by: Maarten Schenk
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Fake News: NFL Did NOT Fine Pittsburgh Steelers $1m Each For Skipping National Anthem
Famous fake/satire website The Resistance: The Last Line of Defense posted an article titled "BREAKING: NFL Fines Pittsburgh Steelers $1m Each For Skipping National Anthem" which opened: Donald Trump must... [Read the full story]- by: Maarten Schenk
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Fake News: Evansville Twin Bridge Did NOT Collapse
Some random person on the internet used prank website React365 to post an article titled "Evansville twin Bridge collapse". The full text of the hoax read: One of the twin... [Read the full story]- by: Maarten Schenk
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Fake News: New Orleans Saints Did NOT Sign Colin Kaepernick To 5 Year Deal
An article titled "New Orleans Saints Sign Colin Kapernick to 5 year deal." was posted to prank webite trend-news.com by an unknown author, misspelling Kaepernick's name in the process. The... [Read the full story]- by: Maarten Schenk
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Fake News: Trump Saying Melania Really Wanted To Be Here While She Stands Next To Him
A tweet from Holly O'Reilly with a snippet of video from Donald Trump's visit to Fort Meyers in Florida went viral: And here, we have video of Trump saying that... [Read the full story]- by: Maarten Schenk
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Fake News: Alabama Quarterback Jalen Hurts NOT Confirmed As A Transgender
Notorious prank website React365 was used to post an article titled "Alabama QB confirmed as a transgender". The full text of the hoax read: After months of speculation, it has... [Read the full story]- by: Maarten Schenk
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Watch: Mark Zuckerberg Talks Russian Election Interference And Facebook's Next Steps
Mark Zuckerberg went live on Facebook to discuss Russian election interference and Facebook's next steps to protect the integrity of the democratic process. Watch the full video below: As you... [Read the full story]- by: Maarten Schenk
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No Hoax: Myth-fighter Snopes gets cash boost in court fight
A federal judge ordered Proper Media, LLC, to stop withholding ad revenue from Snopes.com while the court considers who legally controls the hoax-busting website. Snopes parent company Bardav has been... [Read the full story]- by: Alan Duke
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Fake News King Paul Horner Launches New Website Named My Phoenix Daily
Paul Horner is a fake news writer and comedian who is said to have influenced the U.S. Presidential Election with his hoaxes. And a few hours ago he revealed a... [Read the full story]- by: Maarten Schenk
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Running List Of Fake Celebrity Quotes on USA Daily News Posts
The fake news website USA Daily News Posts (usadailynewsposts.com), also known as "American President Donald J. Trump", has made it a habbit to post fake celebrity quotes and then asking... [Read the full story]- by: Maarten Schenk
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Fake News: Muslim Mayor Did NOT Outlaw Christmas 2017 Within City Limits
Fake news site As American As Apple Pie posted an article titled "Muslim Mayor Outlaws Christmas 2017 Within City Limits" which claimed: The Muslim Mayor of Blairsville, a small suburb... [Read the full story]- by: Maarten Schenk
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Rise Of The Machines: Twitter Bot Debunks Fake News Generated By Another One
OK, we give up. We thought that we here at Lead Stories were clever with our Trendolizer engine to quickly find emerging fake news stories to debunk. But we must... [Read the full story]- by: Maarten Schenk
» Hoax Alert
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Fake News: NFL Did NOT Suspend Three Teams That Stayed In Locker Rooms For National Anthem
Fake/satire website Freedum Junkshun posted an article titled "BREAKING: NFL Suspends Three Teams That Stayed In Locker Rooms For National Anthem". The most important part of the hoax read: The... [Read the full story]- by: Maarten Schenk
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Fake News: NFL Did NOT Fine Pittsburgh Steelers $1m Each For Skipping National Anthem
Famous fake/satire website The Resistance: The Last Line of Defense posted an article titled "BREAKING: NFL Fines Pittsburgh Steelers $1m Each For Skipping National Anthem" which opened: Donald Trump must... [Read the full story]- by: Maarten Schenk
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Fake News: Evansville Twin Bridge Did NOT Collapse
Some random person on the internet used prank website React365 to post an article titled "Evansville twin Bridge collapse". The full text of the hoax read: One of the twin... [Read the full story]- by: Maarten Schenk
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Fake News: New Orleans Saints Did NOT Sign Colin Kaepernick To 5 Year Deal
An article titled "New Orleans Saints Sign Colin Kapernick to 5 year deal." was posted to prank webite trend-news.com by an unknown author, misspelling Kaepernick's name in the process. The... [Read the full story]- by: Maarten Schenk
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Fake News: Trump Saying Melania Really Wanted To Be Here While She Stands Next To Him
A tweet from Holly O'Reilly with a snippet of video from Donald Trump's visit to Fort Meyers in Florida went viral: And here, we have video of Trump saying that... [Read the full story]- by: Maarten Schenk
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Fake News: Alabama Quarterback Jalen Hurts NOT Confirmed As A Transgender
Notorious prank website React365 was used to post an article titled "Alabama QB confirmed as a transgender". The full text of the hoax read: After months of speculation, it has... [Read the full story]- by: Maarten Schenk
» Politics
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Fake News: Trump Saying Melania Really Wanted To Be Here While She Stands Next To Him
A tweet from Holly O'Reilly with a snippet of video from Donald Trump's visit to Fort Meyers in Florida went viral: And here, we have video of Trump saying that... [Read the full story]- by: Maarten Schenk
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Fake News: Michelle Obama Did NOT Announce 2020 Presidential Run
Famous fake/satire website The Resistance: The Last Line of Defense posted an article titled "BREAKING: Michelle Obama Announces 2020 Presidential Run" which opened: Donald Trump's challenger in 2020 might be... [Read the full story]- by: Maarten Schenk
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Fake News: NO 2 Democrat Congressmen On ISIS Payroll, NOT Arrested For Treason
Fake satire website The Resistance: The Last Line of Defense posted an article titled "BREAKING: 2 Democrat Congressmen On ISIS Payroll Arrested For Treason". The article claims: ISIS has managed... [Read the full story]- by: Maarten Schenk
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Fake News: DOJ Did NOT Officially Label Antifa A Terrorist Group
A satirical fake news website named The Resistance: Last Line of Defence posted an article titled "BREAKING: DOJ Officially Labels Antifa A Terrorist Group" which opened: It's been a long... [Read the full story]- by: Maarten Schenk
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Fake News: Trump Is NOT Launching A New Political Party For The 2020 Election
A network of fake/satirical websites is trying to launch a rumor that Donald Trump is setting up a new political party named the "American Party" for the 2020 elections. So... [Read the full story]- by: Maarten Schenk
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Fake News: Rosa Parks' Daughter DID Not Praise Trump's Response to Charlottesville
The fake/satirical website Our Land of the Free posted an article titled "BREAKING: Rosa Parks' Daughter Praises Trump's Response to Charlottesville". It opened: Liberals love to call President Trump a... [Read the full story]- by: Maarten Schenk
» Entertainment
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Fake News: The Office US Is NOT Returning In 2018
Somebody used the website pagez.com to post an article titled "CONFIRMED: The Office US is returning in 2018!" a few hours ago. It opened: Last week we heard the news... [Read the full story]- by: Maarten Schenk
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Taylor Swift's New Clip Overtakes Katy Perry's Clip View Count
It's been the battle of the pop divas with near simultaneous releases of new video clips by Taylor Swift and Katy Perry. Perry released her "Swish Swish" first, Tay followed... [Read the full story]- by: Maarten Schenk
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Fake News: Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson DID NOT Die After Failed Stunt With Double
Several fake news websites published articles titled "FOX BREAKING NEWS:Dwayne..'The Rock'.Johnson Dies at 45 After a Terrible Stunt with Double Failed attempt.TODAY, August, 2017" (archived example here). Of course the... [Read the full story]- by: Maarten Schenk
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Fake News: French Actor Samy Naceri NOT Dead From Heart Disease
French Actor Samy Naceri, most known from his role in the movie "Taxi", was the victim of a celebrity death hoax earlier today. A site ostensibly named "C. Chivalric" hosted... [Read the full story]- by: Maarten Schenk
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Fake News: Police Did NOT Say Chester Bennington Was Murdered
Fake news website YourNewsWire published an article titled "Police: Chester Bennington Was Murdered" shortly after the Linkin Park frontman was found dead after an apparent suicide. The article opens: Police... [Read the full story]- by: Maarten Schenk
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Fake News: Fantasia & Jazmine Sullivan Did NOT Announce Joint Tour
Prank website Channel23News scored a big hit with a fake article titled "Fantasia & Jazmine Sullivan Announce Joint Tour - Channel 23 News". The article opens: Fantasia and Jazmine Sullivan... [Read the full story]- by: Maarten Schenk
» Video
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Fake News: Trump Saying Melania Really Wanted To Be Here While She Stands Next To Him
A tweet from Holly O'Reilly with a snippet of video from Donald Trump's visit to Fort Meyers in Florida went viral: And here, we have video of Trump saying that... [Read the full story]- by: Maarten Schenk
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Watch: Mark Zuckerberg Talks Russian Election Interference And Facebook's Next Steps
Mark Zuckerberg went live on Facebook to discuss Russian election interference and Facebook's next steps to protect the integrity of the democratic process. Watch the full video below: As you... [Read the full story]- by: Maarten Schenk
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Fake Video: Crabs NOT Crossing Road In Florida After Hurricane Irma
A Facebook page named Ebuzz posted a video purporting to be from Florida after hurricane Irma, showing thousands of crabs crossing a road: The video racked up at least 17... [Read the full story]- by: Maarten Schenk
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Fake News: NO Alien Invasion, This Is NOT Real
A facebook page called 'This Is Real' has been live-streaming the same three minute video clip the past three hours claiming an alien invasion is going on. A real alien... [Read the full story]- by: Maarten Schenk
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Live Video: Wikileaks Press Conference About Vault 7 Year Zero Release
Wikileaks announced they were having a press conference today about the "Vault 7 Year Zero" file they released in encrypted form earlier. Watch it here. Update: Press conf under... [Read the full story]- by: Maarten Schenk
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Live Stream: Donald Trump Speaking at CPAC 2017
So, what do you think of it? POLL: What do you think of Donald Trump's speech at CPAC?Watch here: https://t.co/4yjQ91gsEy#CPAC #CPAC2017 #Trump #DonaldTrump -- Lead Stories (@LeadStoriesCom) 24 februari 2017... [Read the full story]- by: Maarten Schenk