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Joey Esposito

Joey Esposito is based in Maine and has written for outlets like IGN, MTV, Fandom, GameSpot, ScreenJunkies, the Television Academy, Down East Magazine, and many more in his 17 years of writing and reporting experience. He's an avid music-listener and video game player and has just started getting super into birds. He also writes comic books, including "The Pedestrian," "Pawn Shop," "Batman: Urban Legends," "Sesame Street" and more. He was selected to be part of the DC Comics Writers Workshop in 2017.

A group of people sit and stand around a sign that says "LIPS THAT TOUCH LIQUOR SHALL NOT TOUCH OURS."

Photo of women allegedly supporting Prohibition is not what it seems

Written by: Joey Esposito

April 7, 2025

An image depicting teetotaler women protesting the consumption of alcohol actually has origins a ...

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Trump tariffs: 10 rumors with varying degrees of truth

Written by: Joey Esposito

April 5, 2025

From rumors about automakers opening new factories to layoffs in the alcohol industry, a variety ...

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Yes, the IRS allows tax deductions on some pet expenses, like service animals

Written by: Joey Esposito

April 4, 2025

Claims shared online about "exciting news for pet owners" regarding potential tax deductions for ...

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At least 4 school shooters sentenced to death since 1940, but not one has yet been executed

Written by: Joey Esposito

April 4, 2025

The claim that "zero" school shooters have ever been sentenced to death is false.

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From the top right corner clockwise, jellyfish-like creatures with big eyes, a white man wearing a black suit playing a piano and another white man holding an open book and wearing a black suit is shown.

25 rumors that show signs of AI-generative software

Written by: Joey Esposito

April 3, 2025

Here's a collection of fake stories or media that were likely created using AI programs and dupe ...

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Photos of 'smack-happy' 'lipstick tester' are authentic but miscaptioned

Written by: Joey Esposito

March 30, 2025

The photographs originate from a 1960 Life magazine article about the color dyes used in lipstic ...

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A white blonde woman wears a "MAKE AMERICA BLONDE AGAIN" T-shirt in a selfie.

Karoline Leavitt took selfie in 'Make America Blonde Again' T-shirt?

Written by: Joey Esposito

March 28, 2025

The White House confirmed the photograph's authenticity.

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Rumors that restaurant chain Chipotle is going bankrupt and closing are false

Written by: Joey Esposito

March 27, 2025

Diners worried about losing coveted access to Chipotle's cilantro-lime rice need not worry.

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An image of structures underneath a pyramid are shown on a photo of a pyramid itself.

Was a 'vast city' discovered beneath Egyptian pyramids?

Written by: Joey Esposito

March 26, 2025

A group of researchers claimed to discover an underground system of pathways and wells near the ...

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Don't fall for rumor that federal judge was arrested after insulting US Attorney General Pam Bondi

Written by: Joey Esposito

March 25, 2025

Similar rumors named U.S. Rep. Jasmine Crockett and White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt ...

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15 rumors we've investigated about NASA

Written by: Joey Esposito

March 24, 2025

From unbelievable images captured in space to predictions of asteroids colliding with Earth, we' ...

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Space photo shows NYC shortly after 9/11

Written by: Joey Esposito

March 23, 2025

NASA published the photo along with a journal written by the only American who was not on Earth ...

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Meet Williamina Fleming, a 19th-century Scottish maid who became an astronomer

Written by: Joey Esposito

March 23, 2025

Fleming made major scientific discoveries and belonged to the Harvard Computers, a team of women ...

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No credible evidence supports claims of vast underground structures found beneath Egyptian pyramids

Written by: Joey Esposito

March 21, 2025 (Updated: March 25, 2025)

Claims of new ancient structures discovered beneath the pyramids in Giza are greatly overstated.

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Yes, French politician suggested US should return Statue of Liberty

Written by: Joey Esposito

March 18, 2025

The White House responded by saying that “it's only because of the United States of America that ...

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No truth to rumor of secret tunnel filled with bodies found beneath Gene Hackman's home

Written by: Joey Esposito

March 17, 2025

Social media users claimed the FBI was investigating the discovery beneath the home Hackman shar ...

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Black Medal of Honor recipient deleted from Pentagon website, then restored

Written by: Joey Esposito

March 17, 2025

Army Maj. Gen. Charles Calvin Rogers was awarded the Medal of Honor by President Nixon in 1970 f ...

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Yes, this photo shows NYC from space shortly after 9/11

Written by: Joey Esposito

March 16, 2025

"We were looking at NY around the time of, or shortly after, the collapse of the second tower," ...

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Video of 'anti-Trump protest' in Switzerland is actually Basel's annual Carnival parade

Written by: Joey Esposito

March 14, 2025

While the video is authentic, calling it a protest is misleading.

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From clockwise, images show a white man wearing a black and white tuxedo, that same man wearing a blue suit taking a photo with an elderly white woman and a house with a yellow arrow edited onto the image pointing to it.

Watch out for this story about Musk once saving the home of an elderly woman

Written by: Joey Esposito

March 13, 2025

The woman whose photograph is featured in the story was “Scotland’s oldest woman” and died in 2015.

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