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Fake News: Judge Did NOT Order Premium Snapchat Model to Pay $60k in Taxes to IRS After Multiple Reports by Internet Users
Was Instagram model Belle Delphine ordered to pay $60,000 in taxes to the IRS after internet users reported her? 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: Dearborn City Council Did NOT Force Christian Schoolkids To Sing Muslamic Hymns
Did the Dearborn City Council force Christian schoolkids to sing "Muslamic" hymns? No, that's not true. The story was published by a liberal satire website that tries to educate gullible... [Read the full story]- by: Maarten Schenk
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Fake News: NO Media Silence About Woman Stabbed 14 Times in Minnesota
Did "not a drop of media coverage" happen about a woman who was stabbed 14 times in Minnesota? And is the media covering up the fact that the attacker was... [Read the full story]- by: Maarten Schenk
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Fake News: James Woods Hit By Death Hoax, First Victim of New Christopher Blair Site
Did actor and conservative commentator James Woods pass away? No, that's not true: his obituary was published by a new liberal satire website run by Christopher Blair on which he... [Read the full story]- by: Maarten Schenk
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Fake News: Trump Did NOT Step In by Executive Order to Restore Christmas to Dearborn (Because It Was Never Abolished)
Did president Donald Trump step in via an executive order to restore Christmas in Dearborn, Michigan after it had been allegedly abolished by muslims? No, that's not true. The story... [Read the full story]- by: Maarten Schenk
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Fake News: Muslamic Fallah Did NOT Call Cops On Christian Carolers, Cops Did NOT Arrest Them And Take Their Kids
Is the police in Dearborn, Michigan now arresting Christian carol singers after a "muslamic fallah" called 911 on them? No, that's not true. The story was published by a liberal... [Read the full story]- by: Maarten Schenk
»News & Analysis from the world of Fake News
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Fake News: James Woods Hit By Death Hoax, First Victim of New Christopher Blair Site
Did actor and conservative commentator James Woods pass away? No, that's not true: his obituary was published by a new liberal satire website run by Christopher Blair on which he... [Read the full story]- by: Maarten Schenk
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Old Network of Anti-Islam Fake News Websites Turns To Twitter Trolling
Tara, Jesica, Ana, Lora: since a few weeks dozens of trolls on Twitter are dangling bait in front of American Trump supporters. Their goal: bring in as many clicks as... [Read the full story]- by: Maarten Schenk
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The Ultimate Christopher Blair and America's Last Line of Defense Reading List
Yesterday Eli Saslow at the Washington Post wrote a fantastic article about Christopher Blair, a man from Maine who has been trolling conservatives and Trump supporters online for years and... [Read the full story]- by: Maarten Schenk
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Fake News Website YourNewsWire Renamed NewsPunch (Again) -- Possibly To Avoid Filters
YourNewsWire used to be one of the most notorious websites spreading fake news, often by using bits and pieces of real news articles from other websites to create new articles... [Read the full story]- by: Maarten Schenk
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BBC Interviews Christopher Blair And Maarten Schenk in "The Faker and The Fact Checker"
Recently the BBC World Service's "Trending" programme did a two part story about Christopher Blair, the liberal troll and internet hoaxer well known to anybody who has been following Lead... [Read the full story]- by: Maarten Schenk
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Satirical Fake News Writer Christopher Blair Announces Midterm Election Moratorium
Readers of this site are probably aware that some of the content found on Macedonian fake news websites is often copied directly from the satirical sites and Facebook pages of... [Read the full story]- by: Maarten Schenk
» Europe
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Fake News: Chérif Chekatt NOT Killed So He Could Not Reveal He Was Acting on Government Orders
Was Chérif Chekatt, the terrorist who shot and killed several people in Strasbourg earlier this week killed by police to keep him from revealing he was acting on government orders?... [Read the full story]- by: Maarten Schenk
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Fake News: Theresa May Did NOT Cancel The Next General Election
Did Theresa May cancel the next general election in the U.K. because she doesn't think she will win? No, that's not true: the claim was made by a satire website... [Read the full story]- by: Maarten Schenk
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Fake News: NO EU Army Deployed To Paris To Crush French Revolution
Was the "EU Army" deployed to the streets of Paris to "crush" the "French Revolution" this weekend? No, that's not true: the claim came from a notoriously unreliable website that... [Read the full story]- by: Maarten Schenk
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Fake News: Angela Merkel Did NOT Say Trump Has Almost Destroyed The New World Order
Did German chancellor Angela Merkel say that U.S. President Donald Trump has almost destroyed "The New World Order"? No, that's not true: a notoriously unreliable website misquoted Merkel based on... [Read the full story]- by: Maarten Schenk
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Fake News: French Interior Minister Did NOT Announce Plan To Release Calm Jihadists to Make Room for Yellow Vests in Prisons
Did French Interior Minister Christophe Castaner announce that 'calm' jihadi's would be released from prisons to make room for yellow vest protesters? No, that's not true: the story came from... [Read the full story]- by: Maarten Schenk
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Fake News: BBC Did NOT Ban Racist Song White Christmas
Did the BBC ban the song "White Christmas" because it is racist? No, that's not true: the story came from a satire website and was mocking recent incidents where the... [Read the full story]- by: Maarten Schenk
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Fake News: Colin Kaepernick NOT Arrested In Massive $200k Drug Bust
Was Colin Kaepernick arrested in a $200k drug bust? No, that's not true. The story was published by a liberal satire website that tries to educate gullible Trump supporters and... [Read the full story]- by: Maarten Schenk
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Fake News: Judge Did NOT Order Premium Snapchat Model to Pay $60k in Taxes to IRS After Multiple Reports by Internet Users
Was Instagram model Belle Delphine ordered to pay $60,000 in taxes to the IRS after internet users reported her? 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: Dearborn City Council Did NOT Force Christian Schoolkids To Sing Muslamic Hymns
Did the Dearborn City Council force Christian schoolkids to sing "Muslamic" hymns? No, that's not true. The story was published by a liberal satire website that tries to educate gullible... [Read the full story]- by: Maarten Schenk
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Fake News: NO Media Silence About Woman Stabbed 14 Times in Minnesota
Did "not a drop of media coverage" happen about a woman who was stabbed 14 times in Minnesota? And is the media covering up the fact that the attacker was... [Read the full story]- by: Maarten Schenk
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Fake News: James Woods Hit By Death Hoax, First Victim of New Christopher Blair Site
Did actor and conservative commentator James Woods pass away? No, that's not true: his obituary was published by a new liberal satire website run by Christopher Blair on which he... [Read the full story]- by: Maarten Schenk
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Fake News: Trump Did NOT Step In by Executive Order to Restore Christmas to Dearborn (Because It Was Never Abolished)
Did president Donald Trump step in via an executive order to restore Christmas in Dearborn, Michigan after it had been allegedly abolished by muslims? No, that's not true. The story... [Read the full story]- by: Maarten Schenk
» Politics
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Fake News: Trump Approval Rating Did NOT Go Up 23 Points After Promising To Shut Down Government
Did the approval rating of President Trump go up by 23 points after he promised a government shutdown if funding for his border wall project was not approved? No, that's... [Read the full story]- by: Maarten Schenk
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Fake News: Theresa May Did NOT Cancel The Next General Election
Did Theresa May cancel the next general election in the U.K. because she doesn't think she will win? No, that's not true: the claim was made by a satire website... [Read the full story]- by: Maarten Schenk
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Fake News: Angela Merkel Did NOT Say Trump Has Almost Destroyed The New World Order
Did German chancellor Angela Merkel say that U.S. President Donald Trump has almost destroyed "The New World Order"? No, that's not true: a notoriously unreliable website misquoted Merkel based on... [Read the full story]- by: Maarten Schenk
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Fake News: Clinton Foundation NOT Ordered To Cease Operations - Chelsea NOT Charged With Fraud
Sigh. Was the Clinton Foundation ordered to cease operations and was Chelsea Clinton charged with fraud? No, the same old hoax story that originally came from a liberal satire weblog... [Read the full story]- by: Maarten Schenk
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Fake News: Gene Hackman Did NOT Say 'Donald Trump Could Easily Turn Out To Be One of The Best Presidents That America Has Ever Seen'
Did actor and writer Gene Hackman say Donald Trump could easily turn out to be one of the best presidents America has ever seen? No, that's not true: the fake... [Read the full story]- by: Maarten Schenk
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Fake News: Trump Did NOT Divert Obama Library Funding to Veteran's Administration
Did President Donald Trump issue an executive order diverting the funding for Obama's presidential library to the Veteran's Administration? No, that's not true: the story was made up by a... [Read the full story]- by: Maarten Schenk
» Entertainment
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Fake News: Oscars Committee Did NOT Announce Jordan Peterson as New Host
Did the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announce Dr. Jordan Peterson will host the 91st Oscars ceremony? No, of course not: the story was put out by a... [Read the full story]- by: Maarten Schenk
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Fake News: Kid Rock, Ted Nugent Did NOT Raise More Than $10 Million to Fight the War on Christmas
Are Kid Rock and Ted Nugent raising money to help defend Christmas in the "War on Christmas" and have they already collected over $10 million so far? No, that's not... [Read the full story]- by: Maarten Schenk
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Fake News: Gene Hackman Did NOT Say 'Donald Trump Could Easily Turn Out To Be One of The Best Presidents That America Has Ever Seen'
Did actor and writer Gene Hackman say Donald Trump could easily turn out to be one of the best presidents America has ever seen? No, that's not true: the fake... [Read the full story]- by: Maarten Schenk
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Fake News: Lady Gaga, Hillary Clinton NOT to Perform at Superbowl Halftime
Will Lady Gaga perform again at the halftime show of this year's Superbowl, together with Hillary Clinton? Of course not, that's absurd. The story was put out by a liberal... [Read the full story]- by: Maarten Schenk
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Fake News: Simba Is NOT A Vegan In New Lion King Film
Will the character Simba in the remake of The Lion King scheduled for 2019 be vegan? No, that's not true: a fauxtire site copied it from a satire site and... [Read the full story]- by: Maarten Schenk
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Old News: AC/DC Guitarist and Co-Founder Malcolm Young Died... In 2017
Did Malcom Young, the guitarist and co-founder of the band AC/DC, pass away? Yes he did... in 2017. News of his death went viral again in 2018 around the one-year... [Read the full story]- by: Maarten Schenk