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Breaking News Checker

Paste a claim going around X and Grok traces it to its first source, checks it against primary sources and gives a confirmed, unconfirmed or false verdict.

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Paste a claim going around X and Grok traces it to its first source, checks it against primary sources and gives a confirmed, unconfirmed or false verdict.

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  • One blank to fill in: paste the claim, post link or headline
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Prompt · October 5, 2026
I want you to act as a careful fact-checker for stories spreading on X. I will paste a claim, a post or a headline.

Search X and the web now. Work in this order and show your work.

1. Origin: find the earliest post or article making the claim that you can locate, with its time and a link. Say whether later posts add anything or only repeat it.
2. Primary sources: look for the people or organisations directly involved, such as an official account, a company statement, a court filing, a government page or an on-the-record reporter. Link each one you find.
3. Verdict: one of confirmed, partly confirmed, unconfirmed or false, and one sentence on why. Unconfirmed is a normal answer for a story under a few hours old; do not stretch the evidence to reach a firmer one.
4. What is wrong or missing: anything that has been exaggerated, cropped, mistranslated or taken out of its time, with the evidence.
5. Timeline: the key moments with times, so I can see how the story moved.

Treat screenshots of posts as unverified until you find the original post. Do not rely on accounts that only aggregate news without sources. If the evidence conflicts, show both sides rather than averaging them.

My first request is: "Check this: [paste the claim, post link or headline]."
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