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Did the UN accuse Israel of genocide?

X · 3.9K likes, 136 replies (X syndication, 15 Oct). Fox News built a 15 Oct story on it, adding a claim from Palestinian MoH data that Gaza's population grew in 2025.

True

The video is authentic and shows Commissioner Chris Sidoti saying the Commission did not independently verify the Israeli figures for militants or the civilian count; the UN commission's A/HRC/60/CRP.3 and investigative reporting document the 8,900 named fighters and the ~53,000 death total that produced the '83% civilian' figure.

Did Bally Bagayoko Become the First Black and Muslim Mayor of Saint-Denis?

X · Tommy Robinson post 35.5K likes/737 replies; Javier Negre's Spanish version ('ley sharia prohibiendo el alcohol') 18.7K likes/537 replies (syndication counts, 15 Oct). Maldita fact-check 15 Oct says it is a municipal order limiting takeaway alcohol sales in one zone and time window.

Misleading

The video is authentic and shows Bally Bagayoko, the mayor elected in March 2026, announcing a local ordinance restricting takeaway alcohol sales near Saint‑Denis station; mainstream outlets corroborate the announcement. The caption's historical claim about his election is accurate, but the allegation that he 'joined the invader riots last week' is unverified and appears to be an inflammatory, unsupported accusation.

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Did the Maricopa County Board of Elections apologize to Trump?

X · 7.4K likes, 396 replies (X syndication, 15 Oct). Snopes rated it False on 15 Oct and found it also spreading on Facebook.

Can't Verify

The claim that the Maricopa County Board of Elections apologized to President Trump and admitted evidence that Katie Hobbs and Rusty Bowers ordered destruction and illegal counting of ballots is unsupported. Searches found only social- and fringe-platform reposts of the allegation and no official Maricopa County statement or reporting from reputable news outlets to confirm it.

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What happened to Hassan Karim at Six Flags Over Georgia?

X · 1.75K likes, 174 replies (X syndication, 15 Oct). Six Flags death is still in the news: Newsweek and NY Post follow-ups on 15 Oct as the park reopens.

True But

Confirmed: Cobb County Police and multiple reputable news outlets report that 42-year-old Hassan Jihad Ibn Kariem was ejected from the Goliath roller coaster at Six Flags Over Georgia on Oct 12, 2026, and died. The video’s broad claims align with official accounts, though one detail (which family member rode with him) is reported inconsistently across outlets.

Morning run · October 15, 2026

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Are Starshield systems controlled by the US government?

X · Musk post ~40.6K likes, 2.5K replies; Sikorski quote-post ~62.9K likes; Fox, Newsweek, Mediaite, Washington Examiner, La Vanguardia, WP.pl coverage

Misleading

The X post mixes accurate and oversimplified claims. It is correct that Starshield is SpaceX's government-facing offering and that government/DoD customers procure and operate Starshield-capable equipment; it is also correct that Starlink is SpaceX's commercial service and that its terms and export controls limit certain military end-uses. However, saying Starshield is wholly "owned and controlled" by the U.S. government and that the President personally decides speed limits is an oversimplification of contractual, operational, and regulatory realities.

Did Donald Trump post an AI-generated video with a tiger?

X · ~46.7K likes, 4.2K replies on primary; covered by Forbes, Newsweek, Mediaite, HuffPost, ITV

True But

The clip in the attached post is an AI-generated video that was shared from the verified Truth Social account of Donald J. Trump on Oct. 13, 2026; fact-checkers and multiple news outlets report the later short clip showing Trump wrestling a tiger is synthetic and was posted without disclosure.

Did Kash Patel land in Russia or speak at Liberty University?

X · ~7.7K likes on FBI rebuttal screenshotting the MS NOW report; Fox, Gateway Pundit, Western Journal coverage; MS NOW issued a correction

True

The post correctly shows Kash Patel at Liberty University on Oct 14, 2026 and accurately disputes an earlier MS NOW on-air report that he had landed in Russia; multiple reputable sources (Liberty University, Reuters and contemporaneous video) confirm he was in Virginia and MS NOW corrected the report.

What happened with the protester wearing a 'Release the Epstein Files' T-shirt at Trump's rally?

X · ~37.2K likes on primary, ~21.5K on second X copy

Opinion

The image shows a protester wearing a "Release the Epstein Files" shirt being confronted at President Trump's Oct. 12, 2026 rally in Youngstown, Ohio. Multiple reputable outlets and wire-photo services documented the incident and confirm the assault and removal; some social-media variants of the circulated picture have been flagged as edited, but the underlying event is confirmed.

Did Nigel Farage Offer the Chagos Islands to Donald Trump?

X · ~2.2K likes on primary; Farage rebuttal ~7.4K likes; Conservatives post 610 replies; Telegraph, Times, HuffPost UK, Express, Metro, Mirror; White House commented

True But

The post accurately reproduces Nigel Farage's remarks on The Benny Show podcast in which he suggested offering Diego Garcia/the Chagos Islands to the United States in return for Donald Trump going quiet on the Falklands. Reporting is correct, though Farage and his team later said he meant US use/access to Diego Garcia rather than transferring formal sovereignty.

What did Simon Schama say about Gaza's population?

X · ~1.5K likes, 526 replies; public rebuttal by former First Minister Humza Yousaf; The National coverage

True But

The population figures Simon Schama cites (about 2.2 million in Gaza before October 7 and about 2.1 million in 2026) match Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics estimates and revisions; his concluding statement that 'this is not a genocide' is an interpretive/legal judgment, not a single verifiable fact.

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Did Trump Say Biden's DOJ Raided a Diesel Mechanic in Alaska?

X · ~7.2K likes; Fox and HuffPost covered the pardons (HuffPost: the men pleaded guilty to Clean Air Act violations)

True But

The rally video is authentic and accurately records Trump saying he pardoned Mackenzie 'Mac' Spurlock and that Spurlock had been charged in an emissions‑deletion case; reporting confirms Spurlock's conviction and a July 2026 pardon. However, the claim that a '30‑person heavily armed tactical squad' conducted the raid is an unverified, likely exaggerated detail not corroborated by court records or contemporary reporting.

What claims did Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass make about homelessness?

X · 3.4K replies vs 1.2K likes; Community Note added; Twitchy pickup

Misleading

The video is authentic and shows Mayor Karen Bass making claims about homelessness and public safety. The mayor’s office backs the 11% and veterans-housed figures, but independent LAHSA data and local reporting show the citywide homeless count rose in 2026; the specific '50%' veterans reduction and '60-year low' homicide claim are not clearly supported by independent sources and the post is therefore misleading without additional context.

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Did Jack Smith Have a Spreadsheet of MAGA Hat Buyers?

X · ~16.4K likes, 1.2K replies; Fox News Digital exclusive on Senate Judiciary memo; Twitchy

Can't Verify

A Senate Judiciary Republicans memo released Oct. 14, 2026 (quoted in multiple outlets) says Jack Smith’s office obtained records listing MAGA hat purchasers and shipping addresses. That core claim is reported consistently, but the social post misstates the covered years (the memo and coverage describe older ranges—reporting cites data back to 2005 through about 2021), and independent corroboration from a primary GOP memo PDF or major wire outlets was not retrieved in this session.

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Did an independent UN Commission find Israel committed genocide in Gaza?

X · ~887 likes, 396 replies; The National coverage of the Schama-Yousaf exchange

True

Humza Yousaf's post correctly states that an independent UN Commission of Inquiry concluded in a report published on 16 September 2025 that Israeli authorities' conduct in Gaza met the legal elements of genocide; multiple UN publications and reputable news outlets corroborate this finding.

Afternoon run · October 14, 2026

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Did President Trump call Katie Zacharia an attorney?

X · atrupar post ~6.7K likes; C-SPAN clip of "Where did you pass the bar exam?" exchange; covered by MEAWW, Daily Beast, Mediaite

True

Independent reporting and a state-by-state search (reported by Popular Information and corroborated by mainstream outlets) found no record that Katie Zacharia has passed a bar exam or been admitted to practice law in any U.S. state or D.C., while both she and President Trump have publicly described her as an attorney.

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Did federal agents search Ilhan Omar's home for financial disclosures?

X · Trump Truth Social post 13 Oct; Fournier repost ~9.6K likes; Fox News, Gateway Pundit, WND, PJ Media coverage

True But

The video is an authentic Fox News segment in which Jeanine Pirro (identified as the U.S. Attorney for D.C.) says her office is examining Rep. Ilhan Omar's financial disclosures. Federal agents did search a D.C. residence associated with Omar on Oct. 12, 2026; reporting of a large jump (to as high as $30 million in disclosure ranges) and a later much smaller reported range is accurate but simplified by the post's caption.

Is the UK military preparing for an Argentine invasion of the Falkland Islands?

X · ~12.9K likes, 519 replies on the post; IBTimes UK coverage amid Falklands oil dispute with Argentina

True But

Reporting from multiple outlets attributing to The Times confirms that British paratroopers and local reservists conducted a six-day Falklands exercise in early October 2026 modelled on the 1982 recapture; the post's framing that the UK is "preparing for Argentina to invade" is an exaggeration.

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Did Britain outgrow France and Germany since Brexit?

X · ~2.9K likes, 253 replies; part of the live row over the Burnham government Brexit reset

True But

The video appears to be authentic footage of a public interview repurposed with political captioning. The caption’s core numeric claim — that the UK has grown faster than France and Germany since Brexit — is supported by a parliamentary citation of cumulative growth figures for the 2021–present period, but the statement omits method details (exact dates, real vs per-capita growth, and other analyses that reach different conclusions), so it is partly true but lacking important context.

Was a time-stamped image taken outside James Talarico’s home on October 8, 2026?

X · 728 likes, 1,039 replies; tied to the Talarico whereabouts story in the Texas Senate race

False

The image circulating on X claiming to be a time-stamped surveillance photo of James Talarico outside his Austin-area residence on Oct. 8, 2026 is not authentic: fact-checkers report it is digitally fabricated/likely AI-generated. The Talarico campaign did provide time-stamped low-resolution security images showing a male figure at the property Oct. 1–8, 2026, but the specific posted photo is fabricated and was presented as genuine.

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Did airstrikes hit the Al-Sabaha central oil station in Sana'a?

X · Seven spreader accounts; largest copy ~2.7K likes (hilaly_1_), nehmmedia ~900 likes

Can't Verify

The post's claim that airstrikes hit the Al‑Sabaha central oil station in Sana'a is true and confirmed by multiple contemporaneous news reports and official statements dated 13–14 October 2026. The video appears to be authentic eyewitness footage consistent with those reports.

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Is Zack Polanski the only Jewish leader of a political party?

X · ~1.5K likes within an hour of posting; quoted in the Guardian PMQs live blog after Burnham called the Greens' motion antisemitic

Misleading

The video is authentic broadcast footage of the House of Commons (PMQs). The caption quotes statements Zack Polanski did publicly post on 28 March 2026 (that he is the only Jewish political party leader and that he experiences antisemitism), but the caption mixes those verifiable statements with subjective or inflammatory accusations and is paired with unrelated Commons footage — a misleading juxtaposition.

Did Putin issue an arrest warrant for Bill Gates?

X · ~23.3K likes on the English post, ~4.6K on a German copy; still being fact-checked in German and Spanish on 9-14 Oct · resurfaced

False

False. There is no credible evidence that Vladimir Putin or Russian authorities issued an arrest warrant for Bill Gates or released a 3,000‑page dossier accusing him of engineering a pneumonic plague; the story originates from low‑credibility sites and has been debunked by multiple fact-checkers.

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Did Labour say how many criminals they’re releasing are tagged?

X · ~580 likes; Commons urgent question 13 Oct reported by PA and the Telegraph; GB News "cover-up" story

True But

Reporting from reputable outlets and parliamentary records confirms ministers said it was 'too soon' to produce a figure for how many early-release prisoners had been fitted with electronic tags; the government set a 'presumption' that most released offenders would be tagged, not an absolute promise that every single person would be tagged. The post mixes accurate reporting of the minister's inability to give a number with speculative and overstated claims.

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Morning run · October 14, 2026

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Did a ballistic missile strike Saudi Aramco headquarters in Dhahran?

X · 2,648 likes on the primary; the coalition's 'intercepted' counter-post has 9,768 likes; picked up by ZeroHedge, Cedar News, Bloomberg video

True But

Reputable wire reporting and official Saudi statements confirm that an Aramco administrative building in Dhahran was targeted on Oct 13, 2026 and that a limited fire resulted; the X post's core claim (the headquarters was struck) is broadly supported, but the attached video has not been independently verified to show the impact and some early reports left open whether the building was hit directly or damaged by falling debris.

Did Homeland Security Investigations execute a search warrant at Ilhan Omar's home?

X · 10,482 likes; embedded by MEAWW; NY Post reported the underlying email record

True But

Major news outlets and a DOJ statement confirm that Homeland Security Investigations executed a court-authorized search warrant at Rep. Ilhan Omar's Washington-area residence on Oct. 12, 2026 as part of an ongoing criminal probe. Documents circulated by critics indicate Omar's congressional staff requested a correction of her listed birth year from 1981 to 1982 in May 2019; that administrative change is supported by library correspondence cited in filings but does not by itself prove any problem with Omar's citizenship.

Did Iran's IRGC claim control over the Strait of Hormuz?

X · 4,056 likes; embedded in the Fox News live blog

Can't Verify

CENTCOM's fact-check graphic accurately describes an IRGC naval commander making a claim that the Strait of Hormuz is under IRGC control and warning US warships they would be sunk; CENTCOM's public rebuttal that Iran does not control the strait is supported by multiple independent reports, though shipping volumes remain reduced and the security situation is contested.

Is Barbera Thornhill joining the State Department as Ambassador-at-Large?

X · Primary 13,378 likes; top reply asking 'This is a real picture?' has 34,152 likes; Google Trends IE 'barbera thornhill' 200+; Raw Story, AOL, Yahoo coverage

True

The post correctly welcomes Barbera Thornhill as Ambassador-at-Large to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons. Official U.S. Senate records (nomination PN961-9) show Thornhill was confirmed on August 7, 2026; the attached portrait appears to be an authentic official-style photo.

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Have eight Saudi airports been closed?

X · 1,815 likes; embedded by ZeroHedge

Misleading

Partly true. Credible sources confirm that several Saudi airports were hit or had operations suspended in October 2026 and that Riyadh's King Khalid airport and some southern airports were closed or restricted, but we found no authoritative reporting that exactly eight Saudi airports were closed concurrently; the numeric claim is unverified and likely an exaggeration.

Is Peter Girnus a member of the Norwegian Nobel Committee?

X · 39,460 likes

False

The post falsely claims the author is a member of the Norwegian Nobel Committee. Official committee membership lists and a Lead Stories fact-check show Peter Girnus is not a committee member; the account describes itself as a satirist.

Is this a real photo of Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld and Bin Laden?

X · 1,954 likes; Lead Stories fact-check 13 Oct · resurfaced

False

The posted image is a doctored composite. The authentic photo is a September 12, 2001 Pentagon meeting picture; the viral version has been edited to insert Osama bin Laden and is false.

Did Boris Johnson say there was no evidence of interference in the 2016 referendum?

X · 14,460 likes; Express and AOL follow-ups; MI5 chief comment 13 Oct

True But

Johnson's post restates his long-standing position — he and government ministers have publicly said they had seen 'no evidence of successful interference' in the 2016 referendum, and Johnson told a 2017 committee he had 'not seen — not a sausage' of evidence. That official position is documented, but independent reviewers have documented influence attempts and called for more assessment, and the exact private briefing Johnson describes is not publicly documented.

What did Tomasz Siemoniak say about ABW and bot activity?

X · 6,964 likes; Siemoniak replied with a denial; covered by Onet, Interia, Rzeczpospolita and Brussels Signal

True But

Mentzen's post mixes accurate reporting and partisan inference. It is correct that Siemoniak told a government briefing that ABW saw a sharp drop in bot activity and that a widely shared chart used in the public debate was identified as AI-generated or mislabelled. However, there is no clear public evidence that Siemoniak personally 'found' that fake graphic online and intentionally presented that exact image to the government as ABW's own material.

Afternoon run · October 13, 2026

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Did Russia attack Ukraine with over 100 weapons on October 12-13, 2026?

X · Zelensky post 11,338 likes / 743 replies (syndication, 13 Oct); Kyiv Independent investigation 13 Oct; PL Google Trends 'andrij sybiha' (Ukraine without Western intel?)

True

The video appears to be authentic official rescue-service footage from Kharkiv of damage after an overnight Russian aerial barrage on Oct. 12–13, 2026. President Zelenskyy's caption that Russia used more than 100 strike weapons (jet-powered drones, loitering munitions and ballistic missiles) that night, and that many were intercepted though not all, is corroborated by multiple reputable news reports.

Did Ken Paxton party in Dubai with indicted fugitives?

X · electionsjoe 28,995 likes; DemocraticWins 7,459 likes; HQNewsNow 2,266 likes; StevenTDennis 2,359 likes (syndication 13 Oct); Mediaite, Daily Beast, IBTimes UK and MEAWW coverage

True

The Wall Street Journal published and reviewed video showing Ken Paxton at a New Year’s Eve/Jan. 1, 2025 gathering in Dubai alongside his girlfriend and two American men who had been indicted on federal health-care-fraud/embezzlement charges. Major outlets reporting on the WSJ story corroborate the video's existence and the identities described.

Did the French Navy board the oil tanker DF Peak south of Réunion?

X · Macron post 12,042 likes / 1,942 replies (syndication, 13 Oct); Google Trends DE 'schattenflotte' 1000+, UA 'задержание' 2000+; Kyiv Independent, TASS 12-13 Oct

True

Authentic footage and Emmanuel Macron's X post accurately report that on 12 October 2026 the French Navy boarded the oil tanker DF Peak roughly 450 nautical miles south of La Re9union; multiple reputable outlets confirm the operation and the vessel's suspected links to the 'shadow fleet'.

Is South Africa's White population projected to fall to 2% by 2066?

Instagram · Briefly News (13 Oct): Visegrad 24's Instagram post of 12 Oct drew over 800 comments; projection by 'The Common Sense' from Stats SA 2025 mid-year estimates · resurfaced

True But

The post's present-day figures (White ≈7%, Black African ≈82%) match Statistics South Africa's 2025 mid-year estimates. The claim that 'an analysis by The Common Sense' projects the White share falling to ~2% by 2066 is supported by secondary reporting attributing that projection to The Common Sense, but the long-range number is a model result produced by that outlet (not an official Stats SA projection) and should be treated as a scenario-based projection rather than a certain outcome.

What caused the vacant seats at Trump's Youngstown rally?

X · RR47 post 3,783 likes/163 replies (syndication, 14:45Z, about 90 min after posting); WaPo reporter Emily Davies' photos of empty sections 3,467 likes; Kaitlan Collins/CNN segment; Daily Beast, Raw Story, WaPo and WFMJ coverage

Can't Verify

The post correctly points to coverage of empty seats at Donald Trump's Oct. 12, 2026 Youngstown rally, but its claim that the emptiness was caused by 'gigantic press risers' blocking views is unsupported by independent reporting or available photos — the causal explanation appears unverified and potentially misleading.

Did Charlie Kirk say children should watch public executions as an initiation?

Facebook · Snopes says readers asked about this and other Facebook posts (13 Oct); it resurfaced alongside Hegseth's plan to livestream the Fort Hood shooter's execution · resurfaced

True But

The caption accurately attributes a line from a February 15, 2024 Thoughtcrime panel in which Charlie Kirk says "I think at a certain age, it's an initiation" while discussing televised/public executions; fact-checkers note some viral rephrasings added embellishments, but the quoted phrase is supported by contemporaneous transcripts.

Did Saudi Aircraft Strike the Faj Attan Area and Cause Massive Destruction?

X · abdalmlk30 had 3,253 likes and 2,530 replies; JamalCheaib (posted 12 Oct 07:09Z) had 3,213 likes and 795 replies (syndication, checked 13 Oct) · resurfaced

True But

The video shows a real explosion consistent with the well-documented April 20, 2015 Faj Attan blast in Sanaa. The post's core claim — that a large strike caused massive destruction and civilian casualties — is supported by multiple credible sources, but specific assertions that the munition was an "internationally banned bomb" and the precise casualty and displacement figures cited are disputed or unverified by independent international investigation.

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Did Nick Sortor amplify a false claim about James Talarico?

X · ChristopherHale post 10,529 likes/306 replies (syndication 13 Oct); Derrick Evans post also cited as widely circulated; Hindustan Times explainer 13 Oct

True But

The post correctly identifies Nick Sortor as one of the influencers who amplified a false claim about James Talarico and accurately highlights that Sortor has an active in‑state warrant/absconded probation status and prior DUI-related convictions. Some phrasing in the caption overstates or conflates charges (e.g., charging vs conviction for 'harassing a police officer' or 'stalking a woman'), so details require caveats.

What did Trump say about Democrats and the Supreme Court?

X · GuntherEagleman clip post 579 likes/100 replies (syndication 13 Oct); rally remarks covered by CBS Austin (Sinclair), Mediaite, The Hill and PJ Media

True But

The video is authentic footage of President Trump speaking at a Youngstown, Ohio rally on Oct. 12, 2026, and he did say "They want to have 23 people on the Supreme Court" and warned the crowd about Democrats 'opening the border.' Those utterances are accurately quoted. However, the post's framing — that Democrats will definitively do these things if they win — is a partisan assertion and is unproven or exaggerated.

Did Hemedti issue a new statement about Egyptian aggression?

X · rmcsudan1 'تصريح حميدتي حول العدوان المصري اليوم': 1,339 likes and 838 replies; sudanmixtv 198 likes; alfamansou 223 likes (syndication, 13 Oct). Debunks by Misbar (13 Oct 16:23+03), CNN Arabic (12 Oct) and Akher Al-Akhbar (13 Oct) · resurfaced

Misleading

The video is authentic footage of a speech by RSF leader Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo (Hemedti) but it is not new — verification by multiple outlets dates the clip to October 2025. The post’s caption that this is ‘Hemedti’s statement about Egyptian aggression today’ is misleading because the footage is older and being reused to imply a current, newly made threat.

Morning run · October 13, 2026

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Did archaeologists find Noah's Ark in Turkey?

X · Al Jazeera says the clips got 40M+ views; the TikTok creator 'themaniac' alone has 25M+. Celal Ciftci post: 2,982 likes and 639 replies (syndication, 13 Oct). Copy-paste English versions on X ('VERY IMPORTANT Turkey...').

False

The post's claim that archaeologists in Turkey 'found Noah's Ark' is false. The short excavation-style video used to support the claim has been identified by verification tools and fact-checkers as fabricated / AI-generated, and the actual scientific work at the Durupınar site remains under analysis without any authenticated discovery.

Did Dodger Stadium flood due to Hurricane Rachel?

X · X post: 1.2K likes (syndication, 2026-10-13). The Weather Channel/Yahoo debunk on 12 Oct says the clip is circulating again, as it did during Hilary in 2023 (it shows wet, empty parking lots). Autocomplete shows heavy search interest.

Misleading

Aerial footage in the post is likely genuine but the caption’s claim that Dodger Stadium was surrounded by floodwaters is misleading: weather reporting and visual-analysis conclude the stadium did not actually flood and the scene is an optical/lighting effect amplified by standing water nearby.

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Did Bill Gates say one billion people will die by 2027?

Facebook · Full Fact (12 Oct): video 'shared thousands of times on Facebook'; reel og:title shows '5K reactions | Bill Gates Says 1Billion...' (fetched 2026-10-13)

False

The video is a deepfake: Bill Gates did not say one billion people would die by 2027 or promote the 'United States Water Reserve.' Fact-checkers (Full Fact, IBTimes) found the audio was synthetic and the footage edited; the original CNBC interview discussed AI, not water shortages or that prediction.

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Does Abdul El-Sayed's family have ties to the Muslim Brotherhood?

X · Rogers campaign ad post: 4.4K likes, 339 replies (syndication, 2026-10-13); AG Hamilton post quoting the sister's 2012-13 posts: 2.4K likes. Washington Free Beacon report, Mediaite 12 Oct.

Can't Verify

The video uses real headlines, a sister's old social‑media post, and reporting to allege family ties between Abdul El‑Sayed and Muslim Brotherhood‑linked organizations. The sister's 2012 post saying 'my family has long been MB' is corroborated by reporting; other assertions (mother's employment at an IARA office, father‑in‑law's leadership roles, and a relative's watch‑list litigation) are reported but rely mainly on investigative pieces and court‑record summaries. Some claims in the ad conflate disputed associations into stronger 'ties to terrorism' allegations, which overstate or simplify the underlying records.

Did Susan Dell complain about a South Park episode about her?

X · X post: 2.3K likes, 114 replies (syndication, 2026-10-13). Susan Dell is a meme after her 7 Oct Oval Office appearance (LADbible 13 Oct: Michael Dell hits back at trolls); Lead Stories fact check 12 Oct.

False

The clip/image circulating on X is AI-generated and the quoted messages are fabricated; neither the official South Park account nor Susan Dell posted the messages shown, so the post's claim is false.

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Did Andy Burnham say the RAF Fairford plot was directed by Iran's IRGC?

X · PolitlcsUK post 1,622 likes / 763 replies (syndication, 2026-10-13); NATO SG Rutte echoed 29-ally statement; Iran condemned 'British claim' (CGTN 13 Oct); UK summoned Iranian ambassador; wide pickup (Standard, Telegraph, Arab News, UPI, Townhall, Express)

True

Authentic Commons footage: Prime Minister Andy Burnham did say the UK assesses the suspected RAF Fairford plot was 'highly likely' coordinated in Iran and 'almost certainly' directed by the IRGC — multiple major outlets reported his 12 October 2026 statement and related sanctions.

Did The New York Times Doctor a Photo of Trump National Doral?

X · Trump Truth Social post 12 Oct 15:18Z with side-by-side photos (renewing his 5 Oct 'blackened facade' claim); NYT PR rebuttal on X (260 likes); Mediaite, Raw Story, Newsweek, AOL, WND, Daily Beast 12 Oct. The repost account itself has low engagement.

False

The post's claim that The New York Times doctored a photo of Trump National Doral to add mold is false. The Times says the image was a 2020 photograph by Scott McIntyre and was not altered, and multiple news outlets report the paper rejected the allegation.