Fake-News
Links to reports about fake-news and satirical stories and websites.
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Fake-News
FAKE-NEWS: – ‘600-Pound Woman Gives Birth to 40-Pound Baby’
by Brett M. Christensen October 2, 2018Circulating report claims that a 600-pound woman has given birth to a 40-pound baby at a hospital in Perth, Western Australia. The report features photographs of the woman and baby.
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Fake-NewsPolitics
Bogus Facebook Message Falsely Claims Drought Relief Funds Stolen by Government
by Brett M. Christensen September 17, 2018According 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.
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Fake-NewsHoaxes
Henry Winkler is NOT Dead and Did NOT Leave Half of His Estate to MAGA
by Brett M. Christensen September 4, 2018According to a message circulating via social media, American actor and director Henry Winkler has died and has left half of his estate to the Trump 2020 re-election campaign.
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Fake-NewsPolitics
No, An ‘American Teenager’ Did NOT Get 30 Years in Prison For Killing a Muslim Refugee Who Raped His Little Sister
by Brett M. Christensen August 31, 2018According to a video, which has been circulating via social media since early 2018, an American teenager who killed a Muslim refugee for raping his 7-year old sister has been sentenced to 30 years in prison.
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No, the Pope Didn’t Say That His Religion was ‘All A Load Of Bollocks’
by Brett M. Christensen August 28, 2018According to a post that is currently making its way around the Interwebs, Pope Francis has shocked his followers during his visit to Ireland by declaring that the Catholic faith is ‘all a load of bollocks’.
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FAKE-NEWS: Sindisiwe Lydia Chikunga ‘Switch off Headlamps’ Quote
by Brett M. Christensen August 2, 2018According to a circulating report, the South African Government’s Deputy Minister of Transport Sindisiwe Lydia Chikunga has advised drivers that switching your car’s headlamps off when driving at night can save fuel.
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X-Files Set ‘UFO Crash’ Image Being Used by Conspiracy Theory Websites
by Brett M. Christensen May 26, 2018Various conspiracy theory websites are using a photograph that supposedly depicts a crashed UFO as evidence that the US government is covering up encounters with alien beings.
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Fake-NewsHoaxes
No, A Woman in California is Not Suing Her Parents Due to ‘Ugly Genes’
by Brett M. Christensen May 24, 2018According to a message that circulates via social media and various blogs and online forums, a woman in California is suing her parents because she blames them for passing on “ugly genes” that caused her to have “unpleasant physical features”.
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Fake-News
Fake-News Report Claims That Ruins of Viking Trade Center Found in Western Australia
by Brett M. Christensen May 8, 2018According to a report that has been making its way around the Internet since August 2015, archaeologists working in Western Australia have unearthed the remains of an 11th century Viking settlement.