Dean Miller

Seattle, Washington

Managing Editor at Lead Stories

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Fact Check: Liz Cheney And Adam Kinzinger Did NOT Write Warnings About The 'Big Beautiful Bill' Attributed To Them In A Meme

1 week ago | leadstories.com | Dean Miller

Did Liz Cheney and Adam Kinzinger write the warnings about the Big Beautiful Bill that have been attributed to them in a viral post? No, that's not true: Kinzinger took to social media to call it out as a fake. The words in the meme do not match public statements or social media posts by the two former Republican members of Congress.
Fact Check: Next Air Force One Is NOT Qatari-Made -- Qatar Manufactures No Jet Airliners

2 weeks ago | leadstories.com | Dean Miller

Did the Pentagon in May of 2025 approve acquisition of a "Qatari-built jet" to be the next Air Force One? No, that's not true: There is no aircraft manufacturing industry in Qatar that could make a jet of that size. The Pentagon on May 21, 2025 announced it had approved President Trump's plan to accept a Boeing 747 as a gift from the government of Qatar to be the President's official mode of air travel. Boeing 747s were built at Everett and Renton, Washington.
Fact Check: AI Video Does NOT Authentically Show RFK, Jr. Saying China adds 'Gay Chemicals' and 'Fruity Piña Colada Flavoring Agent' To Vapes

2 weeks ago | leadstories.com | Dean Miller

Did Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. testify before Congress that "China is putting gay chemicals in the vapes, coupled with fruity pina colada flavoring agents"? No, that's not true: The video uses generative AI to create a facsimile of Kennedy's voice and mouth movements, but it ends with a screenload of text that says it is a deepfake. The account on which the video was posted describes itself as "Mostly satire. I make videos".
Fact Check: AI Video Does NOT Show Actual Israeli Bombing Of Gaza

2 weeks ago | leadstories.com | Dean Miller

Does this video authentically document the Israeli military bombing Gaza, as a social media post claimed? No, that's not true: The video used in the X post originated on a TikTok account labelled: "DISCLAIMER: ALL VIDEOS I POST ARE AI GENERATED." The name of that TikTok account is "@everythingai97". Several elements of the video reveal digital artifacts of the kind often found in videos that are made using generative AI.
Fact Check: Kamala Harris Campaign Did NOT Illegally Pay Beyoncé For A Campaign Rally Appearance -- Satire Site Posted Claim As Troll Bait

2 weeks ago | leadstories.com | Dean Miller

Did a legitimate news report reveal the Kamala Harris presidential campaign was making an illegal $200,000 payment for travel expenses to music mogul Beyoncé for appearing at a campaign rally in 2024? No, that's not true: A satire site created that story as bait to embarass conservatives if they treated it as real. Campaign finance documents on file show no such payment to Beyoncé for travel expenses.
Fact Check: FAKE Video Shows Tesla Cybertruck Not Destroyed When 'A Ton Of Rock' Dropped On It

2 weeks ago | leadstories.com | Dean Miller

Does authentic video show a Tesla cybertruck is not destroyed when a boulder described as a ton of rock is dropped on it? No, that's not true: The video originates from a social media account that specializes in generative AI fake videos. The same account features videos of a Yeti frozen in a block of ice, a giant spiked sea turtle and a crocodile the size of a semi-truck's trailer. The account clearly labels its work as AI and the action shown violates the laws of physics.
Fact Check: 20 Kentucky Tornado Victims Are NOT 'Dead Because They Weren't Warned' Due To Trump Cutting Weather Service Funds

2 weeks ago | leadstories.com | Dean Miller

Was Kentucky unwarned ahead of the May 16, 2025 tornado that killed more than 20 people in the southeastern part of the state? No, that's not true: The National Weather Service issued warnings two days ahead. Multiple state officials, including Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear, have said there's no evidence the National Weather Service tornado warnings were delayed or deficient.
Fact Check: Mexican Government Did NOT Gift House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries A '$1.2million Apartment' -- Story Is Satire

3 weeks ago | leadstories.com | Dean Miller

Does House Minority Leader Hakeen Jeffries not want to discuss a $1.2million luxury apartment the Mexican government gifted him in 2022? No, that's not true: The rumor was launched by a Facebook page that profits from political satire. The fake claim came amid backlash against President Donald Trump's decision to accept the gift of a 747 from the government of Qatar.
Fact Check: Stringy Strands In Ripe Tomatoes Do NOT Portend That 'Something Weird Is Happening With American Food' -- Those Are Sprouting Seeds

3 weeks ago | leadstories.com | Dean Miller

Do white strands in the flesh of ripe tomatoes mean "Something weird is happening with American food"? No, that's not true: those are sprouting seeds. Gardening and farming experts at the University of Connecticut say the tomatoes are still perfectly safe to eat. Called "Vivipary", the internal sprouting happens in certain varieties of tomatoes, peppers, apple, pears, and some citrus.
Fact Check: NO EVIDENCE Sean 'Diddy' Combs Testified Rep. Hakeem Jeffries Attended 'Communist Freak-Offs'

3 weeks ago | leadstories.com | Dean Miller

Is there evidence that music mogul Sean "Diddy" Combs divulged, in testimony, that House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries attended "Communist Party Freak Off" parties, as a social media post claimed? No, that's not true: The post appeared while Combs was on trial in federal court in Manhattan on charges of racketeering and sex trafficking. But Combs had not testified at that time, nor had he publicly made any statements about Hakeem Jeffries.

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