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  • Fact Check: Millie Bobby Brown Did NOT Say Being Deported Is 'Not The End Of The World' And 'There's A Literal Genocide In Gaza.' -- Fake Quote

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    Did Millie Bobby Brown say that being deported is not the end of the world, and that "there's a literal genocide in Gaza"? No, that's not true: The fake quote attributed to Brown originated from an account that frequently posts fake quotes attributed to celebrities. The account does not have any satire or parody disclaimer, but their content output provides…

    • Jan 29, 2026
    • by: Sarah Thompson
    Fact Check: Millie Bobby Brown Did NOT Say Being Deported Is 'Not The End Of The World' And 'There's A Literal Genocide In Gaza.' -- Fake Quote She Didn't Say
  • Fact Check: Alex Pretti Was NOT Fired From Hospital For Inappropriate Behavior Months Before He Was Killed By Feds -- It's Viet Spam

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    Was Alex Pretti fired over complaints of inappropriate conduct with patients three months before federal agents fatally shot him on a Minneapolis street? No, that's not true: The claim was started by a spam factory based in Vietnam that uses artificial tools to publish fake articles promoted by Facebook pages also managed from Vietnam. The article named the wrong hospital…

    • Jan 28, 2026
    • by: Uliana Malashenko
    Fact Check: Alex Pretti Was NOT Fired From Hospital For Inappropriate Behavior Months Before He Was Killed By Feds -- It's Viet Spam Wrong Hospital
  • 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: Fake Stories About Celebrities Saying Alex Pretti, Fatally Shot By ICE Agents, Was A Relative Are Spam From Vietnam

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    Did Tom Brady and three dozen other sports and entertainment celebrities confirm that Alex Pretti, the 37-year-old ICU nurse fatally shot by ICE agents in Minneapolis, was a relative? No, that's not true: The claim was made about at least 36 different athletes and entertainers in posts published on dozens of fake Facebook fan pages aimed at American and European…

    • Jan 25, 2026
    • by: Alan Duke
    Fact Check: Fake Stories About Celebrities Saying Alex Pretti, Fatally Shot By ICE Agents, Was A Relative Are Spam From Vietnam Viet Spam
  • Fact Check: Karoline Leavitt, Sunny Hostin, Or Whoopi Goldberg Did NOT Say Your Favorite Artist Is 'Just A Musician' -- It's Viet Spam Clickbait

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    Did either Karoline Leavitt, Sunny Hostin, Whoopi Goldberg, or Joy Behar say that Paul McCartney, Phil Collins, Carlos Santana, Eric Clapton, or a dozen other major artists is "just a musician"? No, that's not true: The claim was made about at least 16 different entertainers in posts published on dozens of fake Facebook fan pages aimed at American and European…

    • Jan 25, 2026
    • by: Alan Duke
    Fact Check: Karoline Leavitt, Sunny Hostin, Or Whoopi Goldberg Did NOT Say Your Favorite Artist Is 'Just A Musician' -- It's Viet Spam Clickbait Viet Spam
  • Fact Check: Fake Stories About Karoline Leavitt Smirking At Celebrities Because 'Complex Social Policy' Is 'Out Of Their League' Are Spam From Vietnam

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    Did Karoline Leavitt dismiss various celebrities, saying "complex social policy" was "out of their league" and dismissing them as just a singer, musician, actor or comedian? No, that's not true: The claim about a televised confrontation in a TV studio was made about at least 26 different people in posts published on dozens of fake Facebook fan pages aimed at…

    • Jan 24, 2026
    • by: Maarten Schenk
    Fact Check: Fake Stories About Karoline Leavitt Smirking At Celebrities Because 'Complex Social Policy' Is 'Out Of Their League' Are Spam From Vietnam Factory Fake
  • Fact Check: Your Favorite Sports Star Did NOT Refuse To Wear An LGBT Armband -- It's Spam From Vietnam

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    Did your favorite sports star "shock fans" or "shake" the league by "publicly" or "flatly" refusing to wear an LGBT Rainbow Armband because it would turn the game "into a political circus"? No, that's not true: The claim was made about at least 95 football, soccer, basketball, baseball, and hockey players in posts published on dozens of fake Facebook fan…

    • Jan 21, 2026
    • by: Alan Duke
    Fact Check: Your Favorite Sports Star Did NOT Refuse To Wear An LGBT Armband -- It's Spam From Vietnam Viet Spam
  • Fact Check: Mia Khalifa Is NOT Dating Rowan Atkinson, The Actor Who Played "Mr. Bean" -- Rumor Denied By Khalifa

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    Have Rowan Atkinson and Mia Khalifa reportedly been dating since summer? No, that's not true: This story is clickbait -- there are no reports from credible sources that the two celebrities are dating. Khalifa has denied the rumor on social media, posting, "guys I am dating a fool but it's not mr bean". The false rumor appears in a post…

    • Jan 21, 2026
    • by: Sarah Thompson
    Fact Check: Mia Khalifa Is NOT Dating Rowan Atkinson, The Actor Who Played "Mr. Bean" -- Rumor Denied By Khalifa She Denies
  • 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: Slop Stories About $500.000 Donations To 'Remembering Renee Nicole Good Fund' Originated On Foreign Websites

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    Did Dolly Parton, Kid Rock or various other celebrities all donate $500.000 to a "Remembering Renee Nicole Good" fund? No, that's not true: Several quasi identical stories were posted on social media with the name of the donating celebrity swapped out depending on the intended audience. The stories originated on a network of Facebook pages and websites run by people…

    • Jan 18, 2026
    • by: Maarten Schenk
    Fact Check: Slop Stories About $500.000 Donations To 'Remembering Renee Nicole Good Fund' Originated On Foreign Websites Vietspam
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