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  • Fact Check: FAKE TV Special "Seeking The Truth, Finding Justice" About Virginia Giuffre Allegedly Funded By Celebrities From Pope Leo XIV To Barbra Streisand -- Story Is Viet Spam

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    Is there a television special called "Seeking the Truth, Finding Justice" about Epstein victim Virginia Giuffre in which celebrities -- from Pope Leo XIV to Barbra Streisand -- invested over $246,000? No, that's not true: There is no evidence of such a TV show or that anyone contributed to making it a reality. The claim is an example of so-called…

    • Mar 24, 2026
    • by: Ed Payne
    Fact Check: FAKE TV Special "Seeking The Truth, Finding Justice" About Virginia Giuffre Allegedly Funded By Celebrities From Pope Leo XIV To Barbra Streisand -- Story Is Viet Spam No Such TV Doc
  • Fact Check: Slop Story About Permanent Home For Woman Working Part Time At 85 Is Bogus -- No Celebrity Donations

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    Did Keanu Reeves, Clint Black, Billy Joel and other celebrities suddenly all discover that a woman who once cared for them was still working part time at 85 to pay her rent? No, that's not true: The sob story about all of them "stepping in" and donating a "permanent home" and "financial support" was made up by a network of…

    • Mar 15, 2026
    • by: Maarten Schenk
    Fact Check: Slop Story About Permanent Home For Woman Working Part Time At 85 Is Bogus -- No Celebrity Donations Vietspam
  • Fact Check: Taylor Swift, Travis Kelce, Bono Or Your Favorite Celeb Did NOT Donate $5 Million To Help Iran Elementary School Destroyed In Airstrike

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    Did Neil Diamond, Eminem, Coco Gauff or any of a long list of celebrities donate $5 million to provide emergency relief and medical aid following the tragic elementary school strike in southern Iran? No, that's not true: The false claim that at least 20 sports, entertainment and political celebs made such contributions was created and distributed by a spam factory…

    • Mar 1, 2026
    • by: Alan Duke
    Fact Check: Taylor Swift, Travis Kelce, Bono Or Your Favorite Celeb Did NOT Donate $5 Million To Help Iran Elementary School Destroyed In Airstrike Viet Spam
  • Fact Check: Bruce Springsteen, Willie Nelson, Ringo Starr, Or Your Favorite Celeb Did NOT Call Trump Adviser Stephen Miller A 'Nazi' -- De Niro Did

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    Did Bruce Springsteen, Jason Kelce, and Snoop Dogg, along with other entertainment and sports celebrities, call Trump adviser Stephen Miller a "Nazi" and "the Goebbels of the cabinet"? No, that's not true: The claim that a celebrity "called Trump's homeland security official Stephen Miller a 'Nazi'" is made about at least 20 celebrities but the quote actually came just from…

    • Feb 24, 2026
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    Fact Check: Bruce Springsteen, Willie Nelson, Ringo Starr, Or Your Favorite Celeb Did NOT Call Trump Adviser Stephen Miller A 'Nazi' -- De Niro Did Viet Spam
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    Did Travis Kelce and Taylor Swift announce on a livestream that they are spending $250 million to find the truth in the Virginia Giuffre case? No, that's not true: Neither the celebrity couple nor news organizations said anything about it. The claim was promoted by overseas-based pages that publish made-up stories to drive traffic-based ad revenue. The claim appeared in…

    • Feb 18, 2026
    • by: Uliana Malashenko
    Fact Check: Swift and Kelce Did NOT Announce On Livestream They Are Spending $250 Million To Uncover Truth In Giuffre Case -- Foreign Clickbait No Reports
  • Fact Check: Your Favorite Celebrity Did NOT Defend Donald Trump, Saying Chaos In Streets Isn't Spontaneous, It's Weaponized to Scare Americans -- Viet Spam

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    Did Stevie Nicks, Tom Brady, Willie Nelson, Bob Dylan, Elon Musk, or dozens of other entertainers, sports stars, or media figures defend Donald Trump from accusations he's authoritarian and trying to cancel elections? No, that's not true: The identical story is told about at least 55 celebrities who purportedly said "This disorder is being used to scare Americans. To convince…

    • Jan 29, 2026
    • by: Alan Duke
    Fact Check: Your Favorite Celebrity Did NOT Defend Donald Trump, Saying Chaos In Streets Isn't Spontaneous, It's Weaponized to Scare Americans -- Viet Spam Viet Spam
  • Fact Check: Alex Pretti's Parents Did NOT Say Son Quit Hospital Job Months Ago, Showed 'Unusual Behavior' -- Spam From Vietnam

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    Did the parents of Alex Pretti, the ICU nurse shot to death by ICE agents in Minneapolis, say their son quit his hospital job months earlier and showed "unusual behavior"? No, that's not true: A statement released by Pretti's parents referenced his work as an ICU nurse at a Veterans Administration hospital, but it did not say that he had…

    • Jan 27, 2026
    • by: Alan Duke
    Fact Check: Alex Pretti's Parents Did NOT Say Son Quit Hospital Job Months Ago, Showed 'Unusual Behavior' -- Spam From Vietnam Never Quit
  • Fact Check: Jon Stewart, Willie Nelson, Taylor Swift, Dolly Parton And A Dozen Other Celebs Did NOT Call Donald Trump A 'Vicious Old Bastard Draining America's Soul'

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    Did Travis Kelce, Jelly Roll, Bruce Springsteen, Caitlin Clark and a 12 other celebrities say that President Trump was "a vicious old bastard draining America's soul after the Born-in-America Act"? No, that's not true: The claim that at least 17 different sports stars and entertainers made that identical statement was made up by a Vietnamese-based spam factory that uses artificial…

    • Jan 20, 2026
    • by: Alan Duke
    Fact Check: Jon Stewart, Willie Nelson, Taylor Swift, Dolly Parton And A Dozen Other Celebs Did NOT Call Donald Trump A 'Vicious Old Bastard Draining America's Soul' Viet Spam
  • Fact Check: Clickbait Story About Diner Bought By Springsteen, Cher, Joni Mitchell And Other Celebrities To Feed 120 Homeless Every Day Is NOT Real - Vietnam Spam

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    Did Bruce Springsteen, Cher, Joni Mitchell and dozens of other celebrities each buy the small diner where they ate for free while struggling and now feed free meals to 120 homeless people every day? No, that's not true: 54 virtually identical stories mentioning those and other names were published by a network of foreign websites and Facebook pages. There were…

    • Jan 13, 2026
    • by: Dean Miller
    Fact Check:  Clickbait Story About Diner Bought By Springsteen, Cher, Joni Mitchell And Other Celebrities To Feed 120 Homeless Every Day Is NOT Real - Vietnam Spam Factory Fakes
  • Fact Check: Fake Posts About '100% Free Community Health Center' Opened By Eminem, Kid Rock, Other Celebs NOT Real -- Foreign Clickbait

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    Did Eminem, Kid Rock, Chris Stapleton, Dolly Parton, Taylor Swift or other celebrities stand for photos of themselves and supporters opening "America's first 100% free community health center"? No, that's not true: Nearly identical stories mentioning more than 40 celebrities in near-identical photos were published by a network of foreign websites and Facebook pages. There were no legitimate news articles…

    • Jan 6, 2026
    • by: Dean Miller
    Fact Check: Fake Posts About '100% Free Community Health Center' Opened By Eminem, Kid Rock, Other Celebs NOT Real -- Foreign Clickbait Viet Hoaxes
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