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Fake News: Couple Did NOT Name Child Farage Rees-Mogg, NOT Facing Jail

Did a British couple name their child "Farage Rees-Mogg Williams" and are they now facing jail over that? No, that's not true: a UK satire website published an article claiming... [Read the full story]
Fake News: Hillary Clinton Did NOT Say 'The Only Crime I Ever Committed Was Stealing The Hearts Of The American People'

Did Hillary Clinton ever say 'The Only Crime I Ever Committed Was Stealing The Hearts Of The American People'? No, that's not true: the quote was made up by a... [Read the full story]
Fake News: Florida Officials Did NOT Admit Nearly 200k Voters May Not Be Citizens In 2018

Did Florida officials admit almost 200,000 voters in the Florida midterm election may not have been citizens? No, that's not true: a hyperpartisan website took an old report about the... [Read the full story]
Fake News: Alleged Son of Adolf Hitler NOT Planning to Write Sequel to Mein Kampf

Is a man named Helmut Guaro Sanchez from Buenos Aires, Argentina claiming to be the son of Adolf Hitler and is he planning to write a sequel to Mein Kampf?... [Read the full story]
Fake News: NO Fake Election Ballots in Georgia, Florida, Arizona Traced To Soros Compound

Were fake ballots in Georgia, Florida and Arizona traced to a "Soros Compound" in Seattle, Washington? No, that story originated on a liberal satire website mocking voter fraud conspiracy theories... [Read the full story]
Fake News: Woman Did NOT Sue Ex-roommate For $1.2m For Training Her Parrot to Sexually Harass Her

Did a 26-year old woman named Sarah Johnson from Louisville in Kentucky sue her ex-roommate for training a parrot to sexually harrass her? No, that's not true: the story was... [Read the full story]
Fake News: Sam Hyde NOT The Shooter at Thousand Oaks Borderline Bar & Grill Mass Shooting

Was right-wing comedian Sam Hyde the shooter at the November 8, 2018 shooting at the Borderline Bar & Grill in Thousand Oaks, CA? No, that's not true: while the shooting... [Read the full story]
Fake News: Carnival Cruise Ship Triumph Did NOT Overturn And Sink

Did a ship named "Triump" and operated by Carnival overturn and sink? No, that's not true: some joker posted a story about that to a prank website that allows anyone... [Read the full story]
Fake News: Russian Billionaire Dmitri Rybolovlev NOT Arrested By Mueller

Was Russian billionaire Dmitri Rybolovlev arrested by Special Counsel Robert Mueller during an investigation into a luxurious mansion the man bought from Donald Trump in 2008? No, that's not true:... [Read the full story]
Fake News: Prince Charles Did NOT Say He Didn't Know Ghanaians Need Visas When Visiting UK, Did NOT Promise To Do Something About It

Did Prince Charles say he didn't know people from Ghana needed a visa to visit the United Kingdom and did he promise to do something about that when he got... [Read the full story]
Fake News: Bernie Sanders Did NOT Fill In For Factory Worker Unable To Take Time Off To Vote

Did Vermont senator Bernie Sanders fill in for a factory worker who was otherwise unable to take time off to go vote? No, that story originated on a famous satire... [Read the full story]
Fake News: Bernie Sanders NOT Elected Governor of Virginia

Was Bernie Sanders just elected Governor of Virginia during the U.S. midterm elections? No, that's not true: he did get elected but it was as Senator for Vermont. The "news"... [Read the full story]
Fake News: Two Full Busses of Illegals Trying to Vote NOT Detained By Militia At The Border

Did a colonel named "Gary" of the "People's Militia of Alabama" detain two full busses of illegals at the border who were trying to vote in the U.S. midterm elections?... [Read the full story]
Fake News: Voting Machines Did NOT Fail To Display Candidate Party Affiliations During Midterm Elections

Was there an issue with voting machines during the U.S. midterm elections causing party affiliation not to show up after candidate's names? No, that's not real news: it was a... [Read the full story]
Fake News: Woman NOT Arrested After Her Boyfriend Died From Suffocation During 69

Was a woman arrested in Culiacan, Sinaloa in Mexico because she asphyxiated her boyfriend with her vagina during sex? No, that's not true: a false story circulating via Mexican Facebook... [Read the full story]
Fake News: Disabled Vet DID Vote After NBC Set Up Cameras In Handicapped Parking Space and Refused To Move

Was disabled Air Force veteran James Berrie unable to vote after NBC set up their cameras and equipment in the handicapped spot in front of his polling station? No, that's... [Read the full story]
Fake News: Nairobi Man NOT Caught Red-handed Selling Human Meat in a Butchery

Was a man named Sam Kazemi arrested by Nairobi police in Kenya for selling human meat in a butchery with the bizarre name "Biological Resource Center"? No, that's not true:... [Read the full story]
Fake News: Voter Fraud Ring NOT Caught Rigging 2018 Elections for Democrats in Texas

Was a group of women caught rigging the 2018 elections in Texas for the Democratic party? No, that's not true: a link to a (now deleted) video about a real... [Read the full story]
Fake News Website YourNewsWire Renamed NewsPunch (Again) -- Possibly To Avoid Filters

YourNewsWire used to be one of the most notorious websites spreading fake news, often by using bits and pieces of real news articles from other websites to create new articles... [Read the full story]
BBC Interviews Christopher Blair And Maarten Schenk in "The Faker and The Fact Checker"

Recently the BBC World Service's "Trending" programme did a two part story about Christopher Blair, the liberal troll and internet hoaxer well known to anybody who has been following Lead... [Read the full story]
Fake News: Navy SEALs STILL Allowed to Wear Black Face Paint

Are the Navy SEALs abandoning black face paint camouflage because it could be considered racist as a form of "blackface"? No, that's not true: the story came from a military... [Read the full story]
Fake News: Elderly Man NOT Accused of Bribing Police Officer for Giving a Biscuit to a Police Dog

Was 92-year-old Walter Dryden arrested for bribing a police officer because he gave a K-9 unite a biscuit? No, that's not true: the story was made up by a Canadian... [Read the full story]
Fake News: Man Did NOT Beat Little Brother After He Found Him Masturbating During "No Nut November"

Did 21-year-old Sergio Lopez from Albuquerque get arrested for beating up his little brother after he found him masturbating while taking part in the "No Nut November" internet challenge? No,... [Read the full story]
Fake News: Black Men DID Commit Some Of This Year's 154 Mass Shootings

Were none of the 154 mass shootings in the United States this year commited by black men or illegal aliens? No, that's not true: the claim made in a viral... [Read the full story]
Fake News: Halloween Purge in France, NO 1600 Cars Burned, NO 320 Wounded, NO 23 Dead

Were 1600 cars burned in France during a so called Halloween Purge and were 320 people wounded and 23 killed? No, that's not true: although there was some real violence... [Read the full story]
Fake News: Trump Did NOT Strip Citizenship from Children of Immigrants (Yet), Did NOT Disqualify Himself from Presidency

Did Donald Trump legally disqualify himself from being eligible for the office of President of the United States after stripping citizenship from children of immigrants because his own mother was... [Read the full story]
Fake News: Sam Hyde Is NOT The Pittsburgh Synagogue Shooter

Today there was a shooting near a Pittsburgh synagogue and predictabley people started blaming comedian Sam Hyde of being the shooter on social media even though it is not true.... [Read the full story]
Satirical Fake News Writer Christopher Blair Announces Midterm Election Moratorium

Readers of this site are probably aware that some of the content found on Macedonian fake news websites is often copied directly from the satirical sites and Facebook pages of... [Read the full story]
Fake News: Woman NOT accused of stealing a pumpkin by hiding it in her vagina

Is a woman accused of stealing a pumpkin by hiding it in her vagina? No, this is not true. It is fake news. It is a hoax. In fact, the... [Read the full story]
Fake News: 22 Year Old South Carolina State Student Did NOT Win 1.5 Billion

Did 22-year-old Tarik Jones win the Powerball lottery, claiming a 1.5 billion prize? No, that's not true: the only report about that came from a notorious prank website where anyone... [Read the full story]

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Fake News: Florida Officials Did NOT Admit Nearly 200k Voters May Not Be Citizens In 2018

Fake News: Carnival Cruise Ship Triumph Did NOT Overturn And Sink

Fake News: Hillary Clinton Did NOT Say 'The Only Crime I Ever Committed Was Stealing The Hearts Of The American People'

Old News: Largest Food Stamp Fraud Bust In History, $20M, Muslim Store Owners Arrested in Florida

Fake News: Couple Did NOT Name Child Farage Rees-Mogg, NOT Facing Jail

Fake News: Prince Charles Did NOT Say He Didn't Know Ghanaians Need Visas When Visiting UK, Did NOT Promise To Do Something About It

Fake News: Alleged Son of Adolf Hitler NOT Planning to Write Sequel to Mein Kampf

Fake News: Sam Hyde NOT The Shooter at Thousand Oaks Borderline Bar & Grill Mass Shooting

Fake News: Halloween Purge in France, NO 1600 Cars Burned, NO 320 Wounded, NO 23 Dead

Fake News: Russian Billionaire Dmitri Rybolovlev NOT Arrested By Mueller

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Fake News: Couple Did NOT Name Child Farage Rees-Mogg, NOT Facing Jail

Fake News: Hillary Clinton Did NOT Say 'The Only Crime I Ever Committed Was Stealing The Hearts Of The American People'

Fake News: Florida Officials Did NOT Admit Nearly 200k Voters May Not Be Citizens In 2018

Fake News: Alleged Son of Adolf Hitler NOT Planning to Write Sequel to Mein Kampf

Fake News: NO Fake Election Ballots in Georgia, Florida, Arizona Traced To Soros Compound

Fake News: Woman Did NOT Sue Ex-roommate For $1.2m For Training Her Parrot to Sexually Harass Her

Fake News: Sam Hyde NOT The Shooter at Thousand Oaks Borderline Bar & Grill Mass Shooting

Fake News: Carnival Cruise Ship Triumph Did NOT Overturn And Sink

Fake News: Russian Billionaire Dmitri Rybolovlev NOT Arrested By Mueller

Fake News: Prince Charles Did NOT Say He Didn't Know Ghanaians Need Visas When Visiting UK, Did NOT Promise To Do Something About It

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