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February 8, 2026 at 4:12 PM
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Fact Check: AI Image Of Bad Bunny Burning Flag Preparing For Super Bowl Halftime Show Is NOT Real -- From Satire Account
#CheckTok #FactCheck #BadBunny #SuperBowl #AIgenerated #Satire
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February 8, 2026 at 3:06 PM
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Fact Check: AI Image Of Bad Bunny Burning Flag Preparing For Super Bowl Halftime Show Is NOT Real -- From Satire Account
Fact Check: AI Image Of Bad Bunny Burning Flag Preparing For Super Bowl Halftime Show Is NOT Real -- From Satire Account
Is a viral image showing Bad Bunny burning a flag while preparing for the Super Bowl halftime show real? No, that's not true: The image, featuring the singer wearing a white, blue and pink striped dress and lighting an American...
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February 8, 2026 at 2:55 PM
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Hard to keep up...

Yes, a Kid Rock show got canceled.

No, not that one.
February 8, 2026 at 11:11 AM
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Fact Check: TPUSA Kid Rock Half Time Show NOT Canceled -- Confusion With Different Show Cancelation
#CheckTok #FactCheck #TPUSA #KidRock #SuperBowl #AllAmericanHalftimeShow
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February 8, 2026 at 11:56 AM
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Fact Check: Photo Does NOT Show Minneapolis 'ICE Fishing' Prank Using Mexican Flag To Waste ICE Agents' Time -- Image From LA Protest
#CheckTok #FactCheck #Minneapolis #ICEFishing #MarkAbramson #TheNewYorkTimes
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February 8, 2026 at 11:54 AM
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Fact Check: Fake Trump Truth Social Post Mentioning Jane Goodall And "Make Apes Great Again" -- Image From Humor Account
#CheckTok #FactCheck #DonaldTrump #JaneGoodall #TruthSocial #BarackObama
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February 8, 2026 at 11:51 AM
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Fact Check: TPUSA Kid Rock Half Time Show NOT Canceled -- Confusion With Different Show Cancelation
Was Turning Point USA's alternative Super Bowl halftime show with Kid Rock canceled after too many artists dropped out, as viral online rumors say? No, that's not true: There have been no announcements about a cancelation of TPUSA's "All American...
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February 8, 2026 at 11:47 AM
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Fact Check: TPUSA Kid Rock Half Time Show NOT Canceled -- Confusion With Different Show Cancelation
Fact Check: TPUSA Kid Rock Half Time Show NOT Canceled -- Confusion With Different Show Cancelation
Was Turning Point USA's alternative Super Bowl halftime show with Kid Rock canceled after too many artists dropped out, as viral online rumors say? No, that's not true: There have been no announcements about a cancelation of TPUSA's "All American...
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February 8, 2026 at 10:50 AM
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Fact Check: Photo Does NOT Show Minneapolis 'ICE Fishing' Prank Using Mexican Flag To Waste ICE Agents' Time -- Image From LA Protest
Fact Check: Photo Does NOT Show Minneapolis 'ICE Fishing' Prank Using Mexican Flag To Waste ICE Agents' Time -- Image From LA Protest
Does a photo show a white American flying a Mexican flag while driving a truck through Minneapolis as a way to make ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement) agents waste their time? No, that's not true: The photo shown in the...
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February 8, 2026 at 5:55 AM
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Fact Check: Fake Trump Truth Social Post Mentioning Jane Goodall And "Make Apes Great Again" -- Image From Humor Account
Fact Check: Fake Trump Truth Social Post Mentioning Jane Goodall And "Make Apes Great Again" -- Image From Humor Account
Does a viral image show a real post by President Trump in which he speaks about Jane Goodall, her family and various apes? No, that's not true: The fake image appeared after there was controversy over a post Trump did...
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February 7, 2026 at 4:55 PM
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Fact Check: AI Image Of Zuckerberg, Hoffman, Epstein Eating Sushi Is NOT Real -- Published By Parody Account
#CheckTok #FactCheck #MarkZuckerberg #ReidHoffman #JeffreyEpstein #AIImage
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February 7, 2026 at 10:03 AM
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The Daily NOT - A show about what didn't happen today. Episode 644. #TheDailyNOT

"No grounded flights, a fake photo and and Trump posting an Obama video: your overview for the day!"
February 7, 2026 at 10:02 AM
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Fact Check: The White House Did NOT Post Alert That All Flights Are Grounded And National Guard Alerted -- Hoax Is Repeated Near-Daily
#CheckTok #FactCheck #WhiteHouse #FAA #QAnon #NationalGuard
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February 7, 2026 at 9:53 AM
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Fact Check: Donald Trump DID Post A Video Including A Clip Portraying The Obamas As Apes
#CheckTok #FactCheck #DonaldTrump #BarackObama #MichelleObama #TruthSocial
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February 7, 2026 at 9:50 AM
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Fact Check: FAKE Photo Shows Chuck Schumer Smiling AND Dining With Jeffrey Epstein
#CheckTok #ChuckSchumer #JeffreyEpstein #AIFactCheck #GoogleAI
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February 7, 2026 at 9:49 AM
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Fact Check: AI Image Of Zuckerberg, Hoffman, Epstein Eating Sushi Is NOT Real -- Published By Parody Account
Fact Check: AI Image Of Zuckerberg, Hoffman, Epstein Eating Sushi Is NOT Real -- Published By Parody Account
Is a viral image showing Mark Zuckerberg, Reid Hoffman and Jeffrey Epstein eating sushi together a real photograph? No, that's not true: The image originated on an X account that says it posts "high quality AI videos and memes" to...
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February 7, 2026 at 9:45 AM
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Fact Check: The White House Did NOT Post Alert That All Flights Are Grounded And National Guard Alerted -- Hoax Is Repeated Near-Daily
Fact Check: The White House Did NOT Post Alert That All Flights Are Grounded And National Guard Alerted -- Hoax Is Repeated Near-Daily
Did the White House post an alert that all flights were grounded, airspace was restricted and the National Guard had been activated on Feb. 6, 2026? No, that's not true: Nothing on the White House website, the FAA alert history...
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February 7, 2026 at 1:05 AM
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Fact Check: FAKE Photo Shows Chuck Schumer Smiling AND Dining With Jeffrey Epstein
Fact Check: FAKE Photo Shows Chuck Schumer Smiling AND Dining With Jeffrey Epstein
Is a photo that shows Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer smiling and dining with Jeffrey Epstein legitimate? No, that's not true: The image was created by an artificial intelligence tool, according to several AI-generated content detectors. Google's Gemini detected a...
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February 6, 2026 at 11:55 PM
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Fact Check: Donald Trump DID Post A Video Including A Clip Portraying The Obamas As Apes
Fact Check: Donald Trump DID Post A Video Including A Clip Portraying The Obamas As Apes
Did Donald Trump really post a video on Truth Social featuring the faces of Michelle and Barack Obama superimposed on the bodies of apes? Yes, that is true: Shortly before midnight on Feb. 5, 2026 Donald Trump posted a 1-minute,...
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February 6, 2026 at 8:10 PM
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The Daily NOT - A show about what didn't happen today. Episode 643. #TheDailyNOT

"A Melania fakery, an Armenian bakery. A bogus news report, an artificial teacher retort. A misspoken condemnation: let us bring you information!"

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February 6, 2026 at 12:11 PM
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Fact Check: Ted Cruz DID Say 'Let's Stop Attacking Pedophiles', But His Representative Told Reporters The Senator Misspoke
#CheckTok #TedCruz #CongressionalHearing #FactCheck #VerbalSlip
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Fact Check: Ted Cruz DID Say 'Let's Stop Attacking Pedophiles', But His Representative Told Reporters The Senator Misspoke | Lead Stories
Did U.S. Senator Ted Cruz say, "Let's stop attacking pedophiles" at a congressional hearing? Yes, he did, but his spokesperson...
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February 6, 2026 at 12:09 PM
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Fact Check: Police Did NOT Find Body Of Elderly Woman In Pima County With Clothing Matching Savannah Guthrie's Mom -- Sheriff Says Not True
#CheckTok #SavannahGuthrie #NancyGuthrie #PimaCounty #FactCheck
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Fact Check: Police Did NOT Find Body Of Elderly Woman In Pima County With Clothing Matching Savannah Guthrie's Mom -- Sheriff Says Not True | Lead Stories
Did police discover the body of an elderly woman in a Pima County suburb with clothing found at the scene...
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February 6, 2026 at 12:08 PM
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Fact Check: Armenian Business In Dr. Oz Video About Hospice Fraud Is A Bakery, NOT Scene Of Hospice Or Home Care Prosecutions
#CheckTok #FactCheck #DrOz #LosAngeles #HospiceFraud #ArmenianBakery
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February 6, 2026 at 11:59 AM
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Fact Check: Fake Image Of Melania Trump And Ghislaine Maxwell Posing With Young Women With Faces Redacted Originated As A YouTube Thumbnail With No Sourcing
#CheckTok #MelaniaTrump #GhislaineMaxwell #EpsteinFiles #FactCheck
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February 6, 2026 at 11:57 AM