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  • Fake News: Kotex Did NOT Introduce Confetti Popper Tampons For Ringing In The New Year

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    Did Kotex introduce a confetti-filled tampon that could be used to launch a festive cloud of absorbent material into the user's body? No, that's not true: the story was launched by one of America's oldest satire websites, it is not real. The story originated from an article published by The Onion on December 28, 2018 titled "Kotex Introduces New Confetti…

    • Dec 28, 2018
    • by: Maarten Schenk
    Fake News: Kotex Did NOT Introduce Confetti Popper Tampons For Ringing In The New Year
  • Fake News: Taco Bell Did NOT Warn Employees Against Directly Exposing Skin To Food

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    Did Taco Bell warn its employees against directly touching the food because that would be dangerous? No, that's not true: the story originally came from The Onion, a satirical website. It is not true. Note that you should probably avoid exposing your eyes to the vapours and fluids contained in onions (no relation to the website) though, as this is…

    • Dec 16, 2018
    • by: Maarten Schenk
    Fake News: Taco Bell Did NOT Warn Employees Against Directly Exposing Skin To Food
  • Fake News: President Trump Did NOT Call Australian P.M. Scott Morrison 'Malcom', 'President Trunchbull', 'Trundle' or 'Malcolm Morris Trundler' at G20 Summit

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    Did U.S. President Donald Trump refer to the new Australian P.M. Scott Morrisson as 'Malcom', 'President Trunchbull', 'Trundle' or 'Malcolm Morris Trundler', mistaking him for the previous P.M. Malcolm Turnbull? No, that's not true: the confusion story was made up by an Australian satire website that pretends to be the local newspaper of a little backwoods town named Betoota, it…

    • Dec 1, 2018
    • by: Maarten Schenk
    Fake News: President Trump Did NOT Call Australian P.M. Scott Morrison 'Malcom', 'President Trunchbull', 'Trundle' or 'Malcolm Morris Trundler' at G20 Summit
  • Fake News: Bernie Sanders Did NOT Fill In For Factory Worker Unable To Take Time Off To Vote

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    Did Vermont senator Bernie Sanders fill in for a factory worker who was otherwise unable to take time off to go vote? No, that story originated on a famous satire website as a joke and was later retweeted by Sanders as a funny way to make a political point about polling dates. The story originated from a photo published by…

    • Nov 7, 2018
    • by: Maarten Schenk
    Fake News: Bernie Sanders Did NOT Fill In For Factory Worker Unable To Take Time Off To Vote
  • Fake News: Navy SEALs STILL Allowed to Wear Black Face Paint

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    Are the Navy SEALs abandoning black face paint camouflage because it could be considered racist as a form of "blackface"? No, that's not true: the story came from a military satire website mocking political correctness in a humorous story, it is not real. The story originated from an article published by Duffel Blog on November 2, 2018 titled "Navy SEALs…

    • Nov 2, 2018
    • by: Maarten Schenk
    Fake News: Navy SEALs STILL Allowed to Wear Black Face Paint
  • Fake News: CDC Did NOT Accidentally Switch Flu Shots With HIV

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    Did the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) switch flu vaccinations with HIV samples, infecting millions of children with AIDS by accident? No, that's not true. The rumor was launched by satire website The Onion as a joke, it is not real. The story originated from an article published by The Onion on October 18, 2018 titled "Embarrassed CDC…

    • Oct 20, 2018
    • by: Maarten Schenk
    Fake News: CDC Did NOT Accidentally Switch Flu Shots With HIV
  • Fake News: Paul Allen NOT To Leave $10,000 To Everyone Who Shares This Post

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    Did the recently deceased Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen promise to leave $10,000 to everybody who shares a post on Facebook? No, that's not true: satirical website The Onion came up with a bit of posthumous humor mocking several Microsoft-related chain emails that have been going around on the Internet forever. The satirical piece originated from an article published by The…

    • Oct 16, 2018
    • by: Maarten Schenk
    Fake News: Paul Allen NOT To Leave $10,000 To Everyone Who Shares This Post
  • Fake News: Taylor Swift Did NOT Break Political Silence To Throw Support Behind Restoring Shōgun To Throne Of Japan

    Fact Check

    Did Taylor Swift throw her support behind restoring the shōgunate in Japan? No, of course not: that story was launched by a satirical website in response to her sudden support for two candidates from the Democratic party in the upcoming Tennessee midterms after a long period of not making any comments at all regarding politics. The story originated from an…

    • Oct 8, 2018
    • by: Maarten Schenk
    Fake News: Taylor Swift Did NOT Break Political Silence To Throw Support Behind Restoring Shōgun To Throne Of Japan
  • Fake News: Machine Gun Kelly Did NOT Release New M&M Diss Track Stating That He Prefers Skittles

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    Did Rapper Machine Gun Kelly release another diss track going after Eminem, this time claiming he likes Skittles better than M&M candies? No, that's not true, there is no such song or video. The "news" about it was made up by a "fauxtire website" that got inspired by a poster to Reddit's "Onion Headlines" board. The news is not real.…

    • Oct 2, 2018
    • by: Maarten Schenk
    Fake News: Machine Gun Kelly Did NOT Release New M&M Diss Track Stating That He Prefers Skittles
  • Fake News: Nike Did NOT Apologize For Forgetting Military Monopoly on Sacrifice

    Fact Check

    Did Nike apologize to the military "for forgetting the military monopoly on sacrifice" after the controversy that erupted when they opted to have Colin Kaepernick in their ads? No, that's not true: the story was made up by a military satire website. It did not happen for real. The story originated from an article published by Duffel Blog on September…

    • Sep 7, 2018
    • by: Maarten Schenk
    Fake News: Nike Did NOT Apologize For Forgetting Military Monopoly on Sacrifice
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