A Macedonian military man appears to be one of the driving forces behind a network of fake news websites that reached millions of people with articles often inciting hatred against muslims and migrants. Together with friends and family he has been spreading his messages via Facebook and Twitter. Sometimes under their own names, sometimes using fake identities. A look behind…
Will Queen Elizabeth II read her traditional Christmas message with Arabic subtitles for Syrian refugees this year? No, that's not true: the story was made up by a British satire website. There is no truth to the story and the screenshot that went with it was digitally created from a still from her 2016 Christmas message. The story originated from…
Did Michelle Wolf just lose a $4 million dollar contract with Adam Sandler's production company after her comedy routine at the White House Press Correspondents' dinner was deemed inappropriate by some? No, that's not true. The original version of this hoax was published by a website that posts fake stories designed to rile up conservatives and Trump supporters (under the…
Was Hillary Clinton killed at the Chappaqua Motor Speedway in upstate New York by a monster truck called "Big Blue Bernie Or Buster"? No, that's not real, it appeared on a site that caters to the fantasies of conservatives and Trump supporters by publishing fake stories under the guise of satire so they can then be mocked if they fall…
Was Hillary Clinton killed during an FBI Raid in Chappaqua, New York tonight? No, that's not true and it is hardly even trending, so why even bother debunking it? Basically we are doing this one just for old times' sake, it's been a while since the network of Christopher Blair has done a Clinton death hoax (they used to do…
Was Michelle Wolf's standup special cancelled by Hulu after her appearance at the White House Correspondents' Association dinner? No, that's not true. The news came from a site set up to purposely spread fake news to troll conservatives and Trump supporters into sharing it so they can be mocked for believing things that are not true. The Hulu story originated…
Was comedian Michelle Wolf fired by Comedy Central and let go from her role as contributing writer on The Daily Show after her remarks at the White House Press Correspondents' Association Dinner? No, that's not true: the news originated on a site that makes up news that is guaranteed to get a rise out of conservatives and Trump supporters so…
Did Queen Elizabeth II of England die aged 94 today and were her final words about not trusting Donald Trump? No, that's not true: the "news" came from a satirical fake news site that has made it a mission to troll conservatives and Trump supporters in order to mock them when they spread the fake articles appearing on the website.…
Did Queen Elisabeth II of Britain record a speech about an imminent global war being planned by certain forces? Almost certainly not because the only source for this "news" is a website with an extremely unreliable reputation that claims it got the info from an unnamed "BBC production staff" member. The story appeared on YourNewsWire where an article was published…
A fake news website with a misleading URL trying to pass itself as The Guardian (http://theguard1an.com) posted a hoax article titled: "BREAKING NEWS: Queen Elizabeth II is Dead". This follows on the (real) news that there was an unexpected meeting for all royal household staff at Buckingham palace earlier this morning and rampant speculation on Twitter what it was all…
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