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Southend News Network To Close After Losing European Subsidies Due To Brexit

Southend-on-Sea, U.K. - Consternation today in the British media landscape. One of the most respected official publications in all of the United Kingdom will be forced to shut down after... [Read the full story]
Uncle Of Politifact Editor Sustains Third Degree Burns At Easter Brunch After Refusing To Believe His Pants Are On Fire

Tragedy struck today during a family Easter brunch for Angie Holan, editor at fact checking website Politifact. An anonymous source close to the family exclusively told Lead Stories what happened:... [Read the full story]
BuzzFeed To Launch Fake News Spin-off, You Won't Believe What Happens Next!

New York, NY - In a surprise move popular website BuzzFeed has announced plans to launch a fake news spin-off. In a press release distributed to fact checkers today it... [Read the full story]
Reporter Baxter Dimitri Kidnapped By Russian Deep State Aliens On Orders From Pope Francis

Reports indicate intrepid reporter and truth-teller Baxter Dimitri from the always reliable legitimate news website YourNewsWire was kidnapped today by Russian Deep State Aliens on direct orders from the Vatican.... [Read the full story]
Looming Crisis As Experts Warn The World Is Running Out Of Facts To Check

Experts have warned a crisis is imminent as the world is running out of facts to check. A recent study by the Federal Institute for Statistics on Hoaxes (F.I.S.H.) estimated... [Read the full story]
Most News Websites In Kosovo Actually Run By Native Americans

Pristina, Kosovo - After a wide-ranging investigation one of our undercover reporters found out that most mainstream news websites in Kosovo are in fact being run out of the basement... [Read the full story]
The Onion To Become A Regular News Website

Chicago, IL - In a surprise announcement the management of famous satire website The Onion has announced today it will transition to being a regular news outlet. A statement released... [Read the full story]
InfoWars To Be Renamed InfoPeace After Peace Agreement Signed

Folks, the vicious feud between President Trump and the fake news media has finally come to an end. After prolonged secret negotiations brokered by the Dalai Lama and international disarmament... [Read the full story]
Two Canadian Men Arrested For Running Fake News Site To Fund Poutine Addiction

Quebec, Canada - Armed police stormed into a suburban home this morning to arrest Janick Murray-Hall and Olivier Legault for running a fake news website to fund their poutine... [Read the full story]
Fake News Kingpin Christopher Blair Found Murdered By Hillary Clinton

Maine - Fake news kingpin Christopher Blair (better known under his alias "Busta Troll") was found dead this morning in front of his computer after a neighbour heard sounds of... [Read the full story]
Fact Check: Somebody Actually Started A GoFundMe To Purchase O.J. Simpson A New Ford Bronco When He Gets Out

A satirical site named Daily Snark posted an article titled "Somebody Started A GoFundMe To Purchase O.J. Simpson A New Ford Bronco When He Gets Out" which reads in part:... [Read the full story]
Fake News: Paula White NOT Selling Trump-Blessed 'Prayer Flags'

Televangelist Paula White is not selling "prayer flags" blessed by President Donald Trump for $100 a piece, contrary to a fake story being shared widely on social platforms by people... [Read the full story]
BREAKING: Pope Breaks Irony Record on Twitter

The pope has redefined the meaning of the word 'ironic' with this tweet: Do not underestimate the value of example, for it is more powerful than a thousand words, a... [Read the full story]
Satire: Donald Trump Picks 'Breaking Bad' Character Walter White To Run DEA

NBC's "Saturday Night Live" continued it's satirical attacks on President-elect Donald Trump with a news parody reporting that "Breaking Bad' character Walter White was chosen to head the Drug... [Read the full story]
Hoax Alert! Donald Trump Did NOT Bite Twin Babies At Colorado Rally

Donald Trump did not bite twin babies after speaking at a campaign rally in Colorado Springs, Colorado, Friday. Any story reporting such is a hoax. The GOP presidential candidate did... [Read the full story]
Satire Alert! NYT 'College Admissions Shocker!' Column About Stanford University Goes Very Viral

The painful sting of rejection for college applicants is apparently fueling interest in a piece by New York Times columnist Frank Bruni titled "College Admissions Shocker!" But judging from tweets... [Read the full story]
Hoax Alert: Netflix NOT To Remove All Christian Content After Complaints From Muslims

Video streaming service Netflix is to remove all references to Christ and Christianity from it's programming, at least if you believe the satirical article from News Thump which recently went... [Read the full story]
Hoax Alert: Snopes.com CEO NOT Arrested On Charges Of Fraud And Corruption

While researching some unrelated hoax story we found there was an old story out there about the arrest for fraud and corruption of Snopes.com owners Barbara and David Mikkelson, considered... [Read the full story]
Hoax Alert: Facebook NOT To Add 'Mute Until After Election' Button

Wouldn't it be great to be able to shut up some of your more politically active friends on Facebook for a while, say until this whole presidential election thing is... [Read the full story]
Uber DID NOT Announce UberWALK, Assistant Will NOT Hold Your Hand

For the Facebook & WhatsApp junkie who really can't let go of their phone when going places there now is an innovative service from ride hailing company Uber. Named UberWALK,... [Read the full story]
Bricking It For Canada: A 'Brickstarter' To Build A Wall On The U.S. Border

British satirical TV show The Last Leg is so worried Donald Trump will win the U.S. presidential election that they've decided to do something about it. Fearing an invasion of... [Read the full story]
Does Donald Trump Copy Adolf Hitler? Bill Maher's Comparison Video

Bill Maher suggested GOP frontrunner Donald Trump learned his crowd-pleasing speaking style from Nazi leader Adolf Hitler. This video is a satire. It is not a real translation of what... [Read the full story]
'Trump Bridge' Plan Makes Everybody Win

We at Lead Stories propose building The Donald J. Trump Bridge directly linking Mexico and Canada together. Sometimes you have to think outside the box and so we came... [Read the full story]
Hoax Alert: Obama DID NOT Sign Executive Order Relocating Congress to Guantánamo

Panic among lawmakers! What do you pack when you suddenly have to move to sunny Cuba because the president ordered it? And will there be a Starbucks near the new... [Read the full story]
Hoax Alert: The Pope DID NOT Call Sanders Most Christian Candidate

Did Pope Francis really declare Bernie Sanders, a Jewish Socialist Democrat from Brooklyn, to be the "most Christian" candidate for President of the United States? And was it really because... [Read the full story]
Satire: Scientists Warn All Plant Life Dying Within 30-Yard Radius Of Ted Cruz Campaign Signs

Known satire site The Onion posted a story that is now trending heavily, titled "Scientists Warn All Plant Life Dying Within 30-Yard Radius Of Ted Cruz Campaign Signs" explaining the... [Read the full story]
Angela Lansbury DID NOT Come Out Of Retirement To Solve Ireland's Regency Hotel Murder Mystery

Angela Lansbury is staying active at age 90, but she is an actress -- not a homicide detective. We have to admire the creativity of the writers at Waterford... [Read the full story]
Wife Crashes Own Funeral, Hoodwinks Husband Who Paid To Have Her Killed

A husband got the shock of a lifetime when the wife he paid to get killed showed up to her own funeral. Balenga Kalala hired a team of hit... [Read the full story]
Hoax Alert: Facebook Will NOT Add A 'F**k That' Button To Events

Look! A fresh Facebook feature hoax. This time the supposed news is that you will soon be able to click a 'F**k That' button to reply to event invitations you... [Read the full story]
Hoax Alert: Sarah Palin DID NOT Lick A Frozen Flagpole in Iowa, DID NOT Get Stuck

Some people will believe just about anything about certain other people, especially if these other people are of a different political persuasion and have a reputation for not being very... [Read the full story]

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