Fact Check Posts Claim Reba McEntire Said, 'Drag Queens Don't Belong in the Presence of Our Kids ' H

this is breing news fact post claim rebun TTI said drag queens don't belong in the presence of our kids here's the truth country singer ream STI once said drag queens don't belong in the presence of our kids a rumor that country singer ream tenty said drag queens should not be allowed around children circulated widely online in the summer of 2024 for example on August 18 2024 Facebook page strong Community posted a meme featuring an image of mentre with text reading drag queens don't belong in the presence of our kids in a comment on the post the pages administrator shared a link to an article on strong community.com a website affiliated with the Facebook page the article which was also dated August 18 2024 began country music legend reum centy has never shied away from expressing her Dee rooted values and her recent statement is no exception drag queens don't belong in the presence of our kids as a strong advocate for family and Traditional Values reeba believes in protecting the innocence of children and ensuring that they grow up in environments that reflect those values the rumor was also shared on another Facebook page named update entertainment sick News Daily on August 20 2024 that post which had received around 71,000 reactions and 5,000 200 comments at the time of this writing consisted of a nearly identical Meme and in the comments the pages administrator linked to an article hosted on another website tayor amazing. nit.com that article was identical to the one posted by strong Community with the except of several individual letters that had been changed to look like Greek characters for example the Latin letter N was changed to the Greek letter P in an apparent attempt to prevent the article from turning up in search results some readers seem to interpret rumor as a factual recounting of real life events for example one comment left on the strong Community post read you are so right Reba another read agree let them be children life is short however there was no evidence that a centi had ever said drag queens don't belong in the presence of our kids a Google search for the phrase found only reposts of strong community's claim nor was there any convincing evidence that the singer had made any public statement along those lines using different phrasing in fact the results of a search for the terms ream tent and drag queens consisted primarily of coverage of manen's forceful criticism of a 2023 Tennessee law Banning drag queens from venues accessible to miners in certain parts of the state when an interviewer for the Los Angeles Times asked menty what she thought of the politicians who campaigned for the law for example menty said I wish they would spend that much time and energy and money on feeding the homeless children in those two counties rather the rumor about menenti saying drag queens don't belong around children originated with strong community and its affiliated website strong community's Facebook intro describes its output as being satirical in nature reading the nest of Patriots Welcome to our satirical platform where you'll find satire news for your enjoyment and discernment dive into our content and explore the realm of satire and parody Community has a history of making up stories for shares and comments sometimes apparently relying on artificial intelligence I writing software to do its storytelling two different a detectors zerog GT and quillbot both determine that 100% of the text of the strong Community article about the menenti rumor was likely a generated Snopes has addressed similar satirical claims about menta in the past in including the assertion that she said neither Taylor Swift nor beon qualify as country singers we have also previously addressed rumors originating from strong Community such as the false claim that transgender athlete Leah Thomas was considering retirement after her medals were taken from her by the NCAA for background here is why we alert readers to rumors created by sources that call their output humorous or satirical