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  • Happy Fact Checking Day!

    Analysis

    After we let our hair down a little yesterday for April Fools Day, today we are celebrating Fact Checking Day (like we do every year). Best wishes to all our fellow fact checkers around the world. We are also taking this opportunity to announce our participation in a new experimental way of funding fact checking through the sale of NFT…

    • Apr 2, 2021
    • by: Maarten Schenk
    Happy Fact Checking Day!
  • Happy 2020 International Fact-Checking Day!

    Analysis

    Traditionally, on the day after April Fools Day we celebrate International Fact-Checking Day. This year marks the fourth time this day has been organized, thanks to the fine people at the IFCN. There is a special website for the occasion, check it out here. There is a fun quiz too to test your skill at spotting hoaxes. Also, have a…

    • Apr 2, 2020
    • by: Maarten Schenk
    Happy 2020 International Fact-Checking Day!
  • Press Release: Happy Fact-Checking Day! #factcheckingday

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    Lead Stories is happy to support Fact-Checking Day 2019! ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (April 2, 2019) - In most of the world, April 1 is a day for fools. April 2is a day for facts. Today is International Fact-Checking Day, and the Poynter Institute'sInternational Fact-Checking Network (IFCN) will once again coordinate activities and amplifyresources that empower global citizens of all ages…

    • Apr 2, 2019
    • by: Maarten Schenk
    Press Release: Happy Fact-Checking Day! #factcheckingday
  • Southend News Network To Close After Losing European Subsidies Due To Brexit

    Satire

    Southend-on-Sea, U.K. - Consternation today in the British media landscape. One of the most respected official publications in all of the United Kingdom will be forced to shut down after losing European subsidies in the wake of the Brexit from the European Union. A statement from European Commissar for Media Affairs & Honest Reporting Jaques Meoff from Luxemburg earlier today…

    • Apr 1, 2018
    • by: Maarten Schenk
    Southend News Network To Close After Losing European Subsidies Due To Brexit
  • Uncle Of Politifact Editor Sustains Third Degree Burns At Easter Brunch After Refusing To Believe His Pants Are On Fire

    Satire

    Tragedy struck today during a family Easter brunch for Angie Holan, editor at fact checking website Politifact. An anonymous source close to the family exclusively told Lead Stories what happened: Angie wanted to bring in some extra dishes from the kitchen but there was no more room on the table. So she temporarily moved some decorative candles onto uncle Rick's…

    • Apr 1, 2018
    • by: Maarten Schenk
    Uncle Of Politifact Editor Sustains Third Degree Burns At Easter Brunch After Refusing To Believe His Pants Are On Fire
  • BuzzFeed To Launch Fake News Spin-off, You Won't Believe What Happens Next!

    Satire

    New York, NY - In a surprise move popular website BuzzFeed has announced plans to launch a fake news spin-off. In a press release distributed to fact checkers today it was revealed Craig Silverman will be the editor-in-chief of the new publication. In an exclusive conversation with Lead Stories Silverman revealed the reasons for the move: It's quite logical if…

    • Apr 1, 2018
    • by: Maarten Schenk
    BuzzFeed To Launch Fake News Spin-off, You Won't Believe What Happens Next!
  • Reporter Baxter Dimitri Kidnapped By Russian Deep State Aliens On Orders From Pope Francis

    Satire

    Reports indicate intrepid reporter and truth-teller Baxter Dimitri from the always reliable legitimate news website YourNewsWire was kidnapped today by Russian Deep State Aliens on direct orders from the Vatican. According to these reports Pope Francis has ordered a secret cabal of big pharma supporting doctors to make sure Dimitri is injected with a mind control vaccine to stop him…

    • Apr 1, 2018
    • by: Maarten Schenk
    Reporter Baxter Dimitri Kidnapped By Russian Deep State Aliens On Orders From Pope Francis
  • Looming Crisis As Experts Warn The World Is Running Out Of Facts To Check

    Satire

    Experts have warned a crisis is imminent as the world is running out of facts to check. A recent study by the Federal Institute for Statistics on Hoaxes (F.I.S.H.) estimated that every fact in the world would be checked as early as 2022. This would put thousands of fact checkers out of work and could even lead to a global…

    • Apr 1, 2018
    • by: Maarten Schenk
    Looming Crisis As Experts Warn The World Is Running Out Of Facts To Check
  • Most News Websites In Kosovo Actually Run By Native Americans

    Satire

    Pristina, Kosovo - After a wide-ranging investigation one of our undercover reporters found out that most mainstream news websites in Kosovo are in fact being run out of the basement of Chief Horner's Indian Restaurant and Casino in St. Paul, right in the middle of one of America's oldest Native American reservations. By using a combination of geolocation tools, domain…

    • Apr 1, 2018
    • by: Maarten Schenk
    Most News Websites In Kosovo Actually Run By Native Americans
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  • Fact Check: Mass Vaccination Amid The COVID-19 Pandemic Does NOT Create An 'Irrepressible Monster' Vaccines Work

    Fact Check: Mass Vaccination Amid The COVID-19 Pandemic Does NOT Create An 'Irrepressible Monster'

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    • Mar 17, 2021
    • by: Dana Ford
  • Fact Check: Mike Lindell's 'Absolute Proof' Video, Promising To Expose Election Fraud, Relies On False And Unsubstantiated Claims Bunk Theories

    Fact Check: Mike Lindell's 'Absolute Proof' Video, Promising To Expose Election Fraud, Relies On False And Unsubstantiated Claims

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    • Feb 5, 2021
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  • Fact Check: Flight Attendant In Photo Is NOT From 1914, It's Britney Spears It's Britney

    Fact Check: Flight Attendant In Photo Is NOT From 1914, It's Britney Spears

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    • Apr 9, 2021
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  • Fact Check: A Text Message Saying There's An Unclaimed Package Waiting Is NOT A Sex Trafficking Tool  -- But It Is A Scam Not A Sex Scam

    Fact Check: A Text Message Saying There's An Unclaimed Package Waiting Is NOT A Sex Trafficking Tool -- But It Is A Scam

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    • Aug 26, 2020
    • by: Alexis Tereszcuk
  • Fact Check: Hypercapnia Does NOT Occur From Constant Use Of A Mask As Advised During The COVID-19 Outbreak Not True

    Fact Check: Hypercapnia Does NOT Occur From Constant Use Of A Mask As Advised During The COVID-19 Outbreak

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    • May 25, 2020
    • by: Alexis Tereszcuk
  • Fact Check: Adrenochrome Is NOT Obtained From Adrenal Glands Of Living Children Or Used In Satanic Rituals By The Elite Immortal Myth

    Fact Check: Adrenochrome Is NOT Obtained From Adrenal Glands Of Living Children Or Used In Satanic Rituals By The Elite

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    • Jul 31, 2020
    • by: Dean Miller
  • Fact Check: Deaths Caused By Foreign Objects in Rectum Did NOT Surpass 'AR' Rifle Deaths No Such Data

    Fact Check: Deaths Caused By Foreign Objects in Rectum Did NOT Surpass 'AR' Rifle Deaths

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    • Apr 16, 2021
    • by: Marlo Lee

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  • Fact Check: Mike Lindell's 'Absolute Interference'  Video Recycles Debunked Claims About The 2020 Election Discredited

    Fact Check: Mike Lindell's 'Absolute Interference' Video Recycles Debunked Claims About The 2020 Election

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    • Apr 20, 2021
    • by: Dana Ford
  • Fact Check: Oft-Cited Article Proposes A Hypothesis, Does NOT Provide New Data Against Mask-Wearing, Is NOT A 'Stanford Study" Theory ≠ Proof

    Fact Check: Oft-Cited Article Proposes A Hypothesis, Does NOT Provide New Data Against Mask-Wearing, Is NOT A 'Stanford Study"

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    • Apr 20, 2021
    • by: Dean Miller
  • Fact Check: Video Does NOT Prove PCR Test Can Kill You, Be Used To Vaccinate You PCR Not Lethal

    Fact Check: Video Does NOT Prove PCR Test Can Kill You, Be Used To Vaccinate You

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    • Apr 20, 2021
    • by: Leslie Lapides
  • Fact Check: The Prime Minister Of Japan Did NOT Hold A 'Trump 2024' Sign During Remarks Made Alongside Kamala Harris Video Altered

    Fact Check: The Prime Minister Of Japan Did NOT Hold A 'Trump 2024' Sign During Remarks Made Alongside Kamala Harris

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    • Apr 20, 2021
    • by: Dana Ford
  • Fact Check: Joe Biden Was NOT Denied Entry To The Pentagon Joe Not 86'd

    Fact Check: Joe Biden Was NOT Denied Entry To The Pentagon

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    • Apr 20, 2021
    • by: Dana Ford
  • Fact Check: Security Footage Does NOT Show Nurse Saving A Woman From An Abusive Boyfriend-- It's Staged Staged Skit

    Fact Check: Security Footage Does NOT Show Nurse Saving A Woman From An Abusive Boyfriend-- It's Staged

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    • Apr 20, 2021
    • by: Sarah Thompson
  • Fact Check: 'Out Of Shadows' Film Does NOT Prove Satanic Child Rapists Control Government, Hollywood, And A D.C. Pizza Parlor No Smoking Gun

    Fact Check: 'Out Of Shadows' Film Does NOT Prove Satanic Child Rapists Control Government, Hollywood, And A D.C. Pizza Parlor

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    • Apr 19, 2021
    • by: Dean Miller

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