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The Daily NOT - A show about what didn't happen today. Episode 613. #TheDailyNOT

"An Epstein letter, fake ships, a bogus Disney deal, faked Tupac pics and a speech that didn't happen: why does the internet keep lying?"

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The Daily NOT - Episode #613
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December 24, 2025 at 9:36 AM
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Fact Check: Barbra Streisand, Other Celebs Did NOT Berate Zuckerberg, Billionaires At 'Lifetime Achievement Award' Gala -- Spam From Vietnam
#CheckTok #BarbraStreisand #MarkZuckerberg #LifetimeAchievementAward #FactCheck
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December 24, 2025 at 9:26 AM
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Fact Check: Tupac Shakur Hospital Deathbed Photos Are NOT Real -- Lawyer Who Was There Confirmed
#CheckTok #FactCheck #TupacShakur #DavidKenner #SnoopDogg #LasVegas
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December 24, 2025 at 9:24 AM
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Fact Check: Disney Did NOT Say It Offers $10 Park Tickets
#CheckTok #Disney #DisneyWorld #FactCheck #Satire
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December 24, 2025 at 9:22 AM
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Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Real Ship Colliding With Bridge In Norway
#CheckTok #Norway #BridgeCollapse #FactCheck #AICreation
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December 24, 2025 at 9:20 AM
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Fact Check: FAKE Video Of Abiy Ahmed's 5-Star Cruise Ship Abandoned In Desert Shows Telltale Signs Of Being AI-Generated
#CheckTok #FactCheck #AbiyAhmed #Ethiopia #FakeNews #AIGenerated
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December 24, 2025 at 9:18 AM
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Fact Check: DoJ DENIES Epstein Letter To Larry Nassar Mentioning 'Our President' Is Real
#CheckTok #FactCheck #JeffreyEpstein #LarryNassar #DepartmentOfJustice #FakeNews
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December 24, 2025 at 9:16 AM
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Fact Check: DoJ DENIES Epstein Letter To Larry Nassar Mentioning 'Our President' Is Real
Fact Check: DoJ DENIES Epstein Letter To Larry Nassar Mentioning 'Our President' Is Real
Is the letter in which convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein told another convicted sex offender, Larry Nassar, that "our president shares our love of young, nubile girls" real? No, that's not true: The Department of Justice, which published the letter...
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December 23, 2025 at 10:35 PM
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Fact Check: FAKE Video Of Abiy Ahmed's 5-Star Cruise Ship Abandoned In Desert Shows Telltale Signs Of Being AI-Generated
Fact Check: FAKE Video Of Abiy Ahmed's 5-Star Cruise Ship Abandoned In Desert Shows Telltale Signs Of Being AI-Generated
Does a video show a large cruise ship abandoned in the desert by Abiy Ahmed, the prime minister of Ethiopia? No, that's not true: No legitimate news organization has reported it, though a massive engineering feat such as this undertaken...
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December 23, 2025 at 10:00 PM
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Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Real Ship Colliding With Bridge In Norway
Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Real Ship Colliding With Bridge In Norway
Does a viral clip document a real bridge collapse in Norway? No, that's not true: No such event, which would have attracted media attention worldwide, was covered by legitimate news organizations. Multiple visual artifacts show it's an AI creation, including...
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December 23, 2025 at 8:10 PM
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Fact Check: Tupac Shakur Hospital Deathbed Photos Are NOT Real -- Lawyer Who Was There Confirmed
Fact Check: Tupac Shakur Hospital Deathbed Photos Are NOT Real -- Lawyer Who Was There Confirmed
Are images showing Tupac Shakur in a hospital room in the last days of his life real? No, that's not true: Shakur's lawyer, who was present at the Las Vegas hospital where the hip-hop icon was treated for fatal gunshot...
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December 23, 2025 at 7:50 PM
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Fact Check: Disney Did NOT Say It Offers $10 Park Tickets
Fact Check: Disney Did NOT Say It Offers $10 Park Tickets
Did Disney announce in December 2025 that it would offer $10 tickets to the Disney World theme park? No, that's not true: The claim originated from a website with a satire label. As of this writing, neither the Disney World...
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December 23, 2025 at 7:05 PM
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Fact Check: Barbra Streisand, Other Celebs Did NOT Berate Zuckerberg, Billionaires At 'Lifetime Achievement Award' Gala -- Spam From Vietnam
Fact Check: Barbra Streisand, Other Celebs Did NOT Berate Zuckerberg, Billionaires At 'Lifetime Achievement Award' Gala -- Spam From Vietnam
Did Barbra Streisand just announce a massive donation while accepting a "Lifetime Achievement Award" at a Los Angeles gala in front of various tech titans, billionaires and powerful people? No, that's not true: The exact same story, often accompanied by...
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December 23, 2025 at 10:15 AM
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The Daily NOT - A show about what didn't happen today. Episode 612. #TheDailyNOT

"Abandoning Amazon? Unsigned ballots? Epstein confessions? Secret tunnels? Don't be gullible!"

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The Daily NOT - Episode #612
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December 23, 2025 at 8:34 AM
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Fact Check: FBI Did NOT Discover A Secret Tunnel Under Rob Reiner's Mansion -- This Is Another In A String Of Copycat Clickbait Videos Using Famous Names
#CheckTok #FactCheck #RobReiner #Brentwood #GeneHackman #HasanPiker
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December 23, 2025 at 8:26 AM
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Fact Check: Viral Video Does NOT Show Jon-Bernard Kairouz Actually Confronted On Live TV By Fox News Host About His Appearance In Epstein Files -- It's A Comedy Sketch
#CheckTok #FactCheck #JonBernardKairouz #FoxNews #EpsteinFiles #ComedySketch
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December 23, 2025 at 8:23 AM
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Fact Check: Fulton County's 315,000 Unsigned Early Votes Are NOT Proof Of Electoral Fraud
#CheckTok #FactCheck #FultonCounty #GeorgiaElections #ElectoralFraud #LeadStories
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December 23, 2025 at 8:20 AM
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Fact Check: 'Wake up, Jeff' Messages NOT Sent To Bezos By Cher, Mahomes, Bono To Break Amazon Deals -- No Such Backlash Against Bezos' 'Quiet alignment with Trump'
#CheckTok #FactCheck #JeffBezos #Cher #PatrickMahomes #Bono
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December 23, 2025 at 8:18 AM
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Fact Check: 'Wake up, Jeff' Messages NOT Sent To Bezos By Cher, Mahomes, Bono To Break Amazon Deals -- No Such Backlash Against Bezos' 'Quiet alignment with Trump'
Fact Check: 'Wake up, Jeff' Messages NOT Sent To Bezos By Cher, Mahomes, Bono To Break Amazon Deals -- No Such Backlash Against Bezos' 'Quiet alignment with Trump'
Did Cher, Patrick Mahomes, Bono and other celebrities pull business deals with Amazon over founder Jeff Bezos' "quiet alignment with Trump," sending messages to Bezos that all began "Wake up, Jeff"? No, that's not true: The posts tell nearly identical...
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December 23, 2025 at 2:10 AM
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Fact Check: Fulton County's 315,000 Unsigned Early Votes Are NOT Proof Of Electoral Fraud
Fact Check: Fulton County's 315,000 Unsigned Early Votes Are NOT Proof Of Electoral Fraud
Are 315,000 unsigned early votes in Fulton County, Georgia proof of electoral fraud? No, that's not true. The Georgia secretary of state told Lead Stories that the missing signatures were the result of a clerical error and did not invalidate...
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December 22, 2025 at 11:50 PM
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Fact Check: Viral Video Does NOT Show Jon-Bernard Kairouz Actually Confronted On Live TV By Fox News Host About His Appearance In Epstein Files -- It's A Comedy Sketch
Fact Check: Viral Video Does NOT Show Jon-Bernard Kairouz Actually Confronted On Live TV By Fox News Host About His Appearance In Epstein Files -- It's A Comedy Sketch
Was Jon-Bernard Kairouz confronted about his appearance in pictures from newly released Epstein files while being interviewed on Fox News? No, that's not true: The viral video did not show a real Fox News segment. In what appears to be...
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December 22, 2025 at 8:35 PM
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Fact Check: FBI Did NOT Discover A Secret Tunnel Under Rob Reiner's Mansion -- This Is Another In A String Of Copycat Clickbait Videos Using Famous Names
Fact Check: FBI Did NOT Discover A Secret Tunnel Under Rob Reiner's Mansion -- This Is Another In A String Of Copycat Clickbait Videos Using Famous Names
Did the FBI discover a secret tunnel under Rob Reiner's Brentwood mansion? No, that's not true: There is no credible information to support this claim. The day after Rob Reiner and his wife Michele were murdered, clickbait videos began to...
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December 22, 2025 at 8:30 PM
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The Daily NOT - A show about what didn't happen today. Episode 611. #TheDailyNOT

"Here's why you should double-check stories about Cher, Karoline Leavitt, Epstein and Melania before you share them!"

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The Daily NOT - Episode #611
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December 22, 2025 at 1:42 PM
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Fact Check: Image Showing Melania Trump Kissing Jeffrey Epstein On The Lips Is NOT Real -- It's AI-Generated
#CheckTok #MelaniaTrump #JeffreyEpstein #AIGenerated #FactCheck
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December 22, 2025 at 1:39 PM
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Fact Check: Fake 'You Need To Shut Up' Tweet Story About Karoline Leavitt, Other Celebrities -- Spam From Vietnam
#CheckTok #FactCheck #KarolineLeavitt #FakeNews #Vietnam #SocialMediaSpam
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December 22, 2025 at 1:37 PM