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Fake News: SeaWorld Employee NOT Arrested For Smuggling Penguin Penises To China

Was 27-year old Sea World employee Thomas C. Frampton arrested in San Diego for smuggling over 12,500 penguin penises to China? No, that's not true: the story was made up... [Read the full story]
Fake News: Ken Ham NOT Ejected From Theater For Yelling 'WRONG' Every Time 'Jurassic World' Actors Say '65 Million Years'

Was creationist Ken Ham ejected from a movie theater for yelling 'wrong' every time the phrase "65 million years" was mentioned during a screening of "Jurassic World"? No, that's not... [Read the full story]
Fake News: Dutch King Willem-Alexander Did NOT Threaten President Trump With International Court of Justice Via Twitter

Did Dutch king Willem-Alexander threaten President Trump with prosecution by the International Court of Justice in The Hague via a tweet he sent in reply to a tweet made by... [Read the full story]
NOT Fake News: Shooting Suspect Actualy Arrested In Death Of XXXTentacion

Was a suspect named Dedrick D. Williams arrested in the case of the murder of rapper XXXTentacion? Yes, despite the story being publised on notorious fake news website Huzlers the... [Read the full story]
Fake News: Chickpea Shortage NOT Feared As Chickens DO NOT Lay Peas

Are there fears over a chickpea shortage because chickens are laying fewer chickpeas? No, that's total nonsense, if you believed that you've been taken in by a joke website publishing... [Read the full story]
Lead Stories Launches YouTube Channel With Automatically Generated Videos Of All Fact Checks

If you have ever visited YouTube you may have noticed news articles are being stolen by shady YouTube channels uploading videos in which a robot voice reads out the text... [Read the full story]
Fake News: Florida Man Did NOT Convince Two Female Officers To Have A Threesome Instead Of Giving Him A Ticket

Was 32-year old Marine Corps veteran Daniel Sharp able to convice two female cops to have sex with him instead of giving him a ticket? If you think that sounds... [Read the full story]
Fake News: Canadian Shoe Smuggling Mule NOT Able To Fit 9 Pairs In Rectum

Is a Canadian man named "Dave" smuggling shoes from the U.S. into Canada by hiding up to nine pairs in his rectum when crossing the border? No, that's not true:... [Read the full story]
Fake News: Tommy Robinson NOT Released From Prison After Huge Campaign

Was Tommy Robinson (whose real name is Christopher Yaxley-Lennon) released from prison after a huge campaign? Or did the U.K. Home Office confuse him with an 85-year-old whose real legal... [Read the full story]
Fake News: 6-year-old Migrant In Sweden Was NOT In Fact A 35-year-old Midget From Syria

Did 35-year-old midget Khalid Ali Razzaz, a former ISIS soldier, enter Sweden as a refugee by pretending to be a 6-year-old boy? No, that's not true: the story was made... [Read the full story]
Fake News: Statue Of Liberty NOT Converted Into Prison For Immigrant Children

Was the iconic Statue of Liberty in New York converted to a prison for immgrant children? No, that's not true: the story was invented by a satirical website as a... [Read the full story]
Fake News: Snoop Dogg Did NOT Just Announce He's Officially Leaving The Country Because He Hates President Trump

Did rapper Snoop Dogg just announce he is leaving the United States because he hates President Trump? No, that's not true: the story is based on a single Instagram post... [Read the full story]
Fake News: 19-year-old Super Eagles' Goalkeeper Did NOT Celebrates Son's 17th Birthday

Did the goalkeeper of Nigeria's national soccer team, Francis Uzoho, congratulate his son on his 17th birthday while he himself is only 19 years old? No, that's not true: a... [Read the full story]
Fake News: It Was NOT Confirmed A Terrorist Drove a Van Into Crowd at PinkPop Festival In The Netherlands

Was a man who drove a van into a crowd at Dutch Pinkpop festival on June 18, 2018 a terrorist? That's far from certain despite what an unreliable and frequently... [Read the full story]
Fake News: Young Men Did NOT Rent Yacht, It Did NOT Sink By Excess Of Prostitutes

Did a yacht in Miami sink because the friends who rented it for a bachelor party invited too many prostitutes on board? No, that's not true: the story came from... [Read the full story]
Fake News: New Hampshire Congressman Arnim Zola Did NOT Deface Presidential Limousine With Swastikas

Did Democrat New Hampshire congressman Arnim Zola deface President Donald Trump's limousine with swastikas? No, that's not true: the news was invented by a Facebook page that was set up... [Read the full story]
Fake News: IG Report Did NOT Say Hillary Clinton Ran Child Sex Ring

Dit the Inspector General's report on the investigation by the FBI of the case surrounding Hillary Clinton's use of a private email server reveal that she ran a child sex... [Read the full story]
Fake News: President Macron Did NOT Knowingly Grant ISIS Chief Political Asylum In France

Did French President Emmanuel Macron knowingly grant political asylum to an ISIS chief? No, that's not exactly true. Ahmed Hamdane Mahmoud Ayach El Aswadi posed as a refugee when he... [Read the full story]
Fake News: Museum Employee NOT Arrested For Sexually Assaulting Wax Sculpture of Donald Trump

Was 57-year-old wax museum empoyee Robert Murphy from New York arrested for sexually assaulting President Donald Trump's wax sculpture? No, that's not true and he didn't sexually assault several other... [Read the full story]
Fake News: Saudi Arabia NOT To Increase Oil Prices 5 Times Starting Tomorrow

Will oil prices from Saudi Arabia increase fivefold tomorrow after the loss against Russia today at the World Cup with an embarrassing 5 - 0 score? No, that's not true:... [Read the full story]
The Inside Scoop On How Lead Stories Got Serial Plagiarist Shawn Rice Busted By BuzzFeed

Earlier today Craig Silverman of BuzzFeed broke the news that business and marketing website Bussiness2Community had deleted over 6000 articles written by Shawn Rice (brother of the site's founder Brian... [Read the full story]
Fake News: World Cup Opening Ceremony NOT To Centre On 380ft Replica of Putin's Cock

Will today's World Cup opening ceremony feature a 380 foot replica of President Vladimir Putin's penis? No, that's not true: that story was published by a satirical website. It is... [Read the full story]
Fake News: Trump Tower Did NOT Open in Pyongyang

Has a Trump Tower hotel opened in North Korean capital Pyongyang after the historic summit between President Trump and Chairman Kim Jong-Un? No, that's not true, this story was created... [Read the full story]
Fake News: LeBron James Did NOT Buy Chris Paul's New Orleans Condo

Did LeBron James buy the New Orleans condo of his good friend Chris Paul? No, that's not true: a story that claimed he did appeared on a prank website but... [Read the full story]
Fake News: House Democrats Did NOT Draft Legislation That Would Make It A Hate Crime To Eat At Chick-Fil-A

Is eating at Chick-Fil-A soon to be a hate crime according to newly drafted legislation from the Democrats? Of course not, that story is not true. It originated on a... [Read the full story]
Fake News: NO Man Claiming To Be The Real Prince Harry Found Dead In Irish Hotel

Was 31-year-old James Francis Alexander found dead in a hotel room in Dublin, Ireland and did this man claim he was the "real" Prince Harry? No, that's not true: the... [Read the full story]
Fake News: Video Does NOT Show Muslims Rioting In Birmingham Demanding Nobody Drive During Ramadan

Did a viral video show muslims rioting in Birmingham because they demand nobody drive down their street during Ramadan? No, that's not true: a video showing Swiss soccer hooligans has... [Read the full story]
Fake News: Kim Jong Un Did NOT Offer to Host Peace Talks Between United States and Canada

Did North-Korean leader Kim Jong Un offer to mediate between the U.S. and Canada after the recent spat at the G-7 Summit where President Trump accused Canada of unfair trade... [Read the full story]
Fake News: CNN Did NOT Fire Jake Tapper For Assaulting Eric Trump

Was Jake Tapper fired by CNN for assaulting Eric Trump? No, that's not true, the news was made up by a site that invents satirical fake news stories in order... [Read the full story]
Fake News: Eric Trump Did NOT Get In A Fistfight With A CNN Anchor, NOBODY Went To Jail

Did Eric Trump, son of President Donald Trump, get into a fistfight with CNN anchor Jake Tapper? No, that's not true, the news was made up by a site that... [Read the full story]

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Fake News: Dutch King Willem-Alexander Did NOT Threaten President Trump With International Court of Justice Via Twitter

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Fake News: Democrat Principal Did NOT Defecate In Front Of Students During Pledge Of Allegiance

Fake News: Snoop Dogg Did NOT Just Announce He's Officially Leaving The Country Because He Hates President Trump

Fake News: 19-year-old Super Eagles' Goalkeeper Did NOT Celebrates Son's 17th Birthday

Lead Stories Launches YouTube Channel With Automatically Generated Videos Of All Fact Checks

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Fake News: SeaWorld Employee NOT Arrested For Smuggling Penguin Penises To China

Fake News: Ken Ham NOT Ejected From Theater For Yelling 'WRONG' Every Time 'Jurassic World' Actors Say '65 Million Years'

Fake News: Dutch King Willem-Alexander Did NOT Threaten President Trump With International Court of Justice Via Twitter

NOT Fake News: Shooting Suspect Actualy Arrested In Death Of XXXTentacion

Fake News: Chickpea Shortage NOT Feared As Chickens DO NOT Lay Peas

Lead Stories Launches YouTube Channel With Automatically Generated Videos Of All Fact Checks

Fake News: Florida Man Did NOT Convince Two Female Officers To Have A Threesome Instead Of Giving Him A Ticket

Fake News: Canadian Shoe Smuggling Mule NOT Able To Fit 9 Pairs In Rectum

Fake News: Tommy Robinson NOT Released From Prison After Huge Campaign

Fake News: 6-year-old Migrant In Sweden Was NOT In Fact A 35-year-old Midget From Syria

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