Fact Check in August 2017
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Thursday, August 31, 2017
- Fake News: Texas Mosque Did NOT Refuse To Help Refugees
- Fake News: Usain Bolt, Princes Harry And William, Manny Pacquiao And Floyd Mayweather NOT Donating Huge Sums To Hurricane Harvey Victims
Wednesday, August 30, 2017
- Fake News: Clint Eastwood Did NOT Die At The Age Of 86 After Donald Trump Restricted His Film American Sniper
- Fake News: DOJ Did NOT Officially Label Antifa A Terrorist Group
Tuesday, August 29, 2017
Monday, August 28, 2017
Sunday, August 27, 2017
- Fake News: Bill And Hillary Clinton NOT Kidnapped By ISIS
- Fake News: Julius Malema NOT In A Coma After Car Crash, Driver NOT Dead
Saturday, August 26, 2017
Friday, August 25, 2017
Thursday, August 24, 2017
- Fake News: Colin Kaepernick Did NOT Sign 2 Year Deal With The Steelers For $8 Million
- Rise Of The Machines: Twitter Bot Debunks Fake News Generated By Another One
- Fake News: Rosa Parks' Grave NOT Vandalized After Daughter Praises Trump
Wednesday, August 23, 2017
Tuesday, August 22, 2017
- Fake News: University Of Oklahoma NOT Ordered To Remove Sam Bradford Statue
- Fake News: Trump Is NOT Launching A New Political Party For The 2020 Election
- Fake News: Promoter NOT Found Dead After Exposing Mayweather-McGregor Fake Fight
- Fake News Website YourNewsWire Renames Itself As NewsPunch
- Fake News: Rob Kardashian NOT Dead At Age 30, Did NOT Hang Himself In Calabasas, California Home
Monday, August 21, 2017
Sunday, August 20, 2017
Saturday, August 19, 2017
- Fake News: Rosa Parks' Daughter DID Not Praise Trump's Response to Charlottesville
- Fake News: Hillary Clinton, Huma Abedin NOT Killed In Bridge Collapse
Friday, August 18, 2017
- Fake News: Linda Sarsour NOT Arrested (Again) At Trump International Hotel
- Fake News: Andorra Did NOT Close Border With Catalonia
Wednesday, August 16, 2017
Tuesday, August 15, 2017
- Fake News: White Supremacist Who Killed Protester NOT A Democrat, Did NOT Visit Obama In Oval Office
Monday, August 14, 2017
- Fake News: Fidget Spinner NOT Stuck In Anus Or Vagina
- Fake News: NO Evidence Charlottesville Killer Was Hillary Supporter Funded By Soros
Sunday, August 13, 2017
- Tainted Buffet At Strip Club NOT Blamed After Severe Diarrhea Incident
- Fake News: Trump NOT Knocked Unconscious By Muslim Man Posing As Fox News Reporter
Saturday, August 12, 2017
Thursday, August 10, 2017
- Fake News: Man NOT In Hospital With Collapsed Rectum After Forcing Out Poo Before Slimming World Weigh-in
- Fake News: NO Official Royal Announcement About Will & Kate Becoming King And Queen
Wednesday, August 9, 2017
- Fake News: Brazil Did NOT Order 500.000 Vibrators For Distribution In Schools
- Fake News: Make-A-Wish Did NOT Send Terminally Ill Spider-Man To Healthy Kid
Tuesday, August 8, 2017
- Fake News: Seagull Did NOT Rip Off Man's Testicle As He Sunbathes Naked
- Fake News: Nancy Pelosi NOT In Cocaine Or Alcohol Fueled Car Crash
Monday, August 7, 2017
- Fake News: US Senator NOT Charged With 6 Felonies
- Fake News: Two Killers NOT On The Loose In Wabash Indiana
Sunday, August 6, 2017
- Fake News: NO Alien Invasion, This Is NOT Real
- Fake News: Malia Obama NOT Busted Buying 6 Pounds Of Marijuana In Chicago
Saturday, August 5, 2017
- Fake News: Trump Sec. of State Did NOT Just Fire Every Obama and Hillary Person At The State Department
- Fake News: Hillary Clinton Did NOT Die In Hot Air Balloon Accident
Friday, August 4, 2017
- Fake News: Julian Assange Did NOT Tell Americans To Rise Up If The Deep State Succeeds In Ousting Trump
- Fake News: Jay Leno Did NOT Risk Entire Career To Expose Truth About President Trump
Thursday, August 3, 2017
Wednesday, August 2, 2017
- Fake News: NO Four New Records For Longest Penis In The World
- Fake News: Man Did NOT Sue Radio Station For Playing "Despacito" 800 Times A Day
Tuesday, August 1, 2017
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