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Did Tesla CEO Elon Musk invest $1 billion into actors Mel Gibson and Mark Wahlberg's "new un-woke production studio"? No, that's not true: We could not find any evidence to corroborate this claim. Lead Stories debunked a similar claim about a supposed Gibson-Walberg "non-woke film production studio" earlier in 2024. The original claim about the purported studio came from a…

Did entrepreneur and Tesla CEO Elon Musk say, "I'd rather drink sewer water than see Taylor Swift at the Super Bowl," as a post on Facebook claimed? No, that's not true: This claim originally appeared in an article on a satirical website known for publishing fabricated content. There is otherwise no publicly available or credible evidence to support this claim.…

Are actors Roseanne Barr and Michael Richards developing a "new non-woke sitcom focused on traditional values"? No, that's not true: The site that produced this claim describes itself as satirical. Lead Stories could find no evidence that this claim was legitimate. The claim appeared in a Facebook post (archived here) by SpaceX Fanclub on April 12, 2024. The caption on…

Did actors Jon Voight and Angelina Jolie "join forces for a non-woke production studio" named "Time for a Change"? No, that's not true: The claim was first published on a self-described satire website. The article was not even an original, manually crafted piece -- it was an AI-generated story. The claim originated from an article (archived here) on esspots.com published…

Did Hollywood director Mel Gibson and actor Mark Wahlberg "join hands to create a non-woke film production studio," as a post on Instagram claims? No, that's not true: The meme image and caption that make this claim were taken word for word from an article published by a self-described satirical website. None of the website's content is real, according to…

Did the commercial broadcasting network ABC confirm the cancellation of its television talk show "The View" in March 2024 because it was the "worst show in history," as a post on Facebook claimed? No, that's not true: ABC confirmed to Lead Stories that this claim was false. The post in question was published on the self-described satire page SpaceX Fanclub.…

Did political commentator Candace Owens file a petition to ban collegiate swimmer Lia Thomas from women's sports? No, that's not true: This claim originally appeared in an article on a satirical website known for publishing fabricated content. There is otherwise no publicly available or credible evidence to support this claim. The claim appeared in a post (archived here) on Facebook…