Business in August 2025
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Sunday, August 31, 2025
Saturday, August 30, 2025
Friday, August 29, 2025
- Fact Check: UK Supermarkets Are NOT Scheduled To Start Checking IDs Before Letting People Shop For Groceries
- Fact Check: There Is NO 'One Last Ride' Tour Featuring Dolly, Reba, George Strait, Carrie Underwood, Alan Jackson and Blake Shelton -- AI Slop Trend Uses Fake Concert News For Engagement Farming
- Fact Check: NO Melania Trump Vanity Fair Edition Announced -- Magazine's Archive Doesn't Contain Viral Cover
Thursday, August 28, 2025
- Fact Check: Trump Did NOT Order U.S. Marshals To Remove Fed Governor Lisa Cook After She Challenged The President's Firing Of Her
- Fact Check: Rachel Maddow Did NOT Shatter Stephen Miller In A Live Interview 'Takedown' -- Never Happened
Wednesday, August 27, 2025
- Fact Check: Viral Video Of Delivery Drone Dropping Car Battery On Parked Car Was An April Fool's Hoax To Promote A Parts Store
- Fact Check: Finland Did NOT Test 'World's First Engine-less Superconducting Maglev Cargo Pipeline', As Of August 28, 2025
Tuesday, August 26, 2025
- Fact Check: Walmart Did NOT Fire VP For Taking Daily Kickbacks In H-1B Visa Scandal -- Company Says
- Fact Check: NO Proof Citizens of Turkey, Syria, Bangladesh, Afghanistan, India and Pakistan Banned From Clubs In Japan
Monday, August 25, 2025
- Fact Check: Eminem, Jelly Roll And Billie Eilish Did NOT Announce A Joint Tour Called 'The Last Showdown'
- Fact Check: George Strait Did NOT 'Drop Bombshell' Rejecting A $500 Million Tesla Endorsement Deal From Elon Musk -- Yet Another Celebrity Name Plugged Into A Fake Story
- Fact Check: Arthur MacWaters Was NOT Fired From Cracker Barrel -- Joke Post, Never Worked There
Friday, August 22, 2025
Thursday, August 21, 2025
Wednesday, August 20, 2025
Tuesday, August 19, 2025
Friday, August 15, 2025
- Fact Check: WNBA Star Angel Reese Did NOT Call For A Boycott Of American Eagle Over Sydney Sweeney's Jeans Ad
- Fact Check: Los Angeles Is NOT Building Homeless RV Camp Near A High School In Encino -- It's For RV Storage
Thursday, August 14, 2025
Wednesday, August 13, 2025
- Fact Check: Video Does NOT Prove Ronald McDonald Killed Children In 1892
- Fact Check: Baltimore Ravens Did NOT Reject A $500 Million Tesla Sponsorship Offer From Elon Musk
- Fact Check: UK Has NOT Announced It Will Flag All Cash Withdrawals In Excess Of £420
Tuesday, August 12, 2025
Monday, August 11, 2025
- Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show "Real Footage" Of Marine Park Trainer Jessica Radcliffe Attacked By Dolphin Or Orca -- It's AI
- Fact Check: WNBA Did NOT Require All Its Women Basketball Teams To Install Safety Nets 'To Protect Against Dildo-Throwing Incidents'
Wednesday, August 6, 2025
Tuesday, August 5, 2025
- Fact Check: FAKE Screenshot About Musk Being In Critical Condition Did NOT Show Authentic CNN Report
Monday, August 4, 2025
Friday, August 1, 2025
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