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· Aug 18
We are aware of Russian influence campaigns impersonating NewsGuard employees.
Official NewsGuard emails follow the format of firstname.lastname@newsguardtech.com — anything else is a scam.
Official NewsGuard emails follow the format of firstname.lastname@newsguardtech.com — anything else is a scam.
NewsGuard’s “False Claim of the Week": A Video Shows Cocaine Falling From Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s Nose While Giving a Speech
December 5, 2025 at 4:27 PM
NewsGuard’s “False Claim of the Week": A Video Shows Cocaine Falling From Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s Nose While Giving a Speech
Pro-China sources are spreading manipulated videos purportedly showing residents of the Japanese Ryukyu Islands saying they’re Chinese, not Japanese, in an apparent effort to bolster Beijing’s territorial claims over the islands amid rising tensions between China and Japan.
December 4, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Pro-China sources are spreading manipulated videos purportedly showing residents of the Japanese Ryukyu Islands saying they’re Chinese, not Japanese, in an apparent effort to bolster Beijing’s territorial claims over the islands amid rising tensions between China and Japan.
Google’s new text-to-image generator Nano Banana Pro, lauded for its highly realistic AI images, advanced false claims 100% of the time when prompted to do so, a NewsGuard analysis found.
December 3, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Google’s new text-to-image generator Nano Banana Pro, lauded for its highly realistic AI images, advanced false claims 100% of the time when prompted to do so, a NewsGuard analysis found.
No matter the national target, false narratives are often crafted for foreign eyes, NewsGuard’s Giulia Pozzi writes in a Reality Check commentary. “The result is a kind of geopolitical funhouse mirror …”
December 2, 2025 at 8:44 PM
No matter the national target, false narratives are often crafted for foreign eyes, NewsGuard’s Giulia Pozzi writes in a Reality Check commentary. “The result is a kind of geopolitical funhouse mirror …”
No, Russia: Hyundai is still boycotting you.
Kremlin-aligned sources falsely claim that Hyundai is resuming operations in Russia, citing the South Korean auto company’s recent bid to renew its trademarks in Russia.
Kremlin-aligned sources falsely claim that Hyundai is resuming operations in Russia, citing the South Korean auto company’s recent bid to renew its trademarks in Russia.
December 1, 2025 at 9:37 PM
No, Russia: Hyundai is still boycotting you.
Kremlin-aligned sources falsely claim that Hyundai is resuming operations in Russia, citing the South Korean auto company’s recent bid to renew its trademarks in Russia.
Kremlin-aligned sources falsely claim that Hyundai is resuming operations in Russia, citing the South Korean auto company’s recent bid to renew its trademarks in Russia.
NewsGuard’s “False Claim of the Week”: Charlie Kirk’s Accused Assassin Trained With the French Army, Suggesting French Involvement in the Assassination
November 26, 2025 at 7:13 PM
NewsGuard’s “False Claim of the Week”: Charlie Kirk’s Accused Assassin Trained With the French Army, Suggesting French Involvement in the Assassination
Vaccine skeptics are claiming that an October 2025 study proves that COVID-19 vaccines cause dangerous “microclots” in 100% of recipients. However, the study’s authors told NewsGuard that “the study design, methods, and conclusions do not support any claims about vaccines.”
November 25, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Vaccine skeptics are claiming that an October 2025 study proves that COVID-19 vaccines cause dangerous “microclots” in 100% of recipients. However, the study’s authors told NewsGuard that “the study design, methods, and conclusions do not support any claims about vaccines.”
Pro-MAGA X accounts operating secretly from abroad spread 31 significant false claims about U.S. politics, ranging from supposed corruption by Democrats to a phony Ukrainian assassination plot, a NewsGuard review has found.
November 24, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Pro-MAGA X accounts operating secretly from abroad spread 31 significant false claims about U.S. politics, ranging from supposed corruption by Democrats to a phony Ukrainian assassination plot, a NewsGuard review has found.
NewsGuard's "False Claim of the Week": A Leaked Audio Clip Depicts Donald Trump Yelling at his Cabinet to Block the Release of the ‘Epstein Files
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www.newsguardrealitycheck.com/p/leaked-tru...
November 24, 2025 at 2:45 PM
NewsGuard's "False Claim of the Week": A Leaked Audio Clip Depicts Donald Trump Yelling at his Cabinet to Block the Release of the ‘Epstein Files
www.newsguardrealitycheck.com/p/leaked-tru...
www.newsguardrealitycheck.com/p/leaked-tru...
Today’s NewsGuard Academy video unpacks one of NewsGuard’s nine standards of credibility and transparency that we use to assess websites — how the site handles the difference between news and opinion.
Get smarter about how sites reveal — or conceal — their agendas.
Get smarter about how sites reveal — or conceal — their agendas.
Why Websites Should Disclose Political Orientations and Best Practices for How Websites Communicate Points of View
Today’s tutorial unpacks one of NewsGuard’s nine standards of credibility and transparency that we use to assess websites — how the site handles the difference between news and opinion.
www.newsguardrealitycheck.com
November 20, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Today’s NewsGuard Academy video unpacks one of NewsGuard’s nine standards of credibility and transparency that we use to assess websites — how the site handles the difference between news and opinion.
Get smarter about how sites reveal — or conceal — their agendas.
Get smarter about how sites reveal — or conceal — their agendas.
“When emotion replaces evidence as our main filter for truth, we lose a shared sense of reality. And that shared sense of reality is our foundation for journalism, science, and democracy,” writes NewsGuard's Roberta Schmid in a Reality Check Commentary.
November 20, 2025 at 5:53 PM
“When emotion replaces evidence as our main filter for truth, we lose a shared sense of reality. And that shared sense of reality is our foundation for journalism, science, and democracy,” writes NewsGuard's Roberta Schmid in a Reality Check Commentary.
Liberal social media users are falsely claiming that White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said the Trump in the Epstein emails is not the president.
Read the details in Reality Check: www.newsguardrealitycheck.com/p/trump-pres...
Read the details in Reality Check: www.newsguardrealitycheck.com/p/trump-pres...
Trump Press Secretary Is Target of False Epstein Denial
Liberal social media users are falsely claiming that White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said the Trump in the Epstein emails is not the president
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November 18, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Liberal social media users are falsely claiming that White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said the Trump in the Epstein emails is not the president.
Read the details in Reality Check: www.newsguardrealitycheck.com/p/trump-pres...
Read the details in Reality Check: www.newsguardrealitycheck.com/p/trump-pres...
Russian actors are using OpenAI’s Sora 2 text-to-video generator to depict the Ukrainian army as weak, weeping and surrendering.
Read NewsGuard’s latest report in Reality Check: www.newsguardrealitycheck.com/p/kremlin-pr...
Read NewsGuard’s latest report in Reality Check: www.newsguardrealitycheck.com/p/kremlin-pr...
Kremlin Propagandists Weaponize OpenAI's Video Generator
Russian actors are using OpenAI’s Sora 2 text-to-video generator to depict the Ukrainian army as weak and surrendering
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November 17, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Russian actors are using OpenAI’s Sora 2 text-to-video generator to depict the Ukrainian army as weak, weeping and surrendering.
Read NewsGuard’s latest report in Reality Check: www.newsguardrealitycheck.com/p/kremlin-pr...
Read NewsGuard’s latest report in Reality Check: www.newsguardrealitycheck.com/p/kremlin-pr...
In our latest NewsGuard Academy video, learn why relying on X’s AI chatbot Grok as a fact-checker can lead you astray.
Watch the full video here: www.newsguardrealitycheck.com/p/beware-of-...
Watch the full video here: www.newsguardrealitycheck.com/p/beware-of-...
Beware of Using X’s AI Bot Grok as a Fact-Checker
Today’s video explains why relying on X’s AI chatbot Grok as a fact-checker can lead you astray.
www.newsguardrealitycheck.com
November 17, 2025 at 4:46 PM
In our latest NewsGuard Academy video, learn why relying on X’s AI chatbot Grok as a fact-checker can lead you astray.
Watch the full video here: www.newsguardrealitycheck.com/p/beware-of-...
Watch the full video here: www.newsguardrealitycheck.com/p/beware-of-...
NewsGuard’s “False Claim of the Week”: New York City Mayor-Elect Zohran Mamdani Walked Back His Campaign Promise of a $30-Per-Hour Minimum Wage, Telling Voters to ‘Make Do’
Read more in Reality Check: www.newsguardrealitycheck.com/p/false-clai...
Read more in Reality Check: www.newsguardrealitycheck.com/p/false-clai...
November 14, 2025 at 8:56 PM
NewsGuard’s “False Claim of the Week”: New York City Mayor-Elect Zohran Mamdani Walked Back His Campaign Promise of a $30-Per-Hour Minimum Wage, Telling Voters to ‘Make Do’
Read more in Reality Check: www.newsguardrealitycheck.com/p/false-clai...
Read more in Reality Check: www.newsguardrealitycheck.com/p/false-clai...
NewsGuard’s Reality Gap Index hits 46%: October’s falsehoods dupe nearly half of Americans.
The month’s top false claims focused on a Justice Department investigation, a mass shooting at a Mormon church, and the “No Kings” protests.
The month’s top false claims focused on a Justice Department investigation, a mass shooting at a Mormon church, and the “No Kings” protests.
November 13, 2025 at 7:34 PM
NewsGuard’s Reality Gap Index hits 46%: October’s falsehoods dupe nearly half of Americans.
The month’s top false claims focused on a Justice Department investigation, a mass shooting at a Mormon church, and the “No Kings” protests.
The month’s top false claims focused on a Justice Department investigation, a mass shooting at a Mormon church, and the “No Kings” protests.
NewsGuard has identified three instances of X’s AI chatbot Grok confidently — and falsely — stating that Donald Trump won the 2020 election.
Read the full report in Reality Check: www.newsguardrealitycheck.com/p/xs-grok-cl...
Read the full report in Reality Check: www.newsguardrealitycheck.com/p/xs-grok-cl...
X’s Grok Claims Trump Won the 2020 Election
NewsGuard identified three instances of Grok confidently — and falsely — stating that Donald Trump won the 2020 election
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November 13, 2025 at 2:53 PM
NewsGuard has identified three instances of X’s AI chatbot Grok confidently — and falsely — stating that Donald Trump won the 2020 election.
Read the full report in Reality Check: www.newsguardrealitycheck.com/p/xs-grok-cl...
Read the full report in Reality Check: www.newsguardrealitycheck.com/p/xs-grok-cl...
Russia is targeting Armenia’s elections — early and viciously.
The Kremlin’s latest campaign to meddle in a neighbor's election has started earlier than past efforts, but employs a similar playbook, a NewsGuard analysis found.
The Kremlin’s latest campaign to meddle in a neighbor's election has started earlier than past efforts, but employs a similar playbook, a NewsGuard analysis found.
November 11, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Russia is targeting Armenia’s elections — early and viciously.
The Kremlin’s latest campaign to meddle in a neighbor's election has started earlier than past efforts, but employs a similar playbook, a NewsGuard analysis found.
The Kremlin’s latest campaign to meddle in a neighbor's election has started earlier than past efforts, but employs a similar playbook, a NewsGuard analysis found.
Satirical posts claiming that major companies are cutting ties with NYC in response to the Nov. 4 election of Democrat Zohran Mamdani as mayor have amassed millions of views, apparently by social media users who believe them.
Read it in Reality Check: www.newsguardrealitycheck.com/p/walmart-is...
Read it in Reality Check: www.newsguardrealitycheck.com/p/walmart-is...
Walmart Is Not Leading a Corporate Exodus from New York Over Mamdani
Satire claims succeed at duping conservatives into believing that Walmart and other companies are fleeing New York City after Zohran Mamdani was elected mayor
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November 10, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Satirical posts claiming that major companies are cutting ties with NYC in response to the Nov. 4 election of Democrat Zohran Mamdani as mayor have amassed millions of views, apparently by social media users who believe them.
Read it in Reality Check: www.newsguardrealitycheck.com/p/walmart-is...
Read it in Reality Check: www.newsguardrealitycheck.com/p/walmart-is...
Watch this NewsGuard Academy video to learn how to unmask fabrications by tracking down the original context of video clips that are going viral.
www.newsguardrealitycheck.com/p/how-to-deb...
www.newsguardrealitycheck.com/p/how-to-deb...
How to Debunk or Corroborate Video Clips with Reliable Sources
Today’s tutorial shows how to unmask fabrications by tracking down the original context of video clips that are going viral.
www.newsguardrealitycheck.com
November 10, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Watch this NewsGuard Academy video to learn how to unmask fabrications by tracking down the original context of video clips that are going viral.
www.newsguardrealitycheck.com/p/how-to-deb...
www.newsguardrealitycheck.com/p/how-to-deb...
NewsGuard’s “False Claim of the Week”: After GOP Losses on Nov. 4, Trump Said in a Truth Social Post: ‘Fine, America. F--- YOU’
Read the debunk in Reality Check: www.newsguardrealitycheck.com/p/trumps-vir...
Read the debunk in Reality Check: www.newsguardrealitycheck.com/p/trumps-vir...
November 7, 2025 at 8:43 PM
NewsGuard’s “False Claim of the Week”: After GOP Losses on Nov. 4, Trump Said in a Truth Social Post: ‘Fine, America. F--- YOU’
Read the debunk in Reality Check: www.newsguardrealitycheck.com/p/trumps-vir...
Read the debunk in Reality Check: www.newsguardrealitycheck.com/p/trumps-vir...
The U.S. 2025 elections were free of widespread claims of voter fraud — the exception was New York City, where the presence of self-described democrat socialist Zohran Mamdani on the mayoral ballot drew global attention and several false claims.
November 7, 2025 at 6:45 PM
The U.S. 2025 elections were free of widespread claims of voter fraud — the exception was New York City, where the presence of self-described democrat socialist Zohran Mamdani on the mayoral ballot drew global attention and several false claims.
A new report advancing the debunked claim that vaccines cause autism has amassed millions of views and widespread coverage in conservative media. However, health experts told NewsGuard that the report used unreliable methods and misrepresented existing research.
November 4, 2025 at 10:28 PM
A new report advancing the debunked claim that vaccines cause autism has amassed millions of views and widespread coverage in conservative media. However, health experts told NewsGuard that the report used unreliable methods and misrepresented existing research.
Conspiracy-oriented news sites are baselessly claiming that Israel threatened to assassinate far-right U.S. commentators Tucker Carlson and Candace Owens due to their outspoken criticisms of Israel.
Read the details of this false claim in Reality Check: www.newsguardrealitycheck.com/p/israel-has...
Read the details of this false claim in Reality Check: www.newsguardrealitycheck.com/p/israel-has...
Israel Has Not Threatened to Assassinate Tucker Carlson and Candace Owens
Conspiracy websites claim Israel plans to murder two prominent anti-Israel critics
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November 3, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Conspiracy-oriented news sites are baselessly claiming that Israel threatened to assassinate far-right U.S. commentators Tucker Carlson and Candace Owens due to their outspoken criticisms of Israel.
Read the details of this false claim in Reality Check: www.newsguardrealitycheck.com/p/israel-has...
Read the details of this false claim in Reality Check: www.newsguardrealitycheck.com/p/israel-has...
Miss last week's Reality Check? Catch up with the latest episode of NewsGuard's Reality Check Podcast, covering food stamps and immigrants, celebrating propaganda RT’s anniversary, and an ethnic COVID hoax.
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Reality Check Podcast: Food Stamps & Immigrants, Celebrating Propaganda RT’s Anniversary, and an Ethnic COVID Hoax
Listen now | Listen to a round-up of the top stories from NewsGuard’s Reality Check newsletter, narrated by AI hosts from Google’s NotebookLM
www.newsguardrealitycheck.com
November 3, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Miss last week's Reality Check? Catch up with the latest episode of NewsGuard's Reality Check Podcast, covering food stamps and immigrants, celebrating propaganda RT’s anniversary, and an ethnic COVID hoax.
www.newsguardrealitycheck.com/p/reality-ch...
www.newsguardrealitycheck.com/p/reality-ch...