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  • Fact Check: Elon Musk Did NOT Ban Stephen King From X For Calling Musk 'The First Lady' -- King Still On X, Says He Never Made 'First Lady' Reference

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    Did Elon Musk permanently ban author Stephen King from X after King called Musk "the First Lady"? No, that's not true: King posted on his own X account that neither the "first lady" reference nor the ban happened. King added "Yet here I am." A Google News search did not find any news articles about Musk banning King's account. The…

    • Nov 13, 2024
    • by: Marlo Lee
    Fact Check: Elon Musk Did NOT Ban Stephen King From X For Calling Musk 'The First Lady' -- King Still On X, Says He Never Made 'First Lady' Reference 'Here I Am'
  • Fact Check: Stephen King HAS Sold Manuscripts In The Last Two Years

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    Has acclaimed author Stephen King not sold a manuscript in two years because he "went woke"? No, neither is true: This claim appeared in an article on a satirical website known for publishing fabricated content. The website where this claim originated has a disclaimer that reads, "Everything on this website is fiction." The claim was made in an article published…

    • Jan 15, 2024
    • by: Kaiyah Clarke
    Fact Check: Stephen King HAS Sold Manuscripts In The Last Two Years Bestseller
  • Fact Check: Stephen King, Kevin Spacey Did NOT Announce They Will Leave US If 'Epstein Client List' Is Released -- No Such Public Comments Found

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    Did actor Kevin Spacey or writer Stephen King say that they would leave the United States if the "Epstein Client List" is made public? No, that's not true: Lead Stories found no evidence that King or Spacey made such comments. The claim came from a fake Donald Trump account on X. Contrary to the post, a federal judge in a…

    • Dec 21, 2023
    • by: Uliana Malashenko
    Fact Check: Stephen King, Kevin Spacey Did NOT Announce They Will Leave US If 'Epstein Client List' Is Released -- No Such Public Comments Found Unsupported
  • Fact Check: Stephen King's Book Sales Have NOT Dropped 70 Percent Since He 'Went Woke' -- This Is Satire Story

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    Have Stephen King's book sales dropped 70 percent since he "went woke"? No, that's not true: The claim appeared in an article on a satirical website known for publishing fabricated content. The claim originated in an article published by The Dunning-Kruger Times on August 13, 2023, titled "Stephen King's Book Sales Have Dropped 70 Percent Since He Went Woke" (archived…

    • Aug 15, 2023
    • by: Alexis Tereszcuk
    Fact Check: Stephen King's Book Sales Have NOT Dropped 70 Percent Since He 'Went Woke' -- This Is Satire Story Bestseller
  • Fact Check: Elon Musk Did NOT Tweet He Is 'Buying Snapchat And Deleting All The Filters'

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    Did Twitter CEO Elon Musk announce in a tweet that he is "buying Snapchat and deleting all the filters"? No, that's not true: There is no publicly available evidence to suggest that Musk said or tweeted such a statement. The "tweet" in this post is a digitally manipulated screenshot that originated from a meme Twitter account and was reposted on…

    • Nov 30, 2022
    • by: Kaiyah Clarke
    Fact Check: Elon Musk Did NOT Tweet He Is 'Buying Snapchat And Deleting All The Filters' Fact Check: Elon Musk Did NOT Tweet He Is 'Buying Snapchat And Deleting All The Filters' Joke Meme
  • Fake News: Monroe Woman Did NOT Die In Cinema While Watching IT Remake

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    Known fake news website Sunday Post published an article titled "Monroe Woman Dies In Cinema While Watching IT Remake". It opened: A 41-year-old woman died in a Monroe cinema auditorium Friday while watching a screening of Stephen Kings horror movie remake, IT. The incident occurred at the Cinemark Cinema in Monroe, a town in the Ouachita parish, Louisiana. The cinema-goer…

    • Sep 10, 2017
    • by: Maarten Schenk
  • Fake News: 43 Did NOT Die of Heart Attacks, NO 13 Hospitalized After Watching "IT" Movie, NOT Banned from Theaters

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    A fake news site by the name of Qualitysharing posted an article titled "43 Die of Heart Attacks and 13 Hospitalized After Watching "IT" Movie, Banned from Theaters". It opened: "It was like Freddy Kruger, Jason, & Michael Myers All Rolled into One Times a Thousand, I Never been so scared in my life I'm sleeping with the lights on…

    • Sep 9, 2017
    • by: Maarten Schenk
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