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Did the grocery chain Publix stop selling Ben & Jerry's ice cream products? No, that's not true: The director of communications for Publix denied the claim and Ben & Jerry's products are still on Publix's website at the time of writing. This claim originated from a satirical website. The claim appeared in an article published by The Dunning-Kruger Times on…

Did singer-songwriter Kid Rock tell The Dunning-Kruger Times that he wants to send a message to Target Corporation, like he did with Bud Light? No, that's not true: The Dunning-Kruger Times is a satirical website. There is no evidence that Kid Rock said this. The claim appeared in an article published by The Dunning-Kruger Times on May 21, 2023 titled…

Did Michael Jordan turn down a $120 million deal with Disney on April 3, 2023? No, that's not true: This story originated from the website The Dunning-Kruger Times, which has a disclaimer stating, "Everything on this website is fictional." This website is in connection with the satirical network, "America's Last Line of Defense." America's Last Line of Defense has a…

Did the CEO of the brewing company Anheuser-Busch resign following "record low" sales of Bud Light, one of the company's brands? No, that's not true: Not only is the claim based on inaccurate information about the company's CEO and leadership but there is no evidence that Bud Light sales have hit a "record low." The claim appeared in a post…

Was Megan Rapinoe booted from the U.S. women's soccer team for assaulting a teammate? No, that's not true: The story was posted on a satire website. The claim is "100 percent not true," Neal Buethe, spokesperson for U.S. Soccer, told Lead Stories. The names listed in the article as teammates are "made up," he said. They are not part of…

Did an Arkansas district attorney get a court order to exhume the body of former deputy White House counsel Vince Foster? No, that's not true: The claim, which suggests that former first lady Hillary Clinton was responsible for Foster's death, is satirical. Foster's death was ruled a suicide, although conspiracy theories dating back to the 1990s have reasoned that Foster…

Is Elon Musk considering buying the Keystone XL pipeline? No, that's not true: This claim appeared on a satirical website with a clear disclaimer on its About Us page. It is the work of Christopher Blair, a notorious liberal prankster who produces fake claims to troll conservatives. The claim appeared in an article published by the Patriot Party Press on…

Did Disney shareholders panic after $2.4 billion in losses in a single day? No, that's not true: The website the claim appeared on specializes in satire and comes with this warning in its "About Us" section: "Everything on this website is fiction. It is not a lie and it is not fake news because it is not real." It is…

Did The View suspend Whoopi Goldberg for two weeks, or 10 episodes, for refusing to apologize to Kyle Rittenhouse for calling him a "cowardly little Nazi"? No, that's not true: There is no record of Goldberg characterizing Rittenhouse with those words and Goldberg remained host after the claim was published by a known satire site. It is the work of…

Did a federal magistrate approve a $110 million defamation suit filed by Kyle Rittenhouse against LeBron James? No, that's not true: The article making the claim is from a network of satire websites that have published fictitious claims about lawsuits filed against celebrities by Rittenhouse, who was was acquitted after shooting three men at an anti-police brutality protest in 2020.…