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Fake News: Court Did NOT Order Tiger Woods To Take 137 Paternity Tests

Did a court order Tiger Woods to take 137 paternity tests? No, that's not true: the story was made up years aog by a Canadian entertainment website that makes a... [Read the full story]
Fake News: Man Did NOT Wake Up After 10 Years In Coma To Fall Back In After Seeing Hospital Bill

Did 33-year old Paul Jones wake up from a 10-year coma only to fall back in after hearing his hospital bill was up to 5.5 million dollar and counting. The... [Read the full story]
Fake News: NO Drunk Demolition Worker Arrested After Blowing Up The Wrong Building

Was an 51-year-old explosives expert named Marty Daughtry from Greenville, North Carolina arrested after blowing up the wrong building? No, that's not true: the story was made up by a... [Read the full story]
Macedonian Fake News Network Shuts Down Dozens Of Websites After Joint Investigation By Lead Stories & Nieuwscheckers

Back in November of 2018 fact checking sites Lead Stories and Nieuwscheckers collaborated to map a network of Macedonian fake news websites that had published thousands and thousands of articles... [Read the full story]
How A Tattoo Led Us To The Macedonian Trucker Delivering Loads of Fake News To The Internet

The joint investigation by Lead Stories and Nieuwscheckers into a network of Macedonian fake news sites reached a dead end last month: we knew most of the sites involved and... [Read the full story]
The Kumanovo-connection: Macedonian Spam Clans Still Make Money With Fake News About Muslims and Migrants

A Macedonian military man appears to be one of the driving forces behind a network of fake news websites that reached millions of people with articles often inciting hatred against... [Read the full story]
Here Are The Tools And Methods We Used To Map A Macedonian Fake News Network And The People Behind It

Sherlock Holmes had his magnifying glass. Hercule Poirot relied on his "little grey cells". But the 21st century internet detective needs more than that to catch the bad guys. In... [Read the full story]
Decline and Fall Of A Macedonian Fake News Network: Numbers Indicate Facebook's Measures Forced Desperate Move To Twitter

Although Macedonian fake news merchants still generate thousands of Facebook likes and shares, the platform's recent measures against bad actors have drastically reduced their reach. The next step in the... [Read the full story]
Fake News: Fox News Did NOT Debut Premium Channel For 24-Hour Coverage Of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

Did Fox News launch a new premium channel with nothing but 24-coverage of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez? No, that's not true: the story was made up by famous satire website The Onion.... [Read the full story]
Fake News: Kylie Jenner's Ex Tyga Is NOT The Face Behind the Famous Egg Instagram Account

Is Tyga the person behind the famous egg instagram account that made headlines last week for beating Kylie Jenner's record for the most liked Instagram photo ever? No, that's not... [Read the full story]
Fake News: 'To Catch a Predator' Host Chris Hansen NOT Arrested After Meeting Up With 13 Year-Old Girl

Was Chris Hansen (host of "To catch a predador") arrested for illegally meeting up with a 13-year-old girl? No, that's not true: the story was briefly published by a "fauxtire"... [Read the full story]
Fake News: Doctor Did NOT Say Man Struck by Lightning Has Permanent Erection

Was a 22-year-old man named Josh McDermott from Beavdr City, New England struck by lightning and did this cause him to have a permanent erection? No, that's not true: the... [Read the full story]
Fake News: Tlaib and Omar Did NOT Co-sponsor Bill to Recognize Muslim Holidays as Federal Holidays

Did Congressmen Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib co-sponsor a bill to recognize muslim holidays as federal holidays? No, that's not true: the story was made up by a satire site... [Read the full story]
Fake News: Ocasio-Cortez Did NOT Accuse Math Of Sexism In Tweet

Did Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez tweet out a message that read: The math suggests my economic plan doesn't add up. Could it be because I'm a WOMAN??? No, that's not true:... [Read the full story]
Fake News: Hillary Clinton NOT Arrested in Fentanyl Raid at D.C. Airport

Was Hillary Clinton arrested in a fentanyl raid at a D.C. airport? No, that's not true. The story was published by a liberal satire website that tries to educate gullible... [Read the full story]
Fake News: Saudi Man Did NOT Eat Two Of His Four Wives To Survive 13 Days Stranded In The Desert

Did a Saudi man named Mustafa Ali Hamad eat two of his four wives after getting stranded for 13 days in the desert after a car crash? No, that's not... [Read the full story]
Fake News: Saudi Man NOT Sentenced To 1000 Lashes For Performing Oral Sex On a Camel

Was 26-year old Abdullah al-Rashidi from Jizan in Saudi Arabia sentenced to 1,000 lashes for perfroming oral sex on a camel owned by his boss? No, that's not true: the... [Read the full story]
Fake News: President Trump Did NOT Urge Americans To Boycott Chinese Restaurants

Did President Donald Trump use Twitter to urge Americans to boycott Chinese restaurants as part a trade war with China? No, that's not true: the story was made up by... [Read the full story]
Old News: Infamous Lion Hunter Slipped And Fell 100 Feet To His Death During Hunt... In 2016!

Did veterinarian/hunter Luciano Ponzetto slip and fall 100 feet during a hunt and did he die from his injuries? Yes, he did... in 2016. But the "news" of his death... [Read the full story]
Fake News: Chelsea Clinton Did NOT Go On Drunken Rampage That Landed Her Behind Bars

Did Chelsea Clinton go on a drunken rampage that landed her behind bars? No, that's not true. The story was published by a liberal satire website that tries to educate... [Read the full story]
Fake News: Trump Will NOT End the Shutdown Monday Morning AND Get the Wall

Will President Donald Trump end the government shutdown on Monday morning through a set of executive orders? No, that's not true. The story was published by a liberal satire website... [Read the full story]
Fake News: Venezuela Did NOT Declare War On Republic of Paraguay

Did Venezuela just declare war on Paraguay? No, that's not true: some joker uploaded an article making that claim to a prank website that allows anyone to create a realistic-looking... [Read the full story]
Fake News: Man Did NOT Admit Using Condom Filled With Frozen Poo To Kill Wife

Did a 48-year-old man named Paul Houston (or somebody else) from Chowan County in North Carolina (or some other location) kill his wife using a condom filled with frozen poo?... [Read the full story]
Old News: Suspected Drug Smugglers Got Stuck Trying to Drive Over U.S.-Mexico Border Fence... in 2012

Did suspected drug smugglers use ramps to attempt to scale President Trump's border wall or fence in Yuma, Arizona? Yes they kind of did... in 2012, right during the middle... [Read the full story]
Fake News: Illinois Boy Was NOT Unable To Unlock His iPhone X Because Of A Pimple

Did an unnamed Illinois teenager get a pimple on his face causing his iPhone to not recognize him anymore so he could no longer unlock it? No, that's not true:... [Read the full story]
Fake News: Vet Who Organized GoFundMe For Trump Border Wall Buys New Ferrari And Mansion In Mexico Is Gonna Build The Wall Himself

The story originated from an article published on January 12, 2019 titled "Vet Who Organized GoFundMe For Trump Border Wall Buys New Ferrari And Mansion In Mexico Is Gonna... [Read the full story]
Fake News: Former Price Is Right Host Bob Barker NOT Dead at Age 95

Did former Price Is Right host Bob Barker die aged 95 after splitting his head due to a fall? No, that's not true: a brand new fake news site is... [Read the full story]
Fake News: Trump Did NOT Strip Obama of Secret Service Protection For Remainder of Shutdown

Did President Trump strip away the Secret Service protection of the Obama family for the remainder of the government shutdown? No, that's not true. The story was published by a... [Read the full story]
Fake News: Gypsies DID NOT Install Their Caravans On The Champs-Élysées In Paris For Gilets Jaunes Protests

Did several gypsy clans show up in Paris and did they install their caravans on the Champs-Élysées to participate in the Gilets Jaunes protests after ex-boxer Christophe Dettinger was arrested... [Read the full story]
Fake News: Dolly Parton, Country Music and Film Star, NOT Deceased

Did singer Dolly Parton die? No, that's not true: the death hoax was published by a liberal satire weblog that usually takes aim at conservatives and Trump supporters but isn't... [Read the full story]

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Fake News: Aquaman Actor Jason Momoa NOT Caught Inappropriately Touching Underage Girls Breast On Video

Fake News: Saudi Man Did NOT Eat Two Of His Four Wives To Survive 13 Days Stranded In The Desert

Fake News: Court Did NOT Order Tiger Woods To Take 137 Paternity Tests

Hoax Alert! Zoo Employee NOT Killed While Attempting to Rape Alligator

Macedonian Fake News Network Shuts Down Dozens Of Websites After Joint Investigation By Lead Stories & Nieuwscheckers

Fake News: Man Did NOT Wake Up After 10 Years In Coma To Fall Back In After Seeing Hospital Bill

Fake News: Ocasio-Cortez Did NOT Accuse Math Of Sexism In Tweet

Decline and Fall Of A Macedonian Fake News Network: Numbers Indicate Facebook's Measures Forced Desperate Move To Twitter

Here Are The Tools And Methods We Used To Map A Macedonian Fake News Network And The People Behind It

Fake News: Tlaib and Omar Did NOT Co-sponsor Bill to Recognize Muslim Holidays as Federal Holidays

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Fake News: Court Did NOT Order Tiger Woods To Take 137 Paternity Tests

Fake News: Man Did NOT Wake Up After 10 Years In Coma To Fall Back In After Seeing Hospital Bill

Fake News: NO Drunk Demolition Worker Arrested After Blowing Up The Wrong Building

Macedonian Fake News Network Shuts Down Dozens Of Websites After Joint Investigation By Lead Stories & Nieuwscheckers

How A Tattoo Led Us To The Macedonian Trucker Delivering Loads of Fake News To The Internet

The Kumanovo-connection: Macedonian Spam Clans Still Make Money With Fake News About Muslims and Migrants

Here Are The Tools And Methods We Used To Map A Macedonian Fake News Network And The People Behind It

Decline and Fall Of A Macedonian Fake News Network: Numbers Indicate Facebook's Measures Forced Desperate Move To Twitter

Fake News: Fox News Did NOT Debut Premium Channel For 24-Hour Coverage Of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

Fake News: Kylie Jenner's Ex Tyga Is NOT The Face Behind the Famous Egg Instagram Account

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