Question

Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce paid $3.5 million to rent out Disney World for a day.

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This news is satire. The photo is photoshopped or AI generated which also leaves me to believe this is false. When I went to research if any of this article was true I could not find anything. The only article I could find was an article by Snopes, a factchecking website which said that “Mouse Traps” only writes satire about Disney. They chose big names that are revenant right now and made an article out of it.
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/kelce-swift-rent-disney-world/

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This is fake news, the entirety of this is not true and it you claim is not convincing. The source of the news article also linked on here is called "mousetrap". I think something that may help is if you went back and retracked who said this in the first place.

Answer 1

This claim has been proved satire. This claim has been spreading across social media by a variety of users, but has been addressed by fact checking sources such as Snopes who have tracked the claim back to a website by the name of Mousetrap. Mousetrap is known for creating satire disney content including large current names. It's evident that since Travis Kelce and Taylor Swift's names are trending, MouseTrap included their names to obtain more foottraffic on their site. MousTrap also self identifies as a satire site, including on their page: "Mouse Trap News is the world’s best satire site. We write fake stories about Disney Parks stuff. From Disney Park announcements to Disney Hotel and resort news to made-up Disney partnerships, you can be assured that anything you read here is not true, real, or accurate, but it is fun. So technically our slogan The Moused Trusted Name in Disney News isn’t true, but we thought it was creative and funny, so we are running with it". To further refute this claim, there is nothing across any of Taylor or Travis's socials of any sort of Disney Visit, and Disney's website reflects that they were open to the public on the date it was claimed to be rented out. The link to the satire article is below, as well as Disney's site and Snopes refute of the claim.

https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/kelce-swift-rent-disney-world/

https://disneyland.disney.go.com/en-ca/calendars/day/#/disneyland/

https://mousetrapnews.com/taylor-swift-and-travis-kelce-renting-out-disney-world/

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I really enjoy the thoroughness of your fact check. It proves me with all the information I need and also addresses any questions that might have come up along the way. Having links to three outside sources really strengthens the quality of your claim and shows additional research. I like how in the first section you state that this is satire and crush the rumors. I also appreciate the additional research you did about Disneys calendar and days in which they've been open and operating as well as a dive into Swift and Kelce's social media history. This really backs up the thoroughness of your research.

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this was a very thorough fact-check. It gave me very good information as well as provided the original intent of the source, which is satire.

Answer 2

According to Snopes.com, a popular fact checking site, this article is Satirical. In fact, the site and social media account of whihc the rumor originated is a site called “Mouse Traps” that exclusively posts satire about Disney. Here is a quote from the site’s “about” page,” Mouse Trap News is the world’s best satire site. We write fake stories about Disney Parks stuff. From Disney Park announcements to Disney Hotel and resort news to made-up Disney partnerships, you can be assured that anything you read here is not true, real, or accurate, but it is fun. So technically our slogan The Moused Trusted Name in Disney News isn’t true, but we thought it was creative and funny, so we are running with it.”

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great fact check. The information you included was very helpful, and it shows you did your research on this subject. You gave credibility as well and allowed me to see for myself. Good work.

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Great job of digging deep and finding out that the website is just a satire page.

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Nice fact check! Nice, reliable source. I appreciate the connect provided. Nice job doing a reverse google image search! Keep it up.

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Great work on fact-checking! Your thorough research led you to a trustworthy source. In the future, consider adding links to your sources for easier reference.

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I think you did a good job of finding an outside source to disprove the claim and also an internal source by using the website's own statement about being a satire site, but it would be helpful to include the actual links of the article and website statement page. Although I trust that you properly summarized the two, it would greatly increase your fact check's credibility to have access to the sources you looked at.

Answer 3

The claim that Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce paid $3.5 million to rent out Disney World for a day, is satire. According to Snopes, the website, Mouse Trap News, is a parody/satire website, which is where this claim was made, as well as on their TikTok page, resulting in tens of thousands of views. Further, the image on the original article, was found to be AI-generated after Snopes did a reverse Google Image search, confirming so. Additionally, to confirm, I looked at the Mouse Trap News website, and their "about" tab states: "Mouse Trap News is the world’s best satire and parody site. We write fake stories about Disney Parks stuff. From Disney Park announcements to Disney Hotel and resort news to made-up Disney partnerships, you can be assured that anything you read here is not true, real, or accurate, but it is fun" 

https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/kelce-swift-rent-disney-world/ 

https://mousetrapnews.com/about/ 

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I like the way you fact-checked this claim. You included the source that the info was found from and dug deeper to find their motive for posting this. I agree that this information is satire.

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I like how you back checked the claim and found out that the main point of the source is just to create satire and spread false information.

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I like how you used the word satire to explain this. I would agree with the statement that you claimed in this fact check. I appreciate you using sources to have a deeper understanding of where this came from and whether or not it is true and valid information - which you decided that it isn't to which I agree. Good job doing a thorough fact check and using reliable sources as well.

Answer 4

The Website, Mouse Trap News is a blog that describes all of its articles as fictitious and satirical in nature, and this article does not have any basis in reality. In the about page of the News site it goes into more detail but the reality is this is a satirical news website.

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Don't forget to include hyperlinks going forward.

Answer 5

This claim is false and considered satire.

I looked in the "about" section on Mouse Trap News and they wrote that "Mouse Trap News is the world's best satire and parody site. We write fake stories about Disney Parks stuff... you can be assured that anything you read here is not true, real, or accurate." They are a blog writing fictitious and satirical articles.

Furthermore, after looking on Snopes, a fact-checking website, they write that the story is not real and does not have any basis in reality. They also have an AI-generated image in the article, easily identified as AI because of the blurred background and clear foreground, which was unnatural.

https://mousetrapnews.com/about/

https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/kelce-swift-rent-disney-world/

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Your answer is extremely thorough and I like how you added that the site is a parody site. I also like how you made sure that the image is made by AI. These two pieces of evidence put the claim to rest very quickly.

Answer 6

The original claim that Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce rented out Disney World for a day is satire. The post comes from a source called Mouse Trap News, and when you click the 'About' section on their website, they explain how they are a parody and satire page. Therefore, this claim is satire.

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I appreciate that your answer is concise. I think it quickly addresses the claim and calls it out as false and satire all within 2-3 sentences which is a pro. Linking sources could improve the trustworthiness of your answer and help the reader the see where you got your information from. I'm not left with any questions after reading your fact check though, good job getting the correct information out.

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Nice job including a citation within the fact-check. Going forward, also include a hyperlink. Thanks!

Answer 7

This post is satire. Sources such as Snopes which is a known fact checking website also agreed with the fact that it is a lie. The website MouseTrapNews is a previously known to be satirical in their posts. They even used an AI generated photo of Kelce and Swift supposedly at Disney World. I did some other research and found that the actual price to purchase Disney world is not $3.5 million it is $180,000 and is only used for weddings at night time. Snopes described MouseTrapNews as, " a blog that describes all of its articles as fictitious and satirical in nature". So overall this story is satirical, and since Swift and Kelce has started dating they have been subject to a lot of these fake news stories.

https://magicguides.com/how-much-is-it-to-rent-disney-world-for-a-day/

https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/kelce-swift-rent-disney-world/

Answer 8

The claim that “Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce paid $3.5 million to rent out Disney World for a day” is false and was created as Satire. I can tell this is satirical simply because of the site that posted this claim. “Mouse Trap News” is known for its exclusively satire posts about Disney. On the site's own “about" page it states: “Mouse Trap News is the world’s best satire and parody site. We write fake stories about Disney Parks stuff. From Disney Park announcements to Disney Hotel and resort news to made-up Disney partnerships, you can be assured that anything you read here is not true, real, or accurate, but it is fun”. They say themselves that all the posts and information they release is made-up and not true, proving this claim about Swift and Kelce to be false. Additionally, running this claim through fact-checking site “snopes.com” shows the image associated with the article has been AI-generated which should raise further red flags for readers regarding the accuracy of the claim. Neither Swift nor Kelce have posted anything suggesting either of them have even visited Disney on their social media accounts. Mouse Trap News knew that the couple was trending and made up a claim they knew would take off well in the media to gain attention for their platform. I have linked both the mousetrap “about” page and the Snopes fact-checking page below as sources. 

https://mousetrapnews.com/about/

https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/kelce-swift-rent-disney-world/

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This is a great fact check, good job! It's interesting that the claim's image was AI-generated -- this may raise warning signs about the use of AI in the production of misinformation.

Answer 9

After researching this claim, it was false and noted it as satire. The article on Mouse Trap news seems to be fake itself. The photo is AI-generated and there is very little information proving the claim. When researching further, I found a site called Snopes.com that says "Mouse Trap News is the world's best satire and parody site. We write fake stories about Disney Parks stuff. From Disney Park announcements to Disney Hotel and resort news to made-up Disney partnerships, you can be assured that anything you read here is not true, real, or accurate, but it is fun. " They also proved the image was definitely AI-generated and the article is overall extremely false. There are no other sites or articles to prove with evidence this statement. Therefore it is false.  

https://mousetrapnews.com/taylor-swift-and-travis-kelce-renting-out-disney-world/

https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/kelce-swift-rent-disney-world/ 

Answer 10

This claim is not true. It comes from Mouse Trap News, which is self-described as "the world's best satire and parody site." From that information alone, we can probably assume that this news article is satire and therefore not news. Also, even the picture points to this article being fake, because it is extremely edited/not even a photo of Kelce and Swift. Snopes also fact-checked this article, and came to the same conclusion that it was false.