Hillary Clinton Divorcing Bill and Seven Other Fake News That Media Fell For

As the rumors run wild about the president-elect and his family, another fake news recently hit the media. Melania Trump was claimed to have filed for divorce over her FLOTUS role. However, there is no truth to this story, as revealed by Snopes.com, a rumor research website.

An alleged iOS8’s exclusive option called Apple Wave that allowed charging iPhones in the microwave turned out to be fake. The destructive prank unleashed by 4chan users in 2014 led to an unhappy ending for a number of smartphones and microwaves.

The eerie story about the North Korean leader executing his uncle by having him stripped naked and fed to a pack of starving dogs was first reported by a Hong Kong tabloid and then picked up in the Western press. No matter how unbelievable it did sound, it was soon revealed to be a bloodcurdling fake.

Gingers were reported to be in danger of going extinct due to climate change. It was claimed that their paler skin adapted to cloudy conditions proved unable to cope with solar rays that had became more violent and so they would gradually die out. Even huge media outlets like the Independent, the Telegraph and Mirror fell for it and spread the word. Luckily for gingers, that statement was a total nonsense.

Another fake launched by 4chan users was during when #Ebola was trending on all social media. The fake claims made a lot of people believe that thousands of bags of the popular snack had been infected. Fake tweets from news organizations such as CNN and Fox claiming factory workers had tested positive for the deadly disease fueled the panic.

Shocking “news" about the world-famous graffiti artist’s arrest shook the Internet in 2014. An article originating at the National Report told that Banksy’s real name was Paul Horner and that the activist had been caught by London’s Metropolitan Police. It turned out to be a hoax with some quotes copied from another fake report published in 2013, as proven by the Independent.

The world was outraged when a 3-year-old girl was allegedly ordered to leave a KFC restaurant in Mississippi because of her facial injuries that seemed disturbing to customers. Shown on a local TV channel, the story about the child heavily scarred in a pit bull attack seemed very believable. Even the Daily Mail, CNN and other media ran it. However, the investigation proved it was a fake. Luckily, the story had a happy ending for the girl, who received a free treatment by a group of doctors and got her medical bills paid for by KFC, Fox News reported.