Abortion

Was 27-year-old Laura Martinez arrested in a Union City Walmart in California for testing various sex toys in the middle of a Walmart store? No, that's not true, the story was made up by a Canadian website that publishes fictional tales of bizarre crimes and weird sex acts purely for entertainment purposes. It was later copied by a "fauxtire" site.…

Did 34-year-old Elena Travis from California break the world record for most abortions by getting 27 of them? And is she a pro-choice activist? No, that's not true: the story was made up by a Canadian website that invents tales of bizarre crimes, weird sex acts and other strange happenings but purely for entertainment purposes. The story is not real.…

Is the U.S. Senate on lockdown after credible threats from known killers? No, that's not true: a Christian-themed satire website wrote an article based on a tweet from Planned Parenthood Action in order to criticize their view on abortion but the threat part is entirely made up, there is no real lockdown going on. The story originated from an article…

Was SNL fined a huge amount of money for a sketch involving Matt Damon that parodied the recent Kavanaugh hearings? No, that's not true: a liberal satire website that loves to troll conservatives and Trump supporters into sharing their made up stories as real news made up a tale about a pig named Dorothy being involved in the sketch and…

Did Michelle Obama say that abortion is OK because "you can just make another baby"? No, that's not true: a liberal satire website made up the quote with the intent of it getting picked up and believed by conservatives and Trump supporters on social media so fans of the site could then mock them for it online. Shortly after publication…

Did Planned Parenthood defend Bill Cosby by saying sexual assault is only 3% of what he does? No, that was a bit of satire from a Christian themed humor website mocking Planned Parenthood's own claim that abortions are only about 3% of their services. The story originated from an article published on April 27, 2018 by The Babylon Bee titled…

Are California parents banned from pulling their kids from 'obscene' LGBT sex education classes? No, that's quite the distortion of what is actually going on, the headline is not true. It was written by a site that regularily twists the truth in order to create false headlines that are way more shocking than what is going on in reality. The…

Did an unnamed teen YouTuber plan to have an abortion live on camera and would she be taking Bitcoin donations for Planned Parenthood from viewers? Of course not, that's absolute nonsense. The story comes from a site that publishes over the top fake stories disguised as satire to rile up conservatives and Trump supporters into sharing them online so fans…

An old viral hoax is making the rounds again claiming some unspecified muslim refugees are refusing to perform work for Americans because it is agains their religion to do so. The most recent example we spotted was on beaware.one and we archived it here. Islam, whatever else you may think of it and as interpreted by most muslims does not…

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…