“Elon Musk bans Stephen King permanently from platform X after he trolled the tech mogul.”
Social media posts
in a post. Claim dated 2 Nov 2024.
PolitiFact rated thisFalse
What PolitiFact found
This claim originated as satire. The author Stephen King still has an active X account.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 2 November 2024. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 15 November 2024, 13 days later. Its rating was “False”.
Where the claim appeared
- Threads posthttps://www.threads.net/@entertainment.bbuzz/post/DB22NPjRmDG?fbclid=IwY2xjawGZ-Q1leHRuA2…
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