Fake-News
Links to reports about fake-news and satirical stories and websites.
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Fake-News
FAKE-NEWS – ‘FDA Find Coors Light Beers Laced With Cocaine’
by Brett M. Christensen March 27, 2018Report being shared via social media claims that the FDA has discovered that thousands of Coors Light beers across the US have been laced with cocaine.
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Pamela Anderson Targeted in Death Hoax — Pamela is NOT Dead
by Brett M. Christensen March 17, 2018According to a supposed news story that has been circulating via social media, actress and model Pamela Anderson has died.
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Fake-News: ‘Remains of Egyptian Army Discovered in Red Sea’
by Brett M. Christensen February 28, 2018Circulating ‘News’ report claims that archaeologists have discovered the remains of a large Egyptian army at the bottom of the Red Sea.
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Fake-News — ‘Bulldog Bites Pedophile’s Penis Off’
by Brett M. Christensen February 27, 2018According to a post that has been traversing the interwebs since late 2017, a bulldog has inflicted life-altering injuries on a pedophile who was climbing through the window of a room in which two young children were sleeping.
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HOAX – ‘Google Earth Finds SOS From Woman Stranded on Deserted Island’
by Brett M. Christensen December 19, 2017Circulating report that features an image depicting an SOS sign drawn on the ground and viewed from a high altitude, claims that the sign was made by a woman stranded on a deserted island for 7 years.
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No, a Morgue Employee was NOT Cremated By Mistake
by Brett M. Christensen December 4, 2017According to a post that has been circulating the interwebs since early 2017, a hapless morgue employee has been accidentally cremated.
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Fake-News Report Claims Five Meter Tall Human Skeleton Found at Uluru
by Brett M. Christensen October 27, 2017According to a report that is circulating rapidly via social media, archeologists have unearthed the largest human skeleton ever discovered.
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No, Child Support is NOT Set to End in 2018 — HOAX
by Brett M. Christensen September 22, 2017According to a message that is spreading rapidly via Facebook, child support in the United States will end at the beginning of 2018.
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Fake-News: ‘Retired CIA Agent Confesses to Killing Marilyn Monroe’
by Brett M. Christensen August 6, 2017Circulating report claims that a retired CIA agent on his deathbed has confessed to assassinating Marilyn Monroe and a number of other people on orders from the American Government.