The daily check-in

Trending, checked.

Twice a day we pull the posts going viral on TikTok, Instagram, X and Facebook and run them through the record. Each entry is a published verdict — what we found, why, and the sources behind it.

Checks from

November 6, 2026

20 checks · 10 morning · 10 afternoon

Morning run

10 checks

Was Russell Brand convicted of rape with no evidence?

X · Trending story 329.7K posts (US-geo X stories list, 6 Nov ~03:00 UTC); AmiriKing post shown at 458K views, 13K likes; JK Rowling reply-style post 2.7M views pushing back on 'conviction must be wrong' posts

Misleading

The image is a genuine screenshot of a real Hollywood Reporter article: Russell Brand was indeed convicted of one count of rape and three sexual assaults at Southwark Crown Court on 5 November 2026. The account's caption, however, is misleading — it denies the existence of any evidence ('NOTHING') and mocks the complainants, ignoring the testimony and supporting witnesses on which the unanimous verdicts rested.

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Did the US stock market lose $2.8 trillion in a single day — the biggest wipeout in history?

X · 25,065 likes, 1,219 replies (X syndication, 2026-11-06 ~03:00Z); embedded by The Blaze 5 Nov; post-midterm AI-stock selloff widely covered (NBC, Axios, Forbes, Benzinga)

True But

The heatmap is a genuine intraday snapshot of the 5 November 2026 US market rout, and the claim that it produced a record single-day market-cap loss is largely correct: Dow Jones Market Data put the S&P 500 companies' loss at about $2.9 trillion, a record, topping the roughly $2.69 trillion of 16 March 2020, though the $2.8 trillion was an intraday figure and some whole-market estimates are smaller.

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Did Lancaster, Pennsylvania officials just bust a large-scale fraudulent voter registration scheme?

X · 17,244 likes, 1,068 replies (X syndication, 2026-11-06 ~03:00Z); fact-checked by Lead Stories 5 Nov · resurfaced

Misleading

The video is genuine footage of Lancaster County DA Heather Adams' October 25, 2024 press conference, but the post presents it as a brand-new, 'breaking' 2026 voter fraud bust just after the midterms. The 2024 investigation was real; the 2026 framing is false, and the case was already resolved in April 2026.

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Did the Environment Secretary tell an interviewer to "get a life" over a bacon crisps ban?

YouTube · Telegraph 4 Nov, then Mail/Express/Mirror/Independent/HuffPost/GB News 4-5 Nov; Guido Fawkes 'every common item set to be banned' list (4 Nov) and video (5 Nov); 'smoky bacon crisps banned' in GB autocomplete (previous run)

True But

The Environment Secretary, Dame Angela Eagle, did tell a Times Radio interviewer to "get a life" when asked about a possible smoky bacon crisp ban under the UK's EU reset deal — the exchange is quoted verbatim by multiple mainstream outlets. The only overstated element is the headline's 'incoming ban' framing, since the EU rule in question is a proposed labelling restriction with a proposed snacks exemption, not a confirmed ban.

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Did Andy Burnham hand Caribbean countries £40 million for slavery reparations?

X · X trending story page shows Lowe post at 549K views, 38K likes, 4.1K reposts; TalkTV clip 58K views; TheBritLad 75K views (as displayed on trending page 6 Nov). Debate still live 5 Nov: Guardian slavery-apology pieces, Welby 'group punishment' remarks (GB Trends 'justin welby'), Mirror poll piece 5

Misleading

The £40 million figure is real — Andy Burnham's government approved £40m over three years for Caribbean infrastructure and green energy at the November 2026 Commonwealth summit — but the post misleadingly presents it as a slavery reparations payout made in response to Caribbean demands, when Downing Street said it was unrelated to reparations, drew it from existing budgets, and Burnham has ruled out direct reparations.

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Did Trump just walk out to a huge White House crowd and say 'four more years, maybe eight more years'?

X · Primary post 3,759 likes / 87 replies (X syndication, 2026-11-06); identical copy-paste text posted by several accounts through 5 Nov (Misbar lists 4)

Misleading

The video is genuine footage of Trump's 4 June 2025 White House "Summer Soiree" and the "four more years, maybe eight more years" quote is accurate — but the post repackages a 17-month-old clip as "BREAKING" news in November 2026.

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Were German military vehicles parked at the German embassy in Warsaw, near the Sejm?

X · Matecki post 1,831 likes / 327 replies (X syndication, 6 Nov); Jakubiak post 5,317 likes / 476 replies; covered 5 Nov by Konkret24 (st9323475), RMF24, Onet, Wprost, Fakt, Super Express, Dziennik, Niezalezna, TV Republika, wPolityce, Tysol; German ambassador Miguel Berger issued a statement (soldiers

Misleading

The video is genuine self-shot footage of Bundeswehr vehicles on the grounds of the German embassy in Warsaw, a presence the German ambassador publicly confirmed — but the post presents an explained, ceremonial NATO-ally appearance as a sinister, unexplained German military incursion.

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Did a German kindergarten rename its St Martin's parade 'Lichterfest'?

X · X post 406 likes / 64 replies (X syndication, 6 Nov). dpa says the image is 'currently' being shared again and fact-checked it 5 Nov. Also shared by author Rainer Zitelmann on Facebook. Seasonal: St. Martin's Day is 11 Nov · resurfaced

True But

The clip shows a plausible, apparently genuine photo of a kindergarten notice renaming its St Martin's parade 'Lichterfest' so all children feel included — a real, documented practice in German kindergartens — but the notice names no facility, town or date, so this specific case cannot be verified, and the caption's aggressive 'no consideration for anyone' framing is the poster's own far-right commentary rather than anything the notice says.

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Did Trump post on Truth Social that American Crypto, Super Intelligence and Epstein files are cancelled?

X · 11,699 likes, 1,235 replies (X syndication, 2026-11-06 ~03:00Z); Lead Stories check 5 Nov, syndicated on Yahoo

False

The image is a fabricated screenshot of a Trump Truth Social post; no such message exists on his account or in any archive, and multiple fact-checkers have labelled it a forgery. The caption presents it as a genuine sign of things 'getting crazy on Truth Social', which is false.

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Did Trump say "Russia is losing civilians also" when asked about Putin killing Ukrainian civilians?

X · 1,341 likes, 395 replies (X syndication, 2026-11-06 ~03:00Z); embedded in HuffPost live blog

True But

The clip is genuine White House footage and the quoted exchange is accurately reported by the Associated Press and other outlets. Trump's on-camera claim that 'Russia is losing civilians also' is technically tinged but misleading, since documented Russian civilian deaths are a small fraction of the Ukrainian civilian toll and it was Russia that invaded.

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Afternoon run

10 checks

Did Hillary Clinton say Congress could still call Elon Musk to testify even if he is pardoned?

X · Video post: 4,732 likes, 1,033 replies (X syndication, 6 Nov); Twitchy pickup

True

The video is authentic footage of Hillary Clinton at the live Pivot podcast recording, and her remarks — including the call to summon Elon Musk even if pardoned — are accurately captioned and confirmed by independent reporting.

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Did Gavin Newsom commute all 548 California death row sentences?

X · 89,969 likes, 1,386 replies (X syndication, 6 Nov); HuffPost, Daily Wire, Twitchy coverage

True But

The caption is accurate: on 5 November 2026 Gavin Newsom commuted all 548 California death sentences to life without parole, the largest mass commutation of death sentences in modern US history, though many of the commutations still need California Supreme Court concurrence. The attached official-style portrait of Newsom shows no sign of manipulation and is purely illustrative.

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Was a Somali daycare owner elected to the Minnesota House, and did his wife brag about illegally entering the US?

X · 6,480 likes, 426 replies (X syndication); RyanAFournier repost 8,726 likes; Fox News article 6 Nov

True But

Abdi Daisane's election to the Minnesota House on 3 November 2026 is confirmed by multiple independent outlets, and the daycare's licensing record is well documented, but the post's portrayal of his wife as having 'bragged about illegally invading' the country is a loaded characterisation of a translated 2023 BBC interview, with her legal status unverified.

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Did Jamie Raskin promise universal gun registration as a top priority?

X · 12,460 likes, 3,967 replies (X syndication, 6 Nov); Twitchy pickup

Misleading

The photograph of Jamie Raskin is a genuine press image, but the post mischaracterises what he said: in his interview he named background checks on private gun sales as a priority, not 'universal gun registration', which is the gun-rights group's own framing.

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Did a jamming map show GPS interference along NATO's entire eastern flank?

X · 3,455 likes, 55 replies (X syndication); Mimikama fact check 5 Nov, still circulating in German-language posts

Can't Verify

The image is the genuine ItaMilRadar interference map for 3 November 2026, and its caption accurately describes what multiple defence outlets independently reported: a near-continuous band of strong GPS jamming along NATO's eastern border from the Baltic to the Black Sea. The post correctly avoids naming a culprit, though coverage notes the map cannot identify who caused the interference.

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Did the White House block CNN from the TV pool for Trump's Oval Office event?

X · 31,826 likes, 6,513 replies (X syndication); White House RapidResponse47 rebuttal 10,104 likes; Daily Beast

True

CNN correspondent Kaitlan Collins reported accurately that the White House blocked CNN, the scheduled TV pool outlet, from President Trump's 5 November 2026 Oval Office event, leaving the five networks without pooled audio or video of his remarks. The text-only post is confirmed by same-day reporting from TheWrap and HuffPost.

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Were the Irish Independent, RTÉ and Newstalk evacuated after bomb threats?

X · Google Trends IE "bomb scare rte" 20000+ (6 Nov); TheJournal, Irish Independent coverage; post 47 likes

True

The video is genuine on-scene news footage from outside the Irish Independent's Dublin offices on 6 November 2026, and its claim that Irish media organisations were evacuated after emailed bomb threats is confirmed by Gardaí, AFP, BBC and the Irish Times.

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Did Nigel Farage appoint Angus MacIntyre as Reform UK's shadow armed forces minister?

X · 4,019 likes, 975 replies (X syndication); MacIntyre announcement 8,444 likes; The Poke, Guardian sketch

True

The video is genuine footage of Nigel Farage speaking at Reform UK's 5 November 2026 London event, and the caption's two checkable claims — that Angus MacIntyre is Reform UK's new 'shadow armed forces minister' and that he served 40 years in the military — are both confirmed by independent reporting.

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Are Muslims turning IKEA car parks in Germany into improvised mosques?

X · 9,403 likes, 441 replies (X syndication, 6 Nov); Maldita check 6 Nov

Misleading

The video is genuine footage of an Eid al-Adha prayer held with IKEA's permission in the car park of its Freiburg store in May 2026, but the caption misrepresents it as Muslims seizing IKEA car parks across Germany for one of their daily prayers.

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Did a fire on the Karmabhoomi Express near Rajpura, Punjab, kill many people?

X · Google Trends IN "कर्मभूमि एक्सप्रेस" 2000+ (6 Nov); NewsX, PGurus coverage; post 544 likes

Misleading

The video shows genuine footage of the 6 November 2026 fire that gutted four coaches of the Karmabhoomi Express near Rajpura in Punjab, but the caption's suggestion that many people died is wrong — officials confirmed no casualties or injuries.

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