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  • Fact Check: Kyle Rittenhouse Did NOT Put $22 Million Lien On Whoopi Goldberg's Home -- From Self-Described Satire Website

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    Did Kyle Rittenhouse register a lien on Whoopi Goldberg's Malibu, California, home for $22 million? No, that's not true: This claim is from a self-described satire website. The article also uses two made-up names that commonly appear on this website. The claim appeared in an article (archived here) by The Dunning-Kruger Times on July 8, 2023. It began: When Kyle…

    • Nov 22, 2024
    • by: Marlo Lee
    Fact Check: Kyle Rittenhouse Did NOT Put $22 Million Lien On Whoopi Goldberg's Home -- From Self-Described Satire Website Satire Origin
  • Fact Check: Kyle Rittenhouse's Mother Is NOT 38 in 2024 -- Was Already 45 At The Time Of Shooting

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    Is Kyle Rittenhouse's mother 38 years old in 2024? No, that's not true: Previous news reports as well as voter registration data show that she was older than that in 2021 when her son's trial began. The photo reused in posts on social media does not predate the trial. The claim appeared in a post (archived here) on Threads on…

    • Jun 6, 2024
    • by: Uliana Malashenko
    Fact Check: Kyle Rittenhouse's Mother Is NOT 38 in 2024 -- Was Already 45 At The Time Of Shooting Not 38 in 2024
  • Fact Check: Officials Could NOT Have Kept Kyle Rittenhouse's Name Secret

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    Could law enforcement and prosecutors have chosen not to release Kyle Rittenhouse's name? No, that's not true: Wisconsin, where he was charged at age 17 and later acquitted after the trial over the killing of two, is one of the states that requires persons in this age group to be treated as adults in criminal cases. Other states extend identity…

    • Feb 21, 2024
    • by: Uliana Malashenko
    Fact Check: Officials Could NOT Have Kept Kyle Rittenhouse's Name Secret Law
  • Fact Check: Megan Rapinoe Did NOT Say She's Leaving America -- She's Retiring From International Soccer

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    Did American soccer player Megan Rapinoe say she's leaving America because she gets "no respect"? No, that's not true: This claim is coming from a satirical website. It has been reported by multiple major news outlets that Rapinoe is going to retire from her international career at the end of the 2023 National Women's Soccer League season. The claim appeared…

    • Sep 7, 2023
    • by: Marlo Lee
    Fact Check: Megan Rapinoe Did NOT Say She's Leaving America -- She's Retiring From International Soccer Just Retiring
  • Fact Check: Kyle Rittenhouse Did NOT Receive $22 Million From 'The View' -- It's Satire

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    Did the American daytime television show "The View" pay $22 million to Kyle Rittenhouse along with giving him a formal apology? No, that's not true: No such payment has been announced or reported. The claim was made without documentation or other evidence by a website that describes itself as a source of "parody, satire, and tomfoolery." The claim originated in…

    • May 27, 2022
    • by: Marlo Lee
    Fact Check: Kyle Rittenhouse Did NOT Receive $22 Million From 'The View' -- It's Satire No Evidence
  • Fact Check: Judge Did NOT Dismiss Kyle Rittenhouse's (Nonexistent) $25 Million Lawsuit Against Whoopi Goldberg

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    Did a Justice Sandy Barron-Batt deny a motion to dismiss a lawsuit against Whoopi Goldberg filed by Kyle Rittenhouse? No, that's not true: For one thing, the lawsuit does not actually exist, it was invented by a liberal satire website. The news about the Motion to Dismiss was likewise invented by liberal satirists with a reputation for trolling conservatives and…

    • Apr 26, 2022
    • by: Maarten Schenk
    Fact Check: Judge Did NOT Dismiss Kyle Rittenhouse's (Nonexistent) $25 Million Lawsuit Against Whoopi Goldberg Satire
  • Fact Check: Kamala Harris Did NOT Tweet Kyle Rittenhouse Should Be Jailed For Murder And His Instagram Account Taken Down

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    Did Kamala Harris take to her Facebook account to discourage traffic to Kyle Rittenhouse's Instagram account by writing he should be "locked up in jail" for murder? No, that's not true: The post is a counterfeit image found in a meme library online and doesn't even cite the correct Instagram handle for Rittenhouse. There is no such post on the…

    • Dec 16, 2021
    • by: Dean Miller
    Fact Check: Kamala Harris Did NOT Tweet Kyle Rittenhouse Should Be Jailed For Murder And His Instagram Account Taken Down Counterfeit
  • Fact Check: Whoopi NOT Suspended From The View For 2 Weeks for Refusing to Apologize To Kyle Rittenhouse

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    Did The View suspend Whoopi Goldberg for two weeks, or 10 episodes, for refusing to apologize to Kyle Rittenhouse for calling him a "cowardly little Nazi"? No, that's not true: There is no record of Goldberg characterizing Rittenhouse with those words and Goldberg remained host after the claim was published by a known satire site. It is the work of…

    • Dec 13, 2021
    • by: Alan Duke
    Fact Check: Whoopi NOT Suspended From The View For 2 Weeks for Refusing to Apologize To Kyle Rittenhouse Trolling
  • Fact Check: Federal Magistrate Did NOT Approve $110 Million Defamation Suit Filed By Kyle Rittenhouse Against LeBron James

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    Did a federal magistrate approve a $110 million defamation suit filed by Kyle Rittenhouse against LeBron James? No, that's not true: The article making the claim is from a network of satire websites that have published fictitious claims about lawsuits filed against celebrities by Rittenhouse, who was was acquitted after shooting three men at an anti-police brutality protest in 2020.…

    • Dec 1, 2021
    • by: Christiana Dillard
    Fact Check: Federal Magistrate Did NOT Approve $110 Million Defamation Suit Filed By Kyle Rittenhouse Against LeBron James It's Satire
  • Fact Check: Kyle Rittenhouse Did NOT File A $400 Million Lawsuit Against CNN

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    Did Kyle Rittenhouse file a $400 million lawsuit against CNN? No, that's not true: The article containing that claim was posted on a satirical website, with several indications that it was a fictitious story. The claim originated in a November 26, 2021 article (archived here) published on the satirical site Daily World Update titled "Rittenhouse files $400 Million suit against…

    • Nov 30, 2021
    • by: Christiana Dillard
    Fact Check: Kyle Rittenhouse Did NOT File A $400 Million Lawsuit Against CNN It's Satire
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