Question

Elon Musk gifted ice skater Alysa Liu a Tesla to celebrate her 2025 gold medal.

Answer 1

This post appears to be false, as a quick google search shows no credible sources backing up this statement that Elon Musk did indeed gift Alysa Liu a Tesla. The only sources that show up are several click-bait links from X (formerly Twitter), Instagram, and Facebook. I found one link that claims there is no evidence of such a gift; however, the source itself cannot be confirmed to be credible as it functions similarly to this site, News Detective, wherein it is an open forum for people to say pretty much whatever they desire. Additionally, both Elon Musk's several verified accounts as well as the accounts of Alysa Liu both never explicitly mention this supposedly gifted Tesla. Thus, I can say with confidence that this post is either false or there is no available information to prove this claim true.
https://leadstories.com/hoax-alert/2025/05/fact-check-no-evidence-elon-musk-gave-gift--tesla-to-skater-alysa-liu.html

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You did a good job fact checking this claim. It is obvious you went to many different sources to see If this was true and to find the primary source. Your research makes it clear that this claim is false.

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I appreciate your thoughtful approach to fact-checking this claim, especially your move to see if Elon Musk's official accounts had mentioned anything about the supposed gift. Fact-checking is difficult when you're investigating the absence of information, but I think you had a good strategy in determining if the story hadn't proliferated online because it wasn't true or because it wasn't newsworthy. Knowing that you're a pretty astute fact-checker, I would be curious to hear your analysis on the click-bait links from X, Instagram and Facebook, too, and how you identified these links as click-bait and not trustworthy--this would help many other fact-checkers improve their efficiency, including myself.

Answer 2

This is entirely false, the source which you have provided, cites their source as the site I have provided below. This site is a complete scam, its impossible to read any of their baseless articles because they're constantly trying to convince me my computer has a virus. I could not find a single source that leads to any evidence that this claim is true, only links to facebook posts which lead to the same scummy website. I regret to inform there are no sources which prove this happened, because it didnt.

https://insightflowmedia.com/checking-your-browser.../ 

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I agree, the sheer set up of the website is a dead giveaway. The fact that there are also no sources that support this claim also leads this to be false. I would elaborate on that more.

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This response is very well done. You not only included that the website itself was a scam, but also included that, through research, you couldn't find any sources to back up this statement. You explain what made the website seem like a scam, like the virus notification popping up, and include that Facebook is not a trusted source, as anyone can add information that doesn't need to be fact-checked. Overall, very well done!

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I admire your attention to detail in checking the validity of the source itself, not simply the content they are putting out. How exactly did you check to see if the information was connected to outside sources? Did you simply research a suspicious piece of information that gave it away, or did you ask about the topic asa whole, and failed to find any leads?

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Thanks for pointing that out. I appreciate you checking the source thoroughly—you’re right, if it’s linking back to a scammy site and not providing credible evidence, then it’s not reliable. Always good to verify before spreading claims.

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Good work in noting that the source is from a clickbait scam network. You can make your fact-check even stronger by also uncovering who is behind that website or if it's linked to known misinformation campaigns. Even a basic search on sites like ScamAdviser or WHOIS could give credibility to your claim that it's not trustworthy. Also, you could mention that the continuous virus pop-ups are a normal tactic used by malicious adware sites to scare users into clicking links.

Answer 3

 According to my research this claim is false. Yes, you verify the main claim from the headline of the article, however the source article is not on a trusted website. On top of this there is no listed author on the website. The website provides no credible source or reliable information. 

In addition, there are previous credible sources confirming that the claim is indeed false. 

https://leadstories.com/hoax-alert/2025/05/fact-check-no-evidence-elon-musk-gave-gift--tesla-to-skater-alysa-liu.html

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I think this comment is brief yet gets the job done! It was super easy to understand where you find the claim unreliable and it was helpful to have a link to a credible report saying otherwise. It could be nice to bolster this answer with an analytical sentence summarizing evidence from that article.

Answer 4

This claim cannot be proven true of false. It is simply a baseless claim, with no evidence supporting or denying it. The source provided is firstly a Facebook post, which is unreliable in itself. Additionally, the resource found within that post has no substantial evidence and tries to engage the viewer to click on links likely leading to scams and is completely unreliable. Upon further research. there is no article or story confirming this claim and overall, no way to determine its credibility.

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Please seek out sources to support your fact-check and cite them in-text (ex: According to The New York Times...". Also, include sources links.

Answer 5

That claim about Elon Musk gifting Alysa Liu a Tesla for a 2025 gold medal? It's simply not true. I've checked reliable news sources, and there's absolutely nothing to back it up. In fact, Alysa Liu has retired from competitive figure skating in 2022. Plus, the original source is just a random Facebook page, not a credible news outlet. So, there's no evidence this ever happened. Especially since Alyssa Liu has not been skating for 3 years.

https://www.cnbc.com/2025/05/12/figure-skater-alysa-liu-focused-on-happiness-won-world-championship.html#:~:text=Weeks%20after%20competing%20at%20the,had%20to%20do%2C%20she%20says.

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I liked how you elaborated that Alyssa Liu hasn't been a skater since 2022 and it doesn't make sense to receive a gift for a gold medal she won in 2025 and backed up what you said with a credible source. You also made it extremely clear that there were no reliable sources or evidence to back up the claim being made. Good job proving this claim to be false.