by: Maarten Schenk
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Fake News: No 12 (or 123) Dead At 'Gilets Jaunes' Protests in France
Were 12 (or 123) people killed at the "Gilets Jaunes" protests in France today, and were 2300 people seriously injured? No, that's not true: so far the protests against rising... [Read the full story]- by: Alan Duke
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Fake News: African Migrant Did NOT Make Mother And Three Daughters Pregnant Before Running Away
Did an African migrant from Senegal seek revenge on his boss in Paris, France by impregnating the wife and three daughters of the man before taking flight? No, that's not... [Read the full story]- by: Maarten Schenk
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Fake News: French Army Not Getting Ready to Stop Demonstration of Yellow Vests
Is the French army preparing to break up roadblocks tomorrow during a planned protest against high fuel prices (by protesters that have taken up yellow safety vests as their sign)?... [Read the full story]- by: Maarten Schenk
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Fake News: Pedophile Who (Allegedly) Raped 9-Year-Old Girl Did NOT Have Penis Chopped Off Completely By Angry Father
Did Preacher Mase Malgas from East London in South Africa rape a 9-year-old girl and did her father then take revenge by hacking off his penis, leading to his death?... [Read the full story]- by: Maarten Schenk
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Fake News: Theresa May Did NOT Quit With Immediate Effect After Poor Performance -- Metro Journalist Used Misleading Headline
Did Theresa May resign with immediate effect from her position of U.K. Prime Minister today? No, that's not true: a story from a British news website about a CEO named... [Read the full story]- by: Maarten Schenk
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Fake News: Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo Did NOT Announce Vin Diesel Will Be Banned From Entering City Starting 2022
Did the mayor of French capital Paris announce actor Vin Diesel would be banned from entering the city limits starting 2022? No, that's not true: a French satire website disguised... [Read the full story]- by: Maarten Schenk
»News & Analysis from the world of Fake News
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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
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Fake ABC News Website Taken Down After DMCA Complaint -- Already Replaced One Day Later By New Fake News Site
A story about protesters vandalizing Brett Kavanaugh's house to the tune of $11,000 in damages went viral about four days ago and was first debunked by Lead Stories. It originated... [Read the full story]- by: Maarten Schenk
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Is The Fake News Generator Back In Business? -- It Took a Single Dash and $12 To Evade Filters
Less than two weeks ago we reported on a network of prank websites centered around thefakenewsgenerator.com being blocked as spam by Facebook. But now it seems the site is gearing... [Read the full story]- by: Maarten Schenk
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Reign of "New Fake News King" Already At An End? The Fake News Generator Blocked By Facebook
Recently a rash of new viral fake news stories started turning up on Facebook, all from sites associated with thefakenewsgenerator.com, a site run by a man named Justin Hook. He... [Read the full story]- by: Maarten Schenk
» Europe
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Fake News: No 12 (or 123) Dead At 'Gilets Jaunes' Protests in France
Were 12 (or 123) people killed at the "Gilets Jaunes" protests in France today, and were 2300 people seriously injured? No, that's not true: so far the protests against rising... [Read the full story]- by: Alan Duke
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Fake News: African Migrant Did NOT Make Mother And Three Daughters Pregnant Before Running Away
Did an African migrant from Senegal seek revenge on his boss in Paris, France by impregnating the wife and three daughters of the man before taking flight? No, that's not... [Read the full story]- by: Maarten Schenk
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Fake News: French Army Not Getting Ready to Stop Demonstration of Yellow Vests
Is the French army preparing to break up roadblocks tomorrow during a planned protest against high fuel prices (by protesters that have taken up yellow safety vests as their sign)?... [Read the full story]- by: Maarten Schenk
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Fake News: Theresa May Did NOT Quit With Immediate Effect After Poor Performance -- Metro Journalist Used Misleading Headline
Did Theresa May resign with immediate effect from her position of U.K. Prime Minister today? No, that's not true: a story from a British news website about a CEO named... [Read the full story]- by: Maarten Schenk
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Fake News: Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo Did NOT Announce Vin Diesel Will Be Banned From Entering City Starting 2022
Did the mayor of French capital Paris announce actor Vin Diesel would be banned from entering the city limits starting 2022? No, that's not true: a French satire website disguised... [Read the full story]- by: Maarten Schenk
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Fake News: Northern Ireland NOT to Be Renamed 'West Belgium' in Brexit Deal
Will Northern Ireland be renamed "West Belgium" according to the latest proposed Brexit deal? No, that's not true: the story was made up by a satirical website but several people... [Read the full story]- by: Maarten Schenk
» Hoax Alert
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Fake News: NO Whistleblower Investigating 2018 Broward County Election Fraud Shot Himself Dead
Did a whistleblower investigating 2018 election fraud shoot himself and was no gun recovered from the scene? No, that's not true: a political website run by a marketing firm ran... [Read the full story]- by: Maarten Schenk
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Fake News: No 12 (or 123) Dead At 'Gilets Jaunes' Protests in France
Were 12 (or 123) people killed at the "Gilets Jaunes" protests in France today, and were 2300 people seriously injured? No, that's not true: so far the protests against rising... [Read the full story]- by: Alan Duke
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Fake News: African Migrant Did NOT Make Mother And Three Daughters Pregnant Before Running Away
Did an African migrant from Senegal seek revenge on his boss in Paris, France by impregnating the wife and three daughters of the man before taking flight? No, that's not... [Read the full story]- by: Maarten Schenk
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Fake News: French Army Not Getting Ready to Stop Demonstration of Yellow Vests
Is the French army preparing to break up roadblocks tomorrow during a planned protest against high fuel prices (by protesters that have taken up yellow safety vests as their sign)?... [Read the full story]- by: Maarten Schenk
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Fake News: Pedophile Who (Allegedly) Raped 9-Year-Old Girl Did NOT Have Penis Chopped Off Completely By Angry Father
Did Preacher Mase Malgas from East London in South Africa rape a 9-year-old girl and did her father then take revenge by hacking off his penis, leading to his death?... [Read the full story]- by: Maarten Schenk
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Fake News: Theresa May Did NOT Quit With Immediate Effect After Poor Performance -- Metro Journalist Used Misleading Headline
Did Theresa May resign with immediate effect from her position of U.K. Prime Minister today? No, that's not true: a story from a British news website about a CEO named... [Read the full story]- by: Maarten Schenk
» Politics
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Fake News: NO Whistleblower Investigating 2018 Broward County Election Fraud Shot Himself Dead
Did a whistleblower investigating 2018 election fraud shoot himself and was no gun recovered from the scene? No, that's not true: a political website run by a marketing firm ran... [Read the full story]- by: Maarten Schenk
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Fake News: Theresa May Did NOT Quit With Immediate Effect After Poor Performance -- Metro Journalist Used Misleading Headline
Did Theresa May resign with immediate effect from her position of U.K. Prime Minister today? No, that's not true: a story from a British news website about a CEO named... [Read the full story]- by: Maarten Schenk
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Fake News: Hillary Clinton Did NOT Say 'The Only Crime I Ever Committed Was Stealing The Hearts Of The American People'
Did Hillary Clinton ever say 'The Only Crime I Ever Committed Was Stealing The Hearts Of The American People'? No, that's not true: the quote was made up by a... [Read the full story]- by: Maarten Schenk
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Fake News: Florida Officials Did NOT Admit Nearly 200k Voters May Not Be Citizens In 2018
Did Florida officials admit almost 200,000 voters in the Florida midterm election may not have been citizens? No, that's not true: a hyperpartisan website took an old report about the... [Read the full story]- by: Maarten Schenk
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Fake News: NO Fake Election Ballots in Georgia, Florida, Arizona Traced To Soros Compound
Were fake ballots in Georgia, Florida and Arizona traced to a "Soros Compound" in Seattle, Washington? No, that story originated on a liberal satire website mocking voter fraud conspiracy theories... [Read the full story]- by: Maarten Schenk
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Fake News: Russian Billionaire Dmitri Rybolovlev NOT Arrested By Mueller
Was Russian billionaire Dmitri Rybolovlev arrested by Special Counsel Robert Mueller during an investigation into a luxurious mansion the man bought from Donald Trump in 2008? No, that's not true:... [Read the full story]- by: Maarten Schenk
» Entertainment
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Fake News: Singer Maître Gims NOT Dead After Road Accident In Paris
Did French rapper Maître Gims die after a road accident in Paris? No, that's not true: a Russian fake news website specializing in death hoaxes about French celebrities struck again.... [Read the full story]- by: Maarten Schenk
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Fake News: Metal Legend Rob Halford NOT Found Unresponsive in San Diego Home
Was singer Rob Halford found unresponsive in his home in San Diego? No, that's not true and he's not dead either. Some prankster spread the rumor by using a website... [Read the full story]- by: Maarten Schenk
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Fake News: Bill Nye The Science Guy NOT Arrested For Manufacturing And Distribution Of Drugs From His Lab
Was Bill Nye (also known as The Science Guy) arrested for producing and distributing drugs from his lab? And does he face a long prison sentence because of it? No,... [Read the full story]- by: Maarten Schenk
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Fake News: Belgian Singer Stromae NOT Dead In Paris Road Accident
Did Belgian singer Stromae die in a road accident in Paris today, aged only 33? No, that's not true: a death hoax about the singer was launched by a website... [Read the full story]- by: Maarten Schenk
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Fake News: Taylor Swift NOT Busted On Date With Colin Kaepernick
Was Taylor Swift spotted on a date with Colin Kaepernick? No, that's not true: the latest hoax about Swift was just the product of the imagination of a liberal satire... [Read the full story]- by: Maarten Schenk
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Fake News: Taylor Swift NOT Dropped From Spotify & iTunes
Was Taylor Swift dropped from music services Spotify and iTunes after endorsing two Democrats in the Tennessee midterm elections? No, that's not true: the claim was made up by a... [Read the full story]- by: Maarten Schenk