Was American tourist Andrew Stevens harpooned to death by fishermen in the Philippines while wearing a mermaid costume? No, that's not true: the story was made up by a Canadian entertainment website that makes a living by publishing fictional stories often involving weird crimes, bizarre sex acts or strange accidents. It is not real. The story originated from an article…
Did actor Kevin Chamberlin pass away following a cardiac arrest? No, that's not true: rumors of his death are circulating on social media but he took to twitter himself to reassure everyone he did not die. A post has been circulating in the form of an image with following text: R.I.P. kevin chamberlin, also known as a TV actor has…
If you are a fan of pranks and jokes today is undoubtedly the day you have been waiting for. Here is a roundup of some of the funniest or weirdest April Fools jokes we have spotted today, in no particular order. Note: we are not fact checking them because we don't want to spoil the fun. Massive Network of Moonshiner…
Will the character Simba in the remake of The Lion King scheduled for 2019 be vegan? No, that's not true: a fauxtire site copied it from a satire site and the joke went massively viral but that doesn't make it real. The story went viral because of an article published on 8Satire on November 24, 2018 titled "Simba Is A…
Was Roseanne's show cancelled because of Senior Vice President of Programming Muthafa Ka'plêse at ABC? No, that's not true and he also wasn't a member of "Obama's Indonesian Choom Gang", mainly because he doesn't exist. Source of the fake news was a satirical meme: It originated from a post published on May 31, 2018 on a Facebook page named "America's…
Was World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) sold to the Walt Disney Company for $5 billion and did chairman Vince McMahon confirm the news? No, that was an April Fools' Day joke from a wrestling news website which is still going viral two days later. The story appeared on April 1, 2018 on Wrestling News Source and was titled "WWE Sold To…
In the course of investigating a recent fake news story we stumbled onto a tweet from last summer in which a female alt-right media figure published sexual harrasment allegations against a former boss who runs several big liberal blogs and Facebook pages. Readers of this site know we debunk a lot of satirical stories from a website named "The Resistance:…
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