‘Pornstar Brandon Cummings … Arrested After Beating Up 35 Neo-Nazi’s’ A nearly extinct genre of satirical news returned in October 2022, with a viral story about "pornstar Brandon Cummings" of the series "Let's Go Brandon."
‘Alex Jones Loses Thousands to Mistress Amber’ A phony screenshot of a headline claiming that the InfoWars host had "lost thousands" (of dollars) to a "Communist findom" circulated across social media.
‘Mitt Romney Asked To Lead Health And Human Services In Biden Administration: Report’ The Daily Wire published, then deleted an article claiming Mitt Romney was asked to lead Health and Human Services for the Biden administration, a claim originating with a "satirical" website.
‘Kwik Trip Launches Kwik Strip Gentlemen’s Clubs’ A story about convenience chain Kwik Trip branching out to "Kwik Strip" gentleman's clubs went viral, but it obviously was intended as a bit of humorous fiction.
A Morgue Worker Was Not Arrested for Giving Birth to a Dead Man’s Baby Everything old is new again eventually, including old fabricated stories.
Did a Louisiana Man Drop Dead Moments After Calling a Woman a Racial Epithet? A purported news story about a Louisiana man dying immediately after insulting a woman spread virally on social media platforms in September 2020.
‘Kenosha Car Dealer Kills Himself After His Insurance Won’t Cover a Cent of the 2.5 Million Dollars of Damages’ Caused by BLM Protests A fake Fox News article spread in screenshot form, falsely claiming that a Kenosha car dealer had died by suicide after sustaining $2.5 million in damages during recent protests in Wisconsin.
Did Oklahoma City Police Shoot Each Other Trying to Shoot a Black Teenager? A satirical story purportedly out of Oklahoma harnessed schadenfreude to spread all over social media.
Did Stats Canada Report That Not One Baby Has Been Named Karen Since November 2019? A circulating screenshot looked like news about a rapid, meme-driven changes in Canadian naming conventions.
Pedophile’s Decapitated Corpse Not Found on Judge’s Doorstep After Bail Hearing Fabricated stories about vigilantes and child predators remain a cash cow for purveyors of false news.
