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Texas floods: Myriad of misleading claims besiege Tom Brady in aftermath

Written by: Jordan Liles

July 16, 2025

In the aftermath of the deadly July 2025 floods, users shared AI-generated images to promote mis ...

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Disproving claim Rachel Maddow 'shattered' Stephen Miller's reputation during TV interview

Written by: Laerke Christensen

July 16, 2025

According to social media posts, "Washington" scrambled to do damage control over the alleged li ...

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Texas sheriff didn't promise to help Mexican rescuers get green cards

Written by: Aleksandra Wrona

July 15, 2025

Videos posted online claimed Kerr County Sheriff Larry Leitha said he would take the action beca ...

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A white man wearing a pink shirt that looks wet has a hand over his face as he lies on a stretcher. A person looks down at him.

Debunking claim Paul Rudd suffered burn injury while recording podcast

Written by: Jordan Liles

July 15, 2025

A video recorded on a New York City street showed paramedics loading the actor, writhing in pain ...

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Queen Camilla's grandson stripped of royal title for bullying Prince George?

Written by: Jordan Liles

July 15, 2025

Online users claimed the U.K.'s Prince William stripped Queen Camilla's grandson of his royal ti ...

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A fake Fox News chyron under Tom Homan, a balding white man in a suit, that says: "GIVE ME ONE GOOD REASON KIDS AND SENIORS CAN'T PICK LETTUCE INSTEAD."

Trump border czar didn't say 'Give me one good reason kids and seniors can't pick lettuce'

Written by: Rae Deng

July 15, 2025

The satirical Fox News chyron presumably referenced immigration raids at farms under U.S. Presid ...

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Did Bills' Josh Allen pay student loan debt for entire University of Wyoming graduating class of 2018?

Written by: Jack Izzo

July 14, 2025

The claim was only reported on social media and from untrustworthy news sites.

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A purported Vanity Fair headline that said: Drag Race star Nicole Paige Brooks officially cast as Britney Spears in the upcoming biopic, "The Woman In Me" with a side-by-side of Brooks and Spears.

'RuPaul's Drag Race' star Nicole Paige Brooks cast to play Britney Spears in upcoming biopic?

Written by: Rae Deng

July 14, 2025

Oops, online pranksters did it again: Nicole Paige Brooks from Atlanta, Georgia, is not starring ...

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Beware of rumor Vance was last person to see Epstein alive

Written by: Joey Esposito

July 14, 2025

The claim originated with The Borowitz Report, a popular political satire newsletter published s ...

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Toddler girl lost in Texas floods rescued by 'guardian angel' dog?

Written by: Jordan Liles

July 14, 2025

The story said the girl "vanished just hours before historic floods slammed into Texas, but when ...

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Led Zeppelin singer Robert Plant visited Texas to build shelters for flood victims?

Written by: Cindy Shan

July 14, 2025

Claims about the rock legend’s involvement in flood relief efforts circulated widely on social m ...

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A Black man wearing a gray suit and hat is pictured next to a white man wearing a blue suit. A yellow line divides them.

Don't fall for claim Liberian president wrote letter offering to teach Trump English

Written by: Anna Rascouët-Paz

July 14, 2025

Andy Borowitz, who made a career of writing satire, has struck again.

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Real photo of Pope John Paul II playing baseball?

Written by: Nur Ibrahim

July 12, 2025

Or an impersonator? Or an AI-generated fake?

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Breaking down claim image shows Kristi Noem's ancestor as Auschwitz guard

Written by: Taija PerryCook

July 12, 2025

An X user intended to draw a parallel between the infamous concentration camp of Nazi Germany an ...

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Did Michelle Obama agree to repay US Treasury $2.3M she received for 'White House expenses'?

Written by: Jordan Liles

July 11, 2025

According to online posts, an auditor allegedly discovered the payments, which occurred just bef ...

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Caitlin Clark offered to pay Texas flood victims' funeral expenses?

Written by: Jordan Liles

July 11, 2025

Users claimed the WNBA star and her team, the Indiana Fever, donated millions of dollars to supp ...

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Doctored photo amplifies trans conspiracy theory targeting Michelle Obama

Written by: Nur Ibrahim

July 11, 2025

The former first lady has been the subject of numerous conspiracy theories about her gender iden ...

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A Black man is pictured wearing a Black T-shirt. Overlaid text reads: "Texas Man Arrested After Rescuing Seniors With His Own Boat During Flood."

Texas man Deshawn Miller arrested for boat rescues during flooding?

Written by: Megan Loe

July 10, 2025

Posts claimed the 42-year-old man rescued at least nine elderly residents trapped in a retiremen ...

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Slew of misleading claims surrounds Rachel Maddow in Texas floods aftermath

Written by: Laerke Christensen

July 10, 2025

Maddow supposedly donated millions of dollars, hired rescue helicopters and offered up her Texas ...

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Did Coco Gauff donate $3M to support Texas flood search efforts?

Written by: Aleksandra Wrona

July 10, 2025

Some social media users claimed Gauff personally visited the disaster zone to provide assistance.

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