Super Bowl

Will all the donations made to the GoFundMe campaign to build a wall on the Southern border of the United States get redirected to climate change programs? 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…

Did Nancy Pelosi offer to trade building a border wall in exchange for Donald Trump not running for president in 2020? 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…

Is a Donald Trump action figure the hottest seller of the season in toy stores? 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…

Will Lady Gaga perform again at the halftime show of this year's Superbowl, together with Hillary Clinton? Of course not, that's absurd. The story was put out by a liberal satire website that tries to fool gullible Republicans and Trump supporters into sharing over the top fake news so they look ridiculous. The story is not real but it is…

Did a 17-year-old teenager in Bowling Green, Kentucky crash a car into a building while maturbating to the gear shift under the influcence of "female viagra"? No, that's not true, the story was made up by a site that invents tales of bizarre crimes and weird sex acts for entertainment purposes. It did not happen for real. The story originated…

Was an obese woman arrested for starving her seven kids and did she say "there was only enough food for me"? Nope, that story was made up by a fake news website a few years ago but was recently recycled by another hoax website. The latest copy of the article was published on March 23, 2018 by a relative new…

There is no truth to the story about a supposed NFL lawyer by the name of "Dan Goodes" being found dead in New York City after telling reporters that the upcoming Super Bolw LII was "rigged". The story originated on notoriously unreliable website YourNewsWire.com in an article (archived here) titled "NFL Lawyer, Who Claimed Super Bowl Is 'Rigged', Found Dead"…

Fake regional newspapers Houston Leader, Sacramento Dispatch, NY Morning Post, Indy Gazette and Salt Lake City Guardian have been the target of fake news debunkings a lot recently here at Lead Stories. At first we thought they were just run of the mill fake news websites designed to attract visitors with over-the-top headlines and spectacular 'news' hoping to make a…

Based on an unsourced and unverified rumor, an article from fake news website USA Supreme is going viral with a headline claiming Lady Gaga's Super Bowl halftime show will include a 'Muslim Tribute'. UPDATE: The story is part of a fake news campaign to promote the movie "A Cure for Wellness". The article is basically a cut-and-paste job from an…