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showing towering snow walls and people sliding between high‑rise blocks in are largely AI‑generated or significantly exaggerated, according to multiple fact‑checking outlets and forensic analysts . At...
Multiple, independently sourced of the shooting—synchronizing bystander clips, an agent’s phone video, and street-level footage—reveal a complex sequence: Good’s SUV reverses then veers to the right a...
Synchronized, frame‑by‑frame analysis of multiple bystander videos showed a consistent visual timeline of the moments leading up to and immediately after the ’s shots: the SUV was stopped or moving sl...
Verified multi-angle eyewitness videos and media analyses show falling to the ground next to a federal agent holding a handgun at the time he was shot, and those authentic frames have been repeatedly ...
Two prominent newsrooms with dedicated verification teams— and ’ Visual Investigations unit—have publicly analyzed and “fact‑checked” key claims about the , relying primarily on synchronised eyewitnes...
Fact-checkers traced the viral claim that had been fired to a single fabricated story published on the website , and then dismantled that narrative by showing the article contained invented sources, u...
Multiple reputable and mainstream outlets traced the viral claim that had been fired for misconduct to a fabricated story on a spam site and concluded it was false; they found no evidence Pretti worke...
Mainstream outlets identified as an ICU nurse at the and reported he had been licensed and working in VA critical care since around 2021; those conclusions rest on a mix of VA coworkers’ statements, u...
CNN’s publicly described fact-checking operation emphasizes systematic verification, cross-referencing, and clear labeling of analysis and opinion, and independent assessments show it often rates fewe...
Frame-by-frame video analyses from multiple outlets and independent investigators converge on a core finding: does not show brandishing or firing a weapon before he was shot, and the first gunfire app...
Fact‑checkers concluded the circulating protest video was through a mix of automated detection tools, visual forensic cues, and open‑source verification practices — not a single silver‑bullet test — a...
Multiple independent fact‑checking teams combed public court and criminal‑history databases, searched records in states where Renee Nicole Good lived, looked for filings under several surnames she rep...
Media framing and the release—or suppression—of video evidence shape public opinion not just by supplying facts but by channeling interpretation, reinforcing preexisting beliefs, and mobilizing behavi...
Fact‑checking organizations track Donald Trump’s claims by collecting, cataloguing and rating individual statements, using databases, repeated monitoring of speeches/interviews, and contextual researc...
Multiple independent verifications conclude that the widely circulated footage of the 2025 "No Kings" protest in Boston was authentic and filmed on October 18, 2025, while separate AI-generated videos...
Available reporting documents that encrypted group chats and rapid-response networks were used by activists to coordinate protests in on the day was shot, and that messages about the incident circulat...
Multiple reputable news outlets and reporting on the January 2026 killing of find no credible evidence that he was fired from his job as an ICU nurse at the ; the claim traces to a fabricated story on...
to and the have produced measurable operational changes—fewer weather‑balloon launches, office vacancies (including coordination roles), and pauses or delays to next‑generation forecasting programs—th...
A false social-media rumor in September 2024 claimed in Springfield, Ohio, were stealing and eating neighbors’ pets; local officials and multiple independent fact-checkers found no credible evidence t...
Multiple independent fact‑checking organizations — including PolitiFact, Snopes, AFP Fact Check, FactCheck.org and BBC Reality Check — examined viral claims about police deaths and other fatalities ti...