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  • Fake News: McDonald's Will NOT Start Putting Memes In Happy Meals

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    Satire website 8shit.net published an article titled "McDonald's Will Start Putting Memes In Happy Meals". The story opened: United States.-- The CEO of the fast food restaurant Steve Easterbrook, announced today that McDonalds will be putting memes in their happy meals to make them even happier. This, followed by an incident where a man sued McDonalds because he was still…

    • Oct 5, 2017
    • by: Maarten Schenk
  • Fake News: Popular Namibian Restaurant (Also) NOT Shut Down For Serving Human Flesh

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    Fake news website Meganews360 published a hoax article titled "Popular Namibian Restaurant Shut Down For Serving Human Flesh". The fake story begins like this: A hotel restaurant in Windhoek, Namibia has been closed down by authorities for serving human flesh to consumers. According to our local correspondent, suspicious residents told police of rumors that the restaurant was cooking human meat…

    • Mar 7, 2017
    • by: Maarten Schenk
  • Fake News: Popular Maltese Restaurant NOT Shut Down For Serving Human Flesh

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    Fake news website Meganews360 (which redirects to news.states-tv.com) came out with an article titled "Popular Maltese Restaurant Shut Down For Serving Human Flesh". The fake story begins like this: A hotel restaurant in Valletta, Malta has been closed down by authorities for serving human flesh to consumers. According to our local correspondent, suspicious residents told police of rumors that the…

    • Mar 5, 2017
    • by: Maarten Schenk
  • 4 Year Old Boy DID NOT Find Human Finger In McDonald's Happy Meal

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    A NOT TRUE story is trending on the internet stating "4 Year Old Boy Finds HUMAN FINGER in McDonald's Happy Meal." This NOT TRUE story is just a repeat from 2 years ago from another HOAX website. Although this version of the story comes from a satire/hoax website, many people are unaware of that and share the NOT TRUE story…

    • May 21, 2016
    • by: Lead Stories Staff
  • McDonald's Employee DID NOT Admit To Ejaculating In Big Mac 'Secret Sauce'

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    Why, oh, why? Are your "Facebook friends" that gullible or do they just want to gross you out with fake stories about fast food employees doing stupid stuff? The latest viral hoax detected by Lead Stories' Trendolizer is about a McDonald's worker who purportedly added his semen to the "special sauce" on Big Macs. "Evan Thomas, 26, had been an…

    • Apr 7, 2016
    • by: Alan Duke
  • McDonalds Sandwich DID NOT Give Woman 'Herpes'

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    There's a straight up nasty HOAX story making the rounds on the internet stating "McDonalds Sandwich Gave Woman Herpes." This is not the first time this NOT TRUE story has been posted, just a few tweaks with the state and names of subjects. It's hard to believe that anyone would believe this nonsense but if it shows up on Lead…

    • Mar 23, 2016
    • by: Lead Stories Staff
  • HOAX ALERT: Woman NOT Arrested for Masturbating in McDonald's Ball Pit

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    There is a rather disturbing story circulating the internet that claims a woman was caught masturbating with a Transformer toy in a McDonald's ball pit. The article was posted by Now8News, a notorious hoax website who photoshopped an unrelated mugshot into a McDonald's ball pit. Now8News reports that Mindy Schillinger is the name of the woman accused of this…

    • Mar 1, 2016
    • by: Lead Stories Staff
  • McDonald's In Kazakhstan NOT Selling Horse Meat Burgers

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    Our sister publication Trendolizer's fast-food news desk picked up a trending story from RT.com about McDonald's opening a restaurant in Kazakhstan where they might put hamburgers made from horse meat on the menu. We have since been contacted twice by PR people from McDonald's to inform us the story is not true: Dear colleagues,Following the publicationFirst McDonald's in Kazakhstan to…

    • Feb 29, 2016
    • by: Maarten Schenk
  • 87 Year Old Granny DID NOT 'Stomp Out' Kid Trying To Rob Church, Shoot Him In Leg

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    There is a NOT TRUE story making the rounds on the internet about an elderly woman in South Carolina with the header "87 Year Old Granny "Stomps Out" Kid Trying To Rob Church, Then Shoots Him In Leg". NOT TRUE. The story comes from a known hoax site but some people don't scroll all the way down the page to…

    • Feb 23, 2016
    • by: Lead Stories Staff
  • Man DID NOT Try To Trade Kidnapped Baby For 15 Big Macs At McDonald's

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    There is a NOT TRUE story making the rounds on the internet about a man in Arkansas with the header "Man Tries To Trade Kidnapped Baby For 15 Big Macs At Arkansas McDonald's". NOT TRUE. The story comes from a known hoax site but some people don't scroll all the way down the page to see the fine print. The…

    • Feb 23, 2016
    • by: Lead Stories Staff
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