Did "The Simpsons" predict Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin kneeling on George Floyd's neck, killing him? No, that's not true. The memes claiming the television show "The Simpsons" aired an episode that showed a police officer, Wiggins, kneeling on the neck of a black man with Lisa Simpson holding a sign that says "Justice for George" are not from the…
Did Pope Francis call on US authorities to disarm the population and confiscate all weapons? No, that's not exactly true: the claim comes from a website that consistently takes a bit of real news and then twists it by adding an inflammatory headline and some invented facts in order to get easily excited people to click on it so they…
Since news broke that O.J. Simpson will be released on parole on October 1st 2017, dozens of fake news, satire and prank websites have jumped on the ball and started to pump out various O.J. Simpson hoaxes. A quick roundup: BREAKING: Cleveland Browns Sign RB O.J. Simpson To 2-Year Deal Worth 14 Million (Daily Snark, satire) OJ Simpson to run…
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