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Did Elon Musk Punch CNN Anchor Don Lemon During an Interview?
Written by:
Izz Scott LaMagdeleine
Mar 17, 2023
The "news story" was labeled as satire.
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Did Tim Pool Complain on Fox News That 'Woke Agenda' Ended his Sex Life?
Written by:
Alex Kasprak
Mar 3, 2023
A couple of things seem off here.
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Was Jeremy Clarkson Fired from ‘Who Wants To Be a Millionaire?’ Due to His Meghan Markle Comments?
Written by:
Nur Ibrahim
Mar 2, 2023
Clarkson wrote that Markle should be “paraded naked” through Britain while people “throw lumps o ...
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Did Fox News Change Its Accreditation from 'News' to 'Entertainment'?
Written by:
Dan Evon
Jan 13, 2020
There's a lot to unfold in this meme, including the fact that Fox News (and CNN and MSNBC) are n ...
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Did Ben Shapiro Tweet About a 'Hot' and 'Beautiful' Sister?
Written by:
Jordan Liles
Mar 23, 2022
We looked for the origins of two supposed tweets where the conservative commentator mentioned hi ...
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Were Diamond and Silk Fired from Fox News for COVID-19 Falsities?
Written by:
Jordan Liles
Jan 12, 2023
Online users were curious about this rumor after the January 2023 death of Lynette Hardaway, who ...
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Did NY Times Publish What Some Said Was a 'Swastika-Shaped' Crossword Puzzle?
Written by:
Jordan Liles
Dec 19, 2022
The puzzle's designer said that he was simply going for a "fun whirlpool shape."
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No, Musk Didn't Tweet That Banning Reporters Is 'Pretty Innocuous'
Written by:
David Emery
Dec 18, 2022
A fake tweet compared "banning reporters I don't like" to journalists being murdered in other co ...
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Did Welfare Officials Have No Problem With This 3-Year-Old Cigar Aficionado?
Written by:
Alex Kasprak
Dec 3, 2022
In 1928, a public welfare official allegedly found no reason to interfere with 3-year-old Bobby ...
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Matt Walsh Never Tweeted 'Taking Advantage of a Drunk Girl Is Not Rape'
Written by:
Jordan Liles
Dec 2, 2022
We looked for the origins of a fake tweet that claimed the conservative commentator had shared h ...
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No, CNN Didn't Say Musk Could Threaten Free Speech by Letting People Speak Freely
Written by:
David Emery
Nov 28, 2022
The parody headline was even shared — without disclaimer — by Elon Musk himself.
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Is This 'Beat Your Wife Tonight' Ad from the '70s Real?
Written by:
David Emery
Nov 12, 2022
There are so many "politically incorrect" vintage ads out there that it can be hard to tell the ...
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Did Kevin Bacon Change His Last Name to Appease Muslims?
Written by:
David Mikkelson
Apr 3, 2015
A multitude of stories exist that claim action was taken on something in order to appease a reli ...
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'Nobody Wants to Work Anymore' Meme Cites Real Newspaper Articles
Written by:
Jordan Liles
Jul 25, 2022
We looked for the origins of clippings from 14 articles that were publishe ...
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Did Tucker Carlson Call Dan Crenshaw ‘Eye-Patch McCain’?
Written by:
Madison Dapcevich
May 17, 2022
The supposed jab came after Fox News previously called out comedian Pete Davidson for a similar ...
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Were Clips of Tucker Carlson Being Aired on Russian TV?
Written by:
Nur Ibrahim
Feb 25, 2022
Russian state television translated numerous clips from the Fox News anchor in the U.S.
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Did Morgan Vague Lose to Greta Thunberg For 'Person of the Year'?
Written by:
Dan Evon
Nov 28, 2021
Can you lose something you were never nominated for?
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Did AP Use the Spelling 'Missippi' in a Headline About Literacy?
Written by:
Jordan Liles
Oct 19, 2021
To learn more, we traveled back to the year 2005.
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'Handmaid's Tale' Tweet Deleted from CNN Host Brian Stelter's Twitter Account
Written by:
Jordan Liles
Sep 2, 2021
The 2018 tweet was deleted within hours of when a 2021 Texas law went into effect that banned mo ...
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Did Tucker Carlson Say This About Nebraska Man's Death to Stoke COVID Vaccine Fears?
Written by:
Jessica Lee
Aug 23, 2021
The claim appeared to stem from former U.S. Democratic Sen. Al Franken, who hasn't yet returned ...
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