Britney Spears Stage Crasher Finds Online ‘Fame’ Thanks to Junk Website Jesse Webb's mugshot was recycled into another instance of "satirical" content years after his arrest.
‘Elderly Couple Accidentally Burns House Down During Sex Game Involving WW2 Flamethrower’ Be wary of "news screenshots" without a link to the underlying article.
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.
Was There a Potential COVID-19 Outbreak at a Las Vegas Strip Club? An entrepreneur's tweet brought extra attention to a post from a blog that publishes nothing but satire.
Did Belgium’s Health Minister Ban ‘Non-Essential Sexual Activities of Three or More’ Due to Coronavirus Concerns? Satirical headlines often spread in screenshots, as was the case with purported news out of Belgium involving COVID-19 and (small) sex parties.
Did a ‘Drunk Crop Duster’ Pilot Dump 4 Tons of Manure over Kansas? A circulating Facebook post claims a "drunk crop duster" pilot accidentally showered part of Kansas in four tons of manure.
Was a Texas Man Arrested for Dressing as an ‘Alien’ and Abducting People? An El Paso radio station responded after the city was named by a longtime satire blog whose articles are often repurposed as disinformation.
Did a Man Get Plastic Surgery and Change His Name to Circumvent a Restraining Order? A December 2018 article headlined, “Man gets plastic surgery and name change to date his ex-girlfriend after she obtains restraining order” has appeared intermittently on social media after its publication. No obvious date appeared on the apparent news story, which claimed: A New Jersey man who went to great lengths to try and win back his […]
Did a Man Get $200,000 of Surgery to Look Like Jesus Christ? In late January 2019, an article appearing to report that a man spent $200,000 on surgery to look more like Jesus Christ began circulating on Facebook: A 30-year old man from Kentucky underwent some radical plastic surgery in order to physically resemble Jesus Christ. According to the Lexington Daily Tribune, Mark Emery has already been following […]
Was a Mother Arrested After Leaving Kids in the Car for Nine Hours at a Buffet? A September 2018 World News Daily Report item titled “Mother arrested for leaving children in the car for 9 hours while at all-you-can-eat buffet” circulates regularly on Facebook. The story has a mugshot that purports to show the mother in the story: A mother was arrested yesterday after she left her four children aged between […]
