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  • Fact Check: Colin Kaepernick Did NOT Lobby To Remove The National Anthem From Football

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    Did former San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick lobby to remove the National Anthem from football? No, that's not true: This story was published on a satirical site called Be Best.website which describes itself as "a subsidiary of the "America's Last Line of Defense" network of parody, satire, and tomfoolery." Kaepernick never made such an effort, and the story has…

    • Feb 28, 2020
    • by: Lead Stories Staff
    Fact Check: Colin Kaepernick Did NOT Lobby To Remove The National Anthem From Football
  • Fake News: Kaepernick Did NOT Lobby To Remove National Anthem From Football

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    Did Colin Kaepernick lobby to remove the American national anthem from being played before professional football games? No, that's not true: The NFL quarterback, who is currently a free agent, made no such effort. The article is a work of satire that has been stolen by other websites without noting the satirical nature of the story. The story originated from…

    • Jan 9, 2020
    • by: Lead Stories Staff
    Fake News: Kaepernick Did NOT Lobby To Remove National Anthem From Football
  • Fake News: Nicole Kidman NOT Blacklisted After Calling For Americans To Support Trump

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    Did Nicole Kidman get blacklisted after calling for Americans to support President Trump? No, that's not true: Kidman has made comments saying that Americans should support whoever occupies the U.S. presidency, but she has not been blacklisted, nor has she been overtly supportive of Trump himself. Kidman even said in an interview with BBC Two on January 10, 2017, that…

    • Jan 7, 2020
    • by: Lead Stories Staff
    Fake News: Nicole Kidman NOT Blacklisted After Calling For Americans To Support Trump
  • Fake News: Jennifer Aniston Did NOT Say She And Other Celebrities Made A Pro-Trump Company Named 'Celebrities For Trump'

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    Did Jennifer Aniston say she joined other celebrities to make a pro-Trump company called 'Celebrities for Trump?' No, that's not true: this is an old hoax that dates to at least October 27, 2017, in a post by dailynewsposts.com that, among other claims, fabricated a company using the celebrity's name. Since then, recent versions included quotes attributed to Aniston and…

    • Dec 29, 2019
    • by: Lead Stories Staff
    Fake News: Jennifer Aniston Did NOT Say She And Other Celebrities Made A Pro-Trump Company Named 'Celebrities For Trump'
  • Fake News: Michael Jordan is NOT Running for US Senate as a Republican

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    Is Michael Jordan running for the U.S. Senate as a Republican? Not, that's not true: This is a fake claim originally made by a website that is part of a network that runs satirical stories. It was copied from the satirical site with no mention of satire. This creates clickbait by fooling people who want to read about the legendary…

    • Dec 10, 2019
    • by: Lead Stories Staff
    Fake News: Michael Jordan is NOT Running for US Senate as a Republican
  • Old News: Nike Lost $3.75 Billion in Market Cap After Colin Kaepernick Ad But Gained Much More Since

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    Did Nike lose $3.75 billion in market cap since running its controversial ad campaign starring Colin Kaepernick? Yes, it did but the stock has bounced back since and (at the time of writing) the market capitalization of Nike stands at $146.55 billon compared to $131.57 billion just before the campaign ran, an increase of about $15 billion. However that hasn't…

    • Oct 14, 2019
    • by: Maarten Schenk
    Old News: Nike Lost $3.75 Billion in Market Cap After Colin Kaepernick Ad But Gained Much More Since
  • Fake News: Nike Spokesman Colin Kaepernick Did NOT Call the United States the Worst Country in the World

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    Did Nike spokesman Colin Kaepernick call the United States the "Worst Country in the World"? No, that's not true: a headline making that claim only offers up one tweet from Kaepernick as evidence and that tweet doesn't even contain Kaepernick's own words (or even the phrase "worst country in the world"). Since the story was originally published it has been…

    • Aug 26, 2019
    • by: Maarten Schenk
    Fake News: Nike Spokesman Colin Kaepernick Did NOT Call the United States the Worst Country in the World
  • Fake News: Michael Jordan Did NOT Rip Up His Democrat Party Card

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    Did Michael Jordan rip up his Democrat Party Card, saying 'I Just Can't Do It Anymore'? No, that's not true. The story was published by a liberal satire website that often fools Trump supporters and Republicans into sharing made up stories that are clearly marked as satire when you actually click through to them. Stories from the site are frequently…

    • Jul 10, 2019
    • by: Maarten Schenk
    Fake News: Michael Jordan Did NOT Rip Up His Democrat Party Card
  • Fake News: Al Sharpton Did NOT File FOIA Request to Release Trump's Tax Returns

    Fact Check

    Did Al Sharpton file a FOIA request to release the tax returns of president Donald Trump? No, that's not true. The story was published by a liberal satire website that tries to educate gullible Trump supporters and Republicans about the need to actually click and read links before sharing or liking them in order to avoid being embarrassed by fans…

    • Feb 4, 2019
    • by: Maarten Schenk
    Fake News: Al Sharpton Did NOT File FOIA Request to Release Trump's Tax Returns
  • Fake News: Kaepernick NOT Arrested By Superbowl Security

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    Was Colin Kaepernick arrested by Superbowl security? No, that's not true. The story was published by a liberal satire website that tries to educate gullible Trump supporters and Republicans about the need to actually click and read links before sharing or liking them in order to avoid being embarrassed by fans of the site later. All the events described in…

    • Feb 3, 2019
    • by: Maarten Schenk
    Fake News: Kaepernick NOT Arrested By Superbowl Security
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