarvester finds there is no record of a vessel by this name. The description…

    • Dec 4, 2025
    • by: Sarah Thompson
    Fact Check: BlueHarvester Is NOT A Real Norwegian Vessel Which Autonomously Collects Plastic From The Ocean And Converts It To Fuel -- AI-Generated Images AI Generated
  • Fact Check: The SEC Is Not Investigating 10 Democrats, Including Joe Biden, For Securities Fraud, Insider Trading -- It's Satire

    Fact Check

    Is the Securities and Exchange Commission investigating 10 Democrats, including former President Joe Biden, for fraud and insider trading? No, that's not true: There is no evidence the SEC is investigating any of the 10 people whose images are included in the post. The claim originated from a satirical Facebook page that carried a satire disclaimer. The owner of the…

    • Dec 4, 2025
    • by: Alan Duke
    Fact Check: The SEC Is Not Investigating 10 Democrats, Including Joe Biden, For Securities Fraud, Insider Trading -- It's Satire Satire Post
  • Fact Check: January 6 Pipebomb Suspect Is BRIAN Cole, NOT BRYAN Cole

    Fact Check

    Did the FBI name Bryan Cole of Fairfax, Virginia, as the suspect in the January 6 pipebomb case in Washington, D.C.? No, that's not true: The suspect named by the FBI on December 4, 2025, is Brian J. Cole, age 30, of Woodbridge, Virginia, who is identified as Black in court records in several Virginia traffic cases. An X post…

    • Dec 4, 2025
    • by: Alan Duke
    Fact Check: January 6 Pipebomb Suspect Is BRIAN Cole, NOT BRYAN Cole Not That Cole
  • Fact Check: Iraqi Woman Who Bragged About Using Sweden's Benefits 'To The Max' Says She Was Being Sarcastic In Video

    Fact Check

    Is a video of an Iraqi woman saying in Swedish that she used the Swedish welfare system "to the max" real? Yes, it is: Tara Sabah Mohammed Saleh said she was being sarcastic during a TikTok Live stream in reaction to racist social media comments that told her "to go home." A Swedish news report called her a pro-Palestinian activist…

    • Dec 3, 2025
    • by: Uliana Malashenko
    Fact Check: Iraqi Woman Who Bragged About Using Sweden's Benefits 'To The Max' Says She Was Being Sarcastic In Video Out Of Context
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