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  • Fake News: Kanye West Did NOT Announce He Wants To Be A Slave; Will NOT Hold 'Slave Master' Auditions Soon

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    Did Kanye West announce he wants to be a slave for three months to prove slavery wasn't that bad, and will he be having auditions for a "master" soon? No, that's not true, that story was made up by a site that routinely publishes fake stories in order to earn money through advertising. The story originated from an article published…

    • May 3, 2018
    • by: Maarten Schenk
    Fake News: Kanye West Did NOT Announce He Wants To Be A Slave; Will NOT Hold 'Slave Master' Auditions Soon
  • Fake News: Kanye West Did NOT Claim Boosts Are The Best Chocolate Bar

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    Did Kanye West claim that Cadbury's Boosts are the best chocolate bars of all time? No, that did not happen. The claim that West said this originally came from a satire website, it is not true. The fake quote originated from an article published on May 2, 2018 by The Daily Mash titled "Kanye claims Boosts are best chocolate bar"…

    • May 2, 2018
    • by: Maarten Schenk
    Fake News: Kanye West Did NOT Claim Boosts Are The Best Chocolate Bar
  • Fake News: 'Smallville' Star Did NOT Confess She Sold Children To Rothschilds And Clintons

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    Did Smallville actress Allison Mack confess she sold children to the Rothschilds and Clintons during her time in a sex cult? No, that's not true. There are no reliable sources that confirm the news about her 'confession' and the site on which it originated has a long history of taking a piece of real news, copy pasting some other articles…

    • Apr 29, 2018
    • by: Maarten Schenk
    Fake News: 'Smallville' Star Did NOT Confess She Sold Children To Rothschilds And Clintons
  • Hoax Alert: First Slave Owner in America WAS NOT a Black Man

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    It has come to our attention that a hoax from years ago has once again resurfaced on the internet. This particular hoax managed to stir up quite a bit of controversy, as it claims that a black man was the first person to own slaves in the "New World". Although this claim shows little relevance today in 2016, it is…

    • Mar 2, 2016
    • by: Lead Stories Staff
  • Satire Alert: Ben Carson Did NOT Lose Brain Surgeon License After Making Numerous Brainless Comments

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    While you may have wondered about Dr. Ben Carson's scientific intellect because of his firm belief that the theory of evolution is a clever plot by Satan to descredit God's word, it is not true that the neurosurgeon's license to operate has been revoked in all 50 U.S. states. An article about the license revocation published in the Huffington Post…

    • Oct 15, 2015
    • by: Alan Duke
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