Is 64-year-old Clementine Gibbons sueing the North Carolina Zoo in Asheboro after a hippo escaped during hurricane Florence and tried to rape her? No, that's not true: a site that publishes invented stories about bizarre crimes and weird sex
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Lead Stories→ Fake News: Athens, TX woman NOT Charged, Did NOT Claims She Made Cheating Husband Eat His Own Genitals
Did an Athens, Texas woman get arrested for forcing her cheating husband to eat his own genitals? No, that's not true: it is just a rehash of an old hoax story that keeps being reposted with some changes in location every few months. It is n
Lead Stories→ Fake News: Famous Wing Spot Buffalo Wild Wings NOT Closing All Locations In 2019.
Is restaurant chain Buffalo Wild Wings closing down in 2019? No, that's not true: some joker uploaded a prank to a website imitating the domain name of CBS News and it went viral but it is not real. The story originated from an article publis
Hoax-Slayer→ Bogus Facebook Message Falsely Claims Drought Relief Funds Stolen by Government
According to a message going viral on Facebook, the Australian government has stolen all of the money from recent TV channel fundraising campaigns designed to help drought-stricken farmers. The post Bogus Facebook Message Falsely Claims Drought Reli
Lead Stories→ Fake News: Ref Did NOT Get In The Game, Did NOT Eject 4 Kneeling Players
Did the referee named Jerry Noonan eject four players at a Miami Dolphins game for kneeling during the national anthem? No, that's not true: the story was made up by a liberal satire website that specifically designs its articles to cause cons
Lead Stories→ Fake News: FAKE Poll, 70 Percent of Trump Supporters Do NOT Think Media Faked P.R. Deaths
Does a poll show that 70% of the supporters of President Donald Trump think the media faked the number of deaths resulting from Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico last year? No, that's not true: the "poll" that proves this was made up by a satiric
Lead Stories→ Fake News: Post Malone Did NOT Die From Ligma
Did rapper Post Malone die from "Ligma"? No, that's not true: some joker uploaded a fake story to a prank generator website which uses a domain name that is easily confused with CBS News claiming the singer passed away. None of it is real, not
Lead Stories→ Fake News: Michelle Obama Did NOT Say Abortion Is Ok Because You Can Just Make Another Baby
Did Michelle Obama say that abortion is OK because "you can just make another baby"? No, that's not true: a liberal satire website made up the quote with the intent of it getting picked up and believed by conservatives and Trump supporters on
Lead Stories→ Fake News: Man Did NOT Die After Surfing Waves From Hurricane Florence Because A Friend Dared Him To
Did a 21-year old man named Paul Miles die after surfing waves from hurricane Florence because his friend John Doors dared him on a $100 bet? No, that's not true: the story was made up by a self-declared "fauxtire" site that publishes made up
Lead Stories→ Fake News: Machine Gun Kelly NOT Sent To Rehabilitation After Eminem’s Diss
Was rapper Machine Gun Kelly (aka MKG), real name Richard Colson Bake, sent to rehabilitatio after hearing Eminem's diss track about him? No, that's not true: the story was invented by a "fauxtire" site that publishes made up stories for ente
FactCheck.org→ ‘Muslim Spy’ Falsehood Circulates Again
Q: Did President Trump find a “Muslim spy” in the White House? A: No. That falsehood about a career State Department employee has circulated since 2017. FULL ANSWER A number of websites in recent days have parroted a sensational headline
Lead Stories→ Fake News: Crazed Liberal Burning Trump Signs Did NOT Cause Massachusetts Explosions
Was liberal activist Fiona Dourif arrested after causing a series of explosions in Massachusetts yesterday by burning stolen Trump campaign signs? No, that's not true: a liberal satire website is once again using the name of a popular actress
Lead Stories→ Fake News: Former Russian Spy Did NOT Claim He Killed "The Real Donald Trump" in 2006
Did a man 59-year-old man named Vladimir Petrovitch Volchenkov claim he was a former Russian spy who killed "the real Donald Trump" in 2006? No, that's not true: the story originated on a Canadian website that publishes fictional stories (usua
Lead Stories→ Fake News: NC Clerk Did NOT Refuse To Sell Gas To Man Fleeing Hurricane Over Trump Bumper Sticker
Did a North Carolina gas station clerk named Marvin Jones refuse to sell gas to a Trump supporter fleeing hurricane Florence because he had a Trump sticker on his truck? No, that's not true: a satirical liberal site made up the story in order
Lead Stories→ Fake News: Raising Cane’s NOT Closing All Restaurants By End Of 2019
Is restaurant chain Raising Cane's closing all restaurants by the end of 2019? No, that's not true: some joker posted a prank to a prank generator website with a misleading domain name that confuses readers into thinking it is CBS News (it is
FactCheck.org→ Trump’s False Tweets on Hurricane Maria’s Death Toll
In a pair of early morning tweets, President Donald Trump rejected Puerto Rico’s official estimate of 2,975 hurricane-related deaths after Hurricane Maria and, in the process, made some false and misleading claims: Trump said that “3,000 p
FactCheck.org→ Were Funds Shifted Away from Hurricane Relief?
As Hurricane Florence continued to threaten the East Coast, Sen. Jeff Merkley released a document that he said shows nearly $10 million that could have been used for hurricane recovery efforts was recently diverted from the Federal Emergency Management
FactCheck.org→ Obama Cherry-Picks Uninsured Figure
Former President Barack Obama claimed that Republicans’ “sabotage of the Affordable Care Act has already cost more than 3 million Americans their health insurance.” That’s according to one estimate, but another found no signifi
Lead Stories→ Fake News: Flight Crew Did NOT Take A Knee And Did NOT Walk Off, NOT Leaving New Orleans Saints Stranded On Runway
Did a flight crew take a knee, walk off and leave the New Orleans Saints stranded on the runway in their plane? No, that's not true: several Macedonian fake news websites copied an old satire story from a liberal site that tries to get conserv
Lead Stories→ Fake News: Chris Brown NOT Found Unconscious In His Los Angeles Home
Was singer Chris Brown found unconcious in his Los Angeles home? No, this not true. And why are we even having to ask? Because of a "prank generator" that somehow gets viral traction. Maybe people are just expecting something bad to happen to
Lead Stories→ Fake News: Patriot Volunteers Did NOT Arrive To Guard Hurricane Areas From Looting Thugs
Are armed militia volunteers heading to hurricane areas to protect them from looters? No, that's not true and the call for volunteers in the satirical story the rumor originated from might actually endanger people. The "news" was published by
Lead Stories→ Fake News: San Antonio NOT To Become First City In Texas To Legalize Marijuana
Is San Antonio in Texas legalizing pot? No, that's not true: some joker uploaded a headline saying as much to a prank website but it is not true. The website uses a misleading domain name to trick people into thinking it is CBS News but it is
Lead Stories→ Fake News: Rapper "Post Malone" NOT Shot Outside of Californian Music Venue
Was the unfortunate rapper Post Malone shot outside a music venue in California and did he die from several gunshot wounds? No, that's not true: some sick joker uploaded the death hoax to a prank website where anyone can make up a story and pu
FactCheck.org→ Trump Again Overblows Risks of Wind Power
In an Aug. 30 rally in Evansville, Indiana, President Donald Trump made three unsubstantiated claims about wind turbines, which he calls “windmills”: Trump suggested that a single turbine can be responsible for “thousands” of bird deaths.
Lead Stories→ Fake News: 5,000 People Did NOT Dump Shoes In Front Of Nike Headquarters
Did nearly 5,000 people dump old shoes in front of Nike's headquarters to demonstrate against the brand hiring Coin Kaepernick for one of their ad campaigns? No, that's not true: the story was made up by a liberal satire website that loves to
Lead Stories→ Fake News: Hurricane Florence NOT Now Expected To Ricochet Off Nation’s Hedge Of Protection
Is Hurricane Florence now expected to ricochet off the nation's "hedge of protection"? Unfortunately, this is not true. While it is well-written satire, we want to make sure anyone in the "cone" of danger from the massive storm will not someho
Lead Stories→ Fake News: Pedophile’s Decapitated Corpse NOT Found On Judge’s Doorstep After Bail Hearing
Was a pedophile's decapitated corpse found on a judge's doorstep after a bail hearing? No, this is not true. In fact, it is an old recycled hoax apparently inspired by a real decapitation murder in Mississippi in June 2017. The image used in t
PolitiFact→ Medicare in 5 charts: A 2018 midterm report
Until recently, Republicans and Democrats debated the future of Medicare in fairly predictable ways. Republicans would offer plans to trim or cap benefits over time, and Democrats would skewer them for putting the squeeze on vulnerable Americans in the
Lead Stories→ Fake News: Saudi Man NOT Sentenced To Death, Did NOT Masturbate To Drawing Of Prophet Muhammad
Was 21-year-old Abdullah Al Samir sentenced to death in Saudi Arabia for masturbating to a drawing of the prophet Muhammad? No, that's not true: the story was made up for entertainment purposes by a website that specializes in fictional storie
Lead Stories→ Old News: R.I.P Actor Steve Reevis of ‘Fargo,’ ‘Dances With Wolves’ Dies at 55
Did actor Seeve Reevis die on September 6, 2018? No, that's not true: he passed away on December 7, 2017 but foreign clickbait websites pretending to be run by native Americans keep reposting his obituary in order to reap advertising revenue
FactCheck.org→ Trump’s Bungled Twitter Attack on Obama
In a pair of tweets, President Donald Trump pushed back at former President Barack Obama for taking partial credit for the post-recession economic recovery. But, in doing so, Trump got the facts wrong: Trump misquoted Obama when he claimed that the fo
Lead Stories→ Fake News: Rapper Kendrick Lamar NOT Shot Outside Los Angeles Studio & Is NOT In Critical Condition
Was rapper Kendrick Lamar shot outside a Los Angeles studio? Not, this is a celebrity death hoax created by a known "fake news generator" website. The story originated from an article published on September 9, 2018 titled "Rapper "Kendrick Lam
Lead Stories→ Fake News: Hairdresser NOT Arrested For Making Voodoo Dolls From Customers’ Hair
Was a New Orleans hairdresser named Enoch Azaka arrested for creating voodoo dolls out of the hair of his customers? No, that's not true: the story was made up by a website that invents tales of bizarre crimes and weird sex acts for entertainm
Lead Stories→ Fake News: Cardi B NOT Dead, Nicki Minaj Did NOT Shoot Her Outside LA Cafe
Was singer Cardi B shot dead by Nicki Minaj outside a cafe in Los Angeles? No, that's not true: a fake story making that claim briefly went viral after some joker posted it to a prank website that uses a domain name meant to confuse people in
Lead Stories→ Fake News: Nike Did NOT Fire Colin Kaepernick After Arrest (Which Did NOT Happen Either)
Was Colin Kaepernick fired by Nike after being arrested earlier today? No, that's not true: the story of his arrest was fake and the update about his firing is made up as well. Both stories originated on a liberal satire website that takes ple
Lead Stories→ Fake News: NO Estimated 90,000 Cases of HIV in Vanderburgh County
Have an estimated 90,000 people in Evansville, Vanderburg County in Indiana been diagnosed with AIDS? No, that's not true: the news was posted by some joker to a prank website and it went viral despite the fact that the website clearly says i
Lead Stories→ Fake News: Benghazi Wife Did NOT File Wrongful Death Suit Against Clinton
Did the wife of a Benghazi survivor just file a wrongful death lawsuit against Hillary Clinton? No, that's not true: a story with that headline appeared on a liberal satire website that tries to trick republicans and Trump supporters into sha
Lead Stories→ Fake News: Young Buck Did NOT Admit He Is Gay
Did rapper Young Buck admit to being gay? No, that's not true. First of all, being gay is not something one "admits", as if it were something bad or shameful. It is after all 2018. But even if it were, the news about Young Buck was posted by s
Lead Stories→ Fake News: Kaepernick NOT Arrested for Publicity Stunt During Anthem in San Fran
Was Colin Kaepernick arrested in San Farncisco after crashing the field this sunday during the national anthem and taking a knee? No, that's not true: the story was made up by a liberal satire website that makes up stories that conservatives
Lead Stories→ Fake News: Rapper ‘Lil Bibby’ NOT In Hospital Following Shootout
Was rapper Lil Bibby shot and is he now in hospital following a shootout? No, that's not true: the "news" was reported by a prank website which tries to fool people into believing it is CBS News through a deceptive domain name. It is not rea