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Quaker Oats Announced Aunt Jemima Will Return to Syrup Bottles in 2025?

Written by:
Jordan Liles
Oct. 22, 2024 A popular online post said the alleged decision had been reached because "boycotts work!"
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Did Justin Trudeau Stop Teaching at a Vancouver Private School Under the Cloud of a Sex Scandal?

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Dan MacGuill
Oct. 9, 2019 Days before Canada's 2019 federal election, rumors emerged about the future prime minister's 200 ...
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Underground Tunnel to Playboy Mansion Discovered in Diddy's Mansion?

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Nur Ibrahim
Oct. 1, 2024 The music mogul and rapper was arrested on suspicion of sex trafficking, racketeering and other ...
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A poster claims that Karl Marx (the father of Communism) said, "Accuse your enemy of what you are doing as you are doing it to create confusion." The top of the poster says "Democrats in a nutshell."

Karl Marx Said, 'Accuse Your Enemy of What You Are Doing'?

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Caroline Wazer
Sept. 29, 2024 Internet users have also attributed the quote to Saul Alinsky and Joseph Goebbels.
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Harris Claims Trump Would Sign National Abortion Ban. Here's What We Know

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Taija PerryCook
Oct. 1, 2024 (Updated: Oct. 2, 2024) While Vance and Walz battled it out on stage, Trump confirmed his stance on a federal abortion b ...
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No, Trump Didn't Murder a Woman Named Carolyn Gombell

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Dan Evon
May 27, 2020 It's amazing (and kind of terrifying) how easy it is to spread baseless rumors.
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Harris' 2017 Remark 'We Have to Stay Woke' Stripped of Context. Here's the Transcript

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Jordan Liles
Aug. 7, 2024 We transcribed then-U.S. Sen. Kamala Harris' remarks after some online users shared context-free ...
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AOC Said Jan. 6 Rioters Could've Raped or Killed Her. Some Claim She Wasn't Even at the Capitol

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Taija PerryCook
Oct. 21, 2024 Where, exactly, was Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez when Trump supporters stormed the U.S. Capitol ...
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Real Footage of Egyptian Pyramids Being Constructed?

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Nur Ibrahim
Oct. 22, 2024 If the video is to believed, giants helped build the pyramids of Giza by carrying stone blocks o ...
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Report McDonald's Stock 'Skyrocketed' After Trump Visited PA Location Originated as 'Satire'

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Joey Esposito
Oct. 23, 2024 "I think we’ve finally found our new marketing strategy," a McDonald's spokesperson allegedly said.
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Former US President Donald Trump was asked about news reports that said he intended to be a dictator and he answered that he would only do so on day one with the US-Mexico border and oil drilling.

Trump's 'Day One' Remark to 'Dictator' Question Referenced the Southern Border and Oil Drilling

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Jordan Liles
Jan. 24, 2024 The former U.S. president was interviewed by Fox News host Sean Hannity in December 2023. One mo ...
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Authentic Pics of 'Massive Ancient Grave of Giants' in South Africa?

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Madison Dapcevich
Oct. 19, 2024 Two photos posted on X allegedly showed an ancient grave of giants in Mpumalanga Province, South ...
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We've Fact-Checked These Alleged Statements by Trump and Vance — Some True, Others False

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Madison Dapcevich
Oct. 22, 2024 The former president and Ohio senator have been rumored to have said various things about their ...
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A white man wearing a blue suit smiles. Surrounding him is a Black woman wearing a pink suit, a white man wearing a black top, a white man wearing a blue suit, and the face of a white man in the right corner.

Claims We've Fact-Checked Involving Trump During 2024 Campaign

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Izz Scott LaMagdeleine
Oct. 24, 2024 A lot has happened since the former president announced his reelection bid in November 2022.
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A false and scammy ad claimed Dana Perino was leaving the Fox News show The Five after so-called tensions with Sean Hannity and a lawsuit with the news network.

Dana Perino Is Leaving Fox News' 'The Five' Due to 'Tensions' with Sean Hannity?

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Jordan Liles
May 21, 2024 "Hannity was outraged and expressed his intention to sue Perino and Fox for violating his contra ...
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Trump Called Fallen US Soldiers 'Suckers' and 'Losers'?

Written by:
Nur Ibrahim
June 28, 2024 U.S. President Joe Biden accused Trump of deriding military service members during the 2024 pres ...
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Users promoted false and unfounded rumors about Bishop TD Jakes regarding several civil sexual assault lawsuits and a sex-trafficking probe involving Sean Diddy Combs

T.D. Jakes Disparaged in False and Unfounded Rumors Alongside 'Diddy' Sex-Abuse Allegations

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Jordan Liles
May 14, 2024 TikTok and YouTube users promoted evidence-free rumors about Jakes. Some of those users' videos ...
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Kamala Harris' Father Is a 'Marxist Economist'?

Written by:
Anna Rascouët-Paz
Aug. 4, 2024 "His research focused on economic inequality," one person claimed.
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Justin Bieber Released New Song Featuring Lyric, 'Lost Myself at a Diddy Party'?

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Nikki Dobrin
Sept. 20, 2024 Rumors of the purported song's existence resurfaced in September 2024, following the music mogul ...
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'I Kiss His Balls for Luck'

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David Mikkelson
April 10, 1999 Old broadcast legend holds that the wife of a famous golfer blurted out on the air that she kiss ...
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Despite Trump's Claims, Large Numbers of Noncitizens Don't Vote in US Elections

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Jack Izzo
Oct. 16, 2024 The idea that large numbers of noncitizens vote in U.S. elections has been disproven.
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Did Harris-Walz Campaign 'Stage' Pennsylvania Restaurant Photo Op with 'Paid Actors'?

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Jordan Liles
Aug. 22, 2024 The Harris-Walz campaign's bus tour through western Pennsylvania on Aug. 18, 2024, ended with a ...
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Was Donald Trump's IQ Measured at 73?

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Dan Evon
May 6, 2019 Trump's IQ test results were supposedly discovered in a former New York Military Academy employe ...
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USPS text message scams claimed that there was a problem with delivery and that the package cannot be delivered and that payment of $3.00 was needed to make the delivery or that personal information needed to be updated.

'USPS' Text Message Scam Claims Delivery Problem, Asks for Personal Financial Info

Written by:
Jordan Liles
May 31, 2022 Here's the lowdown on how to figure out if a text message claiming to come from the U.S. Postal ...
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Did Fox News Change Its Accreditation from 'News' to 'Entertainment'?

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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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