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Fact Check: Leak of Anthropic's "Claude Code" Source Code Was NOT An April Fools' Prank | Lead Stories
2+ hour, 1+ min ago (159+ words) The screenshot appeared in a post (archived here) published on X by @sachinyadav699 on April 2, 2026. The post has a lengthy caption. It begins: The incomplete image in the X post (pictured below) is cut abruptly in the middle of a sentence:…...
Fact Check: TIME Magazine Did NOT Publish 'Hey Donald, From NATO' Cover With World Leaders Showing Middle Fingers To Trump | Lead Stories
2+ hour, 56+ min ago (265+ words) Does a viral image of world leaders showing their middle fingers as an act of apparent disagreement with U.S. President Donald Trump show a real 2026 TIME Magazine cover? No, that's not true: The magazine's website did not contain such a cover....
Fact Check: Photo Does NOT Show Bald Eagle Landing On Artemis II At Launch Pad Just Before Liftoff | Lead Stories
2+ hour, 56+ min ago (127+ words) The claim appeared in a post article (archived here) by the christine_evans_10 account on Threads on April 2, 2026. It read: A Bald Eagle landed on top of the Artemis II rocket on the launch pad just before Liftoff that was not far…...
Fact Check: Fake "Mean Gene" Okerlund Interview With "Real" Guys Who Look Just Like Beavis And Butt-Head Is AI-Generated | Lead Stories
23+ hour, 29+ min ago (208+ words) The AI-generated video was shared in a post (archived here) published on X on March 31, 2026 by @Gunblaze1969. It is captioned: These guys are real This is how the video appeared on X: (Image source: post from @Gunblaze1969 on X.) Gene Okerlund, a journalist who…...
Fact Check: REAL Video Shows LGBTQ+ Flag During Florida Panthers Game At Amerant Bank Arena | Lead Stories
1+ day, 13+ hour ago (199+ words) Does a video widely shared on April Fool's Day show a real LGBTQ+ flag waving at an entrance to Amerant Bank Arena, a home stadium for the Florida Panthers? Yes, that's true: The video appeared on the hockey team's account…...
Fact Check: FAKE AI Video Does NOT Show Real Two-Year-Old Running To Soldier Dad | Lead Stories
23+ hour, 9+ min ago (178+ words) Is a video of a two-year-old running to their soldier dad authentic? No, that's not true: A detection tool flagged the video with a 99.7% probability of being AI-generated. Lead Stories did not find any version of the video that included…...
Fact Check: FAKE Photo Shows Trump's Face Being Carved Onto Mount Rushmore | Lead Stories
1+ day, 2+ hour ago (236+ words) Is Donald Trump being added to the sculptures of the four presidents at Mount Rushmore National Memorial in South Dakota as of April 1, 2026? No, that's not true: That was an April Fool's Day joke. The article that started the rumor…...
Fact Check: Tearful Goodbye Of Husband Deploying To Iran Is AI-Generated Engagement Bait | Lead Stories
1+ day, 4+ hour ago (157+ words) The fake image appeared in a post (archived here) published by the Facebook page God Is Our Fortress on March 30, 2026. The lengthy caption begins: Text captioning on the image reads: (Image source: post from God Is Our Fortress on Facebook.)…...
Running List Of 2026 April Fool's Day Jokes
1+ day, 13+ hour ago (455+ words) Running List Of 2026 April Fool's Day Jokes'Lead Stories Ryanair Goes Corporate Comms Ryanair was quick out of the gate (get it?) with a post that claimed that from now on they would be adopting a more "corporate and professional approach…...
Fact Check: FAKE Quote About 'Support For Peaceful Demonstrators Via National Defense Fund' Attributed To Various Celebrities -- Foreign Clickbait Story | Lead Stories
2+ day, 23+ hour ago (214+ words) The claim appeared in a March 29, 2026, post on Facebook account @ArtistUniverse (archived here). It opened: (Image source: post by @ArtistUniverse on Facebook.) There is no evidence that global Latin superstar Bad Bunny ever said that he was supporting the ongoing…...