fake-news
It didn’t take long for someone to take advantage of Twitter’s new verification feature, which allows users to pay $8 per month for a blue checkmark. A verified account pretending to be LeBron James fooled some NBA fans on Wednesday. Despite tweeting from the handle @KINGJamez, the blue check alongside a duplicate of LeBron’s current profile picture was enough to whip users into […]
The presumably brainless among us who insist on widely amplifying fabricated claims in hopes of achieving virality have now forced Magic Johnson to speak out about a made-up story that’s been making the rounds as of late. A recent tweet shared alongside a photo of Johnson carried with it the claim that he had donated […]
As the first full week of the NFL preseason gets underway on Thursday, Antonio Brown has given the impression he’s moved on from his football career. The former All-Pro wide receiver, who’s been a free agent since he was released by the Bucs in January after walking off the field during Tampa Bay’s Week 18 game against the Jets, took to Twitter […]
ESPN’s This Just In ran a segment Monday centered around a fake quote from Ja Morant about Michael Jordan. In the fake quote, which came from Ballsack Sports, Morant said Jordan would be considered “just another superstar” if he were playing today. ESPN seemed to conflate the Ballsack Sports quote with Taylor Rooks’ interview with Morant in which […]
In an appearance on Late Night with Seth Meyers, Andrew Garfield responded to Tom Holland’s claim that one of his Spider-Man: No Way Home co-stars wore a “fake ass.” Garfield seemingly wasn’t aware that Holland shared the story, and has now suggested his co-star was simply trying to get more people to see the film—in his own, special way. “He’s […]
Arsenio Hall stepped up to host Jimmy Kimmel Live while its star was on vacation, producing a special edition of the show’s “Lie Witness News” segment, where unsuspecting people happily weigh in on a fictional crisis in the equally fictional Zamunda. Yes, that Zamunda—the fabricated African nation from Coming to America, which got a sequel this year reuniting Hall and Eddie Murphy. “We asked […]
On Friday, Dominion Voting Systems filed a $1.6 billion defamation lawsuit against Fox News over claims that Dominion helped rig the 2020 election. The Associated Press reports that Dominion has argued the right-wing cable news channel targeted the company with a series of misleading or straight-up false claims of election fraud after Trump lost the 2020 election to Biden. […]
Young Buck and 50 Cent have been at each other’s throats for years now, but during a recent Instagram Live stream, Buck suggested it was all for show. The two G-Unit rappers have been criticizing each other as recently as last year, and that was after it had gotten particularly ugly with Fif sharing transphobic memes. […]
Four websites featuring articles that cast doubt about the COVID-19 vaccines have been traced back to Russian intelligence agencies as part of their alleged campaign to diminish confidence in the drug’s efficacy and safety, the Wall Street Journal reports. An official with the U.S. Department of State’s Global Engagement Center found that these online publications, which have been identified […]
GoDaddy is receiving backlash after sending its employees a holiday work bonus email that ended up being fake just to test them to see if they would fall for phishing scams. Obtained by 12 News, the contents of the email clearly describe its employees receiving a holiday bonus, despite this not being true. “Happy Holiday […]
