Lead Stories
On Extra Extra, Lead Stories is grouped with center outlets, a placement drawn from the consensus of independent media-bias raters (AllSides, Ad Fontes Media, and Media Bias/Fact Check) rather than our own opinion. Its reliability rating of A reflects a strong track record of factual, well-sourced reporting. That rating is a guide for weighing what you read here, not a verdict on any single article.
We are currently tracking 8 recent articles from Lead Stories, published over the past 23 hours. Recurring themes in its latest headlines include Fact, Check, Video, Fake, and Incident.
The best way to use this profile is comparatively. Read Lead Stories's coverage of a story alongside how outlets on other parts of the spectrum handle the same event — the facts usually overlap, but the emphasis, language, and what gets left out often do not. Other center sources we track include BBC News, Al Jazeera, Associated Press, and Reuters.
Recent Articles (8)
Prebunk: Videos Of Rescued Dogs Don't Track With Reality -- Train Not To Fall For Clickbait
Have you seen viral videos showing dogs being rescued from train or subway tracks? Lead Stories has spotted a number of such videos recently and found that many of them were created using artificial i
Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Trash Dumping In River -- Final Ritual Immersion Of Idol For The Hindu Ganesh Chaturthi Festival
Does a video show Indian people dumping plastic waste into a river? No, that's not true: The video does not show garbage dumping but the final religious ritual of the Ganesh Chaturthi festival, Ganesh
Fact Check: Video Shows FAKE Incident Where Flight Attendant Pulls Blanket From Woman Claiming To Have Baby, Revealing Lynx On Plane
Does a video show a real incident where a flight attendant pulls a blanket off a woman who says she has a baby, revealing a lynx on a plane? No, that's not true: The video is a skit created by online
Fact Check: FAKE Video Of Subway Line Collapse In Taiwan Was Made With AI
Does a real video show an actual subway line collapse that happened in Taiwan? No, that's not true: the Hive Moderation AI detection tool rated the video as 99.9% likely to be AI-generated. There are
Fact Check: La Repubblica Did NOT Report French Politician And Le Pen Rival Édouard Philippe Bought Villa In Sicily For 15 Million Euros
Did Italian newspaper La Repubblica publish an article saying that one of the 2027 French presidential candidates, Édouard Philippe, acquired a villa for 15 million euros? No, that's not true: The new
Fact Check: FAKE Video Shows Nancy Mace Dancing And Grimacing In Sexy Black Dress
Is there a real video of Rep. Nancy Mace dancing and grimacing in a sexy black dress? No, that's not true: The original video was posted by a comedian on Instagram. The video has been doctored to add
Fact Check: Videos Do NOT Show Migrant Toppling Cross Or Burning Church In Ceuta, Spain -- Separate Incidents, Different Countries
Do videos show a migrant toppling a cross and a burning church in Ceuta, Spain? No, that's not true: Neither video used to support the claim is from the Spanish enclave. The first shows an incident fr
Fact Check: FAKE Story Of Woman Herding Goats Through Walmart While Drinking Margaritas From A Jug Is A Meme
Is a meme that shows a mugshot of a woman accused of herding goats through a Walmart while drinking margaritas from a jug a real news story? No, that's not true: The original meme appears to have orig