Were you worried the CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) has banned certain phrases from being used by patients in the emergency room or the emergency department? Don't be: the story originated on a satirical website for medical professionals. The article was published in March 2018 on a website named GomerBlog under the title "CDC bans certain phrases from…
Did you hear how a student at Soccamee high school in Hornwood, South Carolina pretended to be transgender so he could shower with the female students after gym class? And that he got suspendend after sexually assaulting several of them? It was allegedly so bad three of them got pregnant, according to "Helena Ferguson", supposedly the school nurse. None of…
The ironically named fake news website nofakenews.online is up to its usual tricks with a story (archived here) titled "UPDATE: Van Full Of Illegals Caught Voting At Multiple Alabama Polling Locations" which opened: The Democrat Party is up to their usual dirty tricks as Republican senate candidate Roy Moore fights against their cheating ways in an effort to become Alabama's…
Notorious prank website React365 was used to post an article titled "Alabama QB confirmed as a transgender". The full text of the hoax read: After months of speculation, it has been confirmed a Houston Texas hositpal that university of Alabama quarterback was a female. Should Hurts be allowed to continue to play NCAA football?? Only time will tell It speaks…
There is a NOT TRUE story trending on the internet stating "Target to Discontinue Sale of Holy Bible." In actuality, Target does NOT sell the bible in any of its stores. In a recent post, Snopes states "A quick search on Target's web site revealed that the Bible is indeed still for sale." There is a listing for the bible…
There is a NOT TRUE story trending stating "Transgender Woman Shot To Death In Department Store Restroom." This particular topic is a current hot-button issue and has many, many hoax stories being posted about it daily. Lead Stories has debunked several NOT TRUE stories regarding this issue, and will continue to do so if they are as ignorant and baseless…
No, Texas IS NOT banning all transgender people form public restrooms. A hoax has been detected by Lead Stories' Trendolizer which claims that Governor Greg Abbott is signing a bill to ban all transgender folk from using public restrooms. This story was published by known entertainment and hoax site, KRBC News. For starters, here is the disclaimer on KRBC's…
The controversy over transgender people entering bathrooms designated for women inspired this fake story about GOP presidential candidate Ted Cruz. It was published on a self-described political satire site, but the story has gone viral on Facebook and many people appear to think it is true. It is not. The incident purportedly happened when Cruz was stopped "on his way…
Over the past month or so, several states have come under fire for their "Bathroom Policies" which basically dictate who can and can't use certain gender specific public restrooms. North Carolina has seen several artists withdraw from performing due to the state's "Bathroom Policy" that some see as breeding hate and discrimination. A few days ago Target, the second-largest…
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