by: Maarten Schenk
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Fake News: Ken Ham NOT Ejected From Theater For Yelling 'WRONG' Every Time 'Jurassic World' Actors Say '65 Million Years'
Was creationist Ken Ham ejected from a movie theater for yelling 'wrong' every time the phrase "65 million years" was mentioned during a screening of "Jurassic World"? No, that's not... [Read the full story]- by: Maarten Schenk
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Fake News: Dutch King Willem-Alexander Did NOT Threaten President Trump With International Court of Justice Via Twitter
Did Dutch king Willem-Alexander threaten President Trump with prosecution by the International Court of Justice in The Hague via a tweet he sent in reply to a tweet made by... [Read the full story]- by: Maarten Schenk
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NOT Fake News: Shooting Suspect Actualy Arrested In Death Of XXXTentacion
Was a suspect named Dedrick D. Williams arrested in the case of the murder of rapper XXXTentacion? Yes, despite the story being publised on notorious fake news website Huzlers the... [Read the full story]- by: Maarten Schenk
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Fake News: Chickpea Shortage NOT Feared As Chickens DO NOT Lay Peas
Are there fears over a chickpea shortage because chickens are laying fewer chickpeas? No, that's total nonsense, if you believed that you've been taken in by a joke website publishing... [Read the full story]- by: Maarten Schenk
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Lead Stories Launches YouTube Channel With Automatically Generated Videos Of All Fact Checks
If you have ever visited YouTube you may have noticed news articles are being stolen by shady YouTube channels uploading videos in which a robot voice reads out the text... [Read the full story]- by: Maarten Schenk
»News & Analysis from the world of Fake News
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Lead Stories Launches YouTube Channel With Automatically Generated Videos Of All Fact Checks
If you have ever visited YouTube you may have noticed news articles are being stolen by shady YouTube channels uploading videos in which a robot voice reads out the text... [Read the full story]- by: Maarten Schenk
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The Inside Scoop On How Lead Stories Got Serial Plagiarist Shawn Rice Busted By BuzzFeed
Earlier today Craig Silverman of BuzzFeed broke the news that business and marketing website Bussiness2Community had deleted over 6000 articles written by Shawn Rice (brother of the site's founder Brian... [Read the full story]- by: Maarten Schenk
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Newest Site From 'Ghana' Fake News Network Copies Christopher Blair's Footer
About three weeks ago Lead Stories reported on a network of fake news websites apparently centered around Ghana in Africa that was responsible for several huge death hoaxes. After our... [Read the full story]- by: Maarten Schenk
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Paul Horner's Old Website Taken Over By Vietnamese Spammer Stealing Fact Checks From Snopes
Newsexaminer.net, a website that used to be run by Paul Horner before the fake news superstar died last year has apparently been taken over by a spammer from Vietnam who... [Read the full story]- by: Maarten Schenk
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Global Fake News Network Responsible For Dozens of Death Hoaxes Shuts Down After Ghana Connections Revealed
Forget Macedonia, the real capital of fake news might just be Accra in Ghana On April 17, 2018 former First Lady Barbara Bush passed away but a full day earlier... [Read the full story]- by: Maarten Schenk
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Christopher Blair AKA Busta Troll Starts Several New Trolling Websites (And A Porn Site Network)
Regular readers of Lead Stories know we've been following the exploits of Christopher Blair for quite some time now. From taking over right wing Facebook pages with hordes of goats... [Read the full story]- by: Maarten Schenk
» Hoax Alert
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Fake News: SeaWorld Employee NOT Arrested For Smuggling Penguin Penises To China
Was 27-year old Sea World employee Thomas C. Frampton arrested in San Diego for smuggling over 12,500 penguin penises to China? No, that's not true: the story was made up... [Read the full story]- by: Maarten Schenk
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Fake News: Ken Ham NOT Ejected From Theater For Yelling 'WRONG' Every Time 'Jurassic World' Actors Say '65 Million Years'
Was creationist Ken Ham ejected from a movie theater for yelling 'wrong' every time the phrase "65 million years" was mentioned during a screening of "Jurassic World"? No, that's not... [Read the full story]- by: Maarten Schenk
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Fake News: Dutch King Willem-Alexander Did NOT Threaten President Trump With International Court of Justice Via Twitter
Did Dutch king Willem-Alexander threaten President Trump with prosecution by the International Court of Justice in The Hague via a tweet he sent in reply to a tweet made by... [Read the full story]- by: Maarten Schenk
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NOT Fake News: Shooting Suspect Actualy Arrested In Death Of XXXTentacion
Was a suspect named Dedrick D. Williams arrested in the case of the murder of rapper XXXTentacion? Yes, despite the story being publised on notorious fake news website Huzlers the... [Read the full story]- by: Maarten Schenk
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Fake News: Chickpea Shortage NOT Feared As Chickens DO NOT Lay Peas
Are there fears over a chickpea shortage because chickens are laying fewer chickpeas? No, that's total nonsense, if you believed that you've been taken in by a joke website publishing... [Read the full story]- by: Maarten Schenk
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Lead Stories Launches YouTube Channel With Automatically Generated Videos Of All Fact Checks
If you have ever visited YouTube you may have noticed news articles are being stolen by shady YouTube channels uploading videos in which a robot voice reads out the text... [Read the full story]- by: Maarten Schenk
» Politics
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Fake News: Dutch King Willem-Alexander Did NOT Threaten President Trump With International Court of Justice Via Twitter
Did Dutch king Willem-Alexander threaten President Trump with prosecution by the International Court of Justice in The Hague via a tweet he sent in reply to a tweet made by... [Read the full story]- by: Maarten Schenk
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Fake News: New Hampshire Congressman Arnim Zola Did NOT Deface Presidential Limousine With Swastikas
Did Democrat New Hampshire congressman Arnim Zola deface President Donald Trump's limousine with swastikas? No, that's not true: the news was invented by a Facebook page that was set up... [Read the full story]- by: Maarten Schenk
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Fake News: World Cup Opening Ceremony NOT To Centre On 380ft Replica of Putin's Cock
Will today's World Cup opening ceremony feature a 380 foot replica of President Vladimir Putin's penis? No, that's not true: that story was published by a satirical website. It is... [Read the full story]- by: Maarten Schenk
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Fake News: Kim Jong Un Did NOT Offer to Host Peace Talks Between United States and Canada
Did North-Korean leader Kim Jong Un offer to mediate between the U.S. and Canada after the recent spat at the G-7 Summit where President Trump accused Canada of unfair trade... [Read the full story]- by: Maarten Schenk
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Fake News: CNN Did NOT Fire Jake Tapper For Assaulting Eric Trump
Was Jake Tapper fired by CNN for assaulting Eric Trump? No, that's not true, the news was made up by a site that invents satirical fake news stories in order... [Read the full story]- by: Maarten Schenk
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Fake News: Eric Trump Did NOT Get In A Fistfight With A CNN Anchor, NOBODY Went To Jail
Did Eric Trump, son of President Donald Trump, get into a fistfight with CNN anchor Jake Tapper? No, that's not true, the news was made up by a site that... [Read the full story]- by: Maarten Schenk
» Entertainment
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NOT Fake News: Shooting Suspect Actualy Arrested In Death Of XXXTentacion
Was a suspect named Dedrick D. Williams arrested in the case of the murder of rapper XXXTentacion? Yes, despite the story being publised on notorious fake news website Huzlers the... [Read the full story]- by: Maarten Schenk
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Fake News: World Cup Opening Ceremony NOT To Centre On 380ft Replica of Putin's Cock
Will today's World Cup opening ceremony feature a 380 foot replica of President Vladimir Putin's penis? No, that's not true: that story was published by a satirical website. It is... [Read the full story]- by: Maarten Schenk
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Fake News: LeBron James Did NOT Buy Chris Paul's New Orleans Condo
Did LeBron James buy the New Orleans condo of his good friend Chris Paul? No, that's not true: a story that claimed he did appeared on a prank website but... [Read the full story]- by: Maarten Schenk
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Fake News: George R.R. Martin NOT Dead After Massive Heart Attack
Did George R.R. Martin, writer of Game of Thrones, die of a massive heart attack? No, that's not true: someone posted a fake death notice to a prank website, in... [Read the full story]- by: Maarten Schenk
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Fake News: Danny Drinkwater NOT To Miss World Cup Due To Dehydration
Is England soccer player Danny Drinkwater missing the World Cup because of dehydration? No, that's not true: the news was invented by a satire site as a pun on his... [Read the full story]- by: Maarten Schenk
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Fake News: Fortnite NOT Shutting Down
Is the popular game Fortnite shutting down? No, that's not true: an image showing a tweet claiming that was the case originated on a prank website, it is not real.... [Read the full story]- by: Maarten Schenk
» Video
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Fake News: Video Does NOT Show Muslims Rioting In Birmingham Demanding Nobody Drive During Ramadan
Did a viral video show muslims rioting in Birmingham because they demand nobody drive down their street during Ramadan? No, that's not true: a video showing Swiss soccer hooligans has... [Read the full story]- by: Maarten Schenk
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Fake News: Video Does NOT Show Man Burning After Phone Connected To Power Bank Explodes, NOT In Dubai Mall
Does a video being shared around on social media show a man on fire in a shopping center because his phone exploded in his pocket while connected to a power... [Read the full story]- by: Maarten Schenk
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Fake News: NOT A Video Of An Israeli Policeman Strangling A Palestinian Child To Death
Does a video show an Israeli policeman strangling a Palestinian child to death near some kind of escalator? No, that's not true: a video filmed in the Swedish city of... [Read the full story]- by: Maarten Schenk
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Fake News: Video Does NOT Show 6K People Marching For Tommy Robinson To Be Freed
Does a viral video show six thousand people marching down London's Whitehall to demand freedom for Tommy Robinson? No, that's not true: the video is from several weeks before Robinson's... [Read the full story]- by: Maarten Schenk
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Fake Video: Congress Is NOT Demanding The Arrest of Hillary Clinton
Is Congress demanding the arrest of Hillary Clinton and the appointment of a second special counsel in the wake of the FBI spy operation? No: a live video stream claiming... [Read the full story]- by: Maarten Schenk
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Fake News: Video Does NOT Show Palestinian Martyr Scratching His Nose Under His Shroud
Were Palestinian 'martyrs' seen moving under their shrouds in a video that was making the rounds in May 2018? No, the video being spread by Twitter user "p4z" is not... [Read the full story]- by: Maarten Schenk