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Manti Te'o Denies Role In Hoax, Admits 'Tailoring' His Stories

Joe Student — Sun, 20 Jan 2013 14:30:26 +0000

Notre Dame linebacker Manti Te’o denied any role in the hoax involving a relationship with a person whom he claimed was his girlfriend last year. During a Friday night interview with ESPN’s Jeremy Schaap, Te’o also admitted he “tailored” his stories about the relationship in order to make people believe he had met the woman [...]

Manti Te'o, The eHarmony Ad [Video]

Mike Moody — Sat, 19 Jan 2013 18:42:52 +0000

“I hate fake people. It’s like they’re not there when you’re talking to them,” says Manti Te’o in this Funny or Die eHarmony parody. Eugene Cordero plays the Notre Damn football star who reportedly had a made up girlfriend, and, you know, pretty much made up everything else you’ve ever heard about him (Maybe.) [button [...]

Parents Claimed To Be 'Crisis Actors' In Sandy Hook Shooting Are Actually Real People

DJ Digital — Fri, 04 Jan 2013 18:18:09 +0000

In the latest conspiracy theory propaganda to circulate on Facebook, a heavily shared photo (above) suggests that ‘crisis actors’ were hired by Homeland Security in an effort to push for gun control. It even points out that one of the parents ‘acted’ as an attorney for Aurora shooting suspect James Holmes. Look, I’m definitely aware [...]

R. Kelly's Death A Hoax

Chris Logan — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 19:27:40 +0000

2012 has been a year of the Death Hoax....Remember Justin Bieber, Ryan Gosling, Lil Wayne, Chris Brown and Jon Bon Jovi just to name a few. Now, for the latest hoax.....R. Kelly. Reports of R. Kelly's death surfaced online early this morning. It wasn't long before R. Kelly himself, killed the rumor by tweeting a photo of himself, and said "Glad I don't even know how to Jet ski."

Usher Victim of Death Hoax

Amy Sciarretto — Wed, 11 Apr 2012 14:45:46 +0000

Usher‘s not dead. Twitter told us so. After the R&B superstar fell victim of a death hoax that went viral on the web, he tweeted to let fans know that he is alive and well, and even shared a photo of him flexing his ripped abs to prove it.

Chris Brown Death Hoax Spreads Over YouTube and Twitter

Jessica Sager — Wed, 28 Mar 2012 10:40:04 +0000

A lot of people dislike Chris Brown. A lot of people use the Internet. What happens when these people are one and the same? Yet another Breezy death hoax. This isn’t the first time Brown has died on Twitter. Last month, the microblogging giant “killed” the ‘Turn Up the Music’ singer following his own post-Grammy [...]