Colin Kaepernick

Did the New York Jets sign free agent Colin Kaepernick to a one-year, $9 million contract? No, that is not true: Kaepernick was not signed to a new deal with the NFL's Jets. A Tweet was sent from an account with a photo that looked like ESPN's SportsCenter logo -- but with the name "SuperToughScene" -- claiming Kaepernick signed with…

Did Bernie Sanders officially end his Democratic presidential primary run, and then endorse Trump for president? No, that's not true: Sanders has been nothing but critical of Trump, publicly calling him a jackass on the campaign trail. In any case, this claim is a work of satire put out by a liberal from Maine who trolls conservative supporters of Trump.…

Did Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar of Minnesota give $50,000 of taxpayer money to al-Qaida? No, that's not true: The article is a dated work of satire that other websites have, even now, stolen without noting the satirical nature of the story. The claim originated in an article (archived here) published by BeBest.website on August 17, 2019, under the title "Ilhan…

Did former San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick lobby to remove the National Anthem from football? No, that's not true: This story was published on a satirical site called Be Best.website which describes itself as "a subsidiary of the "America's Last Line of Defense" network of parody, satire, and tomfoolery." Kaepernick never made such an effort, and the story has…

Did Colin Kaepernick lobby to remove the American national anthem from being played before professional football games? No, that's not true: The NFL quarterback, who is currently a free agent, made no such effort. The article is a work of satire that has been stolen by other websites without noting the satirical nature of the story. The story originated from…

Did Nicole Kidman get blacklisted after calling for Americans to support President Trump? No, that's not true: Kidman has made comments saying that Americans should support whoever occupies the U.S. presidency, but she has not been blacklisted, nor has she been overtly supportive of Trump himself. Kidman even said in an interview with BBC Two on January 10, 2017, that…

Did Jennifer Aniston say she joined other celebrities to make a pro-Trump company called 'Celebrities for Trump?' No, that's not true: this is an old hoax that dates to at least October 27, 2017, in a post by dailynewsposts.com that, among other claims, fabricated a company using the celebrity's name. Since then, recent versions included quotes attributed to Aniston and…

Is Michael Jordan running for the U.S. Senate as a Republican? Not, that's not true: This is a fake claim originally made by a website that is part of a network that runs satirical stories. It was copied from the satirical site with no mention of satire. This creates clickbait by fooling people who want to read about the legendary…

Did Nike lose $3.75 billion in market cap since running its controversial ad campaign starring Colin Kaepernick? Yes, it did but the stock has bounced back since and (at the time of writing) the market capitalization of Nike stands at $146.55 billon compared to $131.57 billion just before the campaign ran, an increase of about $15 billion. However that hasn't…

Did Nike spokesman Colin Kaepernick call the United States the "Worst Country in the World"? No, that's not true: a headline making that claim only offers up one tweet from Kaepernick as evidence and that tweet doesn't even contain Kaepernick's own words (or even the phrase "worst country in the world"). Since the story was originally published it has been…