Good fact-checking for viral posts

Bill Statler

US (Map), Sat, 31 Jan 2026 22:32:27 -0400 from Bunny of Doom

If you're on any social network, and you're either sharing or receiving the latest viral stories, find yourself some good fact-checkers! Here's one with an active Fediverse account: Lead Stories.

A sample:

Lead Stories wrote the following post Sat, 31 Jan 2026 10:31:13 -0400

Fact Check: NO 'Epic Island Vacation' Email Thread With Elon Musk In Epstein Files Released In January 2026 https://leadstories.com/hoax-alert/2026/01/fact-check-epic-island-vacation-elon-musk-email-epstein-files.html

Waitman Gobble

Sun, 01 Feb 2026 00:27:52 -0400 from Get Ready To Rumbly

that one sounds hokey. internet archive is probably a good source, note the search count for 'elon' is greater on internet archive than doj site. maybe it's bitrot? :)

for sure elon did lie about going to the island. we don't know for sure if he went i guess, but his claim of telling him 'no' when invited isn't actually true.