Are images showing Tupac Shakur in a hospital room in the last days of his life real? No, that's not true: Shakur's lawyer, who was present at the Las Vegas hospital where the hip-hop icon was treated for fatal gunshot wounds, examined the four images and concluded "these are not real." Attorney David Kenner noted that Shakur was always on…
Did Cher, Patrick Mahomes, Bono and other celebrities pull business deals with Amazon over founder Jeff Bezos' "quiet alignment with Trump," sending messages to Bezos that all began "Wake up, Jeff"? No, that's not true: The posts tell nearly identical stories featuring those and dozens of other famous names all quitting Amazon. The clickbait fictions were published by a network…
Did Patti Labelle, Novak Djokovic, Cardi B, James Hetfield, Morgan Wallen or a long list of other celebrities just open "America's first 100% free homeless hospital" because they wanted to leave a legacy behind? No, that's not true: Viral posts on Facebook were the latest variations of the same made-up story being spread by foreign clickbait accounts mostly run from…
Did a video on Facebook genuinely show TV personality Tucker Carlson endorsing an anti-parasite pill promoted by alternative naturopath Barbara O'Neill? No, that's not true: The video is dubbed with fake audio; an AI detection tool found it was 70.6 percent likely it was created using AI. Lead Stories traced the original clip of Carlson: He was discussing the Foreign…
Did Snoop Dogg endorse gummies that cause people to stop smoking and were the gummies created by alternative health practitioner Barbara O'Neill? No, that's not true: There is no evidence he has ever made such an endorsement. The video making the claim uses altered material for both Snoop Dogg and O'Neill. The claim appeared in a post on Facebook on…
Is the "Lovers and Friends Festival" lineup a fake? No, that's not true: The music festival is scheduled to take place in Las Vegas in May 2022 with the artists listed on the festival's website. The claim of a fake appeared in a July 30, 2021, Facebook post (archived here). It opens: WARNING PLEASE SPREAD THIS MESSAGE!! This is what…
Did rapper Snoop Dogg just announce he is leaving the United States because he hates President Trump? No, that's not true: the story is based on a single Instagram post Snoop sent in 2016: My new home. @champagnepapi I need the hookup on some property. Nefew fuck this shit I'm going to the. 6ix Een bericht gedeeld door snoopdogg (@snoopdogg)…
Did Kanye West announce plans to bleach his skin because "Being black is a choice"? No, that's not true. West has made some remarkable statements over the past week but this one was invented by a faux satire ("fauxtire") website. It is not real. The story originated from an article published on May 5, 2018 by Huzlers titled "Kanye West…
The fake news website USA Daily News Posts (usadailynewsposts.com), also known as "American President Donald J. Trump", has made it a habbit to post fake celebrity quotes and then asking their readers if they "support this" or if the celebrity in question should be arrested, deported or what have you. Often the posts contain errors against basic English, for example…
Fake/satirical website Our Land of the Free posted a hoax article titled "BREAKING: Malia Obama Busted Buying 6 POUNDS Of Marijuana In Chicago" that got widely shared around despite it not being true. The story opened: If you thought that one little joint Malia Obama smoked while she was shaking her ass at Lollapalooza last year was bad, you ain't…
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