Fact Check in May 2018
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Thursday, May 31, 2018
- Fake News: Vice President of Programming Muthafa Ka'plêse Did NOT Cancel Roseanne At ABC
- Fake News: NO Mosquito Species Discovered That Can Get You Pregnant With A Single Bite
- Fake News: Idris Elba NOT To Join The Walking Dead As New Black Character That Dies After 1 Season
Wednesday, May 30, 2018
- Fake News: FOX Network Did NOT Pick Up 'Roseanne,' Did NOT Say It Has No Problem With Occasional Racism
- Fake News: Roseanne NOT To Host New Show On Fox News
- Fake News: Richard Dawkins Did NOT Join Cast of Love Island
- Fake News: Roseanne Did NOT Find A New Home At Fox
Tuesday, May 29, 2018
- Fake News: Roseanne NOT Picked Up By NBC
- Fake News: Roseanne NOT Hired As White House Press Secretary
- Real News: Man Arrested For Going To Parks And Telling Kids Where Children Come From
- Fake News: Retirement Home NOT Raided By The FBI For Running Elderly Fight Club, NO 7 Arrests
- Fake News: Netflix Did NOT Cave, Did NOT Cancel Roseanne After 'A Phone Call From Obama'
- Fake News: New Zealand Farmer NOT Arrested For Selling Sheep As Sex Slaves To ISIS
Monday, May 28, 2018
- Fake News: Trump NOT Set To Legalize Medical Marijuana In All 50 States
- Fake News: Thousands Did NOT Protest On The Streets After Arrest Of Tony Robinson
- Fake News: Video Does NOT Show 6K People Marching For Tommy Robinson To Be Freed
- Fake News: Yusuf Al-Jamanbred NOT Shot In The Stomach For Supporting Donald Trump
Sunday, May 27, 2018
- Fake News: Man Did NOT Kill His Best Friend For Not Saying "No Homo" After 10-hour Anal Session
- Fake News: NOT First Glimpse Of Immigrant Children At Trump Holding Facility
Saturday, May 26, 2018
- Fake News: Male Anal Rape Victim Did NOT Say 911 Operator Laughed At Him
- Fake News: 17-year-old Teenager Did NOT Sue His Parents For Being Born White
- Fake News: George HW Bush NOT Dead After Overdosing On Wife Barbara's Pills
Friday, May 25, 2018
- Fake News: Johnny Sins NOT Accused Of Sexual Harassment By 8 Women
- Fake News: White Girl Who Said N-Word At Kendrick Lamar's Concert NOT Beat By Group Of Black Students At School
Thursday, May 24, 2018
- Fake News: Babysitter NOT Arrested For Auctioning Kids Under Her Care On eBay
- Fake News: Mattis Did NOT Say Trump Asked The Difference Between Navy SEALs And Seals
- Fake News: Governor Of California Did NOT Sign A Law Requiring All Students To Learn English
- Fake News: CNN NOT Raided By FCC For Deceiving American Public
- Fake News: Babysitter On Crystal Meth Did NOT Eat 3-Month-Old Toddler AGAIN
Wednesday, May 23, 2018
- Fake News: Atlanta, Georgia Did NOT Appoint Muslim As Atlanta Schools Superintendent
- Fake News: Man's Hand NOT Cut Off For Masturbating During Ramadan In Saudi Arabia
- Fake News: 20 Priests Killed In Plane Crash NOT Connected To Vatican Pedophile Ring
- Fake News: Deciding What Is Fake News Is NOT A Task For The Public Authorities
- Fake News: 37 Million Bees NOT Found Dead After Planting Large GMO Corn Field A Few Weeks Ago
- Fake News: Woman Did NOT Shoot Boyfriend For Catching Her Cheating Without Permission To Catch Her
- Fake News: Kiambu Man Did NOT Crash Into River After Attempting To Give Himself Oral Sex While Driving
Tuesday, May 22, 2018
- Fake Video: Congress Is NOT Demanding The Arrest of Hillary Clinton
- Fake News: Man Did NOT Sue Alabama Over 1865 Document Giving Him Right To Own 'Black Slaves'
- Fake News: Obama NOT Caught Smuggling Booze, Drugs And Underage Girls Into Enemy Territory
- Fake News: First Bee Has NOT *Just* Been Added to Endangered Species List
- Fake News: Prom Limo Driver Did NOT Crash Intentionally After Students Play Lil Pump's 'Gucci Gang' Via Aux Cord
Monday, May 21, 2018
- Fake News: Obamas Did NOT Promise To Donate All Proceeds From Multimillion-Dollar Book, Netflix Deals To Combat Wealth Inequality
- Fake News: Man Did NOT Crash Into River After Attempting To Give Himsef Oral Sex While Driving
- Fake News: 'Breitbart' NOT Refusing To Release Names Of Mass Shooting Victims To Prevent Them From Getting Attention
Sunday, May 20, 2018
- Fake News: CNN NOT To Permanently Close Its Doors As Ratings Plunge 30 Percent
- Fake News: Belgian Social Democrat Party Uses Faked Trump Video In Climate Change Campaign
Saturday, May 19, 2018
- Fake News: Mercado Roma Restaurant NOT Visited By ICE
- Fake News: Donald Trump NOT Bestowed Honorific Title By Association Of People With Small Hands
- Fake News: Minuteman Nuclear Missile NOT Missing At Minot Air Force Base
- Fake News: Santa Fe Killer Did NOT Confess His Love For Obama
- Fake News: 500,000 Obese Children Did NOT Sign Petition For Jamie Oliver To Just F*ck Off
Friday, May 18, 2018
- Fake News: 500-lbs Woman Did NOT Kill World's Oldest Tortoise By Sitting On It
- Fake News: Sam Hyde Is NOT The Santa Fe High School Shooter
- Fake News: Lusaka Restaurant NOT Shutdown For Selling Human Flesh
- Fake News: Actor And Comedian Eddie Murphy Did NOT Die At 54
- Fake News: Alabama Man Did NOT Cheat On His Wife With A Goat
Thursday, May 17, 2018
- Fake News: Royal Wedding NOT Cancelled, Meghan Markle NOT Deported
- Fake News: Navy NOT To Christen Ship USS Tig Ol Bitties After People Vote Online
- Fake News: 'BBQ Becky' Did NOT Call 911 On A Black Police Officer Who Pulled Her Over
- Fake News: Donald Trump Did NOT Say All Immigrants Are Animals
Wednesday, May 16, 2018
- Fake News: Trump Did NOT Order Replica Nobel Peace Prize to Display on His Desk
- Fake News: Israeli Soldier NOT Awarded Medal For Bravery After Being Hit By Pebble
- Fake News: Davao City Hotel NOT Shut Down For Selling Human Meat
- Fake News: Video Does NOT Show Palestinian Martyr Scratching His Nose Under His Shroud
- Fake News: NO Explosion In 'Jihadi Capital' Molenbeek At Start of Ramadan
Tuesday, May 15, 2018
- Newest Site From 'Ghana' Fake News Network Copies Christopher Blair's Footer
- Fake News: Quick-thinking Mom Did NOT Save Family's Life By Giving Gunman Oral Sex
Monday, May 14, 2018
- Satire: Lottery Winner NOT Arrested For Dumping $200,000 of Manure On Ex-boss' Lawn
- Fake News: Palestine NOT Granted Permission To Compete In Eurovision 2019
- Fake News: NO Feminist Didn't Change Daughter's Diapers For Weeks Because She Didn't Give "Consent"
Sunday, May 13, 2018
- Confirmed: Before Acting in Episode IV, Mark Hamill Had Never Seen A Star Wars Movie
- Fake News: Elderly Man NOT Attacked For Drinking Alcohol In Front Of Halal Food Restaurant In Antwerp, Belgium
Saturday, May 12, 2018
Friday, May 11, 2018
- Old News: In Victory for Standing Rock Sioux Tribe, Court Finds That Approval of Dakota Access Pipeline Violated the Law
- Fake News: Netanyahu Did NOT Call For Israeli Return To Ancient Homeland Of Iran
Thursday, May 10, 2018
- Fake News: Nairobi Restaurant NOT Shut Down For Selling Human Meat
- Fake News: YouTube Did NOT Flag All 'Mister Rogers' Videos As Hate Speech
- Paul Horner's Old Website Taken Over By Vietnamese Spammer Stealing Fact Checks From Snopes
- Fake News: McDonald's Did NOT Announce They're Permanently Removing The Big Mac From Their Menu
Wednesday, May 9, 2018
- Fake News: London Muslim Mayor Did NOT Encourage Muslims To Riot During Trump's Visit To The UK
- Fake News: Pedophile Who Raped 5-Year-Old Boy NOT Found Dead With Testicles Removed
- Fake News: Flu Vaccine NOT Recalled Due To Defective Government Tracking Microchips
- Fake News: Doctor Did NOT Get Arm Stuck For 8 Hours During Prostate Exam
- Fake News: EU Did NOT Force Ice Cream Vans To Replace Chimes With Recorded Diabetes Warning
Tuesday, May 8, 2018
- Fake News: Presidential Helicopter Marine One Did NOT Crash Into The White House
- Fake News: NO Confessed Pedophile Arrested In Walmart While Making Love To Baby Doll
Monday, May 7, 2018
- Fake News: Man Did NOT Damage His Own Brain To Forget Infinity War Spoilers
- Fake News: Congress Did NOT Call For Immediate Arrest Of John Kerry For Treason
- Fake News: California Gov. Jerry Brown Did NOT Outlaw Homelessness
Sunday, May 6, 2018
Saturday, May 5, 2018
- Fake News: Taco Bell Will NOT Only Serve Customers Of Mexican Descent To Fight Cultural Appropriation
- Fake News: Viral Sensation "Lil Tay" NOT Picked Up By Los Angeles Child Protection Services
Friday, May 4, 2018
- Fake News: North Korea Did NOT Agree To Open Its Doors To Christianity (Yet?)
- Fake News: Research Did NOT Show Cardi B Fans Are More Likely To Catch STDs And Cheat
Thursday, May 3, 2018
- Fake News: Two Young Black Men NOT "Lynched" In Oklahoma By Four Whites
- Fake News: Trump Did NOT Delete Nine Tweets While Attempting to Spell "Subpoena"
- Fake News: Kanye West Did NOT Announce He Wants To Be A Slave; Will NOT Hold 'Slave Master' Auditions Soon
Wednesday, May 2, 2018
- Fake News: Michelle Wolf's Vulgar Jokes Did NOT Just Cost Her $4 Million.
- Fake News: Work NOT Underway To Rotate Big Ben So It Faces Mecca
- Fake News: Scottish Drinkers Can STILL Buy Frosty Jack's Without Bitcoin
- Fake News: Kanye West Did NOT Claim Boosts Are The Best Chocolate Bar
- Fake News: Hillary Clinton NOT Killed In Monster Truck Mishap
Tuesday, May 1, 2018
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