Fact Check in January 2016
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Sunday, January 31, 2016
- Hoax Alert: Wiz Khalifa DID NOT Play Kim K Sextape on Stage During Concert
- Hoax Alert: 'El Chapo' DID NOT Escape Prison Again
Saturday, January 30, 2016
- Hoax Alert: Man Who Threw Tomato At Trump WILL NOT Be Given Medal By Obama
- Hoax Alert: Will & Jada Pinkett-Smith Did NOT Buy B.E.T. For $600 Million
Thursday, January 28, 2016
Wednesday, January 27, 2016
- Hoax Alert! Oprah, Tyler Perry, Spike Lee & Jay-Z DID NOT partner with B.E.T. To Form the 'Boscars'
- Hoax Alert: Chipotle NOT Selling $1 Burritos All Week To Regain Public Trust
Tuesday, January 26, 2016
- Hoax Alert: McDonalds NOT Giving Away Lifetime Pass
- Hoax Alert! Diddy's Ciroc Apple NOT Recalled After Consumers Test Positive For Cocaine
- Hoax Alert: Morgue Worker NOT Arrested After Giving Birth To Dead Man's Baby
- Hoax Alert: Facebook Will NOT Add A 'F**k That' Button To Events
Monday, January 25, 2016
Saturday, January 23, 2016
Friday, January 22, 2016
Thursday, January 21, 2016
Tuesday, January 19, 2016
- Comic Actor Leslie Nielsen Has Died Again (On Facebook): Isn't Once Enough?
- Hoax Alert: 50 Cent NOT Shot 9 Times Again & Meek Mill Is NOT A Suspect
- Satire Alert: MI5 NOT to become MI-Fabulous (Might Still Be Britain's Most Gay-Friendly Employer Though)
Monday, January 18, 2016
- HOAX ALERT: Hillary Clinton DID NOT Wear Blackface Costume
- Don't Be Sad: Blue Monday Is Not Really Blue!
Sunday, January 17, 2016
- Powerball Winner DID NOT Die Of Cocaine Overdose, Partying With Hoes
- Hoax Alert: BBC's Carol Kirkwood Did NOT Say 'cold as f*ck' During Weather Forecast
Saturday, January 16, 2016
Thursday, January 14, 2016
- Cruel Hoax: Son Fools California Nurse Into Thinking She Won Powerball
- Hoax Alert: 27-Year-Old Hedge Fund Manager DID NOT Win Powerball Jackpot
- Harry Potter Actor Alan Rickman Dies Day After Internet Death Hoax
Wednesday, January 13, 2016
- Man Arrested for Drinking & Riding Hoverboard Did NOT Die in Jail
- Hoax Alert! Man NOT Emasculated During Failed Attempt to Rape Pit Bull
Monday, January 11, 2016
Friday, January 8, 2016
Monday, January 4, 2016
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