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  • Fake News: West Wing Source Did NOT Claim 'Melania Has Been Dead For Days'

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    Has a West Wing source claimed that Melania Trump has been dead for days after a failed liver transplant? No, that's not true: the story was invented out of whole cloth by a website set up to troll conservatives and Trump supporters into sharing fake news so the fans of the site can then point and laugh at them. Although…

    • Jun 8, 2018
    • by: Maarten Schenk
    Fake News: West Wing Source Did NOT Claim 'Melania Has Been Dead For Days'
  • Fake News: Roseanne Did NOT Find A New Home At Fox

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    Was Roseanne picked up by Fox after being cancelled by ABC over an offensive tweet? No, that's not true (the Fox part). A satirical site aimed at riling up conservatives and Trump supporters had the show picked up by Netflix, NBC and now Fox but it is all not true. The story originated from an article published by Daily World…

    • May 30, 2018
    • by: Maarten Schenk
    Fake News: Roseanne Did NOT Find A New Home At Fox
  • Fake News: Roseanne NOT Picked Up By NBC

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    Was Roseanne picked up by NBC after being cancelled by ABC over a racist tweet sent out by the show's star, Roseanne Barr? No, that's not true. The show was indeed cancelled over an innapropriate tweet but it wasn't picked up by NBC. That part was made up by a site that posts fake stories under the guise of satire…

    • May 29, 2018
    • by: Maarten Schenk
    Fake News: Roseanne NOT Picked Up By NBC
  • Fake News: Netflix Did NOT Cave, Did NOT Cancel Roseanne After 'A Phone Call From Obama'

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    Recently a fake story started circulating that Netflix picked up Roseanne after it was cancelled following a racist tweet sent out by the show's star. And now a followup fake story claims Netflix cancelled it after a phone call from Obama. Both stories are not true. The initial fake story was published earlier today by Daily World Update: BREAKING: Netflix…

    • May 29, 2018
    • by: Maarten Schenk
    Fake News: Netflix Did NOT Cave, Did NOT Cancel Roseanne After 'A Phone Call From Obama'
  • Fake News: Obamas Did NOT Promise To Donate All Proceeds From Multimillion-Dollar Book, Netflix Deals To Combat Wealth Inequality

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    Did the Obamas promise to donate all the money they will earn from their book and Netflix deals to charity in order to fight wealth inequality? No, that's not true. Any news reports you may have seen about that originated from a story on a Christian-themed satire website. It is not real. The story originated from an article published on…

    • May 21, 2018
    • by: Maarten Schenk
    Fake News: Obamas Did NOT Promise To Donate All Proceeds From Multimillion-Dollar Book, Netflix Deals To Combat Wealth Inequality
  • Fake News: 'The Golden Girls' NOT To Get Netflix Reboot; Betty White WON'T Reprise Role as Rose

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    Fake news website Empirenews tried to make people believe on January 26th 2017 that "The Golden Girls" was getting rebooted on Netflix. Their fake announcement read: Betty White has always said that she plans to work up until the day she dies, and at 96 years young, she's not kidding. The actress, who is perhaps best known for her role…

    • Jan 28, 2017
    • by: Maarten Schenk
  • Fake News: Meryl Streep Did NOT Get Fired From A Major Project For Lying About Trump

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    After Meryl Streep's speech at the Golden Globes criticizing President Elect Donald Trump several fake news sites published an article claiming she had been fired from a 'major project' because of it. LeadStories' Trendolizer engine picked up the fact that the fake stories started trending so we decided to investigate. According to the fake article a remake of the popular…

    • Jan 9, 2017
    • by: Maarten Schenk
  • Hoax Alert: Netflix NOT To Remove All Christian Content After Complaints From Muslims

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    Video streaming service Netflix is to remove all references to Christ and Christianity from it's programming, at least if you believe the satirical article from News Thump which recently went viral. It quotes the fictional leader of the Muslim Brotherhood of Bath and Northeast Somerset, Ali McLaren, who supposedly wrote (on an 18th century halal goatskin, no less): We demand…

    • Mar 30, 2016
    • by: Maarten Schenk
  • Nancy Reagan's Last Words Were NOT: 'Do Not Vote For Donald Trump'

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    According to 'Althea Thoone', a private nurse who allegedly took care of Nancy Reagan, the last words of the former first lady were: 'Do Not Vote For Donald Trump'. The story that contains this 'news' quotes Nancy's nurse as saying: She watched all the [GOP] debates. She was very alert and kept up with all the news and current events,…

    • Mar 7, 2016
    • by: Maarten Schenk
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