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  • Fact Check: NO Evidence Riley Gaines Turned Down $3 Million Partnership With Nike -- Story Is From A Satire Site

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    Did former University of Kentucky swimmer Riley Gaines turn down a $3 million partnership with Nike? No, that's not true: This claim comes from a satirical website that has a history of fabricating content surrounding popular political topics and figures. The website has a disclaimer that contains the line, "Everything on this website is fiction." Lead Stories could not find…

    • Aug 31, 2023
    • by: Marlo Lee
    Fact Check: NO Evidence Riley Gaines Turned Down $3 Million Partnership With Nike -- Story Is From A Satire Site Satire
  • Fact Check: NO Evidence Nike Is Giving Away Gift Cards For $1

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    Did Nike lose a lawsuit and as a result have to give away gift cards to their customers for only one dollar? No, that's not true: This is a scam post. Nike's verified Facebook and Twitter pages have not mentioned such a giveaway. There have been no reports from major news outlets on these purported Nike gift cards, according to…

    • Apr 10, 2023
    • by: Marlo Lee
    Fact Check: NO Evidence Nike Is Giving Away Gift Cards For $1 Scam Post
  • Fact Check: False Promotions Use Famous Brand Names -- Tricking People To Hand Over Personal Information

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    Can simply answering three or four questions and paying a nominal handling fee qualify people to redeem tickets, receive expensive products, $500 or even $1,000 gift cards, store credit or compensation from well-known brands? No, that's not true: In the first quarter of 2023, Lead Stories tracked a large-scale phishing operation on Facebook that manipulatively tricks people into divulging personal…

    • Mar 21, 2023
    • by: Sarah Thompson
    Fact Check: False Promotions Use Famous Brand Names -- Tricking People To Hand Over Personal Information Phishing Ruse
  • Fact Check: Nike Did NOT collaborate With MSCHF And Lil Nas X On 'Satan Shoes' -- They Are Refashioned Nike Sneakers

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    Did Nike collaborate in the release of "new demonic shoes on March 29, 2021 for $1,018 USD"? No, that's not true: Nike wrote Lead Stories in a March 29, 2021, email that the company did not collaborate on the "Satan Shoes" venture between recording artist Lil Nas X and MSCHF, a business focused on making products go viral. The shoes,…

    • Mar 29, 2021
    • by: Lead Stories Staff
    Fact Check: Nike Did NOT collaborate With MSCHF And Lil Nas X On 'Satan Shoes' -- They Are Refashioned Nike Sneakers Nike? Hell, No
  • Fact Check: Kamala Harris' California Home Was NOT Bought With Profits From Slave-owner Ancestor

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    Did Kamala Harris buy her California home with money inherited from an ancestor who owned slaves -- one of whom was apparently her own great-great-great-great-grandmother? No, that's not true: It is a bizarre claim used to argue that the Democratic vice presidential nominee is now living off the profits of slavery. Harris shares the same family history of an estimated…

    • Aug 19, 2020
    • by: Alan Duke
    Fact Check: Kamala Harris' California Home Was NOT Bought With Profits From Slave-owner Ancestor Not Slave $$$
  • Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Nancy Pelosi 'Blowed Out Of Her Mind,' Clip Was Digitally Slowed Down To Make Speaker Appear Drunk

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    Does video show House Speaker Nancy Pelosi "blowed out of her mind" at a news conference? No, that's not true: The short video clip from a May 20, 2020, Capitol Hill news conference was digitally slowed down to make it appear as if Pelosi was intoxicated. The original video revealed she was speaking and acting normally. The claim originated in…

    • Aug 2, 2020
    • by: Alan Duke
    Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Nancy Pelosi 'Blowed Out Of Her Mind,' Clip Was Digitally Slowed Down To Make Speaker Appear Drunk Slowed Down
  • Fact Check: You CAN Return Nike Shoes Within A Two-Year Period For A Replacement, But There Is A Catch

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    Does a Nike warranty allow customers to return worn shoes within two years? Yes, but there is a catch: A post that has gone viral gives secret tips about how to return worn Nike children's shoes and seems to be backed up by the shoe giant's own warranty policy but with a specific caveat -- the company says the shoes…

    • May 6, 2020
    • by: Alexis Tereszcuk
    Fact Check: You CAN Return Nike Shoes Within A Two-Year Period For A Replacement, But There Is A Catch Only With Flaw
  • Fake News: Nike Spokesman Colin Kaepernick Did NOT Call the United States the Worst Country in the World

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    Did Nike spokesman Colin Kaepernick call the United States the "Worst Country in the World"? No, that's not true: a headline making that claim only offers up one tweet from Kaepernick as evidence and that tweet doesn't even contain Kaepernick's own words (or even the phrase "worst country in the world"). Since the story was originally published it has been…

    • Aug 26, 2019
    • by: Maarten Schenk
    Fake News: Nike Spokesman Colin Kaepernick Did NOT Call the United States the Worst Country in the World
  • Fake News: Michael Jordan Did NOT Leave 'Kaepernick's Nike', Did NOT Take Air Jordans With Him

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    Did Michael Jordan leave 'Kaepernick's Nike' and did he take Air Jordans with him? No, that's not true. The story was published by a liberal satire website that tries to fool Trump supporters and Republicans into sharing made up stories that are clearly marked as satire when you actually click them. Articles from the site are frequently copied by foreign-run…

    • Jul 12, 2019
    • by: Maarten Schenk
    Fake News: Michael Jordan Did NOT Leave 'Kaepernick's Nike', Did NOT Take Air Jordans With Him
  • Fake News: Ivanka Trump's Made-In-China Marc Fisher Footwear Line Is NOT Exempt From Tariffs

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    Is Ivanka Trump's "Marc Fisher Footwear" line exempt from U.S. tariffs when the shoes are imported from China? No, that's not true: President Donald Trump's daughter shut down her fashion brand in 2018 and a meme of a box showing a "TARRIFF EXEMPT" stamp was digitally altered using an old image. The meme originated from a post (archived here) published…

    • Jun 2, 2019
    • by: Alan Duke
    Fake News: Ivanka Trump's Made-In-China Marc Fisher Footwear Line Is NOT Exempt From Tariffs
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