FACT CHECK: Claim That Denmark Purportedly Offered To Buy The US Is Satire
set of images share in thread Claims that Denmark allegedly offered to buy the U.S. Verdict: False This claim is false and originally stems from a 2019 satirical article published by The New Yorker. Fact check: Denmark's Defense Minister Troels Lund Poulsen has reportedly increased defense spending for Greenland in response to President-elect Donald Trump's […]
FACT CHECK: Claim That ABC CEO Announced Plans To Cancel ‘The View’ Is Satire
Post shared on facebook ABC's CEO has allegedly announced plans to cancel 'The View,' claims. Verdict: False This claim is false and originally stems from a Dec. 11 post shared by the satirical Facebook page SpaceX Fanclub. Fact check: Whoopi Goldberg and Ana Navarro recently clashed on “The View” over when to start panicking about […]
FACT CHECK: Posts Claiming Elon Musk Banned Pride Content From X Are Based On Satire
Post Share to Facebook Billionaire Elon Musk claims to have banned all Pride content from X. Verdict: False The claim that Musk banned Pride content from X is based on satirical sources. Fact check: Social media users claim Musk has banned all X Pride content. One Nov. 20 post read, “Unbelievable: X announces permanent ban […]
Satire site the Onion wins auction for Infowars, vows to make Alex Jones’ empire a ‘cosmic joke’ for Sandy Hook families
Satirical magazine The Onion has been sold at auction, acquiring assets from Alex Jones' Infowars empire. The Onion's CEO has vowed to turn Infowars into a “cosmic joke” for the families of the victims of the 2012 Sandy Hook school shooting. Jones announced the deal in a document Thursday morning. video Posted on X social […]
Satire publication The Onion buys Alex Jones’ Infowars at auction with help from Sandy Hook families
With support from families of victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting, the satirical news publication The Onion has sold Alex Jones' “Infowars'' at a bankruptcy auction. Jones owes more than $1 billion from a libel judgment that claims the massacre was a hoax, his family announced. Thursday. Robbie Parker, whose daughter Emily was […]
FACT CHECK: Video Of Woman Saying She Needs A Job Because Trump Was Elected President Is Satire
Post shared on social media The footage purports to show a woman talking about how she and her husband need to find jobs because former President Donald Trump won the election. “My family lives on government assistance.” “Donald Trump is going to force us to get jobs and take away our free checks.” Is there […]
FACT CHECK: TRUTH Social Post Taking Aim At Obama Is Satire
image shared on facebook 2024 Republican candidate and former president Donald Trump is trying to show real social posts aimed at former Democratic president Barack Obama. Verdict: False This claim is false and originally originated from @AgentSelf99B, an X (formerly Twitter) account known for posting parody content. Fact check: The latest YouGov poll shows that […]
Howard Stern wants ‘SNL’ to drop Harris satire, claiming ‘there’s too much at stake’ with potential Trump victory
Radio host Howard Stern said Tuesday that there is “too much at stake” in the upcoming election after his sketch comedy show “Saturday Night Live” poked fun at Democratic presidential candidate and Vice President Kamala Harris. . This week, as part of Harris' ongoing media attacks, she said: sat with sternwas tripping over herself to […]
Babylon Bee Sues California over New Laws Regulating Political Satire
The Babylon Bee filed a lawsuit Monday against the state of California, alleging that two recently enacted laws signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom violate the First Amendment by illegally targeting political satire. . newsome signed The two laws went into effect on September 17, and in a statement it said it was “taking steps to […]
Facebook posts censored at Biden admin’s demand include COVID-19 memes, satire
As Mark Zuckerberg reflected this week, the Harris-Biden administration launched a very aggressive campaign to censor COVID-related content on Facebook at the height of the pandemic, cracking down on light-hearted memes, satirical posts, and even plain old jokes. On Monday, Zuckerberg acknowledged in a letter to Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio), chairman of the House Judiciary […]
