Truth or Fake

About Truth or Fake

Truth or Fake is a fact-checking rendez-vous in association with the FRANCE 24 Observers. Our content focuses on false images circulating online and how to identify them. Monday to Thursday at 8:45pm and 10:20pm Paris time.

Publisher

FRANCE 24 English

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

23 Jan 2024

Latest episode

7 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

437 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   7 Oct 2026

   White House promotes 'Trump TV' with an AI-altered photo

   The White House has promoted “Trump TV” using an AI-altered photo of passengers apparently watching the president’s new streaming channel. But the image was originally posted online in February 2023, showing passengers watching the NFL Super Bowl, with one watching the film “Hitch”. The original photo was modified using AI to make it appear the passengers were watching Trump TV. The post did not disclose that the image had been altered. Vedika Bahl explains in Truth or Fake.

2. 

   6 Oct 2026

   Russian lab worker’s death sparks plague fears as unverified claims spread online

   The death of a 28-year-old Russian lab worker at Siberia’s Irkutsk Anti-Plague Institute has sparked online panic about a ‘plague’, despite the WHO assessing the public health risk in Russia as low. Unverified claims about how she became ill, including a laboratory accident involving a test tube, are circulating online. Misleading posts and out-of-context videos have also fuelled speculation and fear. Vedika Bahl goes through them, and what we know, in Truth or Fake.

3. 

   5 Oct 2026

   ‘France has fallen’: Far-right figures fuel Islamophobic claims with false student protest videos

   France’s student protests have become the target of a wave of false and misleading videos shared by far-right figures, including Alex Jones and Tommy Robinson. Old footage and unrelated videos have been shared to portray the demonstrations as evidence of an “anti-white” or Islamist uprising linked to uncontrolled immigration. The protests are over school conditions, including large class sizes, teacher shortages and poor facilities, not immigration. Vedika Bahl fact-checks in Truth or Fake.

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Apple Podcasts (US)

3.2 / 5

5 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 53 / 100

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Quality

83

Social presence

0

YouTube

0

Engagement

60

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