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Pro-Kremlin propagandists are fabricating phony news reports mimicking reliable news sources to falsely claim that hantavirus is spreading at an “alarming rate” in France and overwhelming its health system. newsguardrealitycheck.com/p/hantavirus-i…

No, Trump didn’t flip through Chinese President Xi Jinping’s notebook during their May 2026 summit when Xi wasn’t looking. In fact, Trump was looking at his own notebook. newsguardrealitycheck.com/p/trump-as-the…

Miss last week’s Reality Check? Catch up with the latest Reality Check podcast, covering NewsGuard/YouGov’s recent poll on the percent of Americans who believe Trump “staged” his assassination attempts. newsguardrealitycheck.com/p/reality-chec…

Social media users claim ‘6G Technology’ caused the Hantavirus outbreak — here's two reasons why that’s impossible: 6G technology isn’t yet available, and it’s biologically impossible for human viruses to spread through wireless networks. newsguardrealitycheck.com/p/theres-no-po…

Zelensky’s former press secretary, who has become an outspoken critic, advanced multiple false claims about her ex-boss in a recent interview on Tucker Carlson’s YouTube channel. newsguardrealitycheck.com/p/ex-zelensky-…

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AI detection tools are known to occasionally misidentify AI-generated images as real, but a NewsGuard audit of the leading AI detection tools found what may be a more concerning weakness: Three of the five leading tools we tested often get fooled by real images.

Read more details about the survey and report: newsguardrealitycheck.com/p/30-percent-o…

Nearly one third of Americans — 30% — believe that at least one of the three attempts on President Donald Trump’s life over the last two years was staged. Across all three events, Democrats were far more likely than Republicans to endorse the “staged” framing.

About 1 in 4 Americans think the April shooting at the White House correspondents’ dinner was staged, according to a @NewsGuardRating survey. My latest wapo.st/4tYHkm5

“Peddlers of false claims are fighting to keep their alternate reality of COVID myths alive,” NewsGuard Health Editor John Gregory writes in a commentary, as NewsGuard tracks its 600th COVID myth. newsguardrealitycheck.com/p/newsguard-tr…

No, Elon Musk isn't saving Spirit Airlines — the viral claim is satire. newsguardrealitycheck.com/p/elon-musk-to…

Claude repeated false claims 15% of the time when asked about pro-Kremlin falsehoods, citing Russian state-affiliated media every time. This increase in citations suggests that, in recent months, Claude has become more vulnerable to disinfo campaigns. newsguardrealitycheck.com/p/claudes-fore…

Miss last week’s Reality Check? Catch up by tuning in to NewsGuard’s Reality Check podcast, covering the ‘Staged’ press gala hoax and a bogus cancer link. newsguardrealitycheck.com/p/reality-chec…

A Russian disinformation campaign faked a BBC report to make it look like Volodymyr Zelensky has a stolen (and famously missing) Paul Cézanne painting hanging in his office. The footage is doctored. newsguardrealitycheck.com/p/russia-paint…

“Agreeing on the same set of facts and not tuning out facts that don’t advance your cause might just bring us back together,” NewsGuard co-CEO Steven Brill writes in a commentary. newsguardrealitycheck.com/p/sometimes-th…

Anti-Trump social media accounts are claiming that the White House Correspodents’ Dinner shooting was orchestrated by the Trump administration to garner sympathy for the president and distract from his unfavorable news coverage. newsguardrealitycheck.com/p/staged-shoot…

Trump’s rift with the first U.S.-born pope is fueling viral false claims about the Catholic Church, including that Trump is in possession of the "Vatican files." newsguardrealitycheck.com/p/trump-pope-r…

Miss last week’s Reality Check? Catch up with NewsGuard’s Reality Check podcast, covering how brands are funding health hoaxes and the Russian disinformation claim that there was a microwaved Hungarian puppy. newsguardrealitycheck.com/p/reality-chec…

Pro-Iran accounts are sharing a video of an exploding ship with two false claims: that it shows Iran sinking a U.S. ship and damaging an Indian ship in the Strait of Hormuz. In reality, it shows a U.S. strike on an Iranian warship. newsguardrealitycheck.com/p/one-video-tw…