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Did Elon Musk Say Twitter Employees 'Who Are a 7 or Below' Are Fired?

Izz Scott LaMagdeleine

Mar 8, 2023 Musk supposedly tweeted, "Effective immediately, all remaining twitter employees who are a 7 or ...

'A Country Founded by Geniuses, but Run by Idiots' Quote

'A Country Founded by Geniuses, but Run by Idiots' Quote

David Mikkelson

May 8, 2013 Did a list of "A Country Founded by Geniuses but Run by Idiots" entries originate with comedian ...

Did Fired FBI Agent Peter Strzok Tweet That President Trump is a 'Dictator,' a 'Russian Asset,' and an 'Unhinged Madman?'

Aug 14, 2018 A parody account in Strzok's name issued the combative tweet in the wake of the FBI agent's firi ...

Did Barack Obama Say 'If We Don’t Do Something About This President, I Will?'

Jul 2, 2018 A quote attributed to former president Barack Obama has him vowing to "do something" about Presi ...

Did Kawhi Leonard Refuse to Play Because His Coach Made Anti-Trump Comments?

Apr 19, 2018 A quote attributed to the San Antonio Spurs small forward about Gregg Popovich's criticism of th ...

Jim Carrey.

Did Jim Carrey Say the United States Is 'Morally Upside Down?'

Mar 26, 2018 We found no evidence that the actor was responsible for the quote attached to his name in a vira ...

Donald Trump pointing.

Did Charles Krauthammer Write an 'Interesting Take on Trump?'

Mar 20, 2018 An opinion piece arguing that President Donald Trump is a pragmatist rather than a Republican or ...

Did Tomi Lahren Say That Victims of Mass Shootings Don't 'Believe in God Enough'?

Feb 20, 2018 A meme used a fabricated quote based on Lahren's comments about politicians' offering thoughts a ...

Denzel Washington

Did Denzel Washington Say Trump's Election Saved Us From an 'Orwellian Police State'?

Feb 5, 2018 The quote attributed to the famed actor was fabricated by a disreputable web site.

Did Donald Trump Say 'Politics Is Boring' and 'There's No Money in It' in 1990?

Jan 8, 2018 A popular meme attributes an unlikely quote to the then-businessman, who was already making comm ...

Did KellyAnne Conway Say Being Labeled Racist is 'a Small Price to Pay' for Making America Great Again?

Jan 30, 2017 A purported quote from a White House senior adviser came from a web site that blends factual sto ...

Winston Churchill on the Arts

Jan 23, 2017 Although a statement defending the importance of the arts is frequently attributed to Winston Ch ...

Did Hillary Clinton Trash Michelle Obama in a Leaked E-Mail?

Jan 9, 2017 An online image falsely claimed Hillary Clinton insulted the First Lady in an e-mail message pur ...

Did Sinclair Lewis Say This About Fascism in America?

Dec 29, 2016 Nobel Prize-winning author Sinclair Lewis allegedly warned that when fascism comes to America it ...

DeGrasse Tyson Robbed 'a Dope Dealer in Harlem'

Dec 26, 2016 Astrophysicist Neil DeGrasse Tyson did not convey a bizarre tale of robbing a drug dealer of LSD ...

Julian Assange Said Bernie Sanders Won Race, Was Threatened

Sep 9, 2016 Claims that Bernie Sanders was threatened to drop out of the presidential race originated with a ...

President Obama: 'Even Terrorists Have Rights and We Should Respect Them'

Aug 23, 2016 A clickbait web site is sucking in users by peddling a fake Obama quote stating that even terror ...

Betty White

Betty White on 'Grow Some Balls'

Jul 17, 2016 A popular joke about the wisdom of the saying 'Grow some balls' is falsely attributed to actress ...

Thomas Jefferson on Gun Rights

Jun 22, 2016 A real Thomas Jefferson statement about bearing arms is frequently shared along with a sentence ...

Benjamin Franklin Said to 'Question Authority'?

May 22, 2016 We were unable to locate any evidence that Benjamin Franklin ever said it was the first responsi ...

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