by: Maarten Schenk
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Fake News: ABC Did NOT Cancel Monday Night Football After Worst Ratings Ever
Is ABC cancelling monday night football on ESPN? No, that's not true: the entire story was made up by a liberal satire weblog that likes to invent fake stories that... [Read the full story]- by: Maarten Schenk
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Fake News: Man With Rare Medical Condition Did NOT Ejaculate First Time At Age 79 After Surgery
Did 79-year-old Dutchman Thomas Holt from Amsterdam ejaculate for the first time ever after an operation removed a blockage? No, that's not true: the story was made up by a... [Read the full story]- by: Maarten Schenk
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Fake News: Canada Did NOT Open Borders To Zimbabwean Visitors, Visa Still Required
Can citizens of Zimbabwe now visit Canada for up to 90 days without needing a visa? No, that's not true: a fake news site with a misleading domain name that... [Read the full story]- by: Maarten Schenk
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Fake News: In-N-Out NOT Coming To Chicago 2020
Is In-N-Out Burger coming to Chicago in 2020? No, that's not true: a prankster fooled thousands of people by uploading a fake news headline with that claim to a prank... [Read the full story]- by: Maarten Schenk
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Fake News: Video Showing Airliner Flipping Over Before Landing In Typhoon Is NOT Real!
Is this video of an airliner flipping over or doing a 360 degree roll because of a typhoon during the landing real? No, it is not: the video is a... [Read the full story]- by: Maarten Schenk
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Fake News: 400-pound Woman Did NOT Sue NC Zoo After Escaped Hippo Tried To Rape Her During Hurricane Florence
Is 64-year-old Clementine Gibbons sueing the North Carolina Zoo in Asheboro after a hippo escaped during hurricane Florence and tried to rape her? No, that's not true: a site that... [Read the full story]- by: Maarten Schenk
»News & Analysis from the world of Fake News
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Lead Stories and Factmata Announce Collaboration In Fight Against Fake News
COLORADO SPRINGS/BRUSSELS/LONDON -- Fact checking website Lead Stories (leadstories.com) and artificial intelligence startup Factmata (factmata.com) are happy to announce they will be collaborating in the fight against fake news by... [Read the full story]- by: Maarten Schenk
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Lead Stories and Unfakery Announce Collaboration In Fight Against Fake News
COLORADO SPRINGS/BRUSSELS/HOUSTON -- Fact checking website Lead Stories (leadstories.com) and the fakery education and debunking Facebook page Unfakery (Facebook.com/Unfakery) are happy to announce they will be collaborating in the fight... [Read the full story]- by: Maarten Schenk
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Is Fake News Website YourNewsWire Being Throttled To Death By Facebook?
Regular readers of this site are doubtlessly familiar with notorious fake news website YourNewsWire.com. Over the years we have debunked countless stories from it, and we are not the only... [Read the full story]- by: Maarten Schenk
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UPDATE: Now Restored - Christopher Blair's Satirical Fake News Website America's Last Line of Defense Blocked For Spamming By Facebook
Another one of Christopher Blair's websites bites the dust. Lead Stories just learned that links to any article on the website "America's Last Line of Defense" are now considered "spam"... [Read the full story]- by: Maarten Schenk
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Exclusive: Fake News Website Owner Responsible For Michael J. Fox Death Hoax Denies Phishing Allegations
On Sunday August 5, 2018 a fake news website using the URL yahoonews-us.com and a logo from Yahoo! News ran a death hoax about actor Michael J. Fox. Lead Stories... [Read the full story]- by: Maarten Schenk
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Fake News Site Pushing Michael J. Fox Death Hoax Marked As Unsafe By Google (Along With Lead Stories Debunk!)
Yesterday Lead Stories reported on a death hoax involving actor Michael J. Fox which was published by a site pretending to be Yahoo! News: Fake News: Beloved Actor And Back... [Read the full story]- by: Maarten Schenk
» Hoax Alert
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Fake News: Rapper Tekashi 69 Has NOT Died Of LIGMA Overdose
Did rapper Tekashi69, aka 6ix9ine, die from a "LIGMA" overdose? No, that's not true: the story was made up by a fake news website that calls itself a "fauxtire" website.... [Read the full story]- by: Maarten Schenk
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Fake News: ABC Did NOT Cancel Monday Night Football After Worst Ratings Ever
Is ABC cancelling monday night football on ESPN? No, that's not true: the entire story was made up by a liberal satire weblog that likes to invent fake stories that... [Read the full story]- by: Maarten Schenk
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Fake News: Man With Rare Medical Condition Did NOT Ejaculate First Time At Age 79 After Surgery
Did 79-year-old Dutchman Thomas Holt from Amsterdam ejaculate for the first time ever after an operation removed a blockage? No, that's not true: the story was made up by a... [Read the full story]- by: Maarten Schenk
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Fake News: Canada Did NOT Open Borders To Zimbabwean Visitors, Visa Still Required
Can citizens of Zimbabwe now visit Canada for up to 90 days without needing a visa? No, that's not true: a fake news site with a misleading domain name that... [Read the full story]- by: Maarten Schenk
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Fake News: In-N-Out NOT Coming To Chicago 2020
Is In-N-Out Burger coming to Chicago in 2020? No, that's not true: a prankster fooled thousands of people by uploading a fake news headline with that claim to a prank... [Read the full story]- by: Maarten Schenk
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Fake News: Video Showing Airliner Flipping Over Before Landing In Typhoon Is NOT Real!
Is this video of an airliner flipping over or doing a 360 degree roll because of a typhoon during the landing real? No, it is not: the video is a... [Read the full story]- by: Maarten Schenk
» Politics
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Fake News: FAKE Poll, 70 Percent of Trump Supporters Do NOT Think Media Faked P.R. Deaths
Does a poll show that 70% of the supporters of President Donald Trump think the media faked the number of deaths resulting from Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico last year?... [Read the full story]- by: Maarten Schenk
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Fake News: President Trump NOT To Receive Golden Star of David In Jerusalem
Is Donald Trump set to receive Judaism's greates honor, the "Golden Star of David" in Jerusalem? No, that's not true: there is no such an award and the "news" about... [Read the full story]- by: Maarten Schenk
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Fake News: President Trump Did NOT Say He Will Make Desecration Of The Flag Illegal
Did President Trump say he will override the Supreme Court and make desecration of the flag (including the Confederate one) illegal? No, that's not true, despite what a recent meme... [Read the full story]- by: Maarten Schenk
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Fake News: Actor Morgan Freeman Did NOT Call President Trump "A Sack Of Shit" On Twitter After Jacksonville Shooting
Did actor Morgan Freeman call President Donald Trump "a bonafide sack of shit" on Twitter after not responding to yesterday's shooting in Jacksonville, Florida? No, that's not true. Trump indeed... [Read the full story]- by: Maarten Schenk
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Fake News: Sheriff Joe Arpaio Will NOT Take Over McCain's Seat In The Senate
Is Sheriff Joe Arpaio replacing John McCain in the senate now the senator passed away? No, that's not true, the story was published by a website that is part of... [Read the full story]- by: Maarten Schenk
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Fake News: South African Minister of Defence Did NOT Say 'Trump Must Not Send Troops To Our Country'
Did Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula, the minister of defence and military veterans in South Africa, say that U.S. President Donald Trump should not send troops to the country because their own military... [Read the full story]- by: Maarten Schenk
» Entertainment
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Fake News: Rapper Tekashi 69 Has NOT Died Of LIGMA Overdose
Did rapper Tekashi69, aka 6ix9ine, die from a "LIGMA" overdose? No, that's not true: the story was made up by a fake news website that calls itself a "fauxtire" website.... [Read the full story]- by: Maarten Schenk
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Fake News: ABC Did NOT Cancel Monday Night Football After Worst Ratings Ever
Is ABC cancelling monday night football on ESPN? No, that's not true: the entire story was made up by a liberal satire weblog that likes to invent fake stories that... [Read the full story]- by: Maarten Schenk
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Fake News: Post Malone Did NOT Die From Ligma
Did rapper Post Malone die from "Ligma"? No, that's not true: some joker uploaded a fake story to a prank generator website which uses a domain name that is easily... [Read the full story]- by: Maarten Schenk
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Fake News: Machine Gun Kelly NOT Sent To Rehabilitation After Eminem's Diss
Was rapper Machine Gun Kelly (aka MKG), real name Richard Colson Bake, sent to rehabilitatio after hearing Eminem's diss track about him? No, that's not true: the story was invented... [Read the full story]- by: Maarten Schenk
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Fake News: Chris Brown NOT Found Unconscious In His Los Angeles Home
Was singer Chris Brown found unconcious in his Los Angeles home? No, this not true. And why are we even having to ask? Because of a "prank generator" that somehow... [Read the full story]- by: Alan Duke
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Fake News: Rapper "Post Malone" NOT Shot Outside of Californian Music Venue
Was the unfortunate rapper Post Malone shot outside a music venue in California and did he die from several gunshot wounds? No, that's not true: some sick joker uploaded the... [Read the full story]- by: Maarten Schenk
» Video
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Fake News: Video Showing Airliner Flipping Over Before Landing In Typhoon Is NOT Real!
Is this video of an airliner flipping over or doing a 360 degree roll because of a typhoon during the landing real? No, it is not: the video is a... [Read the full story]- by: Maarten Schenk
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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