Latest Fact Checks

Cloud seeding can cause rain, but not somewhere as dry as Los Angeles right now

January 15, 2025

“If they wanted to stop the fires they would make it rain.”

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No, Oprah Winfrey didn’t say she’s leaving the United States before inauguration day

January 15, 2025

“Oprah Winfrey announces she will leave America before January 20.”

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Does Wisconsin have record-high budget balances under Tony Evers?

By Hope Karnopp

January 15, 2025

“After 30 years of Wisconsin’s checking account running a deficit, we've ended every fiscal year I've been governor with a positive balance. Today, we have…

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Videos on social media show LA firefighters using professional gear, not ‘women’s handbags’

January 14, 2025

“The LAFD are using women’s handbags to hold water to put out fires.”

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Is Trump giving Staten Island to New Jersey? He didn’t say that, despite what social media posts say

By Kwasi Gyamfi Asiedu

January 14, 2025

Says President-elect Donald Trump posted on X that he will “be giving Staten Island to New Jersey.”

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Gov. Gavin Newsom did not ‘literally decriminalize looting.’ It remains illegal in California

By Loreben Tuquero

January 14, 2025

California Gov. Gavin Newsom and California Democrats “literally decriminalized looting.”

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No, 60 Oregon fire trucks aren’t ‘being held up in Sacramento for emissions testing’

January 14, 2025

“​​Oregon sent 60 fire trucks to California to help with the fires, but they’re being held in Sacramento for emissions testing.”

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Posts falsely claim California wildfires were planned to remake Los Angeles ahead of 2028 Olympics

By Sara Swann

January 14, 2025

The Los Angeles wildfires were planned in preparation for the 2028 Olympics.

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Does a billionaire couple own almost all the water in California? Here’s why that’s False.

By Caleb McCullough

January 14, 2025

“One billionaire couple owns almost all the water in California."

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No, photo doesn’t show Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs’ Los Angeles house in flames

By Caleb McCullough

January 14, 2025

“P Diddy’s California mansion has been completely consumed by fire.”

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Foto de casa intacta tras incendios fue tomada en Hawai en 2023, no en Los Ángeles en 2025

By Maria Briceño

January 14, 2025

Imagen muestra “casa de familia católica salió intacta del incendio” en California en enero de 2025.

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No, los incendios del sur de California no llegaron a Tijuana, México

By Maria Briceño

January 13, 2025

Los incendios en California “han llegado a Tijuana en la entrada de villa del campo en los cerros”.

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