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Fake News: Obamas Did NOT Promise To Donate All Proceeds From Multimillion-Dollar Book, Netflix Deals To Combat Wealth Inequality

Did the Obamas promise to donate all the money they will earn from their book and Netflix deals to charity in order to fight wealth inequality? No, that's not true.... [Read the full story]
Fake News: Man Did NOT Crash Into River After Attempting To Give Himsef Oral Sex While Driving

Did Anthony Sanders, a 47-year-old man from Goose Creek, South Carolina crash his car into a river because he was trying to give himself oral sex while driving? No, that's... [Read the full story]
Fake News: 'Breitbart' NOT Refusing To Release Names Of Mass Shooting Victims To Prevent Them From Getting Attention

Did Breitbart's editor-in-chief Alexander Mason Marlow say the site will not release the names of the dead and wounded in the Santa Fe High School shooting in order not to... [Read the full story]
Fake News: CNN NOT To Permanently Close Its Doors As Ratings Plunge 30 Percent

Is CNN permanently closing its doors after a ratings plunge of 30%? No, that's not true: the "news" comes from a website that habitually takes bits and pieces of real... [Read the full story]
Fake News: Belgian Social Democrat Party Uses Faked Trump Video In Climate Change Campaign

Did President Donald Trump mock Belgium for not getting out of the Paris Climate Agreement? A video that seemed to show just that was faked by the Belgian political party... [Read the full story]
Fake News: Mercado Roma Restaurant NOT Visited By ICE

Was the Mercado Roma restaurant recently visited by ICE and were none of the employees found to be legal American residents? The first part is definitely false since the restaurant... [Read the full story]
Fake News: Donald Trump NOT Bestowed Honorific Title By Association Of People With Small Hands

Was President Donald Trump given the honorific title of "Honorary Ambassador for people suffering from Acrodysostosis"? No, that's not true: that news was made up by a website that normally... [Read the full story]
Fake News: Minuteman Nuclear Missile NOT Missing At Minot Air Force Base

Did a Minuteman nuclear missile go missing at Minot Air Force Base? No, that's not true: the story about the missing nuke was made up by a military satire website... [Read the full story]
Fake News: Santa Fe Killer Did NOT Confess His Love For Obama

Did the shooter at the Santa Fe highschool who recently killed ten people confess his love for Obama? No, that's not true: an article that claims he did originated on... [Read the full story]
Fake News: 500,000 Obese Children Did NOT Sign Petition For Jamie Oliver To Just F*ck Off

Did half a million fat kids sign a petition for Jamie Oliver to "fuck off"? No, that's not true: the news came from a satire website, there is no such... [Read the full story]
Fake News: 500-lbs Woman Did NOT Kill World's Oldest Tortoise By Sitting On It

Was 47-year old Margaret Sanders arrested on Saint Helena for killing the world's oldest tortoise by sitting on it with her 500 (or 520) pound weight? No, that's not true:... [Read the full story]
Fake News: Sam Hyde Is NOT The Santa Fe High School Shooter

Was right-wing comedian Sam Hyde the shooter at Santa Fe High School in Santa Fe, Texas where several people were killed today by a gunman? No, that's not true. The... [Read the full story]
Fake News: Lusaka Restaurant NOT Shutdown For Selling Human Flesh

Was a restaurant in Lusaka shut down for selling human flesh? No, that's not true, and it wasn't true before either in a restaurant in Malta, a restaurant in Namibia... [Read the full story]
Fake News: Actor And Comedian Eddie Murphy Did NOT Die At 54

Did Eddy Murphy, the famous actor and comedian, die in a car crash in California? No, that's just an old death hoax from April 2017 that got republished in May... [Read the full story]
Fake News: Alabama Man Did NOT Cheat On His Wife With A Goat

Was a 36-year-old man in Beatrice, Alabama arrested after his wife discovered on YouTube he was having sex with animals, including a goat? No, that's not true: the story was... [Read the full story]
Fake News: Royal Wedding NOT Cancelled, Meghan Markle NOT Deported

Was the royal wedding between Prince Harry and Meghan Markle cancelled because the bride was deported by accident after her landing card got lost? No, that's not true: the story... [Read the full story]
Fake News: Navy NOT To Christen Ship USS Tig Ol Bitties After People Vote Online

Is the U.S. Navy going to christen a ship "USS Tig Ol Bitties" after an online poll was held to pick a name? No, that's not true: the story came... [Read the full story]
Fake News: 'BBQ Becky' Did NOT Call 911 On A Black Police Officer Who Pulled Her Over

Did a woman commonly refered to as "BBQ Becky" call the cops on an African-American police officer who pulled her over? No, that's not true: the story was made up... [Read the full story]
Fake News: Donald Trump Did NOT Say All Immigrants Are Animals

Did President Donald Trump refer to all (legal or illegal) immigrants as animals? A CSPAN clip that has been widely retweeted misses some important context. Trump was being asked about... [Read the full story]
Fake News: Trump Did NOT Order Replica Nobel Peace Prize to Display on His Desk

Did President Donald Trump order a replica of the Nobel Peace Prize to display on his desk in the Oval Office? No, that's not true: it was made up by... [Read the full story]
Fake News: Israeli Soldier NOT Awarded Medal For Bravery After Being Hit By Pebble

Was Israeli soldier Adam Damkani awarded the medal for bravery after being hit by a pebble launched by a 12-year-old Palestinian boy? No, that's not true. The story about the... [Read the full story]
Fake News: Davao City Hotel NOT Shut Down For Selling Human Meat

Was a hotel in Davao City shut down for selling human meat? No, that's not true: the exact same cannibalism story has been going around the internet for ages and... [Read the full story]
Fake News: Video Does NOT Show Palestinian Martyr Scratching His Nose Under His Shroud

Were Palestinian 'martyrs' seen moving under their shrouds in a video that was making the rounds in May 2018? No, the video being spread by Twitter user "p4z" is not... [Read the full story]
Fake News: NO Explosion In 'Jihadi Capital' Molenbeek At Start of Ramadan

Was there a huge explosion in Molenbeek, Belgium at the start of Ramadan and was this because it is the "Jihadi Capital of Europe"? Despite what Katie Hopkins tweeted it... [Read the full story]
Newest Site From 'Ghana' Fake News Network Copies Christopher Blair's Footer

About three weeks ago Lead Stories reported on a network of fake news websites apparently centered around Ghana in Africa that was responsible for several huge death hoaxes. After our... [Read the full story]
Fake News: Quick-thinking Mom Did NOT Save Family's Life By Giving Gunman Oral Sex

Did a woman from Texas named Jennifer Bail give head to a robber so her husband could knock him out long enough for their children to escape? No, that's not... [Read the full story]
Fake News: Lottery Winner NOT Arrested For Dumping $200,000 of Manure On Ex-boss' Lawn

Was 54-year-old lottery winner Brian Morris from Clarendon Hills, Dupage County arrested for dumping $200,000 worth of manure on the lawn of his former boss? No, that's not true: the... [Read the full story]
Fake News: Palestine NOT Granted Permission To Compete In Eurovision 2019

Was Palestine granted permission to compete in the Eurovision Song Contest 2019 in Jerusalem? No, that's not true. A news article claiming the Palestinians will compete next year after being... [Read the full story]
Fake News: NO Feminist Didn't Change Daughter's Diapers For Weeks Because She Didn't Give "Consent"

Did 28-year-old feminist Emily Gwen refuse to change her daughter's diapers for weeks because the baby didn't give consent? No, that's not true: the false story originated on a satirical... [Read the full story]
Confirmed: Before Acting in Episode IV, Mark Hamill Had Never Seen A Star Wars Movie

Actor Mark Hamill confirmed it via his Twitter account, where he posted a meme that read "Before acting in Episode IV - A New Hope Mark Hamill had never seen... [Read the full story]

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