Did President Donald Trump unveil right-wing Infowars talk show host Alex Jones as his pick for Supreme Court Justice? No, that's not true: even though the President can in theory nominate anybody he wants, no nomination has been made at the time of writing and the news about Jones being proposed came from a Christian-themed satire website. It is not…
Was creationist Ken Ham ejected from a movie theater for yelling 'wrong' every time the phrase "65 million years" was mentioned during a screening of "Jurassic World"? No, that's not true: the story was made up by a Christian-themed satire website, it is not true, the events did not happen. The story originated from an article published by the Babylon…
Is eating at Chick-Fil-A soon to be a hate crime according to newly drafted legislation from the Democrats? Of course not, that story is not true. It originated on a Christian themed satire website that was mocking the recent social media storm that erupted after the CEO of Twitter was criticized for ordering a sandwich from the chain during Pride…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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