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  • Fact Check: US Map Image Does NOT Show An Actual 2023-24 Snow Forecast -- It's A 2014 Creation From A Satirical Site

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    Does the image of a map, purportedly "just released" on August 6, 2023, show an actual prediction of "the 2023-2024" snow forecast across the U.S.? No, that's not true: The image is derived from a satirical website whose disclaimer says its content and platform "is intended for entertainment purposes only." This same bogus map was debunked in 2014 by a…

    • Aug 9, 2023
    • by: Kaiyah Clarke
    Fact Check: US Map Image Does NOT Show An Actual 2023-24 Snow Forecast -- It's A 2014 Creation From A Satirical Site Spoof Map
  • Fake News: Restaurant In New York NOT Given Approval To Serve Human Meat

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    Was a restaurant in New York given approval to serve human meat? No, that's not true: The story is a hoax and was based on a satirical article from 2016 that has been roundly debunked. The claim originated from a video published by SABS-TECH on November 28, 2019, titled "Restaurant in New York given approval to serve Human Meat" (archived…

    • Jan 31, 2020
    • by: Lead Stories Staff
  • Fake News: State Of Florida Did NOT Pass Law Which Makes Nudity Legal At All Public Beaches

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    Did the State of Florida pass a law that makes nudity legal at all public beaches? No, that's not true: the story was put out in 2015 by a website that hides a satire disclaimer behind a footer link. The story went viral again in 2019 after it was reshared in several Facebook groups and pages. The story originated from…

    • Jul 17, 2019
    • by: Maarten Schenk
    Fake News: State Of Florida Did NOT Pass Law Which Makes Nudity Legal At All Public Beaches
  • Fake News: NO Florida Millionaire Arrested, Authorities Did NOT Discover Over 700 Bodies Burried in His Backyard

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    Was a 73-year old Florida millionaire named Jerry Richards arrested in Naples, Florida after police found over 700 bodies in his backyard? No, that's not true: the story was made up in the summer of 2018 by a site that publishes fiction disguised as news and has been circulating on the internet ever since. The story originated from an article…

    • May 25, 2019
    • by: Maarten Schenk
    Fake News: NO Florida Millionaire Arrested, Authorities Did NOT Discover Over 700 Bodies Burried in His Backyard
  • Fake News: NO Man Arrested After Going On Murder Spree and Killing Over 30 Registered Sex Offenders

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    Was a 42-year old man man named Joel Miller in Omaha, Nebraska arrested after killing thirty pedophiles (or "just" registered sex offenders)? No, that's not true: the story originated from a site that has a disclaimer which says it only publishes fiction and the photo used to illustrate the story actually was taken in Glendale, California years earlier. The story…

    • May 10, 2019
    • by: Maarten Schenk
    Fake News: NO Man Arrested After Going On Murder Spree and Killing Over 30 Registered Sex Offenders
  • Fake News: Body Of Homeless Man Found In San Diego Has NOT Been Identified As Elvis Presley

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    Was the body of a homeless man found in San Diego identified as Elvis Presley? No, that's not true: it is a hoax started by a known fake news site in 2015, but copied and shared many times in the years since by others on social media platforms. Elvis left the building in 1977 and he has not been hiding…

    • Apr 21, 2019
    • by: Alan Duke
    Fake News: Body Of Homeless Man Found In San Diego Has NOT Been Identified As Elvis Presley
  • Fake News: Charles Manson NOT To Be Released On Parole To Johnson County TX

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    Notorious hoax/prank website BreakingNews365 published a story titled "Charles Manson to be released on parole, to Johnson County, TX". It opened: In a stunning turn on events, it has been announced that long time prisoner will be released from on prison and located to a small country home in Joshua, TX. One of the most famous killers in the American…

    • Jul 16, 2017
    • by: Maarten Schenk
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