Question

Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Balloon Floats Away After Handlers Let Go To Check Their Phones

Answer 1

As ridiculous as this would be, the source alone reveals that this claim is in fact satire :)

When you look up "pikachu balloon floating away at Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade" no other articles come up. Seeing as this was a televised event, if this actually happened, it would've been reported on heavily with (most likely) actual video evidence of the occurrence rather than just one inconspicuous photo.

Comments

I agree completely with your fact check, this article is clearly satire however, I feel it would benefit your check to add a source. You could possible add a add a statement from a source talking about how the parade ran smoothly, and how this did not infact happen. Overall, good response though.

Answer 2

This post is completely satire as the Onion is completely satire news site and publishes no serious and completely true news. I could not find a single reputable news source reporting on it  and during the parade there was no reporting on a single balloon breaking away and if there was a balloon breaking away if it was not reported in classic news then it would be could on amateur video for sure, which there was no evidence in this situation.